Class Number,Name,Description,Offered,Term,Level,Units,Prerequisites,Equivalents,Lab,Partial Lab,REST,GIR,HASS,CI / CI-HW
10.00,Molecule Builders,"Project-based introduction to the applications of engineering design at the molecular level. Working in teams, students complete an open-ended design project that focuses on a topic such as reactor or biomolecular engineering, chemical process design, materials and polymers, or energy. Provides students practical exposure to the field of chemical engineering as well as potential opportunities to continue their project designs in national/international competitions. Limited to 36; preference to first year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-3-2,Chemistry (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.000,Engineering Molecular Marvels: Careers and ChemE at MIT,"Exposes students to the ways in which chemical technologies have profoundly altered the course of history. Discusses the next century's great challenges, such as curing cancer and supplying the planet's surging demand for clean water, food and energy, sustainably. Provides an overview of how ChemE students apply fundamental engineering principles and leverage technology, from molecules to systems, in the pursuit of practical solutions for these problems and more. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.01,Ethics for Engineers,"Explores how to be an ethical engineer. Students examine engineering case studies alongside key readings by foundational ethical thinkers from Aristotle to Martin Luther King, Jr., and investigate which ethical approaches are best and how to apply them. Topics include justice, rights, cost-benefit analysis, safety, bias, genetic engineering, climate change, and the promise and peril of AI. Discussion-based, with the aim of introducing students to new ways of thinking. All sections cover the same core ethical frameworks, but some sections have a particular focus for case studies, such as bioengineering, or have an in-depth emphasis on particular thinkers. The subject is taught in separate sections. Students are eligible to take any section regardless of their registered subject number. For 20.005, students additionally undertake an ethical-technical analysis of a BE-related topic of their choosing.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.02,Foundations of Entrepreneurship for Engineers,"Studies economic and leadership foundations of entrepreneurship as they relate to engineering.  Case studies illustrate major impacts of engineering on the world and examine the leaders responsible for such impacts. Authors include Franklin, Keynes, Leonardo, Lincoln, Locke, Machiavelli, Marx, Schmidt, Schumpeter, Smith, Thiel, and Tocqueville. Discusses topics such as the difference between an entrepreneur and a manager, the entrepreneur as founder, and characteristics of principled entrepreneurship.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.03[J],Advances in Biomanufacturing,"Seminar examines how biopharmaceuticals, an increasingly important class of pharmaceuticals, are manufactured. Topics range from fundamental bioprocesses to new technologies to the economics of biomanufacturing. Also covers the impact of globalization on regulation and quality approaches as well as supply chain integrity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,7.458[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.04,A Philosophical History of Energy,"Philosophic and historical approach to conceptions of energy through the 19th century. Relation of long standing scientific and philosophic problems in the field of energy to 21st-century debates. Topics include the development of thermodynamics and kinetic theories, the foundation of the scientific project, the classical view of energy, and the harnessing of nature. Authors include Bacon, Boltzmann, Carnot, Compte, Descartes, Gibbs, Plato, Aristotle, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Mill, Peirce, Whitehead, and Maxwell. Key texts and controversies form topics of weekly writing assignments and term papers.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.05,Foundational Analyses of Problems in Energy and the Environment,"Investigates key texts and papers on the foundational thought of current issues in energy and environmental science. Builds an understanding of key debates (scientific, ethical, and political). Aims to inform solutions to key problems related to procurement of energy and environmental degradation. Topics address alternative energy technologies and fossil fuel utilization and emissions, especially carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide sequestration, and geoengineering. Foundational readings from Homer and Greek playwrights, Aristotle, Genesis, Bacon, Locke, Rousseau, Coleridge, Carnot, Clausius, Marx, Heidegger, Carson, Gore, Singer, and Brundtland. Assignments include weekly analyses of readings, videos and related engineering calculations in addition to a final project. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.06,Advanced Topics in Ethics for Engineers,"In-depth study of varying advanced topics in ethics for engineers. Focuses on foundational works and their significance for the choices that engineers make, both as students and as practicing engineers. Each semester, different works and topics, based on current and perennial issues in ethics and engineering, will be chosen in order to explore facets of the extremely complex and varied subject of the place of engineering for the individual and society. Examples of topics include genetic engineering and what it means to be human, artificial intelligence and thought, the scope and limits of engineering, and engineering and freedom. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 20.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,"10.01, 10.05, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.07[J],Debating About Society and Engineering,"Presents basic principles of argumentation and persuasive communication, and introduces students to thought-provoking, persuasive texts about science and engineering. Analysis of texts and practices together with case studies form the basis for students' weekly assignments. Students debate such topics as the future of biotechnology, genetic engineering, AI, climate change, social bias, and the connection between engineering and society. Includes oral presentations. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,21W.733[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
10.08,Cultural Studies for Chemical Engineering Graduate Students,"Seminar explores some of the key cultural developments of human beings and their related engineering aspects together with insights into the evolution of chemical engineering. Begins with discussion of Warren K. Lewis on culture and civilization, in addition to other chemical engineering luminaries, Rutherford Aris and John Prausnitz, and Sam Florman. Following their leads, seminar addresses key developments in Greek culture, followed by Renaissance culture, and culminating with contemporary culture. Discusses the influence of chemical engineering throughout the term, but focuses on broader cultural understanding as advocated by Lewis and Aris. Weekly meetings and study question responses are complemented with direct experience of culture and its connection to engineering. Includes guests with various expertise in culture and chemical engineering.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.09[J],Models of Molecular Systems: from Newtonian Mechanics to Machine Learning,"Seminar-style subject concentrating on modeling creatively while understanding the intrinsic limitations of modeling and alternative ways of envisioning the world. Addresses the purpose of models from different perspectives, with a focus on open-ended problems and creative solutions. Investigates ancient and contemporary approaches, starting with the limitations of Newtonian mechanics to treat molecular systems and solutions provided by statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics, including their use in computations and simulations, and Aristotle's approach. Also covers machine learning and its limitations. Foundational readings inform the analyses with applications including molecular science, color, motion, biology, and nature broadly. Work consists of weekly assignments, class participation, and a final project.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,5.008[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.10,Introduction to Chemical Engineering,Explores the diverse applications of chemical engineering through example problems designed to build computer skills and familiarity with the elements of engineering design. Solutions require application of fundamental concepts of mass and energy conservation to batch and continuous systems involving chemical and biological processes. Problem-solving exercises distributed among lectures and recitation.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,Chemistry (GIR) and Physics I (GIR); Coreq: 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.213,Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics,"Thermodynamics of multicomponent, multiphase chemical and biological systems. Applications of first, second, and third laws of thermodynamics to open and closed systems. Properties of mixtures, including colligative properties, chemical reaction equilibrium, and phase equilibrium; non-ideal solutions; power cycles; refrigeration; separation systems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,5.601 and 10.10,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.22,Molecular Engineering,"Introduces molecular concepts in relation to engineering thermodynamics. Includes topics in statistical mechanics, molecular description of gases and liquids, property estimation, description of equilibrium and dynamic properties of fluids from molecular principles, and kinetics of activated processes. Also covers some basic aspects of molecular simulation and applications in systems of engineering interest.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,5.60 and 10.213,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.25,Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Process Pathways,"Chemical and engineering principles involved in creation and operation of viable industrial processes. Topics: analysis of process chemistry by p-pathways (i.e., radical, ionic, and pericyclic reactions of organic syntheses) and d-pathways (i.e., catalysis by transition-metal complexes). Use of reaction mechanisms for inference of co-product formation, kinetics, and equilibria: process synthesis logic related to reaction selectivity, recycle, separations. Illustrations drawn from current and contemplated commercial practice.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"Chemistry (GIR), 10.213, and 10.37",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.258[J],Principles of Innovation (New),"Presents the key elements required for new technical ideas and business practices to be successfully deployed in an open economy, subject to international trade and external environmental costs. Examines the challenges of climate change and increased international competitiveness as they relate to innovation. Offers recommendations for major policy changes to how innovation is encouraged in the United States and the global economy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,5.812[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.26,Chemical Engineering Projects Laboratory,"Projects in applied chemical engineering research. Students work in teams on one project for the term. Projects often suggested by local industry. Includes training in project planning and project management, execution of experimental work, data analysis, oral presentation, individual and collaborative report writing.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-8-4,"(10.302 and (2.671, 5.310, 7.003, 12.335, 20.109, (1.106 and 1.107), or (5.351, 5.352, and 5.353))) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.27,Energy Engineering Projects Laboratory,"Projects in applied energy engineering research. Students work in teams on one project for the term. Projects often suggested by local industry. Includes training in project planning and project management, execution of experimental work, data analysis, oral presentation, individual and collaborative report writing. Preference to Energy Studies minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-8-4,"(10.302 and (2.671, 5.310, 7.003, 12.335, 20.109, (1.106 and 1.107), or (5.351, 5.352, and 5.353))) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.28,Chemical-Biological Engineering Laboratory,"Introduces the complete design of the bioprocess: from vector selection to production, separation, and characterization of recombinant products. Utilize concepts from many fields, such as, chemical and electrical engineering, and biology. Student teams work through parallel modules spanning microbial fermentation and animal cell culture. With the bioreactor at the core of the experiments, students study cell metabolism and biological pathways, kinetics of cell growth and product formation, oxygen mass transport, scale-up and techniques for the design of process control loops. Introduces novel bioreactors and powerful analytical instrumentation. Downstream processing and recombinant product purification also included. Credit cannot also be received for 10.28A. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-8-5,((5.07 or 7.05) and (5.310 or 7.003)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.28A,Chemical-Biological Engineering Laboratory I: Introduction to Lab Experiments,"First in a two-subject sequence that spans IAP and spring term, and covers the same content as 10.28; see 10.28 for description. Course utilizes online learning technologies and simulations in addition to traditional lab experiments. 10.28A comprises the major lab portion of the subject.  Credit cannot also be received for 10.28. Enrollment limited.",True,"IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-3-0,((5.07 or 7.05) and (5.310 or 7.003)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.28B,"Chemical-Biological Engineering Laboratory II: Long-term, Online and Simulated Experiments","Second in a two-subject sequence that spans IAP and spring term, and covers the same content as 10.28; see 10.28 for description. Course utilizes online learning technologies and simulations in addition to traditional lab experiments. 10.28B comprises the simulation portion of the subject, and most of the communication component. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-8,10.28A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.29,Biological Engineering Projects Laboratory,"Projects in applied biological engineering research. Students work in teams on one project for the term. Projects often suggested by local industry. Includes training in project planning and project management, execution of experimental work, data analysis, oral presentation, individual and collaborative report writing.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-8-4,"(10.302 and (2.671, 5.310, 7.003, 12.335, 20.109, (1.106 and 1.107), or (5.351, 5.352, and 5.353))) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.291[J],Introduction to Sustainable Energy,"Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various renewable and conventional energy production technologies, energy end-use practices and alternatives, and consumption practices in different countries. Investigates their attributes within a quantitative analytical framework for evaluation of energy technology system proposals. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,"2.650[J], 22.081[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.301,Fluid Mechanics,"Introduces the mechanical principles governing fluid flow. Stress in a fluid. Conservation of mass and momentum, using differential and integral balances. Elementary constitutive equations. Hydrostatics. Exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. Approximate solutions using control volume analysis. Mechanical energy balances and Bernoulli's equation. Dimensional analysis and dynamic similarity. Introduces boundary-layer theory and turbulence.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,10.10 and 18.03,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
10.302,Transport Processes,Principles of heat and mass transfer. Steady and transient conduction and diffusion. Radiative heat transfer. Convective transport of heat and mass in both laminar and turbulent flows. Emphasis on the development of a physical understanding of the underlying phenomena and upon the ability to solve real heat and mass transfer problems of engineering significance.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(5.601, 10.213, and 10.301) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.31,Nanoscale Energy Transport Processes,"Explores the impact of nanoscale phenomena on macroscale transport of energy-carrying molecules, phonons, electrons, and excitons. Studies the effect of structural and energetic disorder, wave-like vs. particle-like transport, quantum and classical size effects, and quantum coherence. Emphasizes quantitative analysis, including the Boltzmann transport equation, Einstein relation, Wiedemann-Franz law, and Marcus electron transfer theory. Also addresses percolation theory and the connection to energy conversion technologies, such as solar cells, thermoelectrics, and LEDs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,((2.51 or 10.302) and (3.033 or 5.61)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.32,Separation Processes,"General principles of separation by equilibrium and rate processes. Staged cascades. Applications to distillation, absorption, adsorption, and membrane processes. Use of material balances, phase equilibria, and diffusion to understand and design separation processes.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,10.213 and 10.302,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.321,Design Principles in Mammalian Systems and Synthetic Biology,"Focuses on the layers of design, from molecular to large networks, in mammalian biology. Formally introduces concepts in the emerging fields of mammalian systems and synthetic biology, including engineering principles in neurobiology and stem cell biology. Exposes advanced students from quantitative backgrounds to problem-solving opportunities at the interface of molecular biology and engineering. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,7.05 and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.333,Introduction to Modeling and Simulation,"Basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science and engineering. Uses techniques and software for simulation, data analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and quantum methods used to study fundamental and applied problems in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and complement experimental observations.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
10.34,Numerical Methods Applied to Chemical Engineering,"Numerical methods for solving problems arising in heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, chemical reaction engineering, and molecular simulation. Topics: numerical linear algebra, solution of nonlinear algebraic equations and ordinary differential equations, solution of partial differential equations (e.g., Navier-Stokes), numerical methods in molecular simulation (dynamics, geometry optimization). All methods are presented within the context of chemical engineering problems. Familiarity with structured programming is assumed.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.345,Fundamentals of Metabolic and Biochemical Engineering: Applications to Biomanufacturing,"Examines the fundamentals of cell and metabolic engineering for biocatalyst design and optimization, as well as biochemical engineering principles for bioreactor design and operation, and downstream processing. Presents applications of microbial processes for production of commodity and specialty chemicals and biofuels in addition to mammalian cell cultures for production of biopharmaceuticals. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"5.07, 7.05, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.352,Modern Control Design,"Covers modern methods for dynamical systems analysis, state estimation, controller design, and related topics. Uses example applications to demonstrate Lyapunov and linear matrix inequality-based methods that explicitly address actuator constraints, nonlinearities, and model uncertainties. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.  Limited to 30.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.353,Model Predictive Control,"Provides an introduction to the multivariable control of dynamical systems with constraints on manipulated, state, and output variables. Covers multiple mathematical formulations that are popular in academia and industry, including dynamic matrix control and state-space model predictive control of uncertain, nonlinear, and large-scale systems. Uses numerous real industrial processes as examples. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.354[J],Process Data Analytics,"Provides an introduction to data analytics for manufacturing processes. Topics include chemometrics, discriminant analysis, hyperspectral imaging, machine learning, big data, Bayesian methods, experimental design, feature spaces, and pattern recognition as relevant to manufacturing process applications (e.g., output estimation, process control, and fault detection, identification and diagnosis). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.03 or permission of instructor,2.874[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.37,Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design,"Applies the concepts of reaction rate, stoichiometry and equilibrium to the analysis of chemical and biological reacting systems. Derivation of rate expressions from reaction mechanisms and equilibrium or steady state assumptions. Design of chemical and biochemical reactors via synthesis of chemical kinetics, transport phenomena, and mass and energy balances. Topics: chemical/biochemical pathways; enzymatic, pathway and cell growth kinetics; batch, plug flow and well-stirred reactors for chemical reactions and cultivations of microorganisms and mammalian cells; heterogeneous and enzymatic catalysis; heat and mass transport in reactors, including diffusion to and within catalyst particles and cells or immoblized enzymes.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,10.213 and 10.302,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.380[J],"Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity","Covers the history of infectious diseases, basics of virology, immunology, and epidemiology, and ways in which diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies are currently designed and manufactured. Examines the origins of inequities in infection rates in society, and issues pertinent to vaccine safety. Final project explores how to create a more pandemic-resilient world. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Preference to first-year students; all others should take HST.439.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,"5.002[J], HST.438[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.382[J],"Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity","Covers the history of infectious diseases, basics of virology, immunology, and epidemiology, and ways in which diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies are currently designed and manufactured. Examines the origins of inequities in infection rates in society, and issues pertinent to vaccine safety. Final project explores how to create a more pandemic-resilient world. HST.438 intended for first-year students; all others should take HST.439.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,"5.003[J], 8.245[J], HST.439[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.390[J],Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion,"Fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance, and environmental impact. Applications to fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. CO2 separation and capture. Biomass energy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"2.006, (2.051 and 2.06), or permission of instructor",2.60[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.391[J],Sustainable Energy,"Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various energy technologies in each fuel cycle stage for fossil (oil, gas, synthetic), nuclear (fission and fusion) and renewable (solar, biomass, wind, hydro, and geothermal) energy types, along with storage, transmission, and conservation issues. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,"1.818[J], 2.65[J], 11.371[J], 22.811[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.392[J],Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion,"Fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance and environmental impact. Applications to fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. CO2 separation and capture. Biomass energy. Meets with 2.60 when offered concurrently; students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"2.006, (2.051 and 2.06), or permission of instructor","2.62[J], 22.40[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.40,Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics,Basic postulates of classical thermodynamics. Application to transient open and closed systems. Criteria of stability and equilibria. Constitutive property models of pure materials and mixtures emphasizing molecular-level effects using the formalism of statistical mechanics. Phase and chemical equilibria of multicomponent systems. Applications emphasized through extensive problem work relating to practical cases.,True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,10.213,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.407[J],Money for Startups,"Introduction to the substance and process of funding technology startups. Topics include a comparative analysis of various sources of capital; templates to identify the optimal investor; legal frameworks, US and offshore, of the investment process and its related jargon; an introduction to understanding venture capital as a business; and market practice and standards for term sheet negotiation. Emphasizes strategy as well as tactics necessary to negotiate and build effective, long-term relationships with investors, particularly venture capital firms (VCs).",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,2.916[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.421[J],Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation,"Reviews the contributions of energy systems to global greenhouse gas emissions, and the levers for reducing those emissions. Lectures and projects focus on evaluating energy systems against climate policy goals, using performance metrics such as cost, carbon intensity, and others. Student projects explore pathways for realizing emissions reduction scenarios. Projects address the climate change mitigation potential of energy technologies (hardware and software), technological and behavioral change trajectories, and technology and policy portfolios. Background in energy systems strongly recommended. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments and explore the subject in greater depth. Preference to students in the Energy Studies or Environment and Sustainability minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(Calculus I (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor","1.067[J], IDS.065[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.424,Pharmaceutical Engineering,"Presents engineering principles and unit operations involved in the manufacture of small molecules pharmaceuticals, from the isolation of purified active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) to the final production of drug product. Regulatory issues include quality by design and process analytical technologies of unit operations, such as crystallization, filtration, drying, milling, blending, granulation, tableting and coating. Also covers principles of formulation for solid dosage forms and parenteral drugs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 50.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,10.213,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.426,Electrochemical Energy Systems,"Introduces electrochemical energy systems from the perspective of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport. Surveys analysis and design of electrochemical reactions and processes by integrating chemical engineering fundamentals with knowledge from diverse fields, including chemistry, electrical engineering, and materials science. Includes applications to fuel cells, electrolyzers, and batteries. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,10.302 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.43,Introduction to Interfacial Phenomena,"Introduces fundamental and applied aspects of interfacial systems. Theory of capillarity. Experimental determination of surface and interfacial tensions. Thermodynamics of interfaces. The Gibbs adsorption equation. Charged interfaces. Surfactant adsorption at interfaces. Insoluble monolayers. Curvature effects on the equilibrium state of fluids. Nucleation and growth. Fundamentals of wetting and contact angle. Adhesion, cohesion, and spreading. Wetting of textured surfaces. Super-hydrophilic and super-hydrophobic surfaces. Self-cleaning surfaces.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,10.213 or introductory subject in thermodynamics or physical chemistry,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.437[J],Computational Chemistry,"Addresses both the theory and application of first-principles computer simulations methods (i.e., quantum, chemical, or electronic structure), including Hartree-Fock theory, density functional theory, and correlated wavefunction methods. Covers enhanced sampling, ab initio molecular dynamics, and transition-path-finding approaches as well as errors and accuracy in total and free energies. Discusses applications such as the study and prediction of properties of chemical systems, including heterogeneous, molecular, and biological catalysts (enzymes), and physical properties of materials. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 35; no listeners.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,5.697[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.441[J],Molecular and Engineering Aspects of Biotechnology,Covers biological and bioengineering principles underlying the development and therapeutic use of recombinant proteins and stem cells; glycoengineering of recombinant proteins; normal and pathological signaling by growth factors and their receptors; receptor trafficking; monoclonal antibodies as therapeutics; protein pharmacology and delivery; stem cell-derived tissues as therapeutics; RNA therapeutics; combinatorial protein engineering; and new antitumor drugs.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(7.06 and (2.005, 3.012, 5.60, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","7.37[J], 20.361[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.442,Biochemical Engineering and Biomanufacturing Principles,"Explores the interactions of chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, and microbiology with particular emphasis on applications to bioprocess development. Examines mathematical representations of microbial systems, especially with regard to the kinetics of growth, death, and metabolism. Discusses the fundamentals of bioreactor design and operation, including continuous fermentation, mass transfer, and agitation. Examples encompass both enzyme and whole cell systems. Presents concepts in process development for microbial and animal cell cultures, with considerations towards production of biological products ranging from chiral specialty chemicals/pharmaceuticals to therapeutic proteins. Concludes with a discussion of aspects of cellular engineering and the role of molecular biology in addressing process development problems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,"(Biology (GIR), 5.07, and 10.37) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.443,"Future Medicine: Drug Delivery, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics","Aims to describe the direction and future of medical technology. Introduces pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and conventional medical devices, then transitions to drug delivery systems, mechanical/electric-based and biological/cell-based therapies, and sensors. Covers nano- and micro drug delivery systems, including polymer-drug conjugates, protein therapeutics, liposomes and polymer nanoparticles, viral and non-viral genetic therapy, and tissue engineering. Previous coursework in cell biology and organic chemistry recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 40.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,5.12 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.450,"Process Dynamics, Operations, and Control","Introduction to dynamic processes and the engineering tasks of process operations and control. Subject covers modeling the static and dynamic behavior of processes; control strategies; design of feedback, feedforward, and other control structures; model-based control; applications to process equipment.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,10.302 and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.466,Structure of Soft Matter,"Provides an introduction to the basic thermodynamic language used for describing the structure of materials, followed by a survey of the scattering, microscopy and spectroscopic techniques for structure and morphology characterization. Applies these concepts to a series of case studies illustrating the diverse structures formed in soft materials and the common length, time and energy scales that unify this field. For students interested in studying polymer science, colloid science, nanotechnology, biomaterials, and liquid crystals. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,5.60,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.467,Polymer Science Laboratory,"Experiments broadly aimed at acquainting students with the range of properties of polymers, methods of synthesis, and physical chemistry. Examples: solution polymerization of acrylamide, bead polymerization of divinylbenzene, interfacial polymerization of nylon 6,10. Evaluation of networks by tensile and swelling experiments. Rheology of polymer solutions and suspensions. Physical properties of natural and silicone rubber. Preference to Course 10 seniors and juniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-7-6,"5.12 and (5.310, 7.003, 20.109, or permission of instructor)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.489,Concepts in Modern Heterogeneous Catalysis,"Explores topics in the design and implementation of heterogeneous catalysts for chemical transformations. Emphasizes use of catalysis for environmentally benign and sustainable chemical processes. Lectures address concepts in catalyst preparation, catalyst characterization, quantum chemical calculations, and microkinetic analysis of catalytic processes. Shows how experimental and theoretical approaches can illustrate important reactive intermediates and transition states involved in chemical reaction pathways, and uses that information to help identify possible new catalysts that may facilitate reactions of interest. Draws examples from current relevant topics in catalysis. Includes a group project in which students investigate a specific topic in greater depth. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,10.302 and 10.37,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.490,Integrated Chemical Engineering,"Presents and solves chemical engineering problems in an industrial context. Emphasis on the integration of fundamental concepts with approaches in process design, and on problems that demand synthesis, economic analysis, and process design; consideration of safety analysis, process dynamics and the use of process simulators and related tools to approach such problems. The specific application of these fundamental concepts will vary each term, and may include chemical, electrochemical, pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical (biologic) or related processes, operated in batch, semi-batch, continuous or hybrid mode. May be repeated once for credit with permission of instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-6,10.37,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.492A,Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics I,"Chemical engineering problems presented and analyzed in an industrial context. Emphasizes the integration of fundamentals with material property estimation, process control, product development, and computer simulation. Integration of societal issues, such as engineering ethics, environmental and safety considerations, and impact of technology on society are addressed in the context of case studies. 10.37 and 10.302 required for certain topic modules. See departmental website for individual ICE-T module descriptions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,10.301 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.492B,Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics I,"Chemical engineering problems presented and analyzed in an industrial context. Emphasizes the integration of fundamentals with material property estimation, process control, product development, and computer simulation. Integration of societal issues, such as engineering ethics, environmental and safety considerations, and impact of technology on society are addressed in the context of case studies. 10.37 and 10.302 required for certain topic modules. See departmental website for individual ICE-T module descriptions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,10.301 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.493,Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics II,"Chemical engineering problems presented and analyzed in an industrial context. Emphasizes the integration of fundamentals with material property estimation, process control, product development, and computer simulation. Integration of societal issues, such as engineering ethics, environmental and safety considerations, and impact of technology on society are addressed in the context of case studies. 10.37 and 10.302 required for certain topic modules. See departmental website for individual ICE-T module descriptions.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-4,10.301 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.494A,Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics III,"Chemical engineering problems presented and analyzed in an industrial context. Emphasizes the integration of fundamentals with material property estimation, process control, product development, and computer simulation. Integration of societal issues, such as engineering ethics, environmental and safety considerations, and impact of technology on society are addressed in the context of case studies. 10.37 and 10.302 required for certain topic modules. See departmental website for individual ICE-T module descriptions.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,10.301 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.494B,Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics III,"Chemical engineering problems presented and analyzed in an industrial context. Emphasizes the integration of fundamentals with material property estimation, process control, product development, and computer simulation. Integration of societal issues, such as engineering ethics, environmental and safety considerations, and impact of technology on society are addressed in the context of case studies. 10.37 and 10.302 required for certain topic modules. See departmental website for individual ICE-T module descriptions.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,10.301 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.495,Molecular Design and Bioprocess Development of Immunotherapies,"Examines challenges and opportunities for applying chemical engineering principles to address the growing global burden of infectious disease, including drug-resistant strains and neglected pathogens. Topics include a historical overview of vaccines and immunotherapies, the molecular design considerations for new immunotherapies and adjuvants, the economic challenges for process development and manufacturing of immunotherapies, and new technologies for designing and assessing therapies.  Case studies to cover topics for specific diseases. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,7.06 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.496[J],Design of Sustainable Polymer Systems,"Capstone subject in which students are charged with redesigning consumable plastics to improve their recyclability and illustrate the potential future of plastic sourcing and management. Students engage with industry partners and waste handlers to delineate the design space and understand downstream limitations in waste treatment. Instruction includes principles of plastic design, polymer selection, cost estimation, prototyping, and the principles of sustainable material design. Students plan and propose routes to make enhanced plastic kits. Industry partners and course instructors select winning designs. Those students can elect to proceed to a semester of independent study in which prototype kits are fabricated (using polymer extrusion, cutting, 3D printing), potentially winning seed funds to translate ideas into real impacts. Preference to juniors and seniors in Courses 10, 1, and 2.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-6,(10.213 and 10.301) or permission of instructor,1.096[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.50,Analysis of Transport Phenomena,"Unified treatment of heat transfer, mass transfer, and fluid mechanics, emphasizing scaling concepts in formulating models and analytical methods for obtaining solutions. Topics include conduction and diffusion, laminar flow regimes, convective heat and mass transfer, and simultaneous heat and mass transfer with chemical reaction or phase change.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,10.301 and 10.302,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.51,Nanoscale Energy Transport Processes,"Explores the impact of nanoscale phenomena on macroscale transport of energy-carrying molecules, phonons, electrons, and excitons. Studies the effect of structural and energetic disorder, wave-like vs. particle-like transport, quantum and classical size effects, and quantum coherence. Emphasizes quantitative analysis, including the Boltzmann transport equation, Einstein relation, Wiedemann-Franz law, and Marcus electron transfer theory. Also addresses percolation theory and the connection to energy conversion technologies, such as solar cells, thermoelectrics, and LEDs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,((2.51 or 10.302) and (3.033 or 5.61)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.52,Mechanics of Fluids,"Advanced subject in fluid and continuum mechanics. Content includes kinematics, macroscopic balances for linear and angular momentum, the stress tensor, creeping flows and the lubrication approximation, the boundary layer approximation, linear stability theory, and some simple turbulent flows.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,10.50,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.521,Design Principles in Mammalian Systems and Synthetic Biology,"Focuses on the layers of design, from molecular to large networks, in mammalian biology. Formally introduces concepts in the emerging fields of mammalian systems and synthetic biology, including engineering principles in neurobiology and stem cell biology. Exposes advanced students from quantitative backgrounds to problem-solving opportunities at the interface of molecular biology and engineering. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,(7.05 and 18.03) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.524,Pharmaceutical Engineering,"Presents engineering principles and unit operations involved in the manufacture of small molecules pharmaceuticals, from the isolation of purified active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) to the final production of drug product. Regulatory issues include quality by design and process analytical technologies of unit operations, such as crystallization, filtration, drying, milling, blending, granulation, tableting and coating. Also covers principles of formulation for solid dosage forms and parenteral drugs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 50.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.53[J],Advances in Biomanufacturing,"Seminar examines how biopharmaceuticals, an increasingly important class of pharmaceuticals, are manufactured. Topics range from fundamental bioprocesses to new technologies to the economics of biomanufacturing. Also covers the impact of globalization on regulation and quality approaches as well as supply chain integrity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-2,None,7.548[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.531[J],Macromolecular Hydrodynamics,"Physical phenomena in polymeric liquids undergoing deformation and flow. Kinematics and material functions for complex fluids; techniques of viscometry, rheometry; and linear viscoelastic measurements for polymeric fluids. Generalized Newtonian fluids. Continuum mechnanics, frame invariance, and convected derivatives for finite strain viscoelasticity. Differential and integral constitutive equations for viscoelastic fluids. Analytical solutions to isothermal and non-isothermal flow problems; the roles of non-Newtonian viscosity, linear viscoelasticity, normal stresses, elastic recoil, stress relaxation in processing flows. Introduction to molecular theories for dynamics of polymeric fluids. (Extensive class project and presentation required instead of a final exam).",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"2.25, 10.301, or permission of instructor",2.341[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.534,Bioelectrochemistry,"Provides an overview of electrochemistry as it relates to biology, with an emphasis on electron transport in living systems. Primary literature used as a guide for discussion. Objective is to enable students to learn the fundamental principles of electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering applied to biological systems, explore the role of electron transfer in the natural world using examples from the primary literature, analyze recent work related to bioelectrochemistry, and develop an original research proposal based on course material. Topics include thermodynamics and transport processes in bioelectrical systems, electron transport chains in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, electroanalytical techniques for the evaluation of biological systems, and engineering bioenergetic systems.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.535[J],Protein Engineering,"Introduces the field of protein engineering. Develops understanding of key biophysical chemistry concepts in protein structure/function and their applications. Explores formulation of simple kinetic, statistical, and transport models for directed evolution and drug biodistribution. Students read and critically discuss seminal papers from the literature.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 and (5.07 or 7.05),20.535[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.536[J],Thermal Hydraulics in Power Technology,"Emphasis on thermo-fluid dynamic phenomena and analysis methods for conventional and nuclear power stations. Kinematics and dynamics of two-phase flows.  Steam separation.  Boiling, instabilities, and critical conditions. Single-channel transient analysis.  Multiple channels connected at plena.  Loop analysis including single and two-phase natural circulation.  Subchannel analysis.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,"2.006, 10.302, 22.312, or permission of instructor","2.59[J], 22.313[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.537[J],"Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics","Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and 18.03,"2.798[J], 3.971[J], 6.4842[J], 20.410[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.538[J],Principles of Molecular Bioengineering,"Provides an introduction to the mechanistic analysis and engineering of biomolecules and biomolecular systems. Covers methods for measuring, modeling, and manipulating systems, including biophysical experimental tools, computational modeling approaches, and molecular design. Equips students to take systematic and quantitative approaches to the investigation of a wide variety of biological phenomena.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,7.06 and 18.03,20.420[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.539[J],"Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems","Molecular diffusion, diffusion-reaction, conduction, convection in biological systems; fields in heterogeneous media; electrical double layers; Maxwell stress tensor, electrical forces in physiological systems. Fluid and solid continua: equations of motion useful for porous, hydrated biological tissues. Case studies of membrane transport, electrode interfaces, electrical, mechanical, and chemical transduction in tissues, convective-diffusion/reaction, electrophoretic, electroosmotic flows in tissues/MEMs, and ECG. Electromechanical and physicochemical interactions in cells and biomaterials; musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and other biological and clinical examples. Prior undergraduate coursework in transport recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"2.795[J], 6.4832[J], 20.430[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.540,Intracellular Dynamics,"Covers current models and descriptions of the internal cell dynamics of macromolecules due to reaction and transport.  Two major areas will be explored:  the process of gene expression, including protein-DNA interactions, chromatin dynamics, and the stochastic nature of gene expression; and cell signaling systems, especially those that lead to or rely on intracellular protein gradients.  This class is intended for graduate students or advanced undergraduates with some background in cell biology, transport, and kinetics. An introductory class in probability is recommended.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"7.06, 10.302, 18.03, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.542,Biochemical Engineering and Biomanufacturing Principles,"Explores the interactions of chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, and microbiology with particular emphasis on applications to bioprocess development. Examines mathematical representations of microbial systems, especially with regard to the kinetics of growth, death, and metabolism. Discusses the fundamentals of bioreactor design and operation, including continuous fermentation, mass transfer, and agitation. Examples encompass both enzyme and whole cell systems. Presents concepts in process development for microbial and animal cell cultures, with considerations towards production of biological products ranging from chiral specialty chemicals/pharmaceuticals to therapeutic proteins. Concludes with a discussion of aspects of cellular engineering and the role of molecular biology in addressing process development problems.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"(5.07, 10.37, and (7.012, 7.013, 7.014, 7.015, or 7.016)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.544,Metabolic and Cell Engineering,"Presentation of a framework for quantitative understanding of cell functions as integrated molecular systems. Analysis of cell-level processes in terms of underlying molecular mechanisms based on thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanics, and transport principles, emphasizing an engineering, problem-oriented perspective. Objective is to rationalize target selection for genetic engineering and evaluate the physiology of recombinant cells. Topics include cell metabolism and energy production, transport across cell compartment barriers, protein synthesis and secretion, regulation of gene expression, transduction of signals from extracellular environment, cell proliferation, cell adhesion and migration.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"7.05, 10.302, and 18.03",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.545,Fundamentals of Metabolic and Biochemical Engineering: Applications to Biomanufacturing,"Examines the fundamentals of cell and metabolic engineering for biocatalyst design and optimization, as well as biochemical engineering principles for bioreactor design and operation, and downstream processing. Presents applications of microbial processes for production of commodity and specialty chemicals and biofuels in addition to mammalian cell cultures for production of biopharmaceuticals. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"5.07, 7.05, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.546[J],Statistical Thermodynamics,"Develops classical equilibrium statistical mechanical concepts for application to chemical physics problems. Basic concepts of ensemble theory formulated on the basis of thermodynamic fluctuations. Examples of applications include Ising models, lattice models of binding, ionic and non-ionic solutions, liquid theory, polymer and protein conformations, phase transition, and pattern formation. Introduces computational techniques with examples of liquid and polymer simulations.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,5.601 or permission of instructor,5.70[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.547[J],Principles and Practice of Drug Development,"Description and critical assessment of the major issues and stages of developing a pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical. Drug discovery, preclinical development, clinical investigation, manufacturing and regulatory issues considered for small and large molecules. Economic and financial considerations of the drug development process. Multidisciplinary perspective from faculty in clinical; life; and management sciences; as well as industry guests.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,"15.136[J], HST.920[J], IDS.620[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.548[J],Tumor Microenvironment and Immuno-Oncology: A Systems Biology Approach,"Provides theoretical background to analyze and synthesize the most up-to-date findings from both laboratory and clinical investigations into solid tumor pathophysiology. Covers different topics centered on the critical role that the tumor microenvironment plays in the growth, invasion, metastasis and treatment of solid tumors. Develops a systems-level, quantitative understanding of angiogenesis, extracellular matrix, metastatic process, delivery of drugs and immune cells, and response to conventional and novel therapies, including immunotherapies. Discussions provide critical comments on the challenges and the future opportunities in research on cancer and in establishment of novel therapeutic approaches and biomarkers to guide treatment.",False,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,HST.525[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.55,Colloid and Surfactant Science,"Introduces fundamental and applied aspects of colloidal dispersions, where the typical particle size is less than a micrometer. Discusses the characterization and unique behavior of colloidal dispersions, including their large surface-to-volume ratio, tendency to sediment in gravitational and centrifugal fields, diffusion characteristics, and ability to generate osmotic pressure and establish Donnan equilibrium. Covers the fundamentals of attractive van der Waals forces and repulsive electrostatic forces. Presents an in-depth discussion of electrostatic and polymer-induced colloid stabilization, including the DLVO theory of colloid stability. Presents an introductory discussion of surfactant physical chemistry.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.551,Systems Engineering,"Introduction to the elements of systems engineering. Special attention devoted to those tools that help students structure and solve complex problems. Illustrative examples drawn from a broad variety of chemical engineering topics, including product development and design, process development and design, experimental and theoretical analysis of physico-chemical process, analysis of process operations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"10.213, 10.302, and 10.37",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.552,Modern Control Design,"Covers modern methods for dynamical systems analysis, state estimation, controller design, and related topics. Uses example applications to demonstrate Lyapunov and linear matrix inequality-based methods that explicitly address actuator constraints, nonlinearities, and model uncertainties. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 30.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.553,Model Predictive Control,"Provides an introduction to the multivariable control of dynamical systems with constraints on manipulated, state, and output variables. Covers multiple mathematical formulations that are popular in academia and industry, including dynamic matrix control and state-space model predictive control of uncertain, nonlinear, and large-scale systems. Uses numerous real industrial processes as examples. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.554[J],Process Data Analytics,"Provides an introduction to data analytics for manufacturing processes. Topics include chemometrics, discriminant analysis, hyperspectral imaging, machine learning, big data, Bayesian methods, experimental design, feature spaces, and pattern recognition as relevant to manufacturing process applications (e.g., output estimation, process control, and fault detection, identification and diagnosis). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,2.884[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.555[J],"Bioinformatics: Principles, Methods and Applications","Introduction to bioinformatics, the collection of principles and computational methods used to upgrade the information content of biological data generated by genome sequencing, proteomics, and cell-wide physiological measurements of gene expression and metabolic fluxes. Fundamentals from systems theory presented to define modeling philosophies and simulation methodologies for the integration of genomic and physiological data in the analysis of complex biological processes. Various computational methods address a broad spectrum of problems in functional genomics and cell physiology. Application of bioinformatics to metabolic engineering, drug design, and biotechnology also discussed.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,HST.940[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.557,Mixed-integer and Nonconvex Optimization,"Presents the theory and practice of deterministic algorithms for locating the global solution of NP-hard optimization problems. Recurring themes and methods are convex relaxations, branch-and-bound, cutting planes, outer approximation and primal-relaxed dual approaches. Emphasis is placed on the connections between methods. These methods will be applied and illustrated in the development of algorithms for mixed-integer linear programs, mixed-integer convex programs, nonconvex programs, mixed-integer nonconvex programs, and programs with ordinary differential equations embedded. The broad range of engineering applications for these optimization formulations will also be emphasized. Students will be assessed on homework and a term project for which examples from own research are encouraged.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,10.34 or 15.053,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.56,Advanced Topics in Surfactant Science,"Introduces fundamental advances and practical aspects of surfactant self-assembly in aqueous media. In-depth discussion of surfactant micellization, including statistical-thermodynamics of micellar solutions, models of micellar growth, molecular models for the free energy of micellization, and geometric packing theories. Presents an introductory examination of mixed micelle and vesicle formation, polymer-surfactant complexation, biomolecule-surfactant interactions, and micellar-assisted solubilization. Discusses molecular dynamics simulations of self-assembling systems. Covers recent advances in surfactant-induced dispersion and stabilization of colloidal particles (e.g., carbon nanotubes and graphene) in aqueous media. Examines surfactant applications in consumer products, environmental and biological separations, enhanced oil recovery using surfactant flooding, mitigation of skin irritation induced by surfactant-containing cosmetic products, and enhanced transdermal drug delivery using ultrasound and surfactants.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.560,Structure and Properties of Polymers,"Review of polymer molecular structure and bulk morphology; survey of molecular and morphological influence on bulk physical properties including non-Newtonian flow, macromolecular diffusion, gas transport in polymers, electrical and optical properties, solid-state deformation, and toughness. Case studies for product design.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,10.213 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.562[J],Pioneering Technologies for Interrogating Complex Biological Systems,"Introduces pioneering technologies in biology and medicine and discusses their underlying biological/molecular/engineering principles. Topics include emerging sample processing technologies, advanced optical imaging modalities, and next-gen molecular phenotyping techniques. Provides practical experience with optical microscopy and 3D phenotyping techniques. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"9.271[J], HST.562[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.566,Structure of Soft Matter,"Provides an introduction to the basic thermodynamic language used for describing the structure of materials, followed by a survey of the scattering, microscopy and spectroscopic techniques for structure and morphology characterization. Applies these concepts to a series of case studies illustrating the diverse structures formed in soft materials and the common length, time and energy scales that unify this field. For students interested in studying polymer science, colloid science, nanotechnology, biomaterials, and liquid crystals. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,5.60,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.568,Physical Chemistry of Polymers,"Introduction to polymer science from a molecular perspective. Covers topics in macromolecular confirmation and spatial extent, polymer solution thermodynamics and the theta state, linear viscoelasticity, rubber elasticity, and the thermodynamics and kinetics of formation of glasses and semicrystalline solids. Also provides a basic introduction to dynamics of macromolecules in solutions and melts, with entanglements. Presents methods for characterizing the molecular structure of polymers.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"Prereq: 10.213, 10.40, or (5.601 AND 5.602)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.569,Synthesis of Polymers,"Studies synthesis of polymeric materials, emphasizing interrelationships of chemical pathways, process conditions, and microarchitecture of molecules produced. Chemical pathways include traditional approaches such as anionic, radical condensation, and ring-opening polymerizations. New techniques, including stable free radicals and atom transfer free radicals, new catalytic approaches to well-defined architectures, and polymer functionalization in bulk and at surfaces. Process conditions include bulk, solution, emulsion, suspension, gas phase, and batch vs continuous fluidized bed. Microarchitecture includes tacticity, molecular-weight distribution, sequence distributions in copolymers, errors in chains such as branches, head-to-head addition, and peroxide incorporation.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,5.12,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.571[J],Atmospheric Chemistry Models & Climate,"Introduction to the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere including experience with computer codes. Aerosols and theories of their formation, evolution, and removal. Gas and aerosol transport from urban to continental scales. Coupled models of radiation, transport, and chemistry. Solution of inverse problems to deduce emissions and removal rates. Emissions control technology and costs. Applications to air pollution and climate. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(18.075 and (5.60 or 5.61)) or permission of instructor,12.806[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.580,Solid-State Surface Science,"Structural, chemical, and electronic properties of solids and solid surfaces. Analytical tools used to characterize surfaces including Auger and photoelectron spectroscopies and electron diffraction techniques. Surface thermodynamics and kinetics including adsorption-desorption, catalytic properties, and sputtering processes. Applications to microelectronics, optical materials, and catalysis.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,10.213,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.582[J],Principles of Innovation,"Presents the key elements required for new technical ideas and business practices to be successfully deployed in an open economy, subject to international trade and external environmental costs. Examines the challenges of climate change and increased international competitiveness as they relate to innovation. Offers recommendations for major policy changes to how innovation is encouraged in the United States and the global economy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,5.82[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.585,Engineering Nanotechnology,"Review of fundamental concepts of energy, mass and electron transport in materials confined or geometrically patterned at the nanoscale, where departures from classical laws are dominant.  Specific applications to contemporary engineering challenges are discussed including problems in energy, biology, medicine, electronics, and material design.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"10.213, 10.302, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.586,Crystallization Science and Technology,"Studies the nucleation and growth of crystals from a melt or a liquid solution and their important role in a wide range of applications, including pharmaeuticals, proteins, and semiconductor materials. Provides background information and covers topics needed to understand, perform experiments, construct and simulate mechanistic models, and design, monitor, and control crystallization processes. Limited to 30.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,10.213,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.591,Case Studies in Bioengineering,"Analysis and discussion of recent research in areas of bioengineering, including drug delivery, protein and tissue engineering, physiological transport, stem cell technology, and quantitative immunology by senior investigators in the Boston area.  Students will read and critique papers, then have discussions with authors about their work.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Biology (GIR) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.595,Molecular Design and Bioprocess Development of Immunotherapies,"Examines challenges and opportunities for applying chemical engineering principles to address the growing global burden of infectious disease, including drug-resistant strains and neglected pathogens. Topics include a historical overview of vaccines and immunotherapies, the molecular design considerations for new immunotherapies and adjuvants, the economic challenges for process development and manufacturing of immunotherapies, and new technologies for designing and assessing therapies. Case studies to cover topics for specific diseases. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.600[J],Dimensions of Geoengineering,"Familiarizes students with the potential contributions and risks of using geoengineering technologies to control climate damage from global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Discusses geoengineering in relation to other climate change responses: reducing emissions, removing CO2 from the atmosphere, and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Limited to 100.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"1.850[J], 5.000[J], 11.388[J], 12.884[J], 15.036[J], 16.645[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.606,Picturing Science and Engineering,"Provides instruction in best practices for creating more effective graphics and photographs to support and communicate research in science and engineering. Discusses in depth specific examples from a range of scientific contexts, such as journal articles, presentations, grant submissions, and cover art. Topics include graphics for figures depicting form and structure, process, and change over time. Prepares students to create effective graphics for submissions to existing journals and calls attention to the future of published graphics with the advent of interactivity. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-2-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.621[J],Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation,"Reviews the contributions of energy systems to global greenhouse gas emissions, and the levers for reducing those emissions. Lectures and projects focus on evaluating energy systems against climate policy goals, using performance metrics such as cost, carbon intensity, and others. Student projects explore pathways for realizing emissions reduction scenarios. Projects address the climate change mitigation potential of energy technologies (hardware and software), technological and behavioral change trajectories, and technology and policy portfolios. Background in energy systems strongly recommended. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments and explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.670[J], IDS.521[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.625[J],"Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications","Fundamental concepts, tools, and applications in electrochemical science and engineering. Introduces thermodynamics, kinetics and transport of electrochemical reactions. Describes how materials structure and properties affect electrochemical behavior of particular applications, for instance in lithium rechargeable batteries, electrochemical capacitors, fuel cells, photo electrochemical cells, and electrolytic cells. Discusses state-of-the-art electrochemical energy technologies for portable electronic devices, hybrid and plug-in vehicles, electrical vehicles. Theoretical and experimental exploration of electrochemical measurement techniques in cell testing, and in bulk and interfacial transport measurements (electronic and ionic resistivity and charge transfer cross the electrode-electrolyte interface).",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"2.005, 3.046, 3.53, 10.40, (2.051 and 2.06), or permission of instructor",2.625[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.626,Electrochemical Energy Systems,"Introduces electrochemical energy systems from the perspective of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport. Surveys analysis and design of electrochemical reactions and processes by integrating chemical engineering fundamentals with knowledge from diverse fields, including chemistry, electrical engineering, and materials science. Includes applications to fuel cells, electrolyzers, and batteries. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,10.50 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.631,Structural Theories of Polymer Fluid Mechanics,Structural and molecular models for polymeric liquids. Nonequilibrium properties are emphasized. Elementary kinetic theory of polymer solutions. General phase space kinetic for polymer melts and solutions. Network theories. Interrelations between structure and rheological properties.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,10.301,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.637[J],Computational Chemistry,"Addresses both the theory and application of first-principles computer simulations methods (i.e., quantum, chemical, or electronic structure), including Hartree-Fock theory, density functional theory, and correlated wavefunction methods. Covers enhanced sampling, ab initio molecular dynamics, and transition-path-finding approaches as well as errors and accuracy in total and free energies. Discusses applications such as the study and prediction of properties of chemical systems, including heterogeneous, molecular, and biological catalysts (enzymes), and physical properties of materials. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 35; no listeners.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,5.698[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.643[J],"Future Medicine: Drug Delivery, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics","Aims to describe the direction and future of medical technology. Introduces pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and conventional medical devices, then transitions to drug delivery systems, mechanical/electric-based and biological/cell-based therapies, and sensors. Covers nano- and micro drug delivery systems, including polymer-drug conjugates, protein therapeutics, liposomes and polymer nanoparticles, viral and non-viral genetic therapy, and tissue engineering. Previous coursework in cell biology and organic chemistry recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 40.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,5.12 or permission of instructor,HST.526[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.65,Chemical Reactor Engineering,"Fundamentals of chemically reacting systems with emphasis on synthesis of chemical kinetics and transport phenomena. Topics include kinetics of gas, liquid, and surface reactions; quantum chemistry; transition state theory; surface adsorption, diffusion, and desorption processes; mechanism and kinetics of biological processes; mechanism formulation and sensitivity analysis. Reactor topics include nonideal flow reactors, residence time distribution and dispersion models; multiphase reaction systems; nonlinear reactor phenomena. Examples are drawn from different applications, including heterogeneous catalysis, polymerization, combustion, biochemical systems, and materials processing.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,10.37 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.652[J],Kinetics of Chemical Reactions,"Experimental and theoretical aspects of chemical reaction kinetics, including transition-state theories, molecular beam scattering, classical techniques, quantum and statistical mechanical estimation of rate constants, pressure-dependence and chemical activation, modeling complex reacting mixtures, and uncertainty/ sensitivity analyses. Reactions in the gas phase, liquid phase, and on surfaces are discussed with examples drawn from atmospheric, combustion, industrial, catalytic, and biological chemistry.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"5.62, 10.37, or 10.65",5.68[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.668[J],Statistical Mechanics of Polymers,"Concepts of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics applied to macromolecules: polymer conformations in melts, solutions, and gels; Rotational Isomeric State theory, Markov processes and molecular simulation methods applied to polymers; incompatibility and segregation in incompressible and compressible systems; molecular theory of viscoelasticity; relation to scattering and experimental measurements.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,10.568 or permission of instructor,3.941[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.677,Topics in Applied Microfluidics,"Provides an introduction to the field of microfluidics. Reviews fundamental concepts in transport phenomena and dimensional analysis, focusing on new phenomena which arise at small scales. Discusses current applications, with an emphasis on the contributions engineers bring to the field. Local and visiting experts in the field discuss their work. Limited to 30.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,10.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.689,Concepts in Modern Heterogeneous Catalysis,"Explores topics in the design and implementation of heterogeneous catalysts for chemical transformations. Emphasizes use of catalysis for environmentally benign and sustainable chemical processes. Lectures address concepts in catalyst preparation, catalyst characterization, quantum chemical calculations, and microkinetic analysis of catalytic processes. Shows how experimental and theoretical approaches can illustrate important reactive intermediates and transition states involved in chemical reaction pathways, and uses that information to help identify possible new catalysts that may facilitate reactions of interest. Draws examples from current relevant topics in catalysis. Includes a group project in which students investigate a specific topic in greater depth. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,10.302 and 10.37,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.7003[J],Applied Molecular Biology Laboratory,"Laboratory-based exploration of modern experimental molecular biology. Specific experimental system studied may vary from term to term, depending on instructor. Emphasizes concepts of experimental design, data analysis and communication in biology and how these concepts are applied in the biotechnology industry. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Enrollment limited; admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-7-3,7.002,7.003[J],False,True,False,False,False,False
10.792[J],Global Operations Leadership Seminar,"Integrative forum in which worldwide leaders in business, finance, government, sports, and education share their experiences and insights with students aspiring to run global operations. Students play a large role in managing the seminar. Preference to LGO students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,"2.890[J], 15.792[J], 16.985[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.801,Project Management and Problem Solving in Academia and Industry,"Teaches both soft and hard skills to foster student success through one-month team projects, as part of the Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Practice (M.S.CEP) program. The same skills are expected to be valuable for problem-solving in both academic and industrial settings at large. Themes to be covered include career development, project management, leadership, project economics, techniques for problem solving, literature search, safety, professional behavior, and time management. Students participate in activities and discussions during class time, study preparatory and review materials on MITx and complete active-learning assessments between meetings, and complete a quiz at the end of the course. Enrollment will be limited to students in the School of Chemical Engineering Practice.",True,IAP,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.805[J],"Technology, Law, and the Working Environment","Addresses relationship between technology-related problems and the law applicable to work environment. National Labor Relations Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act. Toxic Substances Control Act, state worker's compensation, and suits by workers in the courts discussed. Problems related to occupational health and safety, collective bargaining as a mechanism for altering technology in the workplace, job alienation, productivity, and the organization of work addressed. Prior courses or experience in the environmental, public health, or law-related areas.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,IDS.436[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.806,Management in Engineering,"Introduction and overview of engineering management. Financial principles, management of innovation, technical strategy and best management practices. Case study method of instruction emphasizes participation in class discussion. Focus is on the development of individual skills and management tools. Restricted to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.807[J],Innovation Teams,"Introduces skills and capabilities for real-world problem solving to take technology from lab to societal impact: technical and functional exploration, opportunity discovery, market understanding, value economics, scale-up, intellectual property, and communicating/working for impact across disciplines. Students work in multidisciplinary teams formed around MIT research breakthroughs, with extensive in-class coaching and guidance from faculty, lab members, and select mentors. Follows a structured approach to innovating in which everything is a variable and the product, technology, and opportunities for new ventures can be seen as an act of synthesis. Teams gather evidence that permits a fact-based iteration across multiple application domains, markets, functionalities, technologies, and products, leading to a recommendation that maps a space of opportunity and includes actionable next steps to evolve the market and technology.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-4-4,None,"2.907[J], 15.371[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.817[J],Atmospheric Chemistry,"Provides a detailed overview of the chemical transformations that control the abundances of key trace species in the Earth's atmosphere. Emphasizes the effects of human activity on air quality and climate. Topics include photochemistry, kinetics, and thermodynamics important to the chemistry of the atmosphere; stratospheric ozone depletion; oxidation chemistry of the troposphere; photochemical smog; aerosol chemistry; and sources and sinks of greenhouse gases and other climate forcers.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,5.601 and 5.602,"1.84[J], 12.807[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.80,"(10.82, 10.84, 10.86) School of Chemical Engineering Practice -- Technical Accomplishment","Conducted at industrial field stations of the School of Chemical Engineering Practice. Group problem assignments include process development design, simulation and control, technical service, and new-product development. Grading based on technical accomplishment. Credit granted in lieu of master's thesis. See departmental descripton on School of Chemical Engineering Practice for details. Enrollment limited and subject to plant availability.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-6-0,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.81,"(10.83, 10.85, 10.87) School of Chemical Engineering Practice -- Communication Skills and Human Relations","Conducted at industrial field stations of the School of Chemical Engineering Practice. Group problem assignments include process development, design, simulation and control, technical service, and new-product development. Grading based on communication skills and human relations in group assignments. Credit granted in lieu of master's thesis; see departmental description on School of Chemical Engineering Practice for details. Enrollment limited and subject to plant availability.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-6-0,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.90,Independent Research Problem,For special and graduate students who wish to carry out some minor investigation in a particular field. Subject and hours to fit individual requirements.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.910,Independent Research Problem,For undergraduate students who wish to carry out a special investigation in a particular field. Topic and hours arranged.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.911,Independent Research Problem,For undergraduate students who wish to carry out a special investigation in a particular field. Topic and hours arranged.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.912,Practical Internship in Chemical Engineering,"Provides academic credit for professional experiences in chemical engineering at external facilities, such as companies or laboratories. At the end of the internship, students must submit a report that describes the experience, details their accomplishments, and synthesizes the perspectives, knowledge, and skills to be carried forward into the rest of their studies.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.951,Seminar in Biological Systems,"Students, postdocs, and visitors to present their work on design, construction, and characterization of biological systems expanding on topics in synthetic biology, molecular systems biology, and cellular reprogramming. ",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.952,Seminar in Bioelectrochemical Engineering,"Students, postdocs and visitors present and discuss their research in bioelectrochemistry. Specific topics include electrochemical platform design for diagnostics and screening tools, fundamental studies of metalloproteins and electron transfer-proficient microbes, materials for bioelectronics, and in vitro disease models.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.953,Seminar in Heterogeneous Catalysis,"Students present their research to other students and staff. Research topics include heterogeneous catalysis, design of catalytic materials, biomass conversion, biofuels, and CO2 utilization.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.954,Seminar in Applied Optical Spectroscopy,"Research seminars given by students, postdocs, and visitors. Topics covered include applied optical spectroscopy and imaging, with particular emphasis on nanomaterials and how they relate to alternative energy technologies.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.955,Seminar in Electrochemical Engineering,"Designed to allow students to present and discuss their research in the area of electrochemical engineering with a particular emphasis on energy storage and conversion (e.g., batteries, fuel cells, electroreactors).  Specific topics include active materials design, electroanalytical platform development, and integration of electrochemical and imaging techniques.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.956,Seminar in Atomistic Simulation,"Seminar allows students to present their research to other students and staff. The research topics include electronic structure theory, computational chemistry techniques, and density functional theory with a focus on applications to catalysis and materials science.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.957,Seminar in Bioengineering Technology,Research seminars presented by students and guest speakers on emerging biotechnologies.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.958,Seminar in the Fluid Mechanics and Self-assembly of Soft Matter,"Covers topics related to low Reynolds number hydrodynamics and the statistical physics of particulate media.  Specifics include the kinetics of phase transitions in soft matter and the time-varying deformation of colloidal dispersions, glasses and gels.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.960[J],Seminar in Polymers and Soft Matter,"A series of seminars covering a broad spectrum of topics in polymer science and engineering, featuring both on- and off-campus speakers.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,3.903[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
10.961,Seminar in Advanced Air Pollution Research,"Research seminars, presented by students engaged in thesis work in the field of air pollution. Particular emphasis given to atmospheric chemistry, mathematical modeling, and policy analysis.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.962,Seminar in Molecular Cell Engineering,"Weekly seminar with discussion of ongoing research and relevant literature by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists on issues at the interface of chemical engineering with molecular cell biology.  Emphasis is on quantitative aspects of physicochemical mechanisms involved in receptor/ligand interactions, receptor signal transduction processes, receptor-mediated cell behavioral responses, and applications of these in biotechnology and medicine.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.963,Seminar in Computer-Assisted Molecular Discovery,"Allows students to present their research and literature reviews to other students and staff. Topics include the use of automation and computational methods for understanding the biological, chemical, and physical properties of molecular structures, as well as the design of new functional molecules and the synthetic processes to produce them.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.964,Seminar on Transport Theory,"Research seminars presented by students and guest speakers on mathematical modeling of transport phenomena, focusing on electrochemical systems, electrokinetics, and microfluidics.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.965,Seminar in Biosystems Engineering,"Advanced topics on the state-of-the-art in design and implementation of analytical processes for biological systems, including single-cell analysis, micro/nanotechnologies, systems biology, biomanufacturing, and process engineering.  Seminars and discussions guided by the research interests of participating graduate students, postdoctoral associates, faculty, and visiting lecturers.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.966,"Seminar in Drug Delivery, Biomaterials, and Tissue Engineering","Focuses on presentations by students and staff on current research in the area of drug delivery, biomaterials, and tissue engineering. Includes topics such as nanotherapeutics, intracellular delivery, and therapies for diabetes.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.967,Seminar in Protein-Polymer Materials Engineering,"Research seminar covers topics on protein-based polymeric materials. Specific topics include bioelectronic materials, protein-polymer hybrids, and nanostructured proteins and polymers.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.968,Seminar in Biomolecular Engineering,"Covers research progress in the area of design, testing and mechanistic investigation of novel molecular systems for biotechnological applications.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.969,Molecular Engineering Seminar,"Seminar allows students to present their research to other students and staff.  Research topics include molecular simulations techniques and applications, and molecular engineering of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical processes and formulations.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.970,Seminar in Molecular Computation,"Seminar allows students to present their research to other students and staff. The research topics include computational chemistry techniques, kinetics, and catalysis. Focus is on molecular-level understanding of chemical change.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.971,Seminar in Fluid Mechanics and Transport Phenomena,"Seminar series on current research on Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and transport phenomena, and applications to materials processing. Seminars given by guest speakers and research students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.972,Biochemical Engineering Research Seminar,"Seminar allows students to present their research programs to other students and staff. The research topics include fermentation and enzyme technology, mammalian and animal cell cultivation, and biological product separation.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.973,Bioengineering,Seminar covering topics related to current research in the application of chemical engineering principles to biomedical science and biotechnology.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.974,Seminar in Chemical Engineering Nanotechnology,Seminar covering topics related to current research in the application of chemical engineering principles to nanotechnology. Limited to 30.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.975,Seminar in Polymer Science and Engineering,"Research seminars, presented by students engaged in thesis work in the field of polymers and by visiting lecturers from industry and academia.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.976,"Process Design, Operations, and Control","Seminars on the state of the art in design, operations, and control of processing systems, with emphasis on computer-based tools. Discussions guided by the research interests of participating students. Topics include mathematical and numerical techniques, representational methodologies, and software development.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.977,Seminar in Electrocatalysis,"Seminar held every week, with presentations by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers on topics related to the molecular engineering of electrocatalysts. Emphasis on correlating atomic-level understanding of surfaces, their interactions with adsorbates, and the resulting impact on catalytic mechanisms.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.978,Seminar in Advanced Materials for Energy Applications,"Students, postdocs, and visitors to present their work on synthesis, design, and characterization of polymeric and inorganic materials for applications related to membrane and adsorption-based separations.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.979,Seminar in Biological Soft Matter,"Students, postdocs, and visitors present their work on understanding and designing soft materials and complex fluids related to human health and medical applications. Both experimental and modeling approaches are discussed, covering topics such as macromolecular transport, microhydrodynamics, biomechanics, microfluidics, and microphysiological systems.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.981,Seminar in Colloid and Interface Science,"Review of current topics in colloid and interface science. Topics include statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of micellar solutions, self-assembling systems, and microemulsions; solubilization of simple ions, amino acids, and proteins in reversed micelles; enzymatic reactions in reversed micelles; phase equilibria in colloidal systems; interfacial phenomena in colloidal systems; biomedical aspects of colloidal systems.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.982,Seminar in Experimental Colloid and Surface Chemistry,"In-depth discussion of fundamental physical relationships underlying techniques commonly used in the study of colloids and surfaces with a focus on recent advances and experimental applications. Topics have included the application of steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopies, infrared spectroscopy, and scanning probe microscopies.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.983,Reactive Processing and Microfabricated Chemical Systems,"Advanced topics in synthesis of materials through processes involving transport phenomena and chemical reactions. Chemical vapor deposition, modeling, and experimental approaches to kinetics of gas phase and surface reactions, transport phenomena in complex systems, materials synthesis, and materials characterization. Design fabrication and applications of microfabricated chemical systems. Seminars by graduate students, postdoctoral associates, participating faculty, and visiting lecturers.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.984,Biomedical Applications of Chemical Engineering,"Weekly seminar with lectures on current research by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists on topics related to biomedical applications of chemical engineering. Specific topics include polymeric controlled release technology, extracorporal reactor design, biomedical polymers, bioengineering aspects of pharmaceuticals, and biomaterials/tissue and cell interactions.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.985,Advanced Manufacturing Seminar,"Focuses on the state of the art in the systems engineering of materials products and materials manufacturing processes. Addresses topics such as pharmaceuticals manufacturing, polymeric drug delivery systems, and nano- and microstructured materials. Discussions guided by the research interests of participating students. Includes techniques from applied mathematics and numerical methods, multiscale systems analysis, and control theory.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.986,Seminar in Energy Systems,Seminar series on current research on energy systems modeling and analysis. Seminars given by guest speakers and research students.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.987,Solid Thin Films and Interfaces,"Current research topics and fundamental issues relating to the deposition and properties of solid thin films and interfaces. Emphasis on applying analytical techniques, such as solid-state NMR, to explore the thermodynamics and kinetics of growth, defect formation, and structural modification incurred during film growth and post processing.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.988,Seminar in Immune Engineering,"Students, postdocs, and visitors present their work on the discovery of protein drugs and the engineering of immune responses to advance human health and enhance fundamental knowledge of immune systems. Experimental and computational methods are discussed, covering topics such as antibodies, T cell receptors, vaccines, protein therapeutics, infectious diseases, autoimmune mechanisms, and cancer treatments. ",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.989,Seminar in Biotechnology,"Research seminars, presented by graduate students and visitors from industry and academia, covering a broad range of topics of current interest in biotechnology. Discussion focuses on generic questions with potential biotechnological applications and the quest for solutions through a coordinated interdisciplinary approach.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.990,Introduction to Chemical Engineering Research,Introduction to research in chemical engineering by faculty of chemical engineering department. Focus is on recent developments and research projects available to new graduate students.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-4-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.991,Seminar in Chemical Engineering,For students working on doctoral theses.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.992,Seminar in Chemical Engineering,For students working on doctoral theses.,True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.994,Molecular Bioengineering,"Presentations and discussion by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists of current literature and research on the engineering of protein biopharmaceuticals. Topics include combinatorial library construction and screening strategies, antibody engineering, gene therapy, cytokine engineering, and immunotherapy engineering strategies.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.995,Cellular and Metabolic Engineering,"Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scientists, and guest industrial practitioners to present their own research and highlight important advances from the literature in biochemical and bioprocess engineering. Topics of interest include metabolic engineering, novel microbial pathway design and optimization, synthetic biology, and applications of molecular biology to bioprocess development.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.997,Theoretical and Computational Immunology Seminar,"Presentations and discussions of current literature and research in theoretical and computational immunology. Topics include T cell biology, cell-cell recognition in immunology, polymers and membranes, and statistical mechanics.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.998,Seminar in Crystallization Science and Technology,"Focuses on current topics related to crystallization science and technology in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. Discusses fundamental work on nucleation, polymorphism, impurity crystal interactions and nano-crystal formation, along with industrial applications of crystallization.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.C01[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C01, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C01","3.C01[J], 20.C01[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.C51[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C51, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C51","3.C51[J], 20.C51[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.EPW,UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop,"Provides sophomores across all majors with opportunities to develop and practice communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to become successful professionals in the workplace, particularly in preparation for their summer industry internship. This immersive, multi-day Team Training Workshop (TTW) is comprised of experiential learning modules focused on expanding skills in areas that employers report being most valuable in the workplace. Modules are led by MIT faculty with the help of MIT alumni and other senior industry professionals. Skills applied through creative simulations, team problem-solving challenges, oral presentations, and networking sessions with prospective employers. Enrollment limited to those in the UPOP program.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],2.EPE,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.S28,Special Laboratory Subject in Chemical Engineering,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term. Enrollment limited.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-8-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.S94,Special Problems in Chemical Engineering,Focuses on problem of current interest not covered in regular curriculum; topic varies from year to year.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.S95,Special Problems in Chemical Engineering,Focuses on problem of current interest not covered in regular curriculum; topic varies from year to year.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.S96,Special Problems in Chemical Engineering,Focuses on problem of current interest not covered in regular curriculum; topic varies from year to year.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.TAC,Teaching Experience in Chemical Engineering (New),"For teaching assistants in chemical engineering, in cases where teaching assignment is approved for academic credit by the department. Development of laboratory, field, recitation, or classroom teaching skills through practical experience in laboratory, field, recitation, or classroom teaching under supervision of a faculty member. Total enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching opportunities.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and appropriate MIT faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,Program of research leading to writing an SB thesis; topic arranged between student and MIT faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.UAR,Individual Laboratory Experience,Companion subject for students pursuing UROP or other supervised project experience. Instruction in responsible conduct of research and technical communication skills. Concurrent enrollment in an approved UROP or other supervised project required. Limited to Course 10 juniors and seniors; requires advance enrollment application subject to instructor approval.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-5,"5.310, 7.002, or (Coreq: 12 units UROP or other approved laboratory subject and permission of instructor)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Opportunity for participation in the work of a research group, or for special investigation in a particular field. Topic and hours to fit individual requirements.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.URG,Undergraduate Research,"Opportunity for participation in a research group, or for special investigation in a particular field. Topic and hours to fit individual requirements.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.001[J],Introduction to Urban Design and Development,"Examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can be designed and developed. Surveys the ideas of a wide range of people who have addressed urban problems. Stresses the connection between values and design. Demonstrates how physical, social, political and economic forces interact to shape and reshape cities over time. Introduces links between urban design and urban science.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,4.250[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
11.002[J],Making Public Policy,"Examines how the struggle among competing advocates shapes the outputs of government. Considers how conditions become problems for government to solve, why some political arguments are more persuasive than others, why some policy tools are preferred over others, and whether policies achieve their goals. Investigates the interactions among elected officials, think tanks, interest groups, the media, and the public in controversies over global warming, urban sprawl, Social Security, health care, education, and other issues.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,17.30[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
11.003[J],Methods of Policy Analysis,"Provides students with an introduction to public policy analysis. Examines various approaches to policy analysis by considering the concepts, tools, and methods used in economics, political science, and other disciplines. Students apply and critique these approaches through case studies of current public policy problems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,11.002; Coreq: 14.01,17.303[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.004[J],People and the Planet: Environmental Histories and Engineering,"Explores historical and cultural aspects of complex environmental problems and engineering approaches to sustainable solutions. Introduces quantitative analyses and methodological tools to understand environmental issues that have human and natural components. Demonstrates concepts through a series of historical and cultural analyses of environmental challenges and their engineering responses. Builds writing, quantitative modeling, and analytical skills in assessing environmental systems problems and developing engineering solutions. Through environmental data gathering and analysis, students engage with the challenges and possibilities of engineering in complex, interacting systems, and investigate plausible, symbiotic, systems-oriented solutions. Students taking graduate version complete additional analysis of reading assignments and a more in-depth and longer final paper. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,STS.033[J],False,False,False,False,Elective,False
11.005,Introduction to International Development,"Introduces the political economy of international economic development planning, using an applied, quantitative approach. Considers why some countries are able to develop faster than others. Presents major theories and models of development and underdevelopment, providing tools to understand the mechanisms and processes behind economic growth and broader notions of progress. Offers an alternative view of development, focusing on the persistence of dichotomies in current theory and practice. Using specific cases, explores how different combinations of actors and institutions at various scales may promote or inhibit economic development. Students re-examine conventional knowledge and engage critically with the assumptions behind current thinking and policy.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.006,Poverty and Economic Security,"Explores the evolution of poverty and economic security in the US within a global context.  Examines the impacts of recent economic restructuring and globalization.  Reviews current debates about the fate of the middle class, sources of increasing inequality, and approaches to advancing economic opportunity and security. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.007,Urban and Environmental Technology Implementation Lab,"Real-world clients and environmental problems form the basis of a project in which teams of students develop strategies for analysis and implementation of new sensor technology within cities. Working closely with a partner or client based on the MIT campus or in Cambridge, students assess the environmental problem, implement prototypes, and recommend promising solutions to the client for implementation. Equipment and working space provided. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.008,Undergraduate Planning Seminar,"A weekly seminar that includes discussions on topics in cities and urban planning, including guest lectures from DUSP faculty and practicing planners. Topics include urban science, zoning, architecture and urban design, urban sociology, politics and public policy, transportation and mobility, democratic governance, civil rights and social justice, urban economics, affordable housing, environmental policy and planning, real estate and economic development, agriculture and food policy, public health, and international development. Weekly student presentations on local planning issues and current events; occasional walking tours or arranged field trips. May be repeated for credit. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 11 and 11-6 sophomores and juniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.011,The Art and Science of Negotiation,"Introduction to negotiation theory and practice. Applications in government, business, and nonprofit settings are examined. Combines a ""hands-on"" personal skill-building orientation with a look at pertinent tactical and strategic foundations. Preparation insights, persuasion tools, ethical benchmarks, and institutional influences are examined as they shape our ability to analyze problems, negotiate agreements, and resolve disputes in social, organizational, and political circumstances characterized by interdependent interests. Enrollment limited by lottery; consult class website for information and deadlines.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.013[J],American Urban History,"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, schools, prisons, public authorities, and universities. Focuses on readings and discussions.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.217[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
11.014[J],History of the Built Environment in the US,"Seminar on the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department stores, supermarkets, and amusement parks.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,21H.218[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
11.015[J],"Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History","Focuses on a series of short, complicated, traumatic events that shed light on American politics, culture, and society. Events studied may include the rendition of Anthony Burns in 1854, the most famous fugitive slave controversy in US history; the Homestead strike/lockout of 1892; the quiz show scandal of the 1950s; and the student uprisings at Columbia University in 1968. Emphasis on finding ways to make sense of these events and on using them to understand larger processes of change in American history.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.226[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
11.016[J],The Once and Future City,"Examines the evolving structure of cities, the dynamic processes that shape them, and the significance of a city's history for its future development. Develops the ability to read urban form as an interplay of natural processes and human purposes over time. Field assignments in Boston provide the opportunity to use, develop, and refine these concepts. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,4.211[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
11.021[J],"Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control","Analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution, hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and production/use of toxic chemicals. Analyzes pollution/climate change as economic problems and failure of markets. Explores the role of science and economics in legal decisions. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (i.e., economic incentives, voluntary approaches) to control pollution and encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on major federal legislation, underlying administrative system, and common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, greenhouse gas emissions, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Develops basic legal skills: how to read/understand cases, regulations, and statutes. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"1.801[J], 17.393[J], IDS.060[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.022[J],"Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology","Focuses on policy design and evaluation in the regulation of hazardous substances and processes. Includes risk assessment, industrial chemicals, pesticides, food contaminants, pharmaceuticals, radiation and radioactive wastes, product safety, workplace hazards, indoor air pollution, biotechnology, victims' compensation, and administrative law. Health and economic consequences of regulation, as well as its potential to spur technological change, are discussed for each regulatory regime. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,IDS.060 or permission of instructor,"1.802[J], IDS.061[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.024,Modeling Pedestrian Activity in Cities,"Investigates the interaction between pedestrian activity, urban form, and land-use patterns in relatively dense urban environments. Informed by recent literature on pedestrian mobility, behavior, and biases, subject takes a practical approach, using software tools and analysis methods to operationalize and model pedestrian activity. Uses simplified yet powerful and scalable network analysis methods that focus uniquely on pedestrians, rather than engaging in comprehensive travel demand modeling across all modes. Emphasizes not only modeling or predicting pedestrian activity in given built settings, but also analyzing and understanding how changes in the built environment — land use changes, density changes, and connectivity changes — can affect pedestrian activity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.025[J],D-Lab: Development,"Issues in international development, appropriate technology and project implementation addressed through lectures, case studies, guest speakers and laboratory exercises. Students form project teams to partner with community organizations in developing countries, and formulate plans for an optional IAP site visit. (Previous field sites include Ghana, Brazil, Honduras and India.) Recitation sections focus on specific project implementation, and include cultural, social, political, environmental and economic overviews of the target countries as well as an introduction to the local languages. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,EC.701[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.026[J],Downtown,"Seminar on downtown in US cities from the late 19th century to the late 20th. Emphasis on downtown as an idea, place, and cluster of interests, on the changing character of downtown, and on recent efforts to rebuild it. Considers subways, skyscrapers, highways, urban renewal, and retail centers. Focus on readings, discussions, and individual research projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,21H.321[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
11.027,"City to City: Comparing, Researching, and Reflecting on Practice","Introduces students to practice through researching, writing, and working for and with nonprofits. Students work directly with nonprofits and community partners to help find solutions to real world problems; interview planners and other field experts, and write and present findings to nonprofit partners and community audiences.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.029[J],Mobility Ventures: Driving Innovation in Transportation Systems,"Explores technological, behavioral, policy, and systems-wide frameworks for innovation in transportation systems, complemented with case studies across the mobility spectrum, from autonomous vehicles to urban air mobility to last-mile sidewalk robots. Students interact with a series of guest lecturers from CEOs and other business and government executives who are actively reshaping the future of mobility. Interdisciplinary teams of students collaborate to deliver business plans for proposed mobility-focused startups with an emphasis on primary market research. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,15.3791[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.041,"Introduction to Housing, Community, and Economic Development","Provides a critical introduction to the shape and determinants of political, social, and economic inequality in America, with a focus on racial and economic justice. Explores the role of the city in visions of justice. Analyzes the historical, political, and institutional contexts of housing and community development policy in the US, including federalism, municipal fragmentation, and decentralized public financing. Introduces major dimensions in US housing policy, such as housing finance, public housing policy, and state and local housing affordability mechanisms. Reviews major themes in community economic development, including drivers of economic inequality, small business policy, employment policy, and cooperative economics. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.045[J],"Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions","The study of power among individuals and within organizations, markets, and states. Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, explores the nature of dominant and subordinate relationships, types of legitimate authority, and practices of resistance. Examines how people are influenced in subtle ways by those around them, who makes controlling decisions in the family, how people get ahead at work, and whether democracies, in fact, reflect the will of the people. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"15.302[J], 17.045[J], 21A.127[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.047[J],"Race, Place, and Modernity in the Americas (New)","Students travel to São Paulo for three weeks. Examines the relationship between race and place in the formation of modern Brazil and the US through comparative analysis and interdisciplinary study. In addition to participating in class discussions on literature, film, and visual art, students visit key cultural and historical sites; interact with archives and museum collections; and, most importantly, engage in dialogue with local activists, religious leaders, community organizers, and scholars. Focusing on the work of Black and Indigenous people, particularly women, places a strong emphasis on the ways in which art and cultural activism can have an impact on racial justice issues. Taught in English; no Portuguese needed. Contact Women's and Gender Studies about travel fee, possible funding opportunities, and other details. Enrollment limited to 20. Application required.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-3-3,None,"21L.592[J], 21W.781[J], WGS.247[J]",False,False,False,False,Elective,False
11.067,"Land Use Law and Politics: Race, Place, and Law","Explores conceptions of spatial justice and introduces students to basic principles of US law and legal analysis, focused on property, land use, equal protection, civil rights, fair housing, and local government law, in order to examine who should control how land is used. Examines the rights of owners of land and the types of regulatory and market-based tools that are available to control land use, and discusses why and when government regulation, rather than private market ordering, might be necessary to control land use patterns. Explores basic principles of civil rights and anti-discrimination law and focuses on particular civil rights problems associated with the land use regulatory system, such as exclusionary zoning, residential segregation, the fair distribution of undesirable land uses, and gentrification. Introduces basic skills of statutory drafting and interpretation. Assignments differ for those taking the graduate version.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.068,"Environmental Justice, Science, and Technology (New)","Introduces foundational principles of environmental justice and presents the history of the environmental justice movement and how the movement connects to research, including community engaged research. Explores how scientific and technological tools, such as earth observation technology or geographical information systems (GIS), can be used to better understand and address environmental justice issues. Analyzes how emerging engineering approaches to climate change and environment may affect environmental justice and injustice. Enables students to engage in group projects connected to local environmental justice issues. Aims to spur institutional conversation on how environmental justice and community-centered approaches can provide a framework for STEM education, research, design, and innovation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.074,Cybersecurity Clinic,"Provides an opportunity for MIT students to become certified in methods of assessing the vulnerability of public agencies (particularly agencies that manage critical urban infrastructure) to the risk of cyberattack. Certification involves completing an 8-hour, self-paced, online set of four modules during the first four weeks of the semester followed by a competency exam. Students who successfully complete the exam become certified. The certified students work in teams with client agencies in various cities around the United States. Through preparatory interactions with the agencies, and short on-site visits, teams prepare vulnerability assessments that client agencies can use to secure the technical assistance and financial support they need to manage the risks of cyberattack they are facing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-4-6,None,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
11.085,Technology and Society: Computational Models for Public Decision-Making (New),"This workshop builds on urban-related computational problems (involving, for example, network routing, Monte Carlo simulation, resource allocation, and recursion) to focus on real-world contexts and decision-making cases. Explores how problem framing can impact analytic formulations, and how analyses of social policies that impact citizens unevenly can be more sensitive to context and social equity considerations. Problem settings include access and control of local roads, mandatory insurance and building codes for coastal development, and locating essential public services. Fosters innovative problem-solving abilities by designing and testing alternative problem formulations, exercising Python programming skills, and introducing urban planning practices and social policy concepts. Limited to 25.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],"6.100B, 16.C20, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.092,Renewable Energy Facility Siting Clinic,"Presents methods for resolving facility siting disputes, particularly those involving renewable energy. After completing four modules and a competency exam for MITx certification, students work in teams to help client communities in various cities around the United States. Through direct interactions with the proponents and opponents of facilities subject to local opposition, students complete a stakeholder assessment and offer joint fact-finding and collaborative problem-solving assistance. The political, legal, financial, and regulatory aspects of facility siting, particularly for renewable energy, are reviewed along with key infrastructure planning principles. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-4-6 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.100,Introduction to Computational Thinking in Cities,"Highlights how computer science may inform and impact how cities are conceptualized, planned, designed, regulated, and managed. The first half of the class explores the history of computational approaches in urban planning between around 1950 and 2020. The second half attempts to connect the data science concepts learned in 6.100B to topics in city planning and design. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None. Coreq: 6.100B,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.107,Economic Development Planning and Policy,"Introduces tools and techniques in economic development planning. Extensive use of data collection, analysis, and display techniques. Students build interpretive intuition skills through user experience design activities and develop a series of memos summarizing the results of their data analysis. These are aggregated into a final report, and include the tools developed over the semester. Students taking graduate version complete modified assignments focused on developing computer applications.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.111[J],Leadership in Negotiation: Advanced Applications,"Building on the skills and strategies honed in 11.011, explores advanced negotiation practice. Emphasizes an experiential skill-building approach, underpinned by cutting-edge cases and innovative research. Examines applications in high-stakes management, public policy, social entrepreneurship, international diplomacy, and scientific discovery. Strengthens collaborative decision-making, persuasion, and leadership skills by negotiating across different media and through personalized coaching, enhancing students' ability to proactively engage stakeholders, transform organizations, and inspire communities. Limited by lottery; consult class website for information and deadlines.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,11.011 or permission of instructor,17.381[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.113,The Economic Approach to Cities and Environmental Sustainability,"Provides a systematic framework of the interplay (both tension and synergy) between urbanization and environmental sustainability from a global perspective. Enhances analytical reasoning and quantitative skills to assist evidence-based empirical study and policy design evaluation. Explores the causes and consequences of urban environmental quality dynamics, and provides econometric tools to quantify such relationships. Examines state-of-the-art research in this field by introducing empirical studies from both developing and developed countries (highlighting fast urbanization). Themes include urban production, households, transportation and form, as well as political economy and climate resilience. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"1.010, 14.30, 18.650, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.119,NEET Seminar: Digital Cities,Seminar for students enrolled in the Digital Cities NEET thread. Focuses on topics around clean energy and sustainability in cities via guest lectures and research discussions.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.122[J],"Law, Technology, and Public Policy","Examines how law, economics, and technological change shape public policy, and how law can sway technological change; how the legal system responds to environmental, safety, energy, social, and ethical problems; how law and markets interact to influence technological development; and how law can affect wealth distribution, employment, and social justice. Covers energy/climate change; genetic engineering; telecommunications and role of misinformation; industrial automation; effect of regulation on technological innovation; impacts of antitrust law on innovation and equity; pharmaceuticals; nanotechnology; cost/benefit analysis as a decision tool; public participation in governmental decisions affecting science and technology; corporate influence on technology and welfare; and law and economics as competing paradigms to encourage sustainability. Students taking graduate version explore subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,IDS.066[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.123,Big Plans and Mega-Urban Landscapes,"Explores the physical, ecological, technological, political, economic and cultural implications of big plans and mega-urban landscapes in a global context. Uses local and international case studies to understand the process of making major changes to urban landscape and city fabric, and to regional landscape systems. Includes lectures by leading practitioners. Assignments consider planning and design strategies across multiple scales and time frames.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.124[J],Introduction to Education: Looking Forward and Looking Back on Education,"One of two introductory subjects on teaching and learning science and mathematics in a variety of K-12 settings. Topics include education and media, education reform, the history of education, simulations, games, and the digital divide. Students gain practical experience through weekly visits to schools, classroom discussions, selected readings, and activities to develop a critical and broad understanding of past and current forces that shape the goals and processes of education, and explores the challenges and opportunities of teaching. Students work collaboratively and individually on papers, projects, and in-class presentations. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-6-3,None,CMS.586[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
11.125[J],Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education,"One of two introductory subjects on teaching and learning science and mathematics in a variety of K-12 settings. Topics include student misconceptions, formative assessment, standards and standardized testing, multiple intelligences, and educational technology. Students gain practical experience through weekly visits to schools, classroom discussions, selected readings, and activities to develop a critical and broad understanding of past and current forces that shape the goals and processes of education, and explores the challenges and opportunities of teaching. Students work collaboratively and individually on papers, projects, and in-class presentations. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-6-3,None,CMS.587[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
11.127[J],Design and Development of Games for Learning,"Immerses students in the process of building and testing their own digital and board games in order to better understand how we learn from games. Explores the design and use of games in the classroom in addition to research and development issues associated with computer-based (desktop and handheld) and non-computer-based media. In developing their own games, students examine what and how people learn from them (including field testing of products), as well as how games can be implemented in educational settings. All levels of computer experience welcome. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-6-3,None,CMS.590[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
11.129[J],Educational Theory and Practice I,"Concentrates on core set of skills and knowledge necessary for teaching in secondary schools. Topics include classroom management, student behavior and motivation, curriculum design, educational reform, and the teaching profession. Classroom observation is a key component. Assignments include readings from educational literature, written reflections on classroom observations, practice teaching and constructing curriculum. The first of the three-course sequence necessary to complete the Teacher Education Program. Limited to 15; preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: CMS.586,CMS.591[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.130[J],Educational Theory and Practice II,"Concentrates on the theory and psychology associated with student learning. Topics include educational theory, educational psychology, and theories of learning. Students assume responsibility for full-time teaching of two or more classes at their designated school. Class sessions focus on debriefing and problem-solving. Second of a three-course sequence necessary to complete the Teacher Education Program.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-9,CMS.591,CMS.592[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.131[J],Educational Theory and Practice III,"Students continue their IAP student teaching through mid March. Topics include educational psychology, theories of learning, and using technology and evaluating its effectiveness to enhance student learning. Assignments include readings from educational literature, written reflections on student teaching, presentations on class topics and creating a project that supports student learning at the school where the MIT student is teaching. This is the third of the three-course sequence necessary to complete the Teacher Education Program.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,CMS.592,CMS.593[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.133[J],Dilemmas in Biomedical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?,"An introduction to the cross-cultural study of biomedical ethics. Examines moral foundations of the science and practice of western biomedicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, organ transplantation and other issues. Evaluates challenges that new medical technologies pose to the practice and availability of medical services around the globe, and to cross-cultural ideas of kinship and personhood. Discusses critiques of the biomedical tradition from anthropological, feminist, legal, religious, and cross-cultural theorists.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.302[J], WGS.271[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.134[J],Infections and Inequalities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Global Health,"Examines case studies in infectious disease outbreaks to demonstrate how human health is a product of multiple determinants, such as biology, sociocultural and historical factors, politics, economic processes, and the environment. Analyzes how structural inequalities render certain populations vulnerable to illness and explores the moral and ethical dimensions of public health and clinical interventions to promote health. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,HST.431[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.135,"Violence, Human Rights, and Justice","An examination of the problem of mass violence and oppression in the contemporary world, and of the concept of human rights as a defense against such abuse. Explores questions of cultural relativism, race, gender and ethnicity. Examines case studies from war crimes tribunals, truth commissions, anti-terrorist policies and other judicial attempts to redress state-sponsored wrongs. Considers whether the human rights framework effectively promotes the rule of law in modern societies. Students debate moral positions and address ideas of moral relativism.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.136,Global Mental Health,"Provides skills to critically analyze issues of mental health in historical and cross-cultural contexts. Studies mental illness as a complex biopsychosocial experience embedded in particular political and economic frameworks. Examines the relationships among culture, gender, embodiment, and emotional distress; power inequalities and ideas of the ""normal"" and ""abnormal;"" and how such conceptions influence care-giving practices, whether in traditional or biomedical contexts. Evaluates how the disciplines of psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychiatry have developed in the West, and considers their influence on mental health interventions in global settings. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.137,Financing Economic Development and Housing,Studies financing tools and program models to support and promote local economic development and housing. Overview of public and private capital markets and financing sources helps illustrate market imperfections that constrain economic and housing development and increase race and class disparaties. Explores federal housing and economic development programs as well as state and local public finance tools. Covers policies and program models. Investigates public finance practice to better understand how these finance programs affect other municipal operations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 25.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.138,Crowd Sourced City: Civic Tech Prototyping,"Investigates the use of social medial and digital technologies for planning and advocacy by working with actual planning and advocacy organizations to develop, implement, and evaluate prototype digital tools. Students use the development of their digital tools as a way to investigate new media technologies that can be used for planning. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.139,The City in Film,"Surveys important developments in urbanism from 1900 to the present, using film as a lens to explore and interpret aspects of the urban experience in the US and abroad. Topics include industrialization, demographics, diversity, the environment, and the relationship between the community and the individual. Films vary from year to year but always include a balance of classics from the history of film, an occasional experimental/avant-garde film, and a number of more recent, mainstream movies. Students taking undergraduate version complete writing assignments that focus on observation, analysis, and the essay, and give an oral presentation. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
11.140,Urbanization and Development,"Examines developmental dynamics of rapidly urbanizing locales, with a special focus on the developing world. Case studies from India, China, Mexico, Brazil, and South Africa form the basis for discussion of social, spatial, political and economic changes in cities spurred by the decline of industry, the rise of services, and the proliferation of urban mega projects. Emphasizes the challenges of growing urban inequality, environmental risk, citizen displacement, insufficient housing, and the lack of effective institutions for metropolitan governance.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.142,Geography of the Global Economy,"Analyzes implications of economic globalization for communities, regions, international businesses and economic development organizations. Uses spatial analysis techniques to model the role of energy resources in shaping international political economy. Investigates key drivers of human, physical, and social capital flows and their roles in modern human settlement systems. Surveys contemporary models of industrialization and places them in geographic context. Connects forces of change with their implications for the distribution of wealth and human well-being. Looks backward to understand pre-Covid conditions and then returns to the present to understand how a global pandemic changes the world. Class relies on current literature and explorations of sectors. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.143,Research Methods in Global Health and Development,"Provides training for students to critically analyze the relationship between ""health"" and ""development."" Draws upon the theory and methods of medical anthropology, social medicine, public health, and development to track how culture, history, and political economy influence health and disease in global communities. Students work in teams to formulate research questions, and collect and analyze qualitative data in clinical and community settings in the greater Boston area, in order to design effective development interventions aimed at reducing health disparities in the US and abroad. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.144,Project Appraisal in Developing Countries,"Covers techniques of financial analysis of investment expenditures, as well as the economic and distributive appraisal of development projects. Critical analysis of these tools in the political economy of international development is discussed. Topics include appraisal's role in the project cycle, planning under conditions of uncertainty, constraints in data quality and the limits of rational analysis, and the coordination of an interdisciplinary appraisal team. Enrollment limited; preference to majors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.145,International Housing Economics and Finance,"Presents a theory of comparative differences in international housing outcomes. Introduces institutional differences in the ways housing expenditures are financed, and the economic determinants of housing outcomes, such as construction costs, land values, housing quality, and ownership rates. Analyzes the flow of funds to and from the different national housing finance sectors. Develops an understanding of the greater financial and macroeconomic implications of the mortgage credit sector, and how policies affect the ways housing asset fluctuations impact national economies. Considers the perspective of investors in international real estate markets and the risks and rewards involved. Draws on lessons from an international comparative approach, and applies them to economic and finance policies at the local, state/provincial, and federal levels within a country of choice. Meets with 11.355 when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.147,Budgeting and Finance for the Public Sector,"Examines globally relevant challenges of adequately and effectively attending to public sector responsibilities for basic services with limited resources. Particular attention to the contexts of fiscal crises and rapid population growth, as well as shrinkage, through an introduction to methods and processes of budgeting, accounting, and financial mobilization. Case studies and practice exercises explore revenue strategies, demonstrate fiscal analytical competencies, and familiarize students with pioneering examples of promising budget and accounting processes and innovative funding mobilization via taxation, capital markets, and other mechanisms (e.g., land-value capture). Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.148,Environmental Justice: Law and Policy,"Introduces frameworks for analyzing and addressing inequalities in the distribution of environmental benefits and burdens, particularly by race and by class. Explores the foundations and principles of the environmental justice movement from the perspectives of social science, public policy, and law. Introduces basic principles of US constitutional and environmental law, with a focus on equal protection and civil rights. Applies environmental justice principles to contemporary issues in urban policy and planning, including effects of and responses to climate change and global heating. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.149,Decarbonizing Urban Mobility,"Focuses on measuring and reducing emissions from passenger transportation. After examining travel, energy, and climate conditions, students review existing approaches to transport decarbonization. Evaluates new mobility technologies through their potential to contribute to (or delay) a zero emission mobility system. Students consider the policy tools required to achieve approaches to achieve change. Frames past and future emission reductions using an approach based on the Kaya Identity, decomposing past (and potential future) emissions into their component pieces. Seeks to enable students to be intelligent evaluators of approaches to transportation decarbonization and equip them with the tools to develop and evaluate policy measures relevant to their local professional challenges. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.150[J],Metropolis: A Comparative History of New York City,Examines the evolution of New York City from 1607 to the present. Readings focus on the city's social and physical histories. Discussions compare New York's development to patterns in other cities.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.220[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
11.151[J],Youth Political Participation,"Surveys youth political participation in the US since the early 1800s. Investigates trends in youth political activism during specific historical periods, as well as what difference youth media production and technology use (e.g., radio, music, automobiles, ready-made clothing) made in determining the course of events. Explores what is truly new about ""new media"" and reviews lessons from history for present-day activists based on patterns of past failure and success. Some mandatory field trips may occur during class time. Limited to 40.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.080[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
11.152[J],The Ghetto: From Venice to Harlem,"Provides an in-depth look at a modern institution of oppression: the ghetto. Uses literature to examine ghettoization over time and across a wide geographical area, from Jews in Medieval Europe to African-Americans and Latinos in the 20th-century United States. Also explores segregation and poverty in the urban ""Third World.""",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.385[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.153[J],Shanghai and China's Modernization,"Considers the history and function of Shanghai, from 1840 to the present, and its rise from provincial backwater to international metropolis. Examines its role as a primary point of economic, political, and social contact between China and the world, and the strong grip Shanghai holds on both the Chinese and foreign imagination. Students discuss the major events and figures of Shanghai, critique the classic historiography, and complete an independent project on Shanghai history.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,21H.351[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
11.154,"Big Data, Visualization, and Society","Data visualizations communicate the insights found in data to non-technical audiences. Students develop technical skills to work with big data to expose societal issues and communicate the insights. Focuses on different topics each year. After framing that topic, the first half of the subject focuses on learning to analyze the data with Python. The second half of the subject focuses on learning web-based data visualization tools (JavaScript and D3). Students learn data storytelling concepts and produce web-based data visualizations for their final projects. Throughout, students learn ethical data practices. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.C35[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society,"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Weekly lab sessions present coding and technical skills. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-8,None,"6.C35[J], CMS.C35[J], IDS.C35[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.155[J],Data and Society,"Introduces students to the social, political, and ethical aspects of data science work. Designed to create reflective practitioners who are able to think critically about how collecting, aggregating, and analyzing data are social processes and processes that affect people.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"IDS.057[J], STS.005[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
11.156,Healthy Cities: Assessing Health Impacts of Policies and Plans,"Examines the built, psychosocial, economic, and natural environment factors that affect health behaviors and outcomes, including population-level patterns of disease distribution and health disparities. Introduces tools designed to integrate public health considerations into policy-making and planning. Assignments provide students opportunities to develop extensive practical experience bringing a health lens to policy, budgeting, and/or planning debates. Emphasizes health equity and healthy cities, and explores the relationship between health equity and broader goals for social and racial justice. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 30.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.157,"China's Growth: Political Economy, Business, and Urbanization","Examines different aspects of the growth of China, which has the second largest economy in the world. Studies the main drivers of Chinese economic growth and the forces behind the largest urbanization in human history. Discusses how to understand China's booming real estate market, and how Chinese firms operate to attain their success, whether through hard-working entrepreneurship or political connections with the government. Explores whether the top-down urban and industrial policy interventions improve efficiency or cause misallocation problems, and whether the Chinese political system in an enabler of Chinese growth or a potential impediment to the country's future growth prospects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.158,"Behavioral Science, AI, and Urban Mobility","Integrates behavioral science, artificial intelligence, and transportation technology to shape travel behavior, design mobility systems and business, and reform transportation policies. Introduces methods to sense travel behavior with new technology and measurements; nudge behavior through perception and preference shaping; design mobility systems and ventures that integrate autonomous vehicles, shared mobility, and public transit; and regulate travel with behavior-sensitive transport policies. Challenges students to pilot behavioral experiments and design creative mobility systems, business and policies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.159,Entrepreneurial Negotiation,"Combines online weekly face-to-face negotiation exercises and in-person lectures designed to empower budding entrepreneurs with negotiation techniques to protect and increase the value of their ideas, deal with ego and build trust in relationships, and navigate entrepreneurial bargaining under constraints of economic uncertainty and complex technical considerations. Students must complete scheduled weekly assignments, including feedback memos to counterpart negotiators, and meet on campus with the instructor to discuss and reflect on their experiences with the course. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-3-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.164[J],Human Rights at Home and Abroad,"Provides a rigorous and critical introduction to the history, foundation, structure, and operation of the human rights movement. Focuses on key ideas, actors, methods and sources, and critically evaluates the field. Addresses current debates in human rights, including the relationship with security, democracy, development and globalization, urbanization, equality (in housing and other economic and social rights; women's rights; ethnic, religious and racial discrimination; and policing/conflict), post-conflict rebuilding and transitional justice, and technology in human rights activism. No prior coursework needed, but work experience, or community service that demonstrates familiarity with global affairs or engagement with ethics and social justice issues, preferred. Students taking graduate version are expected to write a research paper.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,Permission of instructor,17.391[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.165,Urban Energy Systems and Policy,"Examines efforts in developing and advanced nations and regions. Examines key issues in the current and future development of urban energy systems, such as technology, use, behavior, regulation, climate change, and lack of access or energy poverty. Case studies on a diverse sampling of cities explore how prospective technologies and policies can be implemented. Includes intensive group research projects, discussion, and debate. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,14.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.166,"Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience","Studies the interaction between law, courts, and social movements in shaping domestic and global public policy. Examines how groups mobilize to use law to affect change and why they succeed and fail. Case studies explore the interplay between law, social movements, and public policy in current issues, such as gender, race, labor, trade, climate change/environment, and LGBTQ rights. Introduces theories of public policy, social movements, law and society, and transnational studies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.167[J],"Global Energy: Politics, Markets, and Policy","Focuses on the ways economics and politics influence the fate of energy technologies, business models, and policies around the world. Extends fundamental concepts in the social sciences to case studies and simulations that illustrate how corporate, government, and individual decisions shape energy and environmental outcomes. In a final project, students apply the concepts in order to assess the prospects for an energy innovation to scale and advance sustainability goals in a particular regional market. Recommended prerequisite: 14.01. Meets with 15.219 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Preference to juniors, seniors, and Energy Minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"14.47[J], 15.2191[J], 17.399[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.169,Global Climate Policy and Sustainability,"Examines climate politics both nationally and globally. Addresses economic growth, environmental preservation, and social equity through the lens of sustainability. Uses various country and regional cases to analyze how sociopolitical, economic and environmental values shape climate policy. Students develop recommendations for making climate policy more effective and sustainable. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.170,Cities and Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation,"Examines climate adaptation and mitigation responses at the city level. Discusses factors of greatest concern in adapting cities to climate change, including infrastructure; energy, food, and water systems; health; housing; and environmental justice. Various city and regional cases are used to analyze how cities are mobilizing to face climate change and integrate core considerations into urban planning. Working on independent case studies, students analyze how cities make urban planning decisions with respect to climate adaptation. In the process, students practice analytical skills to better understand how urban policies are made, and how they can be improved. Students develop recommendations for making climate adaptation more effective and sustainable at the city level. Assignment requirements differ for students completing the graduate version. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
11.171,Indigenous Environmental Planning,"Examines how Indigenous peoples' relationships to their homelands and local environments has been adversely affected by Western planning. Explores how these relationships have changed over time as American Indians, Alaska Natives, and other groups indigenous to North America and Hawai'i have adapted to new conditions, including exclusion from markets of exchange, overhunting/overfishing, dispossession, petrochemical development, conservation, mainstream environmentalism, and climate change. Seeks to understand current environmental challenges and their roots and discover potential solutions to address these challenges. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.173[J],Infrastructure Design for Climate Change,"In this team-oriented, project-based subject, students work to find technical solutions that could be implemented to mitigate the effects of natural hazards related to climate change, bearing in mind that any proposed measures must be appropriate in a given region's socio-political-economic context. Students are introduced to a variety of natural hazards and possible mitigation approaches as well as principles of design, including adaptable design and design for failure. Students select the problems they want to solve and develop their projects. During the term, officials and practicing engineers of Cambridge, Boston, Puerto Rico, and MIT Facilities describe their approaches. Student projects are documented in a written report and oral presentation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited; preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-2-4,Permission of instructor,1.103[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.188,Introduction to Spatial Analysis and GIS Laboratory,"An introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a tool for visualizing and analyzing spatial data. Explores how GIS can make maps, guide decisions, answer questions, and advocate for change. Class builds toward a project in which students critically apply GIS techniques to an area of interest. Students build data discovery, cartography, and spatial analysis skills while learning to reflect on their positionality within the research design process. Because maps and data are never neutral, the class incorporates discussions of power, ethics, and data throughout as part of a reflective practice. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
11.UAR[J],Climate and Sustainability Undergraduate Advanced Research,"Provides instruction in effective research, experiential projects, internships, and externships, including choosing and refining problems, surveying previous work and publications, industry best practices, design for robustness, technical presentation, authorship and collaboration, and ethics. Supporting content includes background and context pertaining to climate change and sustainability, as well as tools for sustainable design. Focus for project work includes research topics relevant to the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC). Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises, in the context of an approved advanced research project. A total of 12 units of credit is awarded for completion of the spring and subsequent fall term offerings. Application required; consult MCSC website for more information.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,"1.UAR[J], 3.UAR[J], 5.UAR[J], 12.UAR[J], 15.UAR[J], 22.UAR[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Undergraduate research opportunities in Urban Studies and Planning. For further information, consult the Departmental Coordinators.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.URG,Undergraduate Research,"Undergraduate research opportunities in Urban Studies and Planning. For further information, consult the Departmental Coordinators.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.THT[J],Thesis Research Design Seminar,"Designed for students writing a thesis in Urban Studies and Planning or Architecture. Develop research topics, review relevant research and scholarship, frame research questions and arguments, choose an appropriate methodology for analysis, and draft introductory and methodology sections.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,4.THT[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of an SB thesis. To be arranged by the student under approved supervision.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,11.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.189-11.190,Urban Fieldwork,"Practical application of city and regional planning techniques to towns, cities, and regions, including problems of replanning, redevelopment, and renewal of existing communities. Includes internships, under staff supervision, in municipal and state agencies and departments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.191-11.192,Independent Study,For undergraduates wishing to pursue further study in specialized areas of urban studies or city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.193-11.194,Supervised Readings,Reading and discussion of topics in urban studies and planning.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S03,"Special Subject: Transportation Shaping Sustainable Urbanization: Connections with Behavior, Urban Economics and Planning","Explores changes in the built environment expected from transportation investments, and how they can be used to promote sustainable and equitable cities. Reflects on how notable characteristics of cities can be explained by their historical and current transportation features. Introduces theoretical basis and empirical evidence to analyze the urban transformation autonomous vehicles will bring and how shared mobility services affect travel behavior, and its implications from an urban planning perspective. Lectures interspersed with guest speakers and an optional field trip. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Licensed for Fall 2023 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S04,Special Subject: Topics in Affordable Housing,"Weekly seminar-style discussions on topics in affordable housing, including federal funding programs, homelessness prevention and shelters, local land use and zoning for affordability, innovative housing models/designs, fair housing laws, the history of public housing in the US, and international comparisons. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S187,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For undergraduates wishing to pursue further study or fieldwork in specialized areas of urban studies or city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S188,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For undergraduates wishing to pursue further study or fieldwork in specialized areas of urban studies or city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S189,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For undergraduates wishing to pursue further study or fieldwork in specialized areas of urban studies or city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S195,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For undergraduates wishing to pursue further study or fieldwork in specialized areas of urban studies or city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S196-11.S199,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For undergraduates wishing to pursue further study or fieldwork in specialized areas of urban studies or city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction. 11.S198 is graded P/D/F.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.200,Gateway: Urban Studies and Planning 1,"Introduces the theory and practice of planning and urban studies through exploration of the history of the field, case studies, and criticisms of traditional practice.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-1-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.201,Gateway: Urban Studies and Planning 2,"Builds on 11.200 by exploring in more detail contemporary planning tools and techniques, as well as case studies of planning and urban studies practice.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-1-7,11.200,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.202,Planning Economics,"Students use economic theory tools acquired in 11.203 to understand the mutual processes of individual action and structural constraint and investigate crises in search of opportunities for mitigation and reparation. Investigates a variety of structural crises from throughout the realms of planning, such as: capitalism, climate change, and (in)action; white supremacy, segregation, and gentrification; colonialism, informality, and infrastructure; autocentricity and other legacies of the built environment.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,11.203,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.203,Microeconomics,"Students develop a suite of tools from economic theory to understand the mutual processes of individual action and structural constraint. Students apply these tools to human interaction and social decision-making. Builds an understanding of producer theory from the collaborative possibilities and physical constraints that unfold as production is scaled up. Presents consumer theory as the process of individuals doing the best for themselves, their families, and their communities -- subject to the sociostructural constraints under which they operate. Considers alternative frameworks of social welfare, with a specific focus on marginalization and crisis, as well as common policy interventions and their implications under different constructions of welfare.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.204[J],People and the Planet: Environmental Histories and Engineering,"Explores historical and cultural aspects of complex environmental problems and engineering approaches to sustainable solutions. Introduces quantitative analyses and methodological tools to understand environmental issues that have human and natural components. Demonstrates concepts through a series of historical and cultural analyses of environmental challenges and their engineering responses. Builds writing, quantitative modeling, and analytical skills in assessing environmental systems problems and developing engineering solutions. Through environmental data gathering and analysis, students engage with the challenges and possibilities of engineering in complex, interacting systems, and investigate plausible, symbiotic, systems-oriented solutions. Students taking graduate version complete additional analysis of reading assignments and a more in-depth and longer final paper.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,IDS.524[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.205,Introduction to Spatial Analysis and GIS,"An introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a tool for visualizing and analyzing data representing locations and their attributes. GIS is invaluable for planners, scholars, and professionals who shape cities and a political instrument with which activists advocate for change. Class includes exercises to make maps, query databases, and analyze spatial data. Because maps and data are never neutral, the class incorporates discussions of power, ethics, and data throughout as part of a reflective practice. Limited enrollment; preference to first-year MCP students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-2-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.206,Poverty and Economic Security,"Explores the evolution of poverty and economic security in the US within a global context.  Examines the impacts of recent economic restructuring and globalization.  Reviews current debates about the fate of the middle class, sources of increasing inequality, and approaches to advancing economic opportunity and security. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.220,Quantitative Reasoning and Statistical Methods for Planning I,"Develops logical, empirically based arguments using statistical techniques and analytic methods. Covers elementary statistics, probability, and other types of quantitative reasoning useful for description, estimation, comparison, and explanation. Emphasizes the use and limitations of analytical techniques in planning practice. Restricted to MCP students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.222,Introduction to Critical Qualitative Methods,"Introduces qualitative methods as an approach to critical inquiry in urban planning research and practice. Emphasizes the importance of historical context, place-specificity, and the experiences and views of individuals as ways of knowing relationships of power and privilege between people, in place, and over time. Explores a range of critical qualitative methods including those used in archival, interview, observational, visual, and case study analysis.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.228[J],Collectives: New Forms of Sharing,"Considers ways in which collaborative approaches to living can reshape architecture and the city. Students investigate historic and present spatial models and platforms (digital and physical) of collaboration and sharing. Explores how economic, political and social transformations, such as co-ownership, community-based exchange, digital collectives, and self-organization, can lead to new programs, typologies, designs, and new relationships between user, designer, and developer. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,4.229[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.233,Research Design for Policy Analysis and Planning,"Develops skills in research design for policy analysis and planning. Emphasizes the logic of the research process and its constituent elements. Topics include philosophy of science, question formulation, hypothesis generation and theory construction, data collection techniques (e.g. experimental, survey, interview), ethical issues in research, and research proposal preparation. Limited to doctoral students in Course 11.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.234,Making Sense: Qualitative Methods for Designers and Planners,"Surveys uses of qualitative methods and social theory in urban design and planning research and practice. Topics include observing environments, physical traces, and environmental behavior; asking questions; focused interviews; standardized questionnaires; use of written archival materials; use of visual materials, including photographs, new media, and maps; case studies; and comparative methods. Emphasizes use of each of these skills to collect and make sense of qualitative data in community and institutional settings.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.236,Participatory Action Research (PAR),"Introduces students to participatory action research (PAR), an approach to research and inquiry that enables communities to examine and address consequential societal problems. Explores theoretical and practical questions at the heart of partnerships between applied social scientists and community partners. Focus includes the history of PAR and action research; debates regarding PAR as a form of applied social science; and practical, political, and ethical questions in the practice of PAR. Guides students through an iterative process for developing their own personal theories of practice. Covers co-designing and co-conducting research with community partners at various stages of the research process .Examines actual cases in which PAR-like methods have been used with greater or lesser success; and interaction with community members, organizations, and individuals who have been involved in PAR collaborations. ",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.238[J],Ethics of Intervention,"An historical and cross-cultural study of the logics and practices of intervention: the ways that individuals, institutions, and governments identify conditions of need or  states of emergency within and across borders that require a response. Examines when a response is viewed as obligatory, when is it deemed unnecessary, and by whom; when the intercession is considered fulfilled; and the rationales or assumptions that are employed in assessing interventions. Theories of the state, globalization, and humanitarianism; power, policy, and institutions; gender, race, and ethnicity; and law, ethics, and morality are examined.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,21A.409[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.239,The City in Film,"Surveys important developments in urbanism from 1900 to the present, using film as a lens to explore and interpret aspects of the urban experience in the US and abroad. Topics include industrialization, demographics, diversity, the environment, and the relationship between the community and the individual. Films vary from year to year but always include a balance of classics from the history of film, an occasional experimental/avant-garde film, and a number of more recent, mainstream movies. Students taking undergraduate version complete writing assignments that focus on observation, analysis, and the essay, and give an oral presentation.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.240[J],Walking the City,"Students investigate how landscapes and cities shape them — and vice versa — by examining the literature of walking and the environments in which they move. Through extensive walking, students explore the city to analyze its design and varied histories, drawing on cartography, art, sociology, and memory to create fresh narratives. Students write architecture and city criticism, design ""story maps,"" and are invited to walk as an art practice. Emphasis is on the relationship between the human body and freedom, or a lack thereof, and between pathways and the complex emotions that emerge from traversing them. Limited to 12. Preference to Course 4 and 11 graduate students who have completed at least two semesters.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,4.242[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.243,Research Methods in Global Health and Development,"Provides training for students to critically analyze the relationship between ""health"" and ""development."" Draws upon the theory and methods of medical anthropology, social medicine, public health, and development to track how culture, history, and political economy influence health and disease in global communities. Students work in teams to formulate research questions, and collect and analyze qualitative data in clinical and community settings in the greater Boston area, in order to design effective development interventions aimed at reducing health disparities in the US and abroad. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.244[J],"Race, History, and the Built Environment","Examines how the development of the built environment produces and reproduces conceptions of race - sociobiological theories of human difference. Using historical and cross-cultural cases, tracks the social and political lives of material objects, infrastructures, technologies, and architectures using projects of settler colonialism, nation-building, community development and planning, and in post-conflict and post-disaster settings. Analyzes social theories of race, place, space, and materiality; power, identity, and embodiment; and memory, death, and haunting. Explores how conceptions of belonging, citizenship, and exclusion are represented and designed spatially through analysis of examples, such as the appropriation of land for infrastructure programs, the erasure and commemoration of heritage in public spaces, and the use of the built environment to impose colonial ideologies. Limited to 14 students.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,STS.424[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.245[J],DesignX Entrepreneurship,"Students in teams accepted to the MITdesignX accelerator begin work on their ventures in this intense two-week bootcamp. Participants identify the needs and problems that demonstrate the demand for their innovative technology, policy, products, and/or services. They research and investigate various markets and stakeholders pertinent to their ventures, and begin to test their ideas and thesis in real-world interviews and interactions. Subject presented in workshop format, giving teams the chance to jump-start their ventures together with a cohort of people working on ideas that span the realm of design, planning real estate, and the human environment. Registration limited to students accepted to the MITdesignX accelerator in the fall.",True,IAP,Graduate,4-0-2,Permission of instructor,4.245[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.246[J],DesignX Accelerator,"Students continue to work in their venture teams to advance innovative ideas, products, and services oriented to design, planning, and the human environment. Presented in a workshop format with supplementary lectures. Teams are matched with external mentors for additional support in business and product development. At the end of the term, teams pitch their ventures to an audience from across the school and MIT, investors, industry, and cities. Registration limited to students accepted to the MITdesignX accelerator in the fall.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-4-6,Permission of instructor,4.246[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.250,Transportation Research Design,"Seminar dissects ten transportation studies from head to toe to illustrate how research ideas are initiated, framed, analyzed, evidenced, written, presented, criticized, revised, extended, and published, quoted and applied. Students learn by mimicking and learn by doing, and design and execute their own transportation research. Limited to 20.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.251,Frontier of Transportation Research,"Surveys the frontier of transportation research offered by 12 MIT faculty presenting their latest findings, ideas, and innovations. Students write weekly memos to reflect on these talks, make connections to their own research, and give short presentations.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.252[J],Design and Development of Games for Learning,"Immerses students in the process of building and testing their own digital and board games in order to better understand how we learn from games. Explores the design and use of games in the classroom in addition to research and development issues associated with computer-based (desktop and handheld) and non-computer-based media. In developing their own games, students examine what and how people learn from them (including field testing of products), as well as how games can be implemented in educational settings. All levels of computer experience welcome. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,None,CMS.863[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.255,Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector,"Investigates social conflict and distributional disputes in the public sector. While theoretical aspects of conflict and consensus building are considered, focus is on the practice of negotiation and dispute resolution. Comparisons between unassisted and assisted negotiation are reviewed along with the techniques of facilitation and mediation.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.256[J],Revealing the City,"Through study of the essay as a literary form and mode of writing, students explore the promise and perils of the variegated city. Participants create artful narratives by examining how various literary forms — poetry, fiction, and essay — illuminate our understanding of cities. Special emphasis is on the writer as the reader's advocate, with the goal of writing with greater creativity and sophistication for specialized and general-interest audiences. Limited to 12. Preference to Course 4 and 11 graduate students who have completed at least two semesters.",False,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,4.256[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.257,"China's Growth: Political Economy, Business, and Urbanization","Examines different aspects of the growth of China, which has the second largest economy in the world. Studies the main drivers of Chinese economic growth and the forces behind the largest urbanization in human history. Discusses how to understand China's booming real estate market, and how Chinese firms operate to attain their success, whether through hard-working entrepreneurship or political connections with the government. Explores whether the top-down urban and industrial policy interventions improve efficiency or cause misallocation problems, and whether the Chinese political system in an enabler of Chinese growth or a potential impediment to the country's future growth prospects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.258,Sustainable Urbanization Research Seminar,"Reviews the seminal as well as latest research on the driving forces of urbanization, real estate markets, urban sustainability in both developed and developing economies. Examines the tensions as well as synergies between urbanization and sustainability, and designs and evaluates policies and business strategies that can enhance the synergies while reduce the tensions. Covers various research topics under the umbrella of urbanization under three modules (sustainable urbanization; sustainable real estate; urbanization in emerging economies) where students study the initiation of an idea to its publication, including but not limited to, analyzing, framing, writing and critiquing as parts of the process. Sessions are organized as a semi-structured dialogue.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.259,Entrepreneurial Negotiation,"Combines online weekly face-to-face negotiation exercises and in-person lectures designed to empower budding entrepreneurs with negotiation techniques to protect and increase the value of their ideas, deal with ego and build trust in relationships, and navigate entrepreneurial bargaining under constraints of economic uncertainty and complex technical considerations. Students must complete scheduled weekly assignments, including feedback memos to counterpart negotiators, and meet on campus with the instructor to discuss and reflect on their experiences with the course. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-3-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.260,Sustainable Development and Institutions,"Explores the theory and application of the principles of sustainable development as they relate to organizational change management, decision-making processes, goal setting methodology and solution development.  Leverages the MIT campus as a living laboratory to gain unique insight into the change management and solution development process. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.263[J],Urban Last-Mile Logistics,"Explores specific challenges of urban last-mile B2C and B2B distribution in both industrialized and emerging economies. Develops an in-depth understanding of the perspectives, roles, and decisions of all relevant stakeholder groups, from consumers to private sector decision makers and public policy makers. Discusses the most relevant traditional and the most promising innovating operating models for urban last-mile distribution. Introduces applications of the essential quantitative methods for the strategic design and tactical planning of urban last-mile distribution systems, including optimization and simulation. Covers basic facility location problems, network design problems, single- and multi-echelon vehicle routing problems, as well as associated approximation techniques. Requires intermediate coding skills in Python and independent quantitative analyses Python.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,SCM.254 or permission of instructor,"1.263[J], SCM.293[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.265,Topics on Housing Finance and Social Equity (New),"Examines the challenges facing communities of color around home-buying opportunities and access to quality rental housing. Introduces the central institutions in the field of housing finance, provides a review of past housing finance policy, and explores how future policy could advance social equity and climate resilience. Guest speakers include leaders in the field from government, nonprofits, and industry.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.267[J],"Global Energy: Politics, Markets, and Policy","Focuses on the ways economics and politics influence the fate of energy technologies, business models, and policies around the world. Extends fundamental concepts in the social sciences to case studies and simulations that illustrate how corporate, government, and individual decisions shape energy and environmental outcomes. In a final project, students apply the concepts in order to assess the prospects for an energy innovation to scale and advance sustainability goals in a particular regional market. Recommended prerequisite: 14.01. Meets with 15.2191 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,15.219[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.268,Laws of the Land: Land Use and Environmental Law and Policy,Environmental justice and climate change are pressing contemporary concerns.  Crucial dimensions of the exposure of households to environmental harms and benefits are determined by land use and environmental laws.  Land use and environmental laws are also central to reducing carbon emissions and building environmentally sustainable and resilient communities.  Introduces students to the legal and social science dimension of these two crucial areas of law that is well-covered in the current curriculum. Enrollment limited to 30.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.269,Global Climate Policy and Sustainability,"Examines climate politics both nationally and globally. Addresses economic growth, environmental preservation, and social equity through the lens of sustainability. Uses various country and regional cases to analyze how sociopolitical, economic and environmental values shape climate policy. Students develop recommendations for making climate policy more effective and sustainable. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.270,Cities and Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation,"Examines climate adaptation and mitigation responses at the city level. Discusses factors of greatest concern in adapting cities to climate change, including infrastructure; energy, food, and water systems; health; housing; and environmental justice. Various city and regional cases are used to analyze how cities are mobilizing to face climate change and integrate core considerations into urban planning. Working on independent case studies, students analyze how cities make urban planning decisions with respect to climate adaptation. In the process, students practice analytical skills to better understand how urban policies are made, and how they can be improved. Students develop recommendations for making climate adaptation more effective and sustainable at the city level. Assignment requirements differ for students completing the graduate version. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.271,Indigenous Environmental Planning,"Examines how Indigenous peoples' relationships to their homelands and local environments has been adversely affected by Western planning. Explores how these relationships have changed over time as American Indians, Alaska Natives, and other groups indigenous to North America and Hawai'i have adapted to new conditions, including exclusion from markets of exchange, overhunting/overfishing, dispossession, petrochemical development, conservation, mainstream environmentalism, and climate change. Seeks to understand current environmental challenges and their roots and discover potential solutions to address these challenges. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.273[J],Infrastructure Design for Climate Change,"In this team-oriented, project-based subject, students work to find technical solutions that could be implemented to mitigate the effects of natural hazards related to climate change, bearing in mind that any proposed measures must be appropriate in a given region's socio-political-economic context. Students are introduced to a variety of natural hazards and possible mitigation approaches as well as principles of design, including adaptable design and design for failure. Students select the problems they want to solve and develop their projects. During the term, officials and practicing engineers of Cambridge, Boston, Puerto Rico, and MIT Facilities describe their approaches. Student projects are documented in a written report and oral presentation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,0-2-4,Permission of instructor,1.303[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.274,Cybersecurity Clinic,"Provides an opportunity for MIT students to become certified in methods of assessing the vulnerability of public agencies (particularly agencies that manage critical urban infrastructure) to the risk of cyberattack. Certification involves completing an 8-hour, self-paced, online set of four modules during the first four weeks of the semester followed by a competency exam. Students who successfully complete the exam become certified. The certified students work in teams with client agencies in various cities around the United States. Through preparatory interactions with the agencies, and short on-site visits, teams prepare vulnerability assessments that client agencies can use to secure the technical assistance and financial support they need to manage the risks of cyberattack they are facing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-4-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.301[J],Introduction to Urban Design and Development,"Examines the physical and social structure of cities and ways they can be changed. Includes significant thinkers in urban form, 20th-century American city design, urban design and society, global urban design, and design of neighborhoods and streets. Core lectures are supplemented by student papers examining the relationship of contemporary projects to history and theory, and factors of high quality global urban design and development. Guest speakers present cases involving current projects or research illustrating scope and methods of urban design theory and practice. Intended for those seeking an introduction to fundamental knowledge of theory and praxis in city design and development.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,4.252[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.302[J],Urban Design Politics,"Examines ways that urban design contributes to distribution of political power and resources in cities. Investigates the nature of relations between built form and political purposes through close study of public and private sector design commissions and planning processes that have been clearly motivated by political pressures, as well as more tacit examples. Lectures and discussions focus on cases from both developed and developing countries.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,4.253[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.303[J],Real Estate Development Studio,"Focuses on the synthesis of urban, mixed-use real estate projects, including the integration of physical design and programming with finance and marketing. Interdisciplinary student teams analyze how to maximize value across multiple dimensions in the process of preparing professional development proposals for sites in US cities and internationally. Reviews emerging real estate products and innovative developments to provide a foundation for studio work. Two major projects are interspersed with lectures and field trips. Integrates skills and knowledge in the MSRED program; also open to other students interested in real estate development by permission of the instructors.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-12,Permission of instructor,4.254[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.304[J],Site and Environmental Systems Planning,"Introduces a range of practical approaches involved in evaluating and planning sites within the context of natural and cultural systems. Develops the knowledge and skills to analyze and plan a site for development through exercises and an urban design project. Topics include land inventory, urban form, spatial organization of uses, parcelization, design of roadways, grading, utility systems, off-site impacts, and landscape strategies.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-9,Permission of instructor,4.255[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.305,Doing Good by Doing Well: Planning and Development Case Studies that Promote both the Public Good and Real Estate Value,"Seminar studies how the messy and complex forces of politics, planning and the real estate market have collectively shaped Boston's urban fabric and skyline in the last two decades. Using some of the city's most important real estate development proposals as case studies, students dissect and analyze Boston's negotiated development review and permitting process to understand what it takes beyond a great development concept and a sound financial pro forma to earn community and political support. Throughout the term, students identify strategies for success and pitfalls for failure within this intricate approval process, as well as how these lessons can be generalized and applied to other cities and real estate markets.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.307[J],China Urban Design Studio,"Design studio that includes architects, urban designers, and city planners working in teams on a contemporary development project of importance in China, particularly in transitional, deindustrializing cities. Students analyze conditions, explore alternatives, and synthesize architecture, city design, and implementation plans. Lectures and brief study tours expose students to history and contemporary issues of urbanism in China. Offered every other spring at MIT in parallel with urban design studio at Tsinghua University, Beijing, involving students and faculty from both schools. Field visit to China will occur in January prior to studio. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Graduate,0-21-0,Permission of instructor,4.173[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.308[J],Ecological Urbanism Seminar,"Weds the theory and practice of city design and planning as a means of adaptation with the insights of ecology and other environmental disciplines. Presents ecological urbanism as critical to the future of the city and its design, as it provides a framework for addressing challenges that threaten humanity — such as climate change, rising sea level, and environmental and social justice — while fulfilling human needs for health, safety, welfare, meaning, and delight. Applies a historical and theoretical perspective to the solution of real-world challenges.  Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,4.213[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.309[J],Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry,"Explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, and as a medium of inquiry and of expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on landscape, light, significant detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform research, design and planning, among other issues. Recommended for students who want to employ visual methods in their theses.  Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,4.215[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.312,Engaging Community: Models and Methods for Strengthening Democracy,"Examines the demographic complexity of cities and their fundamental design challenges for planners and other professions responsible for engaging the public. Working with clients, participants learn design principles for creating public engagement practices necessary for building inclusive civic infrastructure in cities. Participants also have the opportunity to review and practice strategies, techniques, and methods for engaging communities in demographically complex settings.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.313,Advanced Research Workshop in Landscape and Urbanism,"In-depth research workshop on pressing socio-economic and environmental design issue of our time, includes discussion and practices with real-world stakeholders experimenting with new development typologies and technologies. The goal is to generate well-grounded, design-based solutions and landscape infrastructural responses to the physical design problem being addressed. Specific focus and practicum status is adjusted on a year-to-year basis.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.315[J],Disaster Resilient Design,"Seminar examines the linkages between natural hazards and environmental design. Engages theoretical debates about landscapes of risk, vulnerability, and resilience. Participants generate proposals for disaster resilience through combinations of retrofit, reconstruction, resettlement, commemorative, and anticipatory design. Methods include rapid bibliographic search, risk analysis, landscape synthesis, and comparative international methods. Projects vary and may focus on current crises or involve collaboration with the Aga Khan Development Network and other humanitarian organizations. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,4.217[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.318,Senseable Cities,Studies how ubiquitous and real-time information technology can help us to understand and improve cities and regions. Explores the impact of integrating real-time information technology into the built environment. Introduces theoretical foundations of ubiquitous computing. Provides technical tools for tactile development of small-scale projects. Limited to 24.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.320,Digital City Design Workshop,"Students develop proposals, at the city and neighborhood scales, that integrate urban design, planning, and digital technology. Aims to create more efficient, responsive, and livable urban places and systems that combine physical form with digital media, sensing, communications, and data analysis. Students conduct field research, build project briefs, and deliver designs or prototypes, while supported by lectures, case studies, and involvement from experts and representatives of subject cities. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.321,Data Science and Real Estate,"Introduces the principles of data science and how data science is impacting cities and real estate, with a combination of fundamental lectures, guest speakers, and use cases. Explores how data science has been adopted by the real estate industry — from developers to city planners. Presents practical skills in data science and provides the opportunity for students to produce their own work and practice basic coding skills applied to real estate.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.323,International Real Estate Transactions,Focuses on analyzing a variety of unique international real estate investment and development transactions. Blends real estate investing and development decision-making with discussion-based learning from a multidisciplinary standpoint. Seeks to facilitate a richer understanding of domestic (US) real estate transaction concepts by contextualizing them in the general analytical framework underpinning international real estate investment decision-making.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.324,Modeling Pedestrian Activity in Cities,"Investigates the interaction between pedestrian activity, urban form, and land-use patterns in relatively dense urban environments. Informed by recent literature on pedestrian mobility, behavior, and biases, subject takes a practical approach, using software tools and analysis methods to operationalize and model pedestrian activity. Uses simplified yet powerful and scalable network analysis methods that focus uniquely on pedestrians, rather than engaging in comprehensive travel demand modeling across all modes. Emphasizes not only modeling or predicting pedestrian activity in given built settings, but also analyzing and understanding how changes in the built environment — land use changes, density changes, and connectivity changes — can affect pedestrian activity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.325,Technological Change & Innovation for Real Estate and Cities,"Seeks to examine the technological change and innovation that is disrupting the foundation of how we create the built environment. Through a series of educational workshops, students scout, catalog, and track technologies by looking at new real estate uses, products, processes, and organizational strategies at MIT labs and around the globe. Participants contribute to an interactive web tool, ""The Tech Tracker,"" which provides technology intelligence to students and real estate professionals to enhance their understanding of technological progress.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.328[J],"Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City","Introduces methods for observing, interpreting, and representing the urban environment. Students draw on their senses and develop their ability to deduce, question, and test conclusions about how the built environment is designed, used, and valued. The interrelationship of built form, circulation networks, open space, and natural systems are a key focus. Supplements existing classes that cover theory and history of city design and urban planning and prepares students without design backgrounds with the fundamentals of physical planning. Intended as a foundation for 11.329.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-2,None,4.240[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.329[J],"Advanced Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City","Through a studio-based course in planning and urban design, builds on the foundation acquired in 11.328 to engage in creative exploration of how design contributes to resilient, just, and vibrant urban places. Through the planning and design of two projects, students creatively explore spatial ideas and utilize various digital techniques to communicate their design concepts, giving form to strategic thinking. Develops approaches and techniques to evaluate the plural structure of the built environment and offer propositions that address policies and regulations as well as the values, behaviors, and wishes of the different users.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-4,11.328 or permission of instructor,4.248[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.330[J],The Making of Cities,"Examines the complex development of cities through history by tracing a diachronic accumulation of forms and spaces in specific cities, and showing how significant ideas were made manifest across distinct geographies and cultures. Emphasizes how economic, spiritual, political, geographic and technological forces have simultaneously shaped and, in turn, been influenced by the city. ",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,"11.001, 11.301, or permission of instructor",4.241[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.332[J],Urban Design Studio,"The design of urban environments. Strategies for change in large areas of cities, to be developed over time, involving different actors. Fitting forms into natural, man-made, historical, and cultural contexts; enabling desirable activity patterns; conceptualizing built form; providing infrastructure and service systems; guiding the sensory character of development. Involves architecture and planning students in joint work; requires individual designs or design and planning guidelines.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,4.163[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.333[J],Urban Design Seminar: Perspectives on Contemporary Practice,"Examines innovations in urban design practice occurring through the work of leading practitioners in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. Features lectures by major national and global practitioners in urban design. Projects and topics vary based on term and speakers but may cover architectural urbanism, landscape and ecology, arts and culture, urban design regulation and planning agencies, and citywide and regional design. Focuses on analysis and synthesis of themes discussed in presentations and discussions.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,None,4.244[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.334[J],Advanced Seminar in Landscape and Urbanism,"Explores theories, practices, and emerging trends in the fields of landscape architecture and urbanism, such as systemic design, landscape urbanism, engineered nature, drosscapes, urban biodiversity, urban mobility, megaregions, and urban agriculture. Lectures, readings, and guest speakers present a wide array of multi-disciplinary topics, including current works from P-REX lab. Students conduct independent and group research that is future-oriented.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,4.264[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.337[J],Urban Design Ideals and Action,"Examines the relationship between urban design ideals, urban design action, and the built environment through readings, discussions, presentations, and papers. Analyzes the diverse design ideals that influence cities and settlements, and investigates how urban designers use them to shape urban form. Provides a critical understanding of the diverse formal methods used to intervene creatively in both developed and developing contexts, especially pluralistic and informal built environments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,None,4.247[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.338,Urban Design Studio,"Examines the rehabilitation and re-imagination of a city, region, or territory. Analyzes human settlement at multiple scales: regional, citywide, neighborhood, and individual dwellings. Aims to shape innovative design solutions, enhance social amenity, and improve economic equity through strategic and creative geographical, urban design and architectural thinking. Intended for students with backgrounds in architecture, community development, urban design, and physical planning. Limited to 12 via application and lottery.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,11.328 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.339,Downtown,"Seminar on downtown in US cities from the late 19th century to the late 20th. Emphasis on downtown as an idea, place, and cluster of interests, on the changing character of downtown, and on recent efforts to rebuild it. Topics considered include subways, skyscrapers, highways, urban renewal, and retail centers. Focus on readings, discussions, and individual research projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.344[J],Innovative Project Delivery in the Public and Private Sectors,"Develops a strong strategic understanding of how best to deliver various types of projects in the built environment. Examines the compatibility of various project delivery methods, consisting of organizations, contracts, and award methods, with certain types of projects and owners. Six methods examined: traditional general contracting; construction management; multiple primes; design-build; turnkey; and build-operate-transfer. Includes lectures, case studies, guest speakers, and a team project to analyze a case example.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,1.472[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.345[J],Entrepreneurship in the Built Environment,"Introduction to entrepreneurship and how it shapes the world we live in. Through experiential learning in a workshop setting, students start to develop entrepreneurial mindset and skills. Through a series of workshops, students are introduced to the concept of Venture Design to create new venture proposals for the built environment as a method to understand the role of the entrepreneur in the fields of design, planning, real estate, and other related industries.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,1.462[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.348[J],Contemporary Urbanism Proseminar: Theory and Representation (New),"Critical introduction to key contemporary positions in urbanism to the ends of researching, representing, and designing territories that respond to the challenges of the 21st century. Provides an overview of contemporary urban issues, situates them in relation to a genealogy of urban precedents, and constructs a theoretical framework that engages the allied fields of architecture, landscape architecture, political ecology, geography, territorial planning, and environmental humanities. Comprised of three sections, first section articulates a framework on the urban as both process and form, shifting the emphasis from city to territory. Second section engages a series of related urban debates, such as density/sprawl, growth/shrinkage, and codes/exception. Third section calls upon urban agency in the age of environment through the object of infrastructures of trash, water, oil, and food. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,4.228[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.350,Sustainable Real Estate: Analysis and Investment,"Offers insight into tension and synergy between sustainability and the real estate industry. Considers why sustainability matters for real estate, how real estate can contribute to sustainability and remain profitable, and what investment and market opportunities exist for sustainable real estate products and how they vary across asset classes. Lectures combine economic and business insights and tools to understand the challenges and opportunities of sustainable real estate. Provides a framework to understand issues in sustainability in real estate and examine economic mechanisms, technological advances, business models, and investment and financing strategies available to promote sustainability. Discusses buildings as basic physical assets; cities as the context where buildings interact with the built environment, policies, and urban systems; and portfolios as sustainable real estate investment vehicles in capital markets. Enrollment for MSRED, MCP, and MBA students is prioritized.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.351,Real Estate Ventures I: Negotiating Development-Phase Agreements,"Focuses on key business and legal issues within the principal agreements used to control, entitle, capitalize, and construct a mixed-use real estate development. Through the lens of the real estate developer and its counter-parties, students identify, discuss, and negotiate the most important business issues in right of entry, purchase and sale, development, and joint-venture agreements, as well as a construction contract and construction loan agreement. Students work closely with attorneys who specialize in the construction of such agreements and with students from area law schools and Columbia University and New York University. Enrollment limited to approximately 25; preference to MSRED students. No listeners.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.352,"Real Estate Ventures II: Negotiating Leases, Financings, and Restructurings","Focuses on key business and legal issues within the principal agreements used to lease, finance, and restructure a real estate venture. Through the lens of the real estate developer and its counter-parties, students identify, discuss and negotiate the most important business issues in office and retail leases, and permanent loan, mezzanine loan, inter-creditor, standstill/forbearance, and loan modification (workout) agreements. Students work closely with attorneys who specialize in the construction of such agreements and with students from area law schools and New York University and Columbia University. Single-asset real estate bankruptcy and the federal income tax consequences of debt restructuring are also addressed. Limited to 25; preference to MSRED students; no Listeners.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.353[J],Securitization of Mortgages and Other Assets,"Investigates the economics and finance of securitization. Considers the basic mechanics of structuring deals for various asset-backed securities. Investigates the pricing of pooled assets, using Monte Carlo and other option pricing techniques, as well as various trading strategies used in these markets. Limited to 55.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,"11.431, 15.401, or permission of instructor",15.429[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.355,International Housing Economics and Finance,"Presents a theory of comparative differences in international housing outcomes. Introduces institutional differences in ways housing expenditures are financed, and economic determinants of housing outcomes (construction costs, land values, housing quality, ownership rates). Analyzes flow of funds to and from the different national housing finance sectors. Develops an understanding of the greater financial and macroeconomic implications of mortgage credit sector, and how policies affect ways housing asset fluctuations impact national economies. Considers perspective of investors in international real estate markets and risks and rewards involved. Draws on lessons from international comparative approach, applies them to economic and finance policies at the local, state/provincial, and federal levels within country of choice. Meets with 11.145 when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"11.202, 11.203, 14.01, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.356,Healthy Cities: Assessing Health Impacts of Policies and Plans,"Examines the built, psychosocial, economic, and natural environment factors that affect health behaviors and outcomes, including population-level patterns of disease distribution and health disparities. Introduces tools designed to integrate public health considerations into policy-making and planning. Assignments provide students opportunities to develop experience bringing a health lens to policy, budgeting, and/or planning debates. Emphasizes health equity and healthy cities, and explores the relationship between health equity and broader goals for social and racial justice. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 30.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.360,Community Growth and Land Use Planning,"Seminar, workshops, and fieldwork on strategies to use municipal land use regulations to shape urban growth and equity. Practicum workshop builds skills in civic engagement, policy-relevant research, zoning regulations, and physical design and planning. The workshop begins with implementation of qualitative and quantitative research into the existing built environment, social, economic, and political context. It continues with the planning, design, and implementation of community engagement strategies to shape goals and vision for the projects. The practicum then explores land use scenarios, design and innovative zoning and regulatory techniques, to improve equity in the areas of housing, environment, economic development, mobility, and the public realm. Projects arranged with small teams serving municipal clients experiencing pressures of urban growth and change in Massachusetts. Preference to MCP second year students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.365,Sustainable Urbanization Practicum,"Working with a city development client (city government/real estate developer/NGO) in a fast-urbanizing region, practicum provides students an opportunity to synthesize policy, planning or urban science solutions towards sustainable urbanization, within the constraints of a client-based project. Priority is given to MCP students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.367,"Land Use Law and Politics: Race, Place, and Law","Explores conceptions of spatial justice and introduces students to basic principles of US law and legal analysis, focused on land use, equal protection, civil rights, fair housing, and local government law, in order to examine who should control how land is used. Examines the rights of owners of land and the types of regulatory and market-based tools that are available to control land use. Explores basic principles of civil rights and anti-discrimination law and focuses on particular civil rights problems associated with the land use regulatory system, such as exclusionary zoning, residential segregation, the fair distribution of undesirable land uses, and gentrification. Introduces basic skills of statutory drafting and interpretation. Assignments differ for those taking the graduate version.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.368,Environmental Justice: Law and Policy,"Introduces frameworks for analyzing and addressing inequalities in the distribution of environmental benefits and burdens, particularly by race and by class. Explores the foundations and principles of the environmental justice movement from the perspectives of social science, public policy, and law. Introduces basic principles of US constitutional and environmental law, with a focus on equal protection and civil rights. Applies environmental justice principles to contemporary issues in urban policy and planning, including effects of and responses to climate change and global heating. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.371[J],Sustainable Energy,"Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various energy technologies in each fuel cycle stage for fossil (oil, gas, synthetic), nuclear (fission and fusion) and renewable (solar, biomass, wind, hydro, and geothermal) energy types, along with storage, transmission, and conservation issues. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,"1.818[J], 2.65[J], 10.391[J], 22.811[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.373[J],"Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy","Examines the role of science in US and international environmental policymaking. Surveys the methods by which scientists learn about the natural world; the treatment of science by experts, advocates, the media, and the public and the way science is used in legislative, administrative and judicial decision making.  Through lectures, group discussions, and written essays, students develop a critical understanding of the role of science in environmental policy.  Potential case studies include fisheries management, ozone depletion, global warming, smog, and endangered species. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,12.885[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.381,Infrastructure Systems in Theory and Practice,"Examines theories of infrastructure from science and technology studies, history, economics, and anthropology in order to understand the prospects for change for many new and existing infrastructure systems. Examines how these theories are then implemented within systems in the modern city, including but not limited to, energy, water, transportation, and telecommunications infrastructure. Seminar is conducted with intensive group research projects, in-class discussions and debates.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(14.01 and (11.202 or 11.203)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.382,"Water Diplomacy: The Science, Policy, and Politics of Managing Shared Resources","Examines the history and dynamics of international environmental treaty-making, or what is called environmental diplomacy. Emphasizes climate change and other atmospheric, marine resource, global waste management and sustainability-related treaties and the problems of implementing them. Reviews the legal, economic, and political dynamics of managing shared resources, involving civil society on a global basis, and enforcing transboundary agreements. Focuses especially on principles from international relations, international law, environmental management, and negotiation theory as they relate to common-pool resource management.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.383[J],People and Profits: Shaping the Future of Work,"Examines managing work in the 21st century in the interests of both people and profits through the context of rising inequality, technological change, globalization, and the growth of the gig economy. Students evaluate various business and policy interventions intended to improve work through critical analysis of the evidence, interviews with workers and evaluations of firms, and guest speakers. Guests include business leaders at leading-edge firms and labor leaders experimenting with new ways of providing workers a voice in the workplace. Draws on materials from the MIT Task Force on Work of the Future and the online course Shaping Work of the Future.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,None,15.662[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.387,Environmental Finance and Political Economy,"Examines the sociopolitical, cultural and economic dimensions of the financialization of environmental goods and services. Provides an introduction to key financial terms, practices, and institutions; analyzes the logics and origins of environmental finance, as well as the operation and implications of particular systems such as carbon-trading, REDD and ecosystem service pricing and swapping. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.388[J],Dimensions of Geoengineering,"Familiarizes students with the potential contributions and risks of using geoengineering technologies to control climate damage from global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Discusses geoengineering in relation to other climate change responses: reducing emissions, removing CO2 from the atmosphere, and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Limited to 100.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"1.850[J], 5.000[J], 10.600[J], 12.884[J], 15.036[J], 16.645[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.401,"Introduction to Housing, Community, and Economic Development","Provides a critical introduction to the shape and determinants of political, social, and economic inequality in America, with a focus on racial and economic justice. Explores the role of the city in visions of justice. Analyzes the historical, political, and institutional contexts of housing and community development policy in the US, including federalism, municipal fragmentation, and decentralized public financing. Introduces major dimensions in US housing policy, such as housing finance, public housing policy, and state and local housing affordability mechanisms. Reviews major themes in community economic development, including drivers of economic inequality, small business policy, employment policy, and cooperative economics. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.402,Urban Politics: Race and Political Change,"Examines the place of US cities in political theory and practice. Particular attention given to contemporary issues of racial polarization, demographic change, poverty, sprawl, and globalization. Specific cities are a focus for discussion.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.403,Urban China Research Seminar,"Examines the behavioral foundations and key policy issues of urban development, real estate markets, and sustainability in China. Discusses urban agglomeration economies, place-based investment, and urban vibrancy; economic geography of innovation and entrepreneurship; real estate dynamics and housing policies; land use and transportation; and urban quality of life and green cities, focusing on China but with some international comparisons.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.404,Housing Policy and Planning in the US and Abroad,"Explores the policy tools and planning techniques used to formulate and implement housing strategies at local, state and federal levels.  Topics include America's housing finance system and the causes of instability in mortgage markets; economic and social inequity in access to affordable housing; approaches to meeting community housing needs through local and state planning programs; programs for addressing homelessness; and emerging ideas about sustainable development and green building related to housing development and renovation. Introduces comparative policy approaches from other countries.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.405,Political Economy & Society,"Focuses on the connection (or not) between mind (theory) and matter (lived experience). Examines basic tenets of classical and recent political economic theories and their explication in ideas of market economies, centrally planned economies, social market economies, and co-creative economies. Assesses theories according to their relation to the lived experiences of people in communities and workplaces.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.407,Economic Development Planning and Policy,"Introduces tools and techniques in economic development planning. Extensive use of data collection, analysis, and display techniques. Students build interpretive intuition skills through user experience design activities and develop a series of memos summarizing the results of their data analysis. These are aggregated into a final report, and include the tools developed over the semester. Students taking graduate version will complete modified assignments focused on developing computer applications.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.409,The Institutions of Modern Capitalism: States and Markets,"Investigates the relationship between states and markets in the evolution of modern capitalism. Critically assesses the rise of what Karl Polanyi and Albert Hirschman have referred to as ""market society:"" a powerful conceptual framework that views the development of modern capitalism not as an outcome of deterministic economic and technological forces, but rather as the result of contingent social and political processes. Exposes students to a range of conceptual tools and analytic frameworks through which to understand the politics of economic governance and to consider the extent to which societal actors can challenge its limits and imagine alternative possibilities. Sub-themes vary from year to year and have focused on racial capitalism, markets and morality, urban futures, and the global financial crisis. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.413,The Economic Approach to Cities and Environmental Sustainability,"Provides a systematic framework of the interplay (both tension and synergy) between urbanization and environmental sustainability from a global perspective. Enhances analytical reasoning and quantitative skills to assist evidence-based empirical study and policy design evaluation. Explores the causes and consequences of urban environmental quality dynamics, and provides econometric tools to quantify such relationships. Examines state-of-the-art research in this field by introducing empirical studies from both developing and developed countries (highlighting fast urbanization). Themes include urban production, households, transportation and form, as well as political economy and climate resilience. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"11.220, 14.300, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.422[J],"Law, Technology, and Public Policy","Examines how law, economics, and technological change shape public policy, and how law can sway technological change; how the legal system responds to environmental, safety, energy, social, and ethical problems; how law and markets interact to influence technological development; and how law can affect wealth distribution, employment, and social justice. Covers energy/climate change; genetic engineering; telecommunications and the role of misinformation; industrial automation; effect of regulation on technological innovation; impacts of antitrust law on innovation and equity; pharmaceuticals; nanotechnology; cost/benefit analysis as a decision tool; public participation in governmental decisions affecting science and technology; corporate influence on technology and welfare; and law and economics as competing paradigms to encourage sustainability. Students taking graduate version explore subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"15.655[J], IDS.435[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.426,"Urban Emergency Medical Services: Clinical, Operational, and Social Dimensions","Examines clinical, operational, and social dimensions of urban emergency medical services. Reviews triage and treatments in the field for major trauma and medical emergencies. Analyzes how to create a culture of safety in EMS and build skills in crew resource management. Analyzes social determinants of health, presents fundamentals of research design for EMS, and examines how EMS and community paramedicine can play roles in reducing racial disparities in health and advancing health equity. Designed to meet the National Continued Competency Program and Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services EMTB recertification requirements. Students can choose to take the subject for 6 units, which meets the recertification requirements, or 12 units. The 12-unit version includes additional homework and advising from the teaching team on research design in EMS and on creating new knowledge about EMS through original analysis EMS data.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.427[J],Labor Markets and Employment Policy,"Research-based examination of how labor markets work — and how they have evolved over time — through trends such as rising income inequality, technological change, globalization, falling worker power, and the fissuring of the workplace. Through reading and engaging with economics research papers, students use theoretical frameworks and rigorous empirical evidence to analyze public policy interventions in the labor market, including unemployment insurance, minimum wage, unions, family leave, anti-discrimination policies, and workforce development. Preference to graduate and PhD students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,15.677[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.428,PropTech Ventures (New),"Showcases the real estate technology, or PropTech, landscape, through the presentation of recent disruptions in the real estate industry. Through a better understanding of the sector, students begin to develop entrepreneurial ideas and skills necessary to produce the PropTech ventures of the future. Focuses on PropTech that improves the way we buy, rent, sell, manage, construct, and design real estate to help make better investment and development decisions.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.429[J],Real Estate Markets: Macroeconomics,"Applies the latest economic thinking and research to the task of analyzing aggregate real estate market time series, assessing risk, and developing forecasts. Presents the premise that because of capital durability and construction lags, real estate markets exhibit some degree of mean reversion and as such are at least partially predictable. Examines the extent and causes of market volatility across different markets and types of property. Long-term aggregate trends impacting the real estate sector, from demographics to technology, discussed. Limited to 30.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,11.431 or permission of instructor,15.022[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.430[J],Leadership in Real Estate,"Designed to help students deepen their understanding of leadership and increase self-awareness. They reflect on their authentic leadership styles and create goals and a learning plan to develop their capabilities. They also participate in activities to strengthen their ""leadership presence"" - the ability to authentically connect with people's hearts and minds. Students converse with classmates and industry leaders to learn from their insights, experiences, and advice. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,15.941[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.431[J],Real Estate Finance and Investment,"Concepts and techniques for analyzing financial decisions in commercial property development and investment. Topics include property income streams, discounted cash flow, equity valuation, leverage and income tax considerations, development projects, and joint ventures. An introduction to real estate capital markets as a source of financing is also provided. Limited to graduate students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,15.426[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.433[J],Real Estate Economics,"Develops an understanding of the fundamental economic factors that shape the market for real property, as well as the influence of capital markets in asset pricing. Analyzes of housing as well as commercial real estate. Covers demographic analysis, regional growth, construction cycles, urban land markets, and location theory as well as recent technology impacts. Exercises and modeling techniques for measuring and predicting property demand, supply, vacancy, rents, and prices.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"14.01, 15.010, or 15.011",15.021[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.435,Mixed-Income Housing Development,"Provides an overview of affordable and mixed-income housing development for students who wish to understand the fundamental issues and requirements of urban scale housing development, and the process of planning, financing and developing such housing. Students gain practical experience assembling a mixed-income housing development proposal.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.437,Financing Economic Development and Housing,Studies financing tools and program models to support and promote local economic development and housing. Overview of public and private capital markets and financing sources helps illustrate market imperfections that constrain economic and housing development and increase race and class disparaties. Explores federal housing and economic development programs as well as state and local public finance tools. Covers policies and program models. Investigates public finance practice to better understand how these finance programs affect other municipal operations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 25.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.438,Economic Development Planning,"Focuses on the policy tools and planning techniques used to formulate and implement local economic development strategies. Includes an overview of economic development theory, discussion of major policy areas and practices employed to influence local economic development, a review of analytic tools to assess local economies and how to formulate strategy. Coursework includes formulation of a local economic development strategy for a client. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"11.203, 11.220, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.439,Revitalizing Urban Main Streets,"Workshop explores the integration of economic development and physical planning interventions to revitalize urban commercial districts. Covers: an overview of the causes of urban business district decline, revitalization challenges, and the strategies to address them; the planning tools used to understand and assess urban Main Streets from both physical design and economic development perspectives; and the policies, interventions, and investments used to foster urban commercial revitalization. Students apply the theories, tools and interventions discussed in class to preparing a formal neighborhood commercial revitalization plan for a client business district. Limited to 15.",False,Fall,Graduate,4-0-11,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.440,Housing and Social Stratification in the United States,"Investigates how housing — markets, policies, and individual and collective actions — stratifies society. Students develop structural frameworks to understand the processes of stratification. Grounding work and research in history, students identify the ways that housing markets and housing market interventions reflect, reinforce, and (occasionally) combat social inequities. Through extensive writing and rewriting, students frame their work in terms of overlapping crises, including gentrification, flight, shortage, and homelessness.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.441,"Planning, Economic Development, and Municipal Public Finance","Explores the relationship between municipal planning initiatives and local public finance. Introduces a variety of tools, including annual fiscal year budgeting, development of capital improvement plans, user fees, and local property taxation. Municipal powers to levy taxes on items such as meals, hotel rooms, and sales and their effects on land use decisions are analyzed. Tools for economic development, such as tax increment finance, explored in the context of the potential benefits and drawbacks of such tools for a local economy. Also explores how planners can encourage more inclusive budgeting decisions through tools such as participatory budgeting. Students complete a final project on a municipal finance tool and its relationship to local planning goals.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.442,Geography of the Global Economy,"Analyzes implications of economic globalization for communities, regions, international businesses and economic development organizations. Uses spatial analysis techniques to model the role of energy resources in shaping international political economy. Investigates key drivers of human, physical, and social capital flows and their roles in modern human settlement systems. Surveys contemporary models of industrialization and places them in geographic context. Connects forces of change with their implications for the distribution of wealth and human well-being. Looks backward to understand pre-Covid conditions and then returns to the present to understand how a global pandemic changes the world. Class relies on current literature and explorations of sectors. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.449,Decarbonizing Urban Mobility,"Focuses on measuring and reducing emissions from passenger transportation. After examining travel, energy, and climate conditions, students review existing approaches to transport decarbonization. Evaluates new mobility technologies through their potential to contribute to (or delay) a zero emission mobility system. Students consider the policy tools required to achieve approaches to achieve change. Frames past and future emission reductions using an approach based on the Kaya Identity, decomposing past (and potential future) emissions into their component pieces. Seeks to enable students to be intelligent evaluators of approaches to transportation decarbonization and equip them with the tools to develop and evaluate policy measures relevant to their local professional challenges. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.450,Real Estate Development Building Systems,"Provides students with a concise overview of the range of building systems that are encountered in professional commercial real estate development practice in the USA. Focuses on the relationship between real estate product types, building systems, and the factors that real estate development professionals must consider when evaluating these products and systems for a specific development project. Surveys commercial building technology including Foundation, Structural, MEP/FP, Envelope, and Interiors systems and analyzes the factors that lead development professionals to select specific systems for specific product types. One or more field trips to active construction sites may be scheduled during non-class hours based on student availability.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.452,Planning against Evictions and Displacement,"Combines state-of-the-art research on evictions and displacement globally (in the context of the global crisis of evictions, land grabbing, and gentrification) with the study of policy and practical responses to displacement, assisted by selected case studies. First half covers explanations about the mechanisms and drivers of displacement, while the second half introduces and evaluates policy and legal responses developed by many actors. Analyzes the use of UN and national standards on displacement as well as the use of tools such as the Eviction Impact Assessment Tool. Limited to 15 graduate students.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.454,"Big Data, Visualization, and Society","Data visualizations communicate the insights found in data to non-technical audiences. Students develop technical skills to work with big data to expose societal issues and communicate the insights. Focuses on different topics each year. After framing that topic, the first half of the subject focuses on learning to analyze the data with Python. The second half of the subject focuses on learning web-based data visualization tools (JavaScript and D3). Students learn data storytelling concepts and produce web-based data visualizations for their final projects. Throughout, students learn ethical data practices. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.C85[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society,"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Students participate in hour-long studio reading sessions. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,None,"6.C85[J], IDS.C85[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.457,"More than Data: Smart Cities, Big Data, Civic Technology and Policy","Discussions of future directions in the 'smart cities' debate. Begins by framing the current smart city with past trends such as the efficient city movement of the 1930s and the Modernist city of the 1950s and 60s. Examines current trends in big data, civic apps, Code for America, the open data movement, DIY data collections devices, and their policy impacts.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.458,Crowd Sourced City: Civic Tech Prototyping,"Investigates the use of social medial and digital technologies for planning and advocacy by working with actual planning and advocacy organizations to develop, implement, and evaluate prototype digital tools. Students use the development of their digital tools as a way to investigate new media technologies that can be used for planning. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.466[J],"Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development","Investigates sustainable development, taking a broad view to include not only a healthy economic base, but also a sound environment, stable and rewarding employment, adequate purchasing power and earning capacity, distributional equity, national self-reliance, and maintenance of cultural integrity. Explores national, multinational, and international political and legal mechanisms to further sustainable development through transformation of the industrial state. Addresses the importance of technological innovation and the financial crisis of 2008 and the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and inflation, as well as governmental interventions to reduce inequality.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.813[J], 15.657[J], IDS.437[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.469,Urban Sociology in Theory and Practice,"Introduction to core writings in urban sociology. Explores the nature and changing character of the city and the urban experience, providing context for the development of urban studies research and planning skills. Topics include the changing nature of community, neighborhood effects, social capital and networks, social stratification, feminist theory and critical race theory, and the interaction of social structure and political power. Subject will take place in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk with half of the class from MIT and half of the class from MCI-Norfolk. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.472[J],D-Lab: Development,"Issues in international development, appropriate technology and project implementation addressed through lectures, case studies, guest speakers and laboratory exercises. Students form project teams to partner with community organizations in developing countries, and formulate plans for an optional IAP site visit. (Previous field sites include Ghana, Brazil, Honduras and India.) Recitation sections focus on specific project implementation, and include cultural, social, political, environmental and economic overviews of the target countries as well as an introduction to the local languages. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,None,EC.781[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.474,"D-Lab: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene","Focuses on disseminating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) innovations in low-income countries and underserved communities worldwide. Structured around project-based learning, lectures, discussions, and student-led tutorials. Emphasizes core WASH principles, appropriate and sustainable technologies at household and community scales, urban challenges worldwide, culture-specific solutions, lessons from start-ups, collaborative partnerships, and social marketing. Mentored term project entails finding and implementing a viable solution focused on education/training; a technology, policy or plan; a marketing approach; and/or behavior change. Guest lecturers present case studies, emphasizing those developed and disseminated by MIT faculty, practitioners, students, and alumni. Field trips scheduled during class time, with optional field trips on weekends. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.477[J],Urban Energy Systems and Policy,"Examines efforts in developing and advanced nations and regions. Examines key issues in the current and future development of urban energy systems, such as technology, use, behavior, regulation, climate change, and lack of access or energy poverty. Case studies on a diverse sampling of cities explore how prospective technologies and policies can be implemented. Includes intensive group research projects, discussion, and debate.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"11.203, 14.01, or permission of instructor",1.286[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.478,"Behavioral Science, AI, and Urban Mobility","Integrates behavioral science, artificial intelligence, and transportation technology to shape travel behavior, design mobility systems and business, and reform transportation policies. Introduces methods to sense travel behavior with new technology and measurements; nudge behavior through perception and preference shaping; design mobility systems and ventures that integrate autonomous vehicles, shared mobility, and public transit; and regulate travel with behavior-sensitive transport policies. Challenges students to pilot behavioral experiments and design creative mobility systems, business and policies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.480,Urbanization and Development,"Examines developmental dynamics of rapidly urbanizing locales, with a special focus on the developing world. Case studies from India, China, Mexico, Brazil, and South Africa form the basis for discussion of social, spatial, political and economic changes in cities spurred by the decline of industry, the rise of services, and the proliferation of urban mega projects. Emphasizes the challenges of growing urban inequality, environmental risk, citizen displacement, insufficient housing, and the lack of effective institutions for metropolitan governance. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.484,Project Appraisal in Developing Countries,"Covers techniques of financial analysis of investment expenditures, as well as the economic and distributive appraisal of development projects. Critical analysis of these tools in the political economy of international development is discussed. Topics include appraisal's role in the project cycle, planning under conditions of uncertainty, constraints in data quality and the limits of rational analysis, and the coordination of an interdisciplinary appraisal team. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited; preference to majors.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.485,Southern Urbanisms,"Guides students in examining implicit and explicit values of diversity offered in ""Southern"" knowledge bases, theories, and practices of urban production. With a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, considers why the South-centered location of the estimated global urban population boom obligates us to examine how cities work as they do, and why Western-informed urban theory and planning scholarship may be ill-suited to provide guidance on urban development there. Examines the ""rise of the rest"" and its implications for the making and remaking of expertise and norms in planning practice. Students engage with seminal texts from leading authors of Southern urbanism and critical themes, including the rise of Southern theory, African urbanism, Chinese international cooperation, Brazilian urban diplomacy, and the globally-driven commodification of urban real estate.",False,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.486,Peace and Conflict Geographies,"Explores the spatialization of conflict and peace from perspectives within the humanities and social sciences. Examines claims on territory, resources, and homeland; traces the legacies of violence in landscapes both personal and public; considers the use of planning and architecture to build peace; and attends to experiences of displacement and dispossession. Discusses how conflict and peace geographies provide insight into various scales of power and repair that shape how individuals live together.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.487,Budgeting and Finance for the Public Sector,"Examines globally relevant challenges of adequately and effectively attending to public sector responsibilities for basic services with limited resources. Particular attention to the contexts of fiscal crises and rapid population growth, as well as shrinkage, through an introduction to methods and processes of budgeting, accounting, and financial mobilization. Case studies and practice exercises explore revenue strategies, demonstrate fiscal analytical competencies, and familiarize students with pioneering examples of promising budget and accounting processes and innovative funding mobilization via taxation, capital markets, and other mechanisms (e.g., land-value capture). Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.490,Law and Development,"Examines the role of law in development and introduces economic and legal theories. Topics include formality/informality of property, contracts and bargaining in the shadow of the law, institutions for transparency and accountability, legitimation of law, sequencing of legal reform, and international economic law aspects. Studies the roles of property rights in economic development, the judiciary and the bureaucracy in development, and law in aid policy. Includes selected country case studies. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-10,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.493,Property and Land Use Law for Planners,"Examines legal and institutional arrangements for the establishment, transfer, and control over property and land under American and selected comparative systems, including India and South Africa. Focuses on key issues of property and land use law regarding planning and economic development. Emphasizes just and efficient resource use; institutional, entitlement and social relational approaches to property; distributional and other social aspects; and the relationship between property, culture, and democracy.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.494,Cities of Contested Memory,"Explores relationships between built environments and memory to consider the spaces and spatial practices in which the future of the past is imagined, negotiated, and contested. Focuses on three areas of critical importance to understanding the nature of memory in cities today: the threats that rapid urban development pose to the remembrance of urban pasts; the politics of representation evident in debates over authorized and marginalized historical narratives; and the art and ethics of sensitively addressing the afterlives of violence and tragedy. Emphasizes group discussions and projects as means to explore collective and counter memories, the communities that are formed therein, and the economic, social, and political forces that lift up certain memories over others to shape the legacy of the past. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.495,Governance and Law in Developing Countries,"Examines the multiple dimensions of governance in international development with a focus on the role of legal norms and institutions in the balance between state and the market. Analyzes changes in the distribution of political and legal authority as a result of economic globalization. Topics include the regulation of firms; forms of state and non-state monitoring; varieties of capitalism, global governance and development; and good governance, including transparency and accountability mechanisms, the role of the judiciary and legal culture, and tools for measuring governance performance.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.496,"Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience","Studies the interaction between law, courts, and social movements in shaping domestic and global public policy. Examines how groups mobilize to use law to affect change and why they succeed and fail. Case studies explore the interplay between law, social movements, and public policy in current issues, such as gender, race, labor, trade, climate change/environment, and LGBTQ rights. Introduces theories of public policy, social movements, law and society, and transnational studies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.497,Human Rights at Home and Abroad,"Provides a rigorous and critical introduction to the history, foundation, structure, and operation of the human rights movement. Focuses on key ideas, actors, methods and sources, and critically evaluates the field. Addresses current debates in human rights, including the relationship with security, democracy, development and globalization, urbanization, equality (in housing and other economic and social rights; women's rights; ethnic, religious and racial discrimination; and policing/conflict), post-conflict rebuilding and transitional justice, and technology in human rights activism. Students taking graduate version expected to write a research paper.",False,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.499,Master of Science in Real Estate Development Thesis Preparation,"Designed to give students the tools and information needed to successfully complete a master's level thesis. Seminar topics include, but are not limited to: research data sets, different types and styles of theses, the writing and editing process, library services, and the use of humans as experimental subjects in research. CRE faculty share their areas of interest to assist in choosing an advisor. Seminar assignments guide students toward developing a thesis topic and realistic work plan to adequately achieve their research and writing goals. Objective is for each student to have sufficient knowledge to author a fully developed thesis topic and formal proposal by the end of the term. Limited to MS in Real Estate Development candidates.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.520,Workshop on Geographic Information Systems (GIS),"Includes spatial analysis exercises using real-world data sets, building toward an independent project in which students critically apply GIS techniques to an area of interest. Students build data discovery, cartography, and spatial analysis skills while learning to reflect on power and positionality within the research design process. Tailored to GIS applications within planning and design and emphasizes the role of reflective practice in GIS. Enrollment limited; preference to MCP students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-2-2,11.205 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.521,Spatial Database Management and Advanced Geographic Information Systems,"Extends the computing and geographic information systems (GIS) skills developed in 11.520 to include spatial data management in client/server environments and advanced GIS techniques. First half covers the content of 11.523, introducing database management concepts, SQL (Structured Query Language), and enterprise-class database management software. Second half explores advanced features and the customization features of GIS software that perform analyses for decision support that go beyond basic thematic mapping. Includes the half-term GIS project of 11.524 that studies a real-world planning issue.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,11.205 and Coreq: 11.220; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.522,Research Seminar on Urban Information Systems,Advanced research seminar enhances computer and analytic skills developed in other subjects in this sequence. Students present a structured discussion of journal articles representative of their current research interests involving urban information systems and complete a short research project. Suggested research projects include topics related to ongoing UIS Group research.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-4-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.523,Fundamentals of Spatial Database Management,"Develops technical skills necessary to design, build, and interact with spatial databases using the Structured Query Language (SQL) and its spatial extensions. Provides instruction in writing highly contextual metadata (data biographies). Prepares students to perform database maintenance, modeling, and digitizing tasks, and to critically evaluate and document data sources. Databases are implemented in PostgreSQL and PostGIS; students interface with these using QGIS.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-2-2,11.205 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.524,Advanced Geographic Information System Project,"Provides instruction in statistical approaches for analyzing interrelation, clustering, and interdependence, which are often key to understanding urban environments. Covers local and global spatial autocorrelation, interpolation, and kernel density methods; cluster detection; and spatial regression models. Develops technical skills necessary to ask spatial questions using inferential statistics implemented in the R statistical computing language. Prior coursework or experience in geographic information systems (GIS) at the introductory level required; prior coursework or experience in R is preferred.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,(11.205 and 11.220) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.526[J],Comparative Land Use and Transportation Planning,"Focuses on the integration of land use and transportation planning, drawing from cases in both industrialized and developing countries. Highlights how land use and transportation influence the social organization of cities, assigning privileges to certain groups and segregating or negating access to the city to other groups. Covers topics such as accessibility; the use of data, algorithms, and bias; travel demand and travel behavior; governance; transit-oriented development; autonomous vehicles; transportation and real estate; and social, environmental, and health implications of land use and transportation. Develops students' skills to assess relevant policies, interventions, and impacts.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,1.251[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.529[J],Mobility Ventures: Driving Innovation in Transportation Systems,"Explores technological, behavioral, policy, and systems-wide frameworks for innovation in transportation systems, complemented with case studies across the mobility spectrum, from autonomous vehicles to urban air mobility to last-mile sidewalk robots. Students interact with a series of guest lecturers from CEOs and other business and government executives who are actively reshaping the future of mobility. Interdisciplinary teams of students collaborate to deliver business plans for proposed mobility-focused startups with an emphasis on primary market research. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None,15.379[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.540,Urban Transportation Planning and Policy,"Examines transportation policymaking and planning; its relationship to social and environmental justice; and the influences of politics, governance structures, and human and institutional behavior. Explores the pathway to infrastructure, how attitudes are influenced, and how change happens. Examines the tensions and potential synergies among traditional transportation policy values of individual mobility, system efficiency, and ""sustainability."" Explores the roles of the government; analysis of current trends; transport sector decarbonization; land use, placemaking, and sustainable mobility networks; the role of ""mobility as a service;"" and the implications of disruptive technology on personal mobility. Assesses traditional planning methods with a critical eye, and through that process considers how to approach transportation planning in a way that responds to contemporary needs and values, with an emphasis on transport justice.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.543[J],"Transportation Policy, the Environment, and Livable Communities","Examines the economic and political conflict between transportation and the environment. Investigates the role of government regulation, green business and transportation policy as a facilitator of economic development and environmental sustainability. Analyzes a variety of international policy problems, including government-business relations, the role of interest groups, non-governmental organizations, and the public and media in the regulation of the automobile; sustainable development; global warming; politics of risk and siting of transport facilities; environmental justice; equity; as well as transportation and public health in the urban metropolis. Provides students with an opportunity to apply transportation and planning methods to develop policy alternatives in the context of environmental politics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,1.253[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.544[J],Transportation: Foundations and Methods,"Covers core analytical and numerical methods for modeling, planning, operations, and control of transportation systems. Traffic flow theory, vehicle dynamics and behavior, numerical integration and simulation, graphical analysis. Properties of delays, queueing theory. Resource allocation, optimization models, linear and integer programming. Autonomy in transport, Markov Decision Processes, reinforcement learning, deep learning. Applications drawn broadly from land, air, and sea transport; private and public sector; transport of passengers and goods; futuristic, modern, and historical. Hands-on computational labs. Linear algebra background is encouraged but not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,(1.010A and (1.00 or 1.000)) or permission of instructor,"1.200[J], IDS.675[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.547[J],Global Aging & the Built Environment,"Combines classroom lectures/discussion, readings, site visits, and field study to provide students with experience in various research techniques including stakeholder analysis, interviewing, photography and image analysis, focus groups, etc. Students examine the impacts of global demographic transition, when there are more older than younger people in a population, and explore emerging challenges in the built environment (e.g., age-friendly community planning, public transportation access, acceptance of driverless cars, social wellbeing and connectivity, housing and community design, design and use of public and private spaces, and the public health implications of climate change and aging).",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,SCM.287[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.592,Renewable Energy Facility Siting Clinic,"Presents methods for resolving facility siting disputes, particularly those involving renewable energy. After completing four modules and a competency exam for MITx certification, students work in teams to help client communities in various cities around the United States. Through direct interactions with the proponents and opponents of facilities subject to local opposition, students complete a stakeholder assessment and offer joint fact-finding and collaborative problem-solving assistance. The political, legal, financial, and regulatory aspects of facility siting, particularly for renewable energy, are reviewed along with key infrastructure planning principles. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-4-6 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.601,Theory and Practice of Environmental Planning,"Required introductory subject for graduate students pursuing the Environmental Planning Certificate. Strongly suggested for MCP students pursuing EPP as their specialization. Also open to other graduate students interested in environmental justice, environmental ethics, environmental dispute resolution, and techniques of environmental problem-solving. Taught comparatively, with numerous references to examples from around the world. Four major areas of focus: national environmental policymaking, environmental ethics, environmental forecasting and analysis techniques, and strategies for collaborative decision-making. ",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.630[J],"Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control","Analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution, hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and production/use of toxic chemicals. Analyzes pollution/climate change as economic problems and failure of markets. Explores the role of science and economics in legal decisions. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (i.e., economic incentives, voluntary approaches) to control pollution and encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on major federal legislation, underlying administrative system, and common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, greenhouse gas emissions, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Develops basic legal skills: how to read/understand cases, regulations, and statutes. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.811[J], 15.663[J], IDS.540[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.631[J],"Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology","Focuses on policy design and evaluation in the regulation of hazardous substances and processes. Includes risk assessment, industrial chemicals, pesticides, food contaminants, pharmaceuticals, radiation and radioactive wastes, product safety, workplace hazards, indoor air pollution, biotechnology, victims' compensation, and administrative law. Health and economic consequences of regulation, as well as its potential to spur technological change, are discussed for each regulator regime. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,IDS.540 or permission of instructor,"1.812[J], IDS.541[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.651[J],USA Lab: Bridging the American Divides,"Practical exploration of community revitalization in America's small towns and rural regions. Focuses on work, community, and culture. Consists of rigorous classroom discussions, research, and team projects with community development organizations. Site visit over SIP week and spring break required for project fieldwork.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-5,None,15.679[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.652[J],Research Seminar on Technology and the Work of the Future,"Examines the past, present and future of work from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing from the humanities, social sciences, and cognitive science and engineering. Integrates perspectives from history, philosophy, sociology, economics, management, political science, brain and cognitive science and other relevant literatures, creating a solid foundation from which to interpret current public discourse on the subject. Discussion focuses primarily on the US; comparative perspectives from other countries incorporated into discussions and analysis. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,STS.465[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.701,International Development Planning: Foundations,"Offers a survey of the histories and theories of international development, and the main debates about the role of key actors and institutions in development. Includes a focus on the impact of colonialism, the main theoretical approaches that have influenced the study and practice of development, as well as the role of actors such as states, markets, and civil society in development. Focuses on the interactions between interventions and institutions on local, national, and global/transnational scales. Offers an opportunity to develop a focus on selected current topics in development planning, such as migration, displacement, participatory planning, urban-rural linkages, corruption, legal institutions, and post-conflict development. Restricted to first-year MCP and SPURS students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.800,"Reading, Writing and Research","Required subject intended solely for 1st-year DUSP PhD students. Develops capacity of doctoral students to become independent scholars by helping them to prepare their first-year papers and plan for their dissertation work. Focuses on the process by which theory, research questions, literature reviews, and new data are synthesized into new and original contributions to the literature. Seminar is conducted with intensive discussions, draft writing, peer review, revisions, and editing. Guest speakers from faculty and advanced students discuss strategies and potential pitfalls with doctoral-level research.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6 [P/D/F],11.233; Coreq: 11.801,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.801,Doctoral Research Paper,Students develop a first-year research paper in consultation with their advisor.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None. Coreq: 11.800; permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.901,Independent Study: Urban Studies and Planning,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.902,Independent Study: Urban Studies and Planning,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.903,Supervised Readings in Urban Studies,Reading and discussion of topics in urban studies and planning.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.904,Supervised Readings in Urban Studies,Reading and discussion of topics in urban studies and planning.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.905,Research Seminar in Urban Studies and Planning,Special research issues in urban planning.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.906,Research Seminar in Urban Studies and Planning,Special research issues in urban planning.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.907,Urban Fieldwork,"Practical application of planning techniques to towns, cities, and regions, including problems of replanning, redevelopment, and renewal of existing communities. Includes internships, under staff supervision, in municipal and state agencies and departments.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.908,Urban Fieldwork,"Practical application of planning techniques to towns, cities, and regions, including problems of replanning, redevelopment, and renewal of existing communities. Includes internships, under staff supervision, in municipal and state agencies and departments.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.909,Graduate Tutorial,Planned programs of instruction for a minimum of three students on a planning topic not covered in regular subjects of instruction. Registration subject to prior arrangement with appropriate faculty member.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.910,Doctoral Tutorial,"Required subject exclusively for first-year DUSP PhD candidates, but with multiple colloquium sessions open to the full department community.  Introduces students to a range of department faculty (and others) by offering opportunities to discuss applications of planning theory and planning history. Assists in clarifying the departments intellectual diversity.  Encourages development of a personal intellectual voice and capacity to synthesize and respond to the arguments made by others.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.912[J],Advanced Urbanism Colloquium,"Introduces critical theories and contemporary practices in the field of urbanism that challenge its paradigms and advance its future. Includes theoretical linkages between ideas about the cultures of urbanization, social and political processes of development, environmental tradeoffs of city making, and the potential of design disciplines to intervene to change the future of built forms. Events and lecture series co-organized by faculty and doctoral students further engage and inform research. Preference to doctoral students in the Advanced Urbanism concentration.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,4.275[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
11.919,PhD Workshop,"The workshop features doctoral student progress on dissertation formulation and findings across all years, panels of particular interest to doctoral students as identified by their representatives on the PhD Committee, and an intellectual space for the sharing of ideas and initiatives within the doctoral community and across the department, including faculty.  Limited to all doctoral students in residence.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.920,Planning in Practice,"Familiarizes students with the practice of planning, by requiring actual experience in professional internship placements. Enables students to both apply what they are learning in their classes in an actual professional setting and to reflect, using a variety of platforms, on the learning -- personal and professional -- growing out of their internship experience. Through readings, practical experience and reflection, empirical observation, and contact with practitioners, students gain deeper general understanding of the practice of the profession.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.930,Advanced Seminar on Planning Theory,"Introduces students to key debates in the field of planning theory, drawing on historical development of the field of urban/regional/national planning from 1900 to 2020 in both the US and in newly industrializing countries. Class objectives are for students to develop their own theory of action as they become sensitized to issues of racial and gender discrimination in city building, and understand how planning styles are influenced by a range of issues, including the challenge of ethical practice.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.960,Independent Study: Real Estate,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.961,Independent Study: Real Estate,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.962,Fieldwork: Real Estate,Practical application of real estate techniques in the field.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.963,Independent Study: Real Estate,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.964,Independent Study: Real Estate,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.985,Summer Field Work,Practical application of planning techniques over the summer with prior arrangement.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S938,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S939,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S940-11.S944,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S948,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S945-11.S949,Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning,For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S950-11.S957,Special Seminar: Urban Studies and Planning,For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S958,Special Seminar: Urban Studies and Planning,For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S959,Special Seminar: Urban Studies and Planning,For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S964,Special Seminar: Real Estate,Small group study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of real estate not covered in regular subjects of instruction. ,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S965,Special Subject: Real Estate,Small group study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of real estate not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S966,Special Subject: Real Estate,Small group study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of real estate not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S967,Special Subject: Real Estate,Small group study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of real estate not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S968,Special Seminar: Real Estate,Small group study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of real estate not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S969,Special Seminar: Real Estate,Small group study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of real estate not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.S970,Special Seminar: Real Estate,Small group study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of real estate not covered in regular subjects of instruction.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
11.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research and writing of thesis; to be arranged by the student with supervising committee.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.00,"Frontiers and Careers in Earth, Planets, Climate, and Life","Provides a broad overview of topics, technologies, and career paths at the forefront of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Introduces the complex interplay between physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and computational methods used to study processes associated with a changing Earth and climate, distant planets, and life. Sessions guided by faculty members discussing current research problems, and by EAPS alumni describing how their careers have evolved. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.000,Solving Complex Problems,"Provides an opportunity for entering freshmen to gain firsthand experience in integrating the work of small teams to develop effective solutions to complex problems in Earth system science and engineering. Each year's class explores a different problem in detail through the study of complementary case histories and the development of creative solution strategies. Includes exercises in website development, written and oral communication, and team building. Subject required for students in the Terrascope freshman program, but participation in Terrascope is not required of all 12.000 students. Students who pass 12.000 are eligible to participate in the Terrascope field trip the following spring. Limited to freshmen.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-2-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.001,Introduction to Geology,"Major minerals and rock types, rock-forming processes, and time scales. Temperatures, pressures, compositions, structure of the Earth, and measurement techniques. Geologic structures and relationships observable in the field. Sediment movement and landform development by moving water, wind, and ice. Crustal processes and planetary evolution in terms of global plate tectonics with an emphasis on ductile and brittle processes. Includes laboratory exercises on minerals, rocks, mapping, plate tectonics, rheology, glaciers. Two one-day field trips (optional).",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-4-5,None,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
12.002,Introduction to Geophysics and Planetary Science,"Study of the structure, composition, and physical processes governing the terrestrial planets, including their formation and basic orbital properties. Topics include plate tectonics, earthquakes, seismic waves, rheology, impact cratering, gravity and magnetic fields, heat flux, thermal structure, mantle convection, deep interiors, planetary magnetism, and core dynamics. Suitable for majors and non-majors seeking general background in geophysics and planetary structure.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
12.003,"Introduction to Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics","Introduces the dynamical processes that govern the atmosphere, oceans, and climate. Topics include Earth's radiation budget, convection and clouds, the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean, and climate change. Illustrates underlying mechanisms through laboratory demonstrations with a rotating table, and through analysis of atmospheric and oceanic data.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
12.004,Introduction to Chemistry of Habitable Environments,"Introduction to the central roles of chemistry and biology on Earth that underlie modern climate, climate history, and global elemental cycles. Topics include the interactions of chemistry and biology in atmospheric, aquatic, and terrestrial systems. Fundamental principles of redox, equilibria, and acid/base reactions are explored via their links in the Earth system and with respect to climate feedbacks and ecosystem dynamics, providing perspectives for the future of our planet and beyond.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Chemistry (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
12.006[J],Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos,"Introduction to nonlinear dynamics and chaos in dissipative systems. Forced and parametric oscillators. Phase space. Periodic, quasiperiodic, and aperiodic flows. Sensitivity to initial conditions and strange attractors. Lorenz attractor. Period doubling, intermittency, and quasiperiodicity. Scaling and universality. Analysis of experimental data: Fourier transforms, Poincare sections, fractal dimension, and Lyapunov exponents. Applications to mechanical systems, fluid dynamics, physics, geophysics, and chemistry. See 12.207J/18.354J for Nonlinear Dynamics: Continuum Systems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),"2.050[J], 18.353[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.007,Geobiology: History of Life on Earth,"Surveys the interactive Earth system: biology in geologic, environmental and climate change throughout Earth's history. Introduces the concept of ""life as a geological agent"" and examines the interaction between biology and the Earth system during the roughly 4 billion years since life first appeared. Topics include the origin of the solar system and the early Earth atmosphere; the origin and evolution of life and its influence on climate up through and including the modern age and the problem of global warming; the global carbon cycle; and astrobiology.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.009[J],Nonlinear Dynamics: The Natural Environment,"Analyzes cooperative processes that shape the natural environment, now and in the geologic past. Emphasizes the development of theoretical models that relate the physical and biological worlds, the comparison of theory to observational data, and associated mathematical methods. Topics include carbon cycle dynamics; ecosystem structure, stability and complexity; mass extinctions; biosphere-geosphere coevolution; and climate change. Employs techniques such as stability analysis; scaling; null model construction; time series and network analysis.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR); Coreq: 18.03,18.352[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.010,Computational Methods of Scientific Programming,"Introductory subject exposes students to modern programming methods and techniques used in practice by physical scientists today. Emphasis on code design, algorithm development/verification, and comparative advantages/disadvantages of different languages (including Python, Julia and C/C++) and tools (including Jupyter, machine-learning from data or models, cloud and high-performance computing workflows). Students are introduced to and work with common programming tools, types of problems, and techniques for solving a variety of data analytic and equation modeling scenarios from real research: examination visualization techniques; basic numerical analysis; methods of dissemination and verification; practices for reproducible work, version control, documentation, and sharing/publication. No prior programming experience is required.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.011[J],Archaeological Science,"Pressing issues in archaeology as an anthropological science. Stresses the natural science and engineering methods archaeologists use to address these issues. Reconstructing time, space, and human ecologies provides one focus; materials technologies that transform natural materials to material culture provide another. Topics include 14C dating, ice core and palynological analysis, GIS and other remote sensing techniques for site location, organic residue analysis, comparisons between Old World and New World bronze production, invention of rubber by Mesoamerican societies, analysis and conservation of Dead Sea Scrolls.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-5,Chemistry (GIR) or Physics I (GIR),"3.985[J], 5.24[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
12.012,"MatLab, Statistics, Regression, Signal Processing","Introduces the basic tools needed for data analysis and interpretation in the Geosciences, as well as other sciences. Composed of four modules, targeted at introducing students to the basic concepts and applications in each module. MatLab: Principles and practice in its uses, script and function modules, basic approaches to solving problems. Statistics: Correlation, means, dispersion, precision, accuracy, distributions, central limit theorem, skewness, probability, Chi-Square, Gaussian and other common distributions used in hypothesis testing. Regression: Random and grid search methods, basic least squares and algorithms applicable to regression, inversion and parameter estimation. Signal Processing: Analog and digital signals, Z-transform, Fourier series, fast Fourier transforms, spectral analysis leakage and bias, digital filtering. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.021,"Earth Science, Energy, and the Environment","Provides understanding of the Earth System most relevant to production of our planet's natural energy resources, including the physics, chemistry, and biology of conventional and alternative energy sources. Includes a broad overview of traditional and alternative energy sources: hydrocarbons (conventional and unconventional), nuclear, geothermal, hydroelectric, and wind and tides, along with their potentials and limitations. Develops detailed knowledge of the formation, concentration, and production of fossil and nuclear fuels, as well as the waste products associated with their consumption. An examination of conventional and alternative energy sources includes the environmental issues associated with the exploitation of these resources, both regional and global.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,"Calculus I (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.031[J],Fundamentals of Ecology,"Fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated dynamic living system. Coevolution of the biosphere and geosphere, biogeochemical cycles, metabolic diversity, primary productivity, competition and the niche, trophic dynamics and food webs, population growth and limiting factors. Population modeling, global carbon cycle, climate change, geoengineering, theories of resource competition and mutualism, allometric scaling, ecological genomics, niche theory, human population growth. Applied ecology.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,"1.018[J], 7.30[J]",False,False,True,False,False,False
12.080,Experiential Learning in EAPS,"For Course 12 students participating in off-campus professional experiences related to their course of study. Before registering for this subject, students must have an offer from a company or organization, must identify an EAPS advisor, and must receive prior approval from their advisor. Upon completion of the experience, student must submit a letter from the company or organization describing what the student accomplished, along with a substantive final report from the student approved by the EAPS advisor. Consult departmental academic office.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.086,Modeling Environmental Complexity,"Introduction to mathematical and physical models of environmental processes. Emphasis on the development of macroscopic continuum or statistical descriptions of complex microscopic dynamics. Problems of interest include: random walks and statistical geometry of landscapes; percolation theory and transport in disordered media; fractals, scaling, and universality; ecological dynamics and the structure of ecosystems, food webs, and other natural networks; kinetics of biogeochemical cycles. Appropriate for advanced undergraduates. Beginning graduate students are encouraged to register for 12.586. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.090,"Current Topics in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences","Laboratory or field work in earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences. Consult with department Education Office.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.091,"Current Topics in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences","Laboratory or field work in earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences. Consult with department Education Office.",False,"IAP, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.092,Current Topics in Geology and Geochemistry,Laboratory or field work in geology and geochemistry. Consult with department Education Office.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.093,Current Topics in Geology and Geochemistry,Laboratory or field work in geology and geochemistry. To be arranged with department faculty. Consult with department Education Office.,True,"Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.094,Current Topics in Geophysics,Laboratory or field work in geophysics. Consult with department Education Office.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.095,Current Topics in Geophysics,"Laboratory, data analysis, system modeling or field work in geophysics. To be arranged with department faculty. Consult with department Education Office.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.096,Current Topics in Atmospheric Science and Oceanography,Laboratory or field work in atmospheric science and oceanography. To be arranged with department faculty. Consult with department Education Office.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.097,Current Topics in Atmospheric Science and Oceanography,Laboratory or field work in atmospheric science and oceanography. To be arranged with department faculty. Consult with department Education Office.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.098,Current Topics in Planetary Science,Laboratory or field work in planetary science. To be arranged with department faculty. Consult with department Education Office.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.099,Current Topics in Planetary Science,Laboratory or field work in planetary science. To be arranged with department faculty. Consult with department Education Office.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 6.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 18.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.100,Plate Tectonics and Climate (New),"Explores plate tectonics and the fundamental relationship between tectonic systems and global climate. Provides an in-depth study of plate tectonics, encompassing sea floor spreading, continental rifting, mountain and basin formation, and subduction. Examines the profound effects of tectonic activity on global climate, emphasizing the critical links between solid earth processes and long-term climate change and offering a holistic view of our planet's intricate systems. Regional case studies present examples of the complex interconnections along Earth's long history. An optional weekend field trip brings concepts encountered in class into tangible, real-world context. Expectations differ for students taking graduate version.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,12.001 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.104,Geochemistry of Natural Waters,"Equips students with the fundamental skills to identify major controls on the chemistry of waters on the Earth.  Students examine key concepts, theories and practical tools (e.g., pH, Eh, alkalinity, surface charge, speciation, and carbonate equilibrium) and apply them as tools to understand and make predictions for the biogeochemical cycles of the Earth systems.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.108,Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks,"Provides an integrated survey of rocks and rock-forming minerals. Introduces the fundamentals of crystal structure and mineral chemistry and explore mineral and rock formation mechanisms across Earth and planetary surfaces and interiors. Links mineral assemblages to the chemical compositions of rocks within the Earth's crust and upper mantle and to specific tectonic environments. Students investigate the chemistry and physics of rock formation mechanisms, crust and mantle melting dynamics, and the geochemical and mineralogical signatures of igneous rocks and metamorphic processes. Laboratory component includes both specimen-level work and petrography.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-5,Chemistry (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.110A,Sedimentary Environments,"Covers the basic concepts of sedimentation from the properties of individual grains to large-scale basin analysis. Lectures cover sediment textures and composition, fluid flow and sediment transport, and formation of sedimentary structures. Depositional models, for both modern and ancient environments are a major component and are studied in detail with an eye toward interpretation of depositional processes and reconstructing paleoenvironments from the rock record. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,2-1-3,12.001 or 12.11,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
12.110B,Sedimentology in the Field,"Examines the fundamentals of sedimentary deposits and geological reasoning through first hand fieldwork. Students practice methods of modern geological field study off-campus during a required trip over spring break making field observations, measuring stratigraphic sections and making a sedimentological map. Relevant topics introduced are map and figure making in ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator and sedimentary petrology. Culminates in an oral and written report built around data gathered in the field. Field sites and intervals of geologic time studied rotate annually and include Precambrian, Phanerozoic and Modern depositional environments. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. May be taken multiple times for credit. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-5,12.110A,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
12.113,Structural Geology,"Introduces mechanics of rock deformation. Discusses recognition, interpretation, and mechanics of faults, folds, structural features of igneous and metamorphic rocks, and superposed deformations. Introduces regional structural geology and tectonics. Laboratory includes techniques of structural analysis, recognition and interpretation of structures on geologic maps, and construction of interpretive cross sections.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,12.001,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.115,Field Geology,"Introduction to the methods of modern geological field study off-campus during an intensive two-week experience. Exercises include geological and geomorphological mapping on topographic and photographic base maps of a wide variety of bedrock and surficial rocks. Where feasible, geochemical and geophysical field measurements are corrrelated with geology. Location is usually in the western US. Contact department regarding travel fee and resources for funding opportunities. Meets with 12.482 when offered concurrently. Satisfies 9 units of Institute Laboratory credit.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,0-9-0,12.113,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
12.116,Analysis of Geologic Data,"Includes in-depth laboratory analysis of samples, interpretation of geological data, and where possible, geophysical and geochemical data.  Includes the preparation of reports based on the field studies conducted in 12.115 during January; report generally exceeds 30 pages in length and includes one major revision and rewrite. Instruction in writing techniques provided. Contact department regarding travel fee and resources for funding opportunities. Satisfies 3 units of Institute Laboratory credit.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,0-2-4,12.115,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
12.117A,Field Geobiology I,"Examines basic biological processes that operate in sediments. Lectures cover biological, physical and chemical processes that influence the formation and stabilization of sediments, including biomineralization, weathering, erosion, the formation of sedimentary structures and interactions with sediments, flow, and the cycles of nutrients. Lab covers analytical methods used to examine microbial processes, bioinformatic methods used to analyze microbial communities, and techniques used to analyze sediment grain sizes and chemistry. Readings and discussions provide preparation for the 12.117B field trip to a modern sedimentary environment. Enables students to interpret processes in modern sedimentary environments, reconstruct similar processes in the rock record, collect appropriate samples in the field, and analyze microbiological data. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-1-3,None. Coreq: 12.001 or 12.007,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.117B,Field Geobiology II,"Teaches fundamentals of field observations and reasoning in geobiology/sedimentology during a required trip to a modern sedimentary environment over spring break, followed by laboratory analyses of collected samples. Students make observations, develop hypotheses, collect samples required to test their hypotheses and interact with lecturers and students investigating the sedimentology of the site. Upon return to MIT, students work on field samples to characterize the sediments, use the preliminary data to develop an understanding of the field site, and write research reports. Students taking graduate version write proposals that present a research question based on the field observations and subsequent analyses. Meets with 12.110B and 12.465B when those subjects examine modern sedimentary environments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-5,12.117A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.119,Harnessing Power from Environmental Microbes and Chemical Gradients,"Provides practical instruction on how to make living batteries. Lectures cover the basics of marine and freshwater chemistry and biogeochemistry (pH, redox potential, organic loading, free energy for growth, chemical profiles, sampling and measurement methods). Students explore sediment biogeochemistry by analyzing mineral types and grain sizes, setting up microbial enrichment cultures, and sampling and characterizing microbes and environmental chemistry by microscopy, chemical assays of pore fluids, and bioinformatics tools. Subsequent lab activities teach students to develop and use electrochemical tools to build microbial batteries that can power light sources and instruments. Discussion and reading cover real-world applications of microbial fuel cells.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-5,"Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), or 12.007",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.12,"Nature's Sandbox: The History of Ancient Environments, Climate, and Life","Series of field adventures to survey Earth's history and landscape through a combination of online and in-person instruction, with virtual field trips to Svalbard, Norway, the Death Valley area and Northern Minnesota. In these key sites, students explore the interactions between Earth's surface environments and life, and critical transitions in each. Includes weekly in-class paper discussions and experiential exercises. Three optional one-day field trips provide opportunity to explore the amazing sedimentary record preserved close to MIT. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.141,Electron Microprobe Analysis,"Introduction to the theory of x-ray microanalysis through the electron microprobe including ZAF matrix corrections. Techniques to be discussed are wavelength and energy dispersive spectrometry, scanning backscattered electron, secondary electron, cathodoluminescence, and x-ray imaging. Lab sessions involve use of the electron microprobe.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-1-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.163,Geomorphology,"Quantitative examination of processes that shape Earth's surface. Introduction to fluvial, hillslope, and glacial mechanics. Essentials of weathering, soil formation, runoff, erosion, slope stability, sediment transport, and river morphology. Landscape evolution in response to climatic and tectonic forcing. Application of terrestrial theory to planetary surfaces. Additional instruction in geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing analysis, field measurement techniques, and numerical modeling of surface processes. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"(Calculus I (GIR), Physics I (GIR), and 12.001) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.170,Essentials of Geology,"Studies the geology of planetary interiors and surfaces, including plate tectonics, as a unifying theory of terrestrial geology, surface processes, and the Earth's interior. Covers igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes associated with tectonic settings and the typical rock suites created; mineral and rock identification; and causes of compositional differences on many scales (mineral grains, rocks, regions of the Earth, different planets). Also addresses conditions required for melting and melting processes; rock structure and field techniques; and Earth history. Treatment of these topics includes discussions of the geochemical, petrologic, geochronological, experimental, or field techniques used to investigate them; the limitations of current geological techniques and geological controversies; and major geological expeditions, experiments, and studies from the past, along with their premises and results. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,(Calculus II (GIR) and Physics II (GIR)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.177,"Astrobiology, Origins and Early Evolution of Life","Provides an understanding of major areas of research into the problem of the origin of life on the early Earth from an astrobiological perspective. Topics include the timing, setting and conditions for the origin of life on the Hadean Earth; roles of planetary and extra-planetary processes; defining life; prebiotic chemistry; origins of nucleic acids and peptides; evolution of cellularity, replication, metabolism, and translation; establishment of the genetic code; biogenesis vs. ecogenesis; the nature of the last common ancestor of life; conceptualizing the ""tree of life;"" and the early evolution of the ancestors of bacteria, archaeal, and eukaryal lineages. Students taking graduate version complete an extra project.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.178,The Phylogenomic Planetary Record,"Introduces the tools of sequence-based phylogenetic analysis and molecular evolution in the context of studying events in Earth's deep past that have been preserved by genomes. Topics include basic concepts of cladistics, phylogeny and sequence evolution, construction of phylogenetic trees of genes and microbial lineages, molecular clocks, dating, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. Special attention to the evolutionary history of microbial metabolisms and their relationship to global biogeochemical cycles across Earth's history. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.201,Essentials of Global Geophysics,"Overview of basic topics in solid-earth geophysics, such as the Earth's rotation, gravity and magnetic field, seismology, and thermal structure. Formulation of physical principles presented in three one-hour lectures per week. Current applications discussed in an additional one-hour tutorial each week. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Physics II (GIR) and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.202,"Flow, Deformation, and Fracture in Earth and Other Terrestrial Bodies","Covers fundamentals of deformation and fracture of solids and the flow of viscous fluids. Explores spatial scales from molecular to planetary, and time scales from fractions of a second to millions of years, to understand how and why natural materials on Earth and other terrestrial bodies respond to applied forces. Fundamental concepts include the principles of continuum mechanics, tensor representation of physical properties, forces, tractions, stresses, strain theory, elasticity, contact problems, fracture and friction, and viscous flow and rheological models (plasticity, viscosity, viscoelasticity, elasto-plasticity). Students gather, analyze and interpret data using existing theoretical models. Includes a significant laboratory component that provides practical experience with experimental measurements and tests students' acquired theoretical knowledge. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.203,Mechanics of Earth,"Covers topics in the deformation and fracture of solids and the flow of viscous fluids. Explores spatial scales from molecular to planetary, and time scales from fractions of a second to millions of years, to understand how and why natural materials on Earth and other terrestrial bodies respond to applied forces. Introduces anelasticity, granular mechanics, poroelasticity, rate-and-state friction, transport properties of Earth materials (Darcy's law, Fick's law), brittle-ductile transitions, creep of polycrystalline materials, stored energy and dissipation, and convection. Prepares students to gather, analyze and interpret data using existing theoretical models. Through a significant laboratory component, students obtain practical experience with experimental measurements and test their acquired theoretical knowledge. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.207[J],Nonlinear Dynamics: Continuum Systems,"General mathematical principles of continuum systems. From microscopic to macroscopic descriptions in the form of linear or nonlinear (partial) differential equations. Exact solutions, dimensional analysis, calculus of variations and singular perturbation methods. Stability, waves and pattern formation in continuum systems. Subject matter illustrated using natural fluid and solid systems found, for example, in geophysics and biology.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),"1.062[J], 18.354[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.210,Introduction to Seismology (New),"A basic study in seismology and the utilization of seismic waves for the study of Earth's interior. Introduces techniques necessary for understanding of elastic wave propagation in stratified media and for calculation of synthetic seismograms (WKBJ and mode summation). Ray theory; interpretation of travel times. (e.g., tomography); surface wave dispersion in layered media; Earth's free oscillations; and seismicity, (earthquake locations, magnitude, moment, and source properties). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,18.075 or 18.085,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.211,Field Geophysics,"Covers practical methods of modern geophysics, including the global positioning system (GPS), gravity, and magnetics. Field work is conducted in western US and includes intensive 10-day field exercise. Focuses on measurement techniques and their interpretation. Introduces the science of gravity, magnetics, and the GPS. Measures crustal structure, fault motions, tectonic deformations, and the local gravity and magnetic fields. Students perform high-precision measurements and participate in data analysis. Emphasizes principles of geophysical data collection and the relevance of these data for tectonic faulting, crustal structure, and the dynamics of the earthquake cycle. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-4-1,12.214 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.212,Field Geophysics Analysis (New),"Focuses on in-depth data analysis and development of skills needed to report results both in writing and orally. Students use data collected in 12.211 to develop written and oral reports of the results, with each student focusing on a different area such as developing the geophysical modeling or synthesis of the results into other studies in the area. The final written and oral reports are combined into a comprehensive report and presentation of the field camp and its results. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,12.211,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.213,Alternate Energy Sources,"Explores a number of alternative energy sources such as geothermal energy (heat from the Earth's interior), wind, natural gas, and solar energy. Includes a field trip to visit sites where alternative energy is being harvested or generated. Content and focus of subject varies from year to year.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-4-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.214,Essentials of Field Geophysics,"Introduces students to the practical field application of various geophysical methods to studying Earth's near-surface and prepares students to undertake fieldwork that uses these methods. Methods covered include but are not limited to measuring seismic waves, gravity, precise positions (commonly referred to as GPS but formally known as GNSS), and topography using drones. Lab time involves local fieldwork to gain experience with the methods being taught. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"Physics II (GIR), 6.100A, and 18.03",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.225,Mechanisms of Faulting and Earthquakes (New),"Explores the fundamental mechanics of faulting and earthquakes from four related perspectives: seismology, geodesy, geodynamics, and rheology. Topics to be covered include: the physical processes that control the rheology of faults, including friction and fracture; how these rheological processes are manifest in faulting and earthquakes in the earth from a geodynamics perspective; and how the mechanics of faulting and earthquakes are constrained by seismological and geodetic observations. Features both continental and oceanic examples of faulting and earthquakes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"12.002 and (12.010, 12.012, 18.C25, (6.100A and 6.100B), or permission of instructor)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.300[J],Global Change Science,"Introduces the basic principles and concepts in atmospheric physics, and climate dynamics, through an examination of: greenhouse gases emissions (mainly CO2), global warming, and regional climate change. Case studies are presented for the regional impacts of climate change on extreme weather, water availability, and disease transmission. Introduction to regional and global environmental problems for students in basic sciences and engineering. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.03,1.071[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.301,Climate Science,"Introduction to climate studies, including beginnings of the solar system, time scales, and climate in human history; methods for detecting climate change, including proxies, ice cores, instrumental records, and time series analysis; physical and chemical processes in climate, including primordial atmosphere, ozone chemistry, carbon and oxygen cycles, and heat and water budgets; internal feedback mechanisms, including ice, aerosols, water vapor, clouds, and ocean circulation; climate forcing, including orbital variations, volcanism, plate tectonics, and solar variability; climate models and mechanisms of variability, including energy balance, coupled models, and global ocean and atmosphere models; and outstanding problems. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"Chemistry (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.306,Atmospheric Chemistry Models & Climate,"Introduction to the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere including experience with computer codes. Aerosols and theories of their formation, evolution, and removal. Gas and aerosol transport from urban to continental scales. Coupled models of radiation, transport, and chemistry. Solution of inverse problems to deduce emissions and removal rates. Emissions control technology and costs. Applications to air pollution and climate. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(18.075 and (5.60 or 5.61)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.307,Weather and Climate Laboratory,"Engages students in projects involving rotating tank laboratory experiments, analysis of data on the sphere, and report writing and presentation. Project themes explore fundamentals of climate science and make contact points with major contemporary environmental challenges facing mankind. Examples include heat and moisture transport in the atmosphere; weather and weather extremes; aerosols, dust, and atmospheric pollution; ocean circulation and transport and plastics in the ocean. Develops skills for how to deal with noisy, imperfect data. Provides instruction and practice in written and oral communication.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-4-7,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
12.310,An Introduction to Weather Forecasting,Basic principles of synoptic meteorology and weather forecasting. Analysis of hourly weather data and numerical weather prediction models. Regular preparation of weather forecasts.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-1-4 [P/D/F],Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.314[J],Ocean Chemistry Change Laboratory (New),"Introduces marine chemistry and explores how human activity is aggressively modifying Earth's climate system. Familiarizes students with instrumentation, techniques, and concepts utilized to investigate the ocean. Through lab work, students apply general chemistry principles to marine systems and develop new understanding of specific research problems within ocean chemistry and biogeochemistry. Satisfies 3 units of Institute Laboratory credit.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-3-2,Chemistry (GIR),5.009[J],False,True,False,False,False,False
12.315,Atmospheric Radiation and Convection,"Introduction to the physics of atmospheric radiation, remote sensing, and convection, including use of computer codes. Radiative transfer equation including emission and scattering, spectroscopy, Mie theory, and numerical solutions. Physics of dry and moist convection, including moist thermodynamics. Radiative-convective equilibrium. Solution of inverse problems in remote sensing of atmospheric temperature and composition. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,12.390 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.318,Introduction to Atmospheric Data and Large-scale Dynamics,"Provides a general introduction to meteorological data and analysis techniques, and their use in the MIT Synoptic Laboratory to study the phenomenology and dynamics of large-scale atmospheric flow. Illustrates balance concepts as applied to the dynamics of frontal and synoptic scales, using real-time upper-air and surface station data and gridded analyzed fields. Uses advanced meteorological software packages to access, manipulate, and graphically display the data. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None. Coreq: 12.390,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.320A[J],Introduction to Hydrology and Water Resources,"Water in the environment; Water resource systems; The hydrologic cycle at its role in the climate system; Surface water and energy balance; evaporation and transpiration through vegetation; Precipitation formation, infiltration, storm runoff, and flood processes; Groundwater aquifers, subsurface flow and the hydraulics of wells.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,1.060A; Coreq: 1.061A and 1.106,1.070A[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.320B[J],Introduction to Hydrology Modeling,"Develops understanding of numerical modeling of aquifers, groundwater flow and contaminant transport, as well as uncertainty and risk analysis for water resources.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,1.070A,1.070B[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.330[J],Fluid Physics,"A physics-based introduction to the properties of fluids and fluid systems, with examples drawn from a broad range of sciences, including atmospheric physics and astrophysics. Definitions of fluids and the notion of continuum. Equations of state and continuity, hydrostatics and conservation of momentum; ideal fluids and Euler's equation; viscosity and the Navier-Stokes equation. Energy considerations, fluid thermodynamics, and isentropic flow. Compressible versus incompressible and rotational versus irrotational flow; Bernoulli's theorem; steady flow, streamlines and potential flow. Circulation and vorticity. Kelvin's theorem. Boundary layers. Fluid waves and instabilities. Quantum fluids.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"5.60, 8.044, or permission of instructor","1.066[J], 8.292[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.335,Experimental Atmospheric Chemistry,"Introduces the atmospheric chemistry involved in climate change, air pollution, and ozone depletion using a combination of interactive laboratory and field studies and simple computer models. Uses instruments for trace gas and aerosol measurements and methods for inferring fundamental information from these measurements. Provides instruction and practice in written and oral communication. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-4-6,Chemistry (GIR),N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
12.336[J],Air Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry,"Provides a working knowledge of basic air quality issues, with emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach to investigating the sources and effects of pollution. Topics include emission sources; atmospheric chemistry and removal processes; meteorological phenomena and their impact on pollution transport at local to global scales; air pollution control technologies; health effects; and regulatory standards. Discusses regional and global issues, such as acid rain, ozone depletion and air quality connections to climate change. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Recommended for upper-level undergraduate students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.03,1.085[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.338,Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics and Chemistry,"Focuses on understanding how aerosol particles form droplets or ice crystals during several atmospheric processes: determining Earth's radiative balance; heterogeneous chemistry and acid rain; understanding where, when and how much precipitation occurs. Provides tools for understanding the physics of aerosol and cloud element motion; the interaction of particles with water vapor, including phase changes and droplet and ice nucleation; the chemical composition of particles and the effect on cloud formation processes; and the effect of cloud processing on aerosol chemistry. Discusses relevant topics of contemporary interest, e.g., geoengineering and weather modification and volcanic effects. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"1.085, 12.335, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.346[J],Global Environmental Negotiations,"Practical introduction to global environmental negotiations designed for science and engineering students. Covers basic issues in international negotiations, such as North-South conflict, implementation and compliance, trade, and historical perspective on global environmental treaties. Offers hands-on practice in developing and interpreting international agreements through role-play simulations and observation of ongoing climate change negotiating processes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,IDS.062[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.348[J],"Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy","Introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change, and the institutions engaged in negotiating an international response. Develops an integrated approach to analysis of climate change processes, and assessment of proposed policy measures, drawing on research and model development within the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Graduate students are expected to explore the topic in greater depth through reading and individual research..",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,"(Calculus II (GIR), 5.60, and 14.01) or permission of instructor",15.026[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.349,Mechanisms and Models of the Global Carbon Cycle,"Addresses changes in the ocean, terrestrial biosphere and rocks modulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide on timescales from months to millions of years. Includes feedbacks between carbon cycle and climate. Combines hands-on data analysis with the formulation of simple models rooted in basic physical, chemical and biological principles. Students create individual ""toy"" global carbon cycle models. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.372,Elements of Modern Oceanography,"Examines a series of crosscutting topics that exemplify current directions in interdisciplinary oceanography. Focuses on current themes in oceanography, their interdisciplinary nature, and the role of ocean sciences in society. Introduces core concepts across the disciplines of biological, physical, and chemical oceanography as well as marine geology. Emphasizes the interdisciplinary aspects of these core concepts, the kinds of approaches and modes of thinking common to all of the disciplines, and the technological developments underpinning current advances. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.373,Field Oceanography,"Provides an introduction to the biogeochemistry of the ocean, and the field techniques and methods used in its study. Emphasizes biogeochemistry and the interrelated nature of elemental cycling, but also examines physical transport and air-sea gas exchange. Covers multiple aspects related to field instrumentation and measurements, including nutrients, oxygen, the carbon system, temperature, salinity, and microbial analyses. Students analyze and synthesize experimental data collected during the term. Includes an optional week-long field trip aboard a research vessel in the field at a time to be determined; opportunities for funded travel available. Students work in groups to propose projects over the research expedition that utilize the field time to collect samples. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-7-5,"Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and permission of instructor",N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
12.377,The History of Earth's Climate,"Studies the climate history of the Earth, from the formation of the early atmosphere and ocean to the present. Evaluates geochemical, sedimentological, and paleontological evidence for changes in ocean circulation, global temperatures, and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Covers theories and models of Phanerozoic climate change. Provides a long-term history of the global carbon cycle. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.384[J],Living Dangerously: Environmental Problems from 1900 to Today,"Historical overview of the interactions between people and their environments in the past 100 years. Focuses on the accelerating human impact on Earth, starting in the late 19th century and continuing to the present day. Covers case studies showing how people have become aware of their impacts on the environment, and, in turn, the environment's impacts upon human society and what humans have done to mitigate damages. Topics include: food safety and security, industrial agriculture, pesticides, nuclear energy and warfare, lead, smog, ozone depletion, and climate change. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.055[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
12.385,"Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy","Examines the role of science in US and international environmental policymaking. Surveys the methods by which scientists learn about the natural world; the treatment of science by experts, advocates, the media, and the public and the way science is used in legislative, administrative and judicial decision making. Through lectures, group discussions, and written essays, students develop a critical understanding of the role of science in environmental policy. Potential case studies include fisheries management, ozone depletion, global warming, smog, and endangered species. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 22.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.386[J],Environment and History,"Focusing on the period from 1500 to the present, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and microorganisms on human history and the reciprocal influence of people on the environment. Topics include the European encounter with the Americas, the impact of modern technology, and the current environmental crisis. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21H.185[J], STS.031[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
12.387[J],People and the Planet: Environmental Governance and Science,"Introduces governance and science aspects of complex environmental problems and approaches to solutions. Introduces quantitative analyses and methodological tools to analyze environmental issues that have human and natural components. Demonstrates concepts through a series of in-depth case studies of environmental governance and science problems. Students develop writing, quantitative modeling, and analytical skills in assessing environmental systems problems and developing solutions. Through experiential activities, such as modeling and policy exercises, students engage with the challenges and possibilities of governance in complex, interacting systems, including biogeophysical processes and societal and stakeholder interactions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,"15.874[J], IDS.063[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.390,Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean,"Introduction to fluid dynamics. Students acquire an understanding of some of the basic concepts of fluid dynamics that are needed as a foundation for advanced coursework in atmospheric science, physical oceanography, ocean engineering, climate science, etc. Emphasizes fluid fundamentals, with an atmosphere/ocean twist. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,12.003,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.391,"Current Topics in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences","Laboratory or field work in earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences. Consult with department Education Office.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.396[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part I: Advancing Your Professional Strategies and Skills",Part I (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics include: navigating and charting an academic career with confidence; convincing an audience with clear writing and arguments; mastering public speaking and communications; networking at conferences and building a brand; identifying transferable skills; preparing for a successful job application package and job interviews; understanding group dynamics and different leadership styles; leading a group or team with purpose and confidence. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"5.961[J], 8.396[J], 9.980[J], 18.896[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.397[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part II: Developing Your Leadership Competencies","Part II (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics covered include gaining self awareness and awareness of others, and communicating with different personality types; learning about team building practices; strategies for recognizing and resolving conflict and bias; advocating for diversity and inclusion; becoming organizationally savvy; having the courage to be an ethical leader; coaching, mentoring, and developing others; championing, accepting, and implementing change. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"5.962[J], 8.397[J], 9.981[J], 18.897[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.400,Our Space Odyssey,"Traces historical and scientific advancement of our understanding of Earth's cosmic context. Introduces basic physical principles by which planets form and create their associated features of rings, satellites, diverse landscapes, atmospheres, and climates. Includes the physics of asteroids and comets and their orbital characteristics and links to meteorites. Considers one of the most fundamental questions - whether or not we are alone - by detailing the scientific exploration goals to be achieved at the Moon, Mars, and beyond.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
12.402[J],Introduction to Astronomy,"Quantitative introduction to the physics of planets, stars, galaxies and our universe, from origin to ultimate fate, with emphasis on the physics tools and observational techniques that enable our understanding. Topics include our solar system, extrasolar planets; our Sun and other ""normal"" stars, star formation, evolution and death, supernovae, compact objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, stellar-mass black holes); galactic structure, star clusters, interstellar medium, dark matter; other galaxies, quasars, supermassive black holes, gravitational waves; cosmic large-scale structure, origin, evolution and fate of our universe, inflation, dark energy, cosmic microwave background radiation, gravitational lensing, 21cm tomography. Not usable as a restricted elective by Physics majors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,Physics I (GIR),8.282[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
12.409,Hands-On Astronomy: Observing Stars and Planets,"Background for, and techniques of, visual observation and electronic imaging of the Moon, planets, satellites, stars, and brighter deep-space objects. Weekly outdoor observing sessions using 8-inch diameter telescopes when weather permits. Indoor sessions introduce skills necessary for observation. Introduction to contemporary observational astronomy including astronomical computing, image and data processing, and how astronomers work. Student must maintain a careful and complete written log which is graded. Consumes an entire evening each week; 100% attendance at observing sessions required to pass. Enrollment limited; priority to first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-3-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.410[J],Observational Techniques of Optical Astronomy,"Fundamental physical and optical principles used for astronomical measurements at visible wavelengths and practical methods of astronomical observations. Topics: astronomical coordinates, time, optics, telescopes, photon counting, signal-to-noise ratios, data analysis (including least-squares model fitting), limitations imposed by the Earth's atmosphere on optical observations, CCD detectors, photometry, spectroscopy, astrometry, and time variability. Project at Wallace Astrophysical Observatory. Written and oral project reports. Limited to 18; preference to Course 8 and Course 12 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-4-8,"8.282, 12.409, or other introductory astronomy course",8.287[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
12.411,Astronomy Field Camp,"Individual research projects in planetary science and astrophysics, involving supervised work at Teide Observatory on the island of Tenerife, Spain. Projects may include observations made using observatory telescope facilities. Project topics and objectives vary from year to year. Written and oral reports required. Limited to 6.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,0-6-3 [P/D/F],12.410,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.412,"Meteorites, Cosmochemistry, and Solar System Formation","A broad introduction to cosmochemistry, the study of the solar system formation from a geochemical perspective. Examines how the current meteorite records are used to gain information on the processes that happened in the early solar system. Topics include the origin of elements and isotopes, chemical fractionations of them during different processes, meteorite records, pre-solar grains, cosmochemical models for the solar system formation, chronology of planetary bodies from radioactive isotopes, and analytical techniques commonly used in cosmochemistry. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.420,Essentials of Planetary Science,"Advanced applications of physical and chemical principles to the study of the solar system. Topics include terrestrial and giant planets, meteorites, asteroids, comets, Kuiper belt objects, rings, impact craters, interiors, surfaces, atmospheres, geomagnetism, cosmochemistry, remote sensing, formation and evolution of the solar system.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(8.03, 12.002, and 18.03) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.421,Physical Principles of Remote Sensing,"Introduction to the physics of remote sensing with applications to the study of the Earth, Moon, planets and other solar system bodies, as well as to emerging fields, such as autonomous navigation. Includes the principles of optical, thermal, radar and lidar remote sensing. Covers fundamental properties of electromagnetic waves; principles of electromagnetic scattering from real and idealized materials, including various types of surfaces and vegetation; interaction of electromagnetic radiation with the atmosphere; and thermal and microwave emission from various media. Discusses past, present, and future remote sensing platforms along with the fundamentals of orbital mechanics and data processing tools and methods. Assignments require students to write simple computer programs and plot mathematical functions. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and 6.100A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.422,Planetary Atmospheres,"Provides a basic understanding of the physics and chemistry of planetary atmospheres. Explores the formation and evolution of atmospheres, their structure and dynamics, and what is known about their chemical composition. Pays particular attention to their energy balance. Also presents the current state of understanding of exoplanet atmospheres. Students taking graduate version complete an additional research project.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,12.003 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.425[J],Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques,"Presents basic principles of planet atmospheres and interiors applied to the study of extrasolar planets. Focuses on fundamental physical processes related to observable extrasolar planet properties. Provides a quantitative overview of detection techniques. Introduction to the feasibility of the search for Earth-like planets, biosignatures and habitable conditions on extrasolar planets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,8.03 and 18.03,8.290[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
12.43[J],Space Systems Engineering,"Design of a complete space system, including systems analysis, trajectory analysis, entry dynamics, propulsion and power systems, structural design, avionics, thermal and environmental control, human factors, support systems, and weight and cost estimates. Students participate in teams, each responsible for an integrated vehicle design, providing experience in project organization and interaction between disciplines. Includes several aspects of team communication including three formal presentations, informal progress reports, colleague assessments, and written reports. Course 16 students are expected to complete two professional or concentration subjects from the departmental program before taking this capstone. Offered alternate fall and spring terms.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,16.83[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.431[J],Space Systems Development,"Students build a space system, focusing on refinement of sub-system designs and fabrication of full-scale prototypes. Sub-systems are integrated into a vehicle and tested. Sub-system performance is verified using methods of experimental inquiry, and is compared with physical models of performance and design goals. Communication skills are honed through written and oral reports. Formal reviews include the Implementation Plan Review and the Acceptance Review. Knowledge of the engineering design process is helpful.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-10-6,Permission of instructor,16.831[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
12.UAR[J],Climate and Sustainability Undergraduate Advanced Research,"Provides instruction in effective research, experiential projects, internships, and externships, including choosing and refining problems, surveying previous work and publications, industry best practices, design for robustness, technical presentation, authorship and collaboration, and ethics. Supporting content includes background and context pertaining to climate change and sustainability, as well as tools for sustainable design. Focus for project work includes research topics relevant to the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC). Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises, in the context of an approved advanced research project. A total of 12 units of credit is awarded for completion of the spring and subsequent fall term offerings. Application required; consult MCSC website for more information.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,"1.UAR[J], 3.UAR[J], 5.UAR[J], 11.UAR[J], 15.UAR[J], 22.UAR[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Undergraduate research opportunities in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.URG,Undergraduate Research,"Undergraduate research opportunities in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.IND,Independent Study,"Independent reading, laboratory, or fieldwork in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. To be arranged by student and an appropriate EAPS faculty member. A written report may be required at the discretion of the advisor. Units arranged should reflect the project requirements.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.TIP,Thesis Preparation,Definition of and early-stage work on the thesis project. Students develop a written research proposal and begin writing the supporting text of the thesis concurrent with conducting research for the thesis project. Supervision of the writing continues into the spring term which concludes with an oral presentation of the research results.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of a thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,12.TIP,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.44,Practical Experience,"For Course 12 students participating in off-campus professional experiences related to their research. Before registering for this subject, students must have an offer from a company or organization, must identify an EAPS advisor, and must receive prior approval from their advisor. Upon completion of the experience, student must submit a letter from the company or organization describing the what the student accomplished, along with a substantive final report from the student approved by the EAPS advisor. Consult departmental academic office.",True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.444,"MatLab, Statistics, Regression, Signal Processing","Introduces the basic tools needed for data analysis and interpretation in the Geosciences, as well as other sciences. Composed of four modules, targeted at introducing students to the basic concepts and applications in each module. MatLab: Principles and practice in its uses, script and function modules, basic approaches to solving problems. Statistics: Correlation, means, dispersion, precision, accuracy, distributions, central limit theorem, skewness, probability, Chi-Square, Gaussian and other common distributions used in hypothesis testing. Regression: Random and grid search methods, basic least squares and algorithms applicable to regression, inversion and parameter estimation. Signal Processing: Analog and digital signals, Z-transform, Fourier series, fast Fourier transforms, spectral analysis leakage and bias, digital filtering. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.446,Teaching Experience in EAPS,"Development of teaching skills through practical experience in laboratory, field, recitation, or classroom teaching under faculty member oversight. Credit for this subject may not be used for any degree granted by Course 12. Total enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.450,Seminar in Geology and Geochemistry,Seminar on topics of current interest in geology and geochemistry. Required background preparation for students taking pre-doctoral general examinations in these subjects.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.451,Seminar in Regional Tectonics,"Applies techniques of tectonic synthesis to study the roles of particular orogenic belts in global plate tectonics. Treats different applications in different terms, so that the subject may be taken repeatedly to learn the range of orogenic responses to temporal and spatial variations of activity at plate boundaries.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.456,Seminar in Rock Mechanics,"Discussion of current research or advanced topics in continental tectonics, rock mechanics, or experimental structural geology.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.463,Geomorphology,"Quantitative examination of processes that shape Earth's surface. Introduction to fluvial, hillslope, and glacial mechanics. Essentials of weathering, soil formation, runoff, erosion, slope stability, sediment transport, and river morphology. Landscape evolution in response to climatic and tectonic forcing. Application of terrestrial theory to planetary surfaces. Additional instruction in geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing analysis, field measurement techniques, and numerical modeling of surface processes. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,"(Calculus I (GIR), Physics I (GIR), and 12.001) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.465A,Sedimentary Environments,"Covers the basic concepts of sedimentation from the properties of individual grains to large-scale basin analysis. Lectures cover sediment textures and composition, fluid flow and sediment transport, and formation of sedimentary structures. Depositional models, for both modern and ancient environments are a major component and are studied in detail with an eye toward interpretation of depositional processes and reconstructing paleoenvironments from the rock record. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Graduate,2-1-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.465B,Sedimentology in the Field,"Examines the fundamentals of sedimentary deposits and geological reasoning through first hand fieldwork. Students practice methods of modern geological field study off-campus during a required trip over spring break making field observations, measuring stratigraphic sections and making a sedimentological map. Relevant topics introduced are map and figure making in ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator and sedimentary petrology. Culminates in an oral and written report built around data gathered in the field. Field sites and intervals of geologic time studied rotate annually and include Precambrian, Phanerozoic and Modern depositional environments. May be taken multiple times for credit. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-5,12.456 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.467,Seminar in Geomorphology,"Discussion of current research or advanced topics in landscape evolution, surface hydrology, mechanics of sediment transport, basin analysis, or experimental geomorphology. Advanced instruction in process geomorphology.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.470,Essentials of Geology,"Geology of planetary interiors and surfaces, including plate tectonics, as a unifying theory of terrestrial geology, surface processes, and the Earth's interior. Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes associated with tectonic settings and the typical rock suites created. Mineral and rock identification. Causes of compositional differences on many scales: mineral grains, rocks, regions of the Earth, different planets. Conditions required for melting and melting processes. Rock structure and field techniques. Earth history.  Treatment of these topics includes discussions of the geochemical, petrologic, geochronological, experimental, or field techniques used to investigate them; the limitations of current geological techniques and geological controversies; and great geological expeditions, experiments, and studies from the past, their premises, and their results. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,(Calculus II (GIR) and Physics II (GIR)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.471,Essentials of Geobiology,"Introduces basic concepts of microbial structure, growth, energetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Presents examples of microbial interactions with environments throughout Earth's history as well as current topics in astrobiology. Includes lectures, discussions of literature, and a field trip. Lab focuses on student-designed projects that involve cultivation, modeling, or sample analyses. Intended for students whose background is not in biology, but who want to learn more about the contribution of microbes to geochemistry and planetary evolution.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-4-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.473,Paleomagnetism and Planetary Magnetism,"Introduces the study of natural remanent magnetization and the generation of planetary magnetic fields.  Topics include paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, geomagnetism, magnetostratigraphy, paleomagnetic measurement techniques, polar wander and continental drift, biomagnetism, dynamo theory, and the history and evolution of magnetic fields on the Earth and planets.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,(12.002 and 18.03) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.474,Origin and Evolution of the Earth's Crust,"Broad overview of the origin and evolution of Earth's crust and mantle with emphasis on the study of the Precambrian rock record. Topics include: processes of crustal growth, stabilization, and reactivation; evaluation of secular change; and use of radiogenic isotopes in geochronology and as tracers of crust forming processes.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.475,Plate Tectonics and Climate,"Explores plate tectonics and the fundamental relationship between tectonic systems and global climate. Provides an in-depth study of plate tectonics, encompassing sea floor spreading, continental rifting, mountain and basin formation, and subduction. Examines the profound effects of tectonic activity on global climate, emphasizing the critical links between solid earth processes and long-term climate change and offering a holistic view of our planet's intricate systems. Regional case studies present examples of the complex interconnections along Earth's long history. An optional weekend field trip brings concepts encountered in class into a tangible, real-world context. Expectations differ for students taking graduate version.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.476,Radiogenic Isotope Geology,"Applications of the variations in the relative abundance of radiogenic isotopes to problems of petrology, geochemistry, and tectonics. Topics: geochronology; isotopic evolution of Earth's crust and mantle; petrogenesis; and analytical techniques.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.477,"Astrobiology, Origins and Early Evolution of Life","Provides an understanding of major areas of research into the problem of the origin of life on the early Earth from an astrobiological perspective. Topics include the timing, setting and conditions for the origin of life on the Hadean Earth; roles of planetary and extra-planetary processes; defining life; prebiotic chemistry; origins of nucleic acids and peptides; evolution of cellularity, replication, metabolism, and translation; establishment of the genetic code; biogenesis vs. ecogenesis; the nature of the last common ancestor of life; conceptualizing the ""tree of life;"" and the early evolution of the ancestors of bacteria, archaeal, and eukaryal lineages. Students taking graduate version complete an extra project.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.478,The Phylogenomic Planetary Record,"Introduces the tools of sequence-based phylogenetic analysis and molecular evolution in the context of studying events in Earth's deep past that have been preserved by genomes. Topics include basic concepts of cladistics, phylogeny and sequence evolution, construction of phylogenetic trees of genes and microbial lineages, molecular clocks, dating, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. Special attention to the evolutionary history of microbial metabolisms and their relationship to global biogeochemical cycles across Earth's history. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.480,Thermodynamics for Geoscientists,Principles of thermodynamics are used to infer the physical conditions of formation and modification of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Includes phase equilibria of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems and thermodynamic modelling of non-ideal crystalline solutions. Surveys the processes that lead to the formation of metamorphic and igneous rocks in the major tectonic environments in the Earth's crust and mantle.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,3.046 or 5.60,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.481,Advanced Field Geology I,"Introduction to the problems to be investigated in 12.482, as well as the regional setting and local geology of the field area. Various special techniques may be introduced and preparatory investigations may be conducted that are specific to the area to be studied in 12.482.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-2-2 [P/D/F],12.113,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.482,Advanced Field Geology II,"In January, a geological and geomorphological study of a selected field area is conducted during a two-week excursion. Exercises include geological and geomorphological mapping on topographic and photographic base maps of a wide variety of bedrock and surficial rocks.  Where feasible, geochemical and geophysical field measurements are correlated with geology.  Meets with 12.115 when offered concurrently.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged,12.481,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.487A,Field Geobiology I,"Examines basic biological processes that operate in sediments. Lectures cover biological, physical and chemical processes that influence the formation and stabilization of sediments, including biomineralization, weathering, erosion, the formation of sedimentary structures and interactions with sediments, flow, and the cycles of nutrients. Lab covers analytical methods used to examine microbial processes, bioinformatic methods used to analyze microbial communities, and techniques used to analyze sediment grain sizes and chemistry. Readings and discussions provide preparation for the 12.487B field trip to a modern sedimentary environment. Enables students to interpret processes in modern sedimentary environments, reconstruct similar processes in the rock record, collect appropriate samples in the field, and analyze microbiological data. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-1-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.487B,Field Geobiology II,"Teaches fundamentals of field observations and reasoning in geobiology/sedimentology during a required trip to a modern sedimentary environment over spring break, followed by laboratory analyses of collected samples. Students make observations, develop hypotheses, collect samples required to test their hypotheses and interact with lecturers and students investigating the sedimentology of the site. Upon return to MIT, students work on field samples to characterize the sediments, use the preliminary data to develop an understanding of the field site, and write research reports. Students taking graduate version write proposals that present a research question based on the field observations and subsequent analyses. Meets with 12.110B and 12.465B when those subjects examine modern sedimentary environments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.493[J],Microbial Genetics and Evolution,"Covers aspects of microbial genetic and genomic analyses, central dogma, horizontal gene transfer, and evolution.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"7.03, 7.05, or permission of instructor","1.87[J], 7.493[J], 20.446[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.494,Geochemistry of Natural Waters,"Equips students with the fundamental skills to identify major controls on the chemistry of waters on the Earth.  Students examine key concepts, theories and practical tools (e.g., pH, Eh, alkalinity, surface charge, speciation, and carbonate equilibrium) and apply them as tools to understand and make predictions for the biogeochemical cycles of the Earth systems.  Graduate students complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.501,Essentials of Global Geophysics,"Overview of basic topics in solid-earth geophysics, such as the Earth's rotation, gravity and magnetic field, seismology, and thermal structure. Formulation of physical principles presented in three one-hour lectures per week. Current applications discussed in an additional one-hour tutorial each week. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Physics II (GIR) and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.502,"Flow, Deformation, and Fracture in Earth and Other Terrestrial Bodies","Covers fundamentals of deformation and fracture of solids and the flow of viscous fluids. Explores spatial scales from molecular to planetary, and time scales from fractions of a second to millions of years, to understand how and why natural materials on Earth and other terrestrial bodies respond to applied forces. Fundamental concepts include the principles of continuum mechanics, tensor representation of physical properties, forces, tractions, stresses, strain theory, elasticity, contact problems, fracture and friction, and viscous flow and rheological models (plasticity, viscosity, viscoelasticity, elasto-plasticity). Students gather, analyze and interpret data using existing theoretical models. Includes a significant laboratory component that provides practical experience with experimental measurements and tests students' acquired theoretical knowledge. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.503,Mechanics of Earth,"Covers topics in the deformation and fracture of solids and the flow of viscous fluids. Explores spatial scales from molecular to planetary, and time scales from fractions of a second to millions of years, to understand how and why natural materials on Earth and other terrestrial bodies respond to applied forces. Introduces anelasticity, granular mechanics, poroelasticity, rate-and-state friction, transport properties of Earth materials (Darcy's law, Fick's law), brittle-ductile transitions, creep of polycrystalline materials, stored energy and dissipation, and convection. Prepares students to gather, analyze and interpret data using existing theoretical models. Through a significant laboratory component, students obtain practical experience with experimental measurements and test their acquired theoretical knowledge. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.507,Essentials of Field Geophysics,"Introduces students to the practical field application of various geophysical methods to studying Earth's to all aspects of near-surface and prepares students to undertake fieldwork that uses these methods. Methods covered include but are not limited to measuring seismic waves, gravity, precise positions (commonly referred to as GPS but formally known as GNSS), and topography using drones. Lab time involves local fieldwork to gain experience with the methods being taught. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,"Physics II (GIR), 6.100A, and 18.03",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.510,Introduction to Seismology,"A basic study in seismology and the utilization of seismic waves for the study of Earth's interior. Introduces techniques necessary for understanding of elastic wave propagation in stratified media and for calculation of synthetic seismograms (WKBJ and mode summation). Ray theory; interpretation of travel times. (e.g., tomography); surface wave dispersion in layered media; Earth's free oscillations; and seismicity, (earthquake locations, magnitude, moment, and source properties). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,18.075 or 18.085,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.511,Field Geophysics,"Covers practical methods of modern geophysics, including the global positioning system (GPS), gravity, and magnetics. Field work is conducted in western US and includes intensive 10-day field exercise. Focuses on measurement techniques and their interpretation. Introduces the science of gravity, magnetics, and the GPS. Measures crustal structure, fault motions, tectonic deformations, and the local gravity and magnetic fields. Students perform high-precision measurements and participate in data analysis. Emphasizes principles of geophysical data collection and the relevance of these data for tectonic faulting, crustal structure, and the dynamics of the earthquake cycle. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-4-1 [P/D/F],12.507 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.512,Field Geophysics Analysis,"Focuses on in-depth data analysis and development of skills needed to report results both in writing and orally. Students use data collected in 12.511 to develop written and oral reports of the results, with each student focusing on a different area. For example, students can develop the geophysical modeling or synthesis of the results into other studies in the area. The final written and oral reports are combined into a comprehensive report and presentation of the field camp and its results. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,12.511,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.515,Data and Models,"Surveys a number of methods of inverting data to obtain model parameter estimates. Topics include review of matrix theory and statistics, random and grid-search methods, linear and non-linear least squares, maximum-likelihood estimation, ridge regression, stochastic inversion, sequential estimation, singular value decomposition, solution of large systems, genetic and simulated annealing inversion, regularization, parameter error estimates, and solution uniqueness and resolution. Computer laboratory and algorithm development.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.075 or 18.085,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.521,Computational Geophysical Modeling,"Introduces theory, design, and practical methods of computational modeling in geodynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics. Covers the most effective and widely used numerical modeling approaches (e.g., boundary element, finite difference, finite element) and emphasizes problem-solving skills through illustrative examples of heat and mass transfer in the mantle and the ocean. Students acquire experience with various numerical methods through regularly assigned computational exercises and a term-long modeling project of each student's choice.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.522,Geological Fluid Mechanics,"Treats heat transfer and fluid mechanics in the Earth, low Reynolds number flows, convection instability, double diffusion, Non-Newtonian flows, flow in porous media, and the interaction of flows with accreting and deforming boundaries. Applications include: the flow under plates, postglacial rebound, diapirism, magma dynamics, and the mantle convection problem.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.03 and (18.075 or 18.085),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.525,Mechanisms of Faulting and Earthquakes,"Explores the fundamental mechanics of faulting and earthquakes from four related perspectives: seismology, geodesy, geodynamics, and rheology. Topics to be covered include (1) the physical processes that control the rheology of faults, including friction and fracture, (2) how these rheological processes are manifest in faulting and earthquakes in the earth from a geodynamics perspective, and (3) how the mechanics of faulting and earthquakes are constrained by seismological and geodetic observations. Features both continental and oceanic examples of faulting and earthquakes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.540,Principles of Global Positioning System,"The principles and applications of the Global Positioning System (US), GLONASS (Russia), Galileo (EU) and Beidou (China), known as Global Navigation Satellite Systems  (GNSS), along with other space geodetic systems, including very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI), satellite laser ranging (SLR), and Interferometric Synthetics Aperture Radar (InSAR). Topics covered include CDMA and FDMA encoding used by these systems to allow measurements of pseudo-range and carrier phase which allow millimeter accuracy positioning, models and analysis methods required for millimeter accuracy positioning. Other topics include: satellite orbit modeling, atmospheric refraction modeling, estimation techniques (including Kalman filtering), statistical and spectral analysis of data.  Application areas include tectonic studies of Earth deformation, meteorology, space weather, and millimeter accuracy tracking of moving objects.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"Calculus II (GIR), Physics I (GIR), and 18.06",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.552,Advanced Seismology: Theory and Applications of Seismic Imaging,"Introduces fundamental principles of seismic imaging used in both exploration and solid earth applications. Topics include ray theoretical approaches, scattering theory, and seismic waveform modeling. Through lectures, projects and student-led discussions of journal articles, the class covers the whole process of seismic imaging, from data preprocessing to model generation and geological interpretation of the results.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,12.510,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.560-12.561,Advanced Seminar in Exploration Geophysics,Advanced seminar focusing on areas of current interest in exploration geophysics and seismology. 12.560 is letter-graded.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.570,Topical Issues in Global Geophysics,Series of formal lectures and seminars with the specific content varying by term to reflect current issues in research.  Meets jointly with relevant Harvard course.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.571,Seminar in Geophysics,Problems of current interest in geophysics; subject matter varying from term to term.,False,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.586,Modeling Environmental Complexity,"Introduction to mathematical and physical models of environmental processes. Emphasis on the development of macroscopic continuum or statistical descriptions of complex microscopic dynamics. Problems of interest include: random walks and statistical geometry of landscapes; percolation theory and transport in disordered media; fractals, scaling, and universality; ecological dynamics and the structure of ecosystems, food webs, and other natural networks; kinetics of biogeochemical cycles. Appropriate for advanced undergraduates. Beginning graduate students are encouraged to register for 12.586. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.601,Essentials of Planetary Science,"Reviews fundamental physical concepts pertaining to the study of the solar system, and highlights recent spacecraft results. Topics include: meteorites, orbital dynamics, asteroids, impact craters, surfaces, atmospheres, atmospheric dynamics, interiors, magnetospheres, rings, comets, formation of the solar system.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(8.03, 12.002, and 18.03) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.603,Solar System Dynamics,"Studies the dynamics of the solar system and its major subsystems, and the dynamics of exoplanets, with a modern emphasis on the qualitative structure of phase space. Topics may include rotational dynamics, spin-orbit coupling, Cassini states, and orbital dynamics, resonances, and Kozai oscillations, tidal evolution and tidal heating.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.612,"Meteorites, Cosmochemistry, and Solar System Formation","A broad introduction to cosmochemistry, the study of the solar system formation from a geochemical perspective. Examines how the current meteorite records are used to gain information on the processes that happened in the early solar system. Topics include the origin of elements and isotopes, chemical fractionations of them during different processes, meteorite records, pre-solar grains, cosmochemical models for the solar system formation, chronology of planetary bodies from radioactive isotopes, and analytical techniques commonly used in cosmochemistry. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.620[J],Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach,"Classical mechanics in a computational framework, Lagrangian formulation, action, variational principles, and Hamilton's principle. Conserved quantities, Hamiltonian formulation, surfaces of section, chaos, and Liouville's theorem. Poincaré integral invariants, Poincaré-Birkhoff and KAM theorems. Invariant curves and cantori. Nonlinear resonances, resonance overlap and transition to chaos. Symplectic integration. Adiabatic invariants. Applications to simple physical systems and solar system dynamics. Extensive use of computation to capture methods, for simulation, and for symbolic analysis. Programming experience required.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,"Physics I (GIR), 18.03, and permission of instructor","6.5160[J], 8.351[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.621,Physical Principles of Remote Sensing,"Introduction to the physics of remote sensing with applications to the study of the Earth, Moon, planets and other solar system bodies, as well as to emerging fields, such as autonomous navigation. Includes the principles of optical, thermal, radar and lidar remote sensing. Covers fundamental properties of electromagnetic waves; principles of electromagnetic scattering from real and idealized materials, including various types of surfaces and vegetation; interaction of electromagnetic radiation with the atmosphere; and thermal and microwave emission from various media. Discusses past, present, and future remote sensing platforms along with the fundamentals of orbital mechanics and data processing tools and methods. Assignments require students to write simple computer programs and plot mathematical functions. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and 6.100A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.622,Planetary Atmospheres,"Provides a basic understanding of the physics and chemistry of planetary atmospheres. Explores the formation and evolution of atmospheres, their structure and dynamics, and what is known about their chemical composition. Pays particular attention to their energy balance. Also presents the current state of understanding of exoplanet atmospheres. Students taking graduate version complete an additional research project.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.625,Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques,"In-depth study of current topics in exoplanets, such as exoplanet transits, radial velocity curves, current survey missions, the mass-radius relation, and super Earths. Class activities consist of reading the current literature, problem sets, and a term project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.03 and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.650,Current Topics in Planetary Science,In-depth discussion of current and classic literature on selected topics in planetary science. Topics vary from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.652,Current Topics in Planetary Science,In-depth discussion of current and classic literature on selected topics in the specialty areas of asteroids and the Pluto-Charon system. Topics vary from year to year.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.701,Classic Papers in Physical Oceanography,"Provides a historical perspective on fundamental topics in oceanography by considering individual works which, when pieced together, contribute to the more cohesive description of how the ocean works. In class discussions, students consider various aspects of the work in question, including motivation, approach, and implications for the broader context. They also synthesize information and make oral presentations. Develops basic analytical and critical skills in paper reading and writing.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.702,Elements of Modern Oceanography,"Examines a series of crosscutting topics that exemplify current directions in interdisciplinary oceanography. Focuses on current themes in oceanography, their interdisciplinary nature, and the role of ocean sciences in society. Introduces core concepts across the disciplines of biological, physical, and chemical oceanography as well as marine geology. Emphasizes the interdisciplinary aspects of these core concepts, the kinds of approaches and modes of thinking common to all of the disciplines, and the technological developments underpinning current advances. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.703,Presenting Scientific Research,"Presenting scientific research geared toward a scientific audience.  Each student gives one 30-minute talk, one AGU-style 15-minute talk, and one poster presentation.  Students present their ongoing research and use the class as a forum to practice for upcoming talks in more formal settings.  Abstracts are prepared for each presentation and discussed in class.  Students provide comments, questions, encouragement, critiques, etc. on their peers' presentations.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.707,The History of Earth's Climate,"Studies the climate history of the Earth, from the formation of the early atmosphere and ocean to the present. Evaluates geochemical, sedimentological, and paleontological evidence for changes in ocean circulation, global temperatures, and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Covers theories and models of Phanerozoic climate change. Provides a long-term history of the global carbon cycle. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.708,Topics in Paleoceanography,Seminar focusing on areas of current interest in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology. Includes discussion of current and classic literature. Topics vary from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.710,Geological Oceanography,"Provides a high level survey of a broad range of active science topics in Geological Oceanography. Presents background material that graduate students are expected to know in the disciplines of solid-earth geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology and stratigraphy, coastal processes, and climate, including a representative set of canonical science papers, and builds on this material to give a sense of the current state of the science in these fields. Broad topics include the formation of the earth, petrogenesis, volcanism, plate tectonics, geodynamics, sedimentation in the oceans, coastal morphodynamics, paleo-oceanography, and climate. The interconnectedness of and feedbacks between processes discussed under these various topics is emphasized.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.712,Advanced Marine Seismology,"Focuses on synthetic seismograms, ocean bottom refraction seismology, and multi-channel reflection seismology as applied to studies of the ocean sediments, crust, and lithosphere. Topics include: the wave equations for elastic/anelastic, isotropic/anisotropic, homogeneous/heterogeneous and fluid/solid media; ray theory and WKBJ approximations; the Sommerfeld/Weyl integrals, asymptotic analysis, and Lamb's problem for a fluid/solid interface; reflectivity and related methods; finite difference and finite element methods; and special topics of interest to the class. Extensive readings of geophysical and seismological literature.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.714,Computational Data Analysis,"An introduction to the theory and practice of analyzing discrete data such as are normally encountered in geophysics and geology. Emphasizes statistical aspects of data interpretation and the nonparametric discrete-time approach to spectral analysis. Topics include: elements of probability and statistics, statistical inference, robust and nonparametric statistics, the method of least squares, univariate and multivariate spectral analysis, digital filters, and aspects of multidimensional data analysis.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.715,Environmental Bioinformatics,An intensive introduction to computational skills and a survey of modern computational theory and approaches for the manipulation and analysis of genomic data in environmental and non-model systems. Designed to synthesize theory (both biological and computational) and programming to equip students with the ability to understand and carry out hypothesis testing with genomic data. Topics include: introduction to programming and biological algorithms; genomic and transcriptomic data; environmental metagenomics; intraspecific diversity; and best practices in data science and reproducibility.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.716,Essentials of Oceanic Petrology,"Qualitative interpretation and quantitative analysis of melting, melt transport, melt-rock reactions, igneous crustal accretion, metamorphism and hydrothermalism at oceanic spreading centers and subduction-related arcs applied to understanding the variations in the composition of the Earth's (oceanic) mantle and crust and accretionalry processes at mid-ocean ridges. Combines theoretical methods with field, petrographic, geochemical, and computational techniques. Topics vary from year to year.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-4,12.710 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.717,Coastal Geomorphology,"Explores mechanisms behind the formation and reshaping of coastal environments. Focuses on a process-based understanding of both the fluid dynamic and sediment transport aspects of coastal landforms, and, especially, the importance of feedbacks between the two. Investigates coastal evolution at various scales - from ripples to coastline formation - with an emphasis on the behavior of coastal environments over integrated timescales of days and years to centuries and millennia. Students investigate the effect of storms, sea-level rise, and interactions with biological and anthropogenic influences. Covers a broad array of coastal environments, including beaches, barrier islands, spits, inlets, tidal flats, deltas, rocky coasts, arctic shores, and carbonate atolls.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.718,Kinetics and Mass Transport,"Offers a broad overview of various kinetic and transport processes in geology, including volume and grain boundary solid-state diffusion, defects in minerals, rates of mineral reaction and transformation, crystal nucleation and growth, advective transport in porous media and partially molten aggregates, and percolation theory. Emphasis on processes in crystalline rocks. Covers theoretical, phenomenological, and experimental constraints, with a consistent application to ""real-world"" settings and actual case histories.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.739,Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry,"Integrates the fields of microbiology and biogeochemistry, and is centered on elucidating the linkages between microorganisms and geochemical processes in the oceans. Divided into modules that first lay the theoretical framework to familiarize students of diverse backgrounds (biologists, chemists, physical oceanographers). Next, introduces specific and general linkages between the topics and the major tools and techniques that have advanced their integrated study. Concludes with a synthesis module examining the role of microorganisms in the biogeochemical cycles of diverse ocean biomes",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.740,Paleoceanography,"Studies the basic principles of techniques for reconstructing the history of ocean climate from marine sediment cores, corals, ice cores, and other paleoclimate archives. Examines this data in the light of proposed climate change mechanisms. Micropaleontological, isotopic, geochemical, and mineralogical changes are used to infer changes in seawater composition, atmospheric chemistry, and climate. Observations are interpreted as consequences of changes in ocean temperature, circulation, and chemistry, and are used to evaluate theories proposed to account for glacial/interglacial cycles. Focuses on the past two million years, but major processes and events from the past 100 million years are also included.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.741,Marine Bioinorganic Chemistry,"Provides an overview of trace element biogeochemistry and marine bioinorganic chemistry. Topics include controls on oceanic trace metal distributions; co-evolution of biological metal requirements and metal availability during early Earth history; chemical speciation and its influence on microbial bioavailability; applications of metal isotopes; roles of metalloenzymes and metal proteins in biogeochemical cycles; and biogeochemical applications of metagenomics, metaproteomics, and bioinformatics.",False,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.742,Marine Chemistry,"An introduction to chemical oceanography. Reservoir models and residence time. Major ion composition of seawater. Inputs to and outputs from the ocean via rivers, the atmosphere, and the sea floor. Biogeochemical cycling within the oceanic water column and sediments, emphasizing the roles played by the formation, transport, and alteration of oceanic particles and the effects that these processes have on seawater composition. Cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, and sulfur. Uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the ocean. Material presented through lectures and student-led presentation and discussion of recent papers.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.743,Geochemistry of Marine Sediments,"Focuses on processes that control the composition of sediments in coastal, shelf, and deep-sea environments and processes that define their roles in biogeochemical cycles. Topics include calculating chemical fluxes across the sediment-water interface; evaluating the sources and reactivity of carbonate, silicic, and detrital sediments; using pore water gradients to calculate diffusion, reaction, and flux rates; sediment dating; estimating accumulation rates; and using stable isotopes and natural-series radioisotopes. Covers evaluation of the links between sedimentary and water column processes; the effects of anthropogenic disturbances (e.g., eutrophication, acidification, warming) on sedimentary processes; and the role of sediments in global biogeochemical cycles. Introduces sampling techniques and mathematical modeling of sedimentary processes.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Chemistry (GIR) and 5.60,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.744,Marine Isotope Chemistry,"Fundamentals of using isotopes to study processes and timescales for marine chemistry and geochemistry. Provides basic introduction to the nature, origins, and reasons for the distributions of isotopes in nature, then develops theory and approaches for radioactive dating methods. These are used to constrain the timing and nature of the geochemical evolution of the elements, solar system, earth, ocean, and atmosphere. Covers cosmogenic isotopes and their applications. Briefly discusses basics of mass spectrometry, followed by a closer inspection of the principles and applications of isotope fractionation. Introduces mass independent fractionation and clumped isotope methods. Explores applications of isotope methods to a number of water column processes, including particle scavenging, sedimentation, long term element budgets, redox processes, and air-sea exchange. Emphasizes quantitative methods and problem-solving. Includes problem sessions with development of problem solutions.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.746,Marine Organic Geochemistry,"Provides an understanding of the distribution of organic carbon (OC) in marine sediments from a global and molecular-level perspective. Surveys the mineralization and preservation of OC in the water column and within anoxic and oxic marine sediments. Topics include: OC composition, reactivity and budgets within, and fluxes through, major reservoirs; microbial recycling pathways for OC; models for OC degradation and preservation; role of anoxia in OC burial; relationships between dissolved and particulate (sinking and suspended) OC; methods for characterization of sedimentary organic matter; application of biological markers as tools in oceanography. Both structural and isotopic aspects are covered.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.747,"Modeling, Data Analysis, and Numerical Techniques for Geochemistry","Emphasizes the basic skills needed for handling and assimilating data as well as the basic tool-set for numerical modeling. Uses MATLAB as its computation engine; begins with an introduction to MATLAB to ensure familiarity with software. Topics include: probability distributions, error propagation, least squares and regression techniques, principle component and factor analysis, objective mapping, Fourier and spectral analysis, numerical solutions to ODEs and PDEs, finite difference techniques, inverse models, and scientific visualization.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.749,Solid Earth Geochemistry,"Integrates methods in mineralogy, petrology (both igneous and metamorphic), and trace element and isotope geochemistry to address scientific issues of the solid earth. Covers processes in the solar nebula, accretion, and early differentiation of the earth. Discusses topics in three representative geodynamic environments - mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, and mantle plumes - with respect to physical framework and petrological/geochemical aspects.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.751-12.759,Seminar in Oceanography at Woods Hole,"Topics in marine geology and geophysics, physical, dynamical, and chemical oceanography. Content varies from term to term. 12.754, 12.755, and 12.756 are letter-graded.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.760-12.761,Seminar in Marine Geology and Geophysics at MIT,Topics in marine geology and geophysics taught at MIT. Content varies from term to term. 12.760 is letter-graded.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.770-12.771,Seminar in Chemical Oceanography at MIT,Topics in chemical oceanography taught at MIT. Content varies from term to term. 12.770 is letter-graded.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.777,Field Oceanography,"Provides an introduction to the biogeochemistry of the ocean, and the field techniques and methods used in its study. Emphasizes biogeochemistry and the interrelated nature of elemental cycling, but also examines physical transport and air-sea gas exchange. Covers multiple aspects related to field instrumentation and measurements, including nutrients, oxygen, the carbon system, temperature, salinity, and microbial analyses. Students analyze and synthesize experimental data collected during the term. Includes an optional week-long field trip aboard a research vessel in the field at a time to be determined; opportunities for funded travel available. Students work in groups to propose projects over the research expedition that utilize the field time to collect samples. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-7-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.800,Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean,"Introduction to fluid dynamics. Students acquire an understanding of some of the basic concepts of fluid dynamics that are needed as a foundation for advanced coursework in atmospheric science, physical oceanography, ocean engineering, climate science, etc. Emphasizes fluid fundamentals, with an atmosphere/ocean twist. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.03 and 18.04,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.801,Large-scale Ocean Dynamics,"Applies fundamental principles of geophysical fluid dynamics to understand the general patterns of the ocean circulation and stratification. Includes the mid-latitude wind-driven circulation, the Southern Ocean circulation, and the global overturning circulation. Uses a combination of theory, numerical simulations, and observations to illustrate the concepts.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,12.800,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.802,"Waves, Instability and Turbulence at Small Scales","Covers basic concepts of wave motion, flow instability, and turbulence in rotating and stratified fluids with emphasis on small scales. Presents wave properties, including the dispersion relation, phase and group velocities, and wave kinematics, and uses these concepts to study the dynamics of surface and internal gravity waves, Poincare waves, Kelvin waves, and topographic waves. Includes flow instability. Explores general concepts of linear instability in small-scale stratified shear flows (Rayleigh and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities); examines non-rotating stratified turbulence resulting from these instabilities. Also discusses wave-mean flow interaction, hydraulic control, the entrainment assumption, and the interpretation of microstructure observations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,12.800 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.803,Advanced Geophysical Fluid Dynamics,"Further development of topics covered in 12.843, with a more mathematical treatment. Covers current topics of interest in rotating stratified flows of oceans and atmospheres.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,12.843,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.805,Data Analysis in Physical Oceanography,"Directed at making scientifically-sensible inferences from physical oceanography data (both observations and models). Introduces linear inverse methods, including regression, singular value decomposition, objective mapping, and data assimilation. Connects these methods to time series analysis, including Fourier methods, spectra, coherence, and filtering. Focuses on working with data in a computer laboratory setting. Emphasizes how statistical information can be used to improve experimental design. Gives some attention to the instruments and algorithms used to acquire the data.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.806[J],Atmospheric Chemistry Models & Climate,"Introduction to the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere including experience with computer codes. Aerosols and theories of their formation, evolution, and removal. Gas and aerosol transport from urban to continental scales. Coupled models of radiation, transport, and chemistry. Solution of inverse problems to deduce emissions and removal rates. Emissions control technology and costs. Applications to air pollution and climate. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(18.075 and (5.60 or 5.61)) or permission of instructor,10.571[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.807[J],Atmospheric Chemistry,"Provides a detailed overview of the chemical transformations that control the abundances of key trace species in the Earth's atmosphere. Emphasizes the effects of human activity on air quality and climate. Topics include photochemistry, kinetics, and thermodynamics important to the chemistry of the atmosphere; stratospheric ozone depletion; oxidation chemistry of the troposphere; photochemical smog; aerosol chemistry; and sources and sinks of greenhouse gases and other climate forcers.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,5.601 and 5.602,"1.84[J], 10.817[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.808,Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography,"Results and techniques of observations of the ocean in the context of its physical properties and dynamical constraints. Emphasis on large-scale steady circulation and the time-dependent processes that contribute to it. Includes the physical setting of the ocean, atmospheric forcing, application of conservation laws, description of wind-driven and thermohaline circulation, eddy processes, and interpretive techniques.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.809,Hydraulic Phenomena in Geophysical Fluid Flows,"Examination of the hydraulics of nonrotating flows (Long's experiments, hydraulic control, upstream influence, nonlinear wave steepening, hydraulic jump and bores, application to severe downslope winds). Other topics may include: nonrotating stratified flows (two-layer hydraulics, virtual and approach controls, maximal and submaximal flow, application to the Strait of Gibraltar and the Bab al Mandab); and deep ocean straits and sills (steady theories for rotating channel flow, nonlinear Kelvin and frontal waves, rotating hydraulic jumps, geostrophic adjustment in a rotating channel, and applications to the Denmark Strait and other deep passages).",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.810,Dynamics of the Atmosphere,"Discusses the dynamics of the atmosphere, with emphasis on the large scale. Topics include internal gravity waves in the atmosphere; potential vorticity conservation and Rossby waves; baroclinic instability and extratropical storms; the tropical Hadley and Walker circulations and equatorial waves; and the general circulation, annular modes, and the response to climate change.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,12.800,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.811,Tropical Meteorology,A description of the large-scale circulation systems of the tropical atmosphere and analysis of the dynamics of such systems. Topics include: Radiative-convective equilibrium; the Hadley and walker circulation; monsoons; tropical boundary layers; theory of the response of the tropical atmosphere to localized sea-surface temperature anomalies; intraseasonal oscillations; equatorial waves; El Niño/Southern Oscillation; easterly waves; and tropical cyclones.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,12.810; or Coreq: 12.843,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.812,The General Circulation of the Atmosphere and Climate Change,Describes the general circulation of Earth's atmosphere and its maintenance. Second half of the course explores the response of the general circulation to climate change.,False,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,12.810 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.814[J],Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics and Chemistry,"Focuses on understanding how aerosol particles form droplets or ice crystals during several atmospheric processes: determining Earth's radiative balance; heterogeneous chemistry and acid rain; understanding where, when and how much precipitation occurs. Provides tools for understanding the physics of aerosol and cloud element motion; the interaction of particles with water vapor, including phase changes and droplet and ice nucleation; the chemical composition of particles and the effect on cloud formation processes; and the effect of cloud processing on aerosol chemistry. Discusses relevant topics of contemporary interest, e.g., geoengineering and weather modification and volcanic effects. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,1.842[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.815,Atmospheric Radiation and Convection,"Introduction to the physics of atmospheric radiation, remote sensing, and convection, including use of computer codes. Radiative transfer equation including emission and scattering, spectroscopy, Mie theory, and numerical solutions. Physics of dry and moist convection, including moist thermodynamics. Radiative-convective equilibrium. Solution of inverse problems in remote sensing of atmospheric temperature and composition. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,12.800 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.817[J],Atmospheric Composition and Global Change,"Explores how atmospheric chemical composition both drives and responds to climate, with a particular focus on feedbacks via the biosphere. Topics include atmospheric nitrogen; DMS, sulfate, and CLAW; biogenic volatile organic compounds and secondary organic aerosol; wildfires and land use change; atmospheric methane and the oxidative capacity of the troposphere; and air quality and climate and geoengineering.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,1.84,1.841[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.818,Introduction to Atmospheric Data and Large-scale Dynamics,"Provides a general introduction to meteorological data and analysis techniques, and their use in the MIT Synoptic Laboratory to study the phenomenology and dynamics of large-scale atmospheric flow. Illustrates balance concepts as applied to the dynamics of frontal and synoptic scales, using real-time upper-air and surface station data and gridded analyzed fields. Uses advanced meteorological software packages to access, manipulate, and graphically display the data. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None. Coreq: 12.800,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.820,Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere,"Covers phenomena, theory and modeling of turbulence in the Earth's oceans and atmosphere. The scope will range from centimeter- to planetary-scale motions. Includes homogeneous isotropic three- and two-dimensional turbulence, convection, stratified turbulence, quasi-gesotrophic turbulence, baroclinic turbulence, and macroturbulence in the ocean and atmosphere.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,12.843,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.823,Modeling the Biology and Physics of the Ocean,"Principles and examples of the construction of physical/ biological models for oceanic systems.  Individual-based and continuum representations. Food webs and structured population models. Fluid transport, stirring, and mixing. Effects of rotation and stratification. Advection, diffusion, reaction dynamics. Oceanic examples of physical-biological dynamics: surface mixed layer, upwelling regimes, mesoscale eddies, and oceanic gyres.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,18.075 or 18.085,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.824,Stability Theory for Oceanic & Atmospheric Flows,"Basic theory of hydrodynamic instability with special application to flows of interest in oceanography and meteorology.  Topics covered include general formulation of stability theory; concept of normal modes and linearization; fundamental stability theorems; baroclinic instability: Charney model, Eady model and the Phillips two-layer model; energy transformations; initial value theory and non-modal instability; barotropic instability for jets and shear layers; radiating instabilities; initial value problems applied to the concepts of convective, absolute and spatial instabilities; finite amplitude theory; stability of non-parallel flows.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,12.802 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.830,Topics in Waves and Instability,"A detailed presentation of selected advanced topics in waves and instability in the atmosphere. The precise selection varies from year to year. Topics have included wave-mean flow interaction, the quasi-biennial oscillation, sudden warmings, critical-level behavior, wave overreflection, nonlinear equilibration, wave breaking, tropical waves, and stationary waves.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,12.843,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.834[J],Land-Atmosphere Interactions,"Topics include the exchange of mass, heat and momentum between the soil, vegetation or water surface and the overlying atmosphere; flux and transport in the turbulent boundary layer; and coupled balance of moisture and energy.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,1.713[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.835,Experimental Atmospheric Chemistry,"Introduces the atmospheric chemistry involved in climate change, air pollution, and ozone depletion using a combination of interactive laboratory and field studies and simple computer models. Uses instruments for trace gas and aerosol measurements and methods for inferring fundamental information from these measurements. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-4-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.842,Climate Science,"Introduction to climate studies, including beginnings of the solar system, time scales, and climate in human history; methods for detecting climate change, including proxies, ice cores, instrumental records, and time series analysis; physical and chemical processes in climate, including primordial atmosphere, ozone chemistry, carbon and oxygen cycles, and heat and water budgets; internal feedback mechanisms, including ice, aerosols, water vapor, clouds, and ocean circulation; climate forcing, including orbital variations, volcanism, plate tectonics, and solar variability; climate models and mechanisms of variability, including energy balance, coupled models, and global ocean and atmosphere models; and outstanding problems. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"Chemistry (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.843,Large-scale Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics,"Project-based with lectures covering the relevant theory. Students work in groups on four projects. Each of these comprises a numerical part, to illuminate and illustrate the theory, and a data part (drawn from laboratory tank experiments, atmospheric, or ocean observations), to illustrate the phenomena.  Topics include: barotropic vorticity dynamics including inversion and evolution, geostrophic and higher order balance, baroclinic dynamics and the evolution of balanced flows, and stability with emphasis on the mutual interaction of disturbances. Projects include a verbal presentation and writeup covering both the numerical and geophysical parts plus additional derivations as needed.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-4-9,"12.801, 12.810, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.845[J],Sustainability Science and Engineering,"Introduces and develops core ideas and concepts in the field of sustainability science and engineering from an engineering systems perspective. Takes an interdisciplinary approach to discuss case studies of sustainability systems research. Exposes students to techniques for sustainability research across engineering, natural and social science disciplines. Term projects focus on applying techniques.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,IDS.526[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.849,Mechanisms and Models of the Global Carbon Cycle,"Addresses changes in the ocean, terrestrial biosphere and rocks modulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide on timescales from months to millions of years. Includes feedbacks between carbon cycle and climate. Combines hands-on data analysis with the formulation of simple models rooted in basic physical, chemical and biological principles. Students create individual ""toy"" global carbon cycle models. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.850,Computational Ocean Modeling,"Numerical modeling in oceanography and environmental fluid mechanics. Focuses on the building of computational models that describe processes such as transport (advection, diffusion), reaction (ecosystems), and boundary forcing, of relevance in the ocean. Models are developed in a hierarchical manner, starting from the simple (zero-dimensional in space), and incrementally advancing toward more complex, time-evolving systems in one-, two- (shallow water) and three-dimensions (Primitive equations). Students build their own models using the finite volume approach with an appreciation and understanding of the working of general circulation models",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.853,Advanced geophysical fluid dynamics,"Follow-on to 12.843, with a more mathematical treatment and extension of material to current topics of interest involving rotating, stratified flows of oceans and atmospheres.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,12.843 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.860,Climate Variability and Diagnostics,"Explores climate variability and change, focusing on the atmosphere and ocean, while building experience applying diagnostic analyses to a range of modern observations and models. Provides practical insight, from regional to global scale, with applications to past and future climates. Emphasizes salient features of the mean climate system and modes of natural variability, as well as observed and projected manifestations of anthropogenic climate change. Students gain experience accessing, analyzing, and visualizing a wide range of gridded observational-based datasets, as well as output from global climate model simulations. Develops the tools necessary to apply climate diagnostic analysis to one's own research, as well as the interdisciplinary edge to critically assess and interpret the observational and model results underpinning the Fifth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.862,Coastal Physical Oceanography,"Introduction to the dynamics of flow over the continental shelf, nearshore, and estuaries, emphasizing both theory and observations.  Content varies somewhat according to student and staff interests. Possible topics include fronts, buoyant plumes, surface and bottom boundary layers, wind-driven upwelling, coastal-trapped waves, internal waves, quasi-steady flows, high-latitude shelf processes, tides, and shelf-open ocean interactions.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,12.800,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.863,Advanced Topics in Coastal Physical Oceanography,"More specialized topics in the dynamics of flow over the continental shelf, including coastal-trapped waves, wind-driving, and mean flows. Emphasis on the relationship between theory and observations. Instrumentation and the application of statistical techniques also covered.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,12.862 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.866,Theory of the General Circulation of the Ocean,"A review of wind-driven circulation, and the development of the baroclinic theory of the wind-driven circulation. Potential vorticity homohenization and the ventilated thermocline. Wind-driven circulation with continuous stratification, subduction/obduction. Equatorial thermocline and its relation to ENSO. Decadal climate variability. Thermohaline circulation and variability. Abyssal circulation. Mixing and energetics of the oceanic general circulation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"12.800, 12.801, and 12.802",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.870,Air-Sea Interaction: Boundary Layers,"Addresses the interaction of the atmosphere and ocean on temporal scales from seconds to days and spatial scales from centimeters to kilometers. Topics include the generation, propagation, and decay of surface waves; the processes by which mass, heat, momentum, and energy are transported vertically within the coupled atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers and across the air-sea interface; and the statistical tools, mathematical models, and observational methods that are used to quantify these processes.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Graduate-level fluid mechanics and a subject on waves or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.884[J],Dimensions of Geoengineering,"Familiarizes students with the potential contributions and risks of using geoengineering technologies to control climate damage from global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Discusses geoengineering in relation to other climate change responses: reducing emissions, removing CO2 from the atmosphere, and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Limited to 100.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"1.850[J], 5.000[J], 10.600[J], 11.388[J], 15.036[J], 16.645[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.885[J],"Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy","Examines the role of science in US and international environmental policymaking. Surveys the methods by which scientists learn about the natural world; the treatment of science by experts, advocates, the media, and the public and the way science is used in legislative, administrative and judicial decision making.  Through lectures, group discussions, and written essays, students develop a critical understanding of the role of science in environmental policy.  Potential case studies include fisheries management, ozone depletion, global warming, smog, and endangered species. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,11.373[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
12.900,EAPS First Year Graduate Seminar,"Provides a shared experience for first-year graduate students in EAPS and the MIT/ WHOI Joint Program. Facilitates opportunities to interact with senior graduate students and to meet a wide range of faculty.  Familiarizes students with departmental research within the themes of Earth, planets, climate, and life.  Discusses resources, graduate life at MIT, and the path to PhD. ",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.901,"Proposals, Papers and Pathways","This seminar builds skills for writing scientific proposals and papers, and facilitates investigation of career pathways. Topics covered include scientific writing and graphics, peer review, proposal writing for grants and fellowships, and exploration of academic and non-academic careers.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.910,Communicating Ocean Science,"For students interested in improving their ability to teach science, the focus is on inquiry-based instructional methods and application to various audiences. Includes an opportunity to teach in a course at a local state university and in a supervised elementary school classroom. Class meets twice a week for 11 sessions, and episodically thereafter. The undergraduate lesson is arranged in consultation with Bridgewater State University faculty. Outreach in local school classrooms involves one session observing and three sessions teaching.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.950,",12.951 Seminar in Physical Oceanography at MIT,Topics in physical and dynamical oceanography. Content varying from term to term. 12.950 is letter-graded.,False,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.970,","12.971 Current Research in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences","Original investigations, laboratory work, or field work on Earth, atmospheric, or planetary issues. 12.970 is letter-graded.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.980,",12.981 Current Research in Joint Program at MIT,Original investigations on problems in oceanography. 12.980 is letter-graded.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.982,",12.983 Current Research in Joint Program at WHOI,"Original investigations, laboratory work, or fieldwork in oceanography. 12.982 is letter-graded.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.S488,",12.S489 Special Seminar in Structural Geology,Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of structural geology not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.S488 is letter-graded.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.S490,",12.S491 Special Seminar in Geology and Geochemistry,Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of geology or geochemistry not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.490 is letter-graded.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.S492,",12.S493 Special Seminar in Geobiology,Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of geobiology not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.492 is letter-graded.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.S501,"Special Seminar in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences","Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of the earth sciences, planetary sciences, or astronomy not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.592 is letter-graded.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.S590,Special Seminar in Geophysics,Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of geophysics not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects.,False,IAP,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.S591,Special Seminar in Geophysics,Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of geophysics not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.S590 is letter-graded.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.S592,"Special Seminar in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences","Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of the earth sciences, planetary sciences, or astronomy not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.S593,"Special Seminar in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences","Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of the earth sciences, planetary sciences, or astronomy not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.592 is letter-graded.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.S594,"Special Seminar in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences","Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of the earth sciences, planetary sciences, or astronomy not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.S595,Special Seminar in Geophysics,Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of geophysics not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.S590 is letter-graded.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.S596,"Special Seminar in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences","Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of the earth sciences, planetary sciences, or astronomy not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.S597,"Special Seminar in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences","Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of the earth sciences, planetary sciences, or astronomy not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.592 is letter-graded.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.S680,",12.S681 Special Seminar in Planetary Science,Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of planetary science not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.S680 is letter-graded.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.S990,",12.S991 Special Subject in Atmospheric Science,Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of atmospheric science not normally covered in regularly scheduled subjects. 12.S990 is letter-graded.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"12.S992,",12.S993 Special Subject in Climate Science,Organized lecture or laboratory subject on an aspect of climate not normally covered in the regularly scheduled subjects.  12.S992 is letter-graded.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.00,Undergraduate Internship in Economics,"For Course 14 students participating in off-campus internship experiences in economics. Before registering for this subject, students must have an employment offer from a company or organization and must identify a Course 14 advisor. Upon completion of the internship, student must submit a letter from the employer describing the work accomplished, along with a substantive final report from the student approved by the MIT advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Consult departmental undergraduate office.",True,"IAP, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.000,Graduate Internship in Economics,"For Course 14 students participating in off-campus internship experiences in economics. Before registering for this subject, students must have an employment offer from a company or organization and must identify a Course 14 advisor. Upon completion of the internship, student must submit a letter from the employer describing the work accomplished, along with a substantive final report from the student approved by the MIT advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Consult departmental graduate office.",True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.001,Design of Policy Summer Internship,"Provides students in the DEDP Master's program the opportunity to synthesize their coursework and professional experience in policy, economics, and data analysis. In the context of a summer internship, students apply the knowledge gained in the program towards a project with a host organization, typically in the development or public policy sectors. Students will be supported in finding a suitable opportunity or research project. All internship placements are subject to approval by the program director. Each student must write a capstone project report. Restricted to DEDP MASc students.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0,Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.003,Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy,"Students master and apply economic theory, causal inference, and contemporary evidence to analyze policy challenges. These include the effect of minimum wages on employment, the value of healthcare, the power and limitations of free markets, the benefits and costs of international trade, the causes and remedies of externalities, the consequences of adverse selection in insurance markets, the impacts of labor market discrimination, and the application of machine learning to supplement to decision-making. Class attendance and participation are mandatory. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-8,14.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.009,Economics and Society's Toughest Problems,"Should we trade more or less with China? Why are some countries poor, and some countries rich? Why are the 1% getting richer? Should the US have a universal basic income? Why is our society becoming so polarized? What can we do to mitigate climate change? Will robots take all the jobs? Why does racism persist and how can we fight it? What will the world economy look like after the COVID-19 recession? Economics shows you how to think about some of the toughest problems facing society — and how to use data to get answers. Features lectures by MIT's economics faculty, showing how their cutting-edge research can help answer these questions. In lieu of problem sets, quizzes, or other written assignments, students produce materials of their choice (podcasts, TikToks, longer videos) with the view to make a potential audience excited about economics. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.01,Principles of Microeconomics,"Introduces microeconomic concepts and analysis, supply and demand analysis, theories of the firm and individual behavior, competition and monopoly, and welfare economics. Applications to problems of current economic policy.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.02,Principles of Macroeconomics,"Provides an overview of macroeconomic issues including the determination of national income, economic growth, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates. Introduces basic macroeconomic models and illustrates key principles through applications to the experience of the US and other economies. Explores a range of current policy debates, such as the economic effects of monetary and fiscal policy, the causes and consequences of the 2008 global financial crisis, and the factors that influence long-term growth in living standards. Lectures are recorded and available for students with scheduling conflicts.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.03,Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy,"Students master and apply economic theory, causal inference, and contemporary evidence to analyze policy challenges. These include the effect of minimum wages on employment, the value of healthcare, the power and limitations of free markets, the benefits and costs of international trade, the causes and remedies of externalities, the consequences of adverse selection in insurance markets, the impacts of labor market discrimination, and the application of machine learning to supplement to decision-making. Class attendance and participation are mandatory. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.04,Intermediate Microeconomic Theory,"Analysis of consumer and producer decisions including analysis of competitive and monopolistic markets. Price-based partial and general equilibrium analysis. Introduction to game theory as a foundation for the strategic analysis of economic situations. Imperfect competition, dynamic games among firms. Failures of general equilibrium theory and their resolutions: externalities, public goods, incomplete information settings, signaling, screening, insurance, alternative market mechanisms, auctions, design of markets.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR) and 14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.05,Intermediate Macroeconomics,Uses the tools of macroeconomics to investigate various macroeconomic issues in depth. Topics range from economic growth and inequality in the long run to economic stability and financial crises in the short run. Surveys many economic models used today. Requires a substantial research paper on the economics of long-run economic growth.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01 and (14.02 or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.06,Advanced Macroeconomics,"Blends a thorough study of the theoretical foundations of modern macroeconomics with a review of useful mathematical tools, such as dynamic programming, optimal control, and dynamic systems. Develops comfort with formal macroeconomic reasoning and deepens understanding of key macroeconomic phenomena, such as business cycles. Goes on to study more specific topics, such as unemployment, financial crises, and the role of fiscal and monetary policy. Special attention to reviewing relevant facts and disentangling them from their popular interpretations. Uses insights and tools from game theory. Includes applications to recent and historical events.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01 and 14.02,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.08,Technical Topics in Economics,Considers technical issues of current research interest in economics.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.09,Reading Seminar in Economics,Reading and discussion of particular topics in economics. Open to undergraduate students by arrangement with individual faculty members. Consult Department Headquarters.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],14.04 and 14.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.10,Reading Seminar in Economics,Reading and discussion of particular topics in economics. Open to undergraduate students by arrangement with individual faculty members. Consult Department Headquarters.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,14.04 and 14.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.11,Topics in Economics,Considers issues of current research interest in economics.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.12,Economic Applications of Game Theory,"Analysis of strategic behavior in multi-person economic settings. Introduction to solution concepts, such as rationalizability, backwards induction, Nash equilibrium, subgame-perfect equilibrium, and sequential equilibrium. Strong emphasis on dynamic games, such as repeated games. Introduction to Bayesian games, focusing on Bayesian Nash Equilibrium, Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium, and signaling games. Applications drawn from microeconomics: imperfect competition, implicit cartels, bargaining, and auctions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"14.01 and (6.041B, 14.04, 14.30, 18.05, or permission of instructor)",N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.121,Microeconomic Theory I,"Covers consumer and producer theory, markets and competition, general equilibrium and the welfare theorems; featuring applications, uncertainty, identification and restrictions models place on data. Enrollment limited; preference to PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,14.04 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.122,Microeconomic Theory II,"Introduction to game theory. Topics include normal form and extensive form games, and games with incomplete information. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,14.121 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.123,Microeconomic Theory III,Models of individual decision-making under  certainty and uncertainty. Additional topics in  game theory. Enrollment limited.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,"14.121, 14.122, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.124,Microeconomic Theory IV,"Introduction to statistical decision theory, incentive contracting (moral hazard and adverse selection), mechanism design and incomplete contracting. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,14.123 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.125,Market Design,"Theory and practice of market design, building on ideas from microeconomics, game theory and mechanism design. Prominent case studies include auctions, labor markets, school choice, prediction markets, financial markets, and organ exchange clearinghouses.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.124,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.126,Game Theory,"Investigates equilibrium and non-equilibrium solution concepts and their foundations as the result of learning or evolution. Studies the equilibria of supermodular games, global games, repeated games, signaling games, and models of bargaining, cheap talk, and reputation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,14.122,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.127,Advanced Game Theory,"For students who plan to do game theory research. Covers the following topics: epistemic foundations of game theory, higher order beliefs, the role and status of common prior assumptions, social networks and social learning, repeated and stochastic games, non-equilibrium learning, stochastic stability and evolutionary dynamics, game theory experiments, and behavioral game theory.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.129,Advanced Contract Theory,"Presents the contract theory, mechanism design, and general equilibrium theory necessary for an understanding of  a variety of recent innovations: crypto currencies, digital assets; intermediation through digital big techs; central bank digital currency; and decentralized finance (DeFi) versus centralized exchange and contract platforms. Three broad themes: 1) Take stock of new technologies' characteristic features (distributed ledgers and blockchain, e-transfers, smart contacts, and encryption); 2) Translate these features into formal language;  3) Inform normative questions: Should we delegate programmable contacts to the private sector and the role of public authorities. ",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,"14.121, 14.281, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.13,Psychology and Economics,"Introduces the theoretical and empirical literature of behavioral economics. Examines important and systematic departures from the standard models in economics by incorporating insights from psychology and other social sciences. Covers theory and evidence on time, risk, and social preferences; beliefs and learning; emotions; limited attention; and frames, defaults, and nudges. Studies applications to many different areas, such as credit card debt, procrastination, retirement savings, addiction, portfolio choice, poverty, labor supply, happiness, and government policy. Students participate in surveys and experiments in class, review evidence from lab experiments, examine how the results can be integrated into models, and test models using field and lab data. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.130,Reading Economic Theory,"Class will read and discuss current research in economic theory with a focus on game theory, decision theory, and behavioral economics. Students will be expected to make one presentation and to read and post comments on every paper by the day before the paper is presented. Permission of the instructor required, and auditors are not allowed.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,14.121 and 14.451,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.131,Psychology and Economics,"Introduces the theoretical and empirical literature of behavioral economics. Examines important and systematic departures from the standard models in economics by incorporating insights from psychology and other social sciences. Covers theory and evidence on time, risk, and social preferences; beliefs and learning; emotions; limited attention; and frames, defaults, and nudges. Studies applications to many different areas, such as credit card debt, procrastination, retirement savings, addiction, portfolio choice, poverty, labor supply, happiness, and government policy. Students participate in surveys and experiments in class, review evidence from lab experiments, examine how the results can be integrated into models, and test models using field and lab data.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.137[J],Psychology and Economics,"Examines ""psychology appreciation"" for economics students. Aims to enhance knowledge and intuition about psychological processes in areas relevant to economics. Increases understanding of psychology as an experimental discipline, with its own distinct rules and style of argument. Topics include self-knowledge, cognitive dissonance, self-deception, emotions, social norms, self-control, learning, mental accounting, memory, individual and group behavior, and some personality and psycho-analytic models. Within each of these topics, we showcase effective and central experiments and discuss their role in the development of psychological theory. Term paper required.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,9.822[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.147,Topics in Game Theory,Advanced subject on topics of current research interest.,True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,14.126,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.15[J],Networks,"Highlights common principles that permeate the functioning of diverse technological, economic and social networks. Utilizes three sets of tools for analyzing networks -- random graph models, optimization, and game theory -- to study informational and learning cascades; economic and financial networks; social influence networks; formation of social groups; communication networks and the Internet; consensus and gossiping; spread and control of epidemics; control and use of energy networks; and biological networks. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or 14.30,6.3260[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.150,Networks,"Highlights common principles that permeate the functioning of diverse technological, economic and social networks. Utilizes three sets of tools for analyzing networks -- random graph models, optimization, and game theory -- to study informational and learning cascades; economic and financial networks; social influence networks; formation of social groups; communication networks and the Internet; consensus and gossiping; spread and control of epidemics; control and use of energy networks; and biological networks. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or 14.300,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.16,Strategy and Information,"Covers modern applications of game theory where incomplete information plays an important role. Applications include bargaining, auctions, global games, market design, information design, and network economics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.160,Behavioral Economics,"Covers recent theory and empirical evidence in behavioral economics. Topics include deviations from the neoclassical model in terms of (i) preferences (present bias, reference dependence, social preferences), (ii) beliefs (overconfidence, projection bias), and (iii) decision-making (cognition, attention, framing, persuasion), as well as (iv) market reactions to such deviations. Applications will cover a large range of fields, including labor and public economics, industrial organization, health economics, finance, and development economics.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.122,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.161,Strategy and Information,"Covers modern applications of game theory where incomplete information plays an important role. Applications include bargaining, auctions, global games, market design, information design, and network economics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.163,Algorithms and Behavioral Science,"Examines algorithms and their interaction with human cognition.  Provides an overview of supervised learning as it relates to econometrics and economic applications. Discusses using algorithms to better understand people, using algorithms to improve human judgment, and using understanding of humans to better design algorithms.  Prepares economics PhD students to conduct research in the field.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,(14.122 and 14.381) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.18,Mathematical Economic Modeling,"Guides students through the process of developing and analyzing formal economic models and effectively communicating their results. Topics include decision theory, game theory, voting, and matching. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Prior coursework in microeconomic theory and/or proof-based mathematics required. Limited to 18 students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"14.04, 14.12, 14.15, or 14.19",N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.19,Market Design,"Covers the design and operation of organized markets, building on ideas from microeconomic and game theory.  Topics may include mechanism design, auctions, matching markets, and other resource allocation problems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.191,Independent Research Paper,"Under guidance from a faculty member approved by Graduate Registration Officer, student writes a substantial, probably publishable research paper. Must be completed by the end of a student's second year to satisfy the departmental minor requirement.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-12-0,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.192,Advanced Research and Communication,"Guides second-year Economics PhD students through the process of conducting and communicating economic research. Students choose topics for research projects, develop research strategies, carry out analyses, and write and present research papers. Limited to second year Economics PhD students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,2-4-6 [P/D/F],"14.124, 14.382, and 14.454",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.193,Advanced Seminar in Economics,Reading and discussion of current topics in economics. Open to advanced graduate students by arrangement with individual members of the staff.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,14.121 and 14.451,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.195,Reading Seminar in Economics,Reading and discussion of current topics in economics. Open to advanced graduate students by arrangement with individual members of the staff.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],14.121,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.197,Independent Research,"Under guidance from a faculty member approved by Graduate Registration Officer, student conducts independent research.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"14.198,",14.199 Teaching Introductory Economics,"Required of teaching assistants in introductory economics (14.01 and 14.02), under guidance from the faculty member in charge of the subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.281,Contract Economics,"Covers theoretical research on contracts in static as well as dynamic settings. Topics include agency theory, mechanism design, incomplete contracting, information design and costly information acquisition. ",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,14.124 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.20,Industrial Organization: Competitive Strategy and Public Policy,"Analyzes the current debate over the rise of monopolies, the strategic behavior and performance of firms in imperfectly competitive markets, and the role of competition policy. Topics include monopoly power; pricing, product choice, and innovation decisions by firms in oligopoly markets; static and dynamic measurement of market performance; and incentives in organizations. Requires regular participation in class discussion and teamwork in a competitive strategy game. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.200,Industrial Organization: Competitive Strategy and Public Policy,"Analyzes the current debate over the rise of monopolies, the strategic behavior and performance of firms in imperfectly competitive markets, and the role of competition policy. Topics include monopoly power; pricing, product choice, and innovation decisions by firms in oligopoly markets; static and dynamic measurement of market performance; and incentives in organizations. Requires regular participation in class discussion and teamwork in a competitive strategy game. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.27,Economics of Digitization,"Uses theoretical economic models and empirical evidence to help understand the past and likely future impacts that digitization has had on legacy markets and institutions. These models help frame class discussions on e-commerce, search, online advertising, traditional and social media, privacy, platform design, and distance learning, among other topics. Students complete a project, and those taking the graduate version have additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01 and (6.3700 or 14.30),N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.270,Economics of Digitization,"Uses theoretical economic models and empirical evidence to help understand the past and likely future impacts that digitization has had on legacy markets and institutions. These models help frame class discussions on e-commerce, search, online advertising, traditional and social media, privacy, platform design, and distance learning, among other topics. Students  complete a project, and those taking the graduate version have additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01 and (6.3700 or 14.30),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.271,Industrial Organization I,"Covers theoretical and empirical work dealing with the structure, behavior, and performance of firms and markets and core issues in antitrust. Topics include: the organization of the firm, monopoly, price discrimination, oligopoly, and auctions. Theoretical and empirical work are integrated in each area.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,None. Coreq: 14.122 and 14.381,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.272,Industrial Organization II,"Continuation of 14.271. Focuses on government interventions in monopoly and oligopoly markets, and addresses both competition and regulatory policy. Topics include horizontal merger policy and demand estimation, vertical integration and vertical restraints, and the theory and practice of economic regulation. Applications include the political economy of regulation; the performance of economic regulation; deregulation in sectors including electric power, transportation, and financial services; and pharmaceutical and environmental regulation in imperfectly competitive product markets.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,14.271,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.273,Advanced Topics in Industrial Organization,"Empirical analysis of theoretically derived models of market behavior. Varied topics include demand estimation, differentiated products, production functions, analysis of market power, entry and exit, vertical relationships, auctions, matching markets, network externalities, dynamic oligopoly, moral hazard and adverse selection. Discussion will focus on methodological issues, including identification, estimation, counter-factual analysis and simulation techniques.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,14.271,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.26[J],Organizational Economics,"Provides a rigorous, but not overly technical introduction to the economic theory of organization together with a varying set of applications. Addresses incentives, control, relationships, decision processes, and organizational culture and performance. Introduces selected fundamentals of game theory. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,15.039[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.260,Organizational Economics,"Provides a rigorous, but not overly technical introduction to the economic theory of organization together with a varying set of applications. Addresses incentives, control, relationships, decision processes, and organizational culture and performance. Introduces selected fundamentals of game theory. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.282,Introduction to Organizational Economics,"Begins with survey of contract theory for organizational economists, then introduces the main areas of the field, including the boundary of the firm; decision-making, employment, structures and processes in organizations; and organizations other than firms.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,14.124,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.283,Advanced Topics in Organizational Economics I,Builds on the work done in 14.282 to develop more in-depth analysis of topics in the field.,True,"Spring, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4,14.282,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.284,Advanced Topics in Organizational Economics II,Builds on the work done in 14.282 to develop more in-depth analysis of topics in the field.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,14.282,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.30,Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics,"Self-contained introduction to probability and statistics with applications in economics and the social sciences.  Covers elements of probability theory, statistical estimation and inference, regression analysis, causal inference, and program evaluation. Couples methods with applications and with assignments involving data analysis. Uses basic calculus and matrix algebra.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. May not count toward HASS requirement.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
14.300,Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics,"Self-contained introduction to probability and statistics with applications in economics and the social sciences. Covers elements of probability theory, statistical estimation and inference, regression analysis, causal inference, and program evaluation. Couples methods with applications and with assignments involving data analysis. Uses basic calculus and matrix algebra. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.310,Data Analysis for Social Scientists,"Introduces methods for harnessing data to answer questions of cultural, social, economic, and policy interest. Presents essential notions of probability and statistics. Covers techniques in modern data analysis: regression and econometrics, prediction, design of experiment, randomized control trials (and A/B testing), machine learning, data visualization, analysis of network data, and geographic information systems. Projects include analysis of data with a written description and interpretation of results; may involve gathering of original data or use of existing data sets. Applications drawn from real world examples and frontier research. Instruction in use of the statistical package R. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.32,Econometric Data Science,"Introduces regression and other tools for causal inference and descriptive analysis in empirical economics. Topics include analysis of randomized experiments, instrumental variables methods and regression discontinuity designs, differences-in-differences estimation, and regression with time series data. Develops the skills needed to conduct — and critique — empirical studies in economics and related fields. Empirical applications are drawn from published examples and frontier research. Familiarity with statistical programming languages is helpful. Students taking graduate version complete an empirical project leading to a short paper. No listeners. Limited to 70 total for versions meeting together.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-4-4,14.30 or 18.650,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
14.320,Econometric Data Science,"Introduces regression and other tools for causal inference and descriptive analysis in empirical economics. Topics include analysis of randomized experiments, instrumental variables methods and regression discontinuity designs, differences-in-differences estimation, and regress with time series data. Develops the skills needed to conduct — and critique — empirical studies in economics and related fields. Empirical applications are drawn from published examples and frontier research. Familiarity with statistical programming languages is helpful. Students taking graduate version complete an empirical project leading to a short paper. No listeners. Limited to 70 total for versions meeting together.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-4-4,14.300 or 18.650,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.33,"Research and Communication in Economics: Topics, Methods, and Implementation","Exposes students to the process of conducting independent research in empirical economics and effectively communicating the results of the research. Emphasizes econometric analysis of an assigned economic question and culminates in each student choosing an original topic, performing appropriate analysis, and delivering oral and written project reports. Limited to 20 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-4-5,14.32 and (14.01 or 14.02),N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.35,Why Markets Fail,"Guides students through the process of developing and communicating economic and data analysis. Discusses topics in which markets fail to provide efficient outcomes or economic opportunity. Topics include health insurance, intergenerational mobility, discrimination, climate change, and more. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Key course activities include the writing of a term paper conducting original economic analysis and an in-class slide presentation of the work. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"14.04, 14.12, 14.15, or 14.19",N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.36,Advanced Econometrics,"Advanced treatment of the core empirical strategies used to answer causal questions in applied microeconometric research. Covers extensions and innovations relating to econometric applications of regression, machine learning, instrumental variables, differences-in-differences and event-study models, regression discontinuity designs, synthetic controls, and statistical inference.  Students taking graduate version complete an additional assignment.  ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.32 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.38,Inference on Causal and Structural Parameters Using ML and AI,"Provides an applied treatment of modern causal inference with high-dimensional data, focusing on empirical economic problems encountered in academic research and the tech industry. Formulates problems in the languages of structural equation modeling and potential outcomes. Presents state-of-the-art approaches for inference on causal and structural parameters, including de-biased machine learning, synthetic control methods, and reinforcement learning. Introduces tools from machine learning and deep learning developed for prediction purposes, and discusses how to adapt them to learn causal parameters. Emphasizes the applied and practical perspectives. Requires knowledge of mathematical statistics and regression analysis and programming experience in R or Python.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.32,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.380,Statistical Method in Economics,"Introduction to probability and statistics as background for advanced econometrics. Covers elements of probability theory, sampling theory, asymptotic approximations, hypothesis testing, and maximum-likelihood methods. Illustrations from economics and application of these concepts to economic problems. Limited to 40 PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,14.32 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.381,Estimation and Inference for Linear Causal and Structural Models,"Explains basic econometric ideas and methods, illustrating with empirical applications. Causal inference is emphasized and examples of economic structural models are given. Topics include randomized trials, regression, including discontinuity designs and diffs-in-diffs, and instrumental variables, including local average treatment effects. Basic asymptotic theory for regression is covered and robust standard errors and statistical inference methods are given. Restricted to PhD students from Courses 14 and 15. Instructor approval required for all others.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,14.380 and 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.382,Econometrics,"Covers key models as well as identification and estimation methods used in modern econometrics. Presents modern ways to set up problems and do better estimation and inference than the current empirical practice. Introduces generalized method of moments and the method of M-estimators in addition to more modern versions of these methods dealing with important issues, such as weak identification. Also discusses the bootstrap. Students gain practical experience by applying the methods to real data sets. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,14.381 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.383,High-Dimensional Econometrics (New),"Continuation of topics in 14.382, with specific focus on large dimensional models. Students gain practical experience by applying the methods to real data sets. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,14.382 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.384,Time Series Analysis,"Studies theory and application of time series methods in econometrics, including spectral analysis, estimation with stationary and non-stationary processes, VARs, factor models, unit roots, cointegration, and Bayesian methods. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,14.382 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.385,Nonlinear Econometric Analysis,"Develops a full understanding of and ability to apply micro-econometric models and methods. Topics include extremum estimators, including minimum distance and simulated moments, identification, partial identification, sensitivity analysis, many weak instruments, nonlinear panel data, de-biased machine learning, discrete choice models, nonparametric estimation, quantile regression, and treatment effects. Methods are illustrated with economic applications. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,14.382 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.386,New Econometric Methods,"Exposes students to the frontier of econometric research. Includes fundamental topics such as empirical processes, semiparametric estimation, nonparametric instrumental variables, inference under partial identification, large-scale inference, empirical Bayes, and machine learning methods. Other topics vary from year to year, but can include empirical likelihood, weak identification, and networks.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.382,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.387,Applied Econometrics,"Advanced treatment of the core empirical strategies used to answer causal questions in applied microeconometric research. Covers extensions and innovations relating to econometric applications of regression, machine learning, instrumental variables, differences-in-differences and event-study models, regression discontinuity designs, synthetic controls, and statistical inference.  Students taking the graduate version complete an additional assignment.  ",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,14.381 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.388,Inference on Causal and Structural Parameters Using ML and AI,"Provides an applied treatment of modern causal inference with high-dimensional data, focusing on empirical economic problems encountered in academic research and the tech industry. Formulates problems in the languages of structural equation modeling and potential outcomes. Presents state-of-the-art approaches for inference on causal and structural parameters, including de-biased machine learning, synthetic control methods, and reinforcement learning. Introduces tools from machine learning and deep learning developed for prediction purposes, and discusses how to adapt them to learn causal parameters. Emphasizes the applied and practical perspectives. Requires knowledge of mathematical statistics and regression analysis and programming experience in R or Python.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.381,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.39,Large-Scale Decision-Making and Inference (New),"Covers the use of data to guide decision-making, with a focus on data-rich and high-dimensional environments as are now commonly encountered in both academic and industry applications. Begins with an introduction to statistical decision theory, including Bayesian perspectives. Covers empirical Bayes methods, including related concepts such as false discovery rates, illustrated with economic applications. Requires knowledge of mathematical statistics and regression analysis, as well as programming experience in R or Python. Students taking the graduate version submit additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.32,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.390,Large-Scale Decision-Making and Inference (New),"Covers the use of data to guide decision-making, with a focus on data-rich and high-dimensional environments as are now commonly encountered in both academic and industry applications. Begins with an introduction to statistical decision theory, including Bayesian perspectives. Covers empirical Bayes methods, including related concepts such as false discovery rates, illustrated with economic applications. Requires knowledge of mathematical statistics and regression analysis, as well as programming experience in R or Python. Students taking the graduate version submit additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,14.320,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.391,Workshop in Economic Research,"Develops research ability of students through intensive discussion of dissertation research as it proceeds, individual or group research projects, and critical appraisal of current reported research. Workshops divided into various fields, depending on interest and size.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10 [P/D/F],14.124 and 14.454,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.392,Workshop in Economic Research,"Develops research ability of students through intensive discussion of dissertation research as it proceeds, individual or group research projects, and critical appraisal of current reported research. Workshops divided into various fields, depending on interest and size.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-10 [P/D/F],14.124 and 14.454,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.399,Seminar in Data Economics and Development Policy,Group study of current topics in development policy and research. Includes student presentations and invited speakers. Restricted to DEDP MASc students.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-10 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.41,Public Finance and Public Policy,"Explores the role of government in the economy, applying tools of basic microeconomics to answer important policy questions such as government response to global warming, school choice by K-12 students, Social Security versus private retirement savings accounts, government versus private health insurance, setting income tax rates for individuals and corporations. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.410,Public Finance and Public Policy,"Explores the role of government in the economy, applying tools of basic microeconomics to answer important policy questions such as government response to global warming, school choice by K-12 students, Social Security versus private retirement savings accounts, government versus private health insurance, setting income tax rates for individuals and corporations. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.416[J],Asset Pricing,"Provides a foundation in the neoclassical theory of finance that underlies more advanced study. Covers arbitrage asset pricing, optimal consumption-portfolio choices, neo-classic theory of corporate finance, static equilibrium models of asset pricing, asymmetric information, and dynamic modeling. Prepares students for further study of asset pricing theories, corporate finance and econometric work in finance. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,15.470[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.42,Environmental Policy and Economics,"Introduces key concepts and recent advances in environmental economics, and explores their application to environmental policy questions. Topics include market efficiency and market failure, methods for valuing the benefits of environmental quality, the proper role of government in the regulation of the environment, environmental policy design, and implementation challenges. Considers international aspects of environmental policy as well, including the economics of climate change, trade and the environment, and environmental challenges in developing countries. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.420,Environmental Policy and Economics,"Introduces students to key concepts and recent advances in environmental economics, and explores their application to environmental policy questions. Topics include market efficiency and market failure, methods for valuing the benefits of environmental quality, the proper role of government in the regulation of the environment, environmental policy design and implementation challenges. Also considers international aspects of environmental policy including the economics of climate change, trade and the environment and environmental challenges in developing countries. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.43[J],"Economics of Energy, Innovation, and Sustainability","Covers energy and environmental market organization and regulation. Explores economic challenges and solutions to transforming energy markets to be more efficient, accessible, affordable, and sustainable. Applies core economic concepts - consumer choice, firm profit maximization, and strategic behavior - to understand when energy and environmental markets work well and when they fail. They also conduct data-driven economic analysis on the trade-offs of real and proposed policy interventions. Topics include renewable generation sources for electricity, energy access in emerging markets, efficiency programs and fuel efficiency standards, transitioning transportation to alternative fuels, measuring damages and adaptation to climate change, and the effect of energy and environmental policy on innovation. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,14.01 or 15.0111,15.0201[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.44[J],Energy Economics and Policy,"Analyzes business and public policy issues in energy markets and in the environmental markets to which they are closely tied. Examines the economic determinants of industry structure and evolution of competition among firms in these industries. Investigates successful and unsuccessful strategies for entering new markets and competing in existing markets. Industries studied include oil, natural gas, coal, electricity, and transportation. Topics include climate change and environmental policy, the role of speculation in energy markets, the political economy of energy policies, and market power and antitrust. Two team-based simulation games, representing the world oil market and a deregulated electricity market, act to cement the concepts covered in lecture. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 60.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01 or 15.0111,15.037[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.440[J],Advanced Corporate Finance,"Builds on 15.471 and considers further topics that are at the frontier of corporate finance research. Topics covered include: aggregate effects of financing frictions, financial intermediation, financial distress and bankruptcy, structural estimation of corporate finance models, entrepreneurial finance, venture capital and private equity, and other selected topics. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,15.473[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.441[J],Corporate Finance,"Provides an introduction to the basic theoretical and empirical contributions in corporate finance. Covers capital structure, corporate governance and agency problems, the market for corporate control, investments and financing frictions, banking and financial intermediation, and other selected topics. Exposes students to the key methodological tools in modern corporate finance. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,15.471[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.442[J],Advanced Asset Pricing,"Focuses on solving, estimating, and empirically evaluating theoretical models of asset prices and financial markets, as well as their microeconomic foundations and macroeconomic implications. Discusses theory and econometric methods, the state of the literature, and recent developments and empirical evidence. Covers topics such as cross-sectional and time-series models, consumption-based and intermediary-based models, financial institutions, household finance, housing, behavioral finance, financial crises, and continuous-time tools and applications. Students complete a short term paper and a presentation. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,15.472[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.444[J],Energy Economics and Policy,"Analyzes business and public policy issues in energy markets and in the environmental markets to which they are closely tied. Examines the economic determinants of industry structure and evolution of competition among firms in these industries. Investigates successful and unsuccessful strategies for entering new markets and competing in existing markets. Industries studied include oil, natural gas, coal, electricity, and transportation. Topics include climate change and environmental policy, the role of speculation in energy markets, the political economy of energy policies, and market power and antitrust. Two team-based simulation games, representing the world oil market and a deregulated electricity market, act to cement the concepts covered in lecture. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 60.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01 or 15.0111,15.038[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.448[J],Current Topics in Finance,"Faculty present their current research in a wide variety of topics in finance. Provides a rapid overview of the literature, an in-depth presentation of selected contributions, and a list of potential research ideas for each topic. Faculty rotate every year to cover new topics. Primarily for doctoral students in accounting, economics, and finance.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9 [P/D/F],None,15.474[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.449[J],Current Research in Financial Economics,"Advanced seminar intended for PhD students interested in finance. Topics and papers vary by term, following the latest research in academia and in correlation with the weekly finance faculty research seminar. Each week, students will critically review the contributions, method of analysis, and presentation of evidence of existing research; one session is devoted to preparing for the finance seminar, while the other session discusses further work on the same topic. Restricted to doctoral students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,15.475[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.45[J],Climate and Energy in the Global Economy (New),"Provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the challenges, opportunities, and policy responses to the global climate and energy crises. Discusses the role of energy in world economies, paying particular attention to low- and middle-income countries, as well as the impacts of climate change on those economies. Considers how access, cost, reliability, and environmental harm drive or hinder economic growth, the political influences on the energy sector, the impacts of climate change on low- and middle-income countries, and the role of energy in mitigating future impacts of climate change. Also discusses global climate solutions, including the role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process, trade policy, climate finance, business strategies to reduce emissions, and business strategies to help people adapt to a changing climate. Students taking graduate students complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,14.01 or 15.0111,15.0161[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.450[J],Climate and Energy in the Global Economy (New),"Provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the challenges, opportunities, and policy responses to the global climate and energy crises. Discusses the role of energy in world economies, paying particular attention to low- and middle-income countries, as well as the impacts of climate change on those economies. Considers how access, cost, reliability, and environmental harm drive or hinder economic growth, the political influences on the energy sector, the impacts of climate change on low- and middle-income countries, and the role of energy in mitigating future impacts of climate change. Also discusses global climate solutions, including the role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process, trade policy, climate finance, business strategies to reduce emissions, and business strategies to help people adapt to a changing climate. Students taking graduate students complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"14.01, 15.010, 15.011, or 15.024",15.016[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
14.451,Dynamic Optimization Methods with Applications,"Provides an introduction to dynamic optimization methods, including discrete-time dynamic programming in non-stochastic and stochastic environments, and continuous time methods including the Pontryagin maximum principle. Applications may include the Ramsey model, irreversible investment models, and consumption choices under uncertainty. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,14.06 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.452,Economic Growth,"Introduces the sources and modeling of economic growth and income differences across nations. Topics include an introduction to dynamic general equilibrium theory, the neoclassical growth model, overlapping generations, determinants of technological progress, endogenous growth models, measurement of technological progress, the role of human capital in economic growth, and growth in a global economy. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,14.451 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.453,Economic Fluctuations,"Investigation of why aggregate economic activity fluctuates, and the role of policy in affecting fluctuations. Topics include the link between monetary policy and output, the economic cost of aggregate fluctuations, the costs and benefits of price stability, and the role of central banks. Introduction to real business cycle and new Keynesian models. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,14.452 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.454,Economic Crises,"Provides an overview of models of the business cycle caused by financial markets' frictions and shocks. Topics include credit crunch, collateral shocks, bank runs, contagion, speculative bubbles, credit booms,  leverage, safe asset shortages, capital flows and sudden stops. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,14.453 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.461,Advanced Macroeconomics I,"Advanced subject in macroeconomics that seeks to bring students to the research frontier. Topics vary from year to year, covering a wide spectrum of classical and recent research. Topics may include business cycles, optimal monetary and tax policy, monetary economics, banking, and financial constraints on investment and incomplete markets.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,14.122 and 14.452,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.462,Advanced Macroeconomics II,"Topics vary from year to year. Often includes coordination failures; frictions in beliefs, such as rational inattention, higher-order uncertainty, certain forms of bounded rationality, heterogeneous beliefs, and ambiguity; implications for business cycles, asset markets, and policy; financial frictions and obstacles to trade; intermediation; liquidity; safe assets; global imbalances; financial crises; and speculation.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,14.461,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.47[J],"Global Energy: Politics, Markets, and Policy","Focuses on the ways economics and politics influence the fate of energy technologies, business models, and policies around the world. Extends fundamental concepts in the social sciences to case studies and simulations that illustrate how corporate, government, and individual decisions shape energy and environmental outcomes. In a final project, students apply the concepts in order to assess the prospects for an energy innovation to scale and advance sustainability goals in a particular regional market. Recommended prerequisite: 14.01. Meets with 15.219 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Preference to juniors, seniors, and Energy Minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.167[J], 15.2191[J], 17.399[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.471,Public Economics I,Theory and evidence on government taxation policy. Topics include tax incidence; optimal tax theory; the effect of taxation on labor supply and savings; taxation and corporate behavior; and tax expenditure policy.,True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.04,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.472,Public Economics II,"Focuses on government expenditures and policies designed to correct market failures and/or redistribute resources. Key topics include theoretical and empirical analysis of insurance market failures, the optimal design of social insurance programs, and the design of redistributive programs.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,14.471,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.475,Environmental Economics,"Covers the economics of the environment and climate change. Topics include the economic impacts of global warming; adaptation; the development and impacts of clean technology; resource depletion and sustainability; pollution; deforestation; biodiversity; regulation and public policy; and the role of international issues including climate agreements, geopolitics, trade, and global inequality.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.54,International Trade,"Provides an introduction to theoretical and empirical topics in international trade. Offers a brief history of globalization. Introduces the theory of comparative advantage and discusses its implications for international specialization and wage inequality. Studies the determinants and consequences of trade policy, and analyzes the consequences of immigration and foreign direct investment. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.540,International Trade,"Provides an introduction to theoretical and empirical topics in international trade. Offers a brief history of globalization. Introduces the theory of comparative advantage and discusses its implications for international specialization and wage inequality. Studies the determinants and consequences of trade policy, and analyzes the consequences of immigration and foreign direct investment. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.581,International Economics I,"Covers a variety of topics, both theoretical and empirical, in international trade, international macroeconomics, and economic geography. Focuses on general equilibrium analysis in neoclassical economies. Considers why countries and regions trade, and what goods they trade; impediments to trade, and why some countries deliberately erect policy to impede; and implications of openness for growth. Also tackles normative issues, such as whether trade openness is beneficial, whether there are winners and losers from trade and, if so, how they can possibly be identified.",True,"Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,5-0-7,14.04,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.582,International Economics II,"Building on topics covered in 14.581, revisits a number of core questions in international trade, international macroeconomics, and economic geography in the presence of increasing returns, imperfect competition, and other distortions. Stresses their connection to both macro and micro (firm-level) data for questions related to trade policy, inequality, industrial policy, growth, and the location of economic activities. Focuses on both theoretical models, empirical findings, and the challenging task of putting those two together.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,14.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.64,Labor Economics and Public Policy,"Provides an introduction to the labor market, how it functions, and the important role it plays in people's lives. Topics include supply and demand, minimum wages, labor market effects of social insurance and welfare programs, the collective bargaining relationship, discrimination, human capital, and unemployment. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in 14.03 or 14.04,  and 14.32 recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.30 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.640,Labor Economics and Public Policy,"Provides an introduction to the labor market, how it functions, and the important role it plays in people's lives. Topics include supply and demand, minimum wages, labor market effects of social insurance and welfare programs, the collective bargaining relationship, discrimination, human capital, and unemployment. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in 14.03 or 14.04, and 14.32 recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.300 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.661,Labor Economics I,"A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and institutions in the labor market. Particular emphasis on the interaction between theoretical and empirical modeling. No listeners.",True,"Fall, Fall",Graduate,5-0-7,14.32 and (14.03 or 14.04),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.661A,Labor Economics I,Covers the same material as 14.661 but in greater depth. Additional assignments required. Limited to economics PhD students who wish to declare a major field in labor economics.,True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,14.32 and (14.03 or 14.04),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.662,Labor Economics II,"Theory and evidence on the determinants of earnings levels and inequality, intergenerational mobility, skill demands, imperfect competition, and employment structure. Particular focus on the determinants of worker and firm-level productivity; and the roles played by supply, demand, discrimination, institutions, information, technology, and trade in the evolving distribution of income.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,14.32 and (14.03 or 14.04),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.662A,Labor Economics II,Covers the same material as 14.662 but in greater depth. Additional assignments required. Limited to economics PhD students who wish to declare a major field in labor economics.,True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,14.32 and (14.03 or 14.04),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.70[J],Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective,"Surveys the foundations of material life and changing social and economic conditions in medieval Europe in their broader Eurasian context. Covers the gradual disintegration of the Roman imperial order, the emergence and decline of feudal institutions, the transformation of peasant agriculture, living standards and the impact of climate and disease environments, and the ebb and flow of long-distance trade across the Eurasian system. Particular emphasis on the study of those factors, both institutional and technological, which contributed to the emergence of capitalist organization and economic growth in western Europe in comparison to the trajectories followed by the other major medieval economies.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.134[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
14.73,The Challenge of World Poverty,"Designed for students who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty. Examines extreme poverty over time to see if it is no longer a threat, why some countries grow fast and others fall further behind, if growth or foreign aid help the poor, what we can do about corruption, if markets or NGOs should be left to deal with poverty, where to intervene, and how to deal with the disease burden and improve schools.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
14.74,Foundations of Development Policy,"Explores the foundations of policy making in developing countries, with the goal of spelling out various policy options and quantifying the trade-offs between them. Topics include education, health, fertility, adoption of technological innovations, financial markets (credit, savings, and insurance), markets for land and labor, political factors, and international considerations (aid, trade, and multinational firms). Some basic familiarity with probability and/or statistics is useful for this class. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.740,Foundations of Development Policy,"Explores the foundations of policy making in developing countries, with the goal of spelling out various policy options and quantifying the trade-offs between them. Topics include education, health, fertility, adoption of technological innovations, financial markets (credit, savings, and insurance), markets for land and labor, political factors, and international considerations (aid, trade, and multinational firms). Some basic familiarity with probability and/or statistics is useful for this class. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.75,Political Economy and Economic Development,"Explores the relationship between political institutions and economic development, covering key theoretical issues as well as recent empirical evidence. Topics include colonialism and its legacy, voting, vote buying, media, social media, corruption, and war. Discusses not just what we know on these topics, but how we know it, covering how to craft a good empirical study or field experiment and how to discriminate between reliable and unreliable statistical evidence. Some basic familiarity with probability and/or statistics is useful for this class. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.750,Political Economy and Economic Development,"Explores the relationship between political institutions and economic development, covering key theoretical issues as well as recent empirical evidence. Topics include colonialism and its legacy, voting, vote buying, media, social media, corruption, and war. Discusses not just what we know on these topics, but how we know it, covering how to craft a good empirical study or field experiment and how to discriminate between reliable and unreliable statistical evidence. Some basic familiarity with probability and/or statistics is useful for this class.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.76,"Firms, Markets, Trade and Growth","Examines how industrial development and international trade have brought about rapid growth and large-scale reductions in poverty for some developing countries, while globalization has simply increased inequality and brought little growth for others. Also considers why, in yet other developing countries, firms remain small-scale and have not integrated with global supply chains. Draws on both theoretical models and empirical evidence to better understand the reasons for these very different experiences and implications for policy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01 and (14.30 or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
14.760,"Firms, Markets, Trade and Growth","Examines how industrial development and international trade have brought about rapid growth and large-scale reductions in poverty for some developing countries, while globalization has simply increased inequality and brought little growth for others. Also considers why, in yet other developing countries, firms remain small-scale and have not integrated with global supply chains. Draws on both theoretical models and empirical evidence to better understand the reasons for these very different experiences and implications for policy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01 and (14.30 or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.770,Introduction to Collective Choice and Political Economy,"Broad introduction to political economy. Covers topics from social choice theory to political agency models, including theories of voter turnout and comparison of political institutions.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.771,Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues,"A rigorous introduction to core micro-economic issues in economic development, focusing on both key theoretical contributions and empirical applications to understand both why some countries are poor and on how markets function differently in poor economies. Topics include human capital (education and health); labor markets; credit markets; land markets; firms; and the role of the public sector.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,14.121 and 14.122,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.772,Development Economics: Macroeconomics,"Emphasizes dynamic models of growth and development. Topics include migration, modernization, and technological change; static and dynamic models of political economy; the dynamics of income distribution and institutional change; firm structure in developing countries; development, transparency, and functioning of financial markets; privatization; and banks and credit market institutions in emerging markets. Examines innovative yet disruptive digital technologies, including blockchain, digital assets, crypto currency, distributed ledgers, and smart contracts.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,14.121 and 14.451,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.773,Political Economy: Institutions and Development,"Economists and policymakers increasingly realize the importance of political institutions in shaping economic performance, especially in the context of understanding economic development. Work on the determinants of economic policies and institutions is in its infancy, but is growing rapidly. Subject provides an introduction to this area. Topics covered: the economic role of institutions; the effects of social conflict and class conflict on economic development; political economic determinants of macro policies; political development; theories of income distribution and distributional conflict; the efficiency effects of distributional conflict; the causes and consequences of corruption; the role of colonial history; and others. Both theoretical and empirical approaches discussed. Subject can be taken either as part of the Development Economics or the Positive Political Economy fields.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,14.121 and 14.451,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.775,Comparing Societies (New),"Studies the cultural, social, and institutional foundations of societies around the world, emphasizing fundamentals and mechanisms that are outside the scope of traditional models in economics. Topics include social organization, perceptions of reality (e.g., the spiritual and meta-human world), drivers of innovation and technology diffusion, conflict, determinants of fertility and population growth, moral frameworks (e.g., views about right/wrong, fairness, equality, and community membership), religion, objectives and definitions of success, and societal equilibria. Emphasizes how research ranging from economic theory to development and policy design can benefit from an understanding of these vast differences that exist around the world. Also considers how these differences affect and are affected by culture, formal institutions, and development. Open to PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.78[J],Shaping the Future of Technology: From Early Agriculture to Artificial Intelligence,"Provides a framework for thinking about major technological transitions over the past 12,000 years as a means to explore paths to a better future. Discusses who gains or loses from innovation and who can shape the future of artificial intelligence, biotech, and other breakthroughs. Introduces major questions tackled by researchers and relevant to economic policy through faculty lectures, interactive events with prominent guests, and group work. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,15.238[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
14.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research and writing of thesis; to be arranged by the student with advising committee.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.THU,Thesis,Program of research and writing of thesis.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,14.33,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Participation in research with an individual faculty member or research group, independent research or study under the guidance of a faculty member. Admission by arrangement with individual faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],14.02,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
14.URG,Undergraduate Research,"Participation in research with an individual faculty member or research group, independent research or study under the guidance of a faculty member. Admission by arrangement with individual faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,14.02,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.000,Explorations in Management,"Broad introduction to the various aspects of management including analytics, accounting and finance, operations, marketing, entrepreneurship and leadership, organizations, economics, systems dynamics, and negotiation and communication. Introduces the field of management through a variety of experiences as well as discussions led by faculty or industry experts. Also reviews the three undergraduate majors offered by Sloan as well as careers in management. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students. Limited to undergraduates; preference to first years.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.002,Leadership Challenges for an Inclusive World,Units assigned to MBA students upon completion. Restricted to Sloan MBA students.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.003,Analytics Tools,Units assigned to Master of Business Analytics students upon completion of the Analytics Tools requirement. Restricted to Master of Business Analytics students.,True,"Fall, IAP, Summer",Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.004,Programming for Finance Professionals,"Two-day accelerated course with supplemental recitations designed to develop skills in applying basic methods from the programming language Python (with additional references from R) to financial problems. Topics include programming basics in Python, data manipulation, visualization and reporting and an overview of programming ethics. MFin students will apply and build upon these skills in 15.433 Financial Markets and 15.450/15.457 Analytics and Advanced Analytics of Finance. Students must pass one of two exams offered during the summer term to demonstrate their ability to solve financial problems using R and Python. Restricted to Sloan Master of Finance Program students.",True,Summer,Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.005,Sloan Intensive Period Elective Requirement,Units assigned to MBA students upon completion of the Sloan Intensive Period (SIP) elective requirement. Restricted to Sloan MBA students.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],15.002,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.010,Economic Analysis for Business Decisions,"Introduces principles of microeconomics as a framework for making more informed managerial decisions. Discusses the supply and demand paradigm with applications to digital marketplaces, innovation, sources of market power, and strategic pricing. Provides an introduction to game theory to study competition and cooperation both within and between firms. Restricted to first-year Sloan MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.011,Economic Analysis for Business Decisions,"Introduces principles of microeconomics as a framework for making more informed managerial decisions. Discusses the supply and demand paradigm with applications to digital marketplaces, innovation, sources of market power, and strategic pricing. Provides an introduction to game theory to study competition and cooperation both within and between firms. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Intended for non-Sloan graduate students; not open to Sloan MBA students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.0111,Economic Analysis for Business Decisions,"Introduces principles of microeconomics as a framework for making more informed managerial decisions. Discusses the supply and demand paradigm with applications to digital marketplaces, innovation, sources of market power, and strategic pricing. Provides an introduction to game theory to study competition and cooperation both within and between firms. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Intended for undergraduate students; not open to Sloan MBA students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.012,Applied Macro- and International Economics,"Explores the macroeconomic environment in which firms operate. Aims to provide a strong foundation in macroeconomic concepts and apply them to understand specific country experiences. Introduces the basic tools of short-run macroeconomic management, primarily monetary and fiscal policy, utilizing historical case studies and modern policy discussions as context. Explores drivers of long-term growth, examining the cases of economic miracles and productivity slowdowns in developed economies, and then delves into the fundamental theory of trade, applying it to the discussions of global trade wars and trade agreements.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.013,Economics for Strategic Decisions,"Applies principles of economics most relevant for corporate strategy to analysis of particular industries. Topics include market structure and its determinants; rational strategic behavior in small numbers situations; strategies for price and nonprice competition; dynamic pricing, output, and advertising decisions; entry and entry deterrence; competition with network externalities; investments under uncertainty; competition among platforms; R&D and patent licensing; and the growth and evolution of industries.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,15.010 or 15.011,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.014,Applied Macro- and International Economics II,"Establishes understanding of the development processes of societies and economies. Studies several dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social, political, institutional, economy, organizational, relational, and personal) and the balance among them. Explores the basics of governmental intervention, focusing on areas such as the judicial system, environment, social security, and health. Builds skills to determine what type of policy is most appropriate. Considers implications of new technologies on the financial sector: internationalization of currencies, mobile payment systems, and cryptocurrencies. Discusses the institutional framework to ensure choices are sustainable across all dimensions and applications.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.015,Macroeconomic Policy Reforms,"Focuses on the current policy and economic issues in the US economy. Students propose economic and policy reforms around issues such as labor markets, inflation and central banking, financial regulation, education, health, housing, transportation, social security, democracy, immigration, diversity, and environmental policy. Topics change year to year. In each class, proposals are presented and voted upon by the group.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.016[J],Climate and Energy in the Global Economy,"Provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the challenges, opportunities, and policy responses to the global climate and energy crises. Discusses the role of energy in world economies, paying particular attention to low- and middle-income countries, as well as the impacts of climate change on those economies. Considers how access, cost, reliability, and environmental harm drive or hinder economic growth, the political influences on the energy sector, the impacts of climate change on low- and middle-income countries, and the role of energy in mitigating future impacts of climate change. Also discusses global climate solutions, including the role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process, trade policy, climate finance, business strategies to reduce emissions, and business strategies to help people adapt to a changing climate. Students taking graduate students complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"14.01, 15.010, 15.011, or 15.024",14.450[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.0161[J],Climate and Energy in the Global Economy (New),"Provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the challenges, opportunities, and policy responses to the global climate and energy crises. Discusses the role of energy in world economies, paying particular attention to low- and middle-income countries, as well as the impacts of climate change on those economies. Considers how access, cost, reliability, and environmental harm drive or hinder economic growth, the political influences on the energy sector, the impacts of climate change on low- and middle-income countries, and the role of energy in mitigating future impacts of climate change. Also discusses global climate solutions, including the role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process, trade policy, climate finance, business strategies to reduce emissions, and business strategies to help people adapt to a changing climate. Students taking graduate students complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,14.01 or 15.0111,14.45[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.018,Current Debates of Macroeconomics and Public Policy,"Concentrates on debates about current policy challenges. Students debate and vote on policy actions on current issues in developed and developing nations. Subjects include industrial policy, macroeconomics, poverty, social safety net, labor practices, immigration and labor markets, international economics, human rights, civil rights, democracy, environmental policy, regulation, and crypto assets. Topics change from year to year.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.020,"Economics of Energy, Innovation, and Sustainability","Covers energy and environmental market organization and regulation. Explores economic challenges and solutions to transforming energy markets to be more efficient, accessible, affordable, and sustainable. Applies core economic concepts - consumer choice, firm profit maximization, and strategic behavior - to understand when energy and environmental markets work well and when they fail. They also conduct data-driven economic analysis on the trade-offs of real and proposed policy interventions. Topics include renewable generation sources for electricity, energy access in emerging markets, efficiency programs and fuel efficiency standards, transitioning transportation to alternative fuels, measuring damages and adaptation to climate change, and the effect of energy and environmental policy on innovation. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,14.01 or 15.011,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.0201[J],"Economics of Energy, Innovation, and Sustainability","Covers energy and environmental market organization and regulation. Explores economic challenges and solutions to transforming energy markets to be more efficient, accessible, affordable, and sustainable. Applies core economic concepts - consumer choice, firm profit maximization, and strategic behavior - to understand when energy and environmental markets work well and when they fail. They also conduct data-driven economic analysis on the trade-offs of real and proposed policy interventions. Topics include renewable generation sources for electricity, energy access in emerging markets, efficiency programs and fuel efficiency standards, transitioning transportation to alternative fuels, measuring damages and adaptation to climate change, and the effect of energy and environmental policy on innovation. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,14.01 or 15.0111,14.43[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
15.021[J],Real Estate Economics,"Develops an understanding of the fundamental economic factors that shape the market for real property, as well as the influence of capital markets in asset pricing. Analyzes of housing as well as commercial real estate. Covers demographic analysis, regional growth, construction cycles, urban land markets, and location theory as well as recent technology impacts. Exercises and modeling techniques for measuring and predicting property demand, supply, vacancy, rents, and prices.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"14.01, 15.010, or 15.011",11.433[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.022[J],Real Estate Markets: Macroeconomics,"Applies the latest economic thinking and research to the task of analyzing aggregate real estate market time series, assessing risk, and developing forecasts. Presents the premise that because of capital durability and construction lags, real estate markets exhibit some degree of mean reversion and as such are at least partially predictable. Examines the extent and causes of market volatility across different markets and types of property. Long-term aggregate trends impacting the real estate sector, from demographics to technology, discussed. Limited to 30.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,11.431 or permission of instructor,11.429[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.024,Applied Economics for Managers,"Develops facility with concepts, language and tools of micro economics. Primary focus on the analysis of markets, strategic interactions among firms and game theory as applied to firms. Emphasizes integration of theory, data, and judgment in the analysis of a wide range of corporate decisions, both between and within firms. Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.025,Game Theory for Strategic Advantage,"Develops and applies principles of game theory relevant to managers' strategic decisions. Topics include how to reason about strategies and opponents; strategic commitment and negotiations; reputation and seemingly irrational actions; bidding in auctions; and the design of auctions, contests and markets. Applications to a variety of business decisions that arise in different industries, both within and outside the firm. Meets with 15.0251 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"14.01, 15.010, 15.011, 15.024, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.0251,Game Theory for Strategic Advantage,"Develops and applies principles of game theory relevant to managers' strategic decisions. Topics include how to reason about strategies and opponents; strategic commitment and negotiations; reputation and seemingly irrational actions; bidding in auctions; and the design of auctions, contests and markets. Applications to a variety of business decisions that arise in different industries, both within and outside the firm. Meets with 15.025 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,"14.01, 15.0111, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.026[J],"Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy","Introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change, and the institutions engaged in negotiating an international response. Develops an integrated approach to analysis of climate change processes, and assessment of proposed policy measures, drawing on research and model development within the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Graduate students are expected to explore the topic in greater depth through reading and individual research..",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,"(Calculus II (GIR), 5.60, and 14.01) or permission of instructor",12.348[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.027,Opportunities in Developing Economies,"Investigates the role of the private sector in developing economies, highlighting how solving market failures can improve overall welfare. Covers constraints faced by firms in developing economies: contract enforcement, corruption, political risk, human rights, IP and infrastructure. Uses case studies to discuss successful firms and innovative solutions to these constraints, including public-private partnerships, the role of technology, the role of finance and impact investing.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.029[J],United States Energy Policy: Lessons Learned for the Future,"Compares the US policy responses, from the Nixon administration to the current administration, on issues ranging from oil import dependence to nuclear nonproliferation. Examines what lessons were learned from these issues and how they have shaped the country's current climate change policy. Prepares students to be informed and effective participants in policy deliberations that require difficult decisions and trade-offs. Addresses both domestic and international policy aspects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,5.81[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.0291[J],United States Energy Policy: Lessons Learned for the Future,"Compares the US policy responses, from the Nixon administration to the current administration, on issues ranging from oil import dependence to nuclear nonproliferation. Examines what lessons were learned from these issues and how they have shaped the country's current climate change policy. Prepares students to be informed and effective participants in policy deliberations that require difficult decisions and trade-offs. Addresses both domestic and international policy aspects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,5.811[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.032[J],"Engineering, Economics and Regulation of the Electric Power Sector","Presents an in-depth interdisciplinary look at the electric power sector, with regulation providing the link among engineering, economic, legal and environmental viewpoints. Topics include electricity markets, incentive regulation of networks, service reliability, renewable energy sources, network issues, retail competition, tariff design, distributed generation, rural electrification, multinational electricity markets, environmental impacts, and the future of utilities and strategic sustainability issues under traditional and competitive regulatory frameworks. Covers engineering, economic and legal basis to evaluate worldwide regulatory instruments. Regulatory approaches apply in other industrial sectors such as fuel gases, telecoms, transportation, water supply. Provides the basis for research or professional activities in energy sectors in industry, government, and consulting. Permission of instructor required for undergraduates wishing to take the class.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,IDS.505[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.034,Econometrics for Managers: Correlation & Causality in a Big Data World,"Introduces econometrics as a framework to go beyond correlations and get to causality, which is crucial for investment decisions in finance, marketing, human resources, public policy, and general business strategy. Through labs and projects, students get experience in many relevant applications.  Students gain a deeper understanding of modeling using multivariate regression, instrumental-variable regression, and machine learning tools including regression trees, random forest, LASSO, and neural networks. No prior knowledge is necessary. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.0341,Econometrics for Managers: Correlation and Causality in a Big Data World,"Introduces econometrics as a framework to go beyond correlations and get to causality, which is crucial for investment decisions in finance, marketing, human resources, public policy, and general business strategy. Through labs and projects, students get experience in many relevant applications.  Students gain a deeper understanding of modeling using multivariate regression, instrumental-variable regression, and machine learning tools including regression trees, random forest, LASSO, and neural networks. No prior knowledge is necessary. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.035,Energy Market Dynamics in a Decarbonizing Economy (New),"Explores how energy markets function, what changes as the world decarbonizes, and the role of new technologies in this change. Examines how market outcomes are influenced by policies, with a focus on environmental policies. Uses economic tools to analyze efficiency and public policy challenges in interconnected energy and environmental markets. Topics include how electricity markets are shaped by large-scale renewable penetration, how decarbonization policies affect different regions and socio-economic groups, measuring the social costs of climate change, and the role of critical minerals in a decarbonizing world. Students gain experience in linking theory to real-world policy problems, particularly through a team-based electricity market simulation that mirrors decision-making by market participants. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Limited to 65.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,14.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.0351,Energy Market Dynamics in a Decarbonizing Economy (New),"Explores how energy markets function, what changes as the world decarbonizes, and the role of new technologies in this change. Examines how market outcomes are influenced by policies, with a focus on environmental policies. Uses economic tools to analyze efficiency and public policy challenges in interconnected energy and environmental markets. Topics include how electricity markets are shaped by large-scale renewable penetration, how decarbonization policies affect different regions and socio-economic groups, measuring the social costs of climate change, and the role of critical minerals in a decarbonizing world. Students gain experience in linking theory to real-world policy problems, particularly through a team-based electricity market simulation that mirrors decision-making by market participants. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Limited to 65.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,14.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.036[J],Dimensions of Geoengineering,"Familiarizes students with the potential contributions and risks of using geoengineering technologies to control climate damage from global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Discusses geoengineering in relation to other climate change responses: reducing emissions, removing CO2 from the atmosphere, and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Limited to 100.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"1.850[J], 5.000[J], 10.600[J], 11.388[J], 12.884[J], 16.645[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.037[J],Energy Economics and Policy,"Analyzes business and public policy issues in energy markets and in the environmental markets to which they are closely tied. Examines the economic determinants of industry structure and evolution of competition among firms in these industries. Investigates successful and unsuccessful strategies for entering new markets and competing in existing markets. Industries studied include oil, natural gas, coal, electricity, and transportation. Topics include climate change and environmental policy, the role of speculation in energy markets, the political economy of energy policies, and market power and antitrust. Two team-based simulation games, representing the world oil market and a deregulated electricity market, act to cement the concepts covered in lecture. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 60.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01 or 15.0111,14.44[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
15.038[J],Energy Economics and Policy,"Analyzes business and public policy issues in energy markets and in the environmental markets to which they are closely tied. Examines the economic determinants of industry structure and evolution of competition among firms in these industries. Investigates successful and unsuccessful strategies for entering new markets and competing in existing markets. Industries studied include oil, natural gas, coal, electricity, and transportation. Topics include climate change and environmental policy, the role of speculation in energy markets, the political economy of energy policies, and market power and antitrust. Two team-based simulation games, representing the world oil market and a deregulated electricity market, act to cement the concepts covered in lecture. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 60.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,14.01 or 15.0111,14.444[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.039[J],Organizational Economics,"Provides a rigorous, but not overly technical introduction to the economic theory of organization together with a varying set of applications. Addresses incentives, control, relationships, decision processes, and organizational culture and performance. Introduces selected fundamentals of game theory. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,14.01,14.26[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
15.053,Optimization Methods in Business Analytics,"Introduces optimization methods with a focus on modeling, solution techniques, and analysis. Covers linear programming, network optimization, integer programming, nonlinear programming, and heuristics. Applications to logistics, manufacturing, statistics, machine learning, transportation, game theory, marketing, project management, and finance. Includes projects in which student teams solve optimization problems of practical interest.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"1.00, 1.000, 6.100A, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
15.054[J],The Airline Industry,"Overview of the global airline industry, focusing on recent industry performance, current issues and challenges for the future. Fundamentals of airline industry structure, airline economics, operations planning, safety, labor relations, airports and air traffic control, marketing, and competitive strategies, with an emphasis on the interrelationships among major industry stakeholders. Recent research findings of the MIT Global Airline Industry Program are showcased, including the impacts of congestion and delays, evolution of information technologies, changing human resource management practices, and competitive effects of new entrant airlines. Taught by faculty participants of the Global Airline Industry Program.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.232[J], 16.71[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.060,"Data, Models, and Decisions","Introduces students to the basic tools in using data to make informed management decisions. Covers basic topics in data analytics, including introductory probability, decision analysis, basic statistics, regression, simulation, linear and discrete optimization, and introductory machine learning. Spreadsheet exercises, cases, and examples drawn from marketing, finance, operations management, and other management functions. Restricted to first-year Sloan master's students.",True,"Fall, Summer",Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.062[J],Data Mining: Finding the Models and Predictions that Create Value,"Introduction to data mining, data science, and machine learning for recognizing patterns, developing models and predictive analytics, and making intelligent use of massive amounts of data collected via the internet, e-commerce, electronic banking, medical databases, etc. Topics include logistic regression, association rules, tree-structured classification and regression, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and neural network methods. Presents examples of successful applications in credit ratings, fraud detection, marketing, customer relationship management, investments, and synthetic clinical trials. Introduces data-mining software (R and Python). Grading based on homework, cases, and a term project. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking the undergraduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.060, 15.075, or permission of instructor",IDS.145[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.0621,Data Mining: Finding the Models and Predictions that Create Value,"Introduction to data mining, data science, and machine learning for recognizing patterns, developing models and predictive analytics, and making intelligent use of massive amounts of data collected via the internet, e-commerce, electronic banking, medical databases, etc. Topics include logistic regression, association rules, tree-structured classification and regression, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and neural network methods. Presents examples of successful applications in credit ratings, fraud detection, marketing, customer relationship management, investments, and synthetic clinical trials. Introduces data-mining software (R and Python). Grading based on homework, cases, and a term project. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking the graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,15.075 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.066[J],System Optimization and Analysis for Operations,"Introduction to mathematical modeling, optimization, and simulation, as applied to manufacturing and operations. Specific methods include linear programming, network flow problems, integer and nonlinear programming, discrete-event simulation, heuristics and computer applications for manufacturing processes, operations and systems. Restricted to Leaders for Global Operations students.",True,Summer,Graduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),2.851[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.068,Statistical Consulting,Addresses statistical issues as a consultant would face them: deciphering the client's question; finding appropriate data; performing a viable analysis; and presenting the results in compelling ways. Real-life cases and examples.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,15.060,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.069,Applied Probability and Statistics,"Presents probability from the perspective of applied mathematics, with strong emphasis on an intuitive overview of key theorems and continuing demonstrations of their usefulness. Covers the laws of probability and numerous important discrete and continuous random variables, both individually and in combination. Introduces simulation. Offers an introduction to statistics that emphasizes its probabilistic foundations and the fact that statistical reasoning is applied common sense. Covers hypothesis testing, statistical sampling, and various forms of regression analysis. Draws applications from economics, finance, engineering, marketing, public policy, operations management, and operations research.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus I (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
15.070[J],Discrete Probability and Stochastic Processes,"Provides an introduction to tools used for probabilistic reasoning in the context of discrete systems and processes. Tools such as the probabilistic method, first and second moment method, martingales, concentration and correlation inequalities, theory of random graphs, weak convergence, random walks and Brownian motion, branching processes, Markov chains, Markov random fields, correlation decay method, isoperimetry, coupling, influences and other basic tools of modern research in probability will be presented. Algorithmic aspects and connections to statistics and machine learning will be emphasized.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3702, 6.7700, 18.100A, 18.100B, or 18.100Q","6.7720[J], 18.619[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.071,The Analytics Edge,"Develops models and tools of data analytics that are used to transform businesses and industries, using examples and case studies in e-commerce, healthcare, social media, high technology, criminal justice, the internet, and beyond. Covers analytics methods such as linear regression, logistic regression, classification trees, random forests, neural networks, text analytics, social network analysis, time series modeling, clustering, and optimization. Uses mostly R programming language and some work in Jupyter notebooks. Includes team project. Meets with 15.0711 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-8,15.060,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.0711,The Analytics Edge,"Develops models and tools of data analytics that are used to transform businesses and industries, using examples and case studies in e-commerce, healthcare, social media, high technology, criminal justice, the internet, and beyond. Covers analytics methods such as linear regression, logistic regression, classification trees, random forests, neural networks, text analytics, social network analysis, time series modeling, clustering, and optimization. Uses mostly R programming language and some work in Jupyter notebooks. Includes team project. Meets with 15.071 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,15.053 and 15.069,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.072,Advanced Analytics Edge,"More advanced version of 15.071 introduces core methods of business analytics, their algorithmic implementations and their applications to various domains of management and public policy. Spans descriptive analytics (e.g., clustering, dimensionality reduction), predictive analytics (e.g., linear/logistic regression, classification and regression trees, random forests, boosting deep learning) and prescriptive analytics (e.g., optimization). Presents analytics algorithms, and their implementations in data science. Includes case studies in e-commerce, transportation, energy, healthcare, social media, sports, the internet, and beyond. Uses the R and Julia programming languages. Includes team projects. Preference to Sloan Master of Business Analytics students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.073[J],Applied Probability and Stochastic Models,"A vigorous use of probabilistic models to approximate real-life situations in Finance, Operations Management, Economics, and Operations Research. Emphasis on how to develop a suitable probabilistic model in a given setting and, merging probability with statistics, and on how to validate a proposed model against empirical evidence. Extensive treatment of Monte Carlo simulation for modeling random processes when analytic solutions are unattainable.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3700 or 18.600,"1.203[J], IDS.700[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.075[J],Statistical Thinking and Data Analysis,"Introduces a rigorous treatment of statistical data analysis while helping students develop a strong intuition for the strengths and limitations of various methods. Topics include statistical sampling and uncertainty, estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression, classification, analysis of variation, and elements of data mining. Involves empirical use of hypothesis testing and other statistical methodologies in several domains, including the assessment of A-B experiments on the web and the identification of genes correlated with diseases.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,6.3700 or 15.069,IDS.013[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
15.076,Analytics for a Better World,"Introduces predictive and prescriptive analytics methods to solve problems that contribute to the welfare of society. Emphasis on using machine learning and optimization methods in innovative ways using real world data. Methods used include: linear and discrete optimization, linear and logistic regression, optimal classification and regression trees, deep learning, random forests, and boosted trees. Projects utilize Julia, Jump, and Tensor Flow. Assessment based on projects, including a capstone project. Restricted to undergraduates.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus I (GIR),N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
15.077[J],Statistical Machine Learning and Data Science,"Advanced introduction to theory and application of statistics, data-mining and machine learning using techniques from management science, marketing, finance, consulting, and bioinformatics. Covers bootstrap theory of estimation, testing, nonparametric statistics, analysis of variance, experimental design, categorical data analysis, regression analysis, MCMC, and Bayesian methods. Focuses on data mining, supervised learning, and multivariate analysis. Topics chosen from logistic regression, principal components and dimension reduction; discrimination and classification analysis, trees (CART), partial least squares, nearest neighbors, regularized methods, support vector machines, boosting and bagging, clustering, independent component analysis, and nonparametric regression. Uses statistics software R, Python, and MATLAB. Grading based on homework, cases, and a term project.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,IDS.147[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.081[J],Introduction to Mathematical Programming,Introduction to linear optimization and its extensions emphasizing both methodology and the underlying mathematical structures and geometrical ideas. Covers classical theory of linear programming as well as some recent advances in the field. Topics: simplex method; duality theory; sensitivity analysis; network flow problems; decomposition; robust optimization; integer programming; interior point algorithms for linear programming; and introduction to combinatorial optimization and NP-completeness.,True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,18.06,6.7210[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.083,Integer Optimization,"In-depth treatment of mixed-integer optimization. Topics include modeling techniques, combinatorial optimization, ideal formulations, cutting plane methods, branching algorithms, row generation algorithms, column generation algorithms, heuristic algorithms, and mixed-integer non-linear optimization. Instruction provided in modeling complex problems arising in practice; understanding the theory of integer optimization; knowing the core technologies employed within modern solvers; and developing algorithms to solve large-scale problems for which off-the-shelf solvers may not be sufficient. Examples drawn from a broad range of industries, such as transportation, energy, telecommunications, finance, product design, sports, and social networks. Includes a term project.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,6.7210 or 15.093,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.084[J],Nonlinear Optimization,"Unified analytical and computational approach to nonlinear optimization problems. Unconstrained optimization methods include gradient, conjugate direction, Newton, sub-gradient and first-order methods. Constrained optimization methods include feasible directions, projection, interior point methods, and Lagrange multiplier methods. Convex analysis, Lagrangian relaxation, nondifferentiable optimization, and applications in integer programming. Comprehensive treatment of optimality conditions and Lagrange multipliers. Geometric approach to duality theory. Applications drawn from control, communications, machine learning, and resource allocation problems.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"18.06 and (18.100A, 18.100B, or 18.100Q)",6.7220[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.085[J],Fundamentals of Probability,"Introduction to probability theory. Probability spaces and measures. Discrete and continuous random variables. Conditioning and independence. Multivariate normal distribution. Abstract integration, expectation, and related convergence results. Moment generating and characteristic functions. Bernoulli and Poisson process. Finite-state Markov chains. Convergence notions and their relations. Limit theorems. Familiarity with elementary probability and real analysis is desirable.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),6.7700[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.086,Engineering Probability,Introduction to applied probability. Makes real-life problems central to the pedagogy and aims for an intuitive understanding of probability as well as mastery of key probabilistic concepts and methods. Preference to first-year Leaders for Global Operations students.,True,Summer,Graduate,1-0-2,Calculus I (GIR) and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.087,Engineering Statistics and Data Science,"Develops ideas for making principled decisions and recommendations based on data, providing an introduction to statistical inference and statistical learning. Covers data displays and summary statistics for quantitative and qualitative data, the law of large numbers for means and empirical distributions, the normal distribution and the central limit theorem, confidence intervals, statistical hypothesis tests for the population mean and differences between population means, simple and multiple regression with quantitative data, model selection, the bias-variance tradeoff, logistic regression for binary outcomes, CART, random forests, gradient boosting, and deep learning. The statistical programming language R is used for in-class demonstrations and for out-of-class assignments. Preference to first-year Leaders for Global Operations students. No required textbook.",True,Summer,Graduate,4-0-8,"Calculus II (GIR), 15.086, 18.06, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.089,Analytics Capstone,"Practical application of business analytics problems within a real company. Teams of 1-2 students, matched with company projects, visit companies to define project and scope. In class, students refine and improve on projects and devise methods for solving problems for their select companies. Mentors are assigned to each team. The culmination of the program is summer, on-site, practical training. Restricted to Master of Business Analytics students.",True,"IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.090,Common Experience in Operations Research,"Provides students with experience working in teams on a data-driven ML project. After a week of classes that cover a range of tools (Keras, Google Collab, etc.) and deep learning technologies, students compete in teams in a jointly chosen Kaggle competition. Short homework assignments help students get acquainted with the required technologies, and regular presentations foster interactions within the ORC cohort. Restricted to Operations Research Center doctoral students.",True,Summer,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.094[J],"Robust Modeling, Optimization, and Computation","Introduces modern robust optimization, including theory, applications, and computation. Presents formulations and their connection to probability, information and risk theory for conic optimization (linear, second-order, and semidefinite cones) and integer optimization. Application domains include analysis and optimization of stochastic networks, optimal mechanism design, network information theory, transportation, pattern classification, structural and engineering design, and financial engineering. Students formulate and solve a problem aligned with their interests in a final project.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,18.06 or permission of instructor,1.142[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.095,Machine Learning Under a Modern Optimization Lens,"Develops algorithms for central problems in machine learning from a modern optimization perspective. Topics include sparse, convex, robust and median regression; an algorithmic framework for regression; optimal classification and regression trees, and their relationship with neural networks; how to transform predictive algorithms to prescriptive algorithms; optimal prescriptive trees; and robust classification.  Also covers design of experiments, missing data imputations, mixture of Gaussian models, exact bootstrap, and sparse matrix estimation, including principal component analysis, factor analysis, inverse co-variance matrix estimation, and matrix completion.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,"6.7210, 15.093, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.097,Seminar in Statistics and Data Analysis,Group study of current topics related to statistics and data analysis.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.098,Seminar in Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes,Doctoral student seminar covering current topics in applied probability and stochastic processes.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,6.3702,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.099,Seminar in Operations Research,Doctoral student seminar covering current topics related to operations research.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,6.7210,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.110,Operations Research Experience Internship,Required subject in which students engage in an off-campus internship where they build operations research models and work with data that addresses a real-world problem. Internship experience must be at least ten weeks in length and students must have a formal offer letter from their employer or organization. Requirements include a report summarizing how OR models and methods were used by the student participating in the internship and a letter from the internship advisor. Report must be submitted to the ORC academic administrator upon completion of the internship. Restricted to ORC students. Additional restrictions may apply.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.128[J],Revolutionary Ventures: How to Invent and Deploy Transformative Technologies,"Seminar on envisioning and building ideas and organizations to accelerate engineering revolutions. Focuses on emerging technology domains, such as neurotechnology, imaging, cryotechnology, gerontechnology, and bio-and-nano fabrication. Draws on historical examples as well as live case studies of existing or emerging organizations, including labs, institutes, startups, and companies. Goals range from accelerating basic science to developing transformative products or therapeutics. Each class is devoted to a specific area, often with invited speakers, exploring issues from the deeply technical through the strategic. Individually or in small groups, students prototype new ventures aimed at inventing and deploying revolutionary technologies.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,"9.455[J], 20.454[J], MAS.883[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.136[J],Principles and Practice of Drug Development,"Description and critical assessment of the major issues and stages of developing a pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical. Drug discovery, preclinical development, clinical investigation, manufacturing and regulatory issues considered for small and large molecules. Economic and financial considerations of the drug development process. Multidisciplinary perspective from faculty in clinical; life; and management sciences; as well as industry guests.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,"10.547[J], HST.920[J], IDS.620[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.137[J],Case Studies and Strategies in Drug Discovery and Development,"Aims to develop appreciation for the stages of drug discovery and development, from target identification, to the submission of preclinical and clinical data to regulatory authorities for marketing approval. Following introductory lectures on the process of drug development, students working in small teams analyze how one of four new drugs or drug candidates traversed the discovery/development landscape. For each case, an outside expert from the sponsoring drug company or pivotal clinical trial principal investigator provides guidance and critiques the teams' presentations to the class.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"7.549[J], 20.486[J], HST.916[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.141[J],Economics of Health Care Industries,"Uses economics as a framework to consider healthcare issues, including differences between health care and other industries, the role of health insurance, regulatory issues and incentives for innovation, data analytics to measure value, personalized/stratified medicines, strategic issues in pricing and marketing, use of e-commerce and information technology, and formation and management of various alliances. Provides a better understanding of the US healthcare landscape, and considers incentives for global health investments. Visiting speakers from industry and academia provide multiple expert viewpoints on these topics. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking the graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,HST.918[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.1411,Economics of Health Care Industries,"Uses economics as a framework to consider healthcare issues, including differences between health care and other industries, the role of health insurance, regulatory issues and incentives for innovation, data analytics to measure value, personalized/stratified medicines, strategic issues in pricing and marketing, use of e-commerce and information technology, and formation and management of various alliances. Provides a better understanding of the US healthcare landscape, and considers incentives for global health investments. Visiting speakers from industry and academia provide multiple expert viewpoints on these topics. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking the undergraduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.216,"Central Banks, Monetary Policy and Global Financial Markets","Explores the role of central banks and monetary policy in the global economy and the effects of their policies on countries, companies and global financial markets. Reviews the decision-making process and policy implementation, and provides conceptual tools for analyzing and predicting central bank decisions and assessing their likely impact. Covers monetary policy, bank regulation and crisis management, drawing on the experience of the Federal Reserve, the ECB and other central banks in advanced and emerging market economies.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.218,Global Economic Challenges and Opportunities,"In-depth analysis of the major risks and opportunities in the global economy. Analyzes key economic forces and policy responses that shape the business environment and link countries around the world, such as financial crises, monetary and fiscal policy, trade wars, unsustainable debt, exchange rates, and financial contagion. Discusses current global economic issues to develop the tools and frameworks to be able to predict and plan for how governments will respond to different challenges in the future. Some background or coursework in international economics recommended. Preference given to MIT Sloan students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.219[J],"Global Energy: Politics, Markets, and Policy","Focuses on the ways economics and politics influence the fate of energy technologies, business models, and policies around the world. Extends fundamental concepts in the social sciences to case studies and simulations that illustrate how corporate, government, and individual decisions shape energy and environmental outcomes. In a final project, students apply the concepts in order to assess the prospects for an energy innovation to scale and advance sustainability goals in a particular regional market. Recommended prerequisite: 14.01. Meets with 15.2191 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,11.267[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.2191[J],"Global Energy: Politics, Markets, and Policy","Focuses on the ways economics and politics influence the fate of energy technologies, business models, and policies around the world. Extends fundamental concepts in the social sciences to case studies and simulations that illustrate how corporate, government, and individual decisions shape energy and environmental outcomes. In a final project, students apply the concepts in order to assess the prospects for an energy innovation to scale and advance sustainability goals in a particular regional market. Recommended prerequisite: 14.01. Meets with 15.219 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Preference to juniors, seniors, and Energy Minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.167[J], 14.47[J], 17.399[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
15.223,"Global Markets, National Policies and the Competitive Advantages of Firms",Examines opportunities and risks firms face in today's global market. Provides conceptual tools for analyzing how governments and social institutions influence economic competition among firms embedded in different national settings. Public policies and institutions that shape competitive outcomes are examined through cases and analytical readings on different companies and industries operating in both developed and emerging markets.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.225,Modern Economy and Business in China,"Provides an integrated approach to analyzing the economy, geopolitics, and political economy of China through case studies, lectures, and class discussions. Covers modern history, economics, and politics in China that shape the business environment, cases of companies entering or operating in the Chinese market, and also issues related to Taiwan and Hong Kong. Students work on real-world problems and challenges facing policymakers and company executives. Topics include economic and political decision-making, technological development, economic growth, capital inflows and outflows, middle-income trap, and advantages and disadvantages of autocracy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.226,Modern Business in Southeast Asia: ASEAN Lab,"Provides integrated approach to analyze the economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region — specifically Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia — through action learning. Covers modern history, economics, and politics in that region that shape the business environment, cases of companies operating in that region, and project-related issues and personal and learning reflections. Students work in teams to tackle a real world business problem with an entrepreneurial Indian ASEAN-based company and produce a final deliverable for the host company. Projects focus on dynamic sectors such as artificial intelligence, the sharing economy, social media, health care, energy, and manufacturing; examples include creating a business plan for fundraising, developing a new market strategy, and assembling financial models. Limited to graduate students who participate in ASEAN Lab.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.227,- 15.229 Seminar in International Management,Group study of current topics related to international business.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.230,Public Policy and the Private Sector,"Explores the intersection of public policy and the private sector. Senior level guests, who have been deeply involved in public policy, will join this discussion-based course weekly focusing on key economic policy choices - touching on technology, trade, tax, financial, macro-economic and competitions policies. Provides a deep understanding of the process by which policy comes to life. Examines how the private sector affects - and sometimes shapes - public policy. Taught through the lens of US policy decision-making; also covers international dimensions.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.232,Breakthrough Ventures: Effective Business Models in Frontier Markets,"Examines how new approaches to operations, revenue, marketing, finance, and strategy enable improved social outcomes in resource-limited settings across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Draws on system dynamics, design thinking, and strategic analysis. Explores success and failure in attempts to innovate and scale in product and service delivery. Analysis of novel business models draws on case studies, videos, industry reports, research, and guest speakers. Students present their assessments of innovative base-of-the-pyramid enterprises that aim to do more with less. Students who have not taken at least three management or business classes must apply to the instructor for permission to enroll before the first day of class.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.235,Blockchain and Money,"Explores blockchain technology's potential use - by entrepreneurs and incumbents - to change the world of money and finance. Begins with a review of the technology's initial application, the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, giving students an understanding of the commercial, technical and public policy fundamentals of blockchain technology, distributed ledgers and smart contracts in both open-sourced and private applications. Focuses on current and potential blockchain applications in the financial sector. Includes reviews of potential use cases for payment systems, central banking, venture capital, secondary market trading, trade finance, commercial banking, post-trade possessing, and digital ID. Also explores the markets and regulatory landscape for cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, other tokens, and crypto derivatives. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.236,Global Business of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (GBAIR),Discussion based-course examines applications of artificial intelligence and robotics in the business world. Emphasizes understanding the likely direction of technology and how it is likely to be used. Students examine particular applications to deepen their understanding of topical issues. Also focuses on how global economies will change in light of this wave of technology. Preference to Sloan graduate students.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-2,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.238[J],Shaping the Future of Technology: From Early Agriculture to Artificial Intelligence,"Provides a framework for thinking about major technological transitions over the past 12,000 years as a means to explore paths to a better future. Discusses who gains or loses from innovation and who can shape the future of artificial intelligence, biotech, and other breakthroughs. Introduces major questions tackled by researchers and relevant to economic policy through faculty lectures, interactive events with prominent guests, and group work. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,14.78[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
15.248,MENA Lab: Promoting Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa,"Experiential study of the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa leveraging on the historic Abraham Accords. Explores the role of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, MNCs, universities, and governments. Teaches the McKinsey process for successful consulting engagements and what makes for high performing teams. Students travel to the Middle East during IAP to work with and consult for host companies on strategic managerial issues in tech industries. Includes an opportunity to work with executives at startup ventures looking to scale their businesses and to engage with their venture capitalist backers.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.268,Choice Points: Thinking about Life and Leadership through Literature,"Explores decision making and leadership. Analyzes the dilemmas and decisions characters face in a selection of plays, stories, and films. Provokes reflection on what constitutes effective and moral reasoning in critical moments of both life and leadership.  Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.269,"Leadership Stories: Literature, Ethics, and Authority","Explores how we use story to articulate ethical norms. The syllabus consists of short fiction, novels, plays, feature films and some non-fiction. Major topics include leadership and authority, professionalism, the nature of ethical standards, social enterprise, and questions of gender, cultural and individual identity, and work/life balance. Materials vary from year to year, but past readings have included work by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Seamus Heaney, Aravind Adiga, Ursula LeGuin, Hao Jingfang, Mohsin Hamid, and others; films have included The Lives of Others, Daughters of the Dust, Hotel Rwanda, Hamilton, and others. Draws on various professions and national cultures, and is run as a series of moderated discussions, with students centrally engaged in the teaching process.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.270,"Ethical Practice: Leading Through Professionalism, Social Responsibility, and System Design","Introduction to ethics in business, with a focus on business management. Students explore theoretical concepts in business ethics, and cases representing the challenges they will likely face as managers. Opportunity to work with guest faculty as well as business and other professional practitioners. Individual sessions take the form of moderated discussion, with occasional short lectures from instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.275,"Creative Industries: Media, Entertainment, and the Arts (New)","Explores the market structure and dynamics of the creative industries, which include but are not limited to music, television, film, publishing, video games, performing arts, fine arts, sports, fashion, and news. Exposes students to both the creative and business sides of these industries. On the creative side, students learn about content creation and production processes and also experience them, including through developing, pitching, storyboarding, and prototyping an original content idea. On the business side, students learn strategies to distribute, promote, and measure creative content and are given an opportunity to apply these strategies as well. Assignments include individual papers and a semester-long team project.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.276,Communicating with Data,"Equips students with the strategies, tactics, and tools to use quantitative information to inform and persuade others. Emphasizes effective communication skills as the foundation of successful careers. Develops the skills to communicate quantitative information in a business context to drive people and organizations toward better decisions. Focuses heavily on the cycle of practicing, reflecting, and revising. Students receive extensive, personalized feedback from teaching team and classmates. Limited to 25; priority to 15-2 and 6-14 majors.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.277,Seminar in Communications,Group study of current topics related to communication.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.278,Seminar in Communications,Group study of current topics related to communication.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.279,Management Communication for Undergraduates,"Develops writing, speaking, teamwork, interpersonal, social media, and cross-cultural communication skills necessary for management professionals. Assignments include creating persuasive memos, writing in response to cases, and giving presentations. Major project involves the production of a team report and presentation on a topic of interest to a professional audience.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.280,Communication for Leaders,"Students develop and polish communication strategies and methods through discussion, examples, and practice. Emphasizes writing and speaking skills necessary for effective leaders. Includes several oral and written assignments which are integrated with other subjects, and with career development activities, when possible. Schedule and curriculum coordinated with Organizational Processes. Mandatory one hour recitation in small groups. Restricted to first-year Sloan graduate students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.281,Advanced Leadership Communication,"Introduces interactive oral and interpersonal communication skills critical to leaders, including strategies for presenting to a hostile audience, running effective and productive meetings, active listening, and contributing to group decision-making. Includes team-run classes on chosen communication topics, and an individual analysis of leadership qualities and characteristics. Students deliver an oral presentation and an executive summary, both aimed at a business audience.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.279, 15.280, 15.284, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.283,Social Media Management: Persuasion in Networked Culture,"Explores how organizations and leaders can maximize the business value of social media platforms. Provides a framework and best practices for social media management, enhances understanding of strategic communication within the social media context, and improves social media communication skills. Assignments include case analysis, weekly content creation, and a final group project on social media strategy and content.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.284,Strategic Leadership Communication,"Introduces the essentials of how individuals and organizations develop and implement effective communication strategies, focusing on persuasion, audience analysis, communicator credibility, message construction, and delivery. Includes oral presentations and writing assignments with feedback to help students improve their communication effectiveness. Provides instruction to create communication strategies, develop and present clearly organized and powerful presentations, expand personal oral delivery and writing styles, and enhance presentations through effective visual aids. Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.285,Sports Strategy and Analytics,"Explores how leaders and organizations apply data and analytics to gain a competitive edge in the multibillion-dollar global sports industry. Provides context on the structure and dynamics of the sports industry, discusses best practices in data-driven decision making both on- and off-the-field, and improves students' skills in analyzing and communicating data. Assignments include a decision analysis paper and a final team project in which students apply their skills to solve a problem in sports.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.286,Communicating with Data,"Focuses on structuring the oral and visual communication of data. Introduces these concepts and a methodology of self-reflection to help students accelerate their life-long learning process. Improves students' ability to develop strategic communications that use data to persuade others to take action. Primary focus is on reducing barriers to action by making data as easy as possible for others to absorb through clear structure, clear design, and clear delivery. Significant time will be devoted to practice. Students give and receive substantial feedback on their work.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,"15.280, 15.284, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.287,Communication and Persuasion Through Data,"Focuses on the strategic and tactical use of data to move others to take (the correct) action. Sharpens communication skills via practice and real-world examples. Students spend significant time writing, speaking and designing visuals for a professional audience. Intended for students who expect to communicate quantitative information with non-experts inside and outside of their organizations, as well as students seeking to improve communication skills in general. Restricted to Sloan Master of Business Analytics students.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.288,Tough Conversations,"Equips managers with the knowledge and skills to productively navigate conversations about race, gender, and other aspects of social identities at work. Analyzes the structure of difficult conversations, investigates the research on conversational dynamics, and explores strategies for speaking up in organizations. Significant class time is devoted to experiential exercises. Weekly assignments include individual written reflections based on readings and research. For the final project, students write a short case, record a conversation, and assess their work. Restricted to second-year MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.289,Communication Skills for Academic Success,"Focuses on the communication skills needed for a career in academia. Topics include preparing and delivering conference papers and job talks, formulating and rehearsing elevator pitches, methods for effective teaching, creating your professional presence on social media, and discussions for conferences. Participants are expected to deliver multiple oral presentations based on their current research and practice effective teaching methods. Priority to Sloan doctoral students who have completed their first year.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.301,"People, Teams, and Organizations Laboratory","Surveys individual and social psychology and organization theory interpreted in the context of the managerial environment. Laboratory involves projects of an applied nature in behavioral science. Emphasizes use of behavioral science research methods to test hypotheses concerning decision-making, group behavior, and organizational behavior. Instruction and practice in communication includes report writing, team projects, and oral and visual presentation. 12 units may be applied to the General Institute Laboratory Requirement. Shares lectures with 15.310.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-9,None,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
15.302[J],"Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions","The study of power among individuals and within organizations, markets, and states. Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, explores the nature of dominant and subordinate relationships, types of legitimate authority, and practices of resistance. Examines how people are influenced in subtle ways by those around them, who makes controlling decisions in the family, how people get ahead at work, and whether democracies, in fact, reflect the will of the people. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.045[J], 17.045[J], 21A.127[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
15.304,Being Effective: Power and Influence,"Discusses how to map power and interest patterns in organizations, how to understand your own interests and objectives, and how to operate effectively in organizational environments. Provides frameworks as well as a range of practical tools to address these goals. Utilizes a wide range of material drawn from the business and public worlds.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.305,Leadership and Management,"Explores leadership from the military perspective taught by professors of military science from the Army, Navy and Air Force. Survey of basic principles for successfully managing and leading people, particularly in public service and the military. Develops skills in topics such as oral and written communication techniques, planning, team building, motivation, ethics, decision-making, and managing change. Relies heavily on interactive experiential classes with case studies, student presentations, role plays, and discussion. Also appropriate for non-management science majors.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.308,Leading the Way: Interpersonal and Organizational Strategies for Advancing DE&I,"Introduces and analyzes competing explanations and claims about inequality within US workplaces; reviews evidence regarding the effectiveness of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and policies; and investigates how race, gender, and other identities may affect employees' experience in work organizations. Significant class time is devoted to experiential exercises to develop skills for interacting effectively with diverse others, managing teams and critical conversations, and advocating thoughtfully for change. Weekly assignments include written reflections based on readings and social science research. Restricted to Sloan MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.309,Leadership Lessons Learned from the Military,"Focuses on the nature of military leadership and its relevance to the civilian professional and organizational experience. Draws on expertise among personnel in the ROTC units at MIT, the service experience of veterans in various MIT Sloan programs, invited keynote speakers, and Sloan faculty.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-1-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.310,"People, Teams, and Organizations","Surveys social psychology and organization theory as interpreted in the context of the managerial environment. Covers a number of diverse topics, including motivation and reward systems, social influence, groups and teams, leadership, power, organizational design and culture, and networks and communication patterns. Similar in content to 15.311; shares lectures with 15.301. Preference to non-Course 15 students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-1-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.311,Organizational Processes,"Enhances students' ability to take effective action in complex organizational settings by providing the analytic tools needed to analyze, manage, and lead the organizations of the future. Emphasizes the importance of the organizational context in influencing which individual styles and skills are effective. Employs a wide variety of learning tools, from experiential learning to the more conventional discussion of written cases. Centers on three complementary perspectives on organizations: the structural design, political, and cultural ""lenses"" on organizations. Major team project to analyze an actual organizational change, with oral and written reports. Restricted to first-year Sloan master's students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-3-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.312,Organizational Processes for Business Analytics,"Develops appreciation for organizational dynamics and competence in navigating social networks, working in a team, demystifying rewards and incentives, leveraging the crowd, understanding change initiatives, and making sound decisions. Provides instruction and practice in written and oral communication through presentations, and interpersonal and group exercises.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.316,Building and Leading Effective Teams,"An intensive one-week introduction to leadership, teams, and learning communities. Introduction of concepts and use of a variety of experiential exercises to develop individual and team skills and develop supportive relationships within the Fellows class. Restricted to first-year Leaders for Global Operations students.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.317,Leadership and Organizational Change,"Course spans the entire two-year Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program, with a focus on leadership that blends theory and practice. During their first summer in the program, students reflect on exemplary leaders' stories in cases, the arts, journalism, philosophy, and social science, and evaluate their own previous leadership experience. During the succeeding four semesters, they apply the lessons they have learned in class to their off-campus internship and other activities at Sloan, and intensively review that experience as they reach the end of the program. Classes take the form of moderated discussion, with the expectation that students will participate fully in each session; students also submit short, written deliverables throughout the program.",True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.318,Discovering Your Leadership Signature,"Trains students to understand and develop their unique way of leading — their leadership signature. Involves intensive self-assessment and interactive exercises to grow self-awareness and confidence in one's core leadership values and styles, and expand one's ability to consciously direct personal and professional growth. Students engage in exercises to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses that help and hinder their ability to lead authentically and effectively, and experiment inside and outside of class with new habits of thought and behavior. Assignments include creating and declaring a model of one's leadership signature, identifying development goals, and defining and taking initial steps towards one's desired future self. Grounded in readings from Jungian-oriented psychology, family systems and developmental psychology, and leadership literature.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.320,Strategic Organizational Design,"Focuses on effective organizational design in both traditional and innovative organizations, with special emphasis on innovative organizational forms that take advantage of new information technologies. Topics include when to use functional, divisional, or matrix organizations; how IT creates new organizational possibilities; examples of innovative organizational possibilities, such as democratic decision-making, crowd-based organizations, and other forms of collective intelligence. Team projects include inventing new possibilities for real organizations.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.321,Improvisational Leadership: In-the-Moment Leadership Skills,"Designed to provide a practical understanding of the skills of improvisation and their application to leadership. Examines the essential elements of successful leadership, including creativity, emotional intelligence, adaptability, and the capacity to develop effective influence strategies and build strong teams. Cultivates students' ability to respond to the unexpected with confidence and agility. Each class offers a highly experiential learning laboratory where students practice a wide variety of improvised business scenarios, interactive exercises, and simulations.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.322,Leading Organizations,"Analyzes through lectures, discussions, and class exercises, the human processes underlying organizational behavior. Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.323,Leading from the Middle,Students and Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) alumni develop and present case studies that focus on the challenges and opportunities of leading from positions in the middle of an organization. Restricted to Leaders for Global Operations program students.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.325,Leadership in Disrupted Industries,"Exposes students to accomplished leaders facing disruptive forces that are changing their industries, and explores leadership strategies to navigate disruption from the perspective of top management. Student panels prepare a detailed set of questions for each leader based on their organization and industry context. All students write two short papers — the first evaluating the leadership of a prior manager and the second explaining the planned changes to their own leadership approach.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.326,Effectively Managing Stakeholders,"Allows students to experience how senior executives really work with others - teams, boards, employees, customers and partners, regulators, and advisors - in order to be successful. Involves frank interactions with senior executives, working directly with student teams in class and over dinner. Culminates with students synthesizing lessons learned into a set of personal long-term commitments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.328,Seminar in Organizational Studies,Group study of current topics related to organizational studies.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.329,Seminar in Organizational Studies,Group study of current topics related to organizational studies.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.335,Organizations Lab: Leading with Impact,"Experiential study of the organizational change process within the larger context of the community in which the organization resides. Exposes students to leadership exemplars in the for-profit, nonprofit, and public sectors. Examines cases of complex social dynamics in areas of housing, employment, credit, education, and criminal justice. Centers around a semester-long action learning project in which students assist a local nonprofit organization in achieving sustainable social justice objectives. Through a project identified with the nonprofit leaders, students apply their knowledge of systems and their practice of leadership to recommend an operational change that advances the mission of the organization.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.336,ID Lab: Individual Development and Interpersonal Dynamics,"Introduces specific frameworks and tools to help students refine the relevant leadership skills of self-reflection, inquiry, listening, perspective-taking, and strategic expression. Includes weekly class sessions, written reflections, interactive exercises, and professional executive coaching to enable students to clarify and articulate important aspects of who they are and how they impact others. Includes oral presentations and writing assignments focusing heavily on the cycle of practicing, reflecting, and revising. Students receive extensive, personalized feedback from teaching team, coaches, and classmates. Readings from developmental psychology and leadership literature augment analyses.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.337,Teams Lab,"Introduces frameworks and tools to develop the awareness, perspective, and skills to be the team leader and team member of choice, no matter the context or role within an organization. Subject moves from identifying the building blocks of effective teams, to examining the real work of becoming a high-performing team, culminating with researching the emerging trends and future of teaming. For each of the three parts of the subjects, students are placed on different teams of peers and navigate the course content, activities, and conversations through the lens of being a functioning team. Includes individual sessions with professional executive coaches to augment in-class instruction and activities. Preference given to 2nd year MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.338,Leadership and Teams Lab,"Required subject spanning the Sloan Fellows summer term. Introduces foundational leadership frameworks by weaving theory, assignments, living cases, and one-one-one and team coaching together. Building on the observation that conflict is the feedstock of innovation for both teams and organizations, frames the core challenge of leadership as leveraging the benefits of competing perspectives without falling prey to the negative interpersonal dynamics that such differences can catalyze. Offers several tools to develop increased self-awareness and emotional self-regulation to constructively uncover conflict and leverage diversity. Employs a variety of learning modalities, including experiential learning, executive coaching, and facilitated team reflections. Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.339,Developing Leadership Capabilities,"Focuses on the key leadership capabilities needed in today's increasingly decentralized organizations: sensemaking, relating, visioning, and inventing. Through conceptual discussions, small group exercises, and self-reflection in a workshop setting, students examine a model of leadership, assess their leadership strengths and weaknesses, articulate their values and aspirations, and practice developing leadership capabilities in interaction with class members. Admission by application.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.341,"Individuals, Groups, and Organizations","Covers classic and contemporary theories and research related to individuals, groups, and organizations.  Designed primarily for doctoral students in the Sloan School of Management who wish to familiarize themselves with research by psychologists, sociologists, and management scholars in the area commonly known as micro organizational behavior. Topics may include motivation, decision making, negotiation, power, influence, group dynamics, and leadership.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.342,Organizations and Environments,"Provides an introduction to research in ""organizations and environments,"" an interdisciplinary domain of inquiry drawing primarily from sociology, and secondarily from economics, psychology, and political science. Seeks to understand organizational processes and outcomes in the surrounding economic, cultural, and institutional context in which they are situated. Also provides an introduction to the main groups that together form the Behavioral Policy Sciences (BPS) area of MIT/Sloan, including economic sociology, organization studies, work and employment, strategic management, global management, and technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Consists of four modules taught by faculty from each of the four BPS groups, as well as integrative sessions taught by the main instructor. Preference to first-year doctoral students in BPS.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.345,Doctoral Proseminar in Behavioral and Policy Sciences,"A professional seminar for doctoral students to report on their research, work on their thesis proposals, and practice their job talks. Also addresses general professional issues such as publishing, searching for jobs, the academic career, etc.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.347,Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods I,"Introduces the process of social research, emphasizing the conceptualization of research choices to ensure validity, relevance, and discovery. Includes research design and techniques of data collection as well as issues in the understanding, analysis, and interpretation of data.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.348,Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods II,"Builds on 15.347 to examine contemporary social research methods in depth.  Focuses on making students familiar with the most important quantitative methods (e.g., logit/probit models, models for ordinal and nominal outcomes, count models, event history models).",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,15.347 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.350,Managing Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship,"Focuses on the challenges inherent in attempting to take advantage of both incremental innovation and more radical or breakthrough changes in products, processes and services. Highlights the importance of innovation to both new ventures and to large established firms and explores the organizational, economic and strategic problems that must be tackled to ensure innovation is a long term source of competitive advantage. Discussions and class presentations cover non- technical as well as technology-based innovation. Restricted to MIT Sloan Fellows in Innovation and Global Leadership.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.351[J],Introduction to Making and Hardware Ventures,Introduces core maker technologies alongside the Disciplined Entrepreneurship framework to form a foundation for creating hardware-based ventures. Fosters an understanding of how to make the abstract concrete and develops competency in rapid prototyping. Includes a large hands-on component that builds skills in the various elements of making. Enrollment limited; application required.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,2.351[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.352[J],StartMIT: Exploring Entrepreneurship and Innovation,"Designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurship. Introduces practices for building a successful company, such as idea creation and validation, defining a value proposition, building a team, marketing, customer traction, and possible funding models.",True,IAP,Graduate,4-0-2 [P/D/F],None,6.9302[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.356,Lead User Innovation Methods,"Explains both the theory behind lead user innovation development methods, and how they can be profitably used in practice. Covers lead user searches, internet-based crowdsourcing, design by customers using innovation toolkits, and more. Includes visits from industry experts who present cases that illustrate the art required to implement each method.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.357,"Economics of Ideas, Innovation and Entrepreneurship","Advanced subject in the economics of technological change. Covers the micro-foundations of the knowledge production function (including the role of creativity and the impact of Science), the impact of institutions and strategic interaction on the commercialization of new technology, and the diffusion and welfare impact of ideas and technology. Includes a mixture and explicit comparisons of both theoretical and empirical research. Students should have adequate preparation in microeconomic theory and econometrics. Primarily for PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.358,Platform Strategy and Entrepreneurship,"Considers key strategic concepts and ideas useful for managers and entrepreneurs, especially the distinction between a product versus a platform strategy as well as product versus a service strategy. Takes a relatively deep dive into various hardware and software technologies that have stimulated new platforms and business models as well as applications and startup companies in a variety of fields. Topics may include enterprise Software as a Service, blockchain, Gig/sharing economy ventures, AI/ML in self-driving technology and other enterprise applications, cybersecurity, Industrial Internet of Things, and Quantum Computing. Classes consist of lectures, case studies, guest lectures, videos, and weekly student team presentations as well as final papers.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,15.900 or 15.902,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.360,Entrepreneurship & Innovation Proseminar,"Provides an overview of the process of entrepreneurship. Describes the entrepreneurial mindset, skillset, and way of operating to most efficiently and effectively create new innovation-driven ventures. Allows quick and efficient understanding of the resources available to guide students' entrepreneurial education journey. Aimed at a wide spectrum of students from little exposure to startup founders who want to enhance their skills or change industries. Format consists of lectures, discussions, and workshops. Emphasis is on building a common base of fundamental knowledge as well as community. Serves as an entry point to understand and access the rich body of resources in entrepreneurship at MIT. Enrollment in Silicon Valley Study Tour for the following spring term is required. No listeners; restricted to students in Sloan Entrepreneurship & Innovation (E&I) Certificate program.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.361,Executing Strategy for Results,"Provides students an alternative to the mechanistic view of strategy execution that reframes an organization as a complex network of teams continuously adjusting to market conditions and to other teams. Introduces the Flexible Execution Model, consisting of seven elements; strategy for execution, shared context, goals 2.0, resource re-allocation, distributed leaders, top leaders, and execution culture that together shape how well an organization executes its strategy. Discusses a set of practical tools, based on research and field-tested, that help leaders achieve their organizations' strategic priorities. Explores novel ways to use data including surveys, Glassdoor reviews, and other sources to measure strategy execution and identify what is and is not working. Preference given to Master of Business Administration students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.362[J],Engineering Innovation: Global Security Systems,"Offers the perspective of a chief technology officer and systems engineer in innovation-focused organizations such as the Departments of Defense, DARPA, NATO, and the UN. Discusses technological and innovation measures taken to ensure mutual safety and security globally. Outlines the journey from ideation to impact, revolving around complex engineering design challenges. Involves iterative testing and refinement of solutions, focusing on scalability in operational environments. Emphasis placed on efficient team-building and leadership. Examines stakeholders' roles in successfully deploying solutions. Develops skills to organize technical thoughts, write impactful reports, and present arguments effectively. Prepares students to navigate design challenges, adjust to engineering frameworks, and manage use case variations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Meets with 15.3621 when offered concurrently.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,6.9162[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.3621[J],Engineering Innovation: Global Security Systems (15.359),"Offers the perspective of a chief technology officer and systems engineer in innovation-focused organizations such as the Departments of Defense, DARPA, NATO, and the UN. Discusses technological and innovation measures taken to ensure mutual safety and security globally. Outlines the journey from ideation to impact, revolving around complex engineering design challenges. Involves iterative testing and refinement of solutions, focusing on scalability in operational environments. Emphasis placed on efficient team-building and leadership. Examines stakeholders' roles in successfully deploying solutions. Develops skills to organize technical thoughts, write impactful reports, and present arguments effectively. Prepares students to navigate design challenges, adjust to engineering frameworks, and manage use case variations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Meets with 15.362 when offered concurrently.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,6.9160[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.363[J],Strategic Decision Making in Life Science Ventures,"Surveys key strategic decisions faced by managers, investors and scientists at each stage in the value chain of the life science industry. Aims to develop students' ability to understand and effectively assess these strategic challenges. Focuses on the biotech sector, with additional examples from the digital health and precision medicine industries. Includes case studies, analytical models, and detailed quantitative analysis. Intended for students interested in building a life science company or working in the sector as a manager, consultant, analyst, or investor. Provides analytical background to the industry for biological and biomedical scientists, engineers and physicians with an interest in understanding the commercial dynamics of the life sciences or the commercial potential of their research.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,HST.971[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.364,Innovation Ecosystems for Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Leaders (iEco4REAL),"Aimed at students seeking an action-oriented understanding of innovation ecosystems, such as Silicon Valley, Greater Boston, Singapore, Lagos, and other sites across the globe. Provides a framework for analyzing these critical innovation economies from the perspective of key stakeholders: large corporations, governments, universities, entrepreneurs, and risk capital providers. Outlines the design and delivery of policies and programs (e.g., hackathons, accelerators, prizes, tax policy, immigration policy) intended to accelerate innovation-driven entrepreneurship in an ecosystem. Focused on how these programs can be used to drive corporate innovation and entrepreneurship and build stronger cultures of innovation. Meets with 15.3641 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.3641,Innovation Ecosystems for Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Leaders (iEco4REAL),"Aimed at students seeking an action-oriented understanding of innovation ecosystems, such as Silicon Valley, Greater Boston, Singapore, Lagos, and other sites across the globe. Provides a framework for analyzing these critical innovation economies from the perspective of key stakeholders: large corporations, governments, universities, entrepreneurs, and risk capital providers. Outlines the design and delivery of policies and programs (e.g., hackathons, accelerators, prizes, tax policy, immigration policy) intended to accelerate innovation-driven entrepreneurship in an ecosystem. Focuses on how these programs can be used to drive corporate innovation and entrepreneurship and build stronger cultures of innovation. Meets with 15.364 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.365,Overcoming Obstacles to Entrepreneurial Success,"Identifying, understanding, and coping with the key problems from founding a firm throughout its full life cycle to success. Each week a successful MIT-alum entrepreneur forwards a brief on their major issue that had to be overcome. Guest speakers include prominent entrepreneurial role models. Student teams propose solutions for class discussion followed by the speaker's response and what they actually did and why. The speaker then relates the rest of the firm's development up to the present. Class begins with the research on the day's focus and ends with student teams creating one-page take-aways. Delta v, MIT Fuse, MIT 100K Finals, Sandbox or the EMBA Program are also accepted prereqs. Exemplifies the preferred dual-track entrepreneurial education, integrating academic research and practitioner experience.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.360, 15.378, 15.390, 15.399, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.366,Climate & Energy Ventures,"Project-based approach to innovation and venture creation in the energy sector and sectors that can mitigate climate change. Explores how innovation and entrepreneurial concepts apply (or do not apply) to the significant opportunities in these industries. Working in teams, students create new ventures specifically for the energy sector or to address climate change. Lectures guide teams through key elements of their projects. 15.390 is recommended as a prerequisite.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.367[J],Healthcare Ventures,"Addresses healthcare entrepreneurship with an emphasis on startups bridging care re-design, digital health, medical devices, and new healthcare business models. Includes prominent speakers and experts from key domains across venture capital, medicine, pharma, med devices, regulatory, insurance, software, design thinking, entrepreneurship, including many alumni from the class sharing their journeys. Provides practical experiences in venture validation/creation through team-based work around themes. Illustrates best practices in identifying and validating health venture opportunities amid challenges of navigating healthcare complexity, team dynamics, and venture capital raising process. Intended for students from engineering, medicine, public health, and MBA programs. Video conference facilities provided to facilitate remote participation by Executive MBA and traveling students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,HST.978[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.368,Disciplined Entrepreneurship Lab,"Project-based course offering the opportunity to experience startup life in a low stakes environment while contributing strategic value to early-stage ventures. Students secure a startup project of their choice or work with a startup pre-selected by the action learning team. Startups represent a range of industries and, while concentrated in the Boston area, may also come from other parts of the US. Students cannot drop course once project commences.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-5 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.369,Corporate Entrepreneurship Lab,"Addresses the practical steps that can be taken to make existing organizations (corporations, non-profits, government, etc.) become more entrepreneurial. Uses a systematic approach to integrate lectures, exercises, guest speakers, and a team project. Application required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.371[J],Innovation Teams,"Introduces skills and capabilities for real-world problem solving to take technology from lab to societal impact: technical and functional exploration, opportunity discovery, market understanding, value economics, scale-up, intellectual property, and communicating/working for impact across disciplines. Students work in multidisciplinary teams formed around MIT research breakthroughs, with extensive in-class coaching and guidance from faculty, lab members, and select mentors. Follows a structured approach to innovating in which everything is a variable and the product, technology, and opportunities for new ventures can be seen as an act of synthesis. Teams gather evidence that permits a fact-based iteration across multiple application domains, markets, functionalities, technologies, and products, leading to a recommendation that maps a space of opportunity and includes actionable next steps to evolve the market and technology.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-4-4,None,"2.907[J], 10.807[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.373[J],Venture Engineering,"Provides students a rigorous and fun introduction to entrepreneurship. Introduces students to a systematic approach to building successful new ventures. Intended for students who seek to leverage their engineering and science background to create innovation-driven new products and ventures in an efficient, effective, and timely manner. Students form teams and work on creating a new venture with guidance from twice-a-week lectures, workshops, and advising sessions. Provides an opportunity for students to explore this field for future potential career or jump start an entrepreneurial career or venture. Also exposes students to the rich resources available across MIT and beyond.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"2.912[J], 3.085[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.374,Organizing for Innovation,"Builds an understanding of what it means for an organization to 'manage' innovation. Subject has four parts: the sources of innovation (from the research lab, to local innovation ecosystems, to open innovation); motivating technical or/and creative professionals (incentives, structure, and culture); organizing the innovation process (from the study product development processes to R&D portfolios to building an experimental capacity); and emphasizing the connection between the management of innovation and competitive strategy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.375[J],Global Ventures,"Seminar on founding, financing, and building entrepreneurial ventures in developing nations. Challenges students to craft enduring and economically viable solutions to the problems faced by these countries. Cases illustrate examples of both successful and failed businesses, and the difficulties in deploying and diffusing products and services through entrepreneurial action. Explores a range of established and emerging business models, as well as new business opportunities enabled by innovations emerging from MIT labs and beyond. Students develop a business plan executive summary suitable for submission in the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition's Accelerate Contest or MIT IDEAS.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"EC.731[J], MAS.665[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.376[J],AI for Impact: Solving Societal-Scale Problems,"Examines internal and external entrepreneurship driven by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, aiming to utilize digital innovations that lead to societal change. Probes a range of AI-generated business models and opportunities, exploring challenges in key sectors such as digital health, sustainability, fintech, and the decentralization of society and commerce by developing sustainable and economically viable solutions. Content includes blockchain, privacy technology, data markets, and AI advancements like Web3 and distributed machine learning. Cases illustrate examples of both successful and failed businesses, as well as difficulties in deploying and diffusing products. Guest speakers provide real-world insights into entrepreneurship. As a final project, students work in teams to develop a business plan executive summary for one of the featured technologies. Enrollment is limited; please see subject website for details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,MAS.664[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.378,Building an Entrepreneurial Venture: Advanced Tools and Techniques,"Intensive, project-based subject intended for startup teams already working on building a new, high-impact venture. Applies advanced entrepreneurial techniques to build and iterate a venture in a time-compressed manner. Includes weekly coaching sessions with instructors and peers, as well as highly interactive and customized sessions that provide practical, in-depth coverage on key topics in entrepreneurship. Topics include venture creation, primary market research, product development, market adoption, team and culture, and scaling processes with constrained resources. Meets with 15.3781 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Application required; consult instructor. No listeners.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.3781,Building an Entrepreneurial Venture: Advanced Tools and Techniques,"Intensive, project-based subject intended for startup teams already working on building a new, high-impact venture. Applies advanced entrepreneurial techniques to build and iterate a venture in a time-compressed manner. Includes weekly coaching sessions with instructors and peers, as well as highly interactive and customized sessions that provide practical, in-depth coverage on key topics in entrepreneurship. Topics include venture creation, primary market research, product development, market adoption, team and culture, and scaling processes with constrained resources. Meets with 15.378 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Application required; consult instructor. No listeners.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,15.3901 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.379[J],Mobility Ventures: Driving Innovation in Transportation Systems,"Explores technological, behavioral, policy, and systems-wide frameworks for innovation in transportation systems, complemented with case studies across the mobility spectrum, from autonomous vehicles to urban air mobility to last-mile sidewalk robots. Students interact with a series of guest lecturers from CEOs and other business and government executives who are actively reshaping the future of mobility. Interdisciplinary teams of students collaborate to deliver business plans for proposed mobility-focused startups with an emphasis on primary market research. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None,11.529[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.3791[J],Mobility Ventures: Driving Innovation in Transportation Systems,"Explores technological, behavioral, policy, and systems-wide frameworks for innovation in transportation systems, complemented with case studies across the mobility spectrum, from autonomous vehicles to urban air mobility to last-mile sidewalk robots. Students interact with a series of guest lecturers from CEOs and other business and government executives who are actively reshaping the future of mobility. Interdisciplinary teams of students collaborate to deliver business plans for proposed mobility-focused startups with an emphasis on primary market research. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,11.029[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.382,Managing Innovation in Financial Institutions,"Provides a practical guide to managing financial service firms, such as mutual funds, sovereign funds, banks, insurance companies, and pension plans. Focuses on strategies for adopting innovative products and services in responding to unmet financial needs and disrupting existing parts of the financial sector.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.383,Corporate Boards: Functions and Responsibilities,"Provides a practical guide to the functions and responsibilities of directors on boards of public and private companies. Focuses on the activities of the audit, compensation, and nominating committees, as well as the duties of directors in battles for control.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.385,Innovating for Impact,"Provides a structured approach to innovation and entrepreneurship that creates business value while solving social and environmental problems. Covers physical domains of sustainability, e.g., waste, water, food, energy, and mobility, as well as social and human capital domains, such as health and education. Students explore case studies of critical decisions made in the early stages of an enterprise that help determine its impact. Considers perspective and tools applicable to the startup context or to new lines of business in existing enterprises.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.386,Leading in Ambiguity: Steering Through Strategic Inflection Points,"Develops the skills required to think and lead in complex, ambiguous, multi-dimensional situations. Senior leaders from a wide variety of organizations, both public and private, profit and non-profit, large and small, discuss complex real-life situations. Students are frequently asked to take a position about how they might approach each situation, perhaps using management frameworks they have studied previously. Executives then discuss what they did, or are doing, and reflect on their own journeys as enterprise-level leaders. Assignments ask students to reflect on how they have and will show up as leaders in a variety of contexts. Restricted to Sloan graduate students. No listeners or guests.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.387,Entrepreneurial Sales,"Instruction in the fundamental Go-to-Market (GTM) motions and how to identify, build and execute on the right GTM motion(s) for technology startups. This includes not only building out a sales organization, but also the underlying processes and sales fundamentals required to measure results and sustain competitive advantage. This course is highly relevant to anyone interested in building a business or better understanding how to drive revenue from founding to scale.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,15.390 or read the book Disciplined Entrepreneurship,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.388,Venture Creation Tactics,"Advanced, intensive, project-based subject intended for solo-founders or startup teams already working on building a new, high-impact venture, with a refined business plan. Supports students in their development of data to derisk the opportunity of pursuing a new venture full-time for founders, investors, and new recruits. This lab-style class promotes rapid experimentation by connecting the dots from the frameworks, concepts, and first principles covered in the introductory entrepreneurship subjects and guides students on how to tactically apply them in real-world situations. Topics include: advanced early go-to-market, enhanced target customer profile and persona development, digital advertising, outbound sales, UX design, rapid prototyping, recruiting early team members, and executing a fundraising plan. No listeners.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.389,Global Entrepreneurship Lab,"Experiential study of the climate for innovation and determinants of entrepreneurial success. Students work in teams of four with the top management of a company to address real-world business challenges. Students gain insight as to how companies build, run, and scale a new enterprise. Focuses primarily on scale-ups operating in emerging markets. Restricted to MBA students; all other graduate students by permission of instructor only.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.390,Entrepreneurship 101: Systematic Approach to New Venture Creation,"Covers the process of identifying and quantifying market opportunities, then conceptualizing, planning, and starting a new, technology-based enterprise. Topics include opportunity assessment, the value proposition, the entrepreneur, legal issues, entrepreneurial ethics, the business plan, the founding team, seeking customers and raising funds. Students develop detailed business plans for a start-up. Intended for students who want to start their own business, further develop an existing business, be a member of a management team in a new enterprise, or better understand the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial process. Meets with 15.3901 when offered concurrently.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.3901,Entrepreneurship 101: Systematic Approach to New Venture Creation,"Covers the process of identifying and quantifying market opportunities, then conceptualizing, planning, and starting a new, technology-based enterprise. Topics include opportunity assessment, the value proposition, the entrepreneur, legal issues, entrepreneurial ethics, the business plan, the founding team, seeking customers, and raising funds. Students develop detailed business plans for a start-up. Intended for students who want to start their own business, further develop an existing business, be a member of a management team in a new enterprise, or better understand the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial process. Meets with 15.390 when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.392,Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures,"Surveys the personal, institutional and operational challenges involved in scaling an entrepreneurial venture. Discusses both effective and ineffective solutions. Addresses topics such as leadership, culture, operations, governance, and human resources. Includes case studies and guest speakers.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,10.807 or 15.390,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.393,The Nuts and Bolts of New Ventures,"Designed to foster an understanding of how to start a new venture (for-profit and social/development). Details the process from an idea's inception to the development of a successful new venture to deliver products and services enabled by the idea. Explores customer identification, the business/economic models, financial projections, legal and operational issues, and financing alternatives and sources. All sessions taught by persons who have actually launched or have been involved in successful ventures.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.394,Entrepreneurial Founding and Teams,"Explores key organizational and strategic decisions in founding and building a new venture. Through a series of cases, readings, and activities, students examine the trade-offs and consequences of early founder decisions: whom to include in the founding team, how to allocate equity among co-founders, how to determine founder roles, how to hire and motivate early-employees, and whether to involve external investors. Aims to equip students with tools and frameworks to help them understand the implications of early decisions, and to build enduring resources that enable the venture to execute even if the original plan changes substantially. Meets with 15.3941 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.3941,Entrepreneurial Founding and Teams,"Explores key organizational and strategic decisions in founding and building a new venture. Through a series of cases, readings, and activities, students examine the trade-offs and consequences of early founder decisions: whom to include in the founding team, how to allocate equity among co-founders, how to determine founder roles, how to hire and motivate early-employees, and whether to involve external investors. Aims to equip students with tools and frameworks to help them understand the implications of early decisions, and to build enduring resources that enable the venture to execute even if the original plan changes substantially. Meets with 15.394 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.396,Seminar in Entrepreneurship,Group study of current topics related to entrepreneurship.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.397,Seminar in Entrepreneurship,Group study of current topics related to high-tech entrepreneurship.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.398,Corporations at the Crossroads: Leading an Organization Through Change & Challenge,"Focuses on the CEO and other analogous leadership roles such as co-founder, chairman of the board, etc. Provides a unique opportunity for students to interact with some of the world's leading organizational leaders who are invited to participate in each class. The guest speakers offer advice and answer questions related to issues in management, strategy, and leadership, and the fulfillment experienced via their role and responsibilities.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.399,Entrepreneurship Lab,"Project-based subject, in which teams of students from MIT and surrounding colleges work with startups on problems of strategic importance to the venture. Provides an introduction to entrepreneurship, and the action learning component allows students to apply their academic knowledge to the problems faced by entrepreneurial firms. Popular sectors include software, hardware, robotics, clean technology, and life sciences. Meets with 15.3991 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-9-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.3991,Entrepreneurship Lab,"Project-based subject, in which teams of students from MIT and surrounding colleges work with startups on problems of strategic importance to the venture. Lectures provide an introduction to entrepreneurship, and the action learning component allows students to apply their academic knowledge to the problems faced by entrepreneurial firms. Popular sectors include software, hardware, robotics, clean technology, and life sciences. Meets with 15.399 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-9-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.401,Managerial Finance,"Introduction to finance from the perspective of business people and finance professionals. Designed to build effective decision-making skills based on sound financial knowledge, focusing on areas such as day-to-day operational issues and management, launching a startup, or negotiating option bonuses. Provides a firm grounding in the modern financial analysis underlying any decision, through three core themes: determining the value of a project, deciding how to finance a project, and managing its risk. Students also hone their ability to negotiate skillfully and speak intelligently about finance. Meets with 15.417 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Some sections are restricted to graduate students only without the permission of the instructor. See syllabus url for further details.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.402,Corporate Finance,"Introduction to corporate finance which focuses on financing a firm through turbulence, for innovation, and for growth. Primarily uses case studies to introduce financial analytical tools needed to make real-world value-enhancing business decisions across many industries: how to decide which projects to invest in, how to finance those investments, and how to manage the cash flows of the firm. Meets with 15.418 when offered concurrently.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,15.401,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.403,Introduction to the Practice of Finance,"Explores various career paths within the finance industry, from private equity to public policy, FinTech to social impact, investment banking to investment management, corporate finance to venture capital. Students engage with industry professionals about the challenges they face and how their part of the industry is changing. They also network with peers to discover the challenges and rewards associated with various careers, and explore how coursework connects with industry practice. Priority given in the fall term to MBA students in the MIT Sloan Finance Certificate program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.410,Finance Ethics & Regulation,"Explores a range of ethical issues and challenges that arise in organizations and financial practice. Provides fundamental theories typically used to evaluate ethical dilemmas and references both real situations and hypothetical examples. Highlights the importance of ethical values and their impact on financial regulation for professional practice. Discusses the various factors that influence ethical behavior, such as family, religious values, personal standards and needs, senior leadership behavior, norms among colleagues, organizational expressed and implicit standards, and broader community values. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.414,Financial Management,"Provides a rigorous introduction to corporate finance and capital markets, with an emphasis on applications vital to corporate managers. Exposes students to the major financial decisions made by leaders within a firm and to the ways the firm interacts with investors, with a focus on valuation. Topics include project and company valuation, measuring risk and return, stock pricing, corporate financing policy, the cost of capital, and risk management. Presents a broad overview of both theory and practice. Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,15.511,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.415,Foundations of Modern Finance,"Core theory of capital markets and corporate finance. Topics include functions and operations of capital markets, analysis of consumption-investment decisions of investors, valuation theory, financial securities, risk analysis, portfolio theory, pricing models of risky assets, theory of efficient markets, as well as investment, financing and risk management decisions of firms. Provides a theoretical foundation of finance and its applications. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.",True,Summer,Graduate,6-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.417,Laboratory in Investments,"Introduction to finance with a lab component that puts theory into practice. Designed to build effective decision-making skills for business and to develop hands-on analytical techniques that are used by investment managers and traders. Lectures provide a firm grounding in financial analysis--determining the value of a decision, deciding how to finance a project, and assessing its risk. Lab sessions introduce students to modern tools and methods used in financial markets. Through team projects, students develop and test asset-pricing models, forecasting methods, and investment strategies using real-world market data. Provides instruction in writing and speaking from a financial perspective. Meets with 15.401 when offered concurrently.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-9,None,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
15.418,Laboratory in Corporate Finance,"Introduction to corporate finance. Classroom portion primarily uses case studies to introduce financial analytical tools needed to make real-world value-enhancing business decisions across many industries: how to decide which projects to invest in, how to finance those investments, and how to manage the cash flows of the firm. Laboratory sessions are organized around team valuation projects, such as valuation of an oil field and analysis of a potential merger between two public firms proposed by student teams. Projects require extensive use of financial databases. Laboratory sessions also provide instruction on writing and speaking on financial topics. Meets with 15.402 when offered concurrently.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-9,None. Coreq: 15.501,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
15.425,Corporate Finance,"Foundational, applied course providing instruction in the tools and techniques of corporate financial management from the perspective of the CFO. Case studies present the financial tools needed to make value-enhancing business decisions: how to decide which projects to invest in, how to finance those investments, and how to manage the cash flows of the firm. Topics include capital budgeting, investment decisions and valuation; working capital management, security issues; dividend policy; optimal capital structure; and real options analysis. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,15.415,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.426[J],Real Estate Finance and Investment,"Concepts and techniques for analyzing financial decisions in commercial property development and investment. Topics include property income streams, discounted cash flow, equity valuation, leverage and income tax considerations, development projects, and joint ventures. An introduction to real estate capital markets as a source of financing is also provided. Limited to graduate students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,11.431[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.429[J],Securitization of Mortgages and Other Assets,"Investigates the economics and finance of securitization. Considers the basic mechanics of structuring deals for various asset-backed securities. Investigates the pricing of pooled assets, using Monte Carlo and other option pricing techniques, as well as various trading strategies used in these markets. Limited to 55.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,"11.431, 15.401, or permission of instructor",11.353[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.431,Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital,"Examines the elements of entrepreneurial finance, focusing on technology-based start-up ventures, and the early stages of company development. Addresses key questions which challenge all entrepreneurs: how much money can and should be raised; when should it be raised and from whom; what is a reasonable valuation of a company; and how funding, employment contracts and exit decisions should be structured. Aims to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. In-depth analysis of the structure of the private equity industry. Meets with 15.4311 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.402, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.4311,Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital,"Examines the elements of entrepreneurial finance, focusing on technology-based start-up ventures, and the early stages of company development. Addresses key questions which challenge all entrepreneurs: how much money can and should be raised; when should it be raised and from whom; what is a reasonable valuation of a company; and how funding, employment contracts and exit decisions should be structured. Aims to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. In-depth analysis of the structure of the private equity industry. Meets with 15.431 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,15.417,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.433,Financial Markets,"Provides students with a solid understanding of key financial markets and the empirical skills and tools used to support decision making. Employs an in-depth, empirically-driven exploration of markets, including equity, fixed income, and derivatives.  Students apply real-world financial data to test and understand financial models, focusing on key risk factors and risk management concerns in these markets, along with the quantitative tools used to analyze risk. Discusses major institutions and players involved in each market, the evolution of the markets, and issues such as liquidity. Meets with 15.4331 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.4331,Financial Markets,"Provides students with a solid understanding of key financial markets and the empirical skills and tools used to support decision making. Employs an in-depth, empirically-driven exploration of markets, including equity, fixed income, and derivatives.  Students apply real-world financial data to test and understand financial models, focusing on key risk factors and risk management concerns in these markets, along with the quantitative tools used to analyze risk. Discusses major institutions and players involved in each market, the evolution of the markets, and issues such as liquidity. Meets with 15.433 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Preference to Course 15 students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,15.417,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.434,Advanced Corporate Finance,"Exposes students to advanced application of tools and techniques of corporate financial management. Covers complex valuations, modelling of capital structure decisions, financial restructuring, analysis and modelling of merger transactions, and real options. Additional topics include security design, choice of financial instruments, pricing of convertible bonds and convertible preferred stocks. Also covers project finance and other hybrid financing facilities.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.402, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.4341,Advanced Corporate Finance,"Exposes students to advanced application of tools and techniques of corporate financial management. Covers complex valuations, modelling of capital structure decisions, financial restructuring, analysis and modelling of merger transactions, and real options. Additional topics include security design, choice of financial instruments, pricing of convertible bonds and convertible preferred stocks. Also covers project finance and other hybrid financing facilities.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,15.418,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.436,Corporate Financial Strategy,"Case-based subject that bridges theory and practice in corporate finance, exploring the connection between finance and strategy. Covers a range of transactions and financial engineering steps used by companies to pursue their strategic goals, such as carve-outs, spin-offs, and related tools to break up and refocus business assets; special purpose vehicles to raise non-traditional capital and reconfigure corporate assets and operations; diversification as a financial strategy; control setups such as dual class shares; recapitalizations and strategic use of debt leverage; steps to address financial distress and bankruptcy; and more. Students work in study teams to complete homework assignments and prepare for class discussion. Includes project and team case competition.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.402, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.437,Options and Futures Markets,"Students develop the economic intuition and technical skills necessary to understand how to hedge and price derivatives, and how to use them for investment and risk management purposes. Topics include determinants of forward and futures prices, hedging and synthetic asset creation with futures, uses of options in investment strategies, relation between puts and calls, option valuation using binomial trees and Monte Carlo simulation, advanced hedging techniques, exotic options, and applications to corporate securities and other financial instruments. Meets with 15.4371 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.4371,Options and Futures Markets,"Students develop the economic intuition and technical skills necessary to understand how to hedge and price derivatives, and how to use them for investment and risk management purposes. Topics include determinants of forward and futures prices, hedging and synthetic asset creation with futures, uses of options in investment strategies, relation between puts and calls, option valuation using binomial trees and Monte Carlo simulation, advanced hedging techniques, exotic options, and applications to corporate securities and other financial instruments. Meets with 15.437 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,15.417,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.438,Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives,"Develops an overall familiarity with fixed income markets and instruments, and a sophisticated understanding of tools used for valuation, and for quantifying, hedging, and speculating on risk. Topics include duration; convexity; modern approaches to modeling the yield curve; interest rate forwards, futures, swaps and options; credit risk and credit derivatives; mortgages; securitization; with applications to recent market and financial policy developments. Meets with 15.4381 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.4381,Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives,"Develops an overall familiarity with fixed income markets and instruments, and a sophisticated understanding of tools used for valuation, and for quantifying, hedging, and speculating on risk. Topics include duration; convexity; modern approaches to modeling the yield curve; interest rate forwards, futures, swaps and options; credit risk and credit derivatives; mortgages; securitization; with applications to recent market and financial policy developments. Meets with 15.438 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,15.417,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.439,Quantitative Investment Management,"Focuses on implementing successful investment strategies - blending academic finance with the practice of investment management employed by the world's most sophisticated (quantitative) investors. Covers the dynamics of behavioral finance and their effects on markets; investment strategies in current use, and how to build and test your own quantitative strategies; portfolio construction and trading, considering transaction costs, risk management, and efficient trade execution; and current trends and regulatory changes. Includes guest lecturers. Requires an understanding of basic statistical and financial concepts.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.445,"Mergers, Acquisitions, and Private Equity","Uses case studies to explore the financial aspects of a wide range of corporate mergers and buyout transactions: classic stock and cash mergers; minority squeeze-outs; company sale process and auction design; hostile takeover law and strategy; the structuring, financing and valuation of leveraged buyouts; the structure, history and returns of private equity buyout funds; publicly traded private equity firms; and more. Includes guest lectures on the practices and tools used in private equity and M&A. Students participate in group work, both in and out of class, including a full-term project involving the mock sale of a company. Meets with 15.4451 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415; Coreq: 15.402",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.4451,"Mergers, Acquisitions, and Private Equity","Uses case studies to explore the financial aspects of a wide range of corporate mergers and buyout transactions: classic stock and cash mergers; minority squeeze-outs; company sale process and auction design; hostile takeover law and strategy; the structuring, financing and valuation of leveraged buyouts; the structure, history and returns of private equity buyout funds; publicly traded private equity firms; and more. Includes guest lectures on the practices and tools used in private equity and M&A. Students participate in group work, both in and out of class, including a full-term project involving the mock sale of a company. Meets with 15.445 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,15.417; Coreq: 15.418,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.446,Public versus Private Capital Markets,"Reviews the merits and trade-offs of public versus private capital markets, which have witnessed tremendous growth over the last decade, from a corporate governance standpoint. Specific phenomena affecting public companies, such as shareholder activism and passive investing, are also considered. Uses corporate case studies for extensive analysis and discussion.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.402, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.447,International Capital Markets,"Provides a strategic framework for current and future finance leaders — with domestic or multinational startups, established companies, investment banks or asset management firms — for investing and operating in international capital markets. Covers the determination of rates of returns within countries and internationally, including how financial institutions affect returns and how to trade and hedge international risks including debt crises. Incorporates real-world events into interactive discussions.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.448-15.449,Seminar in Finance,Group study of current topics related to finance.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.450,Analytics of Finance,"Introduces a set of modern analytical tools that specifically target finance applications. Topics include statistical inference, financial time series, event study analysis, and basic machine learning techniques for forecasting. Focuses on how to apply these tools for financial and macro forecasting, quantitative trading, risk management, and fintech innovations such as Kensho's ""financial answer machine'' and big-data lending platforms. 15.457 is a more advanced version of 15.450. Students with solid background in statistics and proficiency in programming are encouraged to register for 15.457.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.451,Proseminar in Capital Markets/Investment Management,"Provides a unique opportunity to tackle original research problems in capital market analysis and investment management that have been posed by leading experts from the financial community. Students are assigned to teams, and each team is assigned one such problem. Teams present their solutions at a seminar which is attended by representatives of the sponsoring organization and open to the entire MIT community. Not open to students from other institutions.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.452,Proseminar in Corporate Finance/Investment Banking/Private Equity,"This action learning course provides an opportunity to bring theory into practice by working on projects sponsored by leaders in corporate finance, investment banking, and private equity. Students work in teams to analyze and problem-solve, culminating in reports which teams present to sponsors for evaluation and feedback. Develops and hones skills required to distill the complexity of a real-world finance problems and to provide an insightful solution that is sensitive to the full context. Recent project sponsors include leading investment banks (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan), private equity firms (Apollo, KKR, Carlyle), and consulting firms (McKinsey, Bain PE group). Not open to students from other institutions. Enrollment by application only.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.402, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.453,Finance Lab,"Bridges theory and practice, providing students with an immersive research and analysis experience during IAP followed by a classroom segment in the first half of spring term. Students work with leading industry practitioners and a diverse cross-section of students on collaborative teams, focusing on topical, real-world finance research questions posed by the practitioners. Teams then deliver a nuanced analysis and report findings, gaining insight and coaching from the experts. Practitioners represent a range of financial institutions, including investment management, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, risk, and consulting. Examples of project topics include equity and fixed income research, trading, risk analysis, venture capital valuation, private equity due diligence, and fundamental industry analysis. Application required; restricted to MIT students.",True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.454,Financial Mathematics,"Covers fundamental mathematics essential for the study of modern finance: probability, stochastic processes, linear algebra, statistics, optimization, and basic programming in R. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.455,Advanced Mathematical Methods for Financial Engineering,"Covers advanced mathematical topics essential for financial engineering and quantitative finance: linear algebra, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, statistics, and basic programming in R. Covers topics at a more advanced level and at a faster pace than 15.454. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.456,Financial Engineering,"Exposes students to the cutting edge of financial engineering. Includes a deep immersion into 'how things work,' where students develop and test sophisticated computational models and solve highly complex financial problems. Covers stochastic modeling, dynamic optimization, stochastic calculus and Monte Carlo simulation through topics such as dynamic asset pricing and investment management, market equilibrium and portfolio choice with frictions and constraints, and risk management. Assumes solid undergraduate-level background in calculus, probability, statistics, and programming and includes a substantial coding component. Classroom examples presented using Python and R.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-5,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.457,Advanced Analytics of Finance,"Introduces a set of modern analytical tools that specifically target finance applications. Topics include statistical inference, financial time series, event study analysis, and machine learning techniques. Focuses on how to apply these tools for financial and macro forecasting, quantitative trading, risk management, and fintech innovations such as big-data lending and robo-advisors. 15.457 is a more advanced version of 15.450. Students with a solid background in statistics and proficiency in programming are encouraged to register for 15.457.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.458,Financial Data Science and Computing,"Covers methods of managing data and extracting insights from real-world financial sources. Topics include machine learning, natural language processing, predictive analytics, regression methods, and time series analysis. Applications include algorithmic trading, portfolio risk management, high-frequency market microstructure, and option pricing. Studies major sources of financial data, raw data cleaning, data visualization, and data architecture. Provides instruction in tools used in the financial industry to process massive data sets, including SQL, relational and multidimensional databases. Emphasizes computer implementations throughout.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.465,Alphanomics: A New Approach to Security Analysis,"Focuses on investment decisions in the presence of noisy market prices. Exposes students to market mispricing (i.e., deviations between prices and fundamental value) as an equilibrium feature of modern capital markets. Explains the practice of active investing, the relation between information flows and market pricing dynamics, and the roles of retail investors. Provides students with practical takeaways for investing, guided by leading research on cognitive constraints and behavioral biases, institutional frictions, quantitative stock selection, fundamental analysis, and the role of financial analysts.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,15.401,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.466,Functional and Strategic Finance,"Applies finance science and financial engineering tools and theory to the design and management of global financial institutions, markets, and the financial system to better understand the dynamics of institutional change and financial product/service design. Focuses on foundational analytical tools students will rely upon throughout their careers - derivative pricing and risk measurement; portfolio analysis and risk accounting; and performance measurement to analyze and implement concepts and new product ideas. Examines the needs of government as user, producer and overseer of the financial system, and how tools are applied to measure and manage risks in financial and other economic crises (e.g. 1973-1975 vs. 2007-2009 vs. 2020-2022). Preference to MBA and MFin students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,15.433 or 15.437,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.467,"Asset Management, Lifecycle Investing, and Retirement Finance","Applies finance science and financial engineering tools and theory to asset management, lifecycle investing, and retirement finance. Focuses on foundational analytical tools students will rely upon throughout their careers - derivative pricing and risk measurement, portfolio analysis and risk accounting, and performance measurement to analyze and implement concepts and new product ideas. Students should be comfortable with portfolio-selection theory, CAPM, option pricing, futures, swaps, and other derivative securities. 15.433 is a strongly recommended co-requisite. Preference to MBA and MFin students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.470[J],Asset Pricing,"Provides a foundation in the neoclassical theory of finance that underlies more advanced study. Covers arbitrage asset pricing, optimal consumption-portfolio choices, neo-classic theory of corporate finance, static equilibrium models of asset pricing, asymmetric information, and dynamic modeling. Prepares students for further study of asset pricing theories, corporate finance and econometric work in finance. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,14.416[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.471[J],Corporate Finance,"Provides an introduction to the basic theoretical and empirical contributions in corporate finance. Covers capital structure, corporate governance and agency problems, the market for corporate control, investments and financing frictions, banking and financial intermediation, and other selected topics. Exposes students to the key methodological tools in modern corporate finance. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,14.441[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.472[J],Advanced Asset Pricing,"Focuses on solving, estimating, and empirically evaluating theoretical models of asset prices and financial markets, as well as their microeconomic foundations and macroeconomic implications. Discusses theory and econometric methods, the state of the literature, and recent developments and empirical evidence. Covers topics such as cross-sectional and time-series models, consumption-based and intermediary-based models, financial institutions, household finance, housing, behavioral finance, financial crises, and continuous-time tools and applications. Students complete a short term paper and a presentation. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,14.442[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.473[J],Advanced Corporate Finance,"Builds on 15.471 and considers further topics that are at the frontier of corporate finance research. Topics covered include: aggregate effects of financing frictions, financial intermediation, financial distress and bankruptcy, structural estimation of corporate finance models, entrepreneurial finance, venture capital and private equity, and other selected topics. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,14.440[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.474[J],Current Topics in Finance,"Faculty present their current research in a wide variety of topics in finance. Provides a rapid overview of the literature, an in-depth presentation of selected contributions, and a list of potential research ideas for each topic. Faculty rotate every year to cover new topics. Primarily for doctoral students in accounting, economics, and finance.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9 [P/D/F],None,14.448[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.475[J],Current Research in Financial Economics,"Advanced seminar intended for PhD students interested in finance. Topics and papers vary by term, following the latest research in academia and in correlation with the weekly finance faculty research seminar. Each week, students will critically review the contributions, method of analysis, and presentation of evidence of existing research; one session is devoted to preparing for the finance seminar, while the other session discusses further work on the same topic. Restricted to doctoral students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,14.449[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.480[J],Science and Business of Biotechnology,"Covers the new types of drugs and other therapeutics in current practice and under development, the financing and business structures of early-stage biotechnology companies, and the evaluation of their risk/reward profiles. Includes a series of live case studies with industry leaders of both established and emerging biotechnology companies as guest speakers, focusing on the underlying science and engineering as well as core financing and business issues. Students must possess a basic background in cellular and molecular biology.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None. Coreq: 15.401; permission of instructor,"7.546[J], 20.586[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.481[J],Financial Market Dynamics and Human Behavior,"Drawing on the latest research in psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, as well as in behavioral and mainstream financial economics, provides new perspectives and insights into the role that human behavior plays in the business environment and the dynamics of financial markets and institutions. Incorporates practical applications from several industries including finance, insurance, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and government policy. Students apply ideas from this perspective to formulate original hypotheses regarding new career opportunities and disruptive technologies in their industry of choice. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Sloan graduate students.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-5,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",6.9350[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.482,Healthcare Finance,"Covers the role of finance in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries; specifically, the application of novel financing methods and business structures to facilitate drug discovery, clinical development, and greater patient access to high-cost therapies. Topics include basic financial analysis for the life-sciences professional; risks and returns in the biopharma industries; the mechanics of biotech startup financing; capital budgeting for biopharma companies; and applications of financial engineering in modern healthcare investment strategies and institutions. Develops a systemic framework for addressing the biggest challenges in the biomedical ecosystem. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Sloan graduate students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, 15.415, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.483,Consumer Finance and FinTech,"Explores consumer finance and the ways in which financial innovation and new technologies disrupt the financial services industry, leading to material change in business models and product design in financial markets. Provides a solid understanding of rational and behavioral aspects of consumer decision-making and how the players, products, funding markets, regulatory frameworks, and fundamentals all interact to shape ever-changing consumer financial markets, including consumer debt, investment, transactions, and advising markets. Covers past and current innovations and technologies ranging from peer-to-peer lending, AI, deep learning, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and open API's, to the role of FinTech startups. A combination of case studies, guest speakers and group discussion provide real-world insight and interactivity, while special review sessions help hone technical skills.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.492,Practice of Finance: Crypto Finance,"Explores the markets for cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. Begins with the basics and economics of crypto assets' underlying blockchain technology and then turns to the trading and markets for cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, other tokens and crypto derivatives. Students gain an understanding and comparison to traditional finance of the market structure, participants, regulation and dynamics of this relatively new and volatile asset class.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.493,Practice of Finance: Perspectives on Investment Management,"Provides an overview of the investment management industry and an introduction to business fundamentals and valuation. Students read company analyst reports, write papers analyzing various companies, and complete an in-depth company analysis as a final paper. Includes presentations by outside speakers in the investment management industry. Class attendance is mandatory.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],"15.402, 15.414, or 15.415",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.497,FinTech Ventures,"Provides a unique opportunity to work through the nuts and bolts of developing a FinTech startup. Students present ideas, ranging from well-thought-out concepts to emerging ones. Students coalesce around the top ideas to form teams. Each week, a new speaker (entrepreneur, legal expert, venture capitalist) addresses relevant topics, while students present progress reports and receive advice and feedback as they develop their plan for the ""Demo Day."" Teams then deliver a final pitch in front of a group of investors. A financial background is not required; alternative (legal, financial, technical, operations, etc.) backgrounds are encouraged to apply, individually or as part of a team. Enrollment by application only.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, 15.415, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.499,Practice of Finance: Climate and Social Impact Investing,"Deep dive into social impact investing — an approach intentionally seeking to create financial return and positive social impact that is actively measured. Imparts a solid analytical framework for evaluating the spectrum of social impact investments, including mission related investing. Includes a project which provides practical experience in evaluating an impact enterprise or a public markets ESG strategy. Students gain experience in structuring different types of investments, and critically compare and contrast these investments with traditional mainstream investments, with a view to understanding structural constraints. Designed for students interested in the intersection of finance and social impact. Provides career guidance and networking opportunities.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.401, 15.414, 15.415, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.501,Corporate Financial Accounting,"Preparation and analysis of financial statements. Focuses on why financial statements take the form they do, and how they can be used in evaluating corporate performance and solvency and in valuation of corporate securities. Introduces concepts from finance and economics (e.g., cash flow discounting and valuation) and explains their relation to, and use in, accounting. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.511,Financial Accounting,"Introduces concepts of corporate financial accounting and reporting of information widely used in making investment decisions, corporate and managerial performance assessment, and valuation of firms. Students perform economics-based analysis of accounting information from the viewpoint of the user (especially senior managers) rather than the preparer (the accountant). Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.515,Financial Accounting,"An intensive introduction to the interpretation of financial information. Adopts a decision-maker perspective of accounting by emphasizing the relation between accounting data and the underlying economic events generating them. Class sessions are a mixture of lecture and case discussion. Assignments include textbook problems, analysis of financial statements, and cases. Restricted to first-year Sloan master's students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.516,Corporate Financial Accounting,"See description under subject 15.501. If subject is oversubscribed, priority is given to Course 15 students.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.518,Taxes and Business Strategy,"Provides conceptual framework for thinking about taxation and decision-making. Topics include taxation of various investments and types of compensation; retirement planning; considerations for choosing organizational form when starting a business; methods of merging, acquiring, divesting business entities; international tax planning strategies; and high wealth planning and estate tax. Applies current debates on tax policy options and recent tax law changes to class discussions. Intended to show how taxes affect individual investment as well as business decisions. Meets with 15.5181 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.501, 15.511, 15.515, or 15.516",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.5181,Taxes and Business Strategy,"Provides conceptual framework for thinking about taxation and decision-making. Topics include taxation of various investments and types of compensation; retirement planning; considerations for choosing organizational form when starting a business; methods of merging, acquiring, divesting business entities; international tax planning strategies; and high wealth planning and estate tax. Applies current debates on tax policy options and recent tax law changes to class discussions. Intended to show how taxes affect individual investment as well as business decisions. Meets with 15.518 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,15.501,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.521,Accounting Information for Decision Makers,"Focuses on how organizations use granular-level information from their accounting systems on a day-to-day basis for two purposes -- making decisions and evaluating those decisions after the fact. The primary audience is students who intend to work as managers or management consultants. Featuring real-world situations from diverse operating environments, course content emphasizes practical skills that can be applied across various functional areas within organizations.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.535,Business Analysis Using Financial Statements,"Focuses on the strategic, financial, and accounting analysis of a company by means of historical financial statement data. Also studies financial statement forecasting along with a specific application of forecasting - valuation. Concepts are applied to a number of decision-making contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, merger analysis, and company performance assessment.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,"15.501, 15.511, 15.515, or 15.516; Coreq: 15.401, 15.414, 15.415, or 15.417",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.539,Doctoral Seminar in Accounting,"Designed primarily for doctoral students in accounting and related fields. The reading list consists of accounting research papers. Objective is to introduce research topics, methodologies, and developments in accounting, and train students to do independent research.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,15.515,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.540,Theory Studies in Accounting Research,"Exposes PhD students to theoretical foundations of cutting-edge research in accounting. Rotating modules cover topics on disclosure, contracting, compensation, asset pricing, and investments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.561,Digital Revolution: From Foundations to Future Trends,"Emphasizes programming in scripting languages (e.g., Python) within the context of emerging trends that underlie current and future uses of digital technologies in business. Provides a solid grasp of programming basics and the foundations of computing. Other topics include web technologies, database systems, digital experimentation (A/B testing), crowdsourcing, digital marketplaces, distributed ledger technologies, and AI.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.562,"Web3 and Strategy: Blockchain, Metaverse, and NFT Essentials","Covers how Web3 and the Metaverse impact business strategy, organizations, entrepreneurship, and investing. Lectures and guest speakers discuss blockchain, crypto-assets, decentralized currency design, NFTs, decentralized finance (DeFi) and organizations (DAOs), smart contracts, and the impacts of these technologies on the digital economy and beyond.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.563[J],Artificial Intelligence for Business,Explores how to design and evaluate products and policy based on artificial intelligence. Provides a functional (as opposed to mechanistic) understanding of the emerging technologies underlying AI. Presents AI's opportunities and risks and how to create conditions under which its deployment can succeed. No technical background required.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,6.4150[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.567,"The Economics of Information: Strategy, Structure and Pricing","Analysis of the underlying economics of information with business implications. Studies effects of digitization and technology on business strategy and organizational structure. Examines pricing, bundling, and versioning of digital goods, including music, video, software, and communication services. Considers the economic and managerial implications of data-driven decision-making, search, platform competition, targeted advertising, personalization, privacy, network externalities, and artificial intelligence. Readings on fundamental economic principles provide context for industry speakers and case discussions.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.568,The Art of Leading: Experiencing Leadership in Practice,"Integrates the MIT Sloan 4-Capabilities Leadership model with arts processes to translate leadership capabilities into practice. Through discussions, guest speakers, and reflective exercises, focuses on individual and team practices that develop and sustain effective leadership. Structured around the capabilities of visioning, relating, sensemaking, and inventing as these are expressed in creative processes that facilitate novel perspectives, generate collaborative connections, and enable adaptive innovation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.570,Digital Marketing and Social Media Analytics,"Provides a detailed, applied perspective on the theory and practice of digital marketing and social media analytics in the age of big data. Covers concepts such as the difference between earned and paid media, predictive modeling for ad targeting and customer relationship management, measuring and managing product virality, viral product design, native advertising, and engaging the multichannel experience. Stresses the theory and practice of randomized experimentation, AB testing and the importance of causal inference for marketing strategy. Combines lectures, case studies, and guest speakers with relevant industry experience that speak directly to the topics at hand.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,"15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.572,"Analytics Lab: Action Learning Seminar on Analytics, Machine Learning, and the Digital Economy","Student teams design and deliver a project based on the use of analytics, machine learning, large data sets, or other digital innovations to create or transform a business or other organization. Teams may be paired up with an organization or propose their own ideas and sites for the project. Culminates with presentation of results to an audience that includes IT experts, entrepreneurs, and executives.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.575,Economics of Information and Information Technology,"Builds upon relevant economic theories and methodologies to analyze the changes in organizations and markets enabled by digital technologies. Examines information economics, labor economics, industrial organization and price theory, growth theory, intangible asset valuation, incomplete contracts theory, and design of empirical studies. Extensive reading and discussion of research literature explores the application of these theories to business issues with relevant guest speakers. Students will complete a final research paper and presentation. Primarily for doctoral students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.576,Research Seminar in Information Technology and Organizations: Social Perspectives,"Examines the assumptions, concepts, theories, and methodologies that inform research into the social aspects of technology. Extensive reading and discussion of research literature aimed at exploring the multiple social phenomena surrounding the development, implementation, use and implications of information technology in organizations. Primarily for doctoral students.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.579,Seminar in Information Technology,Group study of current topics related to information technology.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.579-15.580,Seminar in Information Technology,Group study of current topics related to information technology.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.615,Essential Law for Business,"Provides a solid grounding in what managers need to know about how law shapes opportunities and risks for the businesses they manage and their own careers. Enhances leadership skills for navigating critical law-sensitive junctures that managers encounter in young and mature companies. Explores the legal frameworks of contracts and deals; litigation and liability; employment and changing jobs; regulation and criminal sanctions; complex transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions; finance and private equity; distress, reorganization, and bankruptcy; cutting-edge digital technologies; and effective use of IP. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.6151 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.6151,Essential Law for Business,"Provides a solid grounding in what managers need to know about how law shapes opportunities and risks for the businesses they manage and their own careers. Enhances leadership skills for navigating critical law-sensitive junctures that managers encounter in young and mature companies. Explores the legal frameworks of contracts and deals; litigation and liability; employment and changing jobs; regulation and criminal sanctions; complex transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions; finance and private equity; distress, reorganization, and bankruptcy; cutting-edge digital technologies; and effective use of IP. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.615 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.617,"Deals, Finance, and the Law","Addresses law-sensitive issues arising in the overlapping contexts of complex deals and financial services and products. Covers financial services regulation, employment and job changes, and civil and criminal accountability. Develops managerial skills for handling law-sensitive situations at individual and organizational levels. Meets with 15.6171 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.6171,"Deals, Finance, and the Law","Addresses law-sensitive issues arising in the overlapping contexts of complex deals and financial services and products. Covers financial services regulation, employment and job changes, and civil and criminal accountability. Develops managerial skills for handling law-sensitive situations at individual and organizational levels. Meets with 15.617 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.618,Startups and the Law,"The legal framework of entrepreneurship and innovation. Key law-sensitive junctures in launching and growing a startup: assembling a team, organizing a business entity, ownership and compensation, early financing, managing contracts and employees, business distress and winding down, and selling a company. Cutting-edge technologies and intellectual property rights. Designed for those who may start or work in such ventures; or are engaged in research with potential for commercial or social impact; or are otherwise attempting to advance an innovation from idea to impact. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.6181 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.6181,Startups and the Law,"The legal framework of entrepreneurship and innovation. Key law-sensitive junctures in launching and growing a startup: assembling a team, organizing a business entity, ownership and compensation, early financing, managing contracts and employees, business distress and winding down, and selling a company. Cutting-edge technologies and intellectual property rights. Designed for those who may start or work in such ventures; or are engaged in research with potential for commercial or social impact; or are otherwise attempting to advance an innovation from idea to impact. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.6181 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.620,Patent Law Fundamentals,"Intensive introduction to the basic provisions of US patent law, emphasizing the requirements for patentability and the process of applying for a patent. Topics include requirements of utility, novelty, and non-obviousness; eligible subject matter; applying for a patent, including patent searches and the language of patent claims; infringement, defenses, and remedies; comparison of patents with other forms of intellectual property (copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks). Reading materials include key sections of the US patent statute (Title 35, US Code) and related judicial decisions.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.621,"Your Career and the Law: Key Junctures, Opportunities and Risks","Explores legal opportunities and risks in employment from the perspectives of both employees and managers. Special attention to issues faced by tech-savvy employees and tech-intensive ventures; employees starting competing ventures; compensation and equity arrangements; the challenges of the gig economy; employee privacy; and discrimination, gender and other inclusion-related issues in the workplace. Led by former practicing attorneys, focuses on how employment law issues play out in the real world. Utilizes realistic scenarios and documents, such as offer letters and non-competition and invention assignment agreements. No prior knowledge of law expected.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.622,"The Law of AI, Big Data & Social Media","Focuses on the emerging legal framework of cutting-edge digital technologies, including AI/machine learning, big data and analytics, blockchain, the internet, and social media. Considers the law's impact on the development and application of these technologies, and the legal response to beneficial and mischievous impacts. Topics include law-sensitive aspects of privacy and bias, fintech, fair competition and fair dealing in digital markets, political discourse on social media, digital technologies in the workplace, and intellectual property rights in software and other innovations. Gives special attention to the legal concerns of those planning careers built on cutting-edge skills, and of managers and entrepreneurs bringing innovations from ideas to impact. How to find and make good use of legal advice. Meets with 15.6221 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.6221,"The Law of AI, Big Data & Social Media","Focuses on the emerging legal framework of cutting-edge digital technologies, including AI/machine learning, big data and analytics, blockchain, the internet, and social media. Considers the law's impact on the development and application of these technologies, and the legal response to beneficial and mischievous impacts. Topics include law-sensitive aspects of privacy and bias, fintech, fair competition and fair dealing in digital markets, political discourse on social media, digital technologies in the workplace, and intellectual property rights on software and other innovations. Gives special attention to the legal concerns of those planning careers built on cutting-edge skills, and of managers and entrepreneurs bringing innovations from ideas to impact. How to find and make good use of legal advice. Meets with 15.622 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking undergraduate version.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.630,"Law, Ethics, and Data Privacy","Surveys selected ethical dilemmas and legal issues that arise in business analytics and AI. Explains how to maintain current knowledge about key laws and regulations for evolving technologies. Issues of data privacy are presented through consideration of the European Legislation General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its requirements. Explores the many ethical dilemmas that arise beyond legal regulations with guests who work on the cutting edge of law, ethics, and data science. Restricted to Master of Business Analytics students.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.647-15.649,Seminar in Law,Group study of current topics related to law.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.655[J],"Law, Technology, and Public Policy","Examines how law, economics, and technological change shape public policy, and how law can sway technological change; how the legal system responds to environmental, safety, energy, social, and ethical problems; how law and markets interact to influence technological development; and how law can affect wealth distribution, employment, and social justice. Covers energy/climate change; genetic engineering; telecommunications and the role of misinformation; industrial automation; effect of regulation on technological innovation; impacts of antitrust law on innovation and equity; pharmaceuticals; nanotechnology; cost/benefit analysis as a decision tool; public participation in governmental decisions affecting science and technology; corporate influence on technology and welfare; and law and economics as competing paradigms to encourage sustainability. Students taking graduate version explore subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"11.422[J], IDS.435[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.657[J],"Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development","Investigates sustainable development, taking a broad view to include not only a healthy economic base, but also a sound environment, stable and rewarding employment, adequate purchasing power and earning capacity, distributional equity, national self-reliance, and maintenance of cultural integrity. Explores national, multinational, and international political and legal mechanisms to further sustainable development through transformation of the industrial state. Addresses the importance of technological innovation and the financial crisis of 2008 and the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and inflation, as well as governmental interventions to reduce inequality.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.813[J], 11.466[J], IDS.437[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.661,Building Successful Careers and Organizations,"Designed to help students learn more about their strengths, and how they can utilize these strengths to manage their career. Draws on the latest research and practices, experiential exercises, and cases studies, and includes guest speakers. Covers the most important aspects of talent (and career) management. No listeners.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.662[J],People and Profits: Shaping the Future of Work,"Examines managing work in the 21st century in the interests of both people and profits through the context of rising inequality, technological change, globalization, and the growth of the gig economy. Students evaluate various business and policy interventions intended to improve work through critical analysis of the evidence, interviews with workers and evaluations of firms, and guest speakers. Guests include business leaders at leading-edge firms and labor leaders experimenting with new ways of providing workers a voice in the workplace. Draws on materials from the MIT Task Force on Work of the Future and the online course Shaping Work of the Future.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,None,11.383[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.663[J],"Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control","Analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution, hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and production/use of toxic chemicals. Analyzes pollution/climate change as economic problems and failure of markets. Explores the role of science and economics in legal decisions. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (i.e., economic incentives, voluntary approaches) to control pollution and encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on major federal legislation, underlying administrative system, and common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, greenhouse gas emissions, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Develops basic legal skills: how to read/understand cases, regulations, and statutes. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.811[J], 11.630[J], IDS.540[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.665,Power and Negotiation,"Provides understanding of the theory and processes of negotiation as practiced in a variety of settings. Designed for relevance to the broad spectrum of bargaining problems faced by the manager and professional. Allows students an opportunity to develop negotiation skills experientially and to understand negotiation in useful analytical frameworks. Emphasizes simulations, exercises, role playing, and cases.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.669,Strategies for People Analytics,"Focuses on the strategies used to successfully design and implement people analytics in one's organization. Draws on the latest company practices, research projects, and case studies - all with the goal of helping students deepen their understanding of how people analytics can be applied in the real world. Covers the most important aspects of human resource management and people analytics. Demonstrates how to apply those basic tools and principles when hiring, evaluating and rewarding performance, managing careers, and implementing organizational change. No listeners.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,15.311 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.671,"U-Lab: Transforming Self, Business and Society","Experiential opportunity to practice new leadership skills, such as deep listening, being present (mindfulness), and generative dialogue. In weekly coaching circles, each student has one full session to present their current leadership edge and receive feedback from peer coaches. Includes an additional action learning project.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.672,Negotiation Analysis,"Presents analytical frameworks and strategies to handle a variety of negotiation situations. Includes simulations, games, videos, lectures, discussion, and multiple opportunities to practice and hone negotiation, communication, and influence skills with extensive personalized feedback. Intended for students with a broad spectrum of backgrounds and experience levels. Six-unit version includes additional class time and outside work. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version. Limited to 80 via lottery; consult class website for information and deadlines.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.6721,Negotiation Analysis,"Presents analytical frameworks and strategies to handle a variety of negotiation situations. Includes simulations, games, videos, lectures, discussion, and multiple opportunities to practice and hone negotiation, communication, and influence skills with extensive personalized feedback. Intended for students with a broad spectrum of backgrounds and experience levels. Six-unit version includes additional class time and outside work. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version. Limited to 80 via lottery; consult class website for information and deadlines.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.673,Negotiation Analysis,"Presents analytical frameworks and strategies to handle a variety of negotiation situations. Includes simulations, games, videos, lectures, discussion, and multiple opportunities to practice and hone negotiation, communication, and influence skills with extensive personalized feedback. Intended for students with a broad spectrum of backgrounds and experience levels. Six-unit version includes additional class time and outside work. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version. Limited to 80 via lottery; consult class website for information and deadlines.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.6731,Negotiation Analysis,"Presents analytical frameworks and strategies to handle a variety of negotiation situations. Includes simulations, games, videos, lectures, discussion, and multiple opportunities to practice and hone negotiation, communication, and influence skills with extensive personalized feedback. Intended for students with a broad spectrum of backgrounds and experience levels. Six-unit version includes additional class time and outside work. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version. Limited to 80 via lottery; consult class website for information and deadlines.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.674[J],Leading Creative Teams,"Prepares students to lead teams charged with developing creative solutions in engineering and technical environments. Grounded in research but practical in focus, equips students with leadership competencies such as building self-awareness, motivating and developing others, creative problem solving, influencing without authority, managing conflict, and communicating effectively. Teamwork skills include how to convene, launch, and develop various types of teams, including project teams. Learning methods emphasize personalized and experiential skill development. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,"6.9280[J], 16.990[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.675,Negotiation Seminar,"Provides understanding of the theory and processes of negotiation as practiced in a variety of settings. Designed for relevance to the broad spectrum of bargaining problems faced by the manager and professional. Allows students an opportunity to develop negotiation skills experientially and to understand negotiation in useful analytical frameworks. Emphasizes simulations, exercises, role playing, and cases.  Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.",True,IAP,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.676,Work and Employment Relations Theory,"Interactive reading and discussion subject focused on work and employment relations. Students draw upon and integrate research and theory from various disciplines, primarily the industrial relations tradition and the sociology of work. Addresses trends in employment relations, systems of power and control within workplaces, the replication or remediation of inequalities within organizations, and various proposed strategies for improving work. Focus is on the contemporary US, with a grounding in recent history and institutions.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.677[J],Labor Markets and Employment Policy,"Research-based examination of how labor markets work — and how they have evolved over time — through trends such as rising income inequality, technological change, globalization, falling worker power, and the fissuring of the workplace. Through reading and engaging with economics research papers, students use theoretical frameworks and rigorous empirical evidence to analyze public policy interventions in the labor market, including unemployment insurance, minimum wage, unions, family leave, anti-discrimination policies, and workforce development. Preference to graduate and PhD students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,11.427[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.679[J],USA Lab: Bridging the American Divides,"Practical exploration of community revitalization in America's small towns and rural regions. Focuses on work, community, and culture. Consists of rigorous classroom discussions, research, and team projects with community development organizations. Site visit over SIP week and spring break required for project fieldwork.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-5,None,11.651[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.681,From Analytics to Action,"Develops appreciation for organizational dynamics and competence in navigating social networks, working in a team, demystifying rewards and incentives, leveraging the crowd, understanding change initiatives, and making sound decisions. Restricted to Master of Business Analytics students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.690,Diversity as Discovery,"Aims to help students discover who they are as individuals and members of a community. Course operates under two basic assumptions: that we can accomplish more together than alone, and that a significant part of who we are as individuals is left out of most organizational settings. Confronts the lack of tools and frameworks for dealing with the wealth of diversity among populations, and discusses the value diversity could potentially create.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.691,"Research Seminar in Work, Employment and Industrial Relations","Discusses important areas for research in work, employment and industrial relations; frameworks for research, research techniques, and methodological problems. Centered mainly on staff research and the thesis research of advanced graduate students and invited guests.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.698,Seminar in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management,Group study of current topics related to industrial relations and human resource management.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.700,Leadership and Integrative Management,"Investigates the different perspectives a general manager must take, how to integrate those perspectives, and the role of leadership in setting and realizing goals. Students work intensively in teams and with multiple faculty, using a deep dive into the challenges faced by a major global firm operating in complex global markets. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.701,Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurial Advantage,"Exposes students to the content, context, and contacts that enable entrepreneurs to design and launch successful stand-alone ventures, ventures inside established corporations, and ventures in partnership with established corporations based on new innovations. Students examine the critical entrepreneurial and innovation challenges facing entrepreneurs inside new and established firms, and develop frameworks that allow them to identify, evaluate, iterate, and integrate their ideas effectively. Case-based discussions complemented by visits to key actors in MIT labs, as well as live case studies with successful entrepreneurs. Specially designed team projects provide practical experience in entrepreneurial strategy, innovation management, and the workings of the MIT entrepreneurial ecosystem. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-6,None. Coreq: 15.714; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.702,Leading in a Global Context: Macroeconomics and Global Markets,"Intensive module on the global economy, combining the key perspectives of macroeconomics and global economic strategy. Focuses on the policy and economic environment of firms, as well as on the development of a more international market in products, services, and capital, and how this affects trade and industries. Presents insights into national economic strategies for development, and into the evolving rules and institutions governing the international economic order. Develops an actionable appreciation for managers of the international dimensions of economic policy and strategy in an increasingly complex world economy. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,6-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.703,Leading with Impact,"Student teams work with the leadership of local not-for-profits to solve a pressing problem faced by that organization. The problems will vary with the organization in question, as will the skills and capabilities students draw on to appropriately address them. Culminates with group reflection on what it means to be a principled innovative leader who improves the world. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.704,IDEA Lab,"Opportunity to work with interested organizations - or on a startup - to explore and leverage innovation ecosystems, build greater strength in innovation-driven entrepreneurial advantage, and build a stronger culture of corporate innovation. Faculty and students co-create projects along one of two tracks: the innovation track, focused on organizations wishing to become more innovative and/or engage the ecosystem; or the entrepreneurship track, principally for students with startup enterprises/ventures. Further explores themes of innovation ecosystems, stakeholders, and the innovation loop of experimentation and evaluation. Innovation projects are team-based and can be Boston-based. Entrepreneurship projects can be a solo enterprise, but teams are also encouraged. Restricted to second year Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-9,15.701,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.705,Organizations Lab,"Preparation for an organizational change project. Emphasis on applying tools of organizational, operational, and systems analysis in order to effect change. Includes a focus on the challenges and opportunities presented by issues of leadership and organizational behavior. Each student leads a change project in his or her own organization, focusing on fixing a broken or ineffective process. Examples of possible initiatives include a strategic reorientation, organizational restructuring, introduction of a new technology, a worker participation program, etc. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.707,Global Strategy,"Provides students with the evidence, concepts and models for understanding company performance in a global world and the issues facing executives in the early 21st century. Prepares students to manage effectively in todays interconnected world by understanding this changing environment, principles of global strategy, and the relation between global strategy and organization.  Focuses on the specificities of strategy and organization of the multinational company. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.708,Global Organizations Lab,"Helps students discover and develop new and effective ways of managing and working together across national borders; also helps accelerate development of the context awareness and integrative management skills needed to lead in a globalized world. Involves intensive team engagement with a firm where students integrate their understanding of the relevant global and national economic and institutional contexts, industry dynamics, the firm's strategic position and capabilities, and its management organization and processes to provide the management sponsor with insight and effective recommendations. Includes a week-long site visit for research. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.709,Key Decisions for Corporate Boards,"Designed to help students understand the fundamental rules and practices of corporate boards in three key areas: the audit committee, the compensation committee, and corporate takeovers. Includes discussion related to case studies, with short lectures at the start and end of each session to highlight the differences and similarities in practices by boards in the US and abroad. Restricted to MIT Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.711,Executing Strategy for Results,"Condensed version of 15.361 that introduces a comprehensive framework to understand how leaders can execute strategy more effectively. Presents case studies of companies that excel at execution, and a series of practical tools that can be applied immediately to boost performance. Intended for owner-operators and managers in complex organizations (more than 200 employees, multiple functions or units), particularly those competing in volatile markets. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.712,Negotiation and Influence,"Provides understanding of the theory and processes of negotiation as practiced in a variety of settings. Designed for relevance to the broad spectrum of bargaining problems faced by the manager and professional. Allows students an opportunity to develop negotiation skills experientially and to understand negotiation in useful analytical frameworks. Emphasizes simulations, exercises, role playing, and cases.  Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.714,Competitive Strategy,"Introduces a variety of modern strategy frameworks and methodologies to develop the skills needed to be a successful manager. Cases and readings explore a range of strategic problems, focusing particularly on the sources of competitive advantage and the interaction between industry structure and organizational capabilities. Emphasizes the perspective of the general manager in ensuring the firm's success. Encourages awareness of both the external (market) and internal (organizational) forces that shape firm performance. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.715,Entrepreneurial Strategy,"Provides an integrated strategy framework for innovation-based entrepreneurs. Students examine the core strategic choices facing start-up innovators, and discuss a synthetic framework for the development, implementation and scaling of entrepreneurial strategy in dynamic environments over time. Identifies the types of choices that entrepreneurs must make to take advantage of a novel opportunity, and studies the logic of particular strategic commitments and positions that allow entrepreneurs to establish competitive advantage. Restricted to MIT Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.716,Leading Organizations,"Promotes awareness of and strategies to meet the key challenges leaders face today (and tomorrow). Acquaints students with some of the psychological and sociological dynamics that regularly operate in organizational settings - the less visible but quite powerful ""forces"" that shape the way employees and managers respond (or don't respond) to a changing world. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-6 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.717,Organizational Processes,"Designed to enhance students' ability to take effective action in complex organizational settings by providing the analytic tools needed to analyze, manage, and lead the organizations of the future. Emphasizes the importance of the organizational context in influencing which individual styles and skills are effective. Employs a wide variety of learning tools, from experiential learning to the more conventional discussion of written cases. Centers on three complementary perspectives on organizations: the strategic design, political, and cultural ""lenses"" on organizations. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.718,Introduction to Disciplined Entrepreneurship,"Fast-paced introduction to the disciplined entrepreneurship approach to enhancing entrepreneurial skills needed to be more productive at work, start a new venture, interact and evaluate new ventures, and understand what entrepreneurship is and is not. Interactive, action-oriented workshops build skills to apply knowledge imparted by the books Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup and the Disciplined Entrepreneurship Workbook. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.720,Financial Accounting,"Examines the basic concepts of corporate financial accounting and reporting, and the role of accounting information in investment decisions, corporate and managerial performance assessment, and the valuation of firms. Develops skills for performing an economics-based analysis of accounting information from the viewpoint of the users of accounting information (especially senior managers), rather than the preparer (the accountant). Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.721,Communication and Persuasion Through Data for Executives,"Explains how to better convey complex, quantitative information to non-experts inside and outside of one's organization. Aims to improve skill set and teach tools that can be used to demonstrate to others how to be more effective. Specific skills covered include improving ability to create effective visuals for communicating quantitative information, maximizing audience comprehension when presenting data, and cultivating ability to communicate complex ideas in writing. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.722,Applied Economics for Managers,"Develops facility with concepts, language, and analytical tools of economics. Primary focus is on microeconomics. Emphasizes integration of theory, data, and judgment in the analysis of corporate decisions and public policy, and in the assessment of changing US and international business environments. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.723,Advanced Applied Macroeconomics and International Institutions,"Topics draw on current macroeconomic issues and events, such as modern monetary and fiscal policy; financial crisis, contagion, and currency crisis; real exchange rates, purchasing power parity, and long run sustainability; sustainable development; targeting and the new monetary policy regime; and Europe and the Euro: optimal currency areas. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,15.702 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.724,Financial Management,"Provides a rigorous introduction to corporate finance and capital markets, with an emphasis on applications vital to corporate managers. Exposes students to the major financial decisions made by leaders within a firm and to the ways the firm interacts with investors, with a focus on valuation. Topics include project and company valuation, measuring risk and return, stock pricing, corporate financing policy, the cost of capital, and risk management. Presents a broad overview of both theory and practice. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.725,Marketing Strategy for General Managers,"Helps students consider the entire marketing mix in light of the strategy of the firm. Reviews customer-based sources of competitive advantage and discusses how to identify, measure, and leverage them. Introduces a method for comparing alternative selling formats (e.g., brick and mortar vs. electronic), aiming to find the most efficient ways to sell different products to different customers. Discusses the myriad ways in which the firm can grow its sources of competitive advantage. Provides practical experience in using tools to identify, evaluate, and develop marketing strategies; design efficient products and selling formats; and plan the use and development of the firm's portfolio of resources. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.726,Pricing,"Focuses on practical pricing tactics. Presents a framework for the steps firms should take when thinking about pricing a new product or improving the pricing performance of an old product. Tools covered include monadic pricing surveys, empirical price elasticity calculations, and conjoint. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.727,The Analytics Edge,"Introduces modern analytics methods (data mining and optimization), starting with real-world problems where analytics have made a material difference. Modern data mining methods include clustering, classification, logistic regression, CART, random forest methods, and association rules. Modern optimization methods include robust, adaptive and dynamic optimization. Applications include health care, hospital operations, finance, energy, security, internet, and demand modeling. Uses R programming language for data mining and ROME for robust optimization. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,15.730 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.728,"Deals, Finance, and the Law","Addresses the challenges managers face in connection with two overlapping responsibilities: negotiating and managing complex deals, and arranging financing. Examines mergers and acquisitions and early-stage investments in young companies; commercial finance, financial instruments, and structured products; and how these relationships and structures play out in the context of financial distress. Emphasizes the opportunities and risks the different parties involved confront. Focuses primarily on the US, but also considers how key legal issues are analyzed in a transnational context. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.729,Leadership: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches (LQ^2),Uses interdisciplinary approaches and real-world examples to show how analytics inform organizational change. Takes into account the human and cultural components of organizations. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.,True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.730,"Data, Models, and Decisions","Introduces students to fundamental tools in using data to make informed management decisions. Emphasizes the executive perspective: how to leverage best-practice quantitative methods  to manage and drive the business. Exercises and cases complemented by perspectives and applications in finance, operations management, healthcare, the Internet, and other functions and industries. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.731,Risk Management,"Provides several core analytical and management concepts, helping students identify, model, think about, analyze, and manage risk. Topics vary; examples include risk measures, the drivers-event-outcomes framework, low-probability high-impact risk events, hedging risk with financial options, real options, risk management in the supply chain, project risk management, modern portfolio management, systemic risk. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],(15.730 and 15.734) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.732,Marketing Management,"Studies the application of a reasoned framework to the selection of target markets and the optimization of marketing decisions. Subject is divided into two parts: a tactical portion that reviews how firms optimize profits in their chosen markets, and a strategic portion that focuses on identifying target markets. Tactical topics include pricing, promotion, channel and product issues. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.733,Global Financial Markets,"Addresses the risks taken by trading goods and services across borders and by borrowing and investing globally. Provides a framework for understanding and assessing cross-border transactions, global financing, and global investment opportunities, with a particular attention to exchange rate risk and how it affects decision-making. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.734,Introduction to Operations Management,"Provides concepts, techniques and tools to design, analyze and improve core strategic operational capabilities. Covers a broad range of application domains and industries, such as high-tech, financial services, insurance, automotive, health care, retail, fashion, and manufacturing. Emphasizes the effects of uncertainty in business decision making and the interplay between strategic and financial objectives and operational capabilities. Students play simulation games that demonstrate some of the central concepts. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.736,Introduction to System Dynamics,"Introduces system dynamics modeling for the analysis of business policy and strategy. Provides the skills to visualize an organization in terms of the structures and policies that create dynamics and regulate performance. Uses causal mapping, simulation models, case studies, and management flight simulators to help develop principles of policy design for successful management of complex strategies. Considers the use of systems thinking to promote effective organizational learning. Restricted to Executive MBA students.",True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.737,Advanced System Dynamics,"Workshops focus on two models: the dynamics of service quality within a firm; and industry dynamics (particularly investment cycles and bubbles), including the energy and housing markets. Emphasis on formulation, analysis, use, and decision-making. Develops modeling skills. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,3-0-0 [P/D/F],15.736 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.738,Corporate Finance for Turbulence and Innovation,"Case studies and lectures introduce financial tools needed to make value-enhancing business decisions. Topics drawn from issues such as advanced valuation analysis, capital structure decisions, debt restructuring, bankruptcy, incentive problems, real options, and valuation of international projects. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],15.414 or 15.724,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.739,Discovering Your Leadership Signature,"Introspective course that helps students understand and develop their unique way of leading, i.e., their leadership signature. Students delve deeply into their patterns of leadership to understand what helps and hinders them in becoming a better leader. Substantial time spent learning how to effectively tell leadership stories and examine leadership identity, drawing on theory from the leadership literature, family systems, developmental psychology, personality psychology, and organizational change. Builds on the four capabilities (4-CAPS+) model and includes case studies, reflection, video analysis, and storytelling. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.740,Strategic Communication for Executives,"Develops communication skills crucial to successful management. Focuses on identifying a range of communication styles, and recognizing how to use them; dealing successfully with challenging or hostile audiences; understanding cross-cultural and global communication issues and differences; and leading and communicating in a crisis situation. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.741,Game Theory for Strategic Advantage,Leverages game theory — the analysis of multi-person decision problems — to develop interactive thinking in strategic environments. Students play and analyze games that arise frequently in business settings and discuss numerous real-world examples. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.,True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.742,Platform Strategy,"Provides a framework for strategy for firms pursuing multi-sided platform business models. Emphasizes the development and application of conceptual frameworks that enable managers to make effective decisions as they seek to create value with a platform, and to capture value from it in the face of competition from other platform providers. Restricted to Executive MBA and Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.761,Introduction to Operations Management,"Imparts concepts, techniques, and tools to design, analyze, and improve core operational capabilities and apply them to a broad range of domains and industries. Emphasizes the effect of uncertainty in decision-making, as well as the interplay among high-level financial objectives, operational capabilities, and people and organizational issues. Covers topics in capacity analysis, process design, process and business innovation, inventory management, risk pooling, supply chain coordination, sustainable operations, quality management, operational risk management, pricing and revenue management. Underscores how these topics are integrated with different functions of the firm. Case studies and simulation games provide experience in applying central concepts and techniques to solve real-world business challenges. Meets with 15.7611 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version. Summer section is primarily for Leaders for Global Operations students.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,4-0-5,"6.3700, 15.060, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.7611,Introduction to Operations Management,"Imparts concepts, techniques, and tools to design, analyze, and improve core operational capabilities and apply them to a broad range of domains and industries. Emphasizes the effect of uncertainty in decision-making, as well as the interplay among high-level financial objectives, operational capabilities, and people and organizational issues. Covers topics in capacity analysis, process design, process and business innovation, inventory management, risk pooling, supply chain coordination, sustainable operations, quality management, operational risk management, pricing and revenue management. Underscores how these topics are integrated with different functions of the firm. Case studies and simulation games provide experience in applying central concepts and techniques to solve real-world business challenges. Meets with 15.761 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-5,"15.069, 18.600, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.762[J],Supply Chain Analytics,"Focuses on effective supply chain strategies for companies that operate globally, with emphasis on how to plan and integrate supply chain components into a coordinated system. Students are exposed to concepts and models important in supply chain planning with emphasis on key tradeoffs and phenomena. Introduces and utilizes key tactics such as risk pooling and inventory placement, integrated planning and collaboration, and information sharing. Lectures, computer exercises, and case discussions introduce various models and methods for supply chain analysis and optimization.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,15.761 or SCM.260,"1.273[J], IDS.735[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.763[J],Supply Chain: Capacity Analytics,"Focuses on decision making for system design, as it arises in manufacturing systems and supply chains. Students exposed to frameworks and models for structuring the key issues and trade-offs. Presents and discusses new opportunities, issues and concepts introduced by the internet and e-commerce. Introduces various models, methods and software tools for logistics network design, capacity planning and flexibility, make-buy, and integration with product development. Industry applications and cases illustrate concepts and challenges. Recommended for Operations Management concentrators. Second half-term subject.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.761, 15.778, or SCM.260","1.274[J], IDS.736[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.764[J],The Theory of Operations Management,"Provides mathematical foundations underlying the theory of operations management. Covers both classic and state-of-the-art results in various application domains, including inventory management, supply chain management and logistics, behavioral operations, healthcare management, service industries, pricing and revenue management, and auctions. Studies a wide range of mathematical and analytical techniques, such as dynamic programming, stochastic orders, principal-agent models and contract design, behavioral and experimental economics, algorithms and approximations, data-driven and learning models, and mechanism design. Also provides practical experience in how to apply the theoretical models to solve OM problems in business settings. Specific topics vary from year to year.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.7210 and 6.7700) or permission of instructor,"1.271[J], IDS.250[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.765[J],Global Supply Chain Management,"Focuses on the planning, processes, and activities of supply chain management for companies involved in international commerce. Students examine the end-to-end processes and operational challenges in managing global supply chains, such as the basics of global trade, international transportation, duty, taxes, trade finance and hedging, currency issues, outsourcing, cultural differences, risks and security, and green supply chains issues. Highly interactive format features student-led discussions, staged debates, and a mock trial. Includes assignments on case studies and sourcing analysis, as well as projects and a final exam.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.761, 15.778, SCM.260, SCM.261, or permission of instructor","1.265[J], 2.965[J], SCM.265[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.766,Domestic Plant Trek and Partner Integration,"During required travel over three weeks around the United States, participants visit eight to 12 LGO industry partner sites to observe manufacturing and operations processes. The class is divided into smaller groups that individually assess each site's operations or manufacturing across an array of areas, which may include: global competition and strategy; leadership; customers; society and sustainability; new product introduction; global supply chain; organizational structure and culture; operations of machinery, processes, and materials; and metrics and quality. Travel costs are primarily covered by site hosts, but co-payment (up to $500) may be necessary. Restricted to Leaders for Global Operations students.",True,IAP,Graduate,0-6-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.768,"Management of Services: Creating Value for Customers, Employees, and Investors","Focuses on how companies can use operational principles to create value for customers, employees, and investors simultaneously. Case-based subject that emphasizes systems perspective and leadership in operations versus the use of specific analytical tools (e.g., queuing theory, inventory management, process analysis) that were covered in the pre- or co-requisite. Cases include a range of service operations contexts including healthcare, hospitality, retailing, food service, pest control, and financial services.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None. Coreq: 15.761 or 15.778,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.769,Operations Strategy,"Provides a unifying framework for analyzing strategic decisions in manufacturing and service operations. Covers decisions in technology, facilities, vertical integration, human resources, sourcing, supply chain, and other strategic areas. Examines how decisions in these areas can be made to align with business strategy, and emphasizes the concept of operations as a source of competitive advantage. Discusses operations strategy within the firm, across the supply chain, and for growth and new business models. Qualifies as an elective for the Sloan Sustainability Certificate.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.761, 15.778, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.770[J],Logistics Systems,"Provides an introduction to supply chain management from both analytical and practical perspectives. Taking a unified approach, students develop a framework for making intelligent decisions within the supply chain. Covers key logistics functions, such as demand planning, procurement, inventory theory and control, transportation planning and execution, reverse logistics, and flexible contracting. Explores concepts such as postponement, portfolio management, and dual sourcing. Emphasizes skills necessary to recognize and manage risk, analyze various tradeoffs, and model logistics systems. SCM.271 meets with SCM.260, but has fewer assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.260[J], IDS.730[J], SCM.260[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.771[J],Case Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management,"A combination of case studies and industry speakers covering the strategic and operating issues in supply chain transformation. Focuses on the pragmatic creation of supply chain capabilities, including resilience, omnichannel, E2E visibility, entrepreneurship, servitization, E2E automation, and AI.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"1.261[J], SCM.261[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.772[J],D-Lab: Supply Chains,"Introduces concepts of supply chain design and planning with a focus on supply chains for products destined to improve quality of life in developing countries. Topics include demand estimation, process analysis and improvement, facility location and capacity planning, inventory management, and supply chain coordination. Also covers issues specific to emerging markets, such as sustainable supply chains, choice of distribution channels, and how to account for the value-adding role of a supply chain. Students conduct D-Lab-based projects on supply chain design or improvement. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,"2.771[J], EC.733[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.773,Hands-on Deep Learning,"Fast-paced introduction to Deep Learning, the engine behind modern artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on developing a practical understanding of how to build models to solve complex problems involving unstructured data. Topics include the basics of deep neural networks and how to set up and train them, convolutional networks to process images and videos, transformers for natural language processing, generative large language models (such as ChatGPT), and text-to-image models (such as MidJourney). Prior familiarity with Python and fundamental machine learning concepts (such as training/validation/testing, overfitting/underfitting, and regularization) required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None. Coreq: 15.071 or 15.072; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.774,The Analytics of Operations Management,"Introduces core concepts and methods in data-driven modeling that inform and optimize decisions under uncertainty. Teaches modeling and computational skills (R and Python). Covers topics such as machine learning, time series forecasting, choice modeling, dynamic programming, mixed-integer programming, stochastic optimization, matching algorithms, and multi-armed bandits. Draws on real-world applications from retail, healthcare, logistics, supply chain, public sector, social applications, and online learning.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 15.060; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.775,Analytics Proseminar,Provides opportunities to meet senior executives serving in top analytics and data science functions within a variety of organizations across industries. Discusses key business analytics issues from the perspective of top management. Students prepare detailed briefings identifying and exploring important analytics issues facing these organizations.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.777,Healthcare Lab: Introduction to Healthcare Delivery in the United States,"Focuses on the business challenges and opportunities to deliver high-quality and reasonably-priced health services, mainly in the United States. Provides an opportunity to interact with guest speakers and senior executives from the health sector. Topics include aspects of healthcare delivery operations and how they are affected by healthcare reform policies, alternative payment models, population health perspectives, and social determinants of health. Discussions include examples from the ongoing healthcare-related work of Sloan faculty, as well as the potential for analytics and digitization to impact healthcare delivery. Provides a broad perspective on various career paths, such as consulting, entrepreneurship, delivery system management, and digital innovation development. Student teams work with a provider, supplier or healthcare-related startup organization on an applied project. Includes on-site work during fall and IAP.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,4-0-11,15.060 and 15.761,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.778,Introduction to Operations Management,"Integrated approach to the analysis, design and management of supply networks for products and services. Provides a framework for analysis, design and operation of supply chains (SCs) that relies on fundamental concepts, such as the management of inventory, and operations and logistics planning. Discusses the value of (timely) information and of the need for collaboration and coordination between SC players. Also presents conceptual frameworks that focus on the emergence of a wide range of enabling services that are critical to the survival and growth of this class of system. Includes study and discussion of concepts, examples, and case studies from a wide range of industries. Guest speakers present personal experiences on various aspects of the service industry and supply chains. Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.779,"Technology, Design and Entrepreneurship: Operating in Emerging Communities","Designed for students working on solutions for resource-constrained communities. Examines downstream issues surrounding the adoption, distribution, and scaling (via business, non-profit, or public policy channels) of new solutions in an international development context. Focuses on implementing solutions as well as understanding the impact of interventions proposed.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.780,Analytics of Operations Management,"Introduces core concepts in data-driven modeling that inform and optimize business decisions under uncertainty. Covers models and frameworks, such as machine learning, time series forecasting, dynamic programming, stochastic optimization, and multi-armed bandits. Draws on real-world applications, with several examples from retail, healthcare, logistics, supply chain, and public sector.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 15.069, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.781,"Technology, Design and Entrepreneurship: Operating in Emerging Communities","Designed for students working on solutions for resource-constrained communities. Examines downstream issues surrounding the adoption, distribution, and scaling (via business, non-profit, or public policy channels) of new solutions in an international development context. Focuses on implementing solutions as well as understanding the impact of interventions proposed. Restricted to Tata Fellows.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.782,Product Development Methods,"Covers modern tools and methods for product design and development, including human-centered design, agile development, product planning, identifying customer needs, concept generation, product architecture, industrial design, concept design, sustainable design methods, and product management. Limited enrollment.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.783[J],Product Design and Development,"Covers modern tools and methods for product design and development. Includes a cornerstone project in which teams conceive, design and prototype a physical product and/or service. Covers human-centered design, agile development, product planning, identifying customer needs, concept generation, product architecture, industrial design, concept design, green design methods, and product management. Sloan students register via Sloan course bidding. Engineering students accepted via lottery based on WebSIS pre-registration.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,"2.009, 15.761, 15.778, 15.814, or permission of instructor",2.739[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.784,Operations Laboratory,"Provides an interactive learning experience in implementing operations improvement and an opportunity to work on challenging operations problems across industries in the Boston area, across the United States, and abroad. Teams of three to four students use their training and experience to help improve operations in organizations that range from small and medium businesses to multi-national corporations. Teams conduct term-long projects via remote interactions with companies, and travel to work on-site at the client company during the Sloan Innovation Period. Boston-area projects involve periodic visits throughout the term.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-3-4,None. Coreq: 15.761,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.785,Product Management,"Introduction to product management with an emphasis on its role within technology-driven enterprises. Topics include opportunity discovery, product-technology roadmapping, product development processes, go-to-market strategies, product launch, lifecycle management, and the central role of the product manager in each activity. Exercises and assignments utilize common digital tools, such as storyboarding, wireframe mock-ups, and A/B testing. Intended for students seeking a role in a product management team or to contribute to product management in a new enterprise.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.786,Product Management with Lab,Adds an action learning component to 15.785. Students are matched with partner companies and contribute (over IAP) to a PM-related project at the company. Students must register for both IAP and spring to receive credit and participate in the company project.,True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 15.761; permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.792[J],Global Operations Leadership Seminar,"Integrative forum in which worldwide leaders in business, finance, government, sports, and education share their experiences and insights with students aspiring to run global operations. Students play a large role in managing the seminar. Preference to LGO students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,"2.890[J], 10.792[J], 16.985[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.794,Research Project in Operations,"Required course designed for Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) students in conjunction with on-site projects at LGO partner companies. Internship experience must be at least 1,000 hours in length over 25-week period over the course of two academic terms, and students enter a formal agreement with their internship host company. Students work on faculty-supervised thesis research projects that deal with a specific aspect of operations, informed by this experience. Students' completion of requirements will be certified by faculty advisor. Students are required to summarize their work in the context of understanding organization, leadership, teamwork, and task management, in conjunction with 15.317.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.799,Workshop in Operations Management,"Presentations by faculty, doctoral students, and guest speakers of ongoing research relating to current issues in operations management, including reports of research projects (proposed or in progress) and informal discussions of recent literature dealing with subjects of special interest to participants. Primarily for doctoral students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.809,Introduction to Marketing and Strategy,Introduces the core strategic framework used to evaluate the attractiveness of different markets. Reviews the methods that firms can use to optimize their profits in the markets that they choose to target. Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.,True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-6 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.814,Marketing Innovation,"Develops the skills necessary to market innovations, including new products, services, concepts, and customer experiences. Covers how to select the right market, target that market effectively, position a product or service for maximum success, and combine analytics, frameworks, and research for maximum potential. Emphasizes both marketing theory and practice: proven solutions to marketing problems, case sessions to illustrate the application of these techniques in various industries, and practice sessions to apply these techniques to real problems.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.8141,Marketing Innovation,"Develops the skills necessary to market innovations, including new products, services, concepts, and customer experiences. Covers how to select the right market, target that market effectively, position a product or service for maximum success, and combine analytics, frameworks, and research for maximum potential. Emphasizes both marketing theory and practice: proven solutions to marketing problems, case sessions to illustrate the application of these techniques in various industries, and practice sessions to apply these techniques to real problems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.815,Applied Behavioral Economics,"Introduction to behavioral economics for future managers, analysts, consultants or advisors to private and public enterprises. Presents basic principles of behavioral economics, and selected applications to marketing, management, finance, and public policy. Focuses on hidden influences, habits, and irrationalities in our behavior. Treats departures from 'rational behavior' as opportunities - for individuals to improve themselves, for companies to solve consumers' problems, for society to create new institutions and policies.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.818,Pricing,"Framework for understanding pricing strategies and analytics, with emphasis on entrepreneurial pricing. Topics include economic value analysis, elasticities, customization, complementary products, pricing in platform markets, and anticipating competitive responses.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,"15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.819,Marketing and Product Analytics,"Uses quantitative data to inform, make, and automate marketing and product decisions, including growth marketing, product design, pricing and promotions, advertising, and customer retention. Topics include creating metrics, randomized experiments, models for targeting, network effects, and analyzing launches. Features lectures, industry examples and guests, and data analysis assignments supported by in-class labs. Draws inspiration from the internet industry, but applications span many industries.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.821,Listening to the Customer,"Introduces proven methods for listening to customers and understanding their needs in order to generate new ideas to build the top line. Students practice experiential interviewing and discuss how to use metaphor analysis, observation, the voice of the customer, and other methods to uncover customer needs.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,"15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.822,Strategic Market Measurement,"Project subject teaches students how to create, carry out, interpret, and analyze a market research questionnaire. Emphasis on discovering market structure and segmentation, but students can pursue other project applications. Includes a user-oriented treatment of multivariate analysis (factor analysis, multidimensional scaling, conjoint and cluster analysis).",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.830,Enterprise Management Lab,"Lays the foundation for the Enterprise Management (EM) Certificate by developing students' ability to apply integrated management perspectives and practices through action-learning. Small teams of students deliver quality deliverables by working on projects for large organizations and emergent innovators that integrate marketing, operations, and/or strategy. Students engage with faculty mentors and guest faculty speakers from marketing, strategy, and operations. Promotes a holistic cross-functional approach to addressing business issues. Significant class time allocated to team collaboration on projects. Students must register for both the fall term and IAP. Restricted to students eligible for the MIT Sloan Enterprise Management Certificate.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,3-0-6,"None. Coreq: 15.761, 15.814, or 15.900",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.833,Business-to-Business Marketing,"Applies marketing concepts, analyses and tools used in business-to-business (B2B) marketing. Develops an understanding of customer value management and value quantification as a strategy for delivering superior value to targeted business segments while maintaining equitable returns. Focuses on B2B pricing, brand building, web and technology facilitation of the supply chain, and customer relationship management. Underscores sales force management within the context of go-to-market strategy; however, does not address selling per se. Discusses various B2B contexts, such as products and services, for- and non-profits, and domestic and global markets. Emphasizes applications in technology and healthcare domains. Includes value-based pricing project, case studies, applied exercises, and readings.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,"15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.834,Marketing Strategy,"Prepares students to formulate the marketing component of overall corporate strategy. Students examine three types of situations: some in which firms leverage their existing competitive advantages; some in which they build new competitive advantages; and some in which a seemingly weaker competitor, such as a start-up, leapfrogs a larger incumbent. Presents material through a combination of cases, lectures, and a group project.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-2,"15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.835,Entrepreneurial Marketing,Explores a basic marketing framework in depth as it applies to start-ups. Students then apply this framework to a project.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.838,Research Seminar in Marketing,"Seminar on current marketing literature and current research interests of faculty and students. Topics such as marketing models, consumer behavior, competitive strategy, marketing experimentation, and game theory. Restricted to doctoral students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.839,Workshop in Marketing,"Presentations by faculty, doctoral students, and guest speakers of ongoing research relating to current issues in marketing. Topics: reports of research projects (proposed or in progress) and informal discussions of recent literature dealing with subjects of special interest to participants. Restricted to doctoral students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.840-15.843,Seminar in Marketing,Group study of current topics related to marketing.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,15.810,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.846,Branding,"Provides a foundation for building, managing, and defending brands at various stages in the brand life cycle. Introduces the fundamentals of customer experience, brand architecture, and management strategies relevant for B2C and B2B Marketing. Examples from a variety of industries cover topics that include brand co-creation, diffusion, imitation, and authenticity. Explores theory and practice using cases and behavioral academic research. Also looks at the development of leadership branding.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,"15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.847[J],Consumer Behavior,"Examines the behavior of consumers through the lens of behavioral economics, cognitive science, and social psychology. Reviews theory and research and brings this knowledge to bear on a wide range of applications in business and public policy. Lectures are combined with cases, guest speakers, and brainstorming sessions where students work in teams to apply concepts to real-world problems. Meets with 15.8471 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria may differ for students taking the graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor",9.550[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.8471[J],Consumer Behavior,"Examines the behavior of consumers through the lens of behavioral economics, cognitive science, and social psychology. Reviews theory and research and brings this knowledge to bear on a wide range of applications in business and public policy. Lectures are combined with cases, guest speakers, and brainstorming sessions where students work in teams to apply concepts to real-world problems. Meets with 15.847 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria may differ for students taking the graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,9.55[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.871,Introduction to System Dynamics,"Introduction to systems thinking and system dynamics modeling applied to strategy, organizational change, and policy design. Students use simulation models, management flight simulators, and case studies to develop conceptual and modeling skills for the design and management of high-performance organizations in a dynamic world. Case studies of successful applications of system dynamics in growth strategy, management of technology, operations, public policy, product development, and others. Principles for effective use of modeling in the real world. Meets with 15.873 first half of term when offered concurrently. Students taking 15.871 complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring, IAP, IAP, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.872,System Dynamics II,"Emphasizes tools and methods needed to apply systems thinking and simulation modeling successfully in diverse real-world settings, including supply chains, forecasting, project management, process improvement, service operations, and platform-based businesses, among others. Uses simulation models, management flight simulators, and case studies to deepen the conceptual and modeling skills introduced in 15.871. Through models and case studies of successful applications students develop proficiency in how to use qualitative and quantitative data to formulate and test models, and how to work effectively with senior executives to implement change successfully. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking half-term graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,15.871,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.873,System Dynamics for Business and Policy,"Focuses on developing the skills and tools needed to successfully apply systems thinking and simulation modeling in diverse real-world settings, including growth strategy, management of technology, operations, public policy, product development, supply chains, forecasting, project management, process improvement, service operations, and platform-based businesses, among others. Uses simulation models, management flight simulators, and case studies to deepen conceptual and modeling skills beyond what is introduced in 15.871. Exploring case studies of successful applications, students develop proficiency in how to use qualitative and quantitative data to formulate and test models, and how to work effectively with senior executives to successfully implement change. Prepares students for further work in the field. Meets with 15.871 in first half of term when offered concurrently. Students taking 15.871 complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.8731,System Dynamics: Tools for Solving Complex Problems,"Introduction to field of system dynamics. Builds on ideas of control theory to understand dynamics of social, technological and organizational systems. Focuses on developing skills and tools needed to successfully apply systems thinking and simulation modeling in diverse real-world settings, including sustainability, strategy, project management, product development, public policy, healthcare, forecasting, platform-based businesses, and others. Utilizes simulation models, management flight simulators, and case studies to deepen conceptual and modeling skills. Develops proficiency in using qualitative and quantitative data to formulate and test models and how to work effectively with policy makers and executives to successfully implement change. Meets with 15.873 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria may differ for students taking the graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.874[J],People and the Planet: Environmental Governance and Science,"Introduces governance and science aspects of complex environmental problems and approaches to solutions. Introduces quantitative analyses and methodological tools to analyze environmental issues that have human and natural components. Demonstrates concepts through a series of in-depth case studies of environmental governance and science problems. Students develop writing, quantitative modeling, and analytical skills in assessing environmental systems problems and developing solutions. Through experiential activities, such as modeling and policy exercises, students engage with the challenges and possibilities of governance in complex, interacting systems, including biogeophysical processes and societal and stakeholder interactions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,"12.387[J], IDS.063[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.876,Lean Operations (New),"Focuses on closing the gaps between traditionally studied and idealized models, frameworks, and approaches and those practiced on factory floors. Addresses operating principles (Little's Law, Kingman's equation, Theory of Constraints), and experience with fundamental tools (5S, Value Stream Mapping) for understanding the actual workspace (genba). Examines the organization of these tools into successful business operating systems such as TPS, Lean Operations, Six Sigma. Features guest speakers from a variety of industries. Techniques can be used by students completing operations-focused internships to significantly impact industry performance. Restricted to Leaders for Global Operations students.",True,Summer,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.878,Sustainable Business Lab,"Integrative experience that explores the complex set of circumstances and choices leaders must face in light of uncertain environmental and social consequences. Drawing on academic and practical experiences, students engage in a semester-long project focused on a host organization's sustainability challenge. Peer-to-peer learning accompanies in-class cases, simulations, and role-playing to provide students with practical skills for application in projects and for careers beyond. A shared deep dive into a systemic challenge provides a chance for students across programs to reflect and engage in dialogue about the ethical landscape of business. Through personal reflection and career visioning, students clarify their own personal commitments to leadership and change.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None. Coreq: 15.915,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.879,Research Seminar in System Dynamics,"Doctoral seminar in system dynamics modeling, with a focus on building advanced modeling and research skills. Topics vary from year to year and may include: classic works in dynamic modeling from various disciplines (e.g., psychology, sociology, behavioral economics) and current research problems and papers; advanced system dynamics models focused on research and practical problems of interest to students; analytic tools and methods for model development, estimation, and analysis (e.g., automating modeling workflow, maximum likelihood, simulated method of moments, dynamical games, dynamic programming); bootcamp for enhancing modeling skills working on multiple problem sets.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,15.873 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.900,Competitive Strategy,"Explores a wide range of strategic problems, focusing particularly on the sources of competitive advantage and the interaction between industry structure and organizational capabilities. Introduces a wide variety of modern strategy frameworks and methodologies. Builds upon and integrates material from core topics, such as economics and organizational processes. Meets with 15.9001 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.9001,Competitive Strategy,"Explores a wide range of strategic problems, focusing particularly on the sources of competitive advantage and the interaction between industry structure and organizational capabilities. Introduces a wide variety of modern strategy frameworks and methodologies. Builds upon and integrates material from core topics, such as economics and organizational processes. Meets with 15.900 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.902,Advanced Strategic Management,"Focuses on developing skills and applying frameworks for the conduct of competitive and corporate strategy. Develops tools from earlier core subjects, especially those from strategic marketing, organizational processes, innovation-driven advantage, and economics. Emphasis is placed on the role of strategic commitments, social networks, strategic coherence, and adapting to environmental and technological change. Restricted to MIT Sloan Fellows.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.903,Managing the Modern Organization,"Focuses on how managers build and manage complex organizations to achieve strategic goals (e.g., competitive advantages for firms). Develops frameworks that build on 15.010 and 15.311, as well as concepts borrowed from game theory. Applies these frameworks to corporate strategy, with an emphasis on modern managerial practices as key drivers of organizational success.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,15.010 and 15.311,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.904,Strategy and the CEO,"Builds on 15.900 and 15.902 to explore key concepts that have shaped the field of strategic management teaching and strategy consulting over the past several decades. Uses lectures, readings, case studies, and videos to review the evolution of strategy teaching, research, and practice; differences between analytical versus prescriptive tools for strategic thinking and planning; external versus internal influences on financial results; and sources of enduring competitive advantage. Key themes include the role of CEO leadership in strategy formulation and execution, how to view company performance in context, and the role of platform strategies as a tool for competition in the digital age.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,15.900 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.906,Competitive Strategy Boot Camp,"Introduces a variety of modern strategy frameworks and methodologies to develop the skills needed to be a successful manager. Cases and readings explore a range of strategic problems, focusing particularly value capture, the sources of competitive advantage and the interaction between industry structure and organizational capabilities. Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBA students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],15.809,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.910,Innovation Strategy,"Establishes a foundation for formulating, analyzing, and executing strategies to develop and commercialize new products and services in technology-intensive industries. Develops and applies rigorous frameworks to examine the interaction between patterns of technological change, market dynamics, and the development of internal firm capabilities. Topics include profiting from innovation, the role of intellectual property, platform strategy, government regulation, and innovation policy. Applies concepts in various industry and case settings with an emphasis on addressing issues most relevant for today's changing economic landscape and fostering innovation for social progress, such as clean energy, environmental management, healthcare, and digitalization.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.911,Entrepreneurial Strategy,"Teaches an integrated strategy framework for start-ups. Provides a deep understanding of the core strategic choices facing innovation-based entrepreneurs, a synthetic framework for the process of choosing and the implementation of entrepreneurial strategy, and the core challenges and approaches for scaling ventures over time. Highlights the process of how to choose an entrepreneurial strategy, the specific choices that matter, how key choices fit together to form an overall entrepreneurial strategy, and the playbook for particular strategies for startups.",True,Fall,Graduate,6-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.912,Strategic Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship,"Provides a series of strategic frameworks for managing high-technology businesses with a particular focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, especially as it builds upon patterns of technological and market change, prior research on product development and new ventures, and the structure and development of organizational capabilities. Includes case analyses and simulations, as well as independent readings drawn from research in technological innovation, entrepreneurial management, and organizational theory.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,"15.910, 15.911, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.913,Strategies for Sustainable Business,"Develops a pragmatic, action-oriented approach to sustainability: the alignment between healthy businesses, healthy environments, healthy societies, and an economy that meets human needs.  In-class simulations and role-playing provide a robust foundation for understanding sustainability challenges.  Cases analyze innovative strategies for sustainable businesses and organizations.  Class discussions explore how sustainability is changing existing business models and market structures, how to develop sustainable management practices, and how firms can implement those practices successfully.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.914,Competitive Dynamics and Strategy: Winning in Technology Markets,"Focuses on competitive strategy in technology-driven markets. Students acquire a portfolio of models of the signature dynamics in these markets and use the models in projects with participating companies to analyze technology markets, formulate competitive strategies, and illuminate the challenges of execution. Addresses issues critical for both established incumbents and new market entrants. Restricted to graduate students.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,"15.872 and (15.369, 15.567, 15.900, or 15.902)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.915,Business Strategies for a Sustainable Future,"Develops a pragmatic, action-oriented approach to sustainability: the alignment between healthy businesses, healthy environments, healthy societies, and an economy that meets human needs. In-class simulations and role-playing provide a robust foundation for understanding sustainability challenges. Cases analyze innovative strategies for sustainable businesses and organizations. Class discussions explore how sustainability is changing existing business models and market structures, how to develop sustainable management practices, and how firms can implement those practices successfully.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.928,The Sociology of Strategy,"Doctoral seminar in theory building for social scientists interested in economic sociology, organization theory, strategic management, and related fields. Builds skills for developing social scientific theory. Focuses on assessing and developing the relevance of sociological research for key questions in strategy research: what explains the relative performance of firms and the variety of their strategies for achieving performance. Students also develop skills in evaluating academic research in this area. Restricted to doctoral students.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,15.342,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.929,Identity and Action,"Doctoral seminar in theory building for social scientists. Primary goal is to build skills for developing social scientific theory. Secondary goals are to review and integrate a broad array of ideas concerning the foundations of identity and its relation to action, and to suggest how such issues relate to a broader set of questions in the social sciences.   Students learn that any account of action is based on ascribing desires, beliefs, and opportunities to specific actors, but such actors cannot be easily explained except as a result of action by prior actors.  The focus of this course is around developing this paradox and providing a foundation for resolving it. Restricted to doctoral students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,15.342,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.933,Strategic Opportunities in Energy,"Introduces the energy system in terms of sources and uses, market characteristics, and key metrics.  Provides frameworks for understanding the structure and dynamics of the sector and the drivers of the energy future.  Opportunities resulting from demand growth, supply challenges, environmental constraints, security of supply, technology breakthroughs, and regulation are analyzed from the perspectives of both established players and entrepreneurs.  Student teams engage in projects that evaluate a segment of the energy landscape and develop a strategic prospectus for a new business opportunity.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-2,15.900 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.941[J],Leadership in Real Estate,"Designed to help students deepen their understanding of leadership and increase self-awareness. They reflect on their authentic leadership styles and create goals and a learning plan to develop their capabilities. They also participate in activities to strengthen their ""leadership presence"" - the ability to authentically connect with people's hearts and minds. Students converse with classmates and industry leaders to learn from their insights, experiences, and advice. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,11.430[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.949,Seminar in Strategy,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to strategy.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.C08[J],Causal Inference,"Provides an accessible overview of modern quantitative methods for causal inference: testing whether an action causes an outcome to occur. Makes heavy use of applied, real-data examples using Python or R and drawn from the participating domains (economics, political science, business, public policy, etc.). Covers topics including potential outcomes, causal graphs, randomized controlled trials, observational studies, instrumental variable estimation, and a contrast with machine learning techniques. Seeks to provide an intuitive understanding of the core concepts and techniques to help students produce and consume evidence of causal claims.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.3800, 6.3900, 6.C01, 14.32, 17.803, 18.05, 18.650, or permission of instructor",17.C08[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.C57[J],Optimization Methods (15.093),"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 15.093/6.7200/IDS.200.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,"6.C57[J], IDS.C57[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.C571[J],Optimization Methods (6.7201),"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 6.7201. One section primarily reserved for Sloan students; check syllabus for details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,6.C571[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S01,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Fall, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S02,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S03,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S04,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S05,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S06,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S07,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S08,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S09,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S10,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. Consult Department headquarters.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S11,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S10-15.S12,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S13,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S14,Special Seminar in Management,Opportunity for group study by graduate students on current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S15,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S16,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S17,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S18,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S19,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S20-15.S26,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum. Coursework may continue into the following term.,True,"IAP, IAP, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S30,Special Distance Learning Seminar in Management,Group study through distance learning on current topics related to management.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S31,Special Distance Learning Seminar in Management,Group study through distance learning on current topics related to management.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S32,Special Distance Learning Seminar in Management,Group study through distance learning on current topics related to management.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S33,Special Distance Learning Seminar in Management,Group study through distance learning on current topics related to management.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S35-15.S38,Special Distance Learning Seminar in Management,Group study through distance learning on current topics related to management.,True,"IAP, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S40,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S41,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S42,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S43,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S44,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S45,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S46,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S47,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S50,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S51,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S52,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S53,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S54,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S55,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S56,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S57,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S58,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S59,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S60,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S61,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S62,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S63,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S64,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S65,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S66,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S67,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S68,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S69,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.S70-15.S75,Special Seminar in Management,Group study of current topics related to management not otherwise included in curriculum.,True,"IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.UAR[J],Climate and Sustainability Undergraduate Advanced Research,"Provides instruction in effective research, experiential projects, internships, and externships, including choosing and refining problems, surveying previous work and publications, industry best practices, design for robustness, technical presentation, authorship and collaboration, and ethics. Supporting content includes background and context pertaining to climate change and sustainability, as well as tools for sustainable design. Focus for project work includes research topics relevant to the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC). Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises, in the context of an approved advanced research project. A total of 12 units of credit is awarded for completion of the spring and subsequent fall term offerings. Application required; consult MCSC website for more information.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,"1.UAR[J], 3.UAR[J], 5.UAR[J], 11.UAR[J], 12.UAR[J], 22.UAR[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.UR,Undergraduate Research in Management,"Participation in the work of a research group which includes such activities as independent study of the literature, direct involvement in the group's research (commensurate with the student's skills and preparation), or project work under an individual faculty member possibly extending over more than one term. Admission by arrangement with individual faculty member. Requires written project report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.URG,Undergraduate Studies in Management,"Participation in the work of a research group which includes such activities as independent study of the literature, direct involvement in the group's research (commensurate with the student's skills and preparation), or project work under an individual faculty member possibly extending over more than one term. Admission by arrangement with individual faculty member. Requires written project report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.950,Independent Study in Management,"Advanced work, special investigation or application of a management topic, on an individual basis, under faculty supervision. May include readings, conferences, laboratory and fieldwork, and reports. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.951,Independent Study in Management,"Advanced work, special investigation or application of a management topic, on an individual basis, under faculty supervision. May include readings, conferences, laboratory and fieldwork, and reports. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.952,Curricular Practical Training,For Course 15 undergraduate students participating in management curriculum-related off-campus internship experiences. Students must have an employment offer from a company or organization and must find a Sloan faculty advisor before enrolling. Consult Sloan Undergraduate Education Office.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.960,Independent Study in Management,"Advanced work, special investigation or application of a management topic, on an individual basis, under faculty supervision. May include readings, conferences, laboratory and fieldwork, and reports. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.961,Independent Study in Management,"Advanced work, special investigation or application of a management topic, on an individual basis, under faculty supervision. May include readings, conferences, laboratory and fieldwork, and reports. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.998,Independent Group Study in Action Learning,"Team-based opportunities for application management tools, under faculty supervision, on dynamic projects that provide a wide array of operational challenges facing organizations around the world. May include travel to on-site locales. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.999,Internship,"Elective subject in which students participate in an off-campus internship experience and apply topics of management and/or culture to their experience. Requirements include a written deliverable. Internship experience must be at least two weeks in length, and students must have a formal offer letter from host employer/organization. Restricted to MIT Sloan students who wish to intern in an area related to their field of study. Additional restrictions may apply.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
15.THG,Graduate Thesis,Research and writing of thesis; to be arranged by the student with supervising committee.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.001,Unified Engineering: Materials and Structures,"Presents fundamental principles and methods of materials and structures for aerospace engineering, and engineering analysis and design concepts applied to aerospace systems.  Topics include statics; analysis of trusses; analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate systems; stress-strain behavior of materials; analysis of beam bending, buckling, and torsion; material and structural failure, including plasticity, fracture, fatigue, and their physical causes. Experiential lab and aerospace system projects provide additional aerospace context.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-1-6,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR); Coreq: 16.002 and 18.03,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
16.002,Unified Engineering: Signals and Systems,"Presents fundamental principles and methods of signals and systems for aerospace engineering, and engineering analysis and design concepts applied to aerospace systems. Topics include linear and time invariant systems; convolution; Fourier and Laplace transform analysis in continuous and discrete time; modulation, filtering, and sampling; and an introduction to feedback control. Experiential lab and system projects provide additional aerospace context. Labs, projects, and assignments involve the use of software such as MATLAB and/or Python.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-1-6,"Calculus II (GIR); Coreq: Physics II (GIR), 16.001, and (18.03 or 18.032)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.003,Unified Engineering: Fluid Dynamics,"Presents fundamental principles and methods of fluid dynamics for aerospace engineering, and engineering analysis and design concepts applied to aerospace systems. Topics include aircraft and aerodynamic performance, conservation laws for fluid flows, quasi-one-dimensional compressible flows, shock and expansion waves, streamline curvature, potential flow modeling, an introduction to three-dimensional wings and induced drag. Experiential lab and aerospace system projects provide additional aerospace context.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-1-6,"Calculus II (GIR), Physics II (GIR), and (18.03 or 18.032); Coreq: 16.004",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.004,Unified Engineering: Thermodynamics and Propulsion,"Presents fundamental principles and methods of thermodynamics for aerospace engineering, and engineering analysis and design concepts applied to aerospace systems. Topics include thermodynamic state of a system, forms of energy, work, heat, the first law of thermodynamics, heat engines, reversible and irreversible processes, entropy and the second law of thermodynamics, ideal and non-ideal cycle analysis, two-phase systems, and introductions to thermochemistry and heat transfer. Experiential lab and aerospace system projects provide additional aerospace context.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-1-6,"Calculus II (GIR), Physics II (GIR), and (18.03 or 18.032); Coreq: Chemistry (GIR) and 16.003",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.06,Principles of Automatic Control,"Introduction to design of feedback control systems. Properties and advantages of feedback systems. Time-domain and frequency-domain performance measures. Stability and degree of stability. Root locus method, Nyquist criterion, frequency-domain design, and some state space methods. Strong emphasis on the synthesis of classical controllers. Application to a variety of aerospace systems. Hands-on experiments using simple robotic systems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,16.002,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.07,Dynamics,"Fundamentals of Newtonian mechanics. Kinematics, particle dynamics, motion relative to accelerated reference frames, work and energy, impulse and momentum, systems of particles and rigid body dynamics. Applications to aerospace engineering including introductory topics in orbital mechanics, flight dynamics, inertial navigation and attitude dynamics.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,(16.001 or 16.002) and (16.003 or 16.004),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.09,Statistics and Probability,"Introduction to statistics and probability with applications to aerospace engineering. Covers essential topics, such as sample space, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions, joint and conditional distributions, expectation, transformation of random variables, limit theorems, estimation theory, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, statistical tests, and regression.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.C20[J],Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering,"Provides an introduction to computational algorithms used throughout engineering and science (natural and social) to simulate time-dependent phenomena; optimize and control systems; and quantify uncertainty in problems involving randomness, including an introduction to probability and statistics. Combination of 6.100A and 16.C20J counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,6.100A; Coreq: 8.01 and 18.01,"9.C20[J], 18.C20[J], CSE.C20[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.100,Aerodynamics,"Extends fluid mechanic concepts from Unified Engineering to aerodynamic performance of wings and bodies in sub/supersonic regimes. Addresses themes such as subsonic potential flows, including source/vortex panel methods; viscous flows, including laminar and turbulent boundary layers; aerodynamics of airfoils and wings, including thin airfoil theory, lifting line theory, and panel method/interacting boundary layer methods; and supersonic and hypersonic airfoil theory. Material may vary from year to year depending upon focus of design problem.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,16.003 and 16.004,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.101,Topics in Fluids,Provides credit for work on undergraduate-level material in fluids outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for transfer credit and study abroad. Credit may be used to satisfy specific degree requirements in the Course 16 and Course 16-ENG programs. Requires prior approval. Consult department.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.110,Flight Vehicle Aerodynamics,"Aerodynamic flow modeling and representation techniques. Potential farfield approximations. Airfoil and lifting-surface theory. Laminar and turbulent boundary layers and their effects on aerodynamic flows. Nearfield and farfield force analysis. Subsonic, transonic, and supersonic compressible flows. Experimental methods and measurement techniques. Aerodynamic models for flight dynamics.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,16.100 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.120,Compressible Internal Flow,"Internal compressible flow with applications in propulsion and fluid systems. Control volume analysis of compressible flow devices. Compressible channel flow and extensions, including effects of shock waves, momentum, energy and mass addition, swirl, and flow non-uniformity on Mach numbers, flow regimes, and choking.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.25 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.122,Aerothermodynamics,"Analysis of external inviscid and viscous hypersonic flows over thin airfoils, lifting bodies of revolution, wedges, cones, and blunt nose bodies. Analyses formulated using singular perturbation and multiple scale methods. Hypersonic equivalence principle. Hypersonic similarity. Newtonian approximation. Curved, detached shock waves. Crocco theorem. Entropy layers. Shock layers. Blast waves. Hypersonic boundary layers.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.25, 18.085, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.13,Aerodynamics of Viscous Fluids,"Boundary layers as rational approximations to the solutions of exact equations of fluid motion. Physical parameters influencing laminar and turbulent aerodynamic flows and transition. Effects of compressibility, heat conduction, and frame rotation. Influence of boundary layers on outer potential flow and associated stall and drag mechanisms. Numerical solution techniques and exercises.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"16.100, 16.110, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.18,Fundamentals of Turbulence,"Introduces the fundamentals of turbulent flows, i.e., the chaotic motion of gases and liquids, along with the mathematical tools for turbulence research. Topics range from the classic viewpoint of turbulence to the theories developed in the last decade. Combines theory, data science, and numerical simulations, and is designed for a wide audience in the areas of aerospace, mechanical engineering, geophysics, and astrophysics.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.25 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.20,Structural Mechanics,"Applies solid mechanics to analysis of high-technology structures. Structural design considerations. Review of three-dimensional elasticity theory; stress, strain, anisotropic materials, and heating effects. Two-dimensional plane stress and plane strain problems. Torsion theory for arbitrary sections. Bending of unsymmetrical section and mixed material beams. Bending, shear, and torsion of thin-wall shell beams. Buckling of columns and stability phenomena. Introduction to structural dynamics. Exercises in the design of general and aerospace structures.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,16.001,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.201,Topics in Materials and Structures,Provides credit for undergraduate-level work in materials and structures outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for transfer credit and study abroad. Credit may be used to satisfy specific degree requirements in the Course 16 program. Requires prior approval. Consult M. A. Stuppard.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.202,Manufacturing with Advanced Composite Materials,"Introduces the methods used to manufacture parts made of advanced composite materials with work in the Technology Laboratory for Advanced Composites. Students gain hands-on experience by fabricating, machining, instrumenting, and testing graphite/epoxy specimens. Students also design, build, and test a composite structure as part of a design contest. Lectures supplement laboratory sessions with background information on the nature of composites, curing, composite machining, secondary bonding, and the testing of composites.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-3-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.215[J],Topology Optimization of Structures (New),"Covers free-form topology design of structures using formal optimization methods and mathematical programs, including design of structural systems, mechanisms, and material architectures. Strong emphasis on designing with gradient-based optimizers, finite element methods, and design problems governed by structural mechanics. Incorporates optimization theory and computational mechanics fundamentals, problem formulation, sensitivity analysis; and introduces cutting-edge extensions, including to other and multiple physics. ",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.583[J], 2.083[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.221[J],Structural Dynamics,"Examines response of structures to dynamic excitation: free vibration, harmonic loads, pulses and earthquakes. Covers systems of single- and multiple-degree-of-freedom, up to the continuum limit, by exact and approximate methods. Includes applications to buildings, ships, aircraft and offshore structures. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,18.03 or permission of instructor,"1.581[J], 2.060[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.223[J],Mechanics of Heterogeneous Materials,"Mechanical behavior of heterogeneous materials such as thin-film microelectro- mechanical systems (MEMS) materials and advanced filamentary composites, with particular emphasis on laminated structural configurations.  Anisotropic and crystallographic elasticity formulations.  Structure, properties and mechanics of constituents such as films, substrates, active materials, fibers, and matrices including nano- and micro-scale constituents.  Effective properties from constituent properties.  Classical laminated plate theory for modeling structural behavior including extrinsic and intrinsic strains and stresses such as environmental effects.  Introduction to buckling of plates and nonlinear (deformations) plate theory.  Other issues in modeling heterogeneous materials such as fracture/failure of laminated structures.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.002, 3.032, 16.20, or permission of instructor",2.076[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.225[J],Computational Mechanics of Materials,"Formulation of numerical (finite element) methods for the analysis of the nonlinear continuum response of materials. The range of material behavior considered includes finite deformation elasticity and inelasticity. Numerical formulation and algorithms include variational formulation and variational constitutive updates; finite element discretization; constrained problems; time discretization and convergence analysis. Strong emphasis on the (parallel) computer implementation of algorithms in programming assignments. The application to real engineering applications and problems in engineering science are stressed throughout. Experience in either C++, C, or Fortran required.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,2.099[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.230[J],Plates and Shells: Static and Dynamic Analysis,"Stress-strain relations for plate and shell elements. Differential equations of equilibrium. Energy methods and approximate solutions. Bending and buckling of rectangular plates. Post-buckling and ultimate strength of cold formed sections and typical stiffened panels used in aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering; offshore technology; and ship building. Geometry of curved surfaces. General theory of elastic, axisymmetric shells and their equilibrium equations. Buckling, crushing and bending strength of cylindrical shells with applications. Propagation of 1-D elastic waves in rods, geometrical and material dispersion. Plane, Rayleigh surface, and 3-D waves. 1-D plastic waves. Response of plates and shells to high-intensity loads. Dynamic plasticity and fracture. Application to crashworthiness and impact loading of structures.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,"2.071, 2.080, or permission of instructor",2.081[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.235,Design with High Temperature Materials,"Introduction to materials design for high-temperature applications. Fundamental principles of thermodynamics and kinetics of the oxidation and corrosion of materials in high-temperature, chemically aggressive environments. Relationship of oxidation theory to design of metals (iron-, cobalt-, nickel-, refractory- and intermetallic alloys), ceramics, composites (metal-, ceramic- and carbon-matrix, coated materials). Relationships between deformation mechanisms (creep, viscoelasticity, thermoelasticity) and microstructure for materials used at elevated temperature. Discussions of high-temperature oxidation, corrosion, and damage problems that occur in energy and aerospace systems.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.30,Feedback Control Systems,"Studies state-space representation of dynamic systems, including model realizations, controllability, and observability. Introduces the state-space approach to multi-input-multi-output control system analysis and synthesis, including full state feedback using pole placement, linear quadratic regulator, stochastic state estimation, and the design of dynamic control laws. Also covers performance limitations and robustness. Extensive use of computer-aided control design tools. Applications to various aerospace systems, including navigation, guidance, and control of vehicles. Laboratory exercises utilize a palm-size drone. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-1-7,16.06 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.301,"Topics in Control, Dynamics, and Automation",Provides credit for work on undergraduate-level material in control and/or dynamics and/or automation outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for transfer credit and study abroad. Credit may be used to satisfy specific degree requirements in the Course 16 program. Requires prior approval. Consult department.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.31,Feedback Control Systems,"Graduate-level version of 16.30; see description under 16.30. Includes additional homework questions, laboratory experiments, and a term project beyond 16.30 with a particular focus on the material associated with state-space realizations of MIMO transfer function (matrices); MIMO zeros, controllability, and observability; stochastic processes and estimation; limitations on performance; design and analysis of dynamic output feedback controllers; and robustness of multivariable control systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,16.06 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.32,Principles of Optimal Control and Estimation,"Fundamentals of optimal control and estimation for discrete and continuous systems. Briefly reviews constrained function minimization and stochastic processes. Topics in optimal control theory include dynamic programming, variational calculus, Pontryagin's maximum principle, and numerical algorithms and software. Topics in estimation include least-squares estimation, and the Kalman filter and its extensions for estimating the states of dynamic systems. May include an individual term project.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,16.31,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.332,Formal Methods for Safe Autonomous Systems,"Covers formal methods for designing and analyzing autonomous systems. Focuses on both classical and state-of-the-art rigorous methods for specifying, modeling, verifying, and synthesizing various behaviors for systems where embedded computing units monitor and control physical processes. Additionally, covers advanced material on combining formal methods with control theory and machine learning theory for modern safety critical autonomous systems powered by AI techniques such as robots, self-driving cars, and drones. Strong emphasis on the use of various mathematical and software tools to provide safety, soundness, and completeness guarantees for system models with different levels of fidelity.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.338[J],Dynamic Systems and Control,"Linear, discrete- and continuous-time, multi-input-output systems in control, related areas. Least squares and matrix perturbation problems. State-space models, modes, stability, controllability, observability, transfer function matrices, poles and zeros, and minimality. Internal stability of interconnected systems, feedback compensators, state feedback, optimal regulation, observers, and observer-based compensators. Measures of control performance, robustness issues using singular values of transfer functions. Introductory ideas on nonlinear systems. Recommended prerequisite: 6.3100.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3000 and 18.06,6.7100[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.343,Spacecraft and Aircraft Sensors and Instrumentation,"Covers fundamental sensor and instrumentation principles in the context of systems designed for space or atmospheric flight. Systems discussed include basic measurement system for force, temperature, pressure; navigation systems (Global Positioning System, Inertial Reference Systems, radio navigation), air data systems, communication systems; spacecraft attitude determination by stellar, solar, and horizon sensing; remote sensing by incoherent and Doppler radar, radiometry, spectrometry, and interferometry. Also included is a review of basic electromagnetic theory and antenna design and discussion of design considerations for flight. Alternate years.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.346,Astrodynamics,"Fundamentals of astrodynamics; the two-body orbital initial-value and boundary-value problems with applications to space vehicle navigation and guidance for lunar and planetary missions with applications to space vehicle navigation and guidance for lunar and planetary missions including both powered flight and midcourse maneuvers. Topics include celestial mechanics, Kepler's problem, Lambert's problem, orbit determination, multi-body methods, mission planning, and recursive algorithms for space navigation. Selected applications from the Apollo, Space Shuttle, and Mars exploration programs.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.35,Real-Time Systems and Software,"Concepts, principles, and methods for specifying and designing real-time computer systems. Topics include concurrency, real-time execution implementation, scheduling, testing, verification, real-time analysis, and software engineering concepts. Additional topics include operating system architecture, process management, and networking.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,1.00 or 6.100B,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.355[J],Concepts in the Engineering of Software,"Reading and discussion on issues in the engineering of software systems and software development project design. Includes the present state of software engineering, what has been tried in the past, what worked, what did not, and why. Topics may differ in each offering, but are chosen from the software process and life cycle; requirements and specifications; design principles; testing, formal analysis, and reviews; quality management and assessment; product and process metrics; COTS and reuse; evolution and maintenance; team organization and people management; and software engineering aspects of programming languages.  Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,IDS.341[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.36,Communication Systems and Networks,"Introduces the fundamentals of digital communications and networking. Topics include elements of information theory, sampling and quantization, coding, modulation, signal detection and system performance in the presence of noise. Study of data networking includes multiple access, reliable packet transmission, routing and protocols of the internet. Concepts discussed in the context of aerospace communication systems: aircraft communications, satellite communications, and deep space communications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(6.3000 or 16.002) and (6.3700 or 16.09),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.363,Communication Systems and Networks,"Introduces the fundamentals of digital communications and networking, focusing on the study of networks, including protocols, performance analysis, and queuing theory. Topics include elements of information theory, sampling and quantization, coding, modulation, signal detection and system performance in the presence of noise. Study of data networking includes multiple access, reliable packet transmission, routing and protocols of the internet. Concepts discussed in the context of aerospace communication systems: aircraft communications, satellite communications, and deep space communications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.3000 or 16.004) and (6.3700 or 16.09),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.37[J],Data-Communication Networks,"Provides an introduction to data networks with an analytic perspective, using wireless networks, satellite networks, optical networks, the internet and data centers as primary applications. Presents basic tools for modeling and performance analysis. Draws upon concepts from stochastic processes, queuing theory, and optimization.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3700 or 18.204,6.7450[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.391,Statistics for Engineers and Scientists,"Rigorous introduction to fundamentals of statistics motivated by engineering applications. Topics include exponential families, order statistics, sufficient statistics, estimation theory, hypothesis testing, measures of performance, notions of optimality, analysis of variance (ANOVA), simple linear regression, and selected topics.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"Calculus II (GIR), 18.06, 6.431, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.393,Statistical Communication and Localization Theory,"Rigorous introduction to statistical communication and localization theory, covering essential topics such as modulation and demodulation of signals, derivation of optimal receivers, characterization of wireless channels, and devising of ranging and localization techniques. Applies decision theory, estimation theory, and modulation theory to the design and analysis of modern communication and localization systems exploring synchronization, diversity, and cooperation. Selected topics will be discussed according to time schedule and class interest.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.395,Principles of Wide Bandwidth Communication,"Introduction to the principles of wide bandwidth wireless communication, with a focus on ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) systems. Topics include the basics of spread-spectrum systems, impulse radio, Rake reception, transmitted reference signaling, spectral analysis, coexistence issues, signal acquisition, channel measurement and modeling, regulatory issues, and ranging, localization and GPS. Consists of lectures and technical presentations by students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3010, 16.36, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.400,Human Systems Engineering,"Provides a fundamental understanding of human factors that must be taken into account in the design and engineering of complex aviation, space, and medical systems. Focuses primarily on derivation of human engineering design criteria from sensory, motor, and cognitive sources. Includes principles of displays, controls and ergonomics, manual control, the nature of human error, basic experimental design, and human-computer interaction in supervisory control settings. Students taking graduate version complete a research project with a final written report and oral presentation.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 16.09, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.401,Topics in Communication and Software,Provides credit for undergraduate-level work in communications and/or software outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for transfer credit and study abroad. Credit may be used to satisfy specific degree requirements in the Course 16 program. Requires prior approval. Consult M. A. Stuppard.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.405[J],Robotics: Science and Systems,"Presents concepts, principles, and algorithmic foundations for robots and autonomous vehicles operating in the physical world. Topics include sensing, kinematics and dynamics, state estimation, computer vision, perception, learning, control, motion planning, and embedded system development. Students design and implement advanced algorithms on complex robotic platforms capable of agile autonomous navigation and real-time interaction with the physical word. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-6-4,"((1.00 or 6.100A) and (2.003, 6.1010, 6.1210, or 16.06)) or permission of instructor","2.124[J], 6.4200[J]",True,False,False,False,False,False
16.410[J],Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making,"Surveys decision making methods used to create highly autonomous systems and decision aids. Applies models, principles and algorithms taken from artificial intelligence and operations research. Focuses on planning as state-space search, including uninformed, informed and stochastic search, activity and motion planning, probabilistic and adversarial planning, Markov models and decision processes, and Bayesian filtering. Also emphasizes planning with real-world constraints using constraint programming. Includes methods for satisfiability and optimization of logical, temporal and finite domain constraints, graphical models, and linear and integer programs, as well as methods for search, inference, and conflict-learning. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.100B, 6.1010, 6.9080, or permission of instructor",6.4130[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.412[J],Cognitive Robotics,"Highlights algorithms and paradigms for creating human-robot systems that act intelligently and robustly, by reasoning from models of themselves, their counterparts and their world. Examples include space and undersea explorers, cooperative vehicles, manufacturing robot teams and everyday embedded devices. Themes include architectures for goal-directed systems; decision-theoretic programming and robust execution; state-space programming, activity and path planning; risk-bounded programming and risk-bounded planners; self-monitoring and self-diagnosing systems, and human-robot collaboration. Student teams explore recent advances in cognitive robots through delivery of advanced lectures and final projects, in support of a class-wide grand challenge. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(6.4100 or 16.413) and (6.1200, 6.3700, or 16.09)",6.8110[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.413[J],Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making,"Surveys decision making methods used to create highly autonomous systems and decision aids. Applies models, principles and algorithms taken from artificial intelligence and operations research. Focuses on planning as state-space search, including uninformed, informed and stochastic search, activity and motion planning, probabilistic and adversarial planning, Markov models and decision processes, and Bayesian filtering. Also emphasizes planning with real-world constraints using constraint programming. Includes methods for satisfiability and optimization of logical, temporal and finite domain constraints, graphical models, and linear and integer programs, as well as methods for search, inference, and conflict-learning. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.100B, 6.9080, or permission of instructor",6.4132[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.420,Planning Under Uncertainty,"Concepts, principles, and methods for planning with imperfect knowledge. Topics include state estimation, planning in information space, partially observable Markov decision processes, reinforcement learning and planning with uncertain models. Students will develop an understanding of how different planning algorithms and solutions techniques are useful in different problem domains. Previous coursework in artificial intelligence and state estimation strongly recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,16.413,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.422,Human Supervisory Control of Automated Systems,"Principles of supervisory control and telerobotics. Different levels of automation are discussed, as well as the allocation of roles and authority between humans and machines. Human-vehicle interface design in highly automated systems. Decision aiding. Trade-offs between human control and human monitoring. Automated alerting systems and human intervention in automatic operation. Enhanced human interface technologies such as virtual presence. Performance, optimization, and social implications of the human-automation system. Examples from aerospace, ground, and undersea vehicles, robotics, and industrial systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.423[J],Aerospace Biomedical and Life Support Engineering,"Fundamentals of human performance, physiology, and life support impacting engineering design and aerospace systems. Topics include effects of gravity on the muscle, skeletal, cardiovascular, and neurovestibular systems; human/pilot modeling and human/machine design; flight experiment design; and life support engineering for extravehicular activity (EVA). Case studies of current research are presented. Assignments include a design project, quantitative homework sets, and quizzes emphasizing engineering and systems aspects.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"16.06, 16.400, or permission of instructor","HST.515[J], IDS.337[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.426[J],Quantitative and Clinical Physiology (New),"Application of the principles of energy and mass flow to major human organ systems. Anatomical, physiological and clinical features of the cardiovascular, respiratory and renal systems. Mechanisms of regulation and homeostasis. Systems, features and devices that are most illuminated by the methods of physical sciences and engineering models. Required laboratory work includes animal studies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6,6.4810 and (2.006 or 6.2300),"2.796[J], 6.4822[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.445[J],Entrepreneurship in Aerospace and Mobility Systems,"Examines concepts and procedures for new venture creation in aerospace and mobility systems, and other arenas where safety, regulation, and infrastructure are significant components. Includes space systems, aviation, autonomous vehicles, urban aerial mobility, transit, and similar arenas. Includes preparation for entrepreneurship, founders' dilemmas, venture finance, financial modeling and unit economics, fundraising and pitching, recruiting, problem definition, organizational creation, value proposition, go-to-market, and product development. Includes team-based final projects on problem definition, technical innovation, and pitch preparation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,STS.468[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.453[J],Human Systems Engineering,"Provides a fundamental understanding of human factors that must be taken into account in the design and engineering of complex aviation, space, and medical systems. Focuses primarily on derivation of human engineering design criteria from sensory, motor, and cognitive sources. Includes principles of displays, controls and ergonomics, manual control, the nature of human error, basic experimental design, and human-computer interaction in supervisory control settings. Students taking graduate version complete a research project with a final written report and oral presentation.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 16.09, or permission of instructor",HST.518[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.456[J],Biomedical Signal and Image Processing,"Fundamentals of digital signal processing with emphasis on problems in biomedical research and clinical medicine. Basic principles and algorithms for processing both deterministic and random signals. Topics include data acquisition, imaging, filtering, coding, feature extraction, and modeling. Lab projects, performed in MATLAB, provide practical experience in processing physiological data, with examples from cardiology, speech processing, and medical imaging. Lectures cover signal processing topics relevant to the lab exercises, as well as background on the biological signals processed in the labs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,"(6.3700 and (2.004, 6.3000, 16.002, or 18.085)) or permission of instructor","6.8800[J], HST.582[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.459,Bioengineering Journal Article Seminar,"Each term, the class selects a new set of professional journal articles on bioengineering topics of current research interest. Some papers are chosen because of particular content, others are selected because they illustrate important points of methodology. Each week, one student leads the discussion, evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, and importance of each paper. Subject may be repeated for credit a maximum of four terms. Letter grade given in the last term applies to all accumulated units of 16.459.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.470,Statistical Methods in Experimental Design,"Statistically based experimental design inclusive of forming hypotheses, planning and conducting experiments, analyzing data, and interpreting and communicating results. Topics include descriptive statistics, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, parametric and nonparametric statistical analyses, factorial ANOVA, randomized block designs, MANOVA, linear regression, repeated measures models, and application of statistical software packages.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 16.09, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.475,Human-Computer Interface Design Colloquium,"Provides guidance on design and evaluation of human-computer interfaces for students with active research projects. Roundtable discussion on developing user requirements, human-centered design principles, and testing and evaluating methodologies. Students present their work and evaluate each other's projects. Readings complement specific focus areas. Team participation encouraged. Open to advanced undergraduates.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.485,Visual Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles,"Covers the mathematical foundations and state-of-the-art implementations of algorithms for vision-based navigation of autonomous vehicles (e.g., mobile robots, self-driving cars, drones). Topics include geometric control, 3D vision, visual-inertial navigation, place recognition, and simultaneous localization and mapping. Provides students with a rigorous but pragmatic overview of differential geometry and optimization on manifolds and knowledge of the fundamentals of 2-view and multi-view geometric vision for real-time motion estimation, calibration, localization, and mapping. The theoretical foundations are complemented with hands-on labs based on state-of-the-art mini race car and drone platforms. Culminates in a critical review of recent advances in the field and a team project aimed at advancing the state-of-the-art.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,16.32 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.50,Aerospace Propulsion,"Presents aerospace propulsive devices as systems, with functional requirements and engineering and environmental limitations. Requirements and limitations that constrain design choices. Both air-breathing and rocket engines covered, at a level which enables rational integration of the propulsive system into an overall vehicle design. Mission analysis, fundamental performance relations, and exemplary design solutions presented.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,16.003 and (2.005 or 16.004),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.501,Topics in Propulsion,Provides credit for work on undergraduate-level material in propulsion outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for transfer credit and study abroad. Credit may be used to satisfy specific degree requirements in the Course 16 and Course 16-ENG programs. Requires prior approval. Consult department.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.511,Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines,"Performance and characteristics of aircraft jet engines and industrial gas turbines, as determined by thermodynamic and fluid mechanic behavior of engine components: inlets, compressors, combustors, turbines, and nozzles. Discusses various engine types, including advanced turbofan configurations, limitations imposed by material properties and stresses. Emphasizes future design trends including reduction of noise, pollutant formation, fuel consumption, and weight.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,16.50 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.512,Rocket Propulsion,"Chemical rocket propulsion systems for launch, orbital, and interplanetary flight. Modeling of solid, liquid-bipropellant, and hybrid rocket engines. Thermochemistry, prediction of specific impulse. Nozzle flows including real gas and kinetic effects. Structural constraints. Propellant feed systems, turbopumps. Combustion processes in solid, liquid, and hybrid rockets. Cooling; heat sink, ablative, and regenerative.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,16.50 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.522,Space Propulsion,"Reviews rocket propulsion fundamentals. Discusses advanced concepts in space propulsion with emphasis on high-specific impulse electric engines. Topics include advanced mission analysis; the physics and engineering of electrothermal, electrostatic, and electromagnetic schemes for accelerating propellant; and orbital mechanics for the analysis of continuous thrust trajectories. Laboratory term project emphasizes the design, construction, and testing of an electric propulsion thruster.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,8.02 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.530,Advanced Propulsion Concepts,"Considers the challenge of achieving net-zero climate impacts, as well as the opportunities presented by the resurgence of investment in new or renewed ideas. Explores advanced propulsion concepts that are not in use or well-developed, but that have established operation principles and could either contribute to environmental performance or are applicable to new aerospace services. Topics vary but may include: electric and turbo-electric aircraft propulsion; batteries, cryogenic fuels, and biofuels; combustion and emissions control concepts; propulsion for UAVs and urban air mobility; propulsion for supersonic and hypersonic vehicles; reusable space access vehicle propulsion; and propulsion in very low earth orbit. Includes a project to evaluate an advanced propulsion concept.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"16.50, 16.511, 16.512, or 16.522",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.540,Internal Flows in Turbomachines,"Internal fluid motions in turbomachines, propulsion systems, ducts and channels, and other fluid machinery.  Useful basic ideas, fundamentals of rotational flows, loss sources and loss accounting in fluid devices, unsteady internal flow and flow instability, flow in rotating passages, swirling flow, generation of streamwise vorticity and three-dimensional flow, non-uniform flow in fluid components.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.25 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.55[J],Ionized Gases,"Properties and behavior of low-temperature plasmas for energy conversion, plasma propulsion, and gas lasers. Equilibrium of ionized gases: energy states, statistical mechanics, and relationship to thermodynamics. Kinetic theory: motion of charged particles, distribution function, collisions, characteristic lengths and times, cross sections, and transport properties. Gas surface interactions: thermionic emission, sheaths, and probe theory. Radiation in plasmas and diagnostics.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.02 or permission of instructor,22.64[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.00,Introduction to Aerospace and Design,"Highlights fundamental concepts and practices of aerospace engineering through lectures on aeronautics, astronautics, and the principles of project design and execution. Provides training in the use of Course 16 workshop tools and 3-D printers, and in computational tools, such as CAD. Students engage in teambuilding during an immersive, semester-long project in which teams design, build, and fly radio-controlled lighter-than-air (LTA) vehicles. Emphasizes connections between theory and practice and introduces students to fundamental systems engineering practices, such as oral and written design reviews, performance estimation, and post-flight performance analysis.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.UR,Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate research opportunities in aeronautics and astronautics.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 6.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 18.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.EPW,UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop,"Provides sophomores across all majors with opportunities to develop and practice communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to become successful professionals in the workplace, particularly in preparation for their summer industry internship. This immersive, multi-day Team Training Workshop (TTW) is comprised of experiential learning modules focused on expanding skills in areas that employers report being most valuable in the workplace. Modules are led by MIT faculty with the help of MIT alumni and other senior industry professionals. Skills applied through creative simulations, team problem-solving challenges, oral presentations, and networking sessions with prospective employers. Enrollment limited to those in the UPOP program.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],2.EPE,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S090,Special Subject in Aeronautics and Astronautics (New),Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S091,Special Subject in Aeronautics and Astronautics (New),Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. ,True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S092,Special Subject in Aeronautics and Astronautics (New),Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. ,True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S093,Special Subject in Aeronautics and Astronautics (New),Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S684,Special Subject in Aeronautics and Astronautics,Opportunity for study or lab work related to aeronautics and astronautics not covered in regularly scheduled subjects. Subject to approval of faculty in charge. Prior approval required.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S685,Special Subject in Aeronautics and Astronautics,Basic undergraduate topics not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Subject to approval of faculty in charge. Prior approval required.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S686,Special Subject in Aeronautics and Astronautics,Opportunity for study or lab work related to aeronautics and astronautics not covered in regularly scheduled subjects. Subject to approval of faculty in charge. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S688,Special Subject in Aeronautics and Astronautics,Opportunity for study or lab work related to aeronautics and astronautics but not covered in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.63[J],System Safety,"Introduces the concepts of system safety and how to analyze and design safer systems. Topics include the causes of accidents in general, and recent major accidents in particular; hazard analysis, safety-driven design techniques; design of human-automation interaction; integrating safety into the system engineering process; and managing and operating safety-critical systems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,IDS.045[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
16.632,Introduction to Autonomous Machines,"Experiential seminar provides an introduction to the fundamental aspects of robust autonomous machines that includes an overall systems/component-level overview. Projects involve hands-on investigations with a variety of sensors and completely functioning, small-scale autonomous machines utilized for in-class implementation/testing of control algorithms. Students should have concurrent or prior programming experience. Preference to students in the NEET Autonomous Machines thread.",True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,2-2-2,None. Coreq: 2.086 or 6.100A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.633,NEET Junior Seminar: Autonomous Machines,"Project-based seminar provides instruction on how to program basic autonomy algorithms for a micro aerial vehicle equipped with a camera. Begins by introducing the constituent hardware and components of a quadrotor drone. As this subject progresses, the students practice using simple signal processing, state estimation, control, and computer vision algorithms for mobile robotics. Students program the micro aerial vehicle to compete in a variety of challenges. Limited to students in the NEET Autonomous Machines thread.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-1-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.634,NEET Senior Seminar: Autonomous Machines,"Provides a foundation for students taking 16.84 as part of the NEET Autonomous Machines thread. Through a set of focused activities, students determine the autonomous system they will design, which includes outlining the materials, facilities, and resources they need to create the system. Limited to students in the NEET Autonomous Machines thread or with instructor's permission.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-1-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.64,Flight Measurement Laboratory,"Opportunity to see aeronautical theory applied in real-world environment of flight. Students assist in design and execution of simple engineering flight experiments in light aircraft. Typical investigations include determination of stability derivatives, verification of performance specifications, and measurement of navigation system characteristics. Restricted to students in Aeronautics and Astronautics.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-2,16.002,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.645[J],Dimensions of Geoengineering,"Familiarizes students with the potential contributions and risks of using geoengineering technologies to control climate damage from global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Discusses geoengineering in relation to other climate change responses: reducing emissions, removing CO2 from the atmosphere, and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Limited to 100.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"1.850[J], 5.000[J], 10.600[J], 11.388[J], 12.884[J], 15.036[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.650,Engineering Leadership Lab,"Develops leadership, teamwork and communication skills by exposing students to leadership frameworks, models, and cases within engineering contexts in an interactive, practice-based environment. Students are members of and lead teams, participate in guided reflections on individual and team successes, and discover opportunities for improvement in controlled settings. Experiential learning model includes design-implement activities, role-play simulations, small group activities and discussions, and performance and peer assessments by and of other students, with frequent engineering industry-guest participation. Content is frequently student-driven. First-year Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL) students register for 6.9110. Second-year GEL Program students register for 6.9130. Preference to students enrolled in the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-1,None. Coreq: 6.9120; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.651,Engineering Leadership,"Exposes students to the models and methods of engineering leadership within the contexts of conceiving, designing, implementing and operating products, processes and systems. Introduces the Capabilities of Effective Engineering Leaders, and models and theories related to the capabilities. Discusses the appropriate times and reasons to use particular models to deliver engineering success. Includes occasional guest speakers or panel discussions. May be repeated for credit once with permission of instructor. Preference to first-year students in the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-2,None. Coreq: 6.9110; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.653,Management in Engineering,"Introduction and overview of engineering management. Financial principles, management of innovation, technical strategy and best management practices. Case study method of instruction emphasizes participation in class discussion. Focus is on the development of individual skills and management tools. Restricted to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.6621[J],Introduction to Design Thinking and Innovation in Engineering,"Introduces students to concepts of design thinking and innovation that can be applied to any engineering discipline. Focuses on introducing an iterative design process, a systems-thinking approach for stakeholder analysis, methods for articulating design concepts, methods for concept selection, and techniques for testing with users. Provides an opportunity for first-year students to explore product or system design and development, and to build their understanding of what it means to lead and coordinate projects in engineering design. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Enrollment limited to 25; priority to first-year students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"2.7231[J], 6.9101[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.662A,Design Thinking and Innovation Leadership for Engineers,"Introductory subject in design thinking and innovation. Develops students' ability to conceive, implement, and evaluate successful projects in any engineering discipline. Lessons focus on an iterative design process, a systems-thinking approach for stakeholder analysis, methods for articulating design concepts, methods for concept selection, and techniques for testing with users.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.662B,Design Thinking and Innovation Project,"Project-based subject. Students employ design-thinking techniques learned in 6.902A to develop a robust speech-recognition application using a web-based platform. Students practice in leadership and teamwork skills as they collaboratively conceive, implement, and iteratively refine their designs based on user feedback. Topics covered include techniques for leading the creative process in teams, the ethics of engineering systems, methods for articulating designs with group collaboration, identifying and reconciling paradoxes of engineering designs, and communicating solution concepts with impact. Students present oral presentations and receive feedback to sharpen their communication skills.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1,6.910A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.667,Engineering Leadership Lab,"Advances students' leadership, teamwork, and communication skills through further exposure to leadership frameworks, models, and cases within an engineering context in an interactive, practice-based environment. Students coach others, assess performance, and lead guided reflections on individual and team successes, while discovering opportunities for improvement. Students assist with programmatic planning and implementation of role-play simulations, small group discussions, and performance and peer assessments by and of other students and by instructors. Includes frequent engineering industry-guest participation and involvement. Content is frequently student-led. Second year Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL) Program students register for 6.9130. Preference to students enrolled in the second year of the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-4,"6.910A, 6.9110, 6.9120, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.669,Project Engineering,"Students attend and participate in a four-day off-site workshop covering an introduction to basic principles, methods, and tools for project management in a realistic context. In teams, students create a plan for a project of their choice in one of several areas, including: aircraft modification, factory automation, flood prevention engineering, solar farm engineering, small-business digital transformation/modernization, and disaster response, among others. Develops skills applicable to the planning and management of complex engineering projects. Topics include cost-benefit analysis, resource and cost estimation, and project control and delivery which are practiced during an experiential, team-based activity. Case studies highlight projects in both hardware/software and consumer packaged goods. Preference to students in the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program.",True,"IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-0 [P/D/F],(6.910A and (6.9110 or 6.9120)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.671[J],Leading Innovation in Teams,"Empowers future innovators in engineering and technology with a foundation of leadership and teamwork skills. Grounded in research but practical in focus, equips students with leadership competencies such as building self-awareness, motivating and developing others, influencing without authority, managing conflict, and communicating effectively. Teamwork skills include how to convene, launch, and develop various types of teams, including project teams. Reviews recent advances in implementing innovations and building personal capacity for lifelong learning as a leading innovator. Enrollment limited to seating capacity of classroom. Admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,6.9150[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.676,Ethics for Engineers,"Explores how to be an ethical engineer. Students examine engineering case studies alongside key readings by foundational ethical thinkers from Aristotle to Martin Luther King, Jr., and investigate which ethical approaches are best and how to apply them. Topics include justice, rights, cost-benefit analysis, safety, bias, genetic engineering, climate change, and the promise and peril of AI. Discussion-based, with the aim of introducing students to new ways of thinking. All sections cover the same core ethical frameworks, but some sections have a particular focus for case studies, such as bioengineering, or have an in-depth emphasis on particular thinkers. The subject is taught in separate sections. Students are eligible to take any section regardless of their registered subject number. For 20.005, students additionally undertake an ethical-technical analysis of a BE-related topic of their choosing.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.680,Project in Aeronautics and Astronautics,Opportunity to work on projects related to aerospace engineering outside the department. Requires prior approval.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.681,Topics in Aeronautics and Astronautics,Opportunity for study or laboratory project work not available elsewhere in the curriculum. Topics selected in consultation with the instructor.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.682,Selected Topics in Aeronautics and Astronautics,Study by qualified students. Topics selected in consultation with the instructor. Prior approval required.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.683,Seminar in Aeronautics and Astronautics,Speakers from campus and industry discuss current activities and advances in aeronautics and astronautics. Restricted to Course 16 students.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.687,Selected Topics in Aeronautics and Astronautics,Study by qualified students. Topics selected in consultation with the instructor.  Prior approval required.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.691,Practicum Experience,"For Course 16 students participating in curriculum-related off-campus experiences in aerospace engineering and related areas. Before enrolling, a student must have an offer from a company or organization; must identify an appropriate advisor in the AeroAstro department who, along with the off-campus advisor, evaluate the student's performance; and must receive prior approval from the AeroAstro department. At the conclusion of the training, the student submits a substantive final report for review and approval by the MIT advisor. Can be taken for up to 3 units. Contact the AeroAstro Undergraduate Office for details on procedures and restrictions.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.701,Topics in Flight Transportation (New),Provides credit for undergraduate-level work in flight transportation outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for transfer credit and study abroad. Credit may be used to satisfy specific degree requirements in the Course 16 or Course 16-ENG program. Requires prior approval. Consult department.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.71[J],The Airline Industry,"Overview of the global airline industry, focusing on recent industry performance, current issues and challenges for the future. Fundamentals of airline industry structure, airline economics, operations planning, safety, labor relations, airports and air traffic control, marketing, and competitive strategies, with an emphasis on the interrelationships among major industry stakeholders. Recent research findings of the MIT Global Airline Industry Program are showcased, including the impacts of congestion and delays, evolution of information technologies, changing human resource management practices, and competitive effects of new entrant airlines. Taught by faculty participants of the Global Airline Industry Program.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.232[J], 15.054[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.715,"Aerospace, Energy, and the Environment","Addresses energy and environmental challenges facing aerospace in the 21st century. Topics include: aircraft performance and energy requirements, propulsion technologies, jet fuels and alternative fuels, lifecycle assessment of fuels, combustion, emissions, climate change due to aviation, aircraft contrails, air pollution impacts of aviation, impacts of supersonic aircraft, and aviation noise. Includes an in-depth introduction to the relevant atmospheric and combustion physics and chemistry with no prior knowledge assumed. Discussion and analysis of near-term technological, fuel-based, regulatory and operational mitigation options for aviation, and longer-term technical possibilities.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"Chemistry (GIR) and (1.060, 2.006, 10.301, 16.003, 16.004, or permission of instructor)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.72,Air Traffic Control,"Introduces the various aspects of present and future Air Traffic Control systems. Descriptions of the present system: systems-analysis approach to problems of capacity and safety; surveillance, including NAS and ARTS; navigation subsystem technology; aircraft guidance and control; communications; collision avoidance systems; sequencing and spacing in terminal areas; future directions and development; critical discussion of past proposals and of probable future problem areas. Requires term paper.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.763[J],Air Transportation Operations Research,"Presents a unified view of advanced quantitative analysis and optimization techniques applied to the air transportation sector. Considers the problem of operating and managing the aviation sector from the perspectives of the system operators (e.g., the FAA), the airlines, and the resultant impacts on the end-users (the passengers). Explores models and optimization approaches to system-level problems, airline schedule planning problems, and airline management challenges. Term paper required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3702, 15.093, 16.71, or permission of instructor",1.233[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.767,Introduction to Airline Transport Aircraft Systems and Automation,"Intensive one-week subject that uses the Boeing 767 aircraft as an example of a system of systems. Focuses on design drivers and compromises, system interactions, and human-machine interface. Morning lectures, followed by afternoon desktop simulator sessions. Critique and comparison with other transport aircraft designs. Includes one evening at Boston Logan International Airport aboard an aircraft. Enrollment limited.",True,IAP,Graduate,3-2-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.781[J],Planning and Design of Airport Systems,"Focuses on current practice, developing trends, and advanced concepts in airport design and planning. Considers economic, environmental, and other trade-offs related to airport location, as well as the impacts of emphasizing ""green"" measures. Includes an analysis of the effect of airline operations on airports. Topics include demand prediction, determination of airfield capacity, and estimation of levels of congestion; terminal design; the role of airports in the aviation and transportation system; access problems; optimal configuration of air transport networks and implications for airport development; and economics, financing, and institutional aspects. Special attention to international practice and developments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.231[J], IDS.670[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.801,Topics in Aerospace Systems (New),Provides credit for work on undergraduate-level material in aerospace systems outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for transfer credit and study abroad. Credit may be used to satisfy specific degree requirements in the Course 16 and Course 16-ENG programs. Requires prior approval. Consult department.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.810,Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping,"Builds fundamental skills in engineering design and develops a holistic view of the design process through conceiving, designing, prototyping, and testing a multidisciplinary component or system. Students are provided with the context in which the component or system must perform; they then follow a process to identify alternatives, enact a workable design, and improve the design through multi-objective optimization. The performance of end-state designs is verified by testing. Though students develop a physical component or system, the project is formulated so those from any engineering discipline can participate. The focus is on the design process itself, as well as the complementary roles of human creativity and computational approaches. Designs are built by small teams who submit their work to a design competition. Pedagogy based on active learning, blending lectures with design and manufacturing activities.  Limited to 30 students. Preference given to students in the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-3-0,(6.9110 and 6.9120) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.82,Flight Vehicle Engineering,"Design of an atmospheric flight vehicle to satisfy stated performance, stability, and control requirements. Emphasizes individual initiative, application of fundamental principles, and the compromises inherent in the engineering design process. Includes instruction and practice in written and oral communication, through team presentations and a written final report. Course 16 students are expected to complete two professional or concentration subjects from the departmental program before taking this capstone. Offered alternate Spring and Fall terms.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.821,Flight Vehicle Development,"Focuses on implementation and operation of a flight system. Emphasizes system integration, implementation, and performance verification using methods of experimental inquiry, and addresses principles of laboratory safety. Students refine subsystem designs and fabricate working prototypes. Includes component integration into the full system with detailed analysis and operation of the complete vehicle in the laboratory and in the field, as well as experimental analysis of subsystem performance, comparison with physical models of performance and design goals, and formal review of the overall system design. Knowledge of the engineering design process is helpful. Provides instruction in written and oral communication.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,2-10-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
16.83[J],Space Systems Engineering,"Design of a complete space system, including systems analysis, trajectory analysis, entry dynamics, propulsion and power systems, structural design, avionics, thermal and environmental control, human factors, support systems, and weight and cost estimates. Students participate in teams, each responsible for an integrated vehicle design, providing experience in project organization and interaction between disciplines. Includes several aspects of team communication including three formal presentations, informal progress reports, colleague assessments, and written reports. Course 16 students are expected to complete two professional or concentration subjects from the departmental program before taking this capstone. Offered alternate fall and spring terms.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,12.43[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.831[J],Space Systems Development,"Students build a space system, focusing on refinement of sub-system designs and fabrication of full-scale prototypes. Sub-systems are integrated into a vehicle and tested. Sub-system performance is verified using methods of experimental inquiry, and is compared with physical models of performance and design goals. Communication skills are honed through written and oral reports. Formal reviews include the Implementation Plan Review and the Acceptance Review. Knowledge of the engineering design process is helpful.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-10-6,Permission of instructor,12.431[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
16.839[J],Operating in the Lunar Environment,"Explores in detail the design and engineering challenges posed by operating in the lunar environment. Students work in teams to design a payload to address strategic objectives associated with NASA's Artemis program, aiming to enable near-term sustainable settlements on the lunar surface. Lectures and associated recitations explore varying mission goals and operating environments, from lunar-class launch, to orbiters, landers, rovers, and habitats. Guest lecturers include prominent engineers, scientists, industry players, and policymakers with direct experience in lunar mission design and development. Enrollment limited; admission by application.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-8,Permission of instructor,MAS.839[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.84,Advanced Autonomous Robotic Systems,Students design an autonomous vehicle system to satisfy stated performance goals. Emphasizes both hardware and software components of the design and implementation. Entails application of fundamental principles and design engineering in both individual and group efforts. Students showcase the final design to the public at the end of the term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-6-4,6.4200 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.842,Fundamentals of Systems Engineering,"General introduction to systems engineering for aerospace and more general electro-mechanical-cyber systems. Built on the V-model as well as an agile approach. Topics include stakeholder analysis, requirements definition, system architecture and concept generation, trade-space exploration and concept selection, design definition and optimization, system integration and interface management, system safety, verification and validation, and commissioning and operations. Discusses the trade-offs between performance, life-cycle cost and system operability. Readings based on systems engineering standards. Individual homework assignments apply concepts from class. Prepares students for the systems field exam in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.851,Introduction to Satellite Engineering,"Covers the principles and governing equations fundamental to the design, launch, and operation of artificial satellites in Earth's orbit and beyond. Material includes the vis-viva equation; the rocket equation; basic orbital maneuvers, including Hohmann transfers; bielliptic trajectories, as well as spiral transfers; the link budget equation; spacecraft power and propulsion; thermal equilibrium and interactions of spacecraft with the space environment, such as aerodynamic drag; electrostatic charging; radiation; and meteorids. Spacecraft are initially treated parametrically as point masses and then as rigid bodies subject to Euler's equations of rotational motion. Serves as a prerequisite for more advanced material in satellite engineering, including the technological implementation of various subsystems. Lectures are offered in a hybrid format, in person and remote.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.853,Advanced Satellite Engineering,"Advanced material in satellite engineering, including the physical implementation of spacecraft hardware and software in payloads and bus subsystems, including structures, attitude determination and control, electrical power systems (EPS), control and data handling (CDH), guidance navigation and control (GNC), thermal management, communications, and others. Examples of spacecraft technologies and design tradeoffs are highlighted based on past, current, and future missions. Emphasis on mission success and identification and preventation of spacecraft and mission failures modes. Prepares students for the design of Earth observation as well as interplanetary science missions. Advanced assignments require computational skills in Matlab or Python and short presentations. Guest speakers from NASA and industry. Serves as a basis for the field examination in space systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,16.851 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.854,Spacecraft Laboratory,"Practical work in a spacecraft laboratory environment, including learning about cleanroom environments, satellite integration, and testing. Topics include handling of electrostatic discharge (ESD) sensitive electronics, working in a cleanroom, performing spacecraft component and qualification testing using shaker tables to simulate launch and deployment loads, thermal and vacuum testing, and designing and executing a successful spacecraft/instrument test campaign. Emphasis on obtaining laboratory data from sensors such as accelerometers, thermal sensors, and small satellite hardware, and comparing expected results against actual behaviors. Students carry out exercises in small teams and submit digital laboratory reports.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-2-3,16.851 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.855[J],Systems Architecting Applied to Enterprises,"Focuses on understanding, designing and transforming sociotechnical enterprises using systems principles and practices. Includes discussions and reading on enterprise theory, systems architecting, transformation challenges and case studies of evolving enterprises. Covers frameworks and methods for ecosystem analysis, stakeholder analysis, design thinking, systems architecture and evaluation, and human-centered enterprise design strategies. Students engage in interactive breakout sessions during class and participate in a selected small team project to design a future architecture for a real-world enterprise. Selected projects are based on student interests in enterprises such as small, medium, or large companies, government agencies, academic units, start-ups, and nonprofit organizations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"EM.429[J], IDS.336[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.857[J],Asking How Space Enabled Designs Advance Justice and Development,"Examines theoretical and practical challenges of applying complex technology, such as space systems, to advance justice and development within human society. Proposes and critiques a concept of justice and development based on attainment of the US Sustainable Development Goals. Analyzes text by historians and economists around global patterns of uneven technology access. Teaches systems engineering tools to analyze the context, stakeholders, functions and forms of complex systems that impact society. Presents six space technologies used for specific Sustainable Development Goal. Students read several text, discuss key themes, write reflective responses, and write a research proposal on a topic of their choice. Part of two-class series on space technology and sustainable development. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,MAS.858[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.858,Introduction to Discrete Math and Systems Theory for Engineers,"General discrete math topics include mathematical reasoning, combinatorial analysis, discrete structures (sets, permutations, relations, graphs, trees, and finite state machines), algorithmic thinking and complexity, modeling computation (languages and grammars, finite state machines), and Boolean algebra. Emphasis is on the use of the basic principles to solve engineering problems rather than applying formulae or studying the theoretical mathematical foundations of the topics. Real aerospace engineering examples are used. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.859[J],Space Technology for the Development Leader (New),"Follow on to MAS.858. Introduces intersections between space technology and sustainable development by examining technical, policy and social aspects of seven space technologies: satellite earth observation; satellite communication; satellite positioning; human space flight and micro gravity research; space technology transfer; fundamental scientific space research; and small satellites. Lectures introduce the UN Sustainable Development Goals and show linkages to seven space technologies from the perspective of development practitioners. Students read scholarly papers, write weekly responses, give presentations, and write a research paper.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,MAS.859[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.861,System Design and Management for a Changing World: Combined,"Practical-oriented subject that builds upon theory and methods and culminates in extended application. Covers methods to identify, value, and implement flexibility in design (real options). Topics include definition of uncertainties, simulation of performance for scenarios, screening models to identify desirable flexibility, decision analysis, and multidimensional economic evaluation. Students demonstrate proficiency through an extended application to a system design of their choice. Complements research or thesis projects. Class is ""flipped"" to maximize student engagement and learning. Meets with IDS.333 in the first half of term. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.863[J],System Safety Concepts,"Covers important concepts and techniques in designing and operating safety-critical systems. Topics include the nature of risk, formal accident and human error models, causes of accidents, fundamental concepts of system safety engineering, system and software hazard analysis, designing for safety, fault tolerance, safety issues in the design of human-machine interaction, verification of safety, creating a safety culture, and management of safety-critical projects. Includes a class project involving the high-level system design and analysis of a safety-critical system. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,IDS.340[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.88[J],Prototyping our Sci-Fi Space Future: Designing & Deploying Projects for Zero Gravity Flights,"Instruction in project development, prototyping, and deployment readiness for parabolic flights. Admitted student teams are offered flyer and project-deployment slots on the Space Exploration Initiative's spring parabolic flight, upon successful completion of the course in the fall and integration with the flight provider. Covers three main topic areas: 1) rapid prototyping and engineering skills to prepare projects for operation in microgravity; 2) logistics, training, and safety pre-approval steps to meet flight readiness requirements and pass a Technical Readiness Review (TRR); and 3) creative and technical lenses for the future of space exploration, examining the MIT Space Exploration Initiative's design and prototyping approach, and MIT parabolic flight research examples across Science, Engineering, Art, and Design, and across departments. Enrollment limited; admission by application.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-2-8,Permission of instructor,MAS.838[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.885,Aircraft Systems Engineering,"Holistic view of the aircraft as a system, covering basic systems engineering, cost and weight estimation, basic aircraft performance, safety and reliability, life cycle topics, aircraft subsystems, risk analysis and management, and system realization. Small student teams retrospectively analyze an existing aircraft covering: key design drivers and decisions; aircraft attributes and subsystems; operational experience. Oral and written versions of the case study are delivered. Focuses on a systems engineering analysis of the Space Shuttle. Studies both design and operations of the shuttle, with frequent lectures by outside experts. Students choose specific shuttle systems for detailed analysis and develop new subsystem designs using state of the art technology.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.886,Air Transportation Systems Architecting,"Addresses the architecting of air transportation systems.  Focuses on the conceptual phase of product definition including  technical, economic, market, environmental, regulatory, legal,  manufacturing, and societal factors. Centers on a realistic  system case study and includes a number of lectures from industry  and government. Past examples include the Very Large Transport  Aircraft, a Supersonic Business Jet and a Next Generation Cargo  System. Identifies the critical system level issues and  analyzes them in depth via student team projects and individual  assignments. Overall goal is to produce a  business plan and a system specifications document that can be used  to assess candidate systems.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.887[J],Technology Roadmapping and Development,"Provides a review of the principles, methods and tools of technology management for organizations and technologically-enabled systems including technology forecasting, scouting, roadmapping, strategic planning, R&D project execution, intellectual property management, knowledge management, partnering and acquisition, technology transfer, innovation management, and financial technology valuation. Topics explain the underlying theory and empirical evidence for technology evolution over time and contain a rich set of examples and practical exercises from aerospace and other domains, such as transportation, energy, communications, agriculture, and medicine. Special topics include Moore's law, S-curves, the singularity and fundamental limits to technology. Students develop a comprehensive technology roadmap on a topic of their own choice.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,EM.427[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.888[J],Multidisciplinary Design Optimization,"Systems modeling for design and optimization. Selection of design variables, objective functions and constraints. Overview of principles, methods and tools in multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO). Subsystem identification, development and interface design. Design of experiments (DOE). Review of linear (LP) and non-linear (NLP) constrained optimization formulations. Scalar versus vector optimization problems. Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions of optimality, Lagrange multipliers, adjoints, gradient search methods, sensitivity analysis, geometric programming, simulated annealing, genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization. Constraint satisfaction problems and isoperformance. Non-dominance and Pareto frontiers. Surrogate models and multifidelity optimization strategies. System design for value. Students execute a term project in small teams related to their area of interest. ",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,18.085 or permission of instructor,"EM.428[J], IDS.338[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.89[J],Space Systems Engineering,"Focus on developing space system architectures. Applies subsystem knowledge gained in 16.851 to examine interactions between subsystems in the context of a space system design. Principles and processes of systems engineering including developing space architectures, developing and writing requirements, and concepts of risk are explored and applied to the project. Subject develops, documents, and presents a conceptual design of a space system including a preliminary spacecraft design.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-2-6,"16.842, 16.851, or permission of instructor",IDS.339[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.891,Space Policy Seminar,"Explores current and historical issues in space policy, highlighting NASA, DOD, and international space agencies. Covers NASA's portfolios in exploration, science, aeronautics, and technology. Discusses US and international space policy. NASA leadership, public private partnerships, and innovation framework are presented. Current and former government and industry leaders provide an ""inside the beltway perspective."" Study of Congress, the Executive, and government agencies results in weekly policy memos. White papers authored by students provide policy findings and recommendations to accelerate human spaceflight, military space, space technology investments, and space science missions. Intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduates interested in technology policy. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.893,Engineering the Space Shuttle,"Detailed historical and technical study of the Space Shuttle, the world's first reusable spacecraft, through lectures by the people who designed, built and operated it. Examines the political, economic and military factors that influenced the design of the Shuttle; looks deeply into the it's many subsystems; and explains how the Shuttle was operated. Lectures are both live and on video. Students work on a final project related to space vehicle design.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.895[J],Engineering Apollo: The Moon Project as a Complex System,"Detailed technical and historical exploration of the Apollo project to fly humans to the moon and return them safely to Earth as an example of a complex engineering system. Emphasizes how the systems worked, the technical and social processes that produced them, mission operations, and historical significance. Guest lectures by MIT-affiliated engineers who contributed to and participated in the Apollo missions. Students work in teams on a final project analyzing an aspect of the historical project to articulate and synthesize ideas in engineering systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,STS.471[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
16.90,Computational Modeling and Data Analysis in Aerospace Engineering,"Introduces principles, algorithms, and applications of computational techniques arising in aerospace engineering. Techniques include numerical integration of systems of ordinary differential equations; numerical discretization of partial differential equations; probabilistic modeling; and computational aspects of estimation and inference. Example applications will include modeling, design, and data analysis.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"16.001, 16.002, 16.003, 16.004, or permission of instructor; Coreq: 6.3700 or 16.09",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.901,Topics in Computation,Provides credit for undergraduate-level work in computation outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for transfer credit and study abroad. Credit may be used to satisfy specific degree requirements in the Course 16 program. Requires prior approval. Consult M. A. Stuppard.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.910[J],Introduction to Modeling and Simulation,"Introduction to computational techniques for modeling and simulation of a variety of large and complex engineering, science, and socio-economical systems. Prepares students for practical use and development of computational engineering in their own research and future work. Topics include mathematical formulations (e.g., automatic assembly of constitutive and conservation principles); linear system solvers (sparse and iterative); nonlinear solvers (Newton and homotopy); ordinary, time-periodic and partial differential equation solvers; and model order reduction. Students develop their own models and simulators for self-proposed applications, with an emphasis on creativity, teamwork, and communication. Prior basic linear algebra required and at least one numerical programming language (e.g., MATLAB, Julia, Python, etc.) helpful.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-6-3,18.03 or 18.06,"2.096[J], 6.7300[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.920[J],Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations,"Covers the fundamentals of modern numerical techniques for a wide range of linear and nonlinear elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential and integral equations. Topics include mathematical formulations; finite difference, finite volume, finite element, and boundary element discretization methods; and direct and iterative solution techniques. The methodologies described form the foundation for computational approaches to engineering systems involving heat transfer, solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, and electromagnetics. Computer assignments requiring programming.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 or 18.06,"2.097[J], 6.7330[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.930,Advanced Topics in Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations,"Covers advanced topics in numerical methods for the discretization, solution, and control of problems governed by partial differential equations. Topics include the application of the finite element method to systems of equations with emphasis on equations governing compressible, viscous flows; grid generation; optimal control of PDE-constrained systems; a posteriori error estimation and adaptivity; reduced basis approximations and reduced-order modeling. Computer assignments require programming.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,16.920,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.940,Numerical Methods for Stochastic Modeling and Inference,"Advanced introduction to numerical methods for treating uncertainty in computational simulation. Draws examples from a range of engineering and science applications, emphasizing systems governed by ordinary and partial differential equations. Uncertainty propagation and assessment: Monte Carlo methods, variance reduction, sensitivity analysis, adjoint methods, polynomial chaos and Karhunen-Loève expansions, and stochastic Galerkin and collocation methods. Interaction of models with observational data, from the perspective of statistical inference: Bayesian parameter estimation, statistical regularization, Markov chain Monte Carlo, sequential data assimilation and filtering, and model selection.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.3702 and 16.920) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research leading to an SM, EAA, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student with an appropriate MIT faculty member, who becomes thesis advisor. Restricted to students who have been admitted into the department.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.971,Practicum Experience,"For Course 16 students participating in curriculum-related off-campus experiences in aerospace engineering and related areas. Before enrolling, a student must have an offer from a company or organization; must identify an appropriate advisor in the AeroAstro department who, along with the off-campus advisor, evaluate the student's work; and must receive prior approval from the AeroAstro department. At the conclusion of the training, the student submits a substantive final report for review and approval by the MIT advisor. Can be taken for up to 3 units. Contact the AeroAstro Graduate Office for details on procedures and restrictions.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.980,Advanced Project,"Study, original investigation, or lab project work level by qualified students. Topics selected in consultation with instructor.  Prior approval required.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.981,Advanced Project,"Study, original investigation, or lab project work by qualified students. Topics selected in consultation with instructor. Prior approval required.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.984,Seminar,Discussion of current interest topics by staff and guest speakers. Prior approval required. Restricted to Course 16 students.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.985[J],Global Operations Leadership Seminar,"Integrative forum in which worldwide leaders in business, finance, government, sports, and education share their experiences and insights with students aspiring to run global operations. Students play a large role in managing the seminar. Preference to LGO students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,"2.890[J], 10.792[J], 15.792[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.990[J],Leading Creative Teams,"Prepares students to lead teams charged with developing creative solutions in engineering and technical environments. Grounded in research but practical in focus, equips students with leadership competencies such as building self-awareness, motivating and developing others, creative problem solving, influencing without authority, managing conflict, and communicating effectively. Teamwork skills include how to convene, launch, and develop various types of teams, including project teams. Learning methods emphasize personalized and experiential skill development. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,"6.9280[J], 15.674[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.995,Doctoral Research and Communication Seminar,"Presents fundamental concepts of technical communication. Addresses how to articulate a research problem, as well as the communication skills necessary to reach different audiences. The primary focus is on technical presentations, but includes aspects of written communication. Students give two technical talks during the term, and provide oral and written feedback to each other.  Enrollment may be limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-1,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.997,How To Do Excellent Research,"Presents and discusses skills valuable for starting research in the department, including time management; reading, reviewing, and writing technical papers; how to network in a research setting, how to be effective in a research group, and how to get good mentoring. In-class peer review is expected. Students write a final paper on one or more of the class topics. Enrollment is limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-2,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.999,Teaching in Aeronautics and Astronautics,"For qualified students interested in gaining teaching experience. Classroom, tutorial, or laboratory teaching under the supervision of a faculty member. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments. Consult department.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S198,Advanced Special Subject in Mechanics and Physics of Fluids,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled fluids subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S199,Advanced Special Subject in Mechanics and Physics of Fluids,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled fluids subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S298,Advanced Special Subject in Materials and Structures,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of  material not available in regularly scheduled materials and structures subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S299,Advanced Special Subject in Materials and Structures,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled materials and structures subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S398,Advanced Special Subject in Information and Control,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S399,Advanced Special Subject in Information and Control,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S498,Advanced Special Subject in Humans and Automation,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S499,Advanced Special Subject in Humans and Automation,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S598,Advanced Special Subject in Propulsion and Energy Conversion,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S599,Advanced Special Subject in Propulsion and Energy Conversion,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S798,Advanced Special Subject in Flight Transportation,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S799,Advanced Special Subject in Flight Transportation,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S811,Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Engineers (New),"Focuses on design, fabrication, and test of a high-speed rotating machine using advanced manufacturing modalities, subject to constraints on time, cost, and schedule. Emphasizes key principles of manufacturing and machine design, system integration, implementation, and performance verification using methods of experimental inquiry. Students refine subsystem designs and fabricate working prototypes. Includes component integration into the full system with detailed analysis and operation of the complete device in the laboratory, as well as experimental analysis of subsystem performance, comparison with physical models of performance and design goals, and formal review of the overall system design. Provides extensive instruction in written, graphical, and oral communication. Licensed for academic year 2024-25 by the Committee on Curricula. Enrollment limited. Preference given to Course 16 majors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"16.001, 16.002, 16.003, and 16.004",N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
16.S890,Advanced Special Subject in Aerospace Systems,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S893,Advanced Special Subject in Aerospace Systems,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S896,Advanced Special Subject in Aerospace Systems,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S897,Advanced Special Subject in Aerospace Systems,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S898,Advanced Special Subject in Aerospace Systems,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S899,Advanced Special Subject in Aerospace Systems,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S948,Advanced Special Subject in Computation,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S949,Advanced Special Subject in Computation,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S982,Advanced Special Subject,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S983,Advanced Special Subject,Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S987,Special Subject (New),Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.S988,Special Subject (New),Organized lecture or laboratory subject consisting of material not available in regularly scheduled subjects. Prior approval required.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.000[J],Political Philosophy,Systematic examination of selected issues in political philosophy. Topic changes each year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,24.611[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
17.006[J],Feminist Thought,"Analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction; definitions of public and private spheres; gender issues in citizenship, the development of the welfare state, experiences of war and revolution, class formation, and the politics of sexuality. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"Permission of instructor, based on previous coursework",24.637[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
17.007[J],Feminist Thought,"Analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction; definitions of public and private spheres; gender issues in citizenship, the development of the welfare state, experiences of war and revolution, class formation, and the politics of sexuality. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,"Fall, Spring, Spring, Spring, Fall, Fall",Graduate,3-0-9,None,"24.137[J], WGS.301[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.01[J],Justice,"Provides an introduction to contemporary political thought centered around the ideal of justice and the realities of injustice. Examines what a just society might look like and how we should understand various forms of oppression and domination. Studies three theories of justice (utilitarianism, libertarianism, and egalitarian liberalism) and brings them into conversation with other traditions of political thought (critical theory, communitarianism, republicanism, and post-structuralism). Readings cover foundational debates about equality, freedom, recognition, and power.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,24.04[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
17.021[J],Philosophy of Law,"Examines fundamental issues in philosophy of law, such as the nature and limits of law and a legal system, and the relation of law to morality, with particular emphasis on the philosophical issues and problems associated with privacy, liberty, justice, punishment, and responsibility. Historical and contemporary readings, including court cases. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,24.235[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
17.03,Introduction to Political Thought,"Examines major texts in the history of political thought and considers how they contribute to a broader conversation about freedom, equality, democracy, rights, and the role of politics in human life. Areas covered may include ancient, modern, contemporary, or American political thought.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.031,American Political Thought,"Examines political thought from the American colonial period through the 20th century. Considers the influences that gave rise to American political ideas and the implication of those ideas in a modern context, with particular emphasis on issues of liberty, equality, and the role of values from a liberal democratic lens.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.035[J],Libertarianism,"Explores the history of the ideal of individual liberty in light of contemporary arguments over the proper scope of the regulatory state. Surveys the political theory of freedom and its relationship to other dominant norms (e.g., property, equality, community, republicanism, innovation, and the pursuit of wealth). Revisits the diversity of modern libertarian movements with attention to issues such as abolitionism and the Civil Rights revolution, religious liberty, the right to bear arms, and LGBTQ rights. Concludes with a set of policy and legal/constitutional debates about the role of government in regulating the financial markets, artificial intelligence, and/or the internet.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.181[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
17.04[J],Modern Conceptions of Freedom,"Students read early modern political theorists, and trace the growth of the value of freedom.  Examines the modern definition of freedom, and the obligations that people accept in honoring it.  Also investigates how these obligations are captured in the principles of our political association.  Studies how the centrality of freedom plays out in the political thought of such authors as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke and Montesquieu.  Students also debate which notions of freedom inspire and sustain the American experiment by carefully reading the documents and arguments of the founding of the United States. Preference to students in Concourse.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CC.111[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
17.043[J],"Liberalism, Toleration, and Freedom of Speech (New)","Examines theories and principles that underlie the concept of free speech in the United States, the historical context in which the values of free speech and toleration emerged, and the philosophical arguments that were and are made for and against them. Students analyze a variety of contexts and communicative practices, including new media technologies, to debate how ""speech"" can be described and when it should be appropriately regulated. Considers current disputes over free speech on college campuses.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"24.150[J], CMS.125[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
17.045[J],"Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions","The study of power among individuals and within organizations, markets, and states. Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, explores the nature of dominant and subordinate relationships, types of legitimate authority, and practices of resistance. Examines how people are influenced in subtle ways by those around them, who makes controlling decisions in the family, how people get ahead at work, and whether democracies, in fact, reflect the will of the people. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.045[J], 15.302[J], 21A.127[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.05[J],Humane Warfare: Ancient and Medieval Perspectives on Ethics in War,"Explores questions of justice and ethics in war by focusing on primary texts of pre-modern works of history, philosophy, literature, and Biblical interpretation. Readings from antiquity include Thucydides, Aristophanes, and Cicero.  Examination of the Biblical tradition of just war, itself informed by the classical tradition, includes readings from early and Medieval Christian and Islamic thinkers and proceeds through the early Renaissance, with the beginning of a formalized doctrine of just war theory. Readings about current ethical dilemmas of war are discussed throughout and are given sustained attention at the end of the term. Preference to Concourse students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CC.117[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
17.055,Just Code: The Ethical Lifecycle of Machine Learning,"Examines the moral and political questions that arise at each step of the development of a machine learning system: from problem definition and data collection, to model selection and training, evaluation, interface design, deployment, and use. Brings work in STS, sociology, anthropology, and political science into conversation with perennial concerns in political theory about power, authority, legitimacy, justice, liberty, and equality. Considers the political agency of technology. Limited to 18; preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.100,Field Seminar in Political Economy,"Examines broad range of topics — such as social classes, states, interest groups, inequality welfare states, comparative capitalism, race, and gender — from both classical (Marx and Weber) and contemporary theorists. Limited to 12; preference to Course 17 PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.115,International Political Economy,"Provides an introduction to the politics of international economic relations, including a range of analytical ""lenses"" to view the global economy. Examines the politics of trade policy, international monetary and financial relations, financial crises, foreign direct investment, third-world development and transition economies, the debate over ""globalization,"" and international financial crime.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.150,The American Political Economy in Comparative Perspective,"Examines the origins and impact of key features of the American political economy in comparative perspective. Considers a range of political-economic topics, including labor markets, finance, taxation, social policy, and the role of money and organized interests. Highlights the distinctive aspects of American political economy in terms of both institutional structure and substantive outcomes (such as poverty and inequality) by comparing the US with other nations, particularly other rich democracies.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.154,Varieties of Capitalism and Social Inequality,"Focuses on the advanced democracies of Europe, the United States, and Japan. Explores trajectories of change that bear on issues of economic and social inequality. Examines whether contemporary trends (globalization, deindustrialization) undermine institutional arrangements that once reconciled economic efficiency with high levels of social equality. Considers the extent to which existing theoretical frameworks capture cross-national variation in the dynamics of redistribution in these societies.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.156,Welfare and Capitalism in Western Europe,"Considers theoretical models that attempt to capture the distinct paradigms of capitalism and welfare regimes prevalent in Western European economies. Analyzes content and processes of contemporary changes in the political economy and social policy - from a broad view of the challenges, to closer inquiry into specific reforms. Includes a theoretical discussion of how change occurs and trajectories of development.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.174,Historical Political Economy,"Surveys recent work in historical political economy, a field that combines a historical perspective with statistical methods for causal inference or formal theory. Topics include the origins of democratic and authoritarian institutions, long-run economic development, colonial legacies, state building, and intergenerational transmission of political attitudes and behavior. Readings drawn from different political science subfields, economics, and history. Intended as a research seminar for PhD students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.178,Political Economy of Institutions and Development,"Explores institutional diversity in capitalist development, both historical and contemporary, and various explanations (e.g. economic, institutional, sociological, and political) for the divergent economic organization. Examines dimensions of comparison, including issues in business-government relations, labor relations, vocational training, and multinational corporations. Also considers global production networks, natural resource dependence, diversified business groups, industrial policy, and globalization.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.181,"Sustainability: Political Economy, Science, and Policy","Examines alternative conceptions and theoretical underpinnings of sustainable development. Focuses on the sustainability problems of industrial countries, and of developing states and economies in transition. Explores the sociology of knowledge regarding sustainability, the economic and technological dimensions, and institutional imperatives. Considers implications for political constitution of economic performance. 17.181 fulfills undergraduate public policy requirement in the major and minor. Graduate students are expected to explore the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.182,"Sustainability: Political Economy, Science, and Policy","Examines alternative conceptions and theoretical underpinnings of sustainable development. Focuses on the sustainability problems of industrial countries, and of developing states and economies in transition. Explores the sociology of knowledge regarding sustainability, the economic and technological dimensions, and institutional imperatives. Considers implications for political constitution of economic performance. 17.181 fulfills undergraduate public policy requirement in the major and minor. Graduate students are expected to explore the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,"Spring, Spring, Fall, Fall",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.198,Current Topics in Comparative Political Economy,"Analyzes and compares approaches in current political economy literatures. Weekly topics are selected by instructor and participants. Examples include the organization of interests, industrial policy, growth and inequality, resource ""curse"", late development. Topics vary each year depending on the research interests of the seminar participants. The subject is for graduate students in social sciences with previous coursework in political economy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.20,Introduction to the American Political Process,"Provides a substantive overview of US politics and an introduction to the discipline of political science. Surveys the institutional foundations of US politics as well as the activities of political elites, organizations, and ordinary citizens. Explores the application of general political science concepts and analytic frameworks to specific episodes and phenomena in US politics. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.200,American Political Behavior I,"Analyzes mass political behavior within the American political system. Examines political ideology, party identification, public opinion, voting behavior, media effects, racial attitudes, mass-elite relations, and opinion-policy linkages. Surveys and critiques the major theoretical approaches and empirical research in the field of political behavior.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.202,American Political Institutions,"Analyzes the institutions of the American political system, with primary emphasis on the national level. Examines American federalism, political parties, national political institutions, and the policymaking process. Focuses on core works in contemporary American politics and public policy. Critiques both research methodologies and the explicit and implicit theoretical assumptions of such work.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.210,American Political Behavior II,"Analyzes mass political behavior within the American political system. Goes beyond the topics covered in 17.200, to explore additional areas and research frontiers in political behavior. Examines recent research on political ideology, party identification, public opinion, voting behavior, media effects, racial attitudes, mass-elite relations, and opinion-policy linkages. Introduces new topics such as personality, emotion, networks, polarization, opinion on war.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,17.200,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.251,Congress and the American Political System I,"Focuses on both the internal processes of the House and Senate and on the place of Congress in the American Political System. Attention to committee behavior, leadership patterns, and informal organization. Considers relations between Congress and other branches of government, as well as relations between the two houses of Congress itself. Students taking the graduate version are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,17.20 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.262,Congress and the American Political System II,"Analyzes the development of the US Congress by focusing on the competing theoretical lenses through which legislatures have been studied. Particularly compares sociological and economic models of legislative behavior, applying those models to floor decision-making, committee behavior, political parties, relations with other branches of the Federal government, and elections. Students taking the graduate version are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,"Spring, Fall, Fall",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.263,"Electoral Politics, Public Opinion, and Democracy","Considers the role of elections in American politics. Issues explored include empirical and theoretical models of electoral competition, the effect of elections on public policy, and proposals to improve elections. Special emphasis is given to mass voting behavior, political parties, the media, and campaign finance. Subject focuses on US elections, but provides some contrasts with other countries, especially the United Kingdom.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.265,Public Opinion and American Democracy,"Introduces students to public opinion in politics and public policymaking. Surveys theories of political psychology and political behavior. Examines empirical research on public understanding of and attitudes towards important issues, including war, economic and social policies, and moral questions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.269,"Race, Ethnicity, and American Politics","Explores the role of race and ethnicity in modern American politics. Focuses on social science approaches to measuring the effects of race, both at the individual level and more broadly. Topics include race and representation, measurement of racial and ethnic identities, voting rights and electoral districting, protest and other forms of political participation, and the meaning and measurement of racial attitudes.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.270,American Political Development,"Examines the evolution of American national political processes over time: how political culture, governing institutions, and structures of political linkage (parties and organized interests) shape political conflict and public policy. Topics include the evolution of electoral politics and the party system, eras of political reform and state expansion (Populist, Progressive, New Deal, and Great Society), major wars and their effects, and the adaptation of government institutions to crisis and complexity in society and in the economy. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.271,Mass Incarceration in the United States,"Covers the current state of incarceration in the United States and proposals for reform. Class materials include a mix of first-hand/media accounts of incarceration and social science literature on the causes and effects of high incarceration rates. Topics include race and the criminal legal system, collateral consequences of incarceration, public opinion about incarceration, and the behavior of recently elected ""reform"" prosecutors. ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.275,Public Opinion Research Design and Training Seminar,"Studies the basic skills required to design, use, and interpret opinion surveys and survey experiments. Acts as both a reading subject on survey analysis and a practicum on collecting and analyzing observational and experimental survey data. Culminates in a group project involving a survey experiment on a particular topic chosen by the class and the instructor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.276,Public Opinion Research Training Lab,"Offers practical training in public opinion research and provides students with an opportunity to conduct their own survey research. As a group, students design a national sample survey and field the survey. Students analyze the survey results and examine literatures related to the content of the survey. Ideal for second and third year PhD students and advanced undergraduates, though others are welcome.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,17.800 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.279,Political Misinformation in the Age of Social Media,"Explores the factors that make people vulnerable to political misinformation and why corrections so often fail to reduce its prevalence. Pays especially close attention to the role of social media, and the internet more generally. Analyzes how patterns of misinformation are exploited by political elites and considers possible approaches that journalists, civic groups, government officials, and technology platforms could employ to combat misperceptions.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.28[J],The War at Home: American Politics and Society in Wartime,"Examines the relationship between war and domestic politics in the US since the start of 20th century. Students engage in historical and social scientific research to analyze the ways that overseas military commitments shaped US political institutions, and how domestic politics has in turn structured US engagements abroad. Moving chronologically from World War I to the Iraq War, subject draws on materials across the disciplines, including political documents, opinion polls, legal decisions, and products of American popular culture.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.213[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.30[J],Making Public Policy,"Examines how the struggle among competing advocates shapes the outputs of government. Considers how conditions become problems for government to solve, why some political arguments are more persuasive than others, why some policy tools are preferred over others, and whether policies achieve their goals. Investigates the interactions among elected officials, think tanks, interest groups, the media, and the public in controversies over global warming, urban sprawl, Social Security, health care, education, and other issues.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,11.002[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.303[J],Methods of Policy Analysis,"Provides students with an introduction to public policy analysis. Examines various approaches to policy analysis by considering the concepts, tools, and methods used in economics, political science, and other disciplines. Students apply and critique these approaches through case studies of current public policy problems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,11.002; Coreq: 14.01,11.003[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.307,American Public Policy for Washington Interns,"Examines US policymaking process, with special attention to making of policy for science and technology. Subject spans the second half of Spring and first half of Fall terms. Spring term attends to origins and development of American policymaking institutions and their roles in settling controversial policy questions. Fall term focuses on development of representative policies in the US, such as pollution controls, biotechnical engineering, and telecommunications. Selection and participation in Washington Summer Internship program required. Fulfills undergraduate public policy requirement in the major and minor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.309[J],"Science, Technology, and Public Policy","Analysis of issues at the intersection of science, technology, public policy, and business. Cases drawn from antitrust and intellectual property rights; health and environmental policy; defense procurement and strategy; strategic trade and industrial policy; and R&D funding. Structured around theories of political economy, modified to take into account integration of uncertain technical information into public and private decision-making. Meets with 17.310 when offered concurrently.",True,"Fall, Fall",Graduate,4-0-8,None,"IDS.055[J], STS.082[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.310[J],"Science, Technology, and Public Policy","Analysis of issues at the intersection of science, technology, public policy, and business. Cases drawn from antitrust and intellectual property rights; health and environmental policy; defense procurement and strategy; strategic trade and industrial policy; and R&D funding. Structured around theories of political economy, modified to take account of integration of uncertain technical information into public and private decision-making. Meets with 17.309 when offered concurrently.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,"IDS.412[J], STS.482[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
17.315,Health Policy,"Analyzes the health policy problems facing America including adequate access to care, the control of health care costs, and the encouragement of medical advances. Considers market and regulatory alternatives as well as international models including Canadian, Swedish, British, and German arrangements. Emphasis on historical development, interest group behavior, public opinion, and organizational influences in shaping and implementing policy.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.317,US Social Policy,"Explores historical development and contemporary politics of the American welfare state. Examines interactions among political institutions, elites, the media, and the mass public. Emphasis on reciprocal relationship between policy designs and public opinion/political action. Investigates broad spectrum of government policies that shape well-being, opportunity and political influence, including welfare, social security, health care, education, and tax policy.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.320,Social Policy,"Examines the politics of social policy in comparative perspective. Empirical and theoretical overview of the origins, development, and future of social provision in industrialized countries, in the context of broader political and historical trends. Examines concepts such as social citizenship, risk sharing, de-commodification, and welfare regimes, and the challenges of globalization, neo-liberalism, and demographic change. Topics include pensions, health care, poverty alleviation, and family policy. Combines classic work and research frontiers.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.381[J],Leadership in Negotiation: Advanced Applications,"Building on the skills and strategies honed in 11.011, explores advanced negotiation practice. Emphasizes an experiential skill-building approach, underpinned by cutting-edge cases and innovative research. Examines applications in high-stakes management, public policy, social entrepreneurship, international diplomacy, and scientific discovery. Strengthens collaborative decision-making, persuasion, and leadership skills by negotiating across different media and through personalized coaching, enhancing students' ability to proactively engage stakeholders, transform organizations, and inspire communities. Limited by lottery; consult class website for information and deadlines.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,11.011 or permission of instructor,11.111[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.389,"Education, Inequality, and Politics","With a focus on the United States, Europe, and Latin America, discusses how education around the world profoundly affects individual economic mobility, social inequality, and national development, making it a high stakes policy area. Analyzes the contentiousness of education policy as government reformers, parents, business, NGOs, teacher unions, and other stakeholders vie for influence.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.391[J],Human Rights at Home and Abroad,"Provides a rigorous and critical introduction to the history, foundation, structure, and operation of the human rights movement. Focuses on key ideas, actors, methods and sources, and critically evaluates the field. Addresses current debates in human rights, including the relationship with security, democracy, development and globalization, urbanization, equality (in housing and other economic and social rights; women's rights; ethnic, religious and racial discrimination; and policing/conflict), post-conflict rebuilding and transitional justice, and technology in human rights activism. No prior coursework needed, but work experience, or community service that demonstrates familiarity with global affairs or engagement with ethics and social justice issues, preferred. Students taking graduate version are expected to write a research paper.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,Permission of instructor,11.164[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.393[J],"Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control","Analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution, hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and production/use of toxic chemicals. Analyzes pollution/climate change as economic problems and failure of markets. Explores the role of science and economics in legal decisions. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (i.e., economic incentives, voluntary approaches) to control pollution and encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on major federal legislation, underlying administrative system, and common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, greenhouse gas emissions, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Develops basic legal skills: how to read/understand cases, regulations, and statutes. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"1.801[J], 11.021[J], IDS.060[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.395[J],"Innovation Systems for Science, Technology, Energy, Manufacturing, and Health","Examines science and technology innovation systems, including case studies on energy, computing, advanced manufacturing, and health sectors. Emphasizes public policy and the federal government's role in that system. Focuses on the US but uses international examples. Reviews foundations of economic growth theory, innovation systems theory, and the basic approaches to science and technology policy. Explores the organization and role of energy and medical science R&D agencies, as well as gaps in those innovation systems. Also addresses the science and technology talent base as a factor in growth, and educational approaches to better support it. Class meets for nine weeks; in the remaining weeks, students work on a final paper due at the end of the term. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,STS.081[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.399[J],"Global Energy: Politics, Markets, and Policy","Focuses on the ways economics and politics influence the fate of energy technologies, business models, and policies around the world. Extends fundamental concepts in the social sciences to case studies and simulations that illustrate how corporate, government, and individual decisions shape energy and environmental outcomes. In a final project, students apply the concepts in order to assess the prospects for an energy innovation to scale and advance sustainability goals in a particular regional market. Recommended prerequisite: 14.01. Meets with 15.219 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Preference to juniors, seniors, and Energy Minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.167[J], 14.47[J], 15.2191[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.40,"American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future","Reasons for America's past wars and interventions. Consequences of American policies. Evaluation of these consequences for the US and the world. History covered includes World Wars I and II, the Korean and Indochina wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis and current conflicts, including those in in Iraq and Afghanistan, and against al Qaeda.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.407,Chinese Foreign Policy,Explores the leading theoretical and methodological approaches to studying China's interaction with the world since 1949. Readings include books and articles that integrate the study of China's foreign policy with the field of international relations. Requires basic understanding of Chinese politics or international relations theory. Meets with 17.408 when offered concurrently.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.408,Chinese Foreign Policy,Explores the leading theoretical and methodological approaches to studying China's interaction with the international system since 1949. Readings include books and articles that integrate the study of China's foreign policy with the field of international relations. Requires basic understanding of Chinese politics or international relations theory. Meets with 17.407 when offered concurrently.,False,"Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Fall, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.41,Introduction to International Relations,"Provides an introduction to the causes of international conflict and cooperation. Topics include war initiation, crisis bargaining, international terrorism, nuclear strategy, interstate economic relations, economic growth, international law, human rights, and environmental politics.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.410,"Globalization, Migration, and International Relations","Tracing the evolution of international interactions, subject examines the dimensions of globalization in terms of scale and scope. Includes international environmental issues, impacts and expansion of human activites, and the potential implications for global and national policy. Linkages among individuals, nation-states, transnational organizations and firms, international systems, and the global environment. Special focus on models of globalization, challenges of sustainable development, and on evolving types. Institutional responses to globalization and global change. 17.411 fulfills undergraduate public policy requirement in the major and minor. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.411,"Globalization, Migration, and International Relations","Tracing the evolution of international interactions, subject examines the dimensions of globalization in terms of scale and scope. Includes international environmental issues, impacts and expansion of human activites, and the potential implications for global and national policy. Linkages among individuals, nation-states, transnational organizations and firms, international systems, and the global environment. Special focus on models of globalization, challenges of sustainable development, and on evolving types. Institutional responses to globalization and global change. 17.411 fulfills undergraduate public policy requirement in the major and minor. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",False,"Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Fall, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.416,Theoretical Models in International Relations and Comparative Politics,"Develops the skill of generating elegant, creative, satisfying theories of politics, with a focus on theoretical models in International Relations and Comparative Politics. Discusses views on theory from the philosophy of science and techniques for theorizing in several theoretical traditions. Students examine and critically analyze theoretical work in the field with an eye to learning what makes influential theories influential. Complements the IR and CP field seminars, Scope and Methods, and Game Theory.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.418,Field Seminar in International Relations Theory,Provides an overview of the field of international relations. Each week a different approach to explaining international relations is examined. Surveys major concepts and theories in the field to assist in the preparation for further study in the department's other graduate offerings in international relations.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.42,Causes and Prevention of War,"Examines the causes of war, with a focus on practical measures to prevent and control war. Topics include causes and consequences of misperception by nations; military strategy and policy as cause of war; religion and war; US foreign policy as a cause of war and peace; and the likelihood and possible nature of great wars in the future. Historical cases include World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Seven Years' War, the Arab-Israel conflict, other recent Mideast wars, and the Peloponnesian War.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.420,Advances in International Relations Theory,"Critical analysis of contending theories of international relations. Focus is on alternative theoretical assumptions, different analytical structures, and a common core of concepts and content. Comparative analysis of realism(s), liberalism(s), institutionalism(s), and new emergent theories. Discussion of connections between theories of international relations and major changes in international relations. Open to undergraduates by permission of instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.424,International Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Societies,"Focuses analytically on how interest groups, voters, political parties, electoral institutions, ideas and power politics interact to shape policy outcomes. Topics include globalization, international trade, international monetary and financial relations, and security.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.426,Empirical Models in International Relations and Comparative Politics,"Explores statistical methods as applied to international relations and comparative politics. Discusses methodological issues unique to these subfields, primarily in the areas of measurement and causal inference. Students examine and critically analyze existing work in the field to gain familiarity with the array of models and methodological choices employed thus far in published research articles. Complements Quantitative Methods I and II by exploring how the methods developed in those subjects have been applied in the field.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,17.802 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.428,American Foreign Policy: Theory and Method,"Examines the causes and consequences of American foreign policy since 1898. Readings cover theories of American foreign policy, historiography of American foreign policy, central historical episodes including the two World Wars and the Cold War, case study methodology, and historical investigative methods. Open to undergraduates by permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.430,Research Seminar in International Relations,"While this seminar provides an overview of recent literature, its principal purpose is to help graduate students develop skills suited to production of research papers and/or dissertations. Begins by reviewing general theoretical and methodological issues, then turns to specific empirical studies that examine the effects of systems structure, national attributes, bargaining processes, institutions, ideas, and norms on security affairs and political economy. The last two sessions of the seminar are devoted to evaluating research proposals generated by all members of the class.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.432,Causes of War: Theory and Method,"Provides an in-depth survey of scholarly theories associated with war. Examines when, where, and why wars—both interstate and intrastate—occur, why some conflicts escalate, and how wars end. Drawing from scholarship in political science and other disciplines, students explore debates over the variables that cause war and the mechanisms through which conflicts unfold. Includes readings that offer both theoretical and empirical insights.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.433,International Relations of East Asia,"Introduces and analyzes the international relations of East Asia. Examines the sources of conflict and cooperation during and after the Cold War, assessing competing explanations for key events in East Asia's international relations. Readings drawn from international relations theory, political science and history. Students taking the graduate version are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.434,International Relations of East Asia,"Introduces and analyzes the international relations of East Asia. Examines the sources of conflict and cooperation during and after the Cold War, assessing competing explanations for key events in East Asia's international relations. Readings drawn from international relations theory, political science and history. Students taking graduate version are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",False,"Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Fall, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.445,International Relations Theory in the Cyber Age,"Examines cyber dynamics and processes in international relations from different theoretical perspectives. Considers alternative theoretical and empirical frameworks consistent with characteristic features of cyberspace and emergent transformations at all levels of international interaction. Theories examined include realism and neorealism, institutionalism and liberalism, constructivism, and systems theory and lateral pressure. Highlights relevant features and proposes customized international relations theory for the cyber age. Students taking the graduate version are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.446,International Relations Theory in the Cyber Age,"Examines cyber dynamics and processes in international relations from different theoretical perspectives. Considers alternative theoretical and empirical frameworks consistent with characteristic features of cyberspace and emergent transformations at all levels of international interaction. Theories examined include realism and neorealism, institutionalism and liberalism, constructivism, and systems theory and lateral pressure. Highlights relevant features and proposes customized international relations theory for the cyber age. Students taking the graduate version are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",False,"Spring, Spring, Spring, Fall, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.447[J],Cybersecurity,"Focuses on the complexity of cybersecurity in a changing world. Examines national and international aspects of overall cyber ecology. Explores sources and consequences of cyber threats and different types of damages. Considers impacts for and of various aspects of cybersecurity in diverse geostrategic, political, business and economic contexts. Addresses national and international policy responses as well as formal and informal strategies and mechanisms for responding to cyber insecurity and enhancing conditions of cybersecurity. Students taking graduate version expected to pursue subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"IDS.050[J], MAS.460[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.448[J],Cybersecurity,"Focuses on the complexity of cybersecurity in a changing world. Examines national and international aspects of overall cyber ecology. Explores sources and consequences of cyber threats and different types of damages. Considers impacts for and of various aspects of cybersecurity in diverse geostrategic, political, business and economic contexts. Addresses national and international policy responses as well as formal and informal strategies and mechanisms for responding to cyber insecurity and enhancing conditions of cybersecurity. Students taking graduate version expected to pursue subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",False,"Spring, Spring, Fall, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"IDS.350[J], MAS.660[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.449,Emerging Technology and International Security,"Explores how emerging technologies — including drones, artificial intelligence, social media, additive manufacturing, and cyber warfare — affect international security. Examines how states develop these technologies, identifies barriers to innovation in the security domain, and considers how the proliferation of new military and dual-use technologies affect decisions on war and peace. Designed for students interested in international relations, security studies, and emerging technologies.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.452,"Emerging Technologies and Intelligence: Deliverance, Delusion, or Both","Examines the effect of emerging technologies on the organization and operation of intelligence agencies and how these technologies can and cannot address the steady-state challenges of interpretation, uncertainty, politicization, and surprise. Readings and case studies ground students in the work of leading intelligence scholars and, focusing on intelligence analysis, examine the effect of rational actor assumptions on intelligence failure. Designed for students interested in security studies, public policy, and emerging technologies.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.456,The International Politics of Emerging Technology (New),Provides an in-depth survey of the international political and security implications of new technologies. Explores emerging technologies as both a dependent and independent variable. Readings and discussion assess the factors that contribute to military innovation and the proliferation of new technologies and analyze technology's effects on international politics.,False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.46,US National Security Policy,"Provides a comprehensive introduction to the making of US foreign and national security policy. Examines the laws that guide policy-making, studies the actors and organizations involved in the inter-agency process, and explores how interaction between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches shapes policy development and implementation. Students acquire practical experience through policy writing and a crisis simulation. Designed for students interested in international relations, security, and public policy.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.468,Foundations of Security Studies,"Develops a working knowledge of the theories and conceptual frameworks that form the intellectual basis of security studies as an academic discipline. Particular emphasis on balance of power theory, organization theory, civil-military relations, and the relationship between war and politics. The reading list includes Jervis, Schelling, Waltz, Blainey, von Clausewitz, and Huntington. Students write a seminar paper in which theoretical insights are systematically applied to a current security issue.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.472,International Conflict in the Gray Zone Between War and Peace,"Examines US strategic, legal, and organizational readiness to deal with intensifying international conflict below the level of armed attack, including covert action, offensive cyber operations, propaganda, and economic coercion. Cases include Ukraine, Stuxnet, and South China Sea operations. Substantial reading ranges across Western, Leninist, and Chinese views of war, covert action history, international law, US strategy, industrial espionage, and the effects of technology on operations.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.473,Nuclear Strategy and Proliferation,"Provides an introduction to the politics and theories surrounding the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Introduces the basics of nuclear weapons, nuclear strategy, and deterrence theory. Examines the historical record during the Cold War as well as the proliferation of nuclear weapons to regional powers and the resulting deterrence consequences.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.474[J],Nuclear Weapons and International Security,"Examines the historical, political, and technical contexts for nuclear policy making, including the development of nuclear weapons by states, the evolution of nuclear strategy, the role nuclear weapons play in international politics, the risks posed by nuclear arsenals, and the policies and strategies in place to mitigate those risks.  Equal emphasis is given to political and technical considerations affecting national choices.  Considers the issues surrounding new non-proliferation strategies, nuclear security, and next steps for arms control.",False,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,22.814[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
17.478,Great Power Military Intervention,"Examines systematically, and comparatively, great and middle power military interventions, and candidate military interventions, into civil wars since 1991. These civil wars did not easily fit into the traditional category of vital interest. These interventions may therefore tell us something about broad trends in international politics including the nature of unipolarity, the erosion of sovereignty, the security implications of globalization, and the nature of modern western military power.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.480,Understanding Modern Military Operations,"Examines selected past, current, and future sea, air, space, and land battlefields and looks at the interaction in each of these warfare areas between existing military doctrine and weapons, sensors, communications, and information processing technologies. Explores how technological development, whether innovative or stagnant, is influenced in each warfare area by military doctrine.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.482,US Military Power,"Examines the evolving roles and missions of US General Purpose Forces within the context of modern technological capabilities and Grand Strategy, which is a conceptual system of interconnected political and military means and ends. Topics include US Grand Strategies; the organization of the US military; the defense budget; and the capabilities and limitations of naval, air, and ground forces. Also examines the utility of these forces for power projection and the problems of escalation. Analyzes military history and simple models of warfare to explore how variations in technology and battlefield conditions can drastically alter effectiveness of conventional forces.  17.483 fulfills undergraduate public policy requirement in the major and minor. Students taking the graduate version are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.483,US Military Power,"Examines the evolving roles and missions of US General Purpose Forces within the context of modern technological capabilities and Grand Strategy, which is a conceptual system of interconnected political and military means and ends. Topics include US Grand Strategies; the organization of the US military; the defense budget; and the capabilities and limitations of naval, air, and ground forces. Also examines the utility of these forces for power projection and the problems of escalation. Analyzes military history and simple models of warfare to explore how variations in technology and battlefield conditions can drastically alter effectiveness of conventional forces.  17.483 fulfills undergraduate public policy requirement in the major and minor. Students taking the graduate version are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",False,"Spring, Fall, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Freshmen need permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.484,Comparative Grand Strategy and Military Doctrine,"A comparative study of the grand strategies and military doctrines of the great powers in Europe (Britain, France, Germany, and Russia) from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. Examines strategic developments in the years preceding and during World Wars I and II. What factors have exerted the greatest influence on national strategies? How may the quality of a grand strategy be judged? Exploration of comparative case study methodology also plays a central role. What consequences seem to follow from grand strategies of different types? Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.486,Japan and East Asian Security,"Explores Japan's role in world orders, past, present, and future. Focuses on Japanese conceptions of security; rearmament debates; the relationship of domestic politics to foreign policy; the impact of Japanese technological and economic transformation at home and abroad; alternative trade and security regimes; Japan's response to 9/11; and relations with Asian neighbors, Russia, and the alliance with the United States.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.488,Simulating Global Dynamics and War,"Explores the history, tools, and utility of crisis simulations and war games that model international dynamics. Aims to develop toolkits for future worlds exercises and for the production of conference papers and peer-reviewed publications. Students review historical debates about gaming and simulation methods while gaining experience designing and playing different kinds of exercises, including technical operational games, computerized rapid play games, nuclear crisis games, and global dynamics simulations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.490,Political Economy of International Security,"Introduces the scholarly literature on the political economy of international security, focusing on questions of how economic and security motivations are weighed against each other in both wartime and peace. Wartime topics include economic warfare, war financing, and technological investment. Peacetime topics include sanctions, market power, currency statecraft, and grand strategy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.50,Introduction to Comparative Politics,"Examines why democracy emerges and survives in some countries rather than in others; how political institutions affect economic development; and how American politics compares to that of other countries. Reviews economic, cultural, and institutional explanations for political outcomes. Includes case studies of politics in several countries. Assignments include several papers of varying lengths and extensive structured and unstructured class participation. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.503,How Dictatorship Works,"Investigates the different nature of threats that dictators, kings, and autocrats face from the population who want democratization and other powerful elites who want to replace them. Considers the different ways dictatorial leaders institutionally design their regimes to temper these competing threats. These include coup-proofing their internal security apparatus, repressing the population, controlling the media, and co-opting rivals.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.506,Ethnic Politics,"Introduces students to the classic works on ethnic politics, familiarizes them with new research and methodological innovations in the study of ethnic politics, and helps them design and execute original research projects related to ethnic politics. Readings drawn from across disciplines, including political science, anthropology, sociology, and economics. Students read across the four subfields within political science. Graduate students specializing in any subfield are encouraged to take this subject, regardless of their previous empirical or theoretical background.",False,"Fall, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.509,Social Movements in Comparative Perspective,"Explores why people join grassroots political organizations and social movements. Asks what accounts for the ultimate success or failure of these organizations and examines how social movements have altered political parties, political institutions, and social relations. Critically considers a range of theoretical treatments and several movements, including the US civil rights, poor peoples', pro-life/pro-choice and gay/lesbian movements.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.511,Critical Perspectives on Data and Identity,"Examines how group identities are recorded as ""data"" in various domains, and the effects of data collection on the formation of identities, inequality, redistribution and conflict around the world. Compares approaches to recording personal information on household censuses and surveys, college admissions forms, via automated, computer-based systems (AI), and other systems. Draws upon a wide variety of primary materials, and scholarly works from political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and economics.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.516,Transitional Justice,"Emerging democracies are now confronted with what has been termed ""the torturer problem."" The questions are old ones: What is to be done about the perpetrator(s) and what is to be done for the abused? Seminar broadly examines the theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding the  issues commonly associated with ""transitional justice,"" including its motivations, agents, institutions, and decisions. Cases are drawn from various countries and historical periods, including post-World War II Europe, 19th-century America, and 20th-century Africa and Latin America.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.517,Political Utopias and Dystopias,"Explores fundamental questions about equality, freedom, privacy, community, and popular accountability through representation of idealized or horrific political systems. Focuses on classic, time-tested novels paired with short pieces on real-world cases that address key themes in the fictional treatment.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.523,Ethnic Conflict in World Politics,"Ethnic and racial conflict appear to be the hallmark of the post-Cold War world. Students explore the rise of ethnic/racial and nationalist sentiments and movements; the basis of ethnic and racial identity; the political claims and goals of such movements, and whether conflict is inevitable. Introduces the dominant theoretical approaches to race, ethnicity, and nationalism, and considers them in light of current events in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.524,"State, Society, and Political Behavior in Developing Contexts","Examines the political behavior of citizens in developing countries and the question of why governmental performance remains poor in these contexts, despite citizen efforts, international aid, and civil society initiatives. Evaluates and builds on our current understanding of political behavior and state-society relations when democratic institutions are weak, state capacity is low, and regimes are changing. Explores these questions by drawing on new and old literatures from institutional, sociological, psychological, and political economy perspectives.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.526,Comparative Urban Development,"Examines both classic and recent research on urban politics, including studies of resource distribution, clientelism and machine politics, ethnic politics, property rights, economic informality, and violence in cities spanning the developing world, and also draws comparisons to urban areas in developed democracies. Special attention is paid to the effects of urban context on political behavior. Readings are primarily from political science, but also include work from sociology, economics, and related disciplines.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.53,The Rise of Asia,"Focuses on social, economic, political, and national security problems of China and Japan -- two of the largest economies in a dynamic region with the potential to shape global affairs. Examines each topic and country from the perspectives of history, contemporary issues, and their relations with one another and the United States.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.537,Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan,"Analyzes contemporary Japanese politics, focusing primarily upon the post-World War II period. Includes examination of the dominant approaches to Japanese politics and society, the structure of the party system, the role of political opposition, the policy process, foreign affairs, and interest groups. Attention to defense, foreign, industrial, social, energy, technology policy processes. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and class presentations. Assignments differ.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.538,Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan,"Analyzes contemporary Japanese politics, focusing primarily upon the post-World War II period. Includes examination of the dominant approaches to Japanese politics and society, the structure of the party system, the role of political opposition, the policy process, foreign affairs, and interest groups. Attention to defense, foreign, industrial, social, energy, and technology policy processes. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and class presentations. Assignments differ.",True,"Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.55[J],Introduction to Latin American Studies,"Examines contemporary Latin American culture, politics, and history. Surveys geography, economic development, and race, religion, and gender in Latin America. Special emphasis on the Salvadoran civil war, human rights and military rule in Argentina and Chile, and migration from Central America and Mexico to the United States. Students analyze films, literature, visual art, journalism, historical documents, and social scientific research.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.130[J], 21G.084[J], 21H.170[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.561,European Politics,"Examines similarities and differences in politics and political economy in Britain, Germany, and Sweden. Particular focus on the structure of political power within the state, and on important institutions that form the link between state and society, especially political parties and interest organizations.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.565,"Israel: History, Politics, Culture, and Identity","Examines Israeli identity using a broad array of materials, including popular music, film, documentaries and art, in addition to academic historical writings. Topics include Israel's political system and society, ethnic relations, settlement projects, and the Arab  minorities in the Jewish state. Students also discuss whether there is a unique Israeli culture and the struggle for Israel's identity. Limited to 60; preference to students in the MISTI MIT-Israel program.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.567,"Israel: History, Politics, Culture, and Identity","Examines Israeli identity using a broad array of materials, including popular music, film, documentaries and art, in addition to academic historical writings. Topics include Israel's political system and society, ethnic relations, settlement projects, and the Arab minorities in the Jewish state. Students also discuss whether there is a unique Israeli culture and the struggle for Israel's identity. Limited to students in the MISTI MIT-Israel program.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.568,Comparative Politics and International Relations of the Middle East,"Surveys both classic and cutting-edge work on the politics of the Middle East, broadly defined. Topics include the causes and consequences of political and economic development, authoritarianism and democratization, the influence of social movements, the role of women in Middle Eastern polities, regional inter-state relations, Islamism, terrorism, colonialism and foreign occupation, state-building, resistance and rebellion, and the Arab uprisings.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.569,Russia's Foreign Policy: Toward the Post-Soviet States and Beyond,"Analyzes Russia's foreign policy, with a focus on relations with the other post-Soviet states. Frames the discussion with examination of US-Russian and Sino-Russian relations. Looks at legacies of the Soviet collapse, strengths and vulnerabilities of Russia, and the ability of other states to maintain their sovereignty. Topics include the future of Central Asia, the Georgian war, energy politics, and reaction to the European Union's Eastern Partnership. Readings focus on international relations, historical sources, and contemporary Russian and Western sources.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.57[J],Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present,"Explores the political and historical evolution of the Soviet state and society from the 1917 Revolution to the present. Covers the creation of a revolutionary regime, causes and nature of the Stalin revolution, post-Stalinist efforts to achieve political and social reform, and causes of the Soviet collapse. Also examines current developments in Russia in light of Soviet history. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.086[J], 21H.245[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
17.571,Engineering Democratic Development in Africa,"Examines the varied relationship between democracy and human development in sub-Saharan Africa. Encourages students to apply engineering thinking to better understand which institutions, practices, and technologies have helped, and which have hindered, the achievement of health, education, infrastructure, and other outcomes. Addresses many of the challenges and dilemmas of democratic practice in poor, diverse, and unequal societies, while inviting students to propose practical interventions.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.572,Political Economy of Africa,"Explores how African leaders have projected authority and built states, and, in turn, how their states' actions have influenced major economic and societal outcomes, including agrarian development, economic inequality and informality, violence, grassroots collective action, and the nature of ethnic and partisan political mobilization. Spans the pre-colonial period to the present day. Readings primarily drawn from political science, but also include work from economics, history, and related disciplines.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.577,Electoral Politics in the Developing World,"Explores how electoral competition operates in new democracies across the developing world. Major topics include how voters hold politicians accountable for good governance, how politicians campaign and distribute state resources, and why some elections are free, fair, and peaceful while others are violent and skewed to benefit incumbents. The course materials draw on examples from Africa, Latin America, the post-Soviet countries, South Asia, and the historical United States. ",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.578,Elections and Political Representation in the Developing World,"Focuses on the theoretical and empirical study of elections, representation, and governance in non-industrialized democratic societies. Surveys the contemporary literature on topics such as party systems, clientelism, electorally-motivated violence, ethnic politics, and federalism.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.581,"Riots, Rebellions, Revolutions","Examines different types of violent political conflict. Compares and contrasts several social science approaches (psychological, sociological, and political) and analyzes their ability to explain variation in outbreak, duration and outcome of conflict.  Examines incidents such as riots in the US during the 1960's, riots in India, the Yugoslav wars, and the Russian Revolution, in addition to current international events.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.582,Civil War,"Surveys the social science literature on civil war. Studies the origins of civil war, discusses variables affecting duration, and examines termination of conflict. Highly interdisciplinary and covers a wide variety of cases. Open to advanced undergraduates with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.584,Civil-Military Relations,"Subject consists of five sections. After a general survey of the field, students consider cases of stable civilian control, military rule, and transitions from military to civilian rule. Cases are selected from around the world.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.588,Field Seminar in Comparative Politics,"Provides an introduction to the field of comparative politics. Readings include both classic and recent materials. Discusses research design and research methods, in addition to topics such as political culture, social cleavages, the state, and democratic institutions. Emphasis on each issue depends in part on the interests of the students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.590,State Building,"Examines the process of building modern, national states across regions at different levels of development. Focuses on conceptualizing and measuring state power; and on the range of political, economic, and social explanations that account for variation, including the role of technology, war, material endowments, geography, trust, ethnic diversity, and democratic regimes. Evaluates the quality of evidence for different accounts. Theoretical orientation intended for Ph.D. students in political science.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.591,Research Seminar in Applied International Studies,Focuses on research methods in the social sciences as they relate to topics in international studies. Students complete an independent research project on a topic chosen in consultation with the instructor; class presentation required. Limited to 18; preference to Applied International Studies minors.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.800,Quantitative Research Methods I: Regression,"Introduction to statistical research in political science and public policy, with a focus on linear regression. Teaches students how to apply multiple regression models as used in much of political science and public policy research. Also covers elements of probability and sampling theory. Limited to 30; preference to Course 17 PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.801,Political Science Scope and Methods,"Introduces principles of empirical and theoretical analysis in political science through research projects currently conducted in the department. Different department faculty lead modules that introduce students to major research questions and different ways of examining those questions. Emphasizes how this research in progress relates to larger themes, and how researchers confront obstacles to inference in political science. Includes substantial instruction and practice in writing (with revision) and oral presentations. Intended primarily for majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.802,Quantitative Research Methods II: Causal Inference,"Survey of statistical methods for causal inference in political science and public policy research. Covers a variety of causal inference designs, including experiments, matching, regression, panel methods, difference-in-differences, synthetic control methods, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity designs, quantile regression, and bounds. Limited to 30; preference to Course 17 PhD students.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"17.800, 17.803, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.803,Political Science Laboratory,"Introduces students to the conduct of political research using quantitative methodologies. The methods are examined in the context of specific political research activities like public opinion surveys, voting behavior, Congressional behavior, comparisons of political processes in different countries, and the evaluation of public policies. Includes instruction and practice in written and oral communication. Students participate in joint class projects and conduct individual projects. Does not count toward HASS Requirement. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 17 majors who have pre-registered.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-6-6,17.801 or permission of instructor,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
17.804,Quantitative Research Methods III: Generalized Linear Models and Extensions,"Provides a survey of statistical tools for model-based inference in political science and public policy. Topics include generalized linear models for various data types and their extensions, such as discrete choice models, survival outcome models, mixed effects and multilevel models. Covers both frequentist and Bayesian approaches. Limited to 15; preference to Course 17 PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,17.802 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.806,Quantitative Research Methods IV: Advanced Topics,"Covers advanced statistical tools that are useful for empirical research in political science and public policy. Possible topics include missing data, survey sampling and experimental designs for field research, machine learning, text mining, clustering, Bayesian methods, spatial statistics, and web scraping. Limited to 15; preference to Course 17 PhD students.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,17.804 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.810,Game Theory and Political Theory,"Introduces students to the rudiments of game theory within political science. Provides all students with the ability to solve simple games. Readings draw from basic texts on game theoretic modeling and applied articles in American Politics, International Relations, and Comparative Politics. Students taking the graduate version evaluate applied theory articles in the major journals.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.811,Game Theory and Political Theory,"Introduces students to the rudiments of game theory within political science. Provides students with the ability to solve simple games. Readings draw from basic texts on game theoretic modeling and applied articles in American politics, international relations, and comparative politics. Students taking the graduate version evaluate applied theory articles in the major journals.",True,"Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.830,Empirical Methods in Political Economy,"Reviews recent quantitative empirical studies on important, substantive questions in political economy. Designed to increase students' understanding of the core research designs and measurement strategies employed in the empirical analysis of political institutions and political behavior. Topics include the political and economic consequences of direct democracy, reservations for political minorities, corruption, political effects of the media, and politics in authoritarian regimes.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.831,Data and Politics,"Explores the intersection between politics and data. Introduces principles and practice of data-driven methods used to understand electoral and other types of political behavior. Students use real world datasets to explore topics such as election polling and prediction, the determinants of voter turnout, how campaigns target voters, and how public opinion changes over time.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.835,Machine Learning and Data Science in Politics,"Introduces students to politics by analyzing political science data sets with machine learning methodologies. Covers a variety of data science tools, including supervised and unsupervised learning methods, visualization techniques, text analysis, and network analysis. Emphasizes how the research methodologies can be used for studying political science. Topics include lobbying, international trade, political networks, and estimating ideologies of political leaders.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.100A or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
17.850,Political Science Scope and Methods,Introduces principles of empirical and theoretical analysis in political science. Exposes students to major research questions and different ways of examining them. Limited to Course 17 PhD students.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.860,How to Theory (New),"Workshop-based subject providing an overview of how to construct a theoretical argument through a mix of conceptual examination and practical application. Examines different components and aspects of theory building, allowing students to refine their own proto-theories and develop their completed theoretical propositions. Complements subjects in research design as well as qualitative and quantitative methods. Project proposal required.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.878,Qualitative Methods and Fieldwork,"Prepares students to conduct independent qualitative research, focusing on practical skills acquisition. Topics include methodological controversies, debates about transparency, human subjects protocols and research ethics, interviewing techniques, ethnography, focus groups, comparative historical case studies/archival research, and write-up of qualitative information collected from the field.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.C08[J],Causal Inference,"Provides an accessible overview of modern quantitative methods for causal inference: testing whether an action causes an outcome to occur. Makes heavy use of applied, real-data examples using Python or R and drawn from the participating domains (economics, political science, business, public policy, etc.). Covers topics including potential outcomes, causal graphs, randomized controlled trials, observational studies, instrumental variable estimation, and a contrast with machine learning techniques. Seeks to provide an intuitive understanding of the core concepts and techniques to help students produce and consume evidence of causal claims.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.3800, 6.3900, 6.C01, 14.32, 17.803, 18.05, 18.650, or permission of instructor",15.C08[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
17.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Research opportunities in Political Science in theoretical and applied research. For further information, contact the Departmental Coordinator.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.URG,Undergraduate Research,"Research opportunities in political science in theoretical and applied research. For further information, contact the departmental coordinator.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.90,"Politics, Policy, and Political Science: What Does It All Mean? (New)","Explores the scope of political science, policy, and politics through conversations with faculty who research across the field. Topics include misinformation and democracy, dictatorships, nuclear war and AI, and why governments make the policy decisions they do. Gives a broad overview of the role of methods and data in political science. This class counts towards the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.902,Political Science Internship and Research,"For students participating in off-campus internships relevant to the field of political science. Before registering, students must submit a 1-2 page application statement which describes the internship, the nature of the work, the time commitment (hours per week and number of weeks) and the connection to the field of political science. Students must also submit a formal offer letter from a host employer/organization which provides details of the internship. Subject to departmental approval. Consult departmental undergraduate office.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.905-17.911,Reading Seminar in Social Science,Reading and discussion of special topics in the fields of social science. Open to advanced undergraduates by arrangement with individual staff members. 17.909 is taught P/D/F.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.922,"Martin Luther King, Jr. Design Seminar","Facilitates design and construction of installations and other community projects in conjunction with and beyond MIT's celebration of Dr. King. Students discuss the ideas and goals of Dr. King and other human rights leaders in the US and the world. The first half of the class develops in-depth understanding of the history of US racial issues as well as past and present domestic and international political struggles. Addresses issues of justice, equality and racism through videos, readings and writings, and class discussions. In the second half, students work as a group complete the installation and projects which serve as models for connecting academics with real life problems and struggle.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.925,Fundamentals of Science and Technology Public Policy Making: Science and Technology Policy Boot Camp,"Examines the public policy behind, and the government's role in, the science and technology-based innovation system. Focuses on the US, but also discusses international examples. Prepares students planning careers in and around science and technology with the basic background for involvement in science policy making. Limited to 35. Application required.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.959,Preparation for General Exams,Selected readings for Political Science doctoral students in preparation for qualifying exams.,True,"Fall, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"17.954-17.958,",17.960 Reading Seminar in Social Science,Reading and discussion of special topics in the fields of social science. Open to advanced graduate students by arrangement with individual staff members. 17.954 and 17.959 are taught P/D/F.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.962,Second Year Paper Workshop,Workshop for research and writing of major research paper as part of pre-dissertation requirements. Restricted to doctoral students.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.THG,Graduate Political Science Thesis,Program of research and writing of thesis; to be arranged by the student with supervising committee.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.THT,Thesis Research Design Seminar,"Students writing a thesis in Political Science develop their research topics, review relevant research and scholarship, frame their research questions and arguments, choose an appropriate methodology for analysis, and draft the introductory and methodology sections of their theses.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,17.803 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.THU,Undergraduate Political Science Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of an SB thesis. To be arranged by the student under approved supervision.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S912,Special Undergraduate Subject in Political Science,Reading and discussion of topics in the field of social science not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S914,Special Undergraduate Subject in Political Science,Reading and discussion of topics in the field of social science not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S916,Special Undergraduate Subject in Political Science,Reading and discussion of topics in the field of social science not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S917,Special Undergraduate Subject in Political Science,Reading and discussion of topics in the field of social science not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S918,Special Undergraduate Subject in Political Science,Reading and discussion of topics in the field of social science not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S919,Special Undergraduate Subject in Political Science,Reading and discussion of topics in the field of social science not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S950,Special Graduate Subject in Political Science,Open to qualified graduate students who would like to pursue special studies or projects. Please consult graduate administration prior to registration.,False,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S951,Special Graduate Subject in Political Science,Open to qualified graduate students who would like to pursue special subjects or projects. Please consult graduate administration prior to registration.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S952,Special Graduate Subject in Political Science,Open to qualified graduate students who would like to pursue special subjects or projects. Please consult graduate administration prior to registration.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
17.S953,Special Graduate Subject in Political Science,Open to qualified graduate students who would like to pursue special subjects or projects. Please consult graduate administration prior to registration.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.01,Calculus,"Differentiation and integration of functions of one variable, with applications. Informal treatment of limits and continuity. Differentiation: definition, rules, application to graphing, rates, approximations, and extremum problems. Indefinite integration; separable first-order differential equations. Definite integral; fundamental theorem of calculus. Applications of integration to geometry and science. Elementary functions. Techniques of integration. Polar coordinates. L'Hopital's rule. Improper integrals. Infinite series: geometric, p-harmonic, simple comparison tests, power series for some elementary functions.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 1,False,False
18.01A,Calculus,"Six-week review of one-variable calculus, emphasizing material not on the high-school AB syllabus: integration techniques and applications, improper integrals, infinite series, applications to other topics, such as probability and statistics, as time permits. Prerequisites: one year of high-school calculus or the equivalent, with a score of 5 on the AB Calculus test (or the AB portion of the BC test, or an equivalent score on a standard international exam), or equivalent college transfer credit, or a passing grade on the first half of the 18.01 advanced standing exam.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Knowledge of differentiation and elementary integration,N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 1,False,False
18.02,Calculus,"Calculus of several variables. Vector algebra in 3-space, determinants, matrices. Vector-valued functions of one variable, space motion. Scalar functions of several variables: partial differentiation, gradient, optimization techniques. Double integrals and line integrals in the plane; exact differentials and conservative fields; Green's theorem and applications, triple integrals, line and surface integrals in space, Divergence theorem, Stokes' theorem; applications.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 2,False,False
18.02A,Calculus,First half is taught during the last six weeks of the Fall term; covers material in the first half of 18.02 (through double integrals). Second half of 18.02A can be taken either during IAP (daily lectures) or during the second half of the Spring term; it covers the remaining material in 18.02.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 2,False,False
18.022,Calculus,"Calculus of several variables. Topics as in 18.02 but with more focus on mathematical concepts. Vector algebra, dot product, matrices, determinant. Functions of several variables, continuity, differentiability, derivative. Parametrized curves, arc length, curvature, torsion. Vector fields, gradient, curl, divergence. Multiple integrals, change of variables, line integrals, surface integrals. Stokes' theorem in one, two, and three dimensions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 2,False,False
18.03,Differential Equations,"Study of differential equations, including modeling physical systems. Solution of first-order ODEs by analytical, graphical, and numerical methods. Linear ODEs with constant coefficients. Complex numbers and exponentials. Inhomogeneous equations: polynomial, sinusoidal, and exponential inputs. Oscillations, damping, resonance. Fourier series. Matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization. First order linear systems: normal modes, matrix exponentials, variation of parameters. Heat equation, wave equation. Nonlinear autonomous systems: critical point analysis, phase plane diagrams.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,None. Coreq: Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
18.031,System Functions and the Laplace Transform,"Studies basic continuous control theory as well as representation of functions in the complex frequency domain. Covers generalized functions, unit impulse response, and convolution; and Laplace transform, system (or transfer) function, and the pole diagram. Includes examples from mechanical and electrical engineering.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None. Coreq: 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.032,Differential Equations,Covers much of the same material as 18.03 with more emphasis on theory. The point of view is rigorous and results are proven. Local existence and uniqueness of solutions.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None. Coreq: Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
18.04,Complex Variables with Applications,"Complex algebra and functions; analyticity; contour integration, Cauchy's theorem; singularities, Taylor and Laurent series; residues, evaluation of integrals; multivalued functions, potential theory in two dimensions; Fourier analysis, Laplace transforms, and partial differential equations.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.05,Introduction to Probability and Statistics,"A unified introduction to probability, Bayesian inference, and frequentist statistics. Topics include: combinatorics, random variables, (joint) distributions, covariance, central limit theorem; Bayesian updating, odds, posterior prediction; significance tests, confidence intervals, bootstrapping, regression. Students also develop computational skills and statistical thinking by using R to simulate, analyze, and visualize data; and by exploring privacy, fairness, and causality in contemporary media and research. Flipped subject taught in a Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) classroom to facilitate discussion, group problem solving, and coding studios with ample mentorship.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
18.06,Linear Algebra,"Basic subject on matrix theory and linear algebra, emphasizing topics useful in other disciplines, including systems of equations, vector spaces, determinants, eigenvalues, singular value decomposition, and positive definite matrices. Applications to least-squares approximations, stability of differential equations, networks, Fourier transforms, and Markov processes. Uses linear algebra software. Compared with 18.700, more emphasis on matrix algorithms and many applications.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
18.C06[J],Linear Algebra and Optimization,"Introductory course in linear algebra and optimization, assuming no prior exposure to linear algebra and starting from the basics, including vectors, matrices, eigenvalues, singular values, and least squares. Covers the basics in optimization including convex optimization, linear/quadratic programming, gradient descent, and regularization, building on insights from linear algebra. Explores a variety of applications in science and engineering, where the tools developed give powerful ways to understand complex systems and also extract structure from data.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus II (GIR),6.C06[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
18.062[J],Mathematics for Computer Science,"Elementary discrete mathematics for science and engineering, with a focus on mathematical tools and proof techniques useful in computer science. Topics include logical notation, sets, relations, elementary graph theory, state machines and invariants, induction and proofs by contradiction, recurrences, asymptotic notation, elementary analysis of algorithms, elementary number theory and cryptography, permutations and combinations, counting tools, and discrete probability.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus I (GIR),6.1200[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
18.063,Matrix Calculus for Machine Learning and Beyond (New),"Covers a coherent approach to matrix calculus, showing techniques that allow the student to think of a matrix holistically, rather than as an array of scalars; generalize and compute derivatives of important matrix factorizations and other complicated-looking operations; and understand how differentiation formulas must be reimagined in large-scale computing. Discusses ""adjoint"" or ""reverse-mode"" differentiation, custom vector-Jacobian products, and how modern automatic differentiation is more computer science than calculus.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Calculus II (GIR) and 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.065,"Matrix Methods in Data Analysis, Signal Processing, and Machine Learning","Reviews linear algebra with applications to life sciences, finance, engineering, and big data. Covers singular value decomposition, weighted least squares, signal and image processing, principal component analysis, covariance and correlation matrices, directed and undirected graphs, matrix factorizations, neural nets, machine learning, and computations with large matrices.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.0651,"Matrix Methods in Data Analysis, Signal Processing, and Machine Learning","Reviews linear algebra with applications to life sciences, finance, engineering, and big data. Covers singular value decomposition, weighted least squares, signal and image processing, principal component analysis, covariance and correlation matrices, directed and undirected graphs, matrix factorizations, neural nets, machine learning, and computations with large matrices. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.065.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.075,Methods for Scientists and Engineers,Covers functions of a complex variable; calculus of residues. Includes ordinary differential equations; Bessel and Legendre functions; Sturm-Liouville theory; partial differential equations; heat equation; and wave equations.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.0751,Methods for Scientists and Engineers,"Covers functions of a complex variable; calculus of residues. Includes ordinary differential equations; Bessel and Legendre functions; Sturm-Liouville theory; partial differential equations; heat equation; and wave equations. Students in Courses 6, 8, 12, 18, and 22 must register for undergraduate version, 18.075.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.085,Computational Science and Engineering I,"Review of linear algebra, applications to networks, structures, and estimation, finite difference and finite element solution of differential equations, Laplace's equation and potential flow, boundary-value problems, Fourier series, discrete Fourier transform, convolution. Frequent use of MATLAB in a wide range of scientific and engineering applications.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.0851,Computational Science and Engineering I,"Review of linear algebra, applications to networks, structures, and estimation, finite difference and finite element solution of differential equations, Laplace's equation and potential flow, boundary-value problems, Fourier series, discrete Fourier transform, convolution. Frequent use of MATLAB in a wide range of scientific and engineering applications. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.085.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.086,Computational Science and Engineering II,"Initial value problems: finite difference methods, accuracy and stability, heat equation, wave equations, conservation laws and shocks, level sets, Navier-Stokes. Solving large systems: elimination with reordering, iterative methods, preconditioning, multigrid, Krylov subspaces, conjugate gradients. Optimization and minimum principles: weighted least squares, constraints, inverse problems, calculus of variations, saddle point problems, linear programming, duality, adjoint methods.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.0861,Computational Science and Engineering II,"Initial value problems: finite difference methods, accuracy and stability, heat equation, wave equations, conservation laws and shocks, level sets, Navier-Stokes. Solving large systems: elimination with reordering, iterative methods, preconditioning, multigrid, Krylov subspaces, conjugate gradients. Optimization and minimum principles: weighted least squares, constraints, inverse problems, calculus of variations, saddle point problems, linear programming, duality, adjoint methods. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.086.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.089,Review of Mathematics,"One-week review of one-variable calculus (18.01), followed by concentrated study covering multivariable calculus (18.02), two hours per day for five weeks. Primarily for graduate students in Course 2N. Degree credit allowed only in special circumstances.",True,Summer,Graduate,5-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.090,Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning,"Focuses on understanding and constructing mathematical arguments. Discusses foundational topics (such as infinite sets, quantifiers, and methods of proof) as well as selected concepts from algebra (permutations, vector spaces, fields) and analysis (sequences of real numbers). Particularly suitable for students desiring additional experience with proofs before going on to more advanced mathematics subjects or subjects in related areas with significant mathematical content.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
18.091,Introduction to Metric Spaces (New),"Covers metrics, open and closed sets, continuous functions (from a topological perspective), function spaces, completeness, and compactness. Aims to provide more complex concepts and proofs for students who have taken 18.100A as their real analysis subject.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],18.100A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.094[J],Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering,"Participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. Topics include theories of adult learning; course development; promoting active learning, problemsolving, and critical thinking in students; communicating with a diverse student body; using educational technology to further learning; lecturing; creating effective tests and assignments; and assessment and evaluation. Students research and present a relevant topic of particular interest. Appropriate for both novices and those with teaching experience.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-2 [P/D/F],None,"1.95[J], 5.95[J], 7.59[J], 8.395[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.095,Mathematics Lecture Series,"Ten lectures by mathematics faculty members on interesting topics from both classical and modern mathematics. All lectures accessible to students with calculus background and an interest in mathematics. At each lecture, reading and exercises are assigned. Students prepare these for discussion in a weekly problem session.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Calculus I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.098,Internship in Mathematics,Provides academic credit for students pursuing internships to gain practical experience in the applications of mathematical concepts and methods.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.099,Independent Study,Studies (during IAP) or special individual reading (during regular terms). Arranged in consultation with individual faculty members and subject to departmental approval.  May not be used to satisfy Mathematics major requirements.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.1001,Real Analysis,"Covers fundamentals of mathematical analysis: convergence of sequences and series, continuity, differentiability, Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions, uniformity, interchange of limit operations. Shows the utility of abstract concepts and teaches understanding and construction of proofs. Proofs and definitions are less abstract than in 18.100B. Gives applications where possible. Concerned primarily with the real line. Students in Course 18 must register for undergraduate version 18.100A.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.1002,Real Analysis,"Covers fundamentals of mathematical analysis: convergence of sequences and series, continuity, differentiability, Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions, uniformity, interchange of limit operations. Shows the utility of abstract concepts and teaches understanding and construction of proofs. More demanding than 18.100A, for students with more mathematical maturity. Places more emphasis on point-set topology and n-space. Students in Course 18 must register for undergraduate version 18.100B.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.100A,Real Analysis,"Covers fundamentals of mathematical analysis: convergence of sequences and series, continuity, differentiability, Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions, uniformity, interchange of limit operations. Shows the utility of abstract concepts and teaches understanding and construction of proofs. Proofs and definitions are less abstract than in 18.100B. Gives applications where possible. Concerned primarily with the real line.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.100B,Real Analysis,"Covers fundamentals of mathematical analysis: convergence of sequences and series, continuity, differentiability, Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions, uniformity, interchange of limit operations. Shows the utility of abstract concepts and teaches understanding and construction of proofs. More demanding than 18.100A, for students with more mathematical maturity. Places more emphasis on point-set topology and n-space.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.100P,Real Analysis,"Covers fundamentals of mathematical analysis: convergence of sequences and series, continuity, differentiability, Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions, uniformity, interchange of limit operations. Shows the utility of abstract concepts and teaches understanding and construction of proofs. Proofs and definitions are less abstract than in 18.100B. Gives applications where possible. Concerned primarily with the real line. Includes instruction and practice in written communication. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-11,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.100Q,Real Analysis,"Covers fundamentals of mathematical analysis: convergence of sequences and series, continuity, differentiability, Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions, uniformity, interchange of limit operations. Shows the utility of abstract concepts and teaches understanding and construction of proofs. More demanding than 18.100A, for students with more mathematical maturity. Places more emphasis on point-set topology and n-space. Includes instruction and practice in written communication. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-11,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.101,Analysis and Manifolds,"Introduction to the theory of manifolds: vector fields and densities on manifolds, integral calculus in the manifold setting and the manifold version of the divergence theorem. 18.901 helpful but not required.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.1011,Analysis and Manifolds,"Introduction to the theory of manifolds: vector fields and densities on manifolds, integral calculus in the manifold setting and the manifold version of the divergence theorem. 18.9011 helpful but not required. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.101.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.102,Introduction to Functional Analysis,"Normed spaces, completeness, functionals, Hahn-Banach theorem, duality, operators. Lebesgue measure, measurable functions, integrability, completeness of L-p spaces. Hilbert space. Compact, Hilbert-Schmidt and trace class operators. Spectral theorem.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.1021,Introduction to Functional Analysis,"Normed spaces, completeness, functionals, Hahn-Banach theorem, duality, operators. Lebesgue measure, measurable functions, integrability, completeness of L-p spaces. Hilbert space. Compact, Hilbert-Schmidt and trace class operators. Spectral theorem. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.102.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.103,Fourier Analysis: Theory and Applications,"Roughly half the subject devoted to the theory of the Lebesgue integral with applications to probability, and half to Fourier series and Fourier integrals.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.1031,Fourier Analysis: Theory and Applications,"Roughly half the subject devoted to the theory of the Lebesgue integral with applications to probability, and half to Fourier series and Fourier integrals. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.103.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.104,Seminar in Analysis,Students present and discuss material from books or journals. Topics vary from year to year. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.112,Functions of a Complex Variable,"Studies the basic properties of analytic functions of one complex variable. Conformal mappings and the Poincare model of non-Euclidean geometry. Cauchy-Goursat theorem and Cauchy integral formula. Taylor and Laurent decompositions. Singularities, residues and computation of integrals. Harmonic functions and Dirichlet's problem for the Laplace equation. The partial fractions decomposition. Infinite series and infinite product expansions. The Gamma function. The Riemann mapping theorem. Elliptic functions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.1121,Functions of a Complex Variable,"Studies the basic properties of analytic functions of one complex variable. Conformal mappings and the Poincare model of non-Euclidean geometry. Cauchy-Goursat theorem and Cauchy integral formula. Taylor and Laurent decompositions. Singularities, residues and computation of integrals. Harmonic functions and Dirichlet's problem for the Laplace equation. The partial fractions decomposition. Infinite series and infinite product expansions. The Gamma function. The Riemann mapping theorem. Elliptic functions. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.112.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.116,Riemann Surfaces,"Riemann surfaces, uniformization, Riemann-Roch Theorem. Theory of elliptic functions and modular forms. Some applications, such as to number theory.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.112,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.117,Topics in Several Complex Variables,"Harmonic theory on complex manifolds, Hodge decomposition theorem, Hard Lefschetz theorem. Vanishing theorems. Theory of Stein manifolds. As time permits students also study holomorphic vector bundles on Kahler manifolds.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.112 and 18.965,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.118,Topics in Analysis,Topics vary from year to year.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.125,Measure Theory and Analysis,"Provides a rigorous introduction to Lebesgue's theory of measure and integration. Covers material that is essential in analysis, probability theory, and differential geometry.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.137,Topics in Geometric Partial Differential Equations,Topics vary from year to year.,False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.152,Introduction to Partial Differential Equations,"Introduces three main types of partial differential equations: diffusion, elliptic, and hyperbolic. Includes mathematical tools, real-world examples and applications, such as the Black-Scholes equation, the European options problem, water waves, scalar conservation laws, first order equations and traffic problems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.1521,Introduction to Partial Differential Equations,"Introduces three main types of partial differential equations: diffusion, elliptic, and hyperbolic. Includes mathematical tools, real-world examples and applications, such as the Black-Scholes equation, the European options problem, water waves, scalar conservation laws, first order equations and traffic problems. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.152.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.155,Differential Analysis I,"First part of a two-subject sequence. Review of Lebesgue integration. Lp spaces. Distributions. Fourier transform. Sobolev spaces. Spectral theorem, discrete and continuous spectrum. Homogeneous distributions. Fundamental solutions for elliptic, hyperbolic and parabolic differential operators. Recommended prerequisite: 18.112.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.102 or 18.103,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.156,Differential Analysis II,"Second part of a two-subject sequence. Covers variable coefficient elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.155,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.157,Introduction to Microlocal Analysis,"The semi-classical theory of partial differential equations. Discussion of Pseudodifferential operators, Fourier integral operators, asymptotic solutions of partial differential equations, and the spectral theory of Schroedinger operators from the semi-classical perspective. Heavy emphasis placed on the symplectic geometric underpinnings of this subject.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.155,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.158,Topics in Differential Equations,Topics vary from year to year.,False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.157,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.199,Graduate Analysis Seminar,Studies original papers in differential analysis and differential equations. Intended for first- and second-year graduate students. Permission must be secured in advance.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.200,Principles of Discrete Applied Mathematics,"Study of illustrative topics in discrete applied mathematics, including probability theory, information theory, coding theory, secret codes, generating functions, and linear programming. Instruction and practice in written communication provided. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-11,None. Coreq: 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.200A,Principles of Discrete Applied Mathematics,"Study of illustrative topics in discrete applied mathematics, including probability theory, information theory, coding theory, secret codes, generating functions, and linear programming.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.204,Undergraduate Seminar in Discrete Mathematics,"Seminar in combinatorics, graph theory, and discrete mathematics in general. Participants read and present papers from recent mathematics literature. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,"((6.1200 or 18.200) and (18.06, 18.700, or 18.701)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.211,Combinatorial Analysis,"Combinatorial problems and methods for their solution. Enumeration, generating functions, recurrence relations, construction of bijections. Introduction to graph theory. Prior experience with abstraction and proofs is helpful.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"Calculus II (GIR) and (18.06, 18.700, or 18.701)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.212,Algebraic Combinatorics,"Applications of algebra to combinatorics. Topics include walks in graphs, the Radon transform, groups acting on posets, Young tableaux, electrical networks.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.701 or 18.703,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.217,Combinatorial Theory,Content varies from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.218,Topics in Combinatorics,Topics vary from year to year.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.219,Seminar in Combinatorics,Content varies from year to year. Readings from current research papers in combinatorics. Topics to be chosen and presented by the class.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.225,Graph Theory and Additive Combinatorics,"Introduction to extremal graph theory and additive combinatorics. Highlights common themes, such as the dichotomy between structure versus pseudorandomness. Topics include Turan-type problems, Szemeredi's regularity lemma and applications, pseudorandom graphs, spectral graph theory, graph limits, arithmetic progressions (Roth, Szemeredi, Green-Tao), discrete Fourier analysis, Freiman's theorem on sumsets and structure. Discusses current research topics and open problems.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"((18.701 or 18.703) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.226,Probabilistic Methods in Combinatorics,"Introduction to the probabilistic method, a fundamental and powerful technique in combinatorics and theoretical computer science. Focuses on methodology as well as combinatorial applications. Suitable for students with strong interest and background in mathematical problem solving. Topics include linearity of expectations, alteration, second moment, Lovasz local lemma, correlation inequalities, Janson inequalities, concentration inequalities, entropy method.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.211, 18.600, and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.300,Principles of Continuum Applied Mathematics,"Covers fundamental concepts in continuous applied mathematics. Applications from traffic flow, fluids, elasticity, granular flows, etc. Also covers continuum limit; conservation laws, quasi-equilibrium; kinematic waves; characteristics, simple waves, shocks; diffusion (linear and nonlinear); numerical solution of wave equations; finite differences, consistency, stability; discrete and fast Fourier transforms; spectral methods; transforms and series (Fourier, Laplace). Additional topics may include sonic booms, Mach cone, caustics, lattices, dispersion and group velocity. Uses MATLAB computing environment.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.303,Linear Partial Differential Equations: Analysis and Numerics,"Provides students with the basic analytical and computational tools of linear partial differential equations (PDEs) for practical applications in science and engineering, including heat/diffusion, wave, and Poisson equations. Analytics emphasize the viewpoint of linear algebra and the analogy with finite matrix problems. Studies operator adjoints and eigenproblems, series solutions, Green's functions, and separation of variables. Numerics focus on finite-difference and finite-element techniques to reduce PDEs to matrix problems, including stability and convergence analysis and implicit/explicit timestepping. Some programming required for homework and final project.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.06 or 18.700,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.305,Advanced Analytic Methods in Science and Engineering,Covers expansion around singular points: the WKB method on ordinary and partial differential equations; the method of stationary phase and the saddle point method; the two-scale method and the method of renormalized perturbation; singular perturbation and boundary-layer techniques; WKB method on partial differential equations.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.04, 18.075, or 18.112",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.306,Advanced Partial Differential Equations with Applications,"Concepts and techniques for partial differential equations, especially nonlinear. Diffusion, dispersion and other phenomena. Initial and boundary value problems. Normal mode analysis, Green's functions, and transforms. Conservation laws, kinematic waves, hyperbolic equations, characteristics shocks, simple waves. Geometrical optics, caustics. Free-boundary problems. Dimensional analysis. Singular perturbation, boundary layers, homogenization. Variational methods. Solitons. Applications from fluid dynamics, materials science, optics, traffic flow, etc.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.03 or 18.032) and (18.04, 18.075, or 18.112)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.327,Topics in Applied Mathematics,Topics vary from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.330,Introduction to Numerical Analysis,"Basic techniques for the efficient numerical solution of problems in science and engineering. Root finding, interpolation, approximation of functions, integration, differential equations, direct and iterative methods in linear algebra. Knowledge of programming in a language such as MATLAB, Python, or Julia is helpful.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.335[J],Introduction to Numerical Methods,"Advanced introduction to numerical analysis: accuracy and efficiency of numerical algorithms. In-depth coverage of sparse-matrix/iterative and dense-matrix algorithms in numerical linear algebra (for linear systems and eigenproblems). Floating-point arithmetic, backwards error analysis, conditioning, and stability. Other computational topics (e.g., numerical integration or nonlinear optimization) may also be surveyed. Final project involves some programming.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.06, 18.700, or 18.701",6.7310[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.336[J],Fast Methods for Partial Differential and Integral Equations,"Unified introduction to the theory and practice of modern, near linear-time, numerical methods for large-scale partial-differential and integral equations. Topics include preconditioned iterative methods; generalized Fast Fourier Transform and other butterfly-based methods; multiresolution approaches, such as multigrid algorithms and hierarchical low-rank matrix decompositions; and low and high frequency Fast Multipole Methods. Example applications include aircraft design, cardiovascular system modeling, electronic structure computation, and tomographic imaging.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"6.7300, 16.920, 18.085, 18.335, or permission of instructor",6.7340[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.337[J],Parallel Computing and Scientific Machine Learning,"Introduction to scientific machine learning with an emphasis on developing scalable differentiable programs. Covers scientific computing topics (numerical differential equations, dense and sparse linear algebra, Fourier transformations, parallelization of large-scale scientific simulation) simultaneously with modern data science (machine learning, deep neural networks, automatic differentiation), focusing on the emerging techniques at the connection between these areas, such as neural differential equations and physics-informed deep learning. Provides direct experience with the modern realities of optimizing code performance for supercomputers, GPUs, and multicores in a high-level language.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.06, 18.700, or 18.701",6.7320[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.338,Eigenvalues of Random Matrices,"Covers the modern main results of random matrix theory as it is currently applied in engineering and science. Topics include matrix calculus for finite and infinite matrices (e.g., Wigner's semi-circle and Marcenko-Pastur laws), free probability, random graphs, combinatorial methods, matrix statistics, stochastic operators, passage to the continuum limit, moment methods, and compressed sensing. Knowledge of Julia helpful, but not required.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.701 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.352[J],Nonlinear Dynamics: The Natural Environment,"Analyzes cooperative processes that shape the natural environment, now and in the geologic past. Emphasizes the development of theoretical models that relate the physical and biological worlds, the comparison of theory to observational data, and associated mathematical methods. Topics include carbon cycle dynamics; ecosystem structure, stability and complexity; mass extinctions; biosphere-geosphere coevolution; and climate change. Employs techniques such as stability analysis; scaling; null model construction; time series and network analysis.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR); Coreq: 18.03,12.009[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.353[J],Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos,"Introduction to nonlinear dynamics and chaos in dissipative systems. Forced and parametric oscillators. Phase space. Periodic, quasiperiodic, and aperiodic flows. Sensitivity to initial conditions and strange attractors. Lorenz attractor. Period doubling, intermittency, and quasiperiodicity. Scaling and universality. Analysis of experimental data: Fourier transforms, Poincare sections, fractal dimension, and Lyapunov exponents. Applications to mechanical systems, fluid dynamics, physics, geophysics, and chemistry. See 12.207J/18.354J for Nonlinear Dynamics: Continuum Systems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),"2.050[J], 12.006[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.354[J],Nonlinear Dynamics: Continuum Systems,"General mathematical principles of continuum systems. From microscopic to macroscopic descriptions in the form of linear or nonlinear (partial) differential equations. Exact solutions, dimensional analysis, calculus of variations and singular perturbation methods. Stability, waves and pattern formation in continuum systems. Subject matter illustrated using natural fluid and solid systems found, for example, in geophysics and biology.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),"1.062[J], 12.207[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.3541,Nonlinear Dynamics: Continuum Systems,"General mathematical principles of continuum systems. From microscopic to macroscopic descriptions in the form of linear or nonlinear (partial) differential equations. Exact solutions, dimensional analysis, calculus of variations and singular perturbation methods. Stability, waves and pattern formation in continuum systems. Subject matter illustrated using natural fluid and solid systems found, for example, in geophysics and biology. Students in Courses 1, 12, and 18 must register for undergraduate version, 18.354.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.355,Fluid Mechanics,"Topics include the development of Navier-Stokes equations, inviscid flows, boundary layers, lubrication theory, Stokes flows, and surface tension. Fundamental concepts illustrated through problems drawn from a variety of areas, including geophysics, biology, and the dynamics of sport. Particular emphasis on the interplay between dimensional analysis, scaling arguments, and theory. Includes classroom and laboratory demonstrations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.25, 12.800, or 18.354",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.357,Interfacial Phenomena,"Fluid systems dominated by the influence of interfacial tension. Elucidates the roles of curvature pressure and Marangoni stress in a variety of hydrodynamic settings. Particular attention to drops and bubbles, soap films and minimal surfaces, wetting phenomena, water-repellency, surfactants, Marangoni flows, capillary origami and contact line dynamics. Theoretical developments are accompanied by classroom demonstrations. Highlights the role of surface tension in biology.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.25, 12.800, 18.354, 18.355, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.358[J],Nonlinear Dynamics and Turbulence,"Reviews theoretical notions of nonlinear dynamics, instabilities, and waves with applications in fluid dynamics. Discusses hydrodynamic instabilities leading to flow destabilization and transition to turbulence. Focuses on physical turbulence and mixing from homogeneous isotropic turbulence. Also covers topics such as rotating and stratified flows as they arise in the environment, wave-turbulence, and point source turbulent flows. Laboratory activities integrate theoretical concepts covered in lectures and problem sets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,1.060A,"1.686[J], 2.033[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.367,Waves and Imaging,"The mathematics of inverse problems involving waves, with examples taken from reflection seismology, synthetic aperture radar, and computerized tomography. Suitable for graduate students from all departments who have affinities with applied mathematics. Topics include acoustic, elastic, electromagnetic wave equations; geometrical optics; scattering series and inversion; migration and backprojection; adjoint-state methods; Radon and curvilinear Radon transforms; microlocal analysis of imaging; optimization, regularization, and sparse regression.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.369[J],Mathematical Methods in Nanophotonics,"High-level approaches to understanding complex optical media, structured on the scale of the wavelength, that are not generally analytically soluable. The basis for understanding optical phenomena such as photonic crystals and band gaps, anomalous diffraction, mechanisms for optical confinement, optical fibers (new and old), nonlinearities, and integrated optical devices. Methods covered include linear algebra and eigensystems for Maxwell's equations, symmetry groups and representation theory, Bloch's theorem, numerical eigensolver methods, time and frequency-domain computation, perturbation theory, and coupled-mode theories.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"8.07, 18.303, or permission of instructor",8.315[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.376[J],Wave Propagation,"Theoretical concepts and analysis of wave problems in science and engineering with examples chosen from elasticity, acoustics, geophysics, hydrodynamics, blood flow, nondestructive evaluation, and other applications.  Progressive waves, group velocity and dispersion, energy density and transport. Reflection, refraction and transmission of plane waves by an interface. Mode conversion in elastic waves. Rayleigh waves. Waves due to a moving load. Scattering by a two-dimensional obstacle.  Reciprocity theorems. Parabolic approximation. Waves on the sea surface. Capillary-gravity waves. Wave resistance. Radiation of surface waves. Internal waves in stratified fluids.  Waves in rotating media.  Waves in random media.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.003 and 18.075,"1.138[J], 2.062[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.377[J],Nonlinear Dynamics and Waves,"A unified treatment of nonlinear oscillations and wave phenomena with applications to mechanical, optical, geophysical, fluid, electrical and flow-structure interaction problems. Nonlinear free and forced vibrations; nonlinear resonances; self-excited oscillations; lock-in phenomena.  Nonlinear dispersive and nondispersive waves; resonant wave interactions; propagation of wave pulses and nonlinear Schrodinger equation.  Nonlinear long waves and breaking; theory of characteristics; the Korteweg-de Vries equation; solitons and solitary wave interactions.  Stability of shear flows.  Some topics and applications may vary from year to year.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.685[J], 2.034[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.384,Undergraduate Seminar in Physical Mathematics,"Covers the mathematical modeling of physical systems, with emphasis on the reading and presentation of papers. Addresses a broad range of topics, with particular focus on macroscopic physics and continuum systems: fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, and biophysics. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"12.006, 18.300, 18.354, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.385[J],Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos,"Introduction to the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems with applications from science and engineering. Local and global existence of solutions, dependence on initial data and parameters. Elementary bifurcations, normal forms. Phase plane, limit cycles, relaxation oscillations, Poincare-Bendixson theory. Floquet theory. Poincare maps. Averaging. Near-equilibrium dynamics. Synchronization. Introduction to chaos. Universality. Strange attractors. Lorenz and Rossler systems. Hamiltonian dynamics and KAM theory. Uses MATLAB computing environment.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 or 18.032,2.036[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.397,Mathematical Methods in Physics,Content varies from year to year. Recent developments in quantum field theory require mathematical techniques not usually covered in standard graduate subjects.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.745 or some familiarity with Lie theory,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.400[J],Computability and Complexity Theory,"Mathematical introduction to the theory of computing. Rigorously explores what kinds of tasks can be efficiently solved with computers by way of finite automata, circuits, Turing machines, and communication complexity, introducing students to some major open problems in mathematics. Builds skills in classifying computational tasks in terms of their difficulty. Discusses other fundamental issues in computing, including the Halting Problem, the Church-Turing Thesis, the P versus NP problem, and the power of randomness.  ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,(6.1200 and 6.1210) or permission of instructor,6.1400[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.404,Theory of Computation,"A more extensive and theoretical treatment of the material in 6.1400J/18.400J, emphasizing computability and computational complexity theory. Regular and context-free languages. Decidable and undecidable problems, reducibility, recursive function theory. Time and space measures on computation, completeness, hierarchy theorems, inherently complex problems, oracles, probabilistic computation, and interactive proof systems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.1200 or 18.200,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.4041[J],Theory of Computation,"A more extensive and theoretical treatment of the material in 6.1400J/18.400J, emphasizing computability and computational complexity theory. Regular and context-free languages. Decidable and undecidable problems, reducibility, recursive function theory. Time and space measures on computation, completeness, hierarchy theorems, inherently complex problems, oracles, probabilistic computation, and interactive proof systems. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.404.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.1200 or 18.200,6.5400[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.405[J],Advanced Complexity Theory,"Current research topics in computational complexity theory. Nondeterministic, alternating, probabilistic, and parallel computation models. Boolean circuits. Complexity classes and complete sets. The polynomial-time hierarchy. Interactive proof systems. Relativization. Definitions of randomness. Pseudo-randomness and derandomizations. Interactive proof systems and probabilistically checkable proofs.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.404,6.5410[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.408,Topics in Theoretical Computer Science,Study of areas of current interest in theoretical computer science. Topics vary from term to term.,False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.410[J],Design and Analysis of Algorithms,"Techniques for the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, emphasizing methods useful in practice. Topics include sorting; search trees, heaps, and hashing; divide-and-conquer; dynamic programming; greedy algorithms; amortized analysis; graph algorithms; and shortest paths. Advanced topics may include network flow; computational geometry; number-theoretic algorithms; polynomial and matrix calculations; caching; and parallel computing.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.1200 and 6.1210,6.1220[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.413,Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology,"Introduction to computational molecular biology with a focus on the basic computational algorithms used to solve problems in practice. Covers classical techniques in the field for solving problems such as genome sequencing, assembly, and search; detecting genome rearrangements; constructing evolutionary trees; analyzing mass spectrometry data; connecting gene expression to cellular function; and machine learning for drug discovery. Prior knowledge of biology is not required. Particular emphasis on problem solving, collaborative learning, theoretical analysis, and practical implementation of algorithms. Students taking graduate version complete additional and more complex assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.1210 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.415[J],Advanced Algorithms,"First-year graduate subject in algorithms. Emphasizes fundamental algorithms and advanced methods of algorithmic design, analysis, and implementation. Surveys a variety of computational models and the algorithms for them. Data structures, network flows, linear programming, computational geometry, approximation algorithms, online algorithms, parallel algorithms, external memory, streaming algorithms.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,"6.1220 and (6.1200, 6.3700, or 18.600)",6.5210[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.416[J],Randomized Algorithms,"Studies how randomization can be used to make algorithms simpler and more efficient via random sampling, random selection of witnesses, symmetry breaking, and Markov chains. Models of randomized computation. Data structures: hash tables, and skip lists. Graph algorithms: minimum spanning trees, shortest paths, and minimum cuts. Geometric algorithms: convex hulls, linear programming in fixed or arbitrary dimension. Approximate counting; parallel algorithms; online algorithms; derandomization techniques; and tools for probabilistic analysis of algorithms.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,(6.1200 or 6.3700) and (6.1220 or 6.5210),6.5220[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.417,Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology,"Introduction to computational molecular biology with a focus on the basic computational algorithms used to solve problems in practice. Covers classical techniques in the field for solving problems such as genome sequencing, assembly, and search; detecting genome rearrangements; constructing evolutionary trees; analyzing mass spectrometry data; connecting gene expression to cellular function; and machine learning for drug discovery. Prior knowledge of biology is not required. Particular emphasis on problem solving, collaborative learning, theoretical analysis, and practical implementation of algorithms. Students taking graduate version complete additional and more complex assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1210 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.418[J],Topics in Computational Molecular Biology,"Covers current research topics in computational molecular biology. Recent research papers presented from leading conferences such as the International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB) and the Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB). Topics include original research (both theoretical and experimental) in comparative genomics, sequence and structure analysis, molecular evolution, proteomics, gene expression, transcriptional regulation, biological networks, drug discovery, and privacy. Recent research by course participants also covered. Participants will be expected to present individual projects to the class.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.8701, 18.417, or permission of instructor",HST.504[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.424,Seminar in Information Theory,"Considers various topics in information theory, including data compression, Shannon's Theorems, and error-correcting codes. Students present and discuss the subject matter. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(6.3700, 18.05, or 18.600) and (18.06, 18.700, or 18.701)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.425[J],Foundations of Cryptography,"A rigorous introduction to modern cryptography. Emphasis on the fundamental cryptographic primitives such as public-key encryption, digital signatures, and pseudo-random number generation, as well as advanced cryptographic primitives such as zero-knowledge proofs, homomorphic encryption, and secure multiparty computation.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.1220, 6.1400, or 18.4041",6.5620[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.434,Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science,Topics vary from year to year. Students present and discuss the subject matter. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.1220,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.435[J],Quantum Computation,Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of quantum computation. Topics covered: physics of information processing; quantum algorithms including the factoring algorithm and Grover's search algorithm; quantum error correction; quantum communication and cryptography. Knowledge of quantum mechanics helpful but not required.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"8.05, 18.06, 18.700, 18.701, or 18.C06","2.111[J], 6.6410[J], 8.370[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.436[J],Quantum Information Science,"Examines quantum computation and quantum information. Topics include quantum circuits, the quantum Fourier transform and search algorithms, the quantum operations formalism, quantum error correction, Calderbank-Shor-Steane and stabilizer codes, fault tolerant quantum computation, quantum data compression, quantum entanglement, capacity of quantum channels, and quantum cryptography and the proof of its security. Prior knowledge of quantum mechanics required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.435,"6.6420[J], 8.371[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.437[J],Distributed Algorithms,"Design and analysis of algorithms, emphasizing those suitable for use in distributed networks. Covers various topics including distributed graph algorithms, locality constraints, bandwidth limitations and communication complexity, process synchronization, allocation of computational resources, fault tolerance, and asynchrony. No background in distributed systems required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1220,6.5250[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.453,Combinatorial Optimization,"Thorough treatment of linear programming and combinatorial optimization. Topics include matching theory, network flow, matroid optimization, and how to deal with NP-hard optimization problems. Prior exposure to discrete mathematics (such as 18.200) helpful.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.06, 18.700, or 18.701",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.4531,Combinatorial Optimization,"Thorough treatment of linear programming and combinatorial optimization. Topics include matching theory, network flow, matroid optimization, and how to deal with NP-hard optimization problems. Prior exposure to discrete mathematics (such as 18.200) helpful. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.453.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.06, 18.700, or 18.701",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.455,Advanced Combinatorial Optimization,"Advanced treatment of combinatorial optimization with an emphasis on combinatorial aspects. Non-bipartite matchings, submodular functions, matroid intersection/union, matroid matching, submodular flows, multicommodity flows, packing and connectivity problems, and other recent developments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.453 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.456[J],Algebraic Techniques and Semidefinite Optimization,"Theory and computational techniques for optimization problems involving polynomial equations and inequalities with particular, emphasis on the connections with semidefinite optimization. Develops algebraic and numerical approaches of general applicability, with a view towards methods that simultaneously incorporate both elements, stressing convexity-based ideas, complexity results, and efficient implementations. Examples from several engineering areas, in particular systems and control applications. Topics include semidefinite programming, resultants/discriminants, hyperbolic polynomials, Groebner bases, quantifier elimination, and sum of squares.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.7210 or 15.093,6.7230[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.504,Seminar in Logic,Students present and discuss the subject matter taken from current journals or books. Topics vary from year to year. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.510, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.510,Introduction to Mathematical Logic and Set Theory,"Propositional and predicate logic. Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory. Ordinals and cardinals. Axiom of choice and transfinite induction. Elementary model theory: completeness, compactness, and Lowenheim-Skolem theorems. Godel's incompleteness theorem.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.515,Mathematical Logic,"More rigorous treatment of basic mathematical logic, Godel's theorems, and Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory. First-order logic. Models and satisfaction. Deduction and proof. Soundness and completeness. Compactness and its consequences. Quantifier elimination. Recursive sets and functions. Incompleteness and undecidability. Ordinals and cardinals. Set-theoretic formalization of mathematics.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.600,Probability and Random Variables,"Probability spaces, random variables, distribution functions. Binomial, geometric, hypergeometric, Poisson distributions. Uniform, exponential, normal, gamma and beta distributions. Conditional probability, Bayes theorem, joint distributions. Chebyshev inequality, law of large numbers, and central limit theorem. Credit cannot also be received for 6.041A or 6.041B.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
18.604,Seminar In Probability Theory (New),"Students work on group presentations on topics selected by students from a provided list of suggestions. Topics may include Benford's law, random walks and electrical networks, and Brownian motions. Assignments include three group presentations, two individual presentations, and a final individual term paper. Instruction in oral and written communication provided to effectively communicate about probability theory. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.05 or 18.600,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.615,Introduction to Stochastic Processes,"Basics of stochastic processes. Markov chains, Poisson processes, random walks, birth and death processes, Brownian motion.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3700 or 18.600,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.619[J],Discrete Probability and Stochastic Processes,"Provides an introduction to tools used for probabilistic reasoning in the context of discrete systems and processes. Tools such as the probabilistic method, first and second moment method, martingales, concentration and correlation inequalities, theory of random graphs, weak convergence, random walks and Brownian motion, branching processes, Markov chains, Markov random fields, correlation decay method, isoperimetry, coupling, influences and other basic tools of modern research in probability will be presented. Algorithmic aspects and connections to statistics and machine learning will be emphasized.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3702, 6.7700, 18.100A, 18.100B, or 18.100Q","6.7720[J], 15.070[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.642,Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance,"Introduction to mathematical concepts and techniques used in finance. Lectures focusing on linear algebra, probability, statistics, stochastic processes, and numerical methods are interspersed with lectures by financial sector professionals illustrating the corresponding application in the industry. Prior knowledge of economics or finance helpful but not required.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.03, 18.06, and (18.05 or 18.600)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.650[J],Fundamentals of Statistics,"A rapid introduction to the theoretical foundations of statistical methods that are useful in many applications. Covers a broad range of topics in a short amount of time with the goal of providing a rigorous and cohesive understanding of the modern statistical landscape. Mathematical language is used for intuition and basic derivations but not proofs. Main topics include: parametric estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, Bayesian inference, and linear and logistic regression. Additional topics may include: causal inference, nonparametric estimation, and classification.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or 18.600,IDS.014[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.6501,Fundamentals of Statistics,"A rapid introduction to the theoretical foundations of statistical methods that are useful in many applications. Covers a broad range of topics in a short amount of time with the goal of providing a rigorous and cohesive understanding of the modern statistical landscape. Mathematical language is used for intuition and basic derivations but not proofs. Main topics include: parametric estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, Bayesian inference, and linear and logistic regression. Additional topics may include: causal inference, nonparametric estimation, and classification. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.650.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or 18.600,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.655,Mathematical Statistics,"Decision theory, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing. Introduces large sample theory. Asymptotic efficiency of estimates. Exponential families. Sequential analysis. Prior exposure to both probability and statistics at the university level is assumed.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.650 and (18.100A, 18.100A, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.656[J],Mathematical Statistics: a Non-Asymptotic Approach,"Introduces students to modern non-asymptotic statistical analysis. Topics include high-dimensional models, nonparametric regression, covariance estimation, principal component analysis, oracle inequalities, prediction and margin analysis for classification. Develops a rigorous probabilistic toolkit, including tail bounds and a basic theory of empirical processes",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(6.7700, 18.06, and 18.6501) or permission of instructor","9.521[J], IDS.160[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.657,Topics in Statistics,Topics vary from term to term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.675,Theory of Probability,"Sums of independent random variables, central limit phenomena, infinitely divisible laws, Levy processes, Brownian motion, conditioning, and martingales. Prior exposure to probability (e.g., 18.600) recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.676,Stochastic Calculus,"Introduction to stochastic processes, building on the fundamental example of Brownian motion. Topics include Brownian motion, continuous parameter martingales, Ito's theory of stochastic differential equations, Markov processes and partial differential equations, and may also include local time and excursion theory. Students should have familiarity with Lebesgue integration and its application to probability.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.675,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.677,Topics in Stochastic Processes,Topics vary from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.675,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.700,Linear Algebra,"Vector spaces, systems of linear equations, bases, linear independence, matrices, determinants, eigenvalues, inner products, quadratic forms, and canonical forms of matrices. More emphasis on theory and proofs than in 18.06.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
18.701,Algebra I,"18.701-18.702 is more extensive and theoretical than the 18.700-18.703 sequence. Experience with proofs necessary. 18.701 focuses on group theory, geometry, and linear algebra.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, 18.100Q, 18.090, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.702,Algebra II,"Continuation of 18.701. Focuses on group representations, rings, ideals, fields, polynomial rings, modules, factorization, integers in quadratic number fields, field extensions, and Galois theory.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.701,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.703,Modern Algebra,"Focuses on traditional algebra topics that have found greatest application in science and engineering as well as in mathematics: group theory, emphasizing finite groups; ring theory, including ideals and unique factorization in polynomial and Euclidean rings; field theory, including properties and applications of finite fields. 18.700 and 18.703 together form a standard algebra sequence.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.704,Seminar in Algebra,Topics vary from year to year. Students present and discuss the subject matter. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Some experience with proofs required. Enrollment limited.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.701, (18.06 and 18.703), or (18.700 and 18.703)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.705,Commutative Algebra,"Exactness, direct limits, tensor products, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, integral dependence, localization, Cohen-Seidenberg theory, Noether normalization, Nullstellensatz, chain conditions, primary decomposition, length, Hilbert functions, dimension theory, completion, Dedekind domains.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.702,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.706,Noncommutative Algebra,"Topics may include Wedderburn theory and structure of Artinian rings, Morita equivalence and elements of category theory, localization and Goldie's theorem, central simple algebras and the Brauer group, representations, polynomial identity rings, invariant theory growth of algebras, Gelfand-Kirillov dimension.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.702,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.708,Topics in Algebra,Topics vary from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.705,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.715,Introduction to Representation Theory,"Algebras, representations, Schur's lemma. Representations of SL(2). Representations of finite groups, Maschke's theorem, characters, applications. Induced representations, Burnside's theorem, Mackey formula, Frobenius reciprocity. Representations of quivers.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.702 or 18.703,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.721,Introduction to Algebraic Geometry,"Presents basic examples of complex algebraic varieties, affine and projective algebraic geometry, sheaves, cohomology.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.702 and 18.901,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.725,Algebraic Geometry I,"Introduces the basic notions and techniques of modern algebraic geometry. Covers fundamental notions and results about algebraic varieties over an algebraically closed field; relations between complex algebraic varieties and complex analytic varieties; and examples with emphasis on algebraic curves and surfaces. Introduction to the language of schemes and properties of morphisms. Knowledge of elementary algebraic topology, elementary differential geometry recommended, but not required.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 18.705,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.726,Algebraic Geometry II,"Continuation of the introduction to algebraic geometry given in 18.725. More advanced properties of the varieties and morphisms of schemes, as well as sheaf cohomology.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.725,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.727,Topics in Algebraic Geometry,Topics vary from year to year.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.725,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.737,Algebraic Groups,"Structure of linear algebraic groups over an algebraically closed field, with emphasis on reductive groups. Representations of groups over a finite field using methods from etale cohomology. Some results from algebraic geometry are stated without proof.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.705,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.745,Lie Groups and Lie Algebras I,"Covers fundamentals of the theory of Lie algebras and related groups. Topics may include theorems of Engel and Lie; enveloping algebra, Poincare-Birkhoff-Witt theorem; classification and construction of semisimple Lie algebras; the center of their enveloping algebras; elements of representation theory; compact Lie groups and/or finite Chevalley groups.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.701 or 18.703) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.747,Infinite-dimensional Lie Algebras,Topics vary from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.745,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.748,Topics in Lie Theory,Topics vary from year to year.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.755,Lie Groups and Lie Algebras II,"A more in-depth treatment of Lie groups and Lie algebras. Topics may include homogeneous spaces and groups of automorphisms; representations of compact groups and their geometric realizations, Peter-Weyl theorem; invariant differential forms and cohomology of Lie groups and homogeneous spaces; complex reductive Lie groups, classification of real reductive groups.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.745 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.757,Representations of Lie Groups,"Covers representations of locally compact groups, with emphasis on compact groups and abelian groups. Includes Peter-Weyl theorem and Cartan-Weyl highest weight theory for compact Lie groups.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.745 or 18.755,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.758,Methods of Representation Theory,"Devoted to contemporary methods in representation theory of Lie groups, algebraic groups, and their generalizations. Topics may include: Springer correspondence, highest weight modules and Harish-Chandra bimodules, quantum groups and their representations, modular representations of algebraic groups and relation to quantum groups at a root of unity, representations of p-adic group, introduction to automorphic forms and Langlands duality, and representations of finite Chevalley groups.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.745 and (18.737 or 18.755),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.781,Theory of Numbers,"An elementary introduction to number theory with no algebraic prerequisites. Primes, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, irrational numbers, continued fractions, partitions.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.782,Introduction to Arithmetic Geometry,"Exposes students to arithmetic geometry, motivated by the problem of finding rational points on curves. Includes an introduction to p-adic numbers and some fundamental results from number theory and algebraic geometry, such as the Hasse-Minkowski theorem and the Riemann-Roch theorem for curves. Additional topics may include Mordell's theorem, the Weil conjectures, and Jacobian varieties.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.702,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.783,Elliptic Curves,"Computationally focused introduction to elliptic curves, with applications to number theory and cryptography. Topics include point-counting, isogenies, pairings, and the theory of complex multiplication, with applications to integer factorization, primality proving, and elliptic curve cryptography. Includes a brief introduction to modular curves and the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.702, 18.703, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.7831,Elliptic Curves,"Computationally focused introduction to elliptic curves, with applications to number theory and cryptography. Topics include point-counting, isogenies, pairings, and the theory of complex multiplication, with applications to integer factorization, primality proving, and elliptic curve cryptography. Includes a brief introduction to modular curves and the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.783.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.702, 18.703, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.784,Seminar in Number Theory,Topics vary from year to year. Students present and discuss the subject matter. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.701 or (18.703 and (18.06 or 18.700)),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.785,Number Theory I,"Dedekind domains, unique factorization of ideals, splitting of primes. Lattice methods, finiteness of the class group, Dirichlet's unit theorem. Local fields, ramification, discriminants. Zeta and L-functions, analytic class number formula. Adeles and ideles. Statements of class field theory and the Chebotarev density theorem.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 18.705,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.786,Number Theory II,"Continuation of 18.785. More advanced topics in number theory, such as Galois cohomology, proofs of class field theory, modular forms and automorphic forms, Galois representations, or quadratic forms.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.785,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.787,Topics in Number Theory,Topics vary from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.821,Project Laboratory in Mathematics,"Guided research in mathematics, employing the scientific method. Students confront puzzling and complex mathematical situations, through the acquisition of data by computer, pencil and paper, or physical experimentation, and attempt to explain them mathematically. Students choose three projects from a large collection of options. Each project results in a laboratory report subject to revision; oral presentation on one or two projects. Projects drawn from many areas, including dynamical systems, number theory, algebra, fluid mechanics, asymptotic analysis, knot theory, and probability. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-6-3,Two mathematics subjects numbered 18.100 or above,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
18.896[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part I: Advancing Your Professional Strategies and Skills",Part I (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics include: navigating and charting an academic career with confidence; convincing an audience with clear writing and arguments; mastering public speaking and communications; networking at conferences and building a brand; identifying transferable skills; preparing for a successful job application package and job interviews; understanding group dynamics and different leadership styles; leading a group or team with purpose and confidence. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"5.961[J], 8.396[J], 9.980[J], 12.396[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.897[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part II: Developing Your Leadership Competencies","Part II (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics covered include gaining self awareness and awareness of others, and communicating with different personality types; learning about team building practices; strategies for recognizing and resolving conflict and bias; advocating for diversity and inclusion; becoming organizationally savvy; having the courage to be an ethical leader; coaching, mentoring, and developing others; championing, accepting, and implementing change. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"5.962[J], 8.397[J], 9.981[J], 12.397[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.899,Internship in Mathematics (New),Provides academic credit for students pursuing internships to gain practical experience applications of mathematical concepts and methods as related to their field of research.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.900,Geometry and Topology in the Plane,"Introduction to selected aspects of geometry and topology, using concepts that can be visualized easily. Mixes geometric topics (such as hyperbolic geometry or billiards) and more topological ones (such as loops in the plane). Suitable for students with no prior exposure to differential geometry or topology.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.03 or 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.901,Introduction to Topology,"Introduces topology, covering topics fundamental to modern analysis and geometry. Topological spaces and continuous functions, connectedness, compactness, separation axioms, covering spaces, and the fundamental group.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, 18.100Q, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.9011,Introduction to Topology,"Introduces topology, covering topics fundamental to modern analysis and geometry. Topological spaces and continuous functions, connectedness, compactness, separation axioms, covering spaces, and the fundamental group. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.901.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, 18.100Q, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.904,Seminar in Topology,Topics vary from year to year. Students present and discuss the subject matter. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.901,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.905,Algebraic Topology I,"Singular homology, CW complexes, universal coefficient and Künneth theorems, cohomology, cup products, Poincaré duality.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.901 and (18.701 or 18.703),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.906,Algebraic Topology II,"Continues the introduction to Algebraic Topology from 18.905. Topics include basic homotopy theory, spectral sequences, characteristic classes, and cohomology operations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.905 and (18.101 or 18.965),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.917,Topics in Algebraic Topology,Content varies from year to year. Introduces new and significant developments in algebraic topology with the focus on homotopy theory and related areas.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.906,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.919,Graduate Topology Seminar,"Study and discussion of important original papers in the various parts of topology. Open to all students who have taken 18.906 or the equivalent, not only prospective topologists.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.906,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.937,Topics in Geometric Topology,Content varies from year to year. Introduces new and significant developments in geometric topology.,False,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.950,Differential Geometry,"Introduction to differential geometry, centered on notions of curvature. Starts with curves in the plane, and proceeds to higher dimensional submanifolds. Computations in coordinate charts: first and second fundamental form, Christoffel symbols. Discusses the distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic aspects, in particular Gauss' theorema egregium. The Gauss-Bonnet theorem. Geodesics. Examples such as hyperbolic space.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.9501,Differential Geometry,"Introduction to differential geometry, centered on notions of curvature. Starts with curves in the plane, and proceeds to higher dimensional submanifolds. Computations in coordinate charts: first and second fundamental form, Christoffel symbols. Discusses the distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic aspects, in particular Gauss' theorema egregium. The Gauss-Bonnet theorem. Geodesics. Examples such as hyperbolic space. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.950.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.952,Theory of Differential Forms,"Multilinear algebra: tensors and exterior forms. Differential forms on Rn: exterior differentiation, the pull-back operation and the Poincaré lemma. Applications to physics: Maxwell's equations from the differential form perspective. Integration of forms on open sets of Rn. The change of variables formula revisited. The degree of a differentiable mapping. Differential forms on manifolds and De Rham theory. Integration of forms on manifolds and Stokes' theorem. The push-forward operation for forms. Thom forms and intersection theory. Applications to differential topology.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.101 and (18.700 or 18.701),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.965,Geometry of Manifolds I,"Differential forms, introduction to Lie groups, the DeRham theorem, Riemannian manifolds, curvature, the Hodge theory. 18.966 is a continuation of 18.965 and focuses more deeply on various aspects of the geometry of manifolds. Contents vary from year to year, and can range from Riemannian geometry (curvature, holonomy) to symplectic geometry, complex geometry and Hodge-Kahler theory, or smooth manifold topology. Prior exposure to calculus on manifolds, as in 18.952, recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.101, 18.950, or 18.952",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.966,Geometry of Manifolds II,"Continuation of 18.965, focusing more deeply on various aspects of the geometry of manifolds. Contents vary from year to year, and can range from Riemannian geometry (curvature, holonomy) to symplectic geometry, complex geometry and Hodge-Kahler theory, or smooth manifold topology.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.965,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.968,Topics in Geometry,Content varies from year to year.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.965,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.979,Graduate Geometry Seminar,Content varies from year to year.  Study of classical papers in geometry and in applications of analysis to geometry and topology.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.994,Seminar in Geometry,Students present and discuss subject matter taken from current journals or books. Topics vary from year to year. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(18.06, 18.700, or 18.701) and (18.100A, 18.100B, 18.100P, or 18.100Q)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.999,Research in Mathematics,Opportunity for study of graduate-level topics in mathematics under the supervision of a member of the department. For graduate students desiring advanced work not provided in regular subjects.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.C20[J],Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering,"Provides an introduction to computational algorithms used throughout engineering and science (natural and social) to simulate time-dependent phenomena; optimize and control systems; and quantify uncertainty in problems involving randomness, including an introduction to probability and statistics. Combination of 6.100A and 16.C20J counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,6.100A; Coreq: 8.01 and 18.01,"9.C20[J], 16.C20[J], CSE.C20[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 6.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Undergraduate research opportunities in mathematics. Permission required in advance to register for this subject. For further information, consult the departmental coordinator.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.TAC,Classroom Teaching in Mathematics (New),"For classroom training in Mathematics, in cases where teaching assignment is to fulfill academic teaching requirement by the department.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,12-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of a Ph.D. thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.S096,Special Subject in Mathematics,"Opportunity for group study of subjects in mathematics not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by members of the Mathematics faculty on an ad hoc basis, subject to departmental approval.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.S097,Special Subject in Mathematics,"Opportunity for group study of subjects in mathematics not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by members of the Mathematics faculty on an ad hoc basis, subject to departmental approval. 18.S097 is graded P/D/F.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.S190,Special Subject in Mathematics,"Opportunity for group study of subjects in mathematics not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by members of the Mathematics faculty on an ad hoc basis, subject to departmental approval.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.S191,Special Subject in Mathematics,"Opportunity for group study of subjects in mathematics not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by members of the Mathematics faculty on an ad hoc basis, subject to departmental approval.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.S192,Special Subject in Mathematics (New),"Opportunity for group study of subjects in mathematics not otherwise included in the curriculum.  Offerings are initiated by member of the Mathematics faculty on an ad hoc basis, subject to departmental approval.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.S995,Special Subject in Mathematics,"Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects in mathematics not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by members of the mathematics faculty on an ad hoc basis, subject to departmental approval.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.S996,Special Subject in Mathematics,"Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects in mathematics not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by members of the Mathematics faculty on an ad hoc basis, subject to Departmental approval.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.S997,Special Subject in Mathematics,"Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects in mathematics not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by members of the Mathematics faculty on an ad hoc basis, subject to Departmental approval.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
18.S998,Special Subject in Mathematics,"Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects in mathematics not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by members of the Mathematics faculty on an ad hoc basis, subject to departmental approval.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.00,Engineering Computation and Data Science,"Presents engineering problems in a computational setting with emphasis on data science and problem abstraction. Covers exploratory data analysis and visualization, filtering, regression. Building basic machine learning models (classifiers, decision trees, clustering) for smart city applications. Labs and programming projects focused on analytics problems faced by cities, infrastructure, and environment. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments and project work.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,Calculus I (GIR) and ((6.100A and 6.100B) or (6.100L and 16.C20)),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
1.000,Introduction to Computer Programming and Numerical Methods for Engineering Applications,"Presents the fundamentals of computing and computer programming (procedural and object-oriented programming) in an engineering context. Introduces logical operations, floating-point arithmetic, data structures, induction, iteration, and recursion. Computational methods for interpolation, regression, root finding, sorting, searching, and the solution of linear systems of equations and ordinary differential equations. Control of sensors and visualization of scientific data. Draws examples from engineering and scientific applications. Students use the Python programming environment to complete weekly assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None. Coreq: 18.03,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
1.001,Engineering Computation and Data Science,"Presents engineering problems in a computational setting with emphasis on data science and problem abstraction. Covers exploratory data analysis and visualization, filtering, regression. Building basic machine learning models (classifiers, decision trees, clustering) for smart city applications. Labs and programming projects focused on analytics problems faced by cities, infrastructure and environment. Students taking graduate version will complete additional assignments and project work. Programming experience in a language is required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,Calculus I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.004,Startup Sustainable Tech,"Provides a practical introduction to key innovations in the fields of civil and environmental engineering that are currently having an impact. Structured around the different aspects of starting and maintaining a company in the first years after incorporation. Key topics include idea protection, team formation, and seed funds. Guest speakers who are involved in the startup process or are successful entrepreneurs present. Under faculty supervision, students work on case studies in areas such as renewable energy, sustainable design, food security, climate change, new infrastructures, and transportation. Concludes with the writing of a SBIR/STTR-type grant or business model. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.005,Experiential Sustainability,"Examines the frameworks, governance, science, and social science of sustainability around students' summer internships, research, and other experiential learning activities. During the summer (virtually) and through the first four weeks of the fall term, students engage in small group discussions on diverse topics in sustainability, from environmental justice to corporate social responsibility. Includes global climate action negotiation simulation activities, roundtables with experts in sustainability, and/or similar opportunities for interaction with broad topics in sustainability. In the fall, students reflect on their engagement with sustainability during their summer experience, culminating in a showcase of final presentations. Students planning to take this subject must apply in the spring; consult the program website for details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.006,Tools for Sustainable Design,"Conveys the principles, tools, and practice of environmentally sustainable design. Augments understanding of societal limitations to implementation of sustainable solutions, such that they may be strategically navigated. Presents the arguments and historical motivation for early evaluation of environmental impact metrics; illustrates and utilizes modern, rigorous tools for environmental optimization; and highlights national and global experts drawn from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government, industry, and academia. Provides an overview of the principles of Green Chemistry and Engineering, Life Cycle Analysis, toxicity prediction, and basic chemical and materials flows knowledge.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.008,Engineering for a Sustainable World,"Introduces engineering principles for sustainable development of infrastructure, environmental, and societal systems. Faculty members discuss case studies that highlight challenges and opportunities in the areas of smart cities, cyber-physical systems (transportation, electricity, and societal networks), sustainable resource management (land, water, and energy), and resilient design under the changing environment. Instruction covers the use of computation and data analytics for generating insights, and exercises designed to promote systems thinking and problem-solving skills. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.009,Climate Change,"Provides an introduction to global climate change processes, drivers, and impacts. Offers exposure to exciting MIT research on climate change. Students explore why and how the world should solve this global problem and how they can contribute to the solutions. Students produce a mini-project on the topic. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.010,Probability and Causal Inference,"Introduces probability and causal inference with an emphasis on understanding, quantifying, and modeling uncertainty and cause-effect relationships in an engineering context. Topics in the first half include events and their probability, the total probability and Bayes' theorems, discrete and continuous random variables and vectors, and conditional analysis. Topics in the second half include covariance, correlation, regression analysis, causality analysis, structural causal models, interventions, and hypothesis testing. Concepts illustrated through data and applications. credit cannot also be received for 1.010A or 1.010B.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.010A,Probability: Concepts and Applications,"Introduces probability with an emphasis on probabilistic systems analysis. Readings about conceptual and mathematical background are given in advanced of each class. Classes revise background and are centered on developing problem-solving skills. The course is exam-based and focused on the analysis of probabilistic outcomes, estimating what can happen under uncertain environments. Topics include random events and their probability, combinatorial analysis, conditional analysis, random vectors, functions of random vectors, propagation of uncertainty, and prediction analysis. Credit cannot also be received for 1.010.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.010B,Causal Inference for Data Analysis,"Introduces causal inference with an emphasis on probabilistic systems analysis. Readings about conceptual and mathematical background are given in advanced of each class. Class is focused on understanding theory based on real-world applications. The course is project-based and focused on cause-effect relationships, understanding why probabilistic outcomes happen. Topics include correlation analysis, Reichenbach's principle, Simpson's paradox, structural causal models and graphs, interventions, do-calculus, average causal effects, dealing with missing information, mediation, and hypothesis testing. Credit cannot also be received for 1.010.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,1.010A or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.013,Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design,"Students engage with faculty around a topic of mutual interest, building on the knowledge/skills gained throughout their program. Synthesizes prior coursework and experiences through a semester-long design project and related assignments. Students form teams and work on projects advised by faculty representatives from each core in the 1-ENG curriculum. Teams demonstrate creativity in applying theories and methodologies while considering their project's technical, environmental and social feasibility. Includes lectures on a variety of related engineering concepts, as well as scholarship and engineering practice and ethics. Provides instruction and practice in oral and written communication.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-3-2,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.015[J],Design of Electromechanical Robotic Systems,"Design, construction, and testing of field robotic systems, through team projects with each student responsible for a specific subsystem. Projects focus on electronics, instrumentation, and machine elements. Design for operation in uncertain conditions is a focus point, with ocean waves and marine structures as a central theme. Basic statistics, linear systems, Fourier transforms, random processes, spectra and extreme events with applications in design. Lectures on ethics in engineering practice included. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"2.003, 2.016, and 2.678; Coreq: 2.671",2.017[J],False,True,False,False,False,False
1.016[J],Design for Complex Environmental Issues,"Working in small teams with real clients, students develop solutions related to the year's Terrascope topic. They have significant autonomy as they follow a full engineering design cycle from client profile through increasingly sophisticated prototypes to final product. Provides opportunities to acquire skills with power tools, workshop practice, design, product testing, and teamwork. Focuses on sustainability and appropriate technology that matches the client's specific situation and constraints. Products are exhibited in the public Bazaar of Ideas and evaluated by an expert panel. Class taught in collaboration with the Edgerton Center, D-Lab, and Beaver Works. Limited to first-year students. Preference given to students who have completed 12.000, but open to students outside Terrascope when space permits.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-4,None,"2.00C[J], EC.746[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.018[J],Fundamentals of Ecology,"Fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated dynamic living system. Coevolution of the biosphere and geosphere, biogeochemical cycles, metabolic diversity, primary productivity, competition and the niche, trophic dynamics and food webs, population growth and limiting factors. Population modeling, global carbon cycle, climate change, geoengineering, theories of resource competition and mutualism, allometric scaling, ecological genomics, niche theory, human population growth. Applied ecology.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,"7.30[J], 12.031[J]",False,False,True,False,False,False
1.020,Modeling and Decision-Making for Sustainability,"Introduces a systems approach to modeling, analysis, and design of sustainable systems. Covers principles of dynamical systems, network models, optimization, and control, with applications in ecosystems, infrastructure networks, and energy systems. Includes a significant programming component. Students implement and analyze numerical models of systems, and make design decisions to balance physical, environmental, and economic considerations based on real and simulated data.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,"Physics I (GIR), 18.03, and (1.00 or 1.000)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.021,Introduction to Modeling and Simulation,"Basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science and engineering. Uses techniques and software for simulation, data analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and quantum methods used to study fundamental and applied problems in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and complement experimental observations.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
1.022,Introduction to Network Models,"Provides an introduction to complex networks, their structure, and function, with examples from engineering, applied mathematics and social sciences. Topics include spectral graph theory, notions of centrality, random graph models, contagion phenomena, cascades and diffusion, and opinion dynamics.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(1.010A, 18.03, and (1.00 or 1.000)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.032,Advanced Soil Mechanics,"Covers topics in the characterization and nature of soils as multi-phase materials; the principle of effective stress; hydraulic conductivity and groundwater seepage; shear strength and stability analyses; stress-deformation properties, consolidation theory and calculation of settlements for clays and sands. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,1.037,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.034[J],Materials in Human Experience,"Examines how people throughout history have selected, evaluated, processed, and utilized natural materials to create objects of material culture. Explores ideological and aesthetic criteria influential in materials development. As examples of ancient engineering and materials processing, topics may include ancient Roman concrete and prehistoric iron and steel production by the Mossi, Haya, and other African cultures. Particular attention paid to the climate issues surrounding iron and cement, and how the examination of ancient technologies can inform our understanding of sustainability in the present and illuminate paths for the future. Previous topics have included Maya use of lime plaster for frescoes, books, and architectural sculpture; the sound, color, and power of metals in Mesoamerica; and metal, cloth, and fiber technologies in the Inca empire. Laboratory sessions provide practical experience with materials discussed in class. Enrollment limited to 24.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-3-4,None,3.094[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
1.035,Mechanics of Materials,"Covers the structure and properties of natural and manufactured engineering materials with an emphasis on the fundamentals of mechanical behavior of materials, while considering their use in civil and environmental engineering design. Topics include linear elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity, fracture, and fatigue. Laboratory experiments present principles of experimental characterization techniques, materials selection, and design.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,1.050 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.036,Structural Mechanics and Design,"Familiarizes students with structural systems, loads, and basis for structural design, including analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures (trusses, beams, frames, cables, and arches). Covers mechanical properties of construction materials, including concrete, steel, and composites. Studies concrete and steel structures through application of principles of structural mechanics. Evaluates behavior and design of reinforced concrete structural elements using limit strength design and serviceability principles. Introduces plastic analysis and design, and load factor design of structural steel members and connections. Team project emphasizes material covered through behavior and problem-based learning.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,None. Coreq: 1.050,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.037,Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Design,"Provides an introduction to soils as engineering materials, including classification and characterization, pore pressures and seepage, principles of effective stress and consolidation, deformation, and shear strength properties. Surveys analysis methods, with a focus on slope stability, limiting earth pressures and bearing capacity, and settlements of foundations. Examines applications in the design of earth dams, earth retaining systems, foundations, and staged construction processes.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,1.050,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.041[J],Transportation: Foundations and Methods,"Covers core analytical and numerical methods for modeling, planning, operations, and control of transportation systems. Traffic flow theory, vehicle dynamics and behavior, numerical integration and simulation, graphical analysis. Properties of delays, queueing theory. Resource allocation, optimization models, linear and integer programming. Autonomy in transport, Markov Decision Processes, reinforcement learning, deep learning. Applications drawn broadly from land, air, and sea transport; private and public sector; transport of passengers and goods; futuristic, modern, and historical. Hands-on computational labs. Linear algebra background is encouraged but not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,(1.010A and (1.00 or 1.000)) or permission of instructor,IDS.075[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.050,Solid Mechanics,"Introduction to statics and the principles of mechanics to describe the behavior of structures. Topics include free body diagrams, static equilibrium, force analysis of slender members, concept of stress and strain, linear elasticity, principal stresses and strains, Mohr's circle, and failure modes. Application to engineering structures such as bars, beams, frames, and trusses.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,Physics I (GIR); Coreq: Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
1.052,Advancing Mechanics and Materials via Machine Learning,"Concepts in mechanics (solid mechanics: continuum, micro, meso and molecular mechanics; elasticity, plasticity, fracture and buckling) and machine learning (stochastic optimization, neural networks, convolutional neural nets, adversarial neural nets, graph neural nets, recurrent neural networks and long/short-term memory nets, attention models, variational/autoencoders) introduced and applied to mechanics problems. Covers numerical methods, data and image processing, dataset generation, curation and collection, and experimental validation using additive manufacturing. Modules cover: foundations, fracture mechanics and size effects, molecular mechanics and applications to biomaterials (proteins), forward and inverse problems, mechanics of architected materials, and time dependent mechanical phenomena. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"Calculus II (GIR), Physics II (GIR), and (1.000, 6.100A, 6.100L, or 16.C20)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.053[J],Dynamics and Control I,Introduction to the dynamics and vibrations of lumped-parameter models of mechanical systems. Kinematics. Force-momentum formulation for systems of particles and rigid bodies in planar motion. Work-energy concepts.  Virtual displacements and virtual work. Lagrange's equations for systems of particles and rigid bodies in planar motion. Linearization of equations of motion. Linear stability analysis of mechanical systems. Free and forced vibration of linear multi-degree of freedom models of mechanical systems; matrix eigenvalue problems.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-1-7,Physics II (GIR); Coreq: 2.087 or 18.03,2.003[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
1.054,Mechanics and Design of Concrete Structures,"Studies strength and deformation of concrete under various states of stress; failure criteria; concrete plasticity; and fracture mechanics concepts. Topics include fundamental behavior of reinforced concrete structural systems and their members; basis for design and code constraints; high-performance concrete materials and their use in innovative design solutions; and yield line theory for slabs. Uses behavior models and nonlinear analysis. Covers complex systems, including bridge structures, concrete shells, and containments. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,1.036 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.056[J],Introduction to Structural Design,"Introduces the design and behavior of large-scale structures and structural materials. Emphasizes the development of structural form and the principles of structural design. Presents design methods for timber, masonry, concrete, and steel applied to long-span roof systems, bridges, and high-rise buildings. Includes environmental assessment of structural systems and materials. In laboratory sessions, students solve structural problems by building and testing simple models. Graduate and undergraduate students have separate lab sections.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,Calculus II (GIR),4.440[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
1.057,Heritage Science and Technology,"Interdisciplinary, applied introduction to ancient materials and technology. Students explore materials sustainability and durability from multiple perspectives, using ancient societies, architecture and building materials as time-proven examples of innovation in construction. Involves discussions of peer-reviewed literature and cultural heritage, project formulation, data collection, and data analysis. Culminates in presentation of research project(s), and write-ups of the research in manuscript form.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-3-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.058,Structural Dynamics,"Examines response of structures to dynamic excitation: free vibration, harmonic loads, pulses and earthquakes. Covers systems of single- and multiple-degree-of-freedom, up to the continuum limit, by exact and approximate methods. Includes applications to buildings, ships, aircraft and offshore structures. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.060,Fluid Mechanics,"Mechanics principles for incompressible fluids. Review of hydrostatics. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy in fluid mechanics. Flow nets, velocity distributions in laminar and turbulent flows, groundwater flows. Momentum and energy principles in hydraulics, with emphasis on open channel flow and hydraulic structures. Drag and lift forces. Analysis of pipe systems, pumps and turbines. Gradually varied flow in open channels, significance of the Froude number, backwater curves and kinematic waves. Application of principles through open-ended studio exercises. Meets with 1.060A first half of term.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-2-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.060A,Fluid Mechanics I,"Mechanics principles for incompressible fluids. Review of hydrostatics. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy in fluid mechanics. Flow nets, velocity distributions in laminar and turbulent flows, groundwater flows. Momentum and energy principles in hydraulics, with emphasis on open channel flow and hydraulic structures. Meets with 1.060 in first half of term.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-1-3,None. Coreq: 18.03; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.061,Transport Processes in the Environment,"Introduction to mass transport in environmental flows, with emphasis on river and lake systems. Covers derivation and solutions to the differential form of mass conservation equations, hydraulic models for environmental systems, residence time distribution, molecular and turbulent diffusion for continuous and point sources, boundary layers, dissolution, bed-water exchange, air-water exchange, and particle transport. Meets with 1.061A first half of term. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,1.060,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.061A,Transport Processes in the Environment I,"Introduction to mass transport in environmental flows. Covers derivation and solution to the differential form of mass conservation, hydraulic models for environmental systems, residence time distribution, and molecular and turbulent diffusion for continuous and point sources. Meets with 1.061 first half of term.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-1-3,1.060A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.062[J],Nonlinear Dynamics: Continuum Systems,"General mathematical principles of continuum systems. From microscopic to macroscopic descriptions in the form of linear or nonlinear (partial) differential equations. Exact solutions, dimensional analysis, calculus of variations and singular perturbation methods. Stability, waves and pattern formation in continuum systems. Subject matter illustrated using natural fluid and solid systems found, for example, in geophysics and biology.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),"12.207[J], 18.354[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.063,Fluids and Diseases,"Designed for students in engineering and the quantitative sciences who want to explore applications of mathematics, physics and fluid dynamics to infectious diseases and health; and for students in epidemiology, environmental health, ecology, medicine, and systems modeling seeking to understand physical and spatial modeling, and the role of fluid dynamics and physical constraints on infectious diseases and pathologies. The first part of the class reviews modeling in epidemiology and data collection, and highlights concepts of spatial modeling and heterogeneity. The remainder highlights multi-scale dynamics, the role of fluids and fluid dynamics in physiology, and pathology in a range of infectious diseases. The laboratory portion entails activities aimed at integrating applied learning with theoretical concepts discussed in lectures and covered in problem sets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.066[J],Fluid Physics,"A physics-based introduction to the properties of fluids and fluid systems, with examples drawn from a broad range of sciences, including atmospheric physics and astrophysics. Definitions of fluids and the notion of continuum. Equations of state and continuity, hydrostatics and conservation of momentum; ideal fluids and Euler's equation; viscosity and the Navier-Stokes equation. Energy considerations, fluid thermodynamics, and isentropic flow. Compressible versus incompressible and rotational versus irrotational flow; Bernoulli's theorem; steady flow, streamlines and potential flow. Circulation and vorticity. Kelvin's theorem. Boundary layers. Fluid waves and instabilities. Quantum fluids.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"5.60, 8.044, or permission of instructor","8.292[J], 12.330[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.067[J],Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation,"Reviews the contributions of energy systems to global greenhouse gas emissions, and the levers for reducing those emissions. Lectures and projects focus on evaluating energy systems against climate policy goals, using performance metrics such as cost, carbon intensity, and others. Student projects explore pathways for realizing emissions reduction scenarios. Projects address the climate change mitigation potential of energy technologies (hardware and software), technological and behavioral change trajectories, and technology and policy portfolios. Background in energy systems strongly recommended. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments and explore the subject in greater depth. Preference to students in the Energy Studies or Environment and Sustainability minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(Calculus I (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor","10.421[J], IDS.065[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.068,Nonlinear Dynamics and Turbulence,"Reviews theoretical notions of nonlinear dynamics, instabilities, and waves with applications in fluid dynamics. Discusses hydrodynamic instabilities leading to flow destabilization and transition to turbulence. Focuses on physical turbulence and mixing from homogeneous isotropic turbulence. Also covers topics such as rotating and stratified flows as they arise in the environment, wave-turbulence, and point source turbulent flows. Laboratory activities integrate theoretical concepts covered in lectures and problem sets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,1.060A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.070A[J],Introduction to Hydrology and Water Resources,"Water in the environment; Water resource systems; The hydrologic cycle at its role in the climate system; Surface water and energy balance; evaporation and transpiration through vegetation; Precipitation formation, infiltration, storm runoff, and flood processes; Groundwater aquifers, subsurface flow and the hydraulics of wells.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,1.060A; Coreq: 1.061A and 1.106,12.320A[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.070B[J],Introduction to Hydrology Modeling,"Develops understanding of numerical modeling of aquifers, groundwater flow and contaminant transport, as well as uncertainty and risk analysis for water resources.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,1.070A,12.320B[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.071[J],Global Change Science,"Introduces the basic principles and concepts in atmospheric physics, and climate dynamics, through an examination of: greenhouse gases emissions (mainly CO2), global warming, and regional climate change. Case studies are presented for the regional impacts of climate change on extreme weather, water availability, and disease transmission. Introduction to regional and global environmental problems for students in basic sciences and engineering. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.03,12.300[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.072,Groundwater Hydrology,"Presents the fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the management of contaminated groundwater. Topics include Darcy equation, flow nets, mass conservation, the aquifer flow equation, heterogeneity and anisotropy, storage properties, regional circulation, unsaturated flow, recharge, stream-aquifer interaction, well hydraulics, flow through fractured rock, numerical models, groundwater quality, contaminant transport processes, dispersion, decay, and adsorption. Includes laboratory and computer demonstrations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,1.061,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.073,Introduction to Environmental Data Analysis,"Covers theory and practical methods for the analysis of univariate data sets. Topics include basics of statistical inference, analysis of trends and stationarity; Gaussian stochastic processes, covariance and correlation analysis, and introduction to spectral analysis. Students analyze data  collected from the civil, environment, and systems domains.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,1.010,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.074,Multivariate Data Analysis,"Introduction to statistical multivariate analysis methods and their applications to analyze data and mathematical models. Topics include sampling, experimental design, regression analysis, specification testing, dimension reduction, categorical data analysis, classification and clustering.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None. Coreq: 1.000 and 1.010A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.075,Water Resource Systems,"Surveys optimization and simulation methods for management of water resources. Case studies illustrate linear, quadratic, nonlinear programming and real-time control. Applications include river basin planning, irrigation and agriculture, reservoir operations, capacity expansion, assimilation of remote sensing data, and sustainable resource development. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,1.070B or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.076,Carbon Management,"Introduces the carbon cycle and ""climate solutions."" Provides specialized knowledge to manage and offset carbon emissions for government entities and large corporations through nature-based solutions and technology. Students prepare a mini-project simulating the assessment of practices and technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the air for a specific organization, which prepares them to become professionals with the skills to help evaluate and manage carbon emissions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.077,"Land, Water, Food, and Climate","Examines land, water, food, and climate in a changing world, with an emphasis on key scientific questions about the connections between natural resources and food production. Students read and discuss papers on a range of topics, including water and land resources, climate change, demography, agroecology, biotechnology, trade, and food security. Supporting information used for background and context includes data and analysis based on government reports, textbooks, and longer peer-reviewed documents not included in the readings. Provides a broad perspective on one of the defining global issues of this century. Students carry out exercises with relevant data sets, write critiques of key issues, and complete a focused term project. Completion of MIT Science Core or equivalent recommended but not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.080,Chemicals in the Environment,"Introduction to environmental chemistry, focusing on the fate and impact of chemicals in both natural and engineered systems. Covers equilibrium reactions (e.g., partitioning, dissolution/precipitation, acid-base, redox, metal complexation), and kinetically-controlled reactions (e.g., photolysis, free radical oxidation). Specific environmental topics covered include heavy metals in natural waters, drinking water, and soils; biogeochemical cycles; radioactivity in the environment; smog formation; greenhouse gases and climate change; and engineering for the prevention and remediation of pollution. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Chemistry (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.081[J],"Environmental Cancer Risks, Prevention, and Therapy","Analysis of the history of cancer and vascular disease mortality rates in predominantly European- and African-American US cohorts, 1895-2016, to discover specific historical shifts. Explored in terms of contemporaneously changing environmental risk factors: air-, food- and water-borne chemicals; subclinical infections; diet and lifestyles. Special section on occupational risk factors. Considers the hypotheses that genetic and/or environmental factors affect metakaryotic stem cell mutation rates in fetuses and juveniles and/or their growth rates of preneoplastic in adults.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), and Chemistry (GIR)",20.104[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.082,Ethics for Engineers,"Explores how to be an ethical engineer. Students examine engineering case studies alongside key readings by foundational ethical thinkers from Aristotle to Martin Luther King, Jr., and investigate which ethical approaches are best and how to apply them. Topics include justice, rights, cost-benefit analysis, safety, bias, genetic engineering, climate change, and the promise and peril of AI. Discussion-based, with the aim of introducing students to new ways of thinking. All sections cover the same core ethical frameworks, but some sections have a particular focus for case studies, such as bioengineering, or have an in-depth emphasis on particular thinkers. The subject is taught in separate sections. Students are eligible to take any section regardless of their registered subject number. For 20.005, students additionally undertake an ethical-technical analysis of a BE-related topic of their choosing.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.084[J],Applied Microbiology,"Introductory microbiology from a systems perspective - considers microbial diversity and the integration of data from a molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecological context to understand the interaction of microbial organisms with their environment. Special emphasis on specific viral, bacterial, and eukaryotic microorganisms and their interaction with animal hosts with focus on contemporary problems in areas such as vaccination, emerging disease, antimicrobial drug resistance, and toxicology.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and Chemistry (GIR),20.106[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.085[J],Air Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry,"Provides a working knowledge of basic air quality issues, with emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach to investigating the sources and effects of pollution. Topics include emission sources; atmospheric chemistry and removal processes; meteorological phenomena and their impact on pollution transport at local to global scales; air pollution control technologies; health effects; and regulatory standards. Discusses regional and global issues, such as acid rain, ozone depletion and air quality connections to climate change. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Recommended for upper-level undergraduate students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,18.03,12.336[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.086,Physics and Engineering of Renewable Energy Systems,"Introduction to renewable energy generation in the context of the energy grid system. Focuses on computational analysis of energy systems. Topics include the energy grid and energy markets; fossil fuel generation; wind, solar, hydroelectric, and ocean energy; and energy storage. Tools, including computational models of wind energy generation and energy forecasting algorithms, introduced. Final project focuses on the development of low-carbon, low-cost energy systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(Physics I (GIR), Physics II (GIR), and 18.03) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.088,Genomics and Evolution of Infectious Disease,"Provides a thorough introduction to the forces driving infectious disease evolution, practical experience with bioinformatics and computational tools, and discussions of current topics relevant to public health. Topics include mechanisms of genome variation in bacteria and viruses, population genetics, outbreak detection and tracking, strategies to impede the evolution of drug resistance, emergence of new disease, and microbiomes and metagenomics. Discusses primary literature and computational assignments. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and (1.000 or 6.100B),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.089,Environmental Microbial Biogeochemistry,"Provides a thorough introduction to biogeochemical cycling from the vantage point of microbial physiology. Emphasizes molecular mechanisms, experimental design and methodology, hypothesis testing, and applications. Topics include aerobic and anaerobic respiration, trace metals, secondary metabolites, redox, plant-microbe interactions, carbon storage, agriculture, and bioengineering. Formal lectures and in-depth discussions of foundational and contemporary primary literature. Students use knowledge of microbial metabolisms to develop final projects on applied solutions to problems in agriculture and biogeochemistry. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.091,Traveling Research Environmental eXperience (TREX): Fieldwork,"Introduction to environmental fieldwork and research, with a focus on data collection and analysis. Subject spans three weeks, including two weeks of fieldwork, and involves one or more projects central to environmental science and engineering. Location varies year-to-year, though recent projects have focused on the island of Hawaii. Limited to Course 1 students.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-2-0,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.096[J],Design of Sustainable Polymer Systems,"Capstone subject in which students are charged with redesigning consumable plastics to improve their recyclability and illustrate the potential future of plastic sourcing and management. Students engage with industry partners and waste handlers to delineate the design space and understand downstream limitations in waste treatment. Instruction includes principles of plastic design, polymer selection, cost estimation, prototyping, and the principles of sustainable material design. Students plan and propose routes to make enhanced plastic kits. Industry partners and course instructors select winning designs. Those students can elect to proceed to a semester of independent study in which prototype kits are fabricated (using polymer extrusion, cutting, 3D printing), potentially winning seed funds to translate ideas into real impacts. Preference to juniors and seniors in Courses 10, 1, and 2.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-6,(10.213 and 10.301) or permission of instructor,10.496[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.097,Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Research,"Students work one-on-one with a CEE graduate student or postdoc mentor on a project that aligns with their research interests. Previous project topics include transportation networks, structural mechanics, sediment transport, climate science, and microbial ecology. Includes weekly seminar-style talks. Intended for first-year students.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-5-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.098[J],"Nuclear Energy and the Environment: Waste, Effluents, and Accidents (New)","Introduces the essential knowledge for understanding nuclear waste management. Includes material flow sheets for nuclear fuel cycle, waste characteristics, sources of radioactive wastes, compositions, radioactivity and heat generation, chemical processing technologies, geochemistry, waste disposal technologies, environmental regulations and the safety assessment of waste disposal. Covers different types of wastes: uranium mining waste, low-level radioactive waste, high-level radioactive waste and fusion waste. Provides the quantitative methods to compare the environmental impact of different nuclear and other energy-associated waste. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,22.078[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.101,Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design I,"Introduces the creative design process in the context of civil and environmental engineering. Emphasizes the idea-to-product trajectory: identification of a design question/problem, evaluation of requirements/constraints set by the application and/or client, and implementation into a concrete product deliverable.  Fosters active learning through open-ended, student-driven projects in which teams apply the design process to a design/planning problem. In labs, students design and build a working model or an experiment that addresses a specific engineering aspect of their project. In addition to written and oral presentations, students start a web-based portfolio. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 1 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-4-2,None,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
1.102,Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design II,"Project-oriented subject focused on the principles and practice of engineering design. Emphasis on construction and deployment of designs, plus performance testing used to determine if designs behave as expected. Includes a major team project involving use and application of sensors, as well as environmentally-friendly, and energy-effective or energy-producing designs. Develops practical, teamwork and communication skills. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 1 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-3-2,1.101 and (Physics II (GIR) or Coreq: 1.060),N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
1.103[J],Infrastructure Design for Climate Change,"In this team-oriented, project-based subject, students work to find technical solutions that could be implemented to mitigate the effects of natural hazards related to climate change, bearing in mind that any proposed measures must be appropriate in a given region's socio-political-economic context. Students are introduced to a variety of natural hazards and possible mitigation approaches as well as principles of design, including adaptable design and design for failure. Students select the problems they want to solve and develop their projects. During the term, officials and practicing engineers of Cambridge, Boston, Puerto Rico, and MIT Facilities describe their approaches. Student projects are documented in a written report and oral presentation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited; preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-2-4,Permission of instructor,11.173[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.104,Sensing and Intelligent Systems,"Introduces concepts and tools for modern sensing, data acquisition, and post-processing techniques, with applications to monitoring and control of infrastructure and environmental systems. Provides technical knowledge of sensing and monitoring technologies. Students collaborate to develop a design project that involves: selecting the right kind of sensors guided by the physical principles and sensing modalities; synthesizing multi-modal data for new applications; refining commercially available sensors for new real-world applications; designing a sensor network and building data-acquisition system for use in lab experiments and/or real-world deployments; sending the data over the Internet for visualization and post-processing; and using intuition and mathematical models to analyze the data. Guided visits to faculty research labs and field visits provide perspective. Provides instruction in oral and written communication.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-3-2,(1.000 or 6.100A) and (1.101 or permission of instructor),N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
1.106,Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab,"In this lab, students design and analyze experiments to understand fluid physics and mass transport processes that shape environmental systems and can be used to inform the design of nature-based solutions for environmental restoration. Emphasis is given to the design of experiments, uncertainty and propagation of error, and data analysis. Topics include diffusion, dispersion, residence time distributions, and surface waves, which are introduced in the context of designing treatment wetlands, coastal protection, and habitat restoration. Communication skills developed through the writing and revision of a formal lab report and an oral presentation. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Enrollment limited; preference to 1-ENG and 1-12 majors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-4-2,None. Coreq: 1.061A,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
1.107,Water and Air Quality Laboratory,"Laboratory and field techniques in environmental engineering and its application to the understanding of natural and engineered ecosystems. Exercises involve data collection and analysis covering a range of topics, spanning all major domains of the environment (air, water, soils, and sediments), and using a number of modern environmental analytical techniques. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Concludes with a student-designed final project, which is written up in the form of a scientific manuscript. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Enrollment limited; preference to 1-ENG majors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,0-4-2,None. Coreq: 1.080,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
1.108,Climate and Sustainability Lab,"Students work together on a project addressing climate mitigation and/or adaptation. The topic of the project changes from year to year but builds on the knowledge and skills gained in previous coursework in climate science and engineering. Students are challenged to demonstrate creativity in applying theories and methodologies while considering their project's technical, social, and theoretical feasibility. Includes lectures on related climate-change scientific and engineering concepts. Provides instruction and practice in oral and written communication.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-5,12.003 or permission of instructor,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
1.121[J],Advancing Mechanics and Materials via Machine Learning,"Concepts in mechanics (solid mechanics: continuum, micro, meso, and molecular mechanics; elasticity, plasticity, fracture and buckling) and machine learning (stochastic optimization, neural networks, convolutional neural nets, adversarial neural nets, graph neural nets, recurrent neural networks and long/short-term memory nets, attention models, variational/autoencoders) introduced and applied to mechanics problems. Covers numerical methods, data and image processing, dataset generation, curation and collection, and experimental validation using additive manufacturing. Modules cover: foundations, fracture mechanics and size effects, molecular mechanics and applications to biomaterials (proteins), forward and inverse problems, mechanics of architected materials, and time dependent mechanical phenomena. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,2.174[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.125,Architecting and Engineering Software Systems,"Software architecting and design of cloud-based software-intensive systems. Targeted at future engineering managers who must understand both the business and technical issues involved in architecting enterprise-scale systems. Student teams confront technically challenging problems. Introduces modern dev-ops concepts and cloud-computing, including cloud orchestration for machine learning. Also discusses cyber-security issues of key management and use of encrypted messaging for distributed ledgers, e.g., blockchain. Students face problem solving in an active learning lab setting, completing in-class exercises and weekly assignments leading to a group project. Some programming experience preferred. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.127[J],Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Methods,"Examines reinforcement learning (RL) as a methodology for approximately solving sequential decision-making under uncertainty, with foundations in optimal control and machine learning. Provides a mathematical introduction to RL, including dynamic programming, statistical, and empirical perspectives, and special topics. Core topics include: dynamic programming, special structures, finite and infinite horizon Markov Decision Processes, value and policy iteration, Monte Carlo methods, temporal differences, Q-learning, stochastic approximation, and bandits. Also covers approximate dynamic programming, including value-based methods and policy space methods. Applications and examples drawn from diverse domains. Focus is mathematical, but is supplemented with computational exercises. An analysis prerequisite is suggested but not required; mathematical maturity is necessary.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or permission of instructor,"6.7920[J], IDS.140[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.138[J],Wave Propagation,"Theoretical concepts and analysis of wave problems in science and engineering with examples chosen from elasticity, acoustics, geophysics, hydrodynamics, blood flow, nondestructive evaluation, and other applications.  Progressive waves, group velocity and dispersion, energy density and transport. Reflection, refraction and transmission of plane waves by an interface. Mode conversion in elastic waves. Rayleigh waves. Waves due to a moving load. Scattering by a two-dimensional obstacle.  Reciprocity theorems. Parabolic approximation. Waves on the sea surface. Capillary-gravity waves. Wave resistance. Radiation of surface waves. Internal waves in stratified fluids.  Waves in rotating media.  Waves in random media.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.003 and 18.075,"2.062[J], 18.376[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.142[J],"Robust Modeling, Optimization, and Computation","Introduces modern robust optimization, including theory, applications, and computation. Presents formulations and their connection to probability, information and risk theory for conic optimization (linear, second-order, and semidefinite cones) and integer optimization. Application domains include analysis and optimization of stochastic networks, optimal mechanism design, network information theory, transportation, pattern classification, structural and engineering design, and financial engineering. Students formulate and solve a problem aligned with their interests in a final project.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,18.06 or permission of instructor,15.094[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.146,System Design and Management for a Changing World: Combined,"Practical-oriented subject that builds upon theory and methods and culminates in extended application. Covers methods to identify, value, and implement flexibility in design (real options). Topics include definition of uncertainties, simulation of performance for scenarios, screening models to identify desirable flexibility, decision analysis, and multidimensional economic evaluation. Students demonstrate proficiency through an extended application to a system design of their choice. Complements research or thesis projects. Class is ""flipped"" to maximize student engagement and learning. Meets with IDS.333 in the first half of term. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.147,Startup Sustainable Tech,"Provides a practical introduction to key innovations in the fields of civil and environmental engineering that are currently having an impact. Structured around the different aspects of starting and maintaining a company in the first years after incorporation. Key topics include idea protection, team formation, and seed funds. Guest speakers who are involved in the startup process or are successful entrepreneurs present. Under faculty supervision, students work on case studies in areas such as renewable energy, sustainable design, food security, climate change, new infrastructures, and transportation. Concludes with the writing of a SBIR/STTR-type grant or business model. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.174,Multivariate Data Analysis (New),"Introduction to statistical multivariate analysis methods and their applications to analyze data and mathematical models. Topics include sampling, experimental design, regression analysis, specification testing, dimension reduction, categorical data analysis, classification and clustering. Students taking graduate version will complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,(1.000 and 1.010A) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.200[J],Transportation: Foundations and Methods,"Covers core analytical and numerical methods for modeling, planning, operations, and control of transportation systems. Traffic flow theory, vehicle dynamics and behavior, numerical integration and simulation, graphical analysis. Properties of delays, queueing theory. Resource allocation, optimization models, linear and integer programming. Autonomy in transport, Markov Decision Processes, reinforcement learning, deep learning. Applications drawn broadly from land, air, and sea transport; private and public sector; transport of passengers and goods; futuristic, modern, and historical. Hands-on computational labs. Linear algebra background is encouraged but not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,(1.010A and (1.00 or 1.000)) or permission of instructor,"11.544[J], IDS.675[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.202,Demand Modeling,"Theory and application of modeling and statistical methods for analysis and forecasting of demand for facilities, services, and products. Topics include: review of probability and statistics, estimation and testing of linear regression models, theory of individual choice behavior, derivation, estimation, and testing of discrete choice models, estimation under various sample designs and data collection methods (including revealed and stated preferences), sampling, aggregate and disaggregate forecasting methods, iterative proportional fitting, and related methods. Introductions to advanced topics are covered including Bayesian estimation and combining discrete choice analysis and machine learning. Lectures reinforced with case studies, which require specification, estimation, testing, and analysis of models using data sets from actual applications. Lab hours are for workbook case studies.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.203[J],Applied Probability and Stochastic Models,"A vigorous use of probabilistic models to approximate real-life situations in Finance, Operations Management, Economics, and Operations Research. Emphasis on how to develop a suitable probabilistic model in a given setting and, merging probability with statistics, and on how to validate a proposed model against empirical evidence. Extensive treatment of Monte Carlo simulation for modeling random processes when analytic solutions are unattainable.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3700 or 18.600,"15.073[J], IDS.700[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.205,Advanced Demand Modeling,"Advanced theories and applications of models for analysis and forecasting of users' behavior and demand for facilities, services, and products. Topics vary each year and typically include linear and nonlinear latent variable models, including structural equations and latent class models; estimation techniques with multiple data sources; joint discrete and continuous choice models; dynamic models; analysis of panel data; analysis of complex choices; estimation and forecasting with large choice sets; multidimensional probabilistic choice models; advanced choice models, including probit, logit mixtures, treatment of endogeneity, hybrid choice models, hidden Markov models, Monte Carlo simulation, Bayesian methods, survey design, sampling, model transferability, use of stated preferences data, and discrete choice models with machine learning. Term paper required.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,1.202 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.208,Resilient Networks,"Network and combinatorial optimization methods and game-theoretic modeling for resilience of large-scale networks against disruptions, both random and adversarial. Topics include network resilience metrics, interdiction and security games, strategic resource allocation and network design, cascades in networks, routing games and network equilibrium models, reliability and security assessment of networked systems, and incentive problems in network security. Applications to transportation, logistics, supply chain, communication, and electric power systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3702 or 15.093,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.231[J],Planning and Design of Airport Systems,"Focuses on current practice, developing trends, and advanced concepts in airport design and planning. Considers economic, environmental, and other trade-offs related to airport location, as well as the impacts of emphasizing ""green"" measures. Includes an analysis of the effect of airline operations on airports. Topics include demand prediction, determination of airfield capacity, and estimation of levels of congestion; terminal design; the role of airports in the aviation and transportation system; access problems; optimal configuration of air transport networks and implications for airport development; and economics, financing, and institutional aspects. Special attention to international practice and developments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"16.781[J], IDS.670[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.232[J],The Airline Industry,"Overview of the global airline industry, focusing on recent industry performance, current issues and challenges for the future. Fundamentals of airline industry structure, airline economics, operations planning, safety, labor relations, airports and air traffic control, marketing, and competitive strategies, with an emphasis on the interrelationships among major industry stakeholders. Recent research findings of the MIT Global Airline Industry Program are showcased, including the impacts of congestion and delays, evolution of information technologies, changing human resource management practices, and competitive effects of new entrant airlines. Taught by faculty participants of the Global Airline Industry Program.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"15.054[J], 16.71[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.233[J],Air Transportation Operations Research,"Presents a unified view of advanced quantitative analysis and optimization techniques applied to the air transportation sector. Considers the problem of operating and managing the aviation sector from the perspectives of the system operators (e.g., the FAA), the airlines, and the resultant impacts on the end-users (the passengers). Explores models and optimization approaches to system-level problems, airline schedule planning problems, and airline management challenges. Term paper required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3702, 15.093, 16.71, or permission of instructor",16.763[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.251[J],Comparative Land Use and Transportation Planning,"Focuses on the integration of land use and transportation planning, drawing from cases in both industrialized and developing countries. Highlights how land use and transportation influence the social organization of cities, assigning privileges to certain groups and segregating or negating access to the city to other groups. Covers topics such as accessibility; the use of data, algorithms, and bias; travel demand and travel behavior; governance; transit-oriented development; autonomous vehicles; transportation and real estate; and social, environmental, and health implications of land use and transportation. Develops students' skills to assess relevant policies, interventions, and impacts.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,11.526[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.253[J],"Transportation Policy, the Environment, and Livable Communities","Examines the economic and political conflict between transportation and the environment. Investigates the role of government regulation, green business and transportation policy as a facilitator of economic development and environmental sustainability. Analyzes a variety of international policy problems, including government-business relations, the role of interest groups, non-governmental organizations, and the public and media in the regulation of the automobile; sustainable development; global warming; politics of risk and siting of transport facilities; environmental justice; equity; as well as transportation and public health in the urban metropolis. Provides students with an opportunity to apply transportation and planning methods to develop policy alternatives in the context of environmental politics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,11.543[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.260[J],Logistics Systems,"Provides an introduction to supply chain management from both analytical and practical perspectives. Taking a unified approach, students develop a framework for making intelligent decisions within the supply chain. Covers key logistics functions, such as demand planning, procurement, inventory theory and control, transportation planning and execution, reverse logistics, and flexible contracting. Explores concepts such as postponement, portfolio management, and dual sourcing. Emphasizes skills necessary to recognize and manage risk, analyze various tradeoffs, and model logistics systems. SCM.271 meets with SCM.260, but has fewer assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"15.770[J], IDS.730[J], SCM.260[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.261[J],Case Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management,"A combination of case studies and industry speakers covering the strategic and operating issues in supply chain transformation. Focuses on the pragmatic creation of supply chain capabilities, including resilience, omnichannel, E2E visibility, entrepreneurship, servitization, E2E automation, and AI.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"15.771[J], SCM.261[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.263[J],Urban Last-Mile Logistics,"Explores specific challenges of urban last-mile B2C and B2B distribution in both industrialized and emerging economies. Develops an in-depth understanding of the perspectives, roles, and decisions of all relevant stakeholder groups, from consumers to private sector decision makers and public policy makers. Discusses the most relevant traditional and the most promising innovating operating models for urban last-mile distribution. Introduces applications of the essential quantitative methods for the strategic design and tactical planning of urban last-mile distribution systems, including optimization and simulation. Covers basic facility location problems, network design problems, single- and multi-echelon vehicle routing problems, as well as associated approximation techniques. Requires intermediate coding skills in Python and independent quantitative analyses Python.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,SCM.254 or permission of instructor,"11.263[J], SCM.293[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.265[J],Global Supply Chain Management,"Focuses on the planning, processes, and activities of supply chain management for companies involved in international commerce. Students examine the end-to-end processes and operational challenges in managing global supply chains, such as the basics of global trade, international transportation, duty, taxes, trade finance and hedging, currency issues, outsourcing, cultural differences, risks and security, and green supply chains issues. Highly interactive format features student-led discussions, staged debates, and a mock trial. Includes assignments on case studies and sourcing analysis, as well as projects and a final exam.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.761, 15.778, SCM.260, SCM.261, or permission of instructor","2.965[J], 15.765[J], SCM.265[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.266,Supply Chain and Demand Analytics,"Focuses on effective supply chain and demand analytics for companies that operate globally, with emphasis on how to plan and integrate supply chain components into a coordinated system. Exposes students to concepts, models and machine learning, and optimization-based algorithms important in supply chain planning, with emphasis on supply chain segmentation, inventory optimization, supply and demand coordination, supply chain resiliency, and flexibility.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,15.761 or SCM.260,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.267,Statistical Learning in Operations,"Focuses on applications of machine learning methods, combined with OR techniques, to study a variety of operational problems — from supply chain through revenue management all the way to healthcare management. The class will bring together two different disciplines, Operations Research and Computer Science, to develop both theory and effective techniques for dealing with operational problems.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.27,Studies in Transportation,"Individual advanced study of a topic in transportation systems, selected with the approval of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.271[J],The Theory of Operations Management,"Provides mathematical foundations underlying the theory of operations management. Covers both classic and state-of-the-art results in various application domains, including inventory management, supply chain management and logistics, behavioral operations, healthcare management, service industries, pricing and revenue management, and auctions. Studies a wide range of mathematical and analytical techniques, such as dynamic programming, stochastic orders, principal-agent models and contract design, behavioral and experimental economics, algorithms and approximations, data-driven and learning models, and mechanism design. Also provides practical experience in how to apply the theoretical models to solve OM problems in business settings. Specific topics vary from year to year.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.7210 and 6.7700) or permission of instructor,"15.764[J], IDS.250[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.273[J],Supply Chain Analytics,"Focuses on effective supply chain strategies for companies that operate globally, with emphasis on how to plan and integrate supply chain components into a coordinated system. Students are exposed to concepts and models important in supply chain planning with emphasis on key tradeoffs and phenomena. Introduces and utilizes key tactics such as risk pooling and inventory placement, integrated planning and collaboration, and information sharing. Lectures, computer exercises, and case discussions introduce various models and methods for supply chain analysis and optimization.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,15.761 or SCM.260,"15.762[J], IDS.735[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.274[J],Supply Chain: Capacity Analytics,"Focuses on decision making for system design, as it arises in manufacturing systems and supply chains. Students exposed to frameworks and models for structuring the key issues and trade-offs. Presents and discusses new opportunities, issues and concepts introduced by the internet and e-commerce. Introduces various models, methods and software tools for logistics network design, capacity planning and flexibility, make-buy, and integration with product development. Industry applications and cases illustrate concepts and challenges. Recommended for Operations Management concentrators. Second half-term subject.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.761, 15.778, or SCM.260","15.763[J], IDS.736[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.275[J],Business and Operations Analytics,"Provides instruction on identifying, evaluating, and capturing business analytics opportunities that create value. Also provides basic instruction in analytics methods and case study analysis of organizations that successfully deployed these techniques.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,IDS.305[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.286[J],Urban Energy Systems and Policy,"Examines efforts in developing and advanced nations and regions. Examines key issues in the current and future development of urban energy systems, such as technology, use, behavior, regulation, climate change, and lack of access or energy poverty. Case studies on a diverse sampling of cities explore how prospective technologies and policies can be implemented. Includes intensive group research projects, discussion, and debate.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"11.203, 14.01, or permission of instructor",11.477[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.303[J],Infrastructure Design for Climate Change,"In this team-oriented, project-based subject, students work to find technical solutions that could be implemented to mitigate the effects of natural hazards related to climate change, bearing in mind that any proposed measures must be appropriate in a given region's socio-political-economic context. Students are introduced to a variety of natural hazards and possible mitigation approaches as well as principles of design, including adaptable design and design for failure. Students select the problems they want to solve and develop their projects. During the term, officials and practicing engineers of Cambridge, Boston, Puerto Rico, and MIT Facilities describe their approaches. Student projects are documented in a written report and oral presentation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,0-2-4,Permission of instructor,11.273[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.322,Soil Behavior,"Detailed study of soil properties with emphasis on interpretation of field and laboratory test data and their use in soft-ground construction engineering. Includes: consolidation and secondary compression; basic strength principles; stress-strain strength behavior of clays, emphasizing effects of sample disturbance, anisotropy, and strain rate; strength and compression of granular soils; and engineering properties of compacted soils. Some knowledge of field and laboratory testing assumed; 1.37 desirable.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,1.361,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.351,Theoretical Soil Mechanics,"Presentation of fundamental theories in soil mechanics: field equations of linear elasticity and solutions of boundary value problems. Introduction to finite element method. Steady and transient flow in porous media; applications in confined and unconfined seepage, and one-dimensional consolidation. Introduction to poro-elasticity. Yielding and failure of soils; plasticity theory and limit analyses, with examples for bearing capacity and slope stability. Cam Clay models and critical state theory of soil behavior.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,1.361,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.361,Advanced Soil Mechanics,"Covers topics in the characterization and nature of soils as multi-phase materials; the principle of effective stress; hydraulic conductivity and groundwater seepage; shear strength and stability analyses; stress-deformation properties, consolidatoin theory and calculation of settlements for clays and sands.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,1.036,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.364,Advanced Geotechnical Engineering,"Methodology for site characterization and geotechnical aspects of the design and construction of foundation systems.  Topics include site investigation (with emphasis on in situ testing), shallow (footings and raftings) and deep (piles and caissons) foundations, excavation support systems, groundwater control, slope stability, soil improvement (compaction, soil reinforcement, etc.), and construction monitoring.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,1.361,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.38,Engineering Geology,"Studies the effect of geologic features and processes on constructed facilities; interaction between the geologic environment and man-made structures, and human activities in general. Planning of subsurface exploration. Engineering geologic characterization of soil and rock, including joint surveys and aspects of sedimented and residual soils. Laboratory on basic geologic identification and mapping techniques. Extensive reading of case histories. Field trip.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.381,Rock Mechanics,"Introduces theoretical and experimental aspects of rock mechanics and prepares students for rock engineering.  Includes review of laboratory and field testing; empirical and analytical methods for describing strength, deformability and conductivity of intact rock and rock masses; fracture mechanics and mechanics of discontinua, including flow through discontinua and hydraulic fracturing; and design and analysis of rock slopes and foundations on rock. Also discusses blasting design.  Includes term paper/term project.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,1.361 and 1.38,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.383,Underground Construction,"Provides familiarization with the most important aspects of planning, analysis, design, and construction of underground structures in soil and rock. Covers detailed engineering analysis and design, and major aspects of construction techniques and construction planning. Discusses general planning and economic problems. Includes a major design project involving all aspects of underground construction.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"1.361, 1.38, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.39,Independent Study in Geotechnical Engineering,For graduate students desiring further individual study of topics in geotechnical engineering.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.462[J],Entrepreneurship in the Built Environment,"Introduction to entrepreneurship and how it shapes the world we live in. Through experiential learning in a workshop setting, students start to develop entrepreneurial mindset and skills. Through a series of workshops, students are introduced to the concept of Venture Design to create new venture proposals for the built environment as a method to understand the role of the entrepreneur in the fields of design, planning, real estate, and other related industries.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,11.345[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.472[J],Innovative Project Delivery in the Public and Private Sectors,"Develops a strong strategic understanding of how best to deliver various types of projects in the built environment. Examines the compatibility of various project delivery methods, consisting of organizations, contracts, and award methods, with certain types of projects and owners. Six methods examined: traditional general contracting; construction management; multiple primes; design-build; turnkey; and build-operate-transfer. Includes lectures, case studies, guest speakers, and a team project to analyze a case example.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,11.344[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.535,Mechanics of Materials,"Introduces the structure and properties of natural and manufactured building materials, including rheology elasticity, fracture mechanics, viscoelasticity and plasticity. Emphasizes effects of molecular and nanoscopic structure, and interactions on macroscopic material behavior. Focuses on design of natural and structural materials. Discusses material aspects of sustainable development. Presents principles of experimental characterization techniques. Explores microscopic and macroscopic mechanical approaches to characterize structure and properties of materials. In laboratory and in-field sessions, students design and implement experimental approaches to characterize natural and building materials and study their interaction with the environment. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,1.050 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.541,Mechanics and Design of Concrete Structures,"Studies strength and deformation of concrete under various states of stress; failure criteria; concrete plasticity; and fracture mechanics concepts. Topics include fundamental behavior of reinforced concrete structural systems and their members; basis for design and code constraints; high-performance concrete materials and their use in innovative design solutions; and yield line theory for slabs. Uses behavior models and nonlinear analysis. Covers complex systems, including bridge structures, concrete shells, and containments. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,1.036 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.545,Atomistic Modeling and Simulation of Materials and Structures,"Covers multiscale atomistic modeling and simulation methods, with focus on mechanical properties (elasticity, plasticity, creep, fracture, fatigue) of a range of materials (metals, ceramics, proteins, biological materials, biomaterials). Topics include mechanics of materials (energy principles, nano-/micromechanics, deformation mechanisms, size effects, hierarchical biological structures) and atomistic modeling (chemistry, interatomic potentials, chemical reactivity and first-principles methods, visualization, data analysis, numerical methods, supercomputing, data-driven algorithms). Includes interactive computational projects and cloud-based computing. Part I – Basic atomistic and multiscale methods, Part II – Interatomic potentials, Part III – Mechanical properties at multiple scales, Part IV – Materiomics.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.550,Engineering Mechanics,"Introduction to engineering mechanics, including dimensional analysis, stresses and strength, deformation and strain, elasticity and thermodynamics of reversible processes, energy bounds in linear elasticity, perspectives on elastic instability, fracture and yield design. Focus is on underlying physics laws (conservation of momentum, thermodynamic of reversible and irreversible processes) as applied to truss, beam, and continuum systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.562,Structural Design Project I,"Students work in teams to design a long-span structure, emphasizing conceptual design and advanced structural analysis. Subject covers structural systems and construction methods, interdisciplinary collaboration, design strategies for resistance to static and dynamic loading, and simplified calculation methods to validate numerical simulations. Emphasis on oral and visual communication of engineering concepts and students present their projects to leading engineers for feedback.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.563,Structural Design Project II,"Students work in teams to design a tall building, emphasizing the design of vertical load systems, lateral load systems, and floor systems. Uses studies of precedent buildings and metrics of structural performance including material efficiency and embodied carbon to evaluate multiple design concepts.  Simplified calculation methods are validated with advanced numerical simulations. Formal presentations will be used to improve oral and visual communication.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.564[J],Environmental Technologies in Buildings,Introduction to the study of the thermal and luminous behavior of buildings. Examines the basic scientific principles underlying these phenomena and introduces students to a range of technologies and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments. Challenges students to apply these techniques and explore the role energy and light can play in shaping architecture. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-4,None,4.464[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.573[J],Structural Mechanics,"Applies solid mechanics fundamentals to the analysis of marine, civil, and mechanical structures.  Continuum concepts of stress, deformation, constitutive response and boundary conditions are reviewed in selected examples. The principle of virtual work guides mechanics modeling of slender structural components (e.g., beams; shafts; cables, frames; plates; shells), leading to appropriate simplifying assumptions. Introduction to elastic stability.  Material limits to stress in design. Variational methods for computational structural mechanics analysis.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,2.002,2.080[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.575[J],Computational Structural Design and Optimization,"Research seminar focusing on emerging applications of computation for creative, early-stage structural design and optimization for architecture. Incorporates computational design fundamentals, including problem parameterization and formulation; design space exploration strategies, including interactive, heuristic, and gradient-based optimization; and computational structural analysis methods, including the finite element method, graphic statics, and approximation techniques. Programing experience and familiarity with structural mechanics necessary. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Limited to 25 total for versions meeting together.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,"((1.000 or (6.100A and 6.100B)) and (1.050, 2.001, or 4.462)) or permission of instructor",4.450[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.577,Data-Centric Engineering Studio (New),"Introduction to data-centric engineering based upon the application of methods of statistical physics to a variety of engineering problems, ranging from traffic flow, road roughness assessment, stability of structures, and fracture of materials. Focus on data acquisition, data modeling, and analysis. Studio format culminating in a data-centric student project.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.579,"Materials in Agriculture, Food Security, and Food Safety","Offers a unique perspective on the interplay between advanced materials, agriculture and food. Illustrates the impact that advanced materials-based innovation is imparting to four key areas of agriculture: management of plant diseases, mitigation of saline soil, enhancement of crop yield and productivity, and food safety and food security. Exposes students to engineering design concepts that are germane to biopolymer processing, functionalization and characterization, which will be coupled with hands-on activity in a lab setting. Students regenerate, process and functionalize biopolymers from raw to advanced materials, paving the way for the second part of the class, which centers around a proposed research project that aims at bringing materials-based innovation into agriculture.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.581[J],Structural Dynamics,"Examines response of structures to dynamic excitation: free vibration, harmonic loads, pulses and earthquakes. Covers systems of single- and multiple-degree-of-freedom, up to the continuum limit, by exact and approximate methods. Includes applications to buildings, ships, aircraft and offshore structures. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,18.03 or permission of instructor,"2.060[J], 16.221[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.582,Design of Steel Structures,"Provides ability to design and assess steel structures. Steel structures are taught at three levels: the overall structural system (multi-story buildings, wide-span buildings, bridges, masts, and towers); the components of a structural system (floor systems, plate girders, frames, and beams); and the details of structural components (connection types, welding, and bolting). Each level includes a balance among theoretical analysis, design requirements, and construction/cost considerations. Existing structures are used as worked examples.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.583[J],Topology Optimization of Structures,"Covers free-form topology design of structures using formal optimization methods and mathematical programs, including design of structural systems, mechanisms, and material architectures. Strong emphasis on designing with gradient-based optimizers, finite element methods, and design problems governed by structural mechanics. Incorporates optimization theory and computational mechanics fundamentals, problem formulation, sensitivity analysis; and introduces cutting-edge extensions, including to other and multiple physics. ",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"2.083[J], 16.215[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.589,Studies in Structural Design and Analysis,Individual study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. Content arranged to suit the particular requirements of the student and interested members of the staff.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.61,Transport Processes in the Environment,"Introduces mass transport in environmental flows, with emphasis on river and lake systems. Covers derivation and solutions to the differential form of mass conservation equations. Topics include molecular and turbulent diffusion, boundary layers, dissolution, bed-water exchange, air-water exchange, and particle transport. Meets with 1.061A first half of term. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,1.060,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.63[J],Advanced Fluid Dynamics,"Fundamentals of fluid dynamics intrinsic to natural physical phenomena and/or engineering processes. Discusses a range of topics and advanced problem-solving techniques. Sample topics include brief review of basic laws of fluid motion, scaling and approximations, creeping flows, boundary layers in high-speed flows, steady and transient, similarity method of solution, buoyancy-driven convection in porous media, dispersion in steady or oscillatory flows, physics and mathematics of linearized instability, effects of shear and stratification. In alternate years, two of the following modules will be offered: I: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics of Coastal Waters, II: Capillary Phenomena, III: Non-Newtonian Fluids, IV: Flagellar Swimming.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,18.085 and (2.25 or permission of instructor),2.26[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.631[J],Fluids and Diseases,"Designed for students in engineering and the quantitative sciences who want to explore applications of mathematics, physics and fluid dynamics to infectious diseases and health; and for students in epidemiology, environmental health, ecology, medicine, and systems modeling seeking to understand physical and spatial modeling, and the role of fluid dynamics and physical constraints on infectious diseases and pathologies. The first part of the class reviews modeling in epidemiology and data collection, and highlights concepts of spatial modeling and heterogeneity. The remainder highlights multi-scale dynamics, the role of fluids and fluid dynamics in physiology, and pathology in a range of infectious diseases. The laboratory portion entails activities aimed at integrating applied learning with theoretical concepts discussed in lectures and covered in problem sets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,"2.250[J], HST.537[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.65,Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows and Wind Energy,"Introduction into the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) and turbulence, which is critical to applications including renewable energy generation, pollution, weather and climate modeling, and more. Topics include the origins of wind in the atmosphere, an introduction to turbulent flows, the atmosphere and the diurnal cycle; momentum balance, scaling, and TKE; buoyancy, stability, and Coriolis forces; Ekman layer and RANS modeling; experimental methods; data analysis of ABL field measurements; and large eddy simulation.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,1.060 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.66,Problems in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering,"Individual study in advanced topics as arranged between individual students and staff. Choice of subjects from theoretical, experimental, and practical phases of hydromechanics, hydraulic engineering, water resources, hydrology, and environmental engineering.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.670[J],Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation,"Reviews the contributions of energy systems to global greenhouse gas emissions, and the levers for reducing those emissions. Lectures and projects focus on evaluating energy systems against climate policy goals, using performance metrics such as cost, carbon intensity, and others. Student projects explore pathways for realizing emissions reduction scenarios. Projects address the climate change mitigation potential of energy technologies (hardware and software), technological and behavioral change trajectories, and technology and policy portfolios. Background in energy systems strongly recommended. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments and explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"10.621[J], IDS.521[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.685[J],Nonlinear Dynamics and Waves,"A unified treatment of nonlinear oscillations and wave phenomena with applications to mechanical, optical, geophysical, fluid, electrical and flow-structure interaction problems. Nonlinear free and forced vibrations; nonlinear resonances; self-excited oscillations; lock-in phenomena.  Nonlinear dispersive and nondispersive waves; resonant wave interactions; propagation of wave pulses and nonlinear Schrodinger equation.  Nonlinear long waves and breaking; theory of characteristics; the Korteweg-de Vries equation; solitons and solitary wave interactions.  Stability of shear flows.  Some topics and applications may vary from year to year.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"2.034[J], 18.377[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.686[J],Nonlinear Dynamics and Turbulence,"Reviews theoretical notions of nonlinear dynamics, instabilities, and waves with applications in fluid dynamics. Discusses hydrodynamic instabilities leading to flow destabilization and transition to turbulence. Focuses on physical turbulence and mixing from homogeneous isotropic turbulence. Also covers topics such as rotating and stratified flows as they arise in the environment, wave-turbulence, and point source turbulent flows. Laboratory activities integrate theoretical concepts covered in lectures and problem sets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,1.060A,"2.033[J], 18.358[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.69,Introduction to Coastal Engineering,"Basic dynamics of ocean surface waves; wave-driven, wind-driven, and tidal currents; boundary layers and sediment transport; and selected engineering applications.  Formulation of the boundary-value problem for surface waves, linear plane-wave solution, shoaling, refraction, diffraction, statistical representation, and elements of nonlinearity.  Depth-averaged formulation and selected solutions for sea level and currents driven by waves, winds, and tides.  Elements of boundary layers, initial sediment motion, and bedload and suspended sediment transport.  Alongshore sediment transport and shoreline change.  Emphasizes basic principles, mathematical formulation and solution, and physical interpretation, with selected applications and exposure to current research.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,1.061,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.692[J],Seakeeping of Ships and Offshore Energy Systems,"Surface wave theory, conservation laws and boundary conditions, properties of regular surface waves and random ocean waves. Linearized theory of floating body dynamics, kinematic and dynamic free surface conditions, body boundary conditions. Simple harmonic motions. Diffraction and radiation problems, added mass and damping matrices. General reciprocity identities on diffraction and radiation. Ship wave resistance theory, Kelvin wake physics, ship seakeeping in regular and random waves. Discusses point wave energy absorbers, beam sea and head-sea devises, oscillating water column device and Well's turbine. Discusses offshore floating energy systems and their interaction with ambient waves, current and wind, including oil and gas platforms, liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels and floating wind turbines. Homework drawn from real-world applications.",False,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,2.20 and 18.085,2.24[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.699[J],Projects in Oceanographic Engineering,"Projects in oceanographic engineering, carried out under supervision of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution staff. Given at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,2.689[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.713[J],Land-Atmosphere Interactions,"Topics include the exchange of mass, heat and momentum between the soil, vegetation or water surface and the overlying atmosphere; flux and transport in the turbulent boundary layer; and coupled balance of moisture and energy.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,12.834[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.714,Surface Hydrology,"Covers observations and theory of the physical processes involved in the hydrologic cycle. Processes considered are rainfall, infiltration, runoff generation, stream flow, evaporation, transpiration,and rainfall interception.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,1.070B or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.72,Groundwater Hydrology,"Presents the fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the management of contaminated groundwater. Topics include Darcy equation, flow nets, mass conservation, the aquifer flow equation, heterogeneity and anisotropy, storage properties, regional circulation, unsaturated flow, recharge, stream-aquifer interaction, well hydraulics, flow through fractured rock, numerical models, groundwater quality, contaminant transport processes, dispersion, decay, and adsorption. Includes laboratory and computer demonstrations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,1.061,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.723,Computational Methods for Flow in Porous Media,"Covers physical, mathematical and simulation aspects of fluid flow and transport through porous media. Conservation equations for multiphase, multicomponent flow. Upscaling of parameters in heterogeneous fields. Modeling of viscous fingering and channeling. Numerical methods for elliptic equations: finite volume methods, multipoint flux approximations, mixed finite element methods, variational multiscale methods. Numerical methods for hyperbolic equations: low-order and high-order finite volume methods, streamline/front-tracking methods. Applications to groundwater contamination, oil and gas reservoir simulation, and geological CO2 sequestration, among others. Limited to graduate students.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.731,Water Resource Systems,"Surveys optimization and simulation methods for management of water resources. Case studies illustrate linear, quadratic, nonlinear programming and real-time control. Applications include river basin planning, irrigation and agriculture, reservoir operations, capacity expansion, assimilation of remote sensing data, and sustainable resource development. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,1.070B or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.74,"Land, Water, Food, and Climate","Examines land, water, food, and climate in a changing world, with an emphasis on key scientific questions about the connections between natural resources and food production. Students read and discuss papers on a range of topics, including water and land resources, climate change, demography, agroecology, biotechnology, trade, and food security. Supporting information used for background and context includes data and analysis based on government reports, textbooks, and longer peer-reviewed documents not included in the readings. Provides a broad perspective on one of the defining global issues of this century. Students carry out exercises with relevant data sets, write critiques of key issues, and complete a focused term project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.76,Aquatic Chemistry,"Quantitative treatment of chemical processes in aquatic systems such as lakes, oceans, rivers, estuaries, groundwaters, and wastewaters. A brief review of chemical thermodynamics is followed by discussion of acid-base, precipitation-dissolution, coordination, and reduction-oxidation reactions. Emphasis is on equilibrium calculations as a tool for understanding the variables that govern the chemical composition of aquatic systems and the fate of inorganic pollutants.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Chemistry (GIR) or (5.601 and 5.602),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.760,Carbon Management,"Introduces the carbon cycle and ""climate solutions."" Provides specialized knowledge to manage and offset carbon emissions for government entities and large corporations through nature-based solutions and technology. Students prepare a mini-project simulating the assessment of practices and technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the air for a specific organization, which prepares them to become professionals with the skills to help evaluate and manage carbon emissions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.771,Global Change Science,"Introduces the basic principles and concepts in atmospheric physics, and climate dynamics, through an examination of: greenhouse gases emissions (mainly CO2), global warming, and regional climate change. Case studies are presented for the regional impacts of climate change on extreme weather, water availability, and disease transmission. This subject is an introduction to regional and global environmental problems for students in basic sciences and engineering. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.800,Chemicals in the Environment,"Introduction to environmental chemistry, focusing on the fate and impact of chemicals in both natural and engineered systems. Covers equilibrium reactions (e.g., partitioning, dissolution/precipitation, acid-base, redox, metal complexation), and kinetically-controlled reactions (e.g., photolysis, free radical oxidation). Specific environmental topics covered include heavy metals in natural waters, drinking water, and soils; biogeochemical cycles; radioactivity in the environment; smog formation; greenhouse gases and climate change; and engineering for the prevention and remediation of pollution. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Chemistry (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.801[J],"Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control","Analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution, hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and production/use of toxic chemicals. Analyzes pollution/climate change as economic problems and failure of markets. Explores the role of science and economics in legal decisions. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (i.e., economic incentives, voluntary approaches) to control pollution and encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on major federal legislation, underlying administrative system, and common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, greenhouse gas emissions, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Develops basic legal skills: how to read/understand cases, regulations, and statutes. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.021[J], 17.393[J], IDS.060[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
1.802[J],"Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology","Focuses on policy design and evaluation in the regulation of hazardous substances and processes. Includes risk assessment, industrial chemicals, pesticides, food contaminants, pharmaceuticals, radiation and radioactive wastes, product safety, workplace hazards, indoor air pollution, biotechnology, victims' compensation, and administrative law. Health and economic consequences of regulation, as well as its potential to spur technological change, are discussed for each regulatory regime. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,IDS.060 or permission of instructor,"11.022[J], IDS.061[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.811[J],"Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control","Analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution, hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and production/use of toxic chemicals. Analyzes pollution/climate change as economic problems and failure of markets. Explores the role of science and economics in legal decisions. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (i.e., economic incentives, voluntary approaches) to control pollution and encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on major federal legislation, underlying administrative system, and common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, greenhouse gas emissions, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Develops basic legal skills: how to read/understand cases, regulations, and statutes. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"11.630[J], 15.663[J], IDS.540[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.812[J],"Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology","Focuses on policy design and evaluation in the regulation of hazardous substances and processes. Includes risk assessment, industrial chemicals, pesticides, food contaminants, pharmaceuticals, radiation and radioactive wastes, product safety, workplace hazards, indoor air pollution, biotechnology, victims' compensation, and administrative law. Health and economic consequences of regulation, as well as its potential to spur technological change, are discussed for each regulator regime. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,IDS.540 or permission of instructor,"11.631[J], IDS.541[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.813[J],"Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development","Investigates sustainable development, taking a broad view to include not only a healthy economic base, but also a sound environment, stable and rewarding employment, adequate purchasing power and earning capacity, distributional equity, national self-reliance, and maintenance of cultural integrity. Explores national, multinational, and international political and legal mechanisms to further sustainable development through transformation of the industrial state. Addresses the importance of technological innovation and the financial crisis of 2008 and the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and inflation, as well as governmental interventions to reduce inequality.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"11.466[J], 15.657[J], IDS.437[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.818[J],Sustainable Energy,"Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various energy technologies in each fuel cycle stage for fossil (oil, gas, synthetic), nuclear (fission and fusion) and renewable (solar, biomass, wind, hydro, and geothermal) energy types, along with storage, transmission, and conservation issues. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,"2.65[J], 10.391[J], 11.371[J], 22.811[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.83,Environmental Organic Chemistry,"Focuses on the processes affecting organic compounds in the environment. Uses physical chemical properties to predict chemical transfers between environmental compartments (air, water, sediments, and biota). Uses molecular structure-reactivity relationships to estimate chemical, photochemical, and biochemical transformation rates. Resulting process models are combined to predict environmental concentrations (and related biological exposures) of anthropogenic and natural organic compounds.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"5.601, 5.602, and 18.03",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.831,Environmental Organic Chemistry,"Focuses on the processes affecting organic compounds in the environment. Uses physical chemical properties to predict chemical transfers between environmental compartments (air, water, sediments, and biota). Uses molecular properties to estimate chemical, photochemical, and biochemical transformation rates. Resulting process models are combined to predict environmental concentrations (and related biological exposures) of anthropogenic and natural organic compounds.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"5.601, 5.602, and 18.03",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.834[J],Exploring Sustainability at Different Scales,"Develops environmental accounting tools including energy, carbon, materials, land use, and possibly others, from small scales (e.g., products and processes) to larger scales, (e.g., companies, nations and global) to reveal how reoccurring human behavior patterns have dominated environmental outcomes. Involves visiting experts and readings in areas such as ethics, economics, governance, and development to frame core issues in human relationship to the environment and future societies. Explores how local actions, including engineering interventions and behavior change, play out at larger scales associated with the concept of sustainability, and how local actions may be modified to realize sustainability. Class is participatory and includes an exploratory project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,2.834[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.837,Resilience of Living Systems to Environmental Change,"Takes a multi-scale approach to understanding responses of living systems to perturbation. Mechanisms of stress sensing and response in plants, microbes, and animals from the level of individual cells to whole organisms. Emergent properties of organismal stress and population and community scale. Resilience of ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles to altered environmental conditions. Considers both natural and managed systems, focusing primarily on the terrestrial environment.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.84[J],Atmospheric Chemistry,"Provides a detailed overview of the chemical transformations that control the abundances of key trace species in the Earth's atmosphere. Emphasizes the effects of human activity on air quality and climate. Topics include photochemistry, kinetics, and thermodynamics important to the chemistry of the atmosphere; stratospheric ozone depletion; oxidation chemistry of the troposphere; photochemical smog; aerosol chemistry; and sources and sinks of greenhouse gases and other climate forcers.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,5.601 and 5.602,"10.817[J], 12.807[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.841[J],Atmospheric Composition and Global Change,"Explores how atmospheric chemical composition both drives and responds to climate, with a particular focus on feedbacks via the biosphere. Topics include atmospheric nitrogen; DMS, sulfate, and CLAW; biogenic volatile organic compounds and secondary organic aerosol; wildfires and land use change; atmospheric methane and the oxidative capacity of the troposphere; and air quality and climate and geoengineering.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,1.84,12.817[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.842[J],Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics and Chemistry,"Focuses on understanding how aerosol particles form droplets or ice crystals during several atmospheric processes: determining Earth's radiative balance; heterogeneous chemistry and acid rain; understanding where, when and how much precipitation occurs. Provides tools for understanding the physics of aerosol and cloud element motion; the interaction of particles with water vapor, including phase changes and droplet and ice nucleation; the chemical composition of particles and the effect on cloud formation processes; and the effect of cloud processing on aerosol chemistry. Discusses relevant topics of contemporary interest, e.g., geoengineering and weather modification and volcanic effects. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,12.814[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.845,Introduction to the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle and Ecosystem Ecology,"Introduces the terrestrial carbon cycle in a climate change context, with a focus on ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry. Discussion-based seminars followed by practical classes to solve climate-related questions.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,1.010 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.850[J],Dimensions of Geoengineering,"Familiarizes students with the potential contributions and risks of using geoengineering technologies to control climate damage from global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Discusses geoengineering in relation to other climate change responses: reducing emissions, removing CO2 from the atmosphere, and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Limited to 100.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"5.000[J], 10.600[J], 11.388[J], 12.884[J], 15.036[J], 16.645[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.855,Air Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry,"Provides a working knowledge of basic air quality issues, with emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach to investigating the sources and effects of pollution. Topics include emission sources; atmospheric chemistry and removal processes; meteorological phenomena and their impact on pollution transport at local to global scales; air pollution control technologies; health effects; and regulatory standards. Discusses regional and global issues, such as acid rain, ozone depletion and air quality connections to climate change. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Recommended for master's level graduate students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.86[J],Methods and Problems in Microbiology,Students will read and discuss primary literature covering key areas of microbial research with emphasis on methods and approaches used to understand and manipulate microbes. Preference to first-year Microbiology and Biology students.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"7.492[J], 20.445[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.861,Physics and Engineering of Renewable Energy Systems,"Introduction to renewable energy generation in the context of the energy grid system. Focuses on computational analysis of energy systems. Topics include the energy grid and energy markets; fossil fuel generation; wind, solar, hydroelectric, and ocean energy; and energy storage. Tools, including computational models of wind energy generation and energy forecasting algorithms, introduced. Final project focuses on the development of low-carbon, low-cost energy systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.87[J],Microbial Genetics and Evolution,"Covers aspects of microbial genetic and genomic analyses, central dogma, horizontal gene transfer, and evolution.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"7.03, 7.05, or permission of instructor","7.493[J], 12.493[J], 20.446[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.872[J],Evolutionary and Quantitative Genomics (New),"Develops deep quantitative understanding of basic forces of evolution, molecular evolution, genetic variations and their dynamics in populations, genetics of complex phenotypes, and genome-wide association studies. Applies these foundational concepts to cutting-edge studies in epigenetics, gene regulation and chromatin; cancer genomics and microbiomes. Modules consist of lectures, journal club discussions of high-impact publications, and guest lectures that provide clinical correlates. Homework assignments and final projects develop practical experience and understanding of genomic data from evolutionary principles.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,HST.508[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.873,Mathematical Modeling of Ecological Systems,"Centers on explaining and discussing research on the different ecological dynamics emerging in 1-species, 2-species, and multi-species systems across environmental contexts. Builds on ecological theory from a systems perspective to provide quantitative methods to study the expected assembly and persistence patterns of ecological systems. Lectures address phenomenological and mechanistic understanding through graphical, analytical, and numerical analysis.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.878[J],"Nuclear Energy and the Environment: Waste, Effluents, and Accidents (New)","Introduces the essential knowledge for understanding nuclear waste management. Includes material flow sheets for nuclear fuel cycle, waste characteristics, sources of radioactive wastes, compositions, radioactivity and heat generation, chemical processing technologies, geochemistry, waste disposal technologies, environmental regulations and the safety assessment of waste disposal. Covers different types of wastes: uranium mining waste, low-level radioactive waste, high-level radioactive waste and fusion waste. Provides the quantitative methods to compare the environmental impact of different nuclear and other energy-associated waste. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,22.78[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.881[J],Genomics and Evolution of Infectious Disease,"Provides a thorough introduction to the forces driving infectious disease evolution, practical experience with bioinformatics and computational tools, and discussions of current topics relevant to public health. Topics include mechanisms of genome variation in bacteria and viruses, population genetics, outbreak detection and tracking, strategies to impede the evolution of drug resistance, emergence of new disease, and microbiomes and metagenomics. Discusses primary literature and computational assignments. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and (1.000 or 6.100B),HST.538[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
1.89,Environmental Microbial Biogeochemistry,"Provides a thorough introduction to biogeochemical cycling from the vantage point of microbial physiology. Emphasizes molecular mechanisms, experimental design and methodology, hypothesis testing, and applications. Topics include aerobic and anaerobic respiration, trace metals, secondary metabolites, redox, plant-microbe interactions, carbon storage, agriculture, and bioengineering. Formal lectures and in-depth discussions of foundational and contemporary primary literature. Students use knowledge of microbial metabolisms to develop final projects on applied solutions to problems in agriculture and biogeochemistry. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.899,Career Reengineering Program and Professional Development Workshops,For students in the 10-month Career Reengineering Program sponsored by the School of Engineering. Limited to CRP fellows.,True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.95[J],Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering,"Participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. Topics include theories of adult learning; course development; promoting active learning, problemsolving, and critical thinking in students; communicating with a diverse student body; using educational technology to further learning; lecturing; creating effective tests and assignments; and assessment and evaluation. Students research and present a relevant topic of particular interest. Appropriate for both novices and those with teaching experience.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-2 [P/D/F],None,"5.95[J], 7.59[J], 8.395[J], 18.094[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.968,Graduate Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering,"Individual study, research, or laboratory investigations at the graduate level under faculty supervision.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.976,Graduate Professional Development Seminar,"Covers professional development topics and provides hands-on practice of these skills. Students participate in a series of written and oral communication workshops. Other topics include networking skills, work-life balance, mentoring, and career planning. Features an alumni panel showcasing a range of post-PhD careers. Limited to second-year graduate students in CEE.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.977,Research Mentorship in Civil and Environmental Engineering,"Graduate students mentor an undergraduate student in research for 30 hours per week during the Independent Activities Period (IAP) to help create a self-contained project. Students introduce the project through selected readings and meetings that clearly explain how the undergraduate project fits within the scope of the larger work/research of the graduate student, meet regularly to discuss progress on the project, provide guidance in the creation of a poster presentation that the undergraduate will deliver at the end of IAP, and attend and provide written feedback on the presentations of all mini-UROP participants.",True,IAP,Graduate,0-3-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.982,Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering,"For research assistants in the department, when assigned research is not used for thesis but is approved for academic credit. Credit for this subject may not be used for any degree granted by Course 1.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.984,Teaching Experience in Civil and Environmental Engineering,"Provides classroom teaching experience under the supervision of faculty member(s). Students prepare instructional material, deliver lectures, grade assignments, and prepare a teaching portfolio to be submitted at the end of term. Students must send the subject title and the name of the lead instructor for the subject to the 1.984 instructor during or prior to the first week of the semester. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,0-3-0,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.997,Practicum Training in Civil and Environmental Engineering,"For graduate CEE students participating in curriculum-related, off-campus experiences in civil, environmental, and transportation engineering or related areas. Before enrolling, students must verify the internship arrangements by submitting a memo or email from the sponsoring company or organization and also from their Academic Advisor. At the conclusion of the training, the students will submit a final report for review and approval by their Academic Advisor. Can be taken for up to 3 units. Prior to enrolling, contact the CEE Academic Programs Office for procedures and restrictions.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.998,Practicum Training in Civil and Environmental Engineering,"For undergraduate CEE students participating in curriculum-related off-campus experiences in civil and environmental engineering or related areas. Before enrolling, students must have an offer from a company or organization and must have prior approval from their CEE academic advisor. At the conclusion of the training, the students will submit a final report for review and approval by their Academic Advisor. Can be taken for up to 3 units. Prior to enrolling, contact the CEE Academic Programs Office for procedures and restrictions.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.999,Undergraduate Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering,"Individual study, research, or laboratory investigations under faculty supervision.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.C01,Machine Learning for Sustainable Systems,"Building on core material in 6.C01, emphasizes the design and operation of sustainable systems. Illustrates how to leverage heterogeneous data from urban services, cities, and the environment, and apply machine learning methods to evaluate and/or improve sustainability solutions. Provides case studies from various domains, such as transportation and urban mobility, energy and water resources, environmental monitoring, infrastructure sensing and control, climate adaptation, and disaster resilience. Projects focus on using machine learning to identify new insights or decisions that can help engineer sustainability in societal-scale systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-1-4,6.C01 and ((1.000 and 1.010) or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","6.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 18.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.C51,Machine Learning for Sustainable Systems,"Building on core material in 6.C51, emphasizes the design and operation of sustainable systems. Students learn to leverage heterogeneous data from urban services, cities, and the environment, and apply machine learning methods to evaluate and/or improve sustainability solutions. Provides case studies from various domains, such as transportation and mobility, energy and water resources, environment monitoring, infrastructure sensing and control, climate adaptation, and disaster resilience. Projects focus on using machine learning to identify new insights or decisions to help engineer sustainability in societal-scale systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-1-4,6.C51 and ((6.3700 and 18.06) or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.EPW,UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop,"Provides sophomores across all majors with opportunities to develop and practice communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to become successful professionals in the workplace, particularly in preparation for their summer industry internship. This immersive, multi-day Team Training Workshop (TTW) is comprised of experiential learning modules focused on expanding skills in areas that employers report being most valuable in the workplace. Modules are led by MIT faculty with the help of MIT alumni and other senior industry professionals. Skills applied through creative simulations, team problem-solving challenges, oral presentations, and networking sessions with prospective employers. Enrollment limited to those in the UPOP program.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],2.EPE,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, MEng, CE, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of an S.B. thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.  Intended for seniors. Student must submit an approved thesis proposal to the Academic Programs Office by the fifth week of the first term the student is registered for thesis.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.UAR[J],Climate and Sustainability Undergraduate Advanced Research,"Provides instruction in effective research, experiential projects, internships, and externships, including choosing and refining problems, surveying previous work and publications, industry best practices, design for robustness, technical presentation, authorship and collaboration, and ethics. Supporting content includes background and context pertaining to climate change and sustainability, as well as tools for sustainable design. Focus for project work includes research topics relevant to the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC). Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises, in the context of an approved advanced research project. A total of 12 units of credit is awarded for completion of the spring and subsequent fall term offerings. Application required; consult MCSC website for more information.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,"3.UAR[J], 5.UAR[J], 11.UAR[J], 12.UAR[J], 15.UAR[J], 22.UAR[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
1.UR,Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering,"Individual research or laboratory study under faculty supervision. Also, opportunities in ongoing research program. Limited number of funded traineeships available.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.URG,Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Individual research or laboratory study under faculty supervision. Also opportunities in ongoing research program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Spring, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S82,Special Problems in Environmental Microbiology and Chemistry,"Advanced study of topics not covered in the regular subject listings, particularly seminar, laboratory, and experimental subjects offered by permanent or visiting faculty. Addresses topics in environmental microbiology, ecological genomics, microbial evolution and population genetics, oceanography, biogeochemical processes, environmental organic chemistry and aquatic chemistry.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S977,Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects offered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S978,Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects offered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular curriculum. 1.978 is taught P/D/F.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S979,Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects offered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular curriculum.,True,"Spring, Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S980,Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects offered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the the regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S981,Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects offered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S982,Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects offered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S991,Special Undergraduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Subjects taught experimentally; subjects offered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S992,Special Undergraduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Subjects taught experimentally; subjects offered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.S993,Special Undergraduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering,Subjects taught experimentally; subjects offered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.001,Introduction to Professional Success and Leadership in Biological Engineering,"Interactive introduction to the discipline of Biological Engineering through presentations by alumni practitioners, with additional panels and discussions on skills for professional development. Presentations emphasize the roles of communication through writing and speaking, building and maintaining professional networks, and interpersonal and leadership skills in building successful careers. Provides practical advice about how to prepare for job searches and graduate or professional school applications from an informed viewpoint. Prepares students for UROPs, internships, and selection of BE electives. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.  ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.002,Introduction to Concepts in Biological Engineering,"Introduction to scientific advances in the field of biological engineering. Topics covered include drug discovery and delivery, applications of genetic engineering, creation and uses of biomaterials, and development of biological technology to mitigate human disease and environmental problems. Discusses each selected topic from different angles, highlighting research conducted from the nano- to macro- level to highlight the breadth of biological engineering applications. Students have the opportunity to select a topic of interest and explore that topic in more depth. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Preference given to first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.005,Ethics for Engineers,"Explores how to be an ethical engineer. Students examine engineering case studies along with foundational ethical readings, and investigate which ethical approaches are best and how to apply them as engineers. Topics include justice, rights, cost-benefit analysis, safety, bias, genetic engineering, climate change, and the promise and peril of AI. Discussion-based. All sections cover the same core ethical frameworks, but some sections have a particular focus for engineering case studies, such as Computer Science or Bioengineering. Students are eligible to take any section of the course, regardless of their registered course number. The subject is taught in separate sections. For 20.005, students additionally undertake an ethical-technical analysis of a BE-related topic of their choosing.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.010,Introduction to Experimentation in BE,"Teaches students to ask research questions and use the steps in the experimental method to test hypotheses. Introduces best practices in basic data analysis and interpretation. Additional topics include exploring experimental failures, unexpected results, and troubleshooting. Goal is to prepare students for undergraduate research opportunities and laboratory-based coursework. This is a discussion-based subject and is dependent on group participation. Preference to first- and second-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.020,Introduction to Biological Engineering Design Using Synthetic Biology,"Project-based introduction to the engineering of synthetic biological systems. Throughout the term, students develop projects that are responsive to real-world problems of their choosing, and whose solutions depend on biological technologies. Lectures, discussions, and studio exercises introduce components and control of prokaryotic and eukaryotic behavior; DNA synthesis, standards, and abstraction in biological engineering; and issues of human practice, including biological safety, security, ethics and ownership, sharing, and innovation. Students may have the option to continue projects for participation in the iGEM competition. Preference to first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-4-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.051,Introduction to NEET: Living Machines,"Focuses on physiomimetics: transforming therapeutic strategy and development. Overview of development of therapies for complex diseases, including disease mechanisms in heterogeneous patient populations, developing therapeutic strategies, modeling these in vitro, and testing the therapies. Explores the five essential technological contributions to this process: computational systems biology, synthetic biology, immuno-engineering, microphysiological systems devices/tissue engineering, and microfluidic device engineering for in vitro models and analysis. Introduces disease modeling, patient stratification, and drug development processes, includes extensive examples from industry, and provides context for choosing a concentration track in the Living Machines thread. Weekly lectures from experts in the field supplemented with structured, short projects in each topic area. Limited to 24; preference to students in the NEET Living Machines thread.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-2-2,"Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.054,NEET - Living Machines Research Immersion,"A structured lab research experience in a specific Living Machines track. Students identify a project in a participating research lab, on a topic related to the five tracks in the NEET Living Machines program, propose a project related to the drug development theme, and prepare interim and final presentations and reports while conducting the project. Links to industry-sponsored research projects at MIT are encouraged. Project proposal must be submitted and approved in the term prior to enrollment. Limited to students in the NEET Living Machines thread.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,20.051,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.101,Metakaryotic Biology and Epidemiology,"Introduces non-eukaryotic, ""metakaryotic"" cells with hollow bell-shaped nuclei that serve as the stem cells of human fetal/juvenile growth and development as well as of tumors and atherosclerotic plaques. Studies the relationship of lifetime growth and mutations of metakaryotic stem cells to age-specific death rates. Considers the biological bases of treatment protocols found to kill metakaryotic cancer stem cells in vitro and in human pancreatic cancers in vivo.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.102,Metakaryotic Stem Cells in Carcinogenesis: Origins and Cures,"Metakaryotic stem cells of organogenesis, wound healing, and the pathogenic lesions of cancers and atherosclerotic plaques. Metakaryotic cell resistance to x-ray- and chemo-therapies. Common drug treatment protocols lethal to metakaryotic cancer stem cells in vivo first clinical trial against pancreatic cancer. Application of a hypermutable/mutator stem cell model to the age-specific mortality from clonal diseases, and the expected responses to metakaryocidal drugs in attempted cure and prevention of tumors or atherosclerotic plaques. Students taking 20.215 responsible for de novo computer modeling.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), and Chemistry (GIR)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.104[J],"Environmental Cancer Risks, Prevention, and Therapy","Analysis of the history of cancer and vascular disease mortality rates in predominantly European- and African-American US cohorts, 1895-2016, to discover specific historical shifts. Explored in terms of contemporaneously changing environmental risk factors: air-, food- and water-borne chemicals; subclinical infections; diet and lifestyles. Special section on occupational risk factors. Considers the hypotheses that genetic and/or environmental factors affect metakaryotic stem cell mutation rates in fetuses and juveniles and/or their growth rates of preneoplastic in adults.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), and Chemistry (GIR)",1.081[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.106[J],Applied Microbiology,"Introductory microbiology from a systems perspective - considers microbial diversity and the integration of data from a molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecological context to understand the interaction of microbial organisms with their environment. Special emphasis on specific viral, bacterial, and eukaryotic microorganisms and their interaction with animal hosts with focus on contemporary problems in areas such as vaccination, emerging disease, antimicrobial drug resistance, and toxicology.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and Chemistry (GIR),1.084[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.109,Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering,"Introduces experimental biochemical and molecular techniques from a quantitative engineering perspective. Experimental design, data analysis, and scientific communication form the underpinnings of this subject. In this, students complete discovery-based experimental modules drawn from current technologies and active research projects of BE faculty. Generally, topics include DNA engineering, in which students design, construct, and use genetic material; parts engineering, emphasizing protein design and quantitative assessment of protein performance; systems engineering, which considers genome-wide consequences of genetic perturbations; and biomaterials engineering, in which students use biologically-encoded devices to design and build materials. Enrollment limited; priority to Course 20 majors.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-8-5,"Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), 6.100B, 18.03, and 20.110",N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
20.110[J],Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems,"Equilibrium properties of macroscopic and microscopic systems. Basic thermodynamics: state of a system, state variables. Work, heat, first law of thermodynamics, thermochemistry. Second and third law of thermodynamics: entropy and its statistical basis, Gibbs function. Chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase. Macromolecular structure and interactions in solution. Driving forces for molecular self-assembly. Binding cooperativity, solvation, titration of macromolecules.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,"(Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor",2.772[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
20.129[J],Biological Circuit Engineering Laboratory,"Students assemble individual genes and regulatory elements into larger-scale circuits; they experimentally characterize these circuits in yeast cells using quantitative techniques, including flow cytometry, and model their results computationally. Emphasizes concepts and techniques to perform independent experimental and computational synthetic biology research. Discusses current literature and ongoing research in the field of synthetic biology. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-8-2,Biology (GIR) and Calculus II (GIR),6.4880[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
20.200,Biological Engineering Seminar,Weekly one-hour seminars covering graduate student research and presentations by invited speakers.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.201,Fundamentals of Drug Development,"Team-based exploration of the scientific basis for developing new drugs. First portion of term covers fundamentals of target identification, drug discovery, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, regulatory policy, and intellectual property. Industry experts and academic entrepreneurs then present case studies of specific drugs, drug classes, and therapeutic targets. In a term-long project, student teams develop novel therapeutics to solve major unmet medical needs, with a trajectory to a ""start-up"" company. Culminates with team presentations to a panel of industry and scientific leaders.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.202,In vivo Models: Principles and Practices,"Selected aspects of anatomy, histology, immuno-cytochemistry, in situ hybridization, physiology, and cell biology of mammalian organisms and their pathogens. Subject material integrated with principles of toxicology, in vivo genetic engineering, and molecular biology. A lab/demonstration period each week involves experiments in anatomy (in vivo), physiology, and microscopy to augment the lectures. Offered first half of spring term.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-1-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.203[J],Neurotechnology in Action,"Offers a fast-paced introduction to numerous laboratory methods at the forefront of modern neurobiology. Comprises a sequence of modules focusing on neurotechnologies that are developed and used by MIT research groups. Each module consists of a background lecture and 1-2 days of firsthand laboratory experience. Topics typically include optical imaging, optogenetics, high throughput neurobiology, MRI/fMRI, advanced electrophysiology, viral and genetic tools, and connectomics.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,Permission of instructor,9.123[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.205[J],Principles and Applications of Genetic Engineering for Biotechnology and Neuroscience,"Covers principles underlying current and future genetic engineering approaches, ranging from single cellular organisms to whole animals. Focuses on development and invention of technologies for engineering biological systems at the genomic level, and applications of engineered biological systems for medical and biotechnological needs, with particular emphasis on genetic manipulation of the nervous system. Design projects by students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR),9.26[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.213,"Genome Stability and Engineering in the Context of Diseases, Drugs, and Public Health","Examines the chemistry and biological consequences of DNA damaging agents present endogenously and in our air, food, and water. In addition, discusses DNA damaging agents that are used as chemotherapeutics. Explores the underlying molecular processes of DNA repair pathways and their roles in cancer, neurological disorders, aging, CRISPR gene editing, and antibody diversification. Investigates how heritable differences in DNA repair capacity, in combination with environmental exposures, impact genome instability and downstream diseases. Emphasis is placed on how these processes relate to environmental justice and public health.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"5.07, 7.05, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.215,"Macroepidemiology, Population Genetics, and Stem Cell Biology of Human Clonal Diseases","Studies the logic and technology needed to discover genetic and environmental risks for common human cancers and vascular diseases. Includes an introduction to metakaryotic stem cell biology. Analyzes large, organized historical public health databases using quantitative cascade computer models that include population stratification of stem cell mutation rates in fetal/juvenile tissues and growth rates in preneoplastic colonies and atherosclerotic plaques. Means to test hypotheses (CAST) that certain genes carry mutations conferring risk for common cancers via genetic analyses in large human cohorts. Involves de novo computer modeling of a lifetime disease experience or test of a student-developed hypothesis.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-15,Calculus II (GIR) and 1.00,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.219,Selected Topics in Biological Engineering,Detailed discussion of selected topics of current interest. Classwork in various areas not covered by regular subjects.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.230[J],Immunology,"Comprehensive survey of molecular, genetic, and cellular aspects of the immune system. Topics include innate and adaptive immunity; cells and organs of the immune system; hematopoiesis; immunoglobulin, T cell receptor, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins and genes; development and functions of B and T lymphocytes; immune responses to infections and tumors; hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, and immunodeficiencies. Particular attention to the development and function of the immune system as a whole, as studied by modern methods and techniques. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth, including study of recent primary literature.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,7.06,7.23[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.260,Computational Analysis of Biological Data,"Presents foundational methods for analysis of complex biological datasets. Covers fundamental concepts in probability, statistics, and linear algebra underlying computational tools that enable generation of biological insights. Assignments focus on practical examples spanning basic science and medical applications. Assumes basic knowledge of calculus and programming (experience with MATLAB, Python, or R is recommended). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,6.100A or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.265,Genetics for Biological Engineering,"Covers topics in genetics from an engineering perspective. Designed to be taken before, concurrently with, or after a traditional genetics class. Focuses primarily on the quantitative methods and algorithms used in genetics and genomics. Provides a strong foundation in genomics and bioinformatics and prepares students, through real-world problem-solving, for upper-level classes in those topics. Basics of modern genomics tools and approaches -- including RNAseq, high-throughout genome sequencing, genome-wide association studies, metagenomics, and others -- presented. Requires some experience with Python programming.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,6.100A or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.305[J],Principles of Synthetic Biology,"Introduces the basics of synthetic biology, including quantitative cellular network characterization and modeling. Considers the discovery and genetic factoring of useful cellular activities into reusable functions for design. Emphasizes the principles of biomolecular system design and diagnosis of designed systems. Illustrates cutting-edge applications in synthetic biology and enhances skills in analysis and design of synthetic biological applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,6.8721[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.309[J],Instrumentation and Measurement for Biological Systems,"Sensing and measurement aimed at quantitative molecular/cell/tissue analysis in terms of genetic, biochemical, and biophysical properties. Methods include light and fluorescence microscopies, and electro-mechanical probes (atomic force microscopy, optical traps, MEMS devices). Application of statistics, probability, signal and noise analysis, and Fourier techniques to experimental data. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 20 undergraduates.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-6-3,"(Biology (GIR), Physics II (GIR), 6.100B, and 18.03) or permission of instructor",2.673[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.310[J],"Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics","Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Biology (GIR) and 18.03,"2.797[J], 3.053[J], 6.4840[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.315,Physical Biology,"Focuses on current major research topics in quantitative, physical biology. Covers synthetic structural biology, synthetic cell biology, microbial systems biology and evolution, cellular decision making, neuronal circuits, and development and morphogenesis. Emphasizes current motivation and historical background, state-of-the-art measurement methodologies and techniques, and quantitative physical modeling frameworks. Experimental techniques include structural biology, next-generation sequencing, fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy, and quantitative biochemistry. Modeling approaches include stochastic rate equations, statistical thermodynamics, and statistical inference. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. 20.315 and 20.415 meet with 8.241 when offered concurrently.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,"5.60, 20.110, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.320,Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems,"Analysis of molecular and cellular processes across a hierarchy of scales, including genetic, molecular, cellular, and cell population levels. Topics include gene sequence analysis, molecular modeling, metabolic and gene regulation networks, signal transduction pathways and cell populations in tissues. Emphasis on experimental methods, quantitative analysis, and computational modeling.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.100B, 18.03, and 20.110; Coreq: 5.07 or 7.05",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.330[J],"Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems","Introduction to electric fields, fluid flows, transport phenomena and their application to biological systems. Flux and continuity laws, Maxwell's equations, electro-quasistatics, electro-chemical-mechanical driving forces, conservation of mass and momentum, Navier-Stokes flows, and electrokinetics. Applications include biomolecular transport in tissues, electrophoresis, and microfluidics.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"Biology (GIR), Physics II (GIR), and 18.03","2.793[J], 6.4830[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.334,Biological Systems Modeling,"Practices the use of modern numerical analysis tools (e.g., COMSOL) for biological systems with multi-physics behavior. Covers modeling of diffusion, reaction, convection and other transport mechanisms. Analysis of microfluidic devices as examples. Discusses practical issues and challenges in numerical modeling. No prior knowledge of modeling software required. Includes weekly modeling homework and one final modeling project.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-5,20.330 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.345,Bioinstrumentation Project Lab,"In-depth examination of instrumentation design, principles and techniques for studying biological systems, from single molecules to entire organisms. Lectures cover optics, advanced microscopy techniques, electronics for biological measurement, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, MEMs, microfluidic devices, and limits of detection. Students select two lab exercises during the first half of the semester and complete a final design project in the second half. Lab emphasizes design process and skillful realization of a robust system. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 20 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-7-3,"20.309, (Biology (GIR) and (2.004 or 6.3000)), or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.352,Principles of Neuroengineering,"Covers how to innovate technologies for brain analysis and engineering, for accelerating the basic understanding of the brain, and leading to new therapeutic insight and inventions. Focuses on using physical, chemical and biological principles to understand technology design criteria governing ability to observe and alter brain structure and function. Topics include optogenetics, noninvasive brain imaging and stimulation, nanotechnologies, stem cells and tissue engineering, and advanced molecular and structural imaging technologies. Includes design projects.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Designed for students with engineering maturity who are ready for design.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.361[J],Molecular and Engineering Aspects of Biotechnology,Covers biological and bioengineering principles underlying the development and therapeutic use of recombinant proteins and stem cells; glycoengineering of recombinant proteins; normal and pathological signaling by growth factors and their receptors; receptor trafficking; monoclonal antibodies as therapeutics; protein pharmacology and delivery; stem cell-derived tissues as therapeutics; RNA therapeutics; combinatorial protein engineering; and new antitumor drugs.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(7.06 and (2.005, 3.012, 5.60, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","7.37[J], 10.441[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.363[J],Biomaterials Science and Engineering,"Covers, at a molecular scale, the analysis and design of materials used in contact with biological systems, and biomimetic strategies aimed at creating new materials based on principles found in biology. Topics include molecular interaction between bio- and synthetic molecules and surfaces; design, synthesis, and processing approaches for materials that control cell functions; and application of materials science to problems in tissue engineering, drug delivery, vaccines, and cell-guiding surfaces. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,20.110 or permission of instructor,3.055[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.365,Engineering the Immune System in Cancer and Beyond,"Examines strategies in clinical and preclinical development for manipulating the immune system to treat and protect against disease. Begins with brief review of immune system. Discusses interaction of tumors with the immune system, followed by approaches by which the immune system can be modulated to attack cancer. Also covers strategies based in biotechnology, chemistry, materials science, and molecular biology to induce immune responses to treat infection, transplantation, and autoimmunity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,(5.60 or 20.110) and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.370[J],Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing,"Integrated overview of the biophysics of cells from prokaryotes to neurons, with a focus on mass transport and electrical signal generation across cell membrane. First third of course focuses on mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Second third focuses on electrical properties of cells: ion transport to action potential generation and propagation in electrically excitable cells. Synaptic transmission. Electrical properties interpreted via kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Final third focuses on biophysics of synaptic transmission and introduction to neural computing. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-2-5,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.005, 6.2000, 6.3000, 10.301, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","2.791[J], 6.4810[J], 9.21[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.373,Foundations of Cell Therapy Manufacturing,"Seminar examines cell therapy manufacturing, the ex vivo production of human cells to be delivered to humans as a product for medical benefit. Includes a review of cell biology and immunology. Addresses topics such as governmental regulations applying to cell therapy production; the manufacture of cell-based therapeutics, including cell culture unit operations, genetic engineering or editing of cells; process engineering of cell therapy products; and the analytics of cell therapy manufacturing processes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.375,Applied Developmental Biology and Tissue Engineering,"Addresses the integration of engineering and biology design principles to create human tissues and organs for regenerative medicine to drug development. Provides an overview of embryogenesis, how morphogenic phenomena are governed by biochemical and biophysical cues. Analyzes <em>in vitro</em> generation of human brain, gut, and other organoids from stem cells. Studies the roles of biomaterials and microreactors in improving organoid formation and function; organoid use in modeling disease and physiology <em>in vitro</em>; and engineering and biological principles of reconstructing tissues and organs from postnatal donor cells using biomaterials scaffolds and bioreactors. Includes select applications, such as liver disease, brain disorders, and others. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(7.06, 20.320, and (7.003 or 20.109)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.380,Biological Engineering Design,"Illustrates how knowledge and principles of biology, biochemistry, and engineering are integrated to create new products for societal benefit. Uses case study format to examine recently developed products of pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries: how a product evolves from initial idea, through patents, testing, evaluation, production, and marketing. Emphasizes scientific and engineering principles, as well as the responsibility scientists, engineers, and business executives have for the consequences of their technology. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 20 undergraduates.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,"7.06, 20.320, and 20.330",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.381,Biological Engineering Design II,Continuation of 20.380 that focuses on practical implementation of design proposals. Student teams choose a feasible scope of work related to their 20.380 design proposals and execute it in the lab.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,0-12-0,20.380 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.385,Design in Synthetic Biology,"Provides an understanding of the state of research in synthetic biology and development of project management skills. Critical evaluation of primary research literature covering a range of approaches to the design, modeling and programming of cellular behaviors. Focuses on developing the skills needed to read, present and discuss primary research literature, and to manage and lead small teams. Students mentor a small undergraduate team of 20.020 students. Open to advanced students with appropriate background in biology. Students may have the option to continue projects for participation in the iGEM competition.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-3,"(20.020, 20.109, and 20.320) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.390[J],Computational Systems Biology: Deep Learning in the Life Sciences,"Presents innovative approaches to computational problems in the life sciences, focusing on deep learning-based approaches with comparisons to conventional methods. Topics include protein-DNA interaction, chromatin accessibility, regulatory variant interpretation, medical image understanding, medical record understanding, therapeutic design, and experiment design (the choice and interpretation of interventions). Focuses on machine learning model selection, robustness, and interpretation. Teams complete a multidisciplinary final research project using TensorFlow or other framework. Provides a comprehensive introduction to each life sciences problem, but relies upon students understanding probabilistic problem formulations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(6.100B and 7.05) or permission of instructor,6.8711[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.405[J],Principles of Synthetic Biology,"Introduces the basics of synthetic biology, including quantitative cellular network characterization and modeling. Considers the discovery and genetic factoring of useful cellular activities into reusable functions for design. Emphasizes the principles of biomolecular system design and diagnosis of designed systems. Illustrates cutting-edge applications in synthetic biology and enhances skills in analysis and design of synthetic biological applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,6.8720[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.409,Biological Engineering II: Instrumentation and Measurement,"Sensing and measurement aimed at quantitative molecular/cell/tissue analysis in terms of genetic, biochemical, and biophysical properties. Methods include light and fluorescence microscopies, electronic circuits, and electro-mechanical probes (atomic force microscopy, optical traps, MEMS devices). Application of statistics, probability, signal and noise analysis, and Fourier techniques to experimental data. Limited to 5 graduate students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-7-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.410[J],"Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics","Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and 18.03,"2.798[J], 3.971[J], 6.4842[J], 10.537[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.415,Physical Biology,"Focuses on current major research topics in quantitative, physical biology. Topics include synthetic structural biology, synthetic cell biology, microbial systems biology and evolution, cellular decision making, neuronal circuits, and development and morphogenesis. Emphasizes current motivation and historical background, state-of-the-art measurement methodologies and techniques, and quantitative physical modeling frameworks. Experimental techniques include structural biology, next-generation sequencing, fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy, and quantitative biochemistry. Modeling approaches include stochastic rate equations, statistical thermodynamics, and statistical inference. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. 20.315 and 20.415 meet with 8.241 when offered concurrently.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.416[J],Topics in Biophysics and Physical Biology,"Provides broad exposure to research in biophysics and physical biology, with emphasis on the critical evaluation of scientific literature. Weekly meetings include in-depth discussion of scientific literature led by distinct faculty on active research topics. Each session also includes brief discussion of non-research topics including effective presentation skills, writing papers and fellowship proposals, choosing scientific and technical research topics, time management, and scientific ethics.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,"7.74[J], 8.590[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.420[J],Principles of Molecular Bioengineering,"Provides an introduction to the mechanistic analysis and engineering of biomolecules and biomolecular systems. Covers methods for measuring, modeling, and manipulating systems, including biophysical experimental tools, computational modeling approaches, and molecular design. Equips students to take systematic and quantitative approaches to the investigation of a wide variety of biological phenomena.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,7.06 and 18.03,10.538[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.430[J],"Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems","Molecular diffusion, diffusion-reaction, conduction, convection in biological systems; fields in heterogeneous media; electrical double layers; Maxwell stress tensor, electrical forces in physiological systems. Fluid and solid continua: equations of motion useful for porous, hydrated biological tissues. Case studies of membrane transport, electrode interfaces, electrical, mechanical, and chemical transduction in tissues, convective-diffusion/reaction, electrophoretic, electroosmotic flows in tissues/MEMs, and ECG. Electromechanical and physicochemical interactions in cells and biomaterials; musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and other biological and clinical examples. Prior undergraduate coursework in transport recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"2.795[J], 6.4832[J], 10.539[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.440,Analysis of Biological Networks,"Explores computational and experimental approaches to analyzing complex biological networks and systems. Includes genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and microscopy. Stresses the practical considerations required when designing and performing experiments. Also focuses on selection and implementation of appropriate computational tools for processing, visualizing, and integrating different types of experimental data, including supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods, and multi-omics modelling. Students use statistical methods to test hypotheses and assess the validity of conclusions. In problem sets, students read current literature, develop their skills in Python and R, and interpret quantitative results in a biological manner. In the second half of term, students work in groups to complete a project in which they apply the computational approaches covered.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-9,20.420 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.445[J],Methods and Problems in Microbiology,Students will read and discuss primary literature covering key areas of microbial research with emphasis on methods and approaches used to understand and manipulate microbes. Preference to first-year Microbiology and Biology students.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.86[J], 7.492[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.446[J],Microbial Genetics and Evolution,"Covers aspects of microbial genetic and genomic analyses, central dogma, horizontal gene transfer, and evolution.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"7.03, 7.05, or permission of instructor","1.87[J], 7.493[J], 12.493[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.450,Applied Microbiology,"Compares the complex molecular and cellular interactions in health and disease between commensal microbial communities, pathogens and the human or animal host. Special focus is given to current research on microbe/host interactions, infection of significant importance to public health, and chronic infectious disease. Classwork will include lecture, but emphasize critical evaluation and class discussion of recent scientific papers, and the development of new research agendas in the fields presented.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,(20.420 and 20.440) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.452[J],Principles of Neuroengineering,"Covers how to innovate technologies for brain analysis and engineering, for accelerating the basic understanding of the brain, and leading to new therapeutic insight and inventions. Focuses on using physical, chemical and biological principles to understand technology design criteria governing ability to observe and alter brain structure and function. Topics include optogenetics, noninvasive brain imaging and stimulation, nanotechnologies, stem cells and tissue engineering, and advanced molecular and structural imaging technologies. Includes design projects. Designed for students with engineering maturity who are ready for design. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"9.422[J], MAS.881[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.454[J],Revolutionary Ventures: How to Invent and Deploy Transformative Technologies,"Seminar on envisioning and building ideas and organizations to accelerate engineering revolutions. Focuses on emerging technology domains, such as neurotechnology, imaging, cryotechnology, gerontechnology, and bio-and-nano fabrication. Draws on historical examples as well as live case studies of existing or emerging organizations, including labs, institutes, startups, and companies. Goals range from accelerating basic science to developing transformative products or therapeutics. Each class is devoted to a specific area, often with invited speakers, exploring issues from the deeply technical through the strategic. Individually or in small groups, students prototype new ventures aimed at inventing and deploying revolutionary technologies.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,"9.455[J], 15.128[J], MAS.883[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.460,Computational Analysis of Biological Data,"Presents foundational methods for analysis of complex biological datasets. Covers fundamental concepts in probability, statistics, and linear algebra underlying computational tools that enable generation of biological insights. Assignments focus on practical examples spanning basic science and medical applications. Assumes basic knowledge of calculus and programming (experience with MATLAB, Python, or R is recommended). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.463[J],Biomaterials Science and Engineering,"Covers, at a molecular scale, the analysis and design of materials used in contact with biological systems, and biomimetic strategies aimed at creating new materials based on principles found in biology. Topics include molecular interaction between bio- and synthetic molecules and surfaces; design, synthesis, and processing approaches for materials that control cell functions; and application of materials science to problems in tissue engineering, drug delivery, vaccines, and cell-guiding surfaces. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,20.110 or permission of instructor,3.963[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.465,Engineering the Immune System in Cancer and Beyond,"Examines strategies in clinical and preclinical development for manipulating the immune system to treat and protect against disease. Begins with brief review of immune system. Discusses interaction of tumors with the immune system, followed by approaches by which the immune system can be modulated to attack cancer. Also covers strategies based in biotechnology, chemistry, materials science, and molecular biology to induce immune responses to treat infection, transplantation, and autoimmunity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.470[J],Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing,"Integrated overview of the biophysics of cells from prokaryotes to neurons, with a focus on mass transport and electrical signal generation across cell membrane. First third of course focuses on mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Second third focuses on electrical properties of cells: ion transport to action potential generation and propagation in electrically excitable cells. Synaptic transmission. Electrical properties interpreted via kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Final third focuses on biophysics of synaptic transmission and introduction to neural computing. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-2-5,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.005, 6.2000, 6.3000, 10.301, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","2.794[J], 6.4812[J], 9.021[J], HST.541[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.473,Foundations of Cell Therapy Manufacturing,"Seminar examines cell therapy manufacturing, the ex vivo production of human cells to be delivered to humans as a product for medical benefit. Includes a review of cell biology and immunology. Addresses topics such as governmental regulations applying to cell therapy production; the manufacture of cell-based therapeutics, including cell culture unit operations, genetic engineering or editing of cells; process engineering of cell therapy products; and the analytics of cell therapy manufacturing processes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.475,Applied Developmental Biology and Tissue Engineering,"This subject addresses the integration of engineering and biology design principles to create human tissues and organs for regenerative medicine to drug development. Overview of embryogenesis; how morphogenic phenomena are governed by biochemical and biophysical cues. Analysis of in vitro generation of human brain, gut, and other organoids from stem cells. Roles of biomaterials and microreactors in improving organoid formation and function. Organoid use in modeling disease and physiology in vitro. Engineering and biological principles of reconstructing tissues and organs from postnatal donor cells using biomaterials scaffolds and bioreactors. Select applications such as liver disease, brain disorders, and others. Graduate students will have additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.486[J],Case Studies and Strategies in Drug Discovery and Development,"Aims to develop appreciation for the stages of drug discovery and development, from target identification, to the submission of preclinical and clinical data to regulatory authorities for marketing approval. Following introductory lectures on the process of drug development, students working in small teams analyze how one of four new drugs or drug candidates traversed the discovery/development landscape. For each case, an outside expert from the sponsoring drug company or pivotal clinical trial principal investigator provides guidance and critiques the teams' presentations to the class.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"7.549[J], 15.137[J], HST.916[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.487[J],Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Biology and Medicine,"Introduces the theory and the design of optical microscopy and its applications in biology and medicine.  The course starts from an overview of basic optical principles allowing an understanding of microscopic image formation and common contrast modalities such as dark field, phase, and DIC.  Advanced microscopy imaging techniques such as total internal reflection, confocal, and multiphoton will also be discussed.  Quantitative analysis of biochemical microenvironment using spectroscopic techniques based on fluorescence, second harmonic, Raman signals will be covered.  We will also provide an overview of key image processing techniques for microscopic data.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,2.715[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.490,Computational Systems Biology: Deep Learning in the Life Sciences,"Presents innovative approaches to computational problems in the life sciences, focusing on deep learning-based approaches with comparisons to conventional methods. Topics include protein-DNA interaction, chromatin accessibility, regulatory variant interpretation, medical image understanding, medical record understanding, therapeutic design, and experiment design (the choice and interpretation of interventions). Focuses on machine learning model selection, robustness, and interpretation. Teams complete a multidisciplinary final research project using TensorFlow or other framework. Provides a comprehensive introduction to each life sciences problem, but relies upon students understanding probabilistic problem formulations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and (6.041 or 18.600),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.507[J],Introduction to Biological Chemistry,"Chemical and physical properties of the cell and its building blocks. Structures of proteins and principles of catalysis. The chemistry of organic/inorganic cofactors required for chemical transformations within the cell. Basic principles of metabolism and regulation in pathways, including glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, fatty acid synthesis/degradation, pentose phosphate pathway, Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation, DNA replication, and transcription and translation.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,5.12,5.07[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
20.535[J],Protein Engineering,"Introduces the field of protein engineering. Develops understanding of key biophysical chemistry concepts in protein structure/function and their applications. Explores formulation of simple kinetic, statistical, and transport models for directed evolution and drug biodistribution. Students read and critically discuss seminal papers from the literature.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 and (5.07 or 7.05),10.535[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.554[J],Advances in Chemical Biology,"Introduction to current research at the interface of chemistry, biology, and bioengineering. Topics include imaging of biological processes, metabolic pathway engineering, protein engineering, mechanisms of DNA damage, RNA structure and function, macromolecular machines, protein misfolding and disease, metabolomics, and methods for analyzing signaling network dynamics. Lectures are interspersed with class discussions and student presentations based on current literature.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"5.07, 5.13, 7.06, and permission of instructor","5.54[J], 7.540[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.560,Statistics for Biological Engineering,"Provides basic tools for analyzing experimental data, interpreting statistical reports in the literature, and reasoning under uncertain situations. Topics include probability theory, statistical tests, data exploration, Bayesian statistics, and machine learning. Emphasizes discussion and hands-on learning. Experience with MATLAB, Python, or R recommended.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.561[J],Eukaryotic Cell Biology: Principles and Practice,"Emphasizes methods and logic used to analyze structure and function of eukaryotic cells in diverse systems (e.g., yeast, fly, worm, mouse, human; development, stem cells, neurons). Combines lectures and in-depth roundtable discussions of literature readings with the active participation of faculty experts. Focuses on membranes (structure, function, traffic), organelles, the cell surface, signal transduction, cytoskeleton, cell motility and extracellular matrix. Ranges from basic studies to applications to human disease, while stressing critical analysis of experimental approaches. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,7.61[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.586[J],Science and Business of Biotechnology,"Covers the new types of drugs and other therapeutics in current practice and under development, the financing and business structures of early-stage biotechnology companies, and the evaluation of their risk/reward profiles. Includes a series of live case studies with industry leaders of both established and emerging biotechnology companies as guest speakers, focusing on the underlying science and engineering as well as core financing and business issues. Students must possess a basic background in cellular and molecular biology.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None. Coreq: 15.401; permission of instructor,"7.546[J], 15.480[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.630[J],Immunology,"Comprehensive survey of molecular, genetic, and cellular aspects of the immune system. Topics include innate and adaptive immunity; cells and organs of the immune system; hematopoiesis; immunoglobulin, T cell receptor, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins and genes; development and functions of B and T lymphocytes; immune responses to infections and tumors; hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, and immunodeficiencies. Particular attention to the development and function of the immune system as a whole, as studied by modern methods and techniques. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth, including study of recent primary literature.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,7.06 and permission of instructor,7.63[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
20.902,Independent Study in Biological Engineering,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a substantive paper. Minimum 12 units required.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.903,Independent Study in Biological Engineering,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a substantive paper. Minimum 6-12 units required.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.920,Practical Work Experience,"For Course 20 students participating in off-campus professional experiences in biological engineering. Before registering for this subject, students must have an offer from a company or organization and must identify a BE advisor. Upon completion, student must submit a letter from the company or organization describing the experience, along with a substantive final report from the student approved by the MIT advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Consult departmental undergraduate office.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.930[J],Research Experience in Biopharma,"Provides exposure to industrial science and develops skills necessary for success in such an environment. Under the guidance of an industrial mentor, students participate in on-site research at a local biopharmaceutical company where they observe and participate in industrial science. Serves as a real-time case study to internalize the factors that shape R&D in industry, including the purpose and scope of a project, key decision points in the past and future, and strategies for execution. Students utilize company resources and work with a scientific team to contribute to the goals of their assigned project; they then present project results to the company and class, emphasizing the logic that dictated their work and their ideas for future directions. Lecture component focuses on professional development.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-10-0,None,"7.930[J], CSB.930[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.945,Practical Experience in Biological Engineering,"For Course 20 doctoral students participating in off-campus research, academic experiences, or internships in biological engineering. For internship experiences, an offer of employment from a company or organization is required prior to enrollment; employers must document work accomplished. A written report is required upon completion of a minimum of four weeks of off-campus experience. Proposals must be approved by department.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.950,Research Problems in Biological Engineering,Directed research in the fields of bioengineering and environmental health. Limited to BE students.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.951,Thesis Proposal,Thesis proposal research and presentation to the thesis committee.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-24-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.960,Teaching Experience in Biological Engineering,"For qualified graduate students interested in teaching. Tutorial, laboratory, or classroom teaching under the supervision of a faculty member. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.BME,Undergraduate Research in Biomedical Engineering,"Individual research project with biomedical or clinical focus, arranged with appropriate faculty member or approved advisor. Forms and instructions for the proposal and final report are available in the BE Undergraduate Office.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.C01[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C01, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C01","3.C01[J], 10.C01[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.C51[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C51, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C51","3.C51[J], 10.C51[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.EPW,UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop,"Provides sophomores across all majors with opportunities to develop and practice communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to become successful professionals in the workplace, particularly in preparation for their summer industry internship. This immersive, multi-day Team Training Workshop (TTW) is comprised of experiential learning modules focused on expanding skills in areas that employers report being most valuable in the workplace. Modules are led by MIT faculty with the help of MIT alumni and other senior industry professionals. Skills applied through creative simulations, team problem-solving challenges, oral presentations, and networking sessions with prospective employers. Enrollment limited to those in the UPOP program.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],2.EPE,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.S900,Special Subject in Biological Engineering,Detailed discussion of selected topics of current interest. Classwork in various areas not covered by regular subjects.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.S901,Special Subject in Biological Engineering,Detailed discussion of selected topics of current interest. Classwork in various areas not covered by regular subjects.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.S940,Special Subject in Biological Engineering,Detailed discussion of selected topics of current interest. Classwork in various areas not covered by regular subjects.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.S947,Special Subject in Biological Engineering,Detailed discussion of selected topics of current interest. Classwork in various areas not covered by regular subjects.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.S948,Special Subject in Biological Engineering,Detailed discussion of selected topics of current interest. Classwork in various areas not covered by regular subjects.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.S949,Special Subject in Biological Engineering,Detailed discussion of selected topics of current interest. Classwork in various areas not covered by regular subjects.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.S952,Special Subject in Biological Engineering,Detailed discussion of selected topics of current interest. Classwork in various areas not covered by regular subjects.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of an SM or PhD thesis; to be arranged by the student and the MIT faculty advisor.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.THU,Undergraduate BE Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of an SB thesis; to be arranged by the student under approved supervision.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.UR,Undergraduate Research Opportunities,Laboratory research in the fields of bioengineering or environmental health. May be extended over multiple terms.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.URG,Undergraduate Research Opportunities,Emphasizes direct and active involvement in laboratory research in bioengineering or environmental health. May be extended over multiple terms.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.00,Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures,"Through the comparative study of different cultures, anthropology explores fundamental questions about what it means to be human. Seeks to understand how culture shapes societies, from the smallest island in the South Pacific to the largest Asian metropolis, and affects the way institutions work, from scientific laboratories to Christian mega-churches. Provides a framework for analyzing diverse facets of human experience, such as gender, ethnicity, language, politics, economics, and art.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.01,How Culture Works,"Introduces diverse meanings and uses of the concept of culture with historical and contemporary examples from scholarship and popular media around the globe. Includes first-hand observations, synthesized histories and ethnographies, quantitative representations, and visual and fictionalized accounts of human experiences. Students conduct empirical research  on cultural differences through the systematic observation of human interaction, employ methods of interpretative analysis, and practice convincing others of the accuracy of their findings.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.157,The Meaning of Life,"Examines how a variety of cultural traditions propose answers to the question of how to live a meaningful life. Considers the meaning of life, not as a philosophical abstraction, but as a question that individuals grapple with in their daily lives, facing difficult decisions between meeting and defying cultural expectations. Provides tools for thinking about moral decisions as social and historical practices, and permits students to compare and contextualize the ways people in different times and places approach fundamental ethical concerns.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.103[J],"The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender","Examines the role of science and medicine in the origins and evolution of the concepts of race, sex, and gender from the 17th century to the present. Focus on how biological, anthropological, and medical concepts intersect with social, cultural, and political ideas about racial, sexual, and gender difference in the US and globally. Approach is historical and comparative across disciplines emphasizing the different modes of explanation and use of evidence in each field.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"STS.046[J], WGS.225[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.104,"Memory, Culture, and Forgetting","Introduces scholarly debates about the sociocultural practices through which individuals and societies create, sustain, recall, and erase memories. Emphasis is given to the history of knowledge, construction of memory, the role of authorities in shaping memory, and how societies decide on whose versions of memory are more ""truthful"" and ""real."" Other topics include how memory works in the human brain, memory and trauma, amnesia, memory practices in the sciences, false memory, sites of memory, and the commodification of memory.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.111[J],For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family,"Cross-cultural case studies introduce students to the anthropological study of the social institutions and symbolic meanings of family, gender, and sexuality. Investigates the different forms families and households take and considers their social, emotional, and economic dynamics. Analyzes how various expectations for, and experiences of, family life are rooted in or challenged by particular conceptions of gender and sexuality. Addresses questions surrounding what it means to be a ""man"" or a ""woman,"" as well as a family member, in different social contexts.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.172[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.120,American Dream: Exploring Class in the US,"Examines the ""American Dream"" — the belief that all individuals and groups can succeed in the US through hard work and determination — in light of decreasing social mobility, increasing inequality, and shifting patterns of immigration. Focuses on how people use storytelling — such as oral narrative, memoirs, home movies, family photo albums, and novels — to reflect on their day-to-day experience of social class in the United States. Considers how social class intersects with other aspects of identity, such as race, ethnicity, and gender. Students undertake research projects and class assignments using oral histories, interviews, and analysis of archival records.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.127[J],"Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions","The study of power among individuals and within organizations, markets, and states. Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, explores the nature of dominant and subordinate relationships, types of legitimate authority, and practices of resistance. Examines how people are influenced in subtle ways by those around them, who makes controlling decisions in the family, how people get ahead at work, and whether democracies, in fact, reflect the will of the people. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.045[J], 15.302[J], 17.045[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.129,"Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions","The study of power among individuals and within organizations, markets, and states. Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, explores the nature of dominant and subordinate relationships, types of legitimate authority, and practices of resistance. Examines how people are influenced in subtle ways by those around them, who makes controlling decisions in the family, how people get ahead at work, and whether democracies, in fact, reflect the will of the people. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.130[J],Introduction to Latin American Studies,"Examines contemporary Latin American culture, politics, and history. Surveys geography, economic development, and race, religion, and gender in Latin America. Special emphasis on the Salvadoran civil war, human rights and military rule in Argentina and Chile, and migration from Central America and Mexico to the United States. Students analyze films, literature, visual art, journalism, historical documents, and social scientific research.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.55[J], 21G.084[J], 21H.170[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21A.131[J],Latinx in the Age of Empire,"Analyzes the histories and presence of the Latinx population in the context of US territorial expansion, foreign intervention and economic policy toward Latin America. Combines both historical and anthropological approaches to analyze local conditions that lead people to migrate within the broader forces of international political economy. Pays attention to the historical context in the home countries, especially as impacted by US policy. Explores Latinx community dynamics, politics of migrant labor, relational formations of race and transnational forms of belonging. Historically and ethnographically seeks to understand structures of criminalization, activist practices of resistance and the development of deportation regimes.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.270[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21A.132[J],Race and Migration in Europe,"Addresses the shifting politics of nation, ethnicity, and race in the context of migration and globalization in Germany and Europe. Provides students with analytical tools to approach global concerns and consider Europe and Germany from cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives. Familiarizes students with the ways in which histories of migration, travel, and colonial encounters shape contemporary Europe. Introduces the concepts of transnationalism, diasporic cultures, racism, ethnicity, asylum, and mobility via case studies and materials, including film, ethnography, fiction, and autobiography. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.058[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21A.133,Latin American Migrations (New),"Examines economic, cultural, political, and social dimensions of past and present migrations from Latin America and the Hispanic Caribbean to, from, and within the United States. Explores Latina/o community dynamics, politics of migrant labor, relational formations of race, and transnational forms of belonging. Students analyze ethnographies, films, visual arts, journalism, and music to study migration using central analytic concepts from anthropology, sociology, ethnic studies, and Latinx studies.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.135[J],Africa and the Politics of Knowledge,"Considers how, despite its immense diversity, Africa continues to hold purchase as both a geographical entity and meaningful knowledge category. Examines the relationship between articulations of ""Africa"" and projects like European imperialism, developments in the biological sciences, African de-colonization and state-building, and the imagining of the planet's future. Readings in anthropology and history are organized around five themes: space and place, race, representation, self-determination, and time. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.025[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.136[J],Global Africa: Creative Cultures,"Examines contemporary and historical cultural production on and from Africa across a range of registers, including literary, musical and visual arts, material culture, and science and technology. Employs key theoretical concepts from anthropology and social theory to analyze these forms and phenomena. Uses case studies to consider how Africa articulates its place in, and relationship to, the world through creative practices. Discussion topics largely drawn from Francophone and sub-Saharan Africa, but also from throughout the continent and the African diaspora. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.026[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.137[J],African Migrations,"Examines West African migration to France and to the United States from the early 20th century to the present. Centering the experiences of African social actors and historicizing recent dynamics, students consider what migration across these three regions reveals about African projects of self-determination, postcolonial nation-building, and global citizenship. Students also comparatively analyze the workings of contemporary French and American societies, in particular, the articulations of race and citizenship in the two nations. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.028[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.138[J],Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa (New),"Provides an overview of key issues and themes in the study of women and gender relations in the Middle East and North Africa. Includes readings from a variety of disciplines, e.g., history, anthropology, sociology, literature, religious studies, and media studies. Addresses themes such as the relationship between the concepts of nation and gender; women's citizenship; Middle Eastern women's activism and the involvement of their Western ""sisters"" to this movement; gendered interpretations of the Qur'an and the example of the Prophet Muhammad; and the three H's of Orientalism (hijab, harem, and hamam).",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21H.263[J], WGS.220[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21A.141[J],Images of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus Blossoms,"Explores some of the forces and mechanisms through which stereotypes are built and perpetuated. In particular, examines stereotypes associated with Asian women in colonial, nationalist, state-authoritarian, and global/diasporic narratives about gender and power. Students read ethnography, fiction, and history, and view films to examine the politics and circumstances that create and perpetuate the representation of Asian women as dragon ladies, lotus blossoms, despotic tyrants, desexualized servants, and docile subordinates.  Students are introduced to debates about Orientalism, gender, and power.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.048[J], WGS.274[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.143[J],Gender and Japanese Popular Culture,"Examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities, and culture. Emphasizes contemporary popular culture and theories of gender, sexuality, race, and the workings of power and value in global culture industries. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music, anime and feature films, video games, contemporary literature, and online communication. Students present analyses and develop a final project based on a particular aspect of gender and popular culture. Several films screened outside of regular class meeting times. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.039[J], WGS.154[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21A.150,Teaching and Learning: Cross-Cultural Perspectives,"Explores the diverse ways that people teach and learn in different countries, disciplines, and subcultures (computer gamers, magicians, jazz musicians, etc.). Compares schooling to other forms of knowledge transmission, from initiation and apprenticeship to recent innovations in online education. Students discuss various learning theories and apply them to a variety of in-class activities using qualitative methods to conduct original research on topics of their choice. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.155,"Food, Culture, and Politics","Explores connections between what we eat and who we are through cross-cultural study of how personal identities and social groups are formed via food production, preparation, and consumption. Organized around critical discussion of what makes ""good"" food good (healthy, authentic, ethical, etc.). Uses anthropological and literary classics as well as recent writing and films on the politics of food and agriculture. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.461,What Is Capitalism?,"Introduces academic debates on the nature of capitalism, drawing upon the ideas of scholars as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Examines anthropological studies of how contemporary capitalism plays out in people's daily lives in a range of geographic and social settings, and implications for how we understand capitalism today. Settings range from Wall Street investment banks to auto assembly plants, from family businesses to consumer shopping malls. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21A.301,"Disease and Health: Culture, Society, and Ethics","From a cross cultural and global perspective, examines how medicine is practiced, with particular emphasis on biomedicine. Analyzes medical practice as a cultural system, focusing on the human and social side of things. Considers how people in different societies think of disease, health, body, and mind. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.302[J],Dilemmas in Biomedical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?,"An introduction to the cross-cultural study of biomedical ethics. Examines moral foundations of the science and practice of western biomedicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, organ transplantation and other issues. Evaluates challenges that new medical technologies pose to the practice and availability of medical services around the globe, and to cross-cultural ideas of kinship and personhood. Discusses critiques of the biomedical tradition from anthropological, feminist, legal, religious, and cross-cultural theorists.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.133[J], WGS.271[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.303[J],The Anthropology of Biology,"Applies the tools of anthropology to examine biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological enterprise, biodiversity conservation, pharmaceutical bioprospecting, and synthetic biology. Examines such social concerns such as bioterrorism, genetic modification, and cloning. Offers an anthropological inquiry into how the substances and explanations of biology — ecological, organismic, cellular, molecular, genetic, informatic — are changing. Examines such artifacts as cell lines, biodiversity databases, and artificial life models, and using primary sources in biology, social studies of the life sciences, and literary and cinematic materials, asks how we might answer Erwin Schrodinger's 1944 question, ""What Is Life?"", today.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.060[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.311,The Social Lives of Medical Objects,"Explores the theories and assumptions built into objects meant to improve health.  Students read and discuss case studies that follow the often unexpected ways intended intervention objects are designed and developed, globally travel, and at times become part of people's everyday lives.  Studies include a broad range of medical materials and development technologies, such as penicillin, anti-malarial drugs, water pumps, air filters, prosthetic limbs, glucose meters, scales, DDT insecticides, bednets, and micro-nutrient pills. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.312,Planetary Change and Human Health,"Explores intersections between health of the planet and the health of human beings. Drawing upon case studies of growing ecological crisis around the world, topics include the human health implications of global climate change, sea level rise, weather disasters and fossil fuel pollution; connections between the health of plants, animals, microbes, and people; shifting industrial food systems and human nutrition; representations of race and indigeneity amid struggles for environmental justice; waste disposal and nuclear afterlives; and debates surrounding controversial issues such as geoengineering and climate AI.  Students practice inserting environmental sciences in dialogue with toolkits from the social sciences and humanities to explore the uneven social worlds that shape how science gets traction (or not) in policy and law. Limited to 25 students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.319[J],History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology,"Explores recent historical and anthropological approaches to the study of medicine and biology. Topics might include interaction of disease and society; science, colonialism, and international health; impact of new technologies on medicine and the life sciences; neuroscience and psychiatry; race, biology and medicine. Specific emphasis varies from year to year.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,STS.330[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.400,The Stakes of International Development,"Offers an anthropological perspective on international development. Students consider development, not in policy or technical terms, but through its social and political dynamics and its impacts on daily life. Examines the various histories of, and meanings given to, international development as well as the social organization of aid agencies and projects. Follows examples of specific projects in various parts of the world. Examples: water projects for pastorialists in Africa, factory development in Southeast Asia, and international nature parks in Indonesia.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.402[J],City Living: Ethnographies of Urban Worlds,"Introduces the ways in which anthropologists have studied cities. Addressing the question of what constitutes the boundaries of life in the city, students familiarize themselves with key themes - such as the relation between city and countryside, space and place, urban economies, science, globalization, migration, nature/culture, kinship, and race, gender, class and memory - that have guided anthropological analyses of cities across the world. Via engagement with case studies and their own small fieldwork projects, students gain experience with different ethnographic strategies for documenting urban life. Taught in English. Limited to 25 across 21A.402 and 21G.419.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.029[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.404,Living Through Climate Change,"Uses anthropological approaches to better understand those social and political forces shaping climate change as well as proposed solutions, including those leveraging technical and scientific tools. Examines how climate change is bound up, historically and today, with other processes — including land dispossession, pollution, resource insecurity, industrial agriculture, eroding infrastructure, racial housing discrimination, and job loss. Explores perspectives on social justice, community engagement, and lived experiences of climate change — and their implications for science, engineering, and industry. Engages ethnographic case studies that address unequal climate impacts, the effects of policy, and ongoing mitigation efforts unfolding in agriculture, coastal engineering, architecture, urban planning, global migration, and historical repair. Includes a couple of mandatory field trips during class time.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.407[J],"Gender, Race, and Environmental Justice","Provides an introduction to the analysis of gender in science, technology, and environmental politics from a global perspective. Familiarizes students with central objects, questions, and methods in the field. Examines existent critiques of the racial, sexual and environmental politics at stake in techno-scientific cultures. Draws on material from popular culture, media, fiction, film, and ethnography. Addressing specific examples from across the globe, students also explore different approaches to build more livable environments that promote social justice. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.057[J], STS.022[J], WGS.275[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.409[J],Ethics of Intervention,"An historical and cross-cultural study of the logics and practices of intervention: the ways that individuals, institutions, and governments identify conditions of need or  states of emergency within and across borders that require a response. Examines when a response is viewed as obligatory, when is it deemed unnecessary, and by whom; when the intercession is considered fulfilled; and the rationales or assumptions that are employed in assessing interventions. Theories of the state, globalization, and humanitarianism; power, policy, and institutions; gender, race, and ethnicity; and law, ethics, and morality are examined.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,11.238[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.410,Environmental Struggles,"Offers an international perspective on the environment. Using environmental conflict to consider the stakes that groups in various parts of the world have in nature, while also exploring how ecological and social dynamics interact and change over time, subject considers such controversial environmental issues as: nuclear contamination in Eastern Europe; genetic bioprospecting in Mexico; toxic run-off in the rural US; the Bhopal accident in India; and the impact of population growth in the Third World.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.411[J],People and Other Animals,"Historical exploration of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet-keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,21H.380[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.419[J],People and Other Animals,"Historical exploration of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet-keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,21H.980[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.429[J],Environmental Conflict,"Explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western parts of the world in addition to Europe and the United States. Use of environmental conflict to draw attention to competing understandings and uses of ""nature"" as well as the local, national and transnational power relationships in which environmental interactions are embedded.  In addition to utilizing a range of theoretical perspectives, subject draws upon a series of ethnographic case studies of environmental conflicts in various parts of the world.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,STS.320[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.151,"Language, Communication, and Culture","Provides an introduction to linguistic anthropology, which deals with the role of language in social, cultural, and political processes. Considers language as more than just a neutral conduit for exchanging information, but rather as a factor shaping and shaped by interpersonal relationships, national identity, and perception of the world. Drawing on case studies and first-hand observations, students apply methods for analyzing communication and miscommunication in everyday conversation, professional discourse, verbal performance, online interaction, political rhetoric, and more.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.500[J],Technology and Culture,"Examines the intersections of technology, culture, and politics in a variety of social and historical settings ranging from 19th-century factories to 21st-century techno dance floors, from Victorian London to anything-goes Las Vegas. Discussions and readings organized around three questions: what cultural effects and risks follow from treating biology as technology; how computers have changed the way we think about ourselves and others; and how politics are built into our infrastructures. Explores the forces behind technological and cultural change; how technological and cultural artifacts are understood and used by different communities; and whether, in what ways, and for whom technology has produced a better world. Limited to 50.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,STS.075[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.501[J],"Art, Craft, Science","Examines how people learn, practice, and evaluate traditional and contemporary craft techniques. Social science theories of design, embodiment, apprenticeship learning, skill, labor, expertise, and tacit knowledge are used to explore distinctions among art, craft, and science. Also discusses the commoditization of craft into market goods, collectible art, and tourism industries. Ethnographic and historical case studies include textiles, Shaker furniture, glassblowing, quilting, cheesemaking, industrial design, home and professional cooking, factory and laboratory work, CAD/CAM. Demonstrations, optional field trips, and/or hands-on craft projects may be included. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.074[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.502,Fun and Games: Cross-Cultural Perspectives,"Considers the cultural organization of play in different communities and societies. Explores why all people play, how different cultures experience fun, and what particular games mean, if anything. Surveys major theories of play in relation to a variety of play phenomena, such as jokes, video games, children's fantasies, sports, and entertainment spectacles. As a final project, students develop their own case study.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.503[J],The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology (New),"From an archaeological perspective, examines ancient human activities and the forces that shaped them. Draws on case studies from the Old and/or New World. Exposes students to various classes of archaeological data, such as stone, bone, and ceramics, that help reconstruct the past.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,3.986[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21A.504[J],Cultures of Computing,"Examines computers anthropologically, as artifacts revealing the social orders and cultural practices that create them. Students read classic texts in computer science along with cultural analyses of computing history and contemporary configurations. Explores the history of automata, automation and capitalist manufacturing; cybernetics and WWII operations research; artificial intelligence and gendered subjectivity; robots, cyborgs, and artificial life; creation and commoditization of the personal computer; the growth of the Internet as a military, academic, and commercial project; hackers and gamers; technobodies and virtual sociality. Emphasis is placed on how ideas about gender and other social differences shape labor practices, models of cognition, hacking culture, and social media.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"STS.086[J], WGS.276[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.505[J],The Anthropology of Sound,"Examines the ways humans experience sound and how perceptions and technologies of sound emerge from cultural, economic, and historical worlds. Consider how the sound/noise/music boundaries have been imagined, created, and modeled across sociocultural and historical contexts. Learn how environmental, linguistic, and musical sounds are construed cross-culturally as well as the rise of telephony, architectural acoustics, sound recording, multi-channel and spatial mix performance, and the globalized travel of these technologies. Questions of sound ownership, property, authorship, remix, and copyright in the digital age are also addressed.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"CMS.406[J], STS.065[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.506,The Anthropology of Politics: Persuasion and Power,"Introduces the ethnographic study of politics, i.e., what anthropologists understand to be ""political"" in various social and economic systems, from small-scale societies to liberal democratic states. Examines politics across three contemporary contexts: electoral politics, public spheres, and bureaucracies and humanitarian governance.  Students consider and analyze how questions of authority, coercion, and violence have been theorized to relate to the political, and how some aspects of social life are regimented in explicitly non-political ways.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.507[J],"Resonance: Sonic Experience, Science, and Art","Examines the sonic phenomena and experiences that motivate scientific, humanistic, and artistic practices. Explores the aesthetic and technical aspects of how we hear; measure or describe vibrations; record, compress, and distribute resonating materials; and how we ascertain what we know about the world through sound. Although the focus is on sound as an aesthetic, social, and scientific object, the subject also investigates how resonance is used in the analysis of acoustics, architecture, and music theory. Students make a sonic artifact and written report reflecting research as a final requirement. Students taking graduate version complete assignments aligned with their graduate research.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,4.648[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21A.508,Culture and Ethics in Science Fiction Worlds,"Examines the ethical and controversial aspects of technology's impacts on society, as approached through the lens of science fiction and media. From novels such as Kindred to films like Sleep Dealer, the social inequalities and political complexities portrayed in science fiction worlds offer a launch point to discuss the uneasy aspects and uneven reach of science, technology, and medicine. Covers issues including gene editing, data privacy, border surveillance, human experimentation, environmental crises, war industries, and the impacts of AI.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.509[J],"Art, Craft, Science","Examines how people learn, practice, and evaluate traditional and contemporary craft techniques. Social science theories of design, embodiment, apprenticeship learning, skill, labor, expertise, and tacit knowledge are used to explore distinctions among art, craft, and science. Also discusses the commoditization of craft into market goods, collectible art, and tourism industries. Ethnographic and historical case studies include textiles, Shaker furniture, glassblowing, quilting, cheesemaking, industrial design, home and professional cooking, factory and laboratory work, CAD/CAM. Demonstrations, optional field trips, and/or hands-on craft projects may be included. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,STS.474[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.511,Hacking from the South,"Using anthropological perspectives to propose critically reflexive modes of participation in existing socio-technical systems, students draw on ethnographic case studies to understand how practices and definitions of ""hacking"" are grounded in specific political and cultural contexts. With a focus on the Global South (Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Middle East, Asia and Southeast Asia, Oceania), examines the relationship between international development and technological empowerment by interrogating assumptions associated with particular locations and peoples, especially those constructed as peripheral to geographic centers of power. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.513,Drawing Human Experience,"Introduces fundamental techniques of drawing with traditional media and their application as tools of anthropological inquiry. Examines what the human impulse to draw reveals about connections between mind, hand, and eye. Explores ideas, refines perceptions, and communicates insights through both abstract and figurative drawing. Each student completes a portfolio of original drawings with accompanying written analysis. Limited to 20 due to space constraints.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21A.519[J],"Resonance: Sonic Experience, Science, and Art","Examines the sonic phenomena and experiences that motivate scientific, humanistic, and artistic practices. Explores the aesthetic and technical aspects of how we hear; measure or describe vibrations; record, compress, and distribute resonating materials; and how we ascertain what we know about the world through sound. Although the focus is on sound as an aesthetic, social, and scientific object, the subject also investigates how resonance is used in the analysis of acoustics, architecture, and music theory. Students make a sonic artifact and written report reflecting research as a final requirement. Students taking graduate version complete assignments aligned with their graduate research.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,4.649[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.520,"Magic, Science, and Religion","Explores the origins of magic, science, and religion as forms of belief within and across cultures. Addresses the place of rationality and belief in competing sociocultural theories, with a focus on analyzing modern perspectives. Examines how cases of overlap between magic, science, and religion raise new questions about modernity and human nature.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.525,Oceans and Us (New),"Explores how people have understood and encountered the ocean, cross-culturally, as a site of danger, pleasure, travel, food-procurement, commerce, and tourism. Topics include imperial voyaging, piracy, the invention of seaside vacations, the politics of fishing, the culture of onboard living in surface and submarine ships, the rise of undersea entertainment and documentary, regimes of managing maritime spaces and species, and the emergence of the ocean as an object of global ecological concern, particularly around climate change and sea level rise.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.529,Virtual and Other Realities,"Explores virtual worlds created in cyberspace, non-internet ritual spaces, science laboratories, tech companies, and artistic performances from an anthropological perspective. Students acquire analytical tools for thinking about immersive experiences of being someone else, and the socio-economic, political, and technological contexts behind creating specific types of parallel worlds. Examines and contextualizes the ways in which scientists, designers, shamans, ritual specialists, and corporations imagine, respond to, and steer people's desires and needs. Considers debates on the future of imagination, sensory experiences, and creativity in technology. Limited to 20.  This class is designed as a seminar class for graduate and advanced undergraduate students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.539,Hacking from the South (New),"Using anthropological perspectives to propose critically reflexive modes of participation in existing socio-technical systems, students draw on ethnographic case studies to understand how practices and definitions of ""hacking"" are grounded in specific political and cultural contexts. With a focus on the Global South (Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Middle East, Asia and Southeast Asia, Oceania), examines the relationship between international development and technological empowerment by interrogating assumptions associated with particular locations and peoples, especially those constructed as peripheral to geographic centers of power. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.550[J],DV Lab: Documenting Science through Video and New Media,"Uses documentary video making as a tool to explore everyday social worlds (including those of science and engineering), and for thinking analytically about media itself. Students make videos and engage in critical analysis. Provides students with instruction on how to communicate effectively and creatively in a visual medium, and how to articulate their own analyses of documentary images in writing and spoken word. Readings drawn from documentary film theory, anthropology, and social studies of science. Students view a wide variety of classic documentaries and explore different styles. Lab component devoted to digital video production. Includes a final video project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,STS.064[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21A.559,DV Lab: Documenting Science through Video and New Media,"Uses documentary video making as a tool to explore everyday social worlds (including those of science and engineering), and for thinking analytically about media itself. Students make videos and engage in critical analysis. Provides students with instruction on how to communicate effectively and creatively in a visual medium, and how to articulate their own analyses of documentary images in writing and spoken word. Readings drawn from documentary film theory, anthropology, and social studies of science. Students view a wide variety of classic documentaries and explore different styles. Lab component devoted to digital video production. Includes a final video project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.802,Seminar in Ethnography and Fieldwork,"Introduction to ethnographic practices: the study of and communicating about culture. Subject provides instruction and practice in writing, revision of fieldnotes, and a final paper. Preference to Anthropology majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21A.809,Designing Empirical Research in the Social Sciences,"Foundations of good empirical research in the social sciences. Introduction to the basic assumptions and underlying logic of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Explores a variety of approaches to research design, evaluates the products of empirical research, and practices several common techniques. Discusses several major theoretical paradigms used as interpretive frameworks for social science research. Students develop a proposal for their own research project.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.819,Ethnographic Research Methods,"Training in the design and practice of qualitative research. Organized around illustrative texts, class exercises, and student projects. Topics include the process of gaining access to and participating in the social worlds of others; techniques of observation, fieldnote-taking, researcher self-monitoring and reflection; methods of inductive analysis of qualitative data including conceptual coding, grounded theory, and narrative analysis. Discussion of research ethics, the politics of fieldwork, modes of validating researcher accounts, and styles of writing up qualitative field research.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.829[J],Ethnography,"Practicum style course introduces students to ethnographic methods and writing in global health research. Organized around interviewing and observational assignments. Students develop a bibliography of  anthropological and ethnographic writing relevant to their project, and write a short paper about integrating ethnographic methods into a future research project. Preference to HASTS students; open to others with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,STS.360[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.859[J],Social Theory and Analysis,"Major theorists and theoretical schools since the late 19th century. Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Bourdieu, Levi-Strauss, Geertz, Foucault, Gramsci, and others. Key terms, concepts, and debates.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,STS.250[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.901,Independent Study in Anthropology,"Opportunity for independent study, guided research, practicum, or field work under regular supervision by a faculty member. Projects require prior approval of the instructor and Head of the Anthropology Program. Normal maximum is 6 units; exceptional 9- or 12-unit projects occasionally approved.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Two subjects in Anthropology,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.902,Independent Study in Anthropology,"Opportunity for independent study, guided research, practicum, or field work under regular supervision by a faculty member. Projects require prior approval of the instructor and Head of the Anthropology Program. Normal maximum is 6 units; exceptional 9- or 12-unit projects occasionally approved.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Two subjects in Anthropology,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.929,Graduate Independent Study,Opportunity for study or projects at an advanced level with an Anthropology faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.939,Graduate Independent Study,Opportunity for study or projects at an advanced level with an Anthropology faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.949,Graduate Independent Study,Opportunity for study or projects at an advanced level with an Anthropology faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.989[J],HASTS Dissertation Writing Workshop (New),"Bi-weekly seminar for students in the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology & Society (HASTS) who have completed research and are in the process of writing their dissertations. Each class focuses on a particular element of the writing: organizing chapters, engaging the secondary literature, the art of the vignette, etc. Depending on student needs, some classes may be tailored to anthropological writing or to historical writing. Students are given ample opportunity to workshop draft passages and chapters. For PhD students only. PhD students outside the HASTS program require permission of instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-5,None,"21H.960[J], STS.860[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.S01,Special Subject in Anthropology,Seminar or lecture on a topic in anthropology that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.S02,Special Subject in Anthropology,Seminar or lecture on a topic in anthropology that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.S10,Special Graduate Subject in Anthropology,Seminar or lecture on a topic in anthropology that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.S11,Special Graduate Subject in Anthropology,Seminar or lecture on a topic in anthropology that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.THT,Anthropology Pre-Thesis Tutorial,"Students writing a thesis work with an advisor to develop research topics, review relevant research and scholarship, frame research questions, choose an appropriate methodology for data collection and analysis, and draft the introductory and methodology sections of their theses. Includes substantial practice in writing (with revision) and oral presentations.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.THU,Undergraduate Thesis in Anthropology,"Completion of work on the senior major thesis under supervision of a faculty thesis advisor.  Includes oral presentation of thesis progress early in the term, assembling and revising the final text, and a final meeting with a committee of faculty evaluators to discuss the successes and limitations of the project.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,21A.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.UR,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21A.URG,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project.  For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.013,Discovering Multilingual Boston: Voices of Immigrant Communities,"This discovery subject will expose first-year students to the 21G curriculum through exposure to the importance of global languages in our local community. Introduces Boston's multilingual richness and vibrant immigrant communities through an exploration of the city's diverse cultures and neighborhoods. Readings and films provide an overview of Boston's recent immigrant profile, document key issues within immigrant communities, and provide testimonies of lived experience. Field trips and guest speakers allow students to learn from organizations working with immigrants in Boston neighborhoods. Students have the option to produce a blog to document their findings and report on an immigrant community, struggle, or testimony. Class meets every other week over the course of the term. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 16; preference for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.014,Introduction to Russian Politics and Society,"Introduces students to contemporary Russia through analysis of major political, social, and cultural trends and addresses how they have developed due to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Considers the role of identity, state propaganda, civil society — including those in exile — and music both as an instrument of political power and popular resistance. Study materials include academic and media articles, recent documentaries, and video interviews with prominent figures in Russian science and culture. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students. Limited to 15.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.015,"Introduction to Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Meditation","Companion to the Fitness and Meditation class offered through MIT's Wellness program. Introduces students to the basic ideas of Buddhism, the history of Buddhism's transmission through East Asia, and core aspects of the philosophy of Humanistic Buddhism, including the role of meditation and mindfulness in Buddhist practice. Meets with the MIT Wellness Fitness and Meditation class; students must enroll in both to receive credit. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.011,Topics in Indian Popular Culture,"Overview of Indian popular culture over the last two decades, through a variety of material such as popular fiction, music, television and Bombay cinema. Explores major themes and their representations in relation to current social and political issues, elements of the formulaic masala movie, music and melodrama, ideas of nostalgia and incumbent change in youth culture, and questions of gender and sexuality in popular fiction. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.022[J],International Women's Voices,"Introduces students to a variety of fictional works by contemporary women writers. International perspective emphasizes the extent to which each author's work reflects her distinct cultural heritage and to what extent, if any, there is an identifiable female voice that transcends national boundaries. Uses a variety of interpretive perspectives, including sociohistorical, psychoanalytic, and feminist criticism, to examine texts. Authors include Mariama Ba, Isabel Allende, Anita Desai, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Doris Lessing, Alifa Riyaat, Yang Jiang, Nawal Al-Saadawi, and Sawako Ariyoshi. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21L.522[J], WGS.141[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.024[J],The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism,Development of bilingualism in human history (from Australopithecus to present day). Focuses on linguistic aspects of bilingualism; models of bilingualism and language acquisition; competence versus performance; effects of bilingualism on other domains of human cognition; brain imaging studies; early versus late bilingualism; opportunities to observe and conduct original research; and implications for educational policies among others. Students participate in six online web meetings with partner institutions. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.900 or 24.9000,24.906[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21G.025[J],Africa and the Politics of Knowledge,"Considers how, despite its immense diversity, Africa continues to hold purchase as both a geographical entity and meaningful knowledge category. Examines the relationship between articulations of ""Africa"" and projects like European imperialism, developments in the biological sciences, African de-colonization and state-building, and the imagining of the planet's future. Readings in anthropology and history are organized around five themes: space and place, race, representation, self-determination, and time. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.135[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.026[J],Global Africa: Creative Cultures,"Examines contemporary and historical cultural production on and from Africa across a range of registers, including literary, musical and visual arts, material culture, and science and technology. Employs key theoretical concepts from anthropology and social theory to analyze these forms and phenomena. Uses case studies to consider how Africa articulates its place in, and relationship to, the world through creative practices. Discussion topics largely drawn from Francophone and sub-Saharan Africa, but also from throughout the continent and the African diaspora. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.136[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.028[J],African Migrations,"Examines West African migration to France and to the United States from the early 20th century to the present. Centering the experiences of African social actors and historicizing recent dynamics, students consider what migration across these three regions reveals about African projects of self-determination, postcolonial nation-building, and global citizenship. Students also comparatively analyze the workings of contemporary French and American societies, in particular, the articulations of race and citizenship in the two nations. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.137[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.029[J],City Living: Ethnographies of Urban Worlds,"Introduces the ways in which anthropologists have studied cities. Addressing the question of what constitutes the boundaries of life in the city, students familiarize themselves with key themes - such as the relation between city and countryside, space and place, urban economies, science, globalization, migration, nature/culture, kinship, and race, gender, class and memory - that have guided anthropological analyses of cities across the world. Via engagement with case studies and their own small fieldwork projects, students gain experience with different ethnographic strategies for documenting urban life. Taught in English. Limited to 25 across 21A.402 and 21G.419.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.402[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.030[J],Introduction to East Asian Cultures: From Zen to K-Pop,"Examines traditional forms of East Asian culture (including literature, art, performance, food, and religion) as well as contemporary forms of popular culture (film, pop music, karaoke, and manga). Covers China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with an emphasis on China. Considers women's culture, as well as the influence and presence of Asian cultural expressions in the US. Uses resources in the Boston area, including the MFA, the Children's Museum, and the Sackler collection at Harvard. Taught in English.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.236[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.036[J],Advertising and Media: Comparative Perspectives,"Compares modern and contemporary advertising culture in China, the US, and other emerging markets. First half focuses on branding in the old media environment; second half introduces the changing practice of advertising in the new media environment. Topics include branding and positioning, media planning, social media campaigns, cause marketing 2.0, social TV, and mobility marketing. Required lab work includes interactive sessions in branding a team product for the US (or a European country) and China markets. Taught in English and requires no knowledge of Chinese. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.356[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.038,China in the News: The Untold Stories,"Examines issues and debates crucial to understanding contemporary Chinese society, culture, and politics. Discusses how cultural politics frames the way in which China is viewed by mass media around the world and by China scholars in the West. Topics include the Beijing Olympic Games; Mao in post-Mao China; the new patriotism; leisure and consumer culture; the rise of the internet and web culture in urban China; media censorship, remix, and creative online culture. Analyzes the central debate over progress and the role played by the state, the market, and citizen activists in engineering social change. Uses documentaries and feature films to illustrate the cultural, social and political changes that have taken place in China since the 1980s. Includes two short writing assignments and a final paper. Taught in English.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.039[J],Gender and Japanese Popular Culture,"Examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities, and culture. Emphasizes contemporary popular culture and theories of gender, sexuality, race, and the workings of power and value in global culture industries. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music, anime and feature films, video games, contemporary literature, and online communication. Students present analyses and develop a final project based on a particular aspect of gender and popular culture. Several films screened outside of regular class meeting times. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.143[J], WGS.154[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.040,A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society,"Introduction to Indian culture through films, short-stories, novels, essays, newspaper articles. Examines some major social and political controversies of contemporary India through discussions centered on India's history, politics and religion. Focuses on issues such as ethnic tension and terrorism, poverty and inequality, caste conflict, the missing women, and the effects of globalization on popular and folk cultures. Particular emphasis on the IT revolution, outsourcing, the new global India and the enormous regional and subcultural differences. Taught in English.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.041[J],Foundations of East Asian Literature and Culture: From Confucius to the Beats,"Studies foundational works from East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam) with a focus on their cultural context and contemporary relevance and asks how ""Literature"" looks different when conceived through some of the world's oldest literatures beyond the West. Explores philosophical texts, history writing, poetry, stories and diaries, tales, and novels. Hones skills of reading, writing, and speaking with a sense of cultural sensitivity, historical depth, and comparative contemplation. Students who have taken this topic under 21L.007 cannot also receive credit for 21L.040.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.040[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.042[J],"Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game","Analyzing core chapters of the great Chinese epic novel, Three Kingdoms, and its adaptations across diverse media, considers what underlies the appeal of this classic narrative over the centuries. Through focus on historical events in the period 206 BC to AD 280, examines the representation of power, diplomacy, war, and strategy, and explores the tension among competing models of political authority and legitimacy. Covers basic elements of classical Chinese political and philosophical thought, and literary and cultural history. Final group project involves digital humanities tools. Readings in translation. Films and video in Chinese with English subtitles.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21H.352[J], 21L.492[J], CMS.359[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.043[J],From Yellow Peril to Model Minority: Asian American History to 1968,"Provides an overview of Asian American history between the 1830s and 1968 and  its relevance for contemporary issues. Covers the first wave of Asian immigration in the 19th century, the rise of anti-Asian movements, the experiences of Asian Americans during WWII, the 1965 immigration reform, and the emergence of the Asian American movement in the 1960s. Examines the role these experiences played in the formation of Asian American ethnicity. Addresses key societal issues such as racial stereotyping, xenophobia, ethnicity and racial formation, citizenship, worker activism, immigrant community building, the ""model minority"" myth, and anti-Asian harassment and violence. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.107[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.044[J],Classics of Chinese Literature in Translation,"Introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, as well as to introduce students to the classic works of the Chinese literary tradition. Works read include Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Margin, Dream of the Red Chamber, and the poetry of the major Tang dynasty poets. Literature read in translation. Taught in English.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21L.494[J], WGS.235[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.045[J],Global Chinese Food: A Historical Overview,"Introduces the history of Chinese food around the world. Illustrates how the globalization of Chinese food is deeply connected to Chinese migration patterns, expansion of Western influence in Asia, Chinese entrepreneurship, and interethnic relations in places of Chinese settlement. With an overview of earlier periods in Chinese history, focuses on the 18th through 20th centuries, specifically on major events in modern world history that affected the availability and demand for Chinese food. Considers environmental issues in relation to China's changing food systems. Includes a mandatory field trip to Boston Chinatown. Taught in English. Limited to 30.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.156[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.046,Modern Chinese Fiction and Cinema,"Covers major works of Chinese fiction and film, from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Focusing on the modern period, examines how Chinese intellectuals, writers, and filmmakers have used artistic works to critically explore major issues in modern Chinese culture and society. Literature read in translation. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.048[J],Images of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus Blossoms,"Explores some of the forces and mechanisms through which stereotypes are built and perpetuated. In particular, examines stereotypes associated with Asian women in colonial, nationalist, state-authoritarian, and global/diasporic narratives about gender and power. Students read ethnography, fiction, and history, and view films to examine the politics and circumstances that create and perpetuate the representation of Asian women as dragon ladies, lotus blossoms, despotic tyrants, desexualized servants, and docile subordinates.  Students are introduced to debates about Orientalism, gender, and power.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.141[J], WGS.274[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.049[J],French Photography,Introduces students to the world of French photography from its invention in the 1820s to the present. Provides exposure to major photographers and images of the French tradition and encourages students to explore the social and cultural roles and meanings of photographs. Designed to help students navigate their own photo-saturated worlds; provides opportunity to gain practical experience in photography. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"4.674[J], 21H.145[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21G.050[J],Looking East/Looking West (New),"Examines how objects and images mediate encounters between people and helped define the ""Orient"" and the ""Occident."" Explores the visual and material culture as well as textual accounts produced by and consumed during encounters between European and Asian travelers, diplomats, artists, writers, and tourists since the seventeenth century. Considers the frameworks scholars have used to understand these encounters and how we might deploy those frameworks ourselves. Employs historical thinking to work on our skills of visual and cultural analysis. Questions how these legacies of material and visual exchange have shaped the community within Boston area.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.247[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.052,French Film Classics,"History and aesthetics of French cinema from the advent of sound to present-day. Treats films in the context of technical processes, the art of narration, directorial style, role of the scriptwriter, the development of schools and movements, the impact of political events and ideologies, and the relation between French and other national cinemas. Films shown with English subtitles. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.053,Understanding Contemporary French Politics,"Examines the changes in contemporary French society through the study of political debates, reforms and institutions since 1958. Analyzes the deep influence of politics on cultural and social life, despite a decline in political participation. Revisits public controversies and political cleavages, from the Algerian war to postcolonial issues, from the birth of the European Union to the recent financial crisis, and from the moral ""revolution"" of the seventies to the recognition of new families. Course taught in English. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21G.054[J],"France and Haiti: Enlightenment, Slavery, and Revolution","Explores the relationship between the Enlightenment, slavery, and the French and Haitian revolutions. Studies France and Haiti prior to 1789, analyzes some of the central texts of the Enlightenment with an emphasis on ideas about monarchy, slavery, and democracy. Considers the place of these ideas and the role of popular mobilization in the French and Haitian revolutionary era from 1789 to 1804. Concludes with an examination of some of the legacies of the eighteenth-century experience for modern French and Haitian politics.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.241[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.055[J],Media in Weimar and Nazi Germany,"Debates over national and media identity in Weimar and Nazi Germany. Production and use of media under extreme political and social conditions with a focus on films (such as Nosferatu, Berlin, M, and Triumph des Willens) and other media. Media approached as both texts and systems. Considers the legacy of the period, in terms of stylistic influence (e.g. film noir), techniques of persuasion, and media's relationship to social and economic conditions. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,CMS.311[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.056[J],"The ""Making"" of Modern Europe: 1789-Present","Provides an overview of European history from 1789 to the present. Explores how the ideas of ""European"" and ""modern"" have been defined over time. Explores major events and the evolution of major tensions and issues that consumed Europe and Europeans through the period, including questions of identity, inclusion/exclusion, religion, and equality. Places major emphasis on the fiction, visual culture, and films of the century as the products and evidence of political, social and cultural change. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.143[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.057[J],"Gender, Race, and Environmental Justice","Provides an introduction to the analysis of gender in science, technology, and environmental politics from a global perspective. Familiarizes students with central objects, questions, and methods in the field. Examines existent critiques of the racial, sexual and environmental politics at stake in techno-scientific cultures. Draws on material from popular culture, media, fiction, film, and ethnography. Addressing specific examples from across the globe, students also explore different approaches to build more livable environments that promote social justice. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.407[J], STS.022[J], WGS.275[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.058[J],Race and Migration in Europe,"Addresses the shifting politics of nation, ethnicity, and race in the context of migration and globalization in Germany and Europe. Provides students with analytical tools to approach global concerns and consider Europe and Germany from cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives. Familiarizes students with the ways in which histories of migration, travel, and colonial encounters shape contemporary Europe. Introduces the concepts of transnationalism, diasporic cultures, racism, ethnicity, asylum, and mobility via case studies and materials, including film, ethnography, fiction, and autobiography. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.132[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.059,Paradigms of European Thought and Culture,"Subject surveys the main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Introduces a set of ideas and arguments that have played a formative role in European culture, and acquaints students with exemplars of critical thought. Readings begin with the Protestant Reformation and move through the French Revolution up to the post-WWII period. Figures to be considered include Luther, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Rousseau, Smith, Marx, Freud, Beauvoir, and Foucault. Class discussions set these texts into the context of European culture. Topics to be considered are artworks by Goya, David, and Duchamp; the architecture of Schinkel; the music of Bach; and the literature of Goethe. Taught in English.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.062[J],Gateway to Japanese Literature and Culture,"Surveys the nature, history, and distinctive features of Japanese literature and cultural history from the beginnings through the threshold of modernity. Examines various genres of poetry, historiography and mythological lore, prose tales and fiction, diaries, essays, Noh and puppet plays, short stories and novels; and helps students appreciate the texts' relevance in the historical and cultural context in which authors wrote them, in the broader context of literary traditions from around the world, and for the humanistic and aesthetic powers that make them poignant to us today. Showcases how authors increasingly enjoyed adapting, redoing, and satirizing earlier models, while constantly developing new expressive forms suited to the urgent needs of their time. Includes an eco-literature lab, a creative writing lab, and a history-writing lab for collaborative experimentation.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.493[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.063,Anime: Transnational Media and Culture,"Explores anime (Japanese animated films and TV shows) as a study in flows among media and cultures. Discusses Japan's substantial share of the TV cartoon market and the reasons for anime's worldwide success.  Focuses on cultural production and the ways anime cultures are created through the interactive efforts of studios, sponsors, fans, broadcasters, and distributors. Uses anime scholarship and media examples as a means to examine leading theories in media and cultural studies, gender and sexuality, technology and identity, and post-industrial globalization. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.064,Introduction to Japanese Culture,"Examines the major aesthetic, social, and political elements which have shaped modern Japanese culture and society. Readings on contemporary Japan and historical evolution of the culture are coordinated with study of literary texts, film, and art, along with an analysis of everyday life and leisure activities. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.065[J],Japanese Media Cultures,"Examines storytelling media in twentieth and twenty-first century Japan, situating emerging media aesthetics and practices alongside broader shifts in cultural and social life. Engages with pivotal works in a wide range of media including film, literature, anime, manga, and video games, as well as critical concepts in Japanese media studies. Taught in English. 21G.593 includes additional work in Japanese. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.354[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.066[J],Gateway to Korean Literature and Culture,"Introduction to two millennia of Korean literature and culture. Discusses texts, artifacts, and films in their cultural context and from a comparative global perspective. Explores poetry; historiography, story-telling, drama and fiction; philosophical and religious texts and practices; and visual materials. Includes creative exercises to help students develop their own Korean wave and K-drama passions with a critically informed eye.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.491[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.067[J],Digital Media in Japan and Korea,"Examines the social, cultural, and political stakes of digital culture in Japan and Korea. Focuses on digital media use (and abuse), including the internet, streaming and mobile media, gaming, robots, and augmented realities; the digital remediation of older media; and methods for the study of online life. By considering how digital media use has developed in each country and reshaped identity, politics, public space, and creative practice, students build a conceptual and critical vocabulary for the comparative study of algorithmic cultures. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.351[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.068,The Invention of French Theory: A History of Transatlantic Intellectual Life since 1945,"Examines post-WWII French theory. Discusses how theorists such as Lacan, Cixous, Derrida, and Debord were perceived in France and the US. Explores transatlantic intellectual debates since 1989 and the ""new"" French theory. Topics include: communism, decolonization, neo-liberalism, gender and mass media. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.070[J],Latin America and the Global Sixties: Counterculture and Revolution,"Close reading of political issues, cultural artifacts, and social actors of Latin America during and in the wake of the revolutionary 1960s. Examines how culture and politics addressed the need to conceptually organize a series of events that were equally momentous and confusing. Questions the established stereotypes and assumptions about Latin America and the sixties that are portrayed in its contemporary, often nostalgic, revivals. Focuses on the ideas that defined Latin America's participation in a global trend of political upheavals, emerging youth cultures, and demands for social justice. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.355[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.072[J],The New Latin American Novel,"Students read newly translated, recent fiction from Latin America and consider contemporary issues in, and approaches to, reading and writing literature in the 21st century. Debates the concept of contemporary in these texts and whether we can still talk about a Latin American novel. Reflects on issues of interpretation, authorship, gender, genre, media, ideology and theories of the novel, Latin American literary history, and translation. Authors may include César Aira, Mario Levrero, Samanta Schweblin, Yuri Herrera, Ena Lucía Portela, Valeria Luiselli, Roberto Bolaño, Marlon James, and J. P. Cuenca. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.353[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.073[J],The Spanish Incubator,"Students travel to Spain to explore the country's influence on our understanding of contemporary culture, from its role as the crucible of the international avant-garde, to its genesis of political art and writing, to its Civil War that ignited the artistic passion of authors around the world, to the exuberant liberation after 40 years of dictatorship. Readings include Hemingway, Lorca, Orwell, Neruda, memoirs of Americans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Spanish poetry of the war and repression that followed, and the films of Saura and Almodovar. Films, readings, field trips to museums, and cultural events enable students to understand the full context in which today's vibrant Spanish democracy emerged. Contact Literature about travel fee and possible funding opportunities. Enrollment limited. Application required; contact Literature Headquarters for details.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-3-3,None,21L.590[J],False,False,False,False,Elective,False
21G.075[J],"Global Chinese Migration, 1567-Present","Examines Chinese migration in historical and comparative perspective, beginning in 1567 with the lifting of the imperial ban on private maritime trade. Covers migration to diverse venues across the globe, including tropical colonies, settler societies, Chinese frontiers, and postcolonial metropoles. Topics include the varied roles of Chinese migrants in these diverse venues, the coolie trade and anti-Chinese movements, overseas students, transnational networks, cultural adaptation, and the creolization of Chinese food in migrant communities. Critically examines the degree to which this transnational migration has produced a ""Global Chinese"" identity. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.253[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.077[J],Introduction to the Classics of Russian Literature,"Explores the works of classical Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including stories and novels by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bunin, Nabokov, Platonov, and others. Focuses on their approaches to portraying self and society, and on literary responses to fundamental ethical and philosophical questions about justice, freedom, free will, fate, love, loyalty, betrayal, and forgiveness.  Taught in English; students interested in completing some readings and a short writing project in Russian should register for 21G.618.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.490[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.078[J],Latin America Through Film,"Traces Latin American history through film and analyzes how this medium represents events in the recent and distant past. Weekly movies provide a window through which to analyze themes such as colonialism, national formation, revolution, gender, race relations, popular mobilizations and counterinsurgency. Examines films for how they represent a particular group or country, the reality they capture or obscure, and the message they convey.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.172[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.084[J],Introduction to Latin American Studies,"Examines contemporary Latin American culture, politics, and history. Surveys geography, economic development, and race, religion, and gender in Latin America. Special emphasis on the Salvadoran civil war, human rights and military rule in Argentina and Chile, and migration from Central America and Mexico to the United States. Students analyze films, literature, visual art, journalism, historical documents, and social scientific research.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.55[J], 21A.130[J], 21H.170[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21G.085[J],"Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917","Analyzes Russia's social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and including the Russian Revolution of 1917. Compares reforming and revolutionary impulses in the context of serfdom, the rise of the intelligentsia, and debates over capitalism. Focuses on historical and literary texts, especially the intersections between the two.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.244[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.086[J],Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present,"Explores the political and historical evolution of the Soviet state and society from the 1917 Revolution to the present. Covers the creation of a revolutionary regime, causes and nature of the Stalin revolution, post-Stalinist efforts to achieve political and social reform, and causes of the Soviet collapse. Also examines current developments in Russia in light of Soviet history. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.57[J], 21H.245[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21G.087[J],Introduction to Russian Studies,"Explores Russian culture and society by analyzing its unique position at the crossroads of Europe and Asia throughout medieval, Imperial, Soviet, and contemporary periods. Investigates a variety of topics: defining the borders of the country and shaping its relationship with the outside world; changes in living spaces from rural to urban, development of cultural centers; and daily life, customs, and traditions. Includes readings in literature, history, and cultural studies, as well visual arts, music, and film. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.144[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.094[J],Cinema in Japan and Korea,"Focuses on landmark art cinema from both countries while providing a thorough introduction to film style. Each week examines a different component of film form, using the close analysis of specific films in their cultural and historical context. Explores the use of video essays as a form of critical analysis. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.352[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21G.095[J],"Cultures of Popular Music in East Asia: Japan, Korea, China","Explores a variety of music cultures in contemporary East Asia. Emphasizes examples from Japan, but forays elsewhere, including South Korea and China. Uses writings, videos, and recordings of musical performances, events, and objects in a variety of contexts to better understand how the concept of culture gives insight into gender, class, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationhood, and individual identities. Explores ethnographic approaches to musical cultures with a focus on the last thirty years. Topics include Japanese hip-hop, K-Pop idols, Vocaloids (virtual idols), Chinese popular music and protest, street music, streaming and online distribution for global music, and experimental music. Students conduct ethnographic fieldwork and produce sonic presentations. No music experience nor technical expertise required. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21M.297[J], WGS.150[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21G.111,Chinese Calligraphy,"Provides an introduction to the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy and its traditional uses. Studies the history of the Chinese writing system and develops skills through guided reading, classroom discussion, and systematic practice with brush and ink. Students work on a small calligraphy project based on their own interest. Taught in English; no prior knowledge of Chinese language required. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21G.101,Chinese I (Regular),"Introduction to modern standard Chinese (Mandarin) with emphasis on developing conversational skills by using fundamental grammatical patterns and vocabulary in functional and culturally suitable contexts. Basic reading and writing are also taught. For graduate credit, see 21G.151. Placement interview with instructors required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese before or on Reg Day. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.102,Chinese II (Regular),"Continuation of 21G.101. For full description, see 21G.101. For graduate credit see 21G.152. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure of Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.101 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.103,Chinese III (Regular),"Continuing instruction in spoken and written Chinese, with particular emphasis on consolidating basic conversational skills and improving reading confidence and depth. Lab work required. Placement interview with instructors before or on Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.102 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.104,Chinese IV (Regular),"Continuation of 21G.103. For full description, see 21G.103. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.103 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.105,Chinese V (Regular): Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies,"Students develop more sophisticated conversational and reading skills by combining traditional textbook material with their own explorations of Chinese speaking societies, using the human, literary, and electronic resources available at MIT and in the Boston area. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.104 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.106,Chinese VI (Regular): Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies,Continuation of 21G.105. For full description see 21G.105. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.105 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.107,Chinese I (Streamlined),The first term streamlined sequence. Designed for students who have conversational skills (typically gained from growing up in a Chinese speaking environment) without a corresponding level of literacy. For graduate credit see 21G.157. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.108,Chinese II (Streamlined),The second term streamlined sequence; continuation of 21G.107. The streamlined sequence is designed for students who have conversational skills (typically gained from growing up in a Chinese speaking environment) without a corresponding level of literacy. For graduate credit see 21G.158. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.107 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.109,Chinese III (Streamlined),"Intermediate level subject in streamlined sequence. Designed for students who have conversational skills (typically gained from growing up in a Chinese speaking environment) without a corresponding level of literacy. Consolidates conversation skills, improves reading confidence and broadens composition style. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.108 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.110,Chinese IV (Streamlined),"Intermediate level subject in streamlined sequence; continuation of 21G.109. Designed for students who have conversational skills (typically gained from growing up in a Chinese speaking environment) without a corresponding level of literacy. Consolidates conversation skills, improves reading confidence and broadens composition style. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.109 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.112,Intermediate Chinese in Shenzhen,"Taught on-site at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China. Consolidates foundations built in Regular Chinese I-III and Streamlined I; continues instruction of skills in aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Encourages development of a sensitivity to linguistically-appropriate behavior, introduces extensive vocabulary and usage as a basis for conversational development, and provides a step-by-step guide to the principles and practice of reading and writing Chinese short narratives. Addresses issues of how cultural differences inform and are informed by different linguistic contexts and practices. Taught in Chinese. Limited to 16.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-6,21G.103 or 21G.107,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.113,Chinese V (Streamlined),"Advanced level subject in streamlined sequence. Designed for students who have conversational skills (typically gained from growing up in a Chinese speaking environment) without a corresponding level of literacy. Students conduct their own explorations of modern China using online and print materials, as well as interviews with Chinese in the Boston area. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.110 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.118,Advanced Chinese in Shenzhen,"Taught on-site at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China. Builds students' vocabulary through authentic material reading, and improves oral communication skills through discussion of topics related to cultural, social and historical aspects of China, focusing on Shenzhen. Provides extensive listening, speaking, reading practice in discourse, including dialogues with native speakers, narrative and description, with emphasis on cultural, social, and historical issues of China. Taught in Chinese. Limited to 16.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-6,21G.105 or 21G.109,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.120,Business Chinese,"Aimed at advanced-level students to enhance language skills and cultural knowledge specific to conducting business in Chinese societies. Topics include the specialization of materials used in commercial, economic, and business contexts; Greater China's economic development, business culture, and etiquette; and case studies from successful international enterprises in China. Students develop project reports based on their own interests. Taught in Chinese. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"21G.106, 21G.113, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.121,Chinese for Professional Communications (New),"Students read and react to authentic materials centering on four areas — business, technology, medical, and students' own choices of academic interests. Students develop advanced-mid speaking skills in a formal context, understand main ideas of lengthy and argumentative texts, interpret related talks and speeches, and present their thoughts in structured essays. Taught entirely in Chinese. No listeners. Limited to 16 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.120 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.151,Chinese I (Regular),"Introduction to modern standard Chinese (Mandarin).  For a full description, see 21G.101. For undergraduate credit see 21G.101. Limited to 16 per section.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.152,Chinese II (Regular),"Continuation of 21G.151. For a description, see 21G.102.  For undergraduate credit see 21G.102.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-5,21G.151 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.157,Chinese I (Streamlined),"Introduction to modern standard Chinese (Mandarin) for students with some speaking ability but little reading ability.  For full description, see 21G.107. For undergraduate credit see 21G.107. Limited to 16 per section.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.158,Chinese II (Streamlined),Continuation of 21G.157. For a description see 21G.157.  For undergraduate credit see 21G.108.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,21G.157 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.133,"Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game","Analyzing core chapters of the great Chinese epic novel, Three Kingdoms, and its adaptations across diverse media, considers what underlies the appeal of this classic narrative over the centuries. Through focus on historical events in the period 206 BC to AD 280, examines the representation of power, diplomacy, war, and strategy, and explores the tension among competing models of political authority and legitimacy. Covers basic elements of classical Chinese political and philosophical thought, and literary and cultural history. Final group project involves digital humanities tools. Readings in translation. Films and video in Chinese with English subtitles. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Chinese. Preference to students in the Chinese minor",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,"21G.104, 21G.110, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.190,Advertising and Media: Comparative Perspectives,"Compares modern and contemporary advertising culture in China, the US, and other emerging markets. First half focuses on branding in the old media environment; second half introduces the changing practice of advertising in the new media environment. Topics include branding and positioning, media planning, social media campaigns, cause marketing 2.0, social TV, and mobility marketing. Required lab work includes interactive sessions in branding a team product for the US (or a European country) and China markets. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Chinese. Preference to Chinese minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,"21G.105, 21G.110, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.192,Modern Chinese Fiction and Cinema,"Covers major works of Chinese fiction and film, from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Focusing on the modern period, examines how Chinese intellectuals, writers, and filmmakers have used artistic works to critically explore major issues in modern Chinese culture and society. Literature read in translation. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Chinese. Enrollment limited; preference to Chinese minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-10,"21G.105, 21G.110, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.193,Introduction to East Asian Cultures: From Zen to K-Pop,"Examines traditional forms of East Asian culture (including literature, art, performance, food, and religion) as well as contemporary forms of popular culture (film, pop music, karaoke, and manga). Covers China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with an emphasis on China. Considers women's culture, as well as the influence and presence of Asian cultural expressions in the US. Uses resources in the Boston area, including the MFA, the Children's Museum, and the Sackler collection at Harvard. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Chinese. Preference to Chinese minors.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,"21G.104, 21G.110, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.194,China in the News: The Untold Stories,"Examines issues and debates crucial to understanding contemporary Chinese society, culture, and politics. Discusses how cultural politics frames the way in which China is viewed by mass media around the world and by China scholars in the West. Topics include the Beijing Olympic Games; Mao in post-Mao China; the new patriotism; leisure and consumer culture; the rise of the internet and web culture in urban China; media censorship, remix, and creative online culture. Analyzes the central debate over progress and the role played by the state, the market, and citizen activists in engineering social change. Uses documentaries and feature films to illustrate the cultural, social and political changes that have taken place in China since the 1980s. Includes two short writing assignments and a final paper. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Chinese. Preference to Chinese minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-10,"21G.105, 21G.110, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.195,Classics of Chinese Literature in Translation,"Introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, as well as to introduce students to the classic works of the Chinese literary tradition. Works read include Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Margin, Dream of the Red Chamber, and the poetry of the major Tang dynasty poets. Literature read in translation. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Chinese. Preference to Chinese minors.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-10,"21G.104, 21G.110, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.196,"Global Chinese Migration, 1567-Present","Examines Chinese migration in historical and comparative perspective, beginning in 1567 with the lifting of the imperial ban on private maritime trade. Covers migration to diverse venues across the globe, including tropical colonies, settler societies, Chinese frontiers, and postcolonial metropoles. Topics include the varied roles of Chinese migrants in these diverse venues, the coolie trade and anti-Chinese movements, overseas students, transnational networks, cultural adaptation, and the creolization of Chinese food in migrant communities. Critically examines the degree to which this transnational migration has produced a ""Global Chinese"" identity. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Chinese. Preference to students in the Chinese minor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-10,"21G.104, 21G.110, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.199,Chinese Youths and Web Culture,"Introduces the cultural trends and media habits of Chinese Generation X and the post-1990s generation, and its context of the rise of Web culture.  Topics include the influence of the global Web culture on China; the cross-fertilization of youth volunteer culture and Web 2.0; popular sites where Chinese college students and other youths congregate, including BBS forums and social networking platforms; and the debates in online communities that made an impact on Chinese politics and society.  Students examine literature on the evolution of Chinese Web culture and conduct exercises using Web 2.0 tools.  Taught in Chinese.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.113 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.301,French I,"Introduction to the French language and culture with emphasis on the acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. Conducted entirely in French. Exposure to the language via a variety of authentic sources such as the Internet, audio, video and printed materials which help develop cultural awareness as well as linguistic proficiency. Coordinated language lab program. For graduate credit see 21G.351. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.302,French II,"Continuation of introductory course to the French language and culture with emphasis on acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. Conducted entirely in French. Exposure to the language via a variety of authentic sources such as the Internet, audio, video and printed materials which help develop cultural awareness as well as linguistic proficiency. Coordinated language lab. For graduate credit see 21G.352. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-1-8,21G.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.303,French III,"Third subject in the French language sequence. Systematic work on grammar and vocabulary expands skills in understanding, speaking, reading and writing in French. Intercultural exploration through a variety of authentic materials, such as music, videos, films, newspapers, and excerpts from literary texts. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-1-8,21G.302 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.304,French IV,"Fourth subject in the French language sequence. Focuses on language and intercultural understanding. Students work with a variety of materials such as surveys, newspapers, commercials, films and music. Systematic work on grammar and vocabulary expands students' skills in understanding, speaking, reading and writing. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-1-8,21G.303 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.306,French: Communication Intensive I,Intensive tutorial in writing and speaking for majors. Provides students with enhanced linguistic and cultural fluency for academic or real-world purposes. 21G.307 builds on writing and speaking skills acquired in 21G.306. Conducted entirely in French. Preference to French majors.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-0,"None. Coreq: 21G.308, 21G.310, 21G.311, 21G.312, 21G.315, 21G.320, 21G.321, or 21G.322; permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.307,French: Communication Intensive II,Intensive tutorial in writing and speaking for majors. Provides students with enhanced linguistic and cultural fluency for academic or real-world purposes. 21G.307 builds on writing and speaking skills acquired in 21G.306. Conducted entirely in French. Preference to French majors.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-0,"None. Coreq: 21G.308, 21G.310, 21G.311, 21G.312, 21G.315, 21G.320, 21G.321, or 21G.322; permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.308,Writing (Like the) French,"For students who wish to continue with language study before taking upper-level subjects in literature or culture. Emphasis on development of reading and writing skills, review of the basic concepts of French grammar, and acquisition of precise vocabulary through the use of printed materials, short stories, and poems. Taught in French.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.310,French Conversation: Intensive Practice,"Training in oral expression including communication skills, fluency, idiomatic French and pronunciation. Discussion materials include short literary and sociological texts, recent films, varied audio and digitized video interviews and the Internet. Taught in French. Limited to 16.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.311,Introduction to French Culture,"Examines major social and political trends, events, debates and personalities which help place various aspects of contemporary French culture in their historical perspective. Topics include the heritage of the French Revolution, the growth and consequences of colonialism, the role of intellectuals in public debates, the impact of the Occupation, the modernization of the economy and of social structures. Also studied are the sources and meanings of national symbols, monuments, myths and manifestoes. Documents include fiction, films, essays, newspaper articles, and television shows. Recommended for students planning to study abroad. Taught in French.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.312,Basic Themes in French Literature and Culture,Introduction to literary and cultural analysis through the close reading and discussion of texts united by a common theme.  Taught in French.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.315,A Window onto Contemporary French Society,"Intermediate subject designed to help students gradually build an in-depth understanding of France. Focuses on French attitudes and values regarding education, work, family, and institutions. Deals with the differing notions that underlie interpersonal interactions and communication styles, such as politeness, friendship, and formality. Using a Web comparative, cross-cultural approach, students explore a variety of French and American materials, then analyze and compare using questionnaires, opinion polls, news reports (in different media), as well as a variety of historical, anthropological and literary texts. Students involved in team research projects. Attention given to the development of relevant linguistics skills. Recommended for students planning to study and work in France. Taught in French.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.316,Marseille Unveiled: Digital Stories and Intercultural Encounters (New),"Intermediate subject that explores contemporary French urban culture and society through a semester-long global simulation project. Students take on the role of inhabitants of an apartment building in Marseille. Focuses on the development of communicative skills through oral and written practice in a variety of styles, forms and registers. Class activities include role-play, problem-solving tasks and debates. Enhances students' abilities to interpret a variety of authentic materials. Deepens understanding of contemporary French and Francophone thought, cultures and fosters intercultural competence. Taught in French. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.320[J],Introduction to French Literature,"A basic study of major French literary genres — poetry, drama, and fiction — and an introduction to methods of literary analysis. Authors include: Voltaire, Balzac, Sand, Baudelaire, Apollinaire, Camus, Sartre, Ionesco, Duras, and Tournier. Special attention devoted to the improvement of French language skills. Taught in French.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,21L.620[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.321[J],Childhood and Youth in French and Francophone Cultures,"Studies the transformation of childhood and youth since the 18th century in France, as well as the development of sentimentality within the family in a francophone context. Examines the personification of children, both as a source of inspiration for artistic creation and a political ideal aimed at protecting future generations. Considers various representations of childhood and youth in literature (e.g., Pagnol, Proust, Sarraute, Laye, Morgiévre), movies (e.g., Truffaut), and songs (e.g., Brel, Barbara). Taught in French.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French,21L.321[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.322[J],Frenchness in an Era of Globalization,"Approaches the question of what constitutes Frenchness in today's era of globalization through issues of memory, belonging, and cultural production. Explores the role of timeless traditions - common technologies, an internationally-spoken language, monuments open to the world, and foods such as wine and cheese - remain quintessentially French. Also covers recent scandals about France's role in the world, such as its colonial identity and Dominique Strauss-Kahn's New York debacle. Taught in French. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French or permission of instructor,21H.242[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.323[J],French Literature and the Goncourt Prize (New),"A study of contemporary French literature and classics through the participation in the US Goncourt Prize jury. ""Le Goncourt"" is the most prestigious literary prize in France. Students study and rank books from the Goncourt shortlist. Prepares students to serve as representatives of MIT on a prize jury at Villa Albertine in New York and choose the winner along with students from Princeton, Duke, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Virginia. Students write a press article to present their experience as a jury. Special attention is devoted to the improvement of French language skills, oral and written. Taught in French. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate level subject or permission of instructor,21L.323[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.325[J],New Culture of Gender: Queer France,"Addresses the place of contemporary queer identities in French discourse. Discusses the new generation of queer authors and their principal concerns. Introduces students to the main classical references of queer subcultures, from Proust and Vivien to Hocquenghem and Wittig. Examines current debates on post-colonial and globalized queer identities through essays, songs, movies, and novels. Authors include Didier Eribon, Anne Garréta, Abdellah Taïa, Anne Scott, and Nina Bouraoui. Taught in French.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French,"21L.324[J], WGS.233[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.326,Global Africa: Creative Cultures,"Examines contemporary and historical cultural production on and from Africa across a range of registers, including literary, musical and visual arts, material culture, and science and technology. Employs key theoretical concepts from anthropology and social theory to analyze these forms and phenomena. Uses case studies to consider how Africa articulates its place in, and relationship to, the world through creative practices. Discussion topics largely drawn from Francophone and sub-Saharan Africa, but also from throughout the continent and the African diaspora. Taught in English with a project that requires research in French. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.328,African Migrations,"Examines West African migration to France and to the United States from the early 20th century to the present. Centering the experiences of African social actors and historicizing recent dynamics, students consider what migration across these three regions reveals about African projects of self-determination, postcolonial nation-building, and global citizenship. Students also comparatively analyze the workings of contemporary French and American societies, in particular, the articulations of race and citizenship in the two nations. Taught in English with a project that requires research in French. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.341,Contemporary French Film and Social Issues,"Issues in contemporary French society as expressed through movies made in the 1990s. Topics include France's national self-image, the women's movement, sexuality and gender, family life and class structure, post-colonialism and immigration, and American cultural imperialism. Films by Lelouch, Audiard, Doillon, Denis, Klapisch, Resnais, Rouan, Balasko, Collard, Dridi, Kassovitz, and others. Readings from French periodicals. Films shown with English subtitles. Taught in French.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-8,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.342,French Pop Music,"Studies the literary, political and social traditions of ""la chanson française"" from the early 20th century to the present. Discusses the influences of world music on both French and francophone songs. Students investigate individual musicians' careers, as well as generational phenomena, such as cabaret songs, yéyés, and French rap. Examines the impact of social media on the music industry in France, the role of television and cinema, and the influence of dance and living art. Taught in French. Limited to 18.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.344[J],French Feminist Literature: Yesterday and Today,"Explores feminist literary voices in France throughout the ages. Discusses the theory that the power of feminist writing lies in its ability to translate dominant language into a language of one's own. Studies lifestyles, family norms, political representation, social movements, as well as the perception of the body. Investigates how feminist genealogies redefine the relationship between belonging and knowledge through a dialogue between several generations of women writers. Taught in French. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French or permission of instructor,"21L.621[J], WGS.321[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.346,Topics in Modern French Literature and Culture,"Close study of history and criticism of French literature, focusing on a specific group of writers, a movement, a theme, a critical or theoretical issue, or an analytic approach. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.  Taught in French.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.347,Social and Literary Trends in Contemporary Short French Fiction,"Examines short stories and short novels published in France during the past 20 years, with emphasis on texts related to the dominant social and cultural trends. Themes include the legacy of France's colonial experience, the re-examination of its wartime past, memory and the Holocaust, the specter of AIDS, changing gender relationships, new families, the quest for personal identity, and immigration narratives. Covers a wide variety of authors, including Christine Angot, Nina Bouraoui, Herve Guibert, and Patrick Modiano. Taught in French.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.348,Global Paris,"Investigates Paris' oversized status as a global capital by looking at the events, transformations, cultures, and arts for which the city is known. Explores Paris as a magnet for immigrants, and how their presence has transformed the city. Takes into account the city as a mythic place, dreamed of and reconstructed as far away as Bollywood and Las Vegas. Provides a deeper understanding of Paris and its current place in French and global cultures. Taught in French.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.353,Understanding Contemporary French Politics,"Examines French politics since 1958. Analyzes how politics has deeply influenced cultural and social life in France, including daily interactions. Questions public controversies and history's political cleavages, from the Algerian war to postcolonial issues, from the birth of the European construction to the Covid crisis. To explore French institutions and understand the impact of political issues in contemporary France, students ""run"" for the French presidency by preparing historical notes, delivering speeches, participating in a first-round presidential debate, and submitting a final political statement. Taught in French. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.356,"The ""Making"" of Modern Europe: 1789-Present","Provides an overview of European history from 1789 to the present. Explores how the ideas of ""European"" and ""modern"" have been defined over time. Explores major events and the evolution of major tensions and issues that consumed Europe and Europeans through the period, including questions of identity, inclusion/exclusion, religion, and equality. Places major emphasis on the fiction, visual culture, and films of the century as the products and evidence of political, social and cultural change. Taught in English with a project that requires research in French.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.304 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.351,French I,"Introduction to the French language and culture with emphasis on acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. Conducted entirely in French. Exposure to the language via a variety of authentic sources such as the Internet, audio, video and printed materials which help develop cultural awareness and linguistic proficiency. Coordinated language lab program. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,3-1-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.352,French II,"Continuation of introductory course to the French language and culture with emphasis on acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. Conducted entirely in French. Exposure to the language via a variety of authentic sources such as the Internet, audio, video and printed materials which help develop cultural awareness as well as linguistic proficiency. Coordinated language lab. Same as 21G.302, but for graduate credit. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-1-5,21G.351,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.368,The Invention of French Theory: A History of Transatlantic Intellectual Life since 1945 (New),"Explores the maze of transatlantic intellectual debates of French theorists that emerged in writings after 1945, from the heyday of French existentialism to critical ecologies. Studies debates and controversies on communism, decolonization, neo-liberalism, gender, youth culture, police violence, and new media. Discusses who the new French theorists are today and their opinions about justice, representation, and identity. Taught in French. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.401,German I,"Introduction to German language and culture. Acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. A variety of contemporary sources, including online as well as printed materials, audio, and video, provide direct exposure to German language and culture. Development of effective basic communication skills to participate in everyday conversation and cultural situations. For graduate credit, see 21G.451. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.402,German II,"Expansion of basic communication skills and further development of linguistic and cultural competencies. Review and completion of basic grammar, building of vocabulary, and practice in writing short essays. Reading of short literary texts. Exposure to history and culture of the German-speaking world through contemporary online materials, audio, and video. For graduate credit see 21G.452. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.401 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.403,German III,"Expands skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing and cultural competency. Develops analytic and interpretative skills through media selections on contemporary issues in the German-speaking world. Discussions and compositions as well as review of grammar and development of vocabulary-building strategies. Recommended for students with two years of high school German. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.402 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.404,German IV,"Discussion and exploration of topics in their current cultural, social, political, and historical contexts in the German-speaking world. Further refinement of oral and written expression and expansion of communicative competence in practical everyday situations. Development of interpretive skills, using literary texts and contemporary media texts (film, TV broadcasts, Web materials). Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.403 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.406,German: Communication Intensive I,Intensive tutorial in writing and speaking for majors. Provides students with enhanced linguistic and cultural fluency for academic or real-world purposes. 21G.407 builds on writing and speaking skills acquired in 21G.406. Conducted entirely in German. Preference to German majors.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-0,"None. Coreq: 21G.409, 21G.410, 21G.412, 21G.414, 21G.417, 21G.418, or 21G.420; permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.407,German: Communication Intensive II,Intensive tutorial in writing and speaking for majors. Provides students with enhanced linguistic and cultural fluency for academic or real-world purposes. 21G.407 builds on writing and speaking skills acquired in 21G.406. Conducted entirely in German. Preference to German majors.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-0,"None. Coreq: 21G.409, 21G.410, 21G.412, 21G.414, 21G.417, 21G.418, or 21G.420; permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.408,German Conversation Practice: Online Immersion,"Focuses on conversational German. Practices communication strategies for a variety of every day conversational situations as well as specific strategies as to how to keep ""things going"" in a conversation and take turns in a conversation. Also practices on how to present oneself in a professional and academic setting in German. There is plenty of opportunity to converse and present themes and topics relevant and current to the German-speaking world. There is one individual student-instructor conference during the term. Taught via live Zoom sessions. Offered during IAP only. Limited to 15 for pedagogical reasons.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-6,21G.403 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.409,"Advanced German: Visual Arts, Media, Creative Expression","Students develop their spoken and written language skills via storytelling, drama, interpretative speaking, poetry slam, writing short, creative texts; and by reading contemporary prose, plays, and poetry. Explores different art forms such as short film, photography, installation and digital art, and commercials. Discusses works by Yoko Tawada, Ernst Jandl, and Babak Saed, among others. Students create their own mini-film, commercial, or multimedia work.  Taught in German.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.404,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21G.410,Advanced German: Communication for Professionals,"Exposes students to current issues and language use in German technology, business, and international industrial relations; discusses ramifications of these issues in a larger social and cultural context. Prepares students who wish to work or study in a German-speaking country. Focuses on specialized vocabulary and systematic training in speaking and writing skills to improve fluency and style. Emphasizes communicative strategies that are crucial in a working environment. Includes discussion and analysis of newspaper and magazine articles, modern expository prose, and extensive use of online material. Taught in German.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.404,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.411,"Conflict, Contest, Controversy: A Literary Investigation of German Politics","Investigates political and historical happenings in German-speaking countries through an examination of politically informed literature and art from the past 120 years. Moves topically, analyzing a wide range of genres and literary movements through lenses such as propaganda, religion, art and extremism, immigration and language, and imaginaries of both the past and the future. Focuses on exploring the dialogues and points of contact between creators and historic- political moments from the early 1900s to the present day, unearthing answers to questions about the past, present, and future of German identity. Taught in German. 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.404 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.412,Advanced German: Literature and Culture,"Explores representative and influential works from the 19th century to the present, through literary texts (short prose, drama, poetry), radio plays, art, animated short film, and architecture. Discusses the construction and social function of these works. Provides students with ample opportunity to enhance their German orally and in writing. Topics include questions of how Germany is shaped by its history, debates about identity and identity formation, technology and the human as machine, science and ethics in the context of the present climate emergency. Includes works by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Kafka, Dürrenmatt, and Herta Müller. Taught in German.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.404 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.414,"German Culture, Media, and Society","Investigates current trends and topics in German literature, theater, film, television, radio, and other media arts productions. Analyzes media texts in the context of their production, reception, and distribution as well as the public debates initiated by these works. Students have the opportunity to discuss topics with a writer, filmmaker, and/or media artist from Germany. Taught in German. Topics vary from term to term.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.404,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.416,20th- and 21st-Century German Literature,Introduces students to important 20th- and 21st-century literary texts and connects them to the often dramatic course of German history in the last century. Surveys German literature from the beginning of the 20th century to the most recent post-unification texts. Each term focuses on a different broader theme. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Taught in German.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.404,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.417,"Cultural Geographies of Germany: Nature, Culture, and Politics","Examines the relationship between nature, geography, and power in 20th- and 21st-century German culture. Familiarizes students with a series of themes in literature, science, engineering, urban planning and everyday life that have played a central role in German national imaginaries and concepts of citizenship. Engaging specific examples and historical, ethnographic, literary and visual material, students explore how human-environment relations have figured prominently in German national identity, its economic power, and global connections. Taught in German.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.404 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.418,Race and Migration in Europe,"Addresses the shifting politics of nation, ethnicity, and race in the context of migration and globalization in Germany and Europe. Provides students with analytical tools to approach global concerns and consider Europe and Germany from cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives. Familiarizes students with the ways in which histories of migration, travel, and colonial encounters shape contemporary Europe. Introduces the concepts of transnationalism, diasporic cultures, racism, ethnicity, asylum, and mobility via case studies and materials, including film, ethnography, fiction, and autobiography. Taught in English with a project that requires research and writing in German. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.404 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.419,City Living: Ethnographies of Urban Worlds,"Introduces the ways in which anthropologists have studied cities. Addressing the question of what constitutes the boundaries of life in the city, students familiarize themselves with key themes - such as the relation between city and countryside, space and place, urban economies, science, globalization, migration, nature/culture, kinship, and race, gender, class and memory - that have guided anthropological analyses of cities across the world. Via engagement with case studies and their own small fieldwork projects, students gain experience with different ethnographic strategies for documenting urban life. Taught in English with a project that requires research and writing in German. Limited to 25 across 21A.402 and 21G.419.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.404 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21G.420,German Cinema,"Surveys the history, aesthetics, and cultural context of German film from the early 20th century into the 21st century. Explores early expressionist films and the interaction of German film and society in early Nazi society. Investigates and compares different film traditions of East and West Germany; and examines the new aesthetic styles of the ""Berlin School"" after the fall of the Berlin wall, as well as new filmic concepts in contemporary productions, including films from filmmakers with migration backgrounds. Special focus on the analysis of the language of film, different genres, and aesthetic traditions in their historical and societal contexts. Taught in German. Limited to 18.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-8,21G.404 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21G.451,German I,"Introduction to German language and culture. Acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. A variety of contemporary sources, such as online as well as printed materials, audio, and video, provide direct exposure to German language and culture. Development of effective basic communication skills to participate in everyday conversation and cultural situations. For undergraduate credit, see 21G.401. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,4-0-5,21G.451 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.452,German II,"Expansion of basic communication skills and further development of linguistic and cultural competencies. Review and completion of basic grammar, building of vocabulary, and practice in writing short essays. Reading of short literary texts. Exposure to history and culture of the German-speaking world through contemporary online materials, audio, and video. For undergraduate credit, see 21G.402. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-5,21G.451 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.501,Japanese I,"Introduction to modern standard Japanese. Emphasis on developing proficiency in speaking and listening, using basic grammar and vocabulary. Basic skills in reading and writing are also taught. Lab work required. For graduate credit see 21G.551. Limited to 16 per section.",True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S51,Special Subject: Japanese I (New),"Experimental version of Japanese I, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language, providing opportunities to acquire basic skills for conversation, reading and writing in Japanese. In in-person sessions, students participate in vigorous drill exercises and discussions, engaging in face-to-face interactions within an immersive learning environment, ensuring immediate feedback. In asynchronous sessions, students engage in asynchronous learning activities at their own pace. Activities include grammar and culture lessons, speaking and reading practice, as well as interactive pair/group work designed to develop students' communication skills, language proficiency, and collaborative abilities while deepening their understanding of the Japanese language and culture. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 16 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.502,Japanese II,Enhancement of the four basic skills. Extension of basic grammar. Vocabulary and kanji (Chinese characters) building. Lab work required. For graduate credit see 21G.552. Limited to 16 per section.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.501 or (placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S52,Special Subject: Japanese II (New),"Experimental version of Japanese II, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Designed to enhance the basic skills for conversation, reading, and writing in Japanese. In in-person sessions, students participate in vigorous drill exercises and discussions, engaging in face-to-face interactions within an immersive learning environment, ensuring immediate feedback. In asynchronous sessions, students engage in asynchronous learning activities at their own pace. Activities include grammar and culture lessons, speaking and reading practice, as well as interactive pair/group work designed to develop students' communication skills, language proficiency, and collaborative abilities while deepening their understanding of the Japanese language and culture. Licensed for Spring 2025 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 16 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.501 or (placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.503,Japanese III,"Students further develop their skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Involves continued vocabulary and kanji building. Coordinated language lab. Limited to 16 per section.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.502 or (placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S53,Special Subject: Japanese III (New),"Experimental version of Japanese III, which offers a combination of in-person and asynchronous remote instruction. Students further develop four basic skills in Japanese - listening, speaking, reading and writing. Involves continuous expansion of vocabulary and kanji. Promotes the development of effective communication and collaborative skills, while nurturing learning autonomy. Aims to establish a solid linguistic foundation while deepening understanding of Japanese culture. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 16 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.502 or (placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.504,Japanese IV,Review and expansion of basic skills. Emphasis on application of basic grammar and vocabulary in various situations. Lab work required. Limited to 16 per section.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.503 or (placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S54,Special Subject: Japanese IV (New),"Experimental version of Japanese IV, which offers a combination of in-person and asynchronous remote instruction. Aims to build a foundation of basic language skills in Japanese - listening, speaking, reading and writing, enhancing collaborative and interactive skills, while also cultivating learning autonomy. Introduces Japanese honorific and humble language to prepare students to navigate various social and professional situations. Includes comprehensive review of intermediate grammar, along with instruction on versatile writing and persuasive presentation skills. Licensed for Spring 2025 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited 16 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.503 or (placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.505,Japanese V,"Systematic development of reading, writing, and oral communication skills. Introduction to advanced grammar that deepens the understanding of Japanese culture and society through reading and discussion. Lab work required. Limited to 16 per section.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.504 or (Placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S55,Special Subject: Japanese V,"Experimental version of 21G.505, which offers a combination of in-person and synchronous remote instruction. Aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Immerses students in various aspects of Japanese culture through authentic everyday Japanese media. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 16 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.504 or (Placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.506,Japanese VI,"Continuation of 21G.505. Further development of reading, writing, and oral communication skills. Extension of advanced grammar and further enhancement of advanced vocabulary. Variety of cultural elements studied through readings, video, and discussion. Lab work required.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.505 or (Placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S56,Special Subject: Japanese VI,"Experimental version of 21G.506, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Immerses students in various aspects of Japanese culture through authentic everyday Japanese media and engaging in multiple task or project-based activities. Licensed for Spring 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 16 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.505 or (Placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.510,Project-based Japanese Learning with Multimedia,"Builds advanced Japanese skills that can be applied to real-life issues and/or problems through project-based learning. Focuses on topics in technology, science, and society, such as AI, robotics, environment issues, social justice, the global pandemic, etc. Develops communicative skills (e.g., explaining, expressing opinions, describing) and expands vocabularies and expressions through class debates and discussions. Students conduct two projects (individual and group) to create quality end-products, using digital technologies (e.g., video, 360 images, VR). In-class time devoted to project progress reports and tangible outcomes; Zoom sessions are used for questions and individualized feedback about the projects. Taught entirely in Japanese. Limited to 16 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.506 or (Placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.551,Japanese I,"Introduction to modern standard Japanese. Emphasis on developing proficiency in speaking and listening, using basic grammar and vocabulary. Basic skills in reading and writing are also taught. Lab work required. Same as 21G.501, but for graduate credit.  Limited to 16 per section.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S57,Special Subject: Japanese I (New),"Experimental version of Japanese I, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language, providing opportunities to acquire basic skills for conversation, reading and writing in Japanese. In in-person sessions, students participate in vigorous drill exercises and discussions, engaging in face-to-face interactions within an immersive learning environment, ensuring immediate feedback. In asynchronous sessions, students engage in asynchronous learning activities at their own pace. Activities include grammar and culture lessons, speaking and reading practice, as well as interactive pair/group work designed to develop students' communication skills, language proficiency, and collaborative abilities while deepening their understanding of the Japanese language and culture. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Graduate Programs. Limited 16 for pedagogical reasons.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.552,Japanese II,"Enhancement of the four basic skills. Extension of basic grammar. Vocabulary and <em>kanji</em> (Chinese characters) building. Lab work required. Same as 21G.502, but for graduate credit. Limited to 16 per section.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-5,21G.551 or (placement test and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S58,Special Subject: Japanese II (New),"Experimental version of Japanese II, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Designed to enhance the basic skills for conversation, reading, and writing in Japanese. In in-person sessions, students participate in vigorous drill exercises and discussions, engaging in face-to-face interactions within an immersive learning environment, ensuring immediate feedback. In asynchronous sessions, students engage in asynchronous learning activities at their own pace. Activities include grammar and culture lessons, speaking and reading practice, as well as interactive pair/group work designed to develop students' communication skills, language proficiency, and collaborative abilities while deepening their understanding of the Japanese language and culture. Licensed for Spring 2025 by the Committee on Graduate Programs. Limited to 16 for pedagogical purposes.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.554,Inventing the Samurai,"Explores the historical origins of the Japanese warrior class as well as its reinvention throughout the archipelago's history. Special focus on the pre-modern era (200-1600 CE). Highlights key historical contexts including the rise of the imperial court, interactions with the broader world, and the establishment of a warrior-dominated state. Also considers the modern imaginations and uses of the warrior figure. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese. Preference to Japanese minors.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.555,Modern Japan: 1600 to the Present,"Surveys Japanese history from the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603 to the present and explores the local and global nature of modernity in Japan. Highlights key themes, including the emergence of a modern nation-state, the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire, the development of mass consumer culture and the middle class, and the continued importance of historical memory in Japan today. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese. Preference to Japanese minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.556,World War II in Asia,"Examines World War II in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with the rise of the Japanese Empire after World War I and ending with the Allied occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952. Highlights the diverse and, at times, contradictory forces in politics, society, and culture that shaped the wartime experiences of the empire's inhabitants. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese. Preference to Japanese minors.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.562,Gateway to Japanese Literature and Culture,"Surveys the nature, history, and distinctive features of Japanese literature and cultural history from the beginnings through the threshold of modernity. Examines various genres of poetry, historiography and mythological lore, prose tales and fiction, diaries, essays, Noh and puppet plays, short stories and novels; and helps students appreciate the texts' relevance in the historical and cultural context in which authors wrote them, in the broader context of literary traditions from around the world, and for the humanistic and aesthetic power that make them poignant to us today. Showcases how authors increasingly enjoyed adapting, redoing, and satirizing earlier models, while constantly developing new expressive forms suited to the urgent needs of their time. Includes an eco-literature lab, a creative writing lab, and a history-writing lab for collaborative experimentation. Taught in English with a project in Japanese. ",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.591,Gender and Japanese Popular Culture,"Examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities, and culture.  Emphasizes contemporary popular culture and theories of gender, sexuality, race, and the workings of power and value in global culture industries.  Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music, anime and feature films, video games, contemporary literature, and online communication. Students present analyses of materials during in-class discussions and develop a final project based on a particular aspect of gender and popular culture. Several films screened outside of regular class meeting times. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese. Preference to Japanese minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.592,Introduction to Japanese Culture,"Examines the major aesthetic, social, and political elements that have shaped modern Japanese culture and society. Includes readings on contemporary Japan and the historical evolution of the culture. Students study literary texts, film and art, and analyze everyday life and leisure activities. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese. Limited to 18; preference to Japanese minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.593,Japanese Media Cultures,"Examines storytelling media in twentieth and twenty-first century Japan, situating emerging media aesthetics and practices alongside broader shifts in cultural and social life. Engages with pivotal works in a wide range of media including film, literature, anime, manga, and video games, as well as critical concepts in Japanese media studies. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese. Preference to Japanese minors.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21G.594,Cinema in Japan and Korea,"Focuses on landmark art cinema from both countries while providing a thorough introduction to film style. Each week examines a different component of film form, using the close analysis of specific films in their cultural and historical context. Explores the use of video essays as a form of critical analysis. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese. Preference to Japanese minors. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21G.595,"Cultures of Popular Music in East Asia: Japan, Korea, China","Explores a variety of music cultures in contemporary East Asia. Emphasizes examples from Japan, but forays elsewhere, including South Korea and China. Uses writings, videos, and recordings of musical performances, events, and objects in a variety of contexts to better understand how the concept of culture gives insight into gender, class, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationhood, and individual identities. Explores ethnographic approaches to musical cultures with a focus on the last thirty years. Topics include Japanese hip-hop, K-Pop idols, Vocaloids (virtual idols), Chinese popular music and protest, street music, streaming and online distribution for global music, and experimental music. Students conduct ethnographic fieldwork and produce sonic presentations. No music experience nor technical expertise required. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21G.596,Anime: Transnational Media and Culture,"Explores anime (Japanese animated films and TV shows) as a study in flows among media and cultures. Discusses Japan's substantial share of the TV cartoon market and the reasons for anime's worldwide success. Focuses on cultural production and the ways anime cultures are created through the interactive efforts of studios, sponsors, fans, broadcasters, and distributors. Uses anime scholarship and media examples as a means to examine leading theories in media and cultural studies, gender and sexuality, technology and identity, and post-industrial globalization. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese. Preference to Japanese minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.597,Digital Media in Japan and Korea,"Examines the social, cultural, and political stakes of digital culture in Japan and Korea. Focuses on digital media use (and abuse), including the internet, streaming and mobile media, gaming, robots, and augmented realities; the digital remediation of older media; and methods for the study of online life. By considering how digital media use has developed in each country and reshaped identity, politics, public space, and creative practice, students build a conceptual and critical vocabulary for the comparative study of algorithmic cultures. Taught in English with a project that requires research in Japanese. Preference to Japanese minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.504 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.800,Accelerated Introductory Portuguese,"Accelerated introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special attention to Brazilian Portuguese. For students with little or no previous knowledge of Portuguese. Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Portuguese. Covers essential content of complete first-year Portuguese in one semester. Maximal use of fundamentals of grammar in active communication. Audio and video based language laboratory program coordinated with and supplemented to class work. Conducted in Portuguese. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.801,Portuguese I,"Introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special attention to Brazilian Portuguese. Focuses on basic oral expression, listening comprehension, and elementary reading and writing. Students develop their vocabulary and understanding of grammatical concepts through active communication. Designed for students with no knowledge/proficiency in Portuguese. For graduate credit, see 21G.851. Limited to 18.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S81,Special Subject: Portuguese I,"Experimental version of Portuguese I, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. An introduction for students with little or no previous knowledge of Portuguese. Aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.802,Portuguese II,"Continuation of 21G.801. Focuses on expanding communication skills and further development of linguistic competency. Uses a variety of authentic materials, such as the audio, video, web, and printed materials, to help develop cultural awareness and linguistic proficiency.  For graduate credit, see 21G.852. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.801 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S82,Special Subject: Portuguese II,"Experimental version of Portuguese II, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Focus on communication with emphasis on basic oral expression. Aims to help students master the core grammar and basic vocabulary of Portuguese, fostering their engagement in everyday conversation with native speakers, as well as reading simple texts, both fiction and non-fiction, with relative ease. Licensed for Spring 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.801 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.880,Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers,"Accelerated introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special attention to Brazilian Portuguese. Designed for speakers of Spanish (native or bilingual, or those who have completed two college years or the equivalent). Covers essential content of first-year Portuguese in one semester. Builds on the similarities and differences between both languages in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation for speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. For graduate credit, see 21G.855. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.803,Portuguese III,"Expands the breadth and depth of students' skills in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Portuguese while continuing to provide exposure to the history and cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world. Uses short stories, films and music to study issues of historical and current interest. Conducted entirely in Portuguese. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"21G.802, 21G.880, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S83,Special Subject: Portuguese III,"Experimental version of Portuguese III, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. A beginning intermediate language class that aims to expand and consolidate the student's basic linguistic skills, as well as several relevant cultural aspects of the Portuguese-speaking world. Includes a thorough review of grammar through exposure to input from various sources: written texts, movies, multi-media and discussions in Portuguese. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"21G.802, 21G.880, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.804,Portuguese IV,"Continued study of the language and culture to improve fluency, accuracy and style in both oral and written communication. Students discuss current news articles, short literary texts, films, music and web-based materials dealing with issues relevant to the Portuguese-speaking world. Coursework also includes grammar review. Conducted entirely in Portuguese. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.803 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S84,Special Subject: Portuguese IV,"Experimental version of Portuguese IV, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Develops linguistic competence and expands students' background knowledge of the history and cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world. Aims to promote cross-cultural understanding through the use of authentic materials such as literary or historical readings, film, music, photography and excerpts from the press. Licensed for Spring 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.803 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.811,Conversational Portuguese,"Intermediate-level subject designed to build the student's vocabulary and improve oral communication through discussion of topics related to cultural and social aspects of Portuguese-speaking societies. Provides extensive listening and speaking practice in oral discourse, including dialogues, narrative and description, with great emphasis on everyday-life situations. Conducted entirely in Portuguese. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.804 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.820,Topics in Modern Portuguese Literature and Culture,"Close study of history and criticism of Portuguese literature, focusing on a specific group of writers, a movement, a theme, a critical or theoretical issue, or an analytic approach. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Taught in Portuguese.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.804 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.821,The Beat of Brazil: Portuguese Language and Brazilian Society Through its Music,"Presents an overview of Brazilian history, art, and culture from the late 19th century to the present day. Topics covered are woven into the larger theme of popular Brazilian music, and include the Modern Art Week of 1922, Cândido Portinari's paintings, the Tropicalist art movement, and the role of artists and intellectuals during and after the military dictatorship. Identifies and distinguishes the main Brazilian musical styles, connecting them to specific historical periods and events, discussing how they reflect different notions of identity, and analyzing cultural production from a transnational perspective. Practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing is provided, with strong emphasis on developing critical thinking. Taught in Portuguese. Limited to 18.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.804 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21G.822,Portuguese Language through Brazilian Film,"Focuses on some of the most representative contemporary Brazilian film productions of the past half century. Topics covered examine their historical, social, political, and social context. Selected films explore aspects such as social inequality, migration, race relations, the role of women in society, as well as major political and historical events that have impacted Brazilian society. Identifies the main Brazilian characteristics and themes in contemporary film production, connecting them to specific historical periods and events, discussing how they reflect different notions of identity, and analyzing cultural production from a transnational perspective. Practice in listening, speaking, reading and writing is provided, with strong emphasis on developing critical thinking. Taught in Portuguese. 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.804 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21G.851,Portuguese I,"Introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special attention to Brazilian Portuguese. Focuses on basic oral expression, listening comprehension, and elementary reading and writing. Students develop their vocabulary and understanding of grammatical concepts through active communication. Designed for students with no knowledge/proficiency in Portuguese. For undergraduate credit, see 21G.801. Enrollment limited.",True,IAP,Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S85,Special Subject: Portuguese I,"Experimental version of Portuguese I, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. An introduction for students with little or no previous knowledge of Portuguese. Aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Graduate Programs. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.852,Portuguese II,"Continuation of 21G.851. Focuses on expanding communication skills and further development of linguistic competency. Uses a variety of authentic materials, such as the audio, video, web, and printed materials, to help develop cultural awareness and linguistic proficiency. For undergraduate credit, see 21G.802. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-5,21G.851 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S86,Special Subject: Portuguese II,"Experimental version of Portuguese II, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Focus on communication with emphasis on basic oral expression. Aims to help students master the core grammar and basic vocabulary of Portuguese, fostering their engagement in everyday conversation with native speakers, as well as reading simple texts, both fiction and non-fiction, with relative ease. Licensed for Spring 2024 by the Committee on Graduate Programs. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,21G.851 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.855,Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers,"Accelerated introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special attention to Brazilian Portuguese. Designed for speakers of Spanish (native or bilingual, or those who have completed two college years or the equivalent). Covers essential content of first-year Portuguese in one semester. Builds on the similarities and differences between both languages in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation for speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. For undergraduate credit, see 21G.880. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-5,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.611,Russian I (Regular),"Emphasizes the development of communicative and cultural competence, as well as mastery of the foundations of Russian grammar and vocabulary. Using video, internet resources, and varied cultural materials, students work on developing speaking, reading, and writing skills. Conducted in both Russian and English. Designed for students with no knowledge of Russian. Limited to 18.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S61,Special Subject: Russian I,"Experimental version of 21G.611, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasizes the development of communicative and cultural competence, as well as mastering the foundations of Russian grammar and vocabulary. Conducted in both Russian and English. Designed for students with no knowledge of Russian. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.612,Russian II (Regular),"Continuing instruction in Russian language and culture with emphasis on acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. Conducted in both Russian and English. Provides exposure to the language via a video program, internet resources, and literary texts that are integrated in grammar instruction and conversation tasks. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.611 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S62,Special Subject: Russian II,"Experimental version of 21G.612, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Continuing instruction in Russian language and culture with emphasis on acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. Provides exposure to the language via a video program, internet resources, and literary texts that are integrated in grammar instruction and conversation tasks. Licensed for Spring 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.611 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.613,Russian III (Regular),"Includes comprehensive review and expansion of grammar and vocabulary. Emphasizes the development of speaking, reading, and writing skills. Examines adapted and authentic literary texts, media resources, and film. Develops communicative skills necessary for personal and professional interaction in a Russian-language environment. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.612 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S63,Special Subject: Russian III,"Experimental version of 21G.613, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Includes comprehensive review and expansion of grammar and vocabulary. Examines adapted and authentic literary texts, media resources, and film. Develops communicative skills necessary for personal and professional interaction in a Russian-language environment. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.612 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.614,Russian IV (Regular),"Features intermediate to advanced study of Russian with a comprehensive review of grammar, and emphasis on more complex communicative topics. Reading and writing skills developed through study of various topics in Russian culture and society. Uses a variety of authentic literary and non-fiction texts, media resources, and film. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.613 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.S64,Special Subject: Russian IV,"Experimental version of 21G.614, which offers a combination of in-person and remote instruction. Aims to achieve simultaneous progression of four skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Includes a comprehensive review of grammar with an emphasis on more complex communicative topics in personal and professional contexts. Reading and writing skills developed through study of various topics in Russian culture and society. Uses a variety of authentic literary and non-fiction texts, media resources, and film. Licensed for Spring 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.613 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.615,Russian V: Russian for STEM,"Explores historical contributions of Russian scientists and inventors in a global perspective. Focuses on developing advanced-level reading, speaking, and writing skills through discussing problems in technology and society, such as the history of the space race, development of internet technologies, environmental issues, and the global pandemic. Students participate in class debates and discussions and create a final presentation on a topic of professional interest. Course materials combine articles, book excerpts, films, interviews, and project-based tasks. Taught in Russian. Open to advanced students of Russian and heritage speakers. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.614 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.616,"Advanced Russian: Explorations in Russian Culture, Society, and Media","Explores various topics in contemporary Russian culture and society, such as the major cultural centers and regions of the country; contemporary music, film, and visual arts; food and culture of hospitality; and ways of behavior and cultural traditions. Engages students in cross-cultural comparisons and offers an opportunity to interact with Russian-speaking professionals of the Boston area.  Focuses on developing higher-level vocabulary, listening, speaking, and writing skills. Taught in Russian. Open to advanced students of Russian and heritage speakers. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.614 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.618,Introduction to the Classics of Russian Literature - Russian Language Option,"Explores the works of classical Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including stories and novels by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bunin, Nabokov, Platonov, and others. Focuses on their approaches to portraying self and society, and on literary responses to fundamental ethical and philosophical questions about justice, freedom, free will, fate, love, loyalty, betrayal, and forgiveness.  Taught in English with additional readings and a short writing project in Russian.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.614 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.901,Korean I (Regular),Introduction to modern standard Korean with emphasis on developing conversational skills by using fundamental grammatical patterns and vocabulary in functional and culturally suitable contexts. Basic reading and writing are also taught. Placement interview with instructors on or before Registration Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Korean elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.,True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.902,Korean II (Regular),"Continuation of 21G.901. For full description, see 21G.901. Placement interview with instructors on or before Registration Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Korean elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.901 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.903,Korean III (Regular),"Continuing instruction in spoken and written Korean, with particular emphasis on consolidating basic conversational skills and improving reading confidence and depth. Lab work required. Placement interview with instructors on or before Registration Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Korean elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.902 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.904,Korean IV (Regular),"Continuation of 21G.903. For full description, see 21G.903. Placement interview with instructors on or before Registration Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Korean elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.903 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.905,Korean V,"Designed to improve students' skills in listening, reading, speaking, and writing in Korean. Explores various topics such as Korean contemporary culture, traditional holidays, humor, history, cultural heritage, daily life, and other related subjects. Students compare, in writing and speaking, the Korean context with their own backgrounds. Placement interview with instructors on or before Registration Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Korean elsewhere. Conducted entirely in Korean. Limited to 16 per section.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.904 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.906,Korean VI,"Enables students to understand current social trends in Korea and to develop cross-cultural insights by comparing Korean society with the students' own societies. Students deal more extensively with a variety of topics, such as Korean proverbs, traditional and contemporary lifestyles of Korean people, contemporary pop culture, and other related topics, in order to gain greater knowledge of Korean culture and a deeper awareness of the role that culture and social behavior play in effective communication. Enables development of a high level of fluency and accuracy in students' linguistic/pragmatic competence and performance. Placement interview with instructors on or before Registration Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Korean elsewhere. Conducted entirely in Korean. Limited to 16 per section.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.905 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.951,Arabic I,"Introduces students to the fundamentals of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) using an integrated approach to develop skills in formal and colloquial Arabic and establish basic proficiency. With an overview of basic phonemes, vocabulary, grammatical structures, and the Arabic writing system, provides opportunities to practice the four skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Introduces students to some of the diverse cultures of the Arabic-speaking world, in order to develop intercultural, communicative, and linguistic competencies. Limited to 18.",True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.952,Arabic II,"Enables students to continue developing skills in basic Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) using an integrated approach to develop skills in formal and colloquial Arabic. Provides opportunities to practice the four skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking to develop proficiency. Extends student knowledge of some of the diverse cultures of the Arabic-speaking world in order to develop intercultural, communicative, and linguistic competencies. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.951 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.953,Arabic III (New),"Continues to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Expands formal, informal vocabulary, and expressions via class discussions and course materials. Assignments and activities focus on building communicative abilities in real life situations through literature, science, media, art, global social issues, and environmental studies. Students use authentic materials to enhance negotiation, reasoning, explaining, describing, and expressing opinions in Arabic. Students present one individual and one group project. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.952 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.701,Spanish I,"For students with no previous knowledge of Spanish. Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. Maximal use of fundamentals of grammar in active communication. Audio- and video-based language laboratory program coordinated with and supplemented to class work. For graduate credit see 21G.751. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.702,Spanish II,"Continues the study of Spanish language and culture using audio, video and print materials, feature films and popular music from Latin America and Spain. Emphasizes writing, vocabulary acquisition, and the study of more complex grammatical structures. Students develop oral skills through group interaction and short presentations. For graduate credit see 21G.752. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.701 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.700,Introductory Spanish for Heritage Learners,"Designed for students who have had previous contact with the language, commonly from interactions with their parents or guardians, and who have some degree of speaking and listening skills. Offers an intensive introduction and review of fundamental grammatical and orthographic forms, with an emphasis on those that can be challenging to Heritage Learners. Provides a space for students to validate their bilingual skills and develop their confidence when using Spanish. Limited to 18; placement interview required.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.703,Spanish III,"Aims at consolidation and expansion of skills in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Uses short stories and other readings, films, music, and Web projects (including a multimedia exchange with students in Spain) to study issues of historical and current interest in Hispanic culture. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.702 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.793,Spanish III in Madrid,"Mastery of oral expression, reading, writing, and listening while experiencing life and culture in Spain's capital, Madrid. Students use language strategically to accomplish objectives and to resolve conflicts, in culturally accurate circumstances utilizing appropriate vocabulary. Limited to 18.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.702 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.704,Spanish IV,"Continued study of the language, literature, and culture of Spanish-speaking countries to improve oral and written communication. Materials include contemporary Spanish and Latin American films, literary texts (short stories, poetry and a novel), online video interviews with a variety of Spanish-speakers and other Web resources. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.703 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.706,Spanish for Medicine and Health,"Develops the linguistic skills needed and builds specialized medical terminology to effectively communicate with, assess and care for Spanish-speaking patients in clinical settings. Develops cross-cultural competence and awareness by considering relevant cultural differences and their impact on the doctor-patient relationship. Also discusses major health issues that affect Latinx communities in the United States. Offers extensive practice in listening, speaking, reading and writing using authentic materials (news articles, public health information sites, videos, etc.) and communicative activities (group work, simulations, debates, oral presentations) to develop the proficiency needed to pursue further language study at the advanced level. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.703,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.708,Spanish: Communication Intensive I,Intensive tutorial in writing and speaking for majors. Provides students with enhanced linguistic and cultural fluency for academic or real-world purposes. Conducted entirely in Spanish. Preference to Spanish majors.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-0,"None. Coreq: 21G.735, 21L.636, 21L.637, 21L.638, 21L.639, 21L.640, or CMS.357; permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.709,Spanish: Communication Intensive II,Intensive tutorial in writing and speaking for majors. Provides students with enhanced linguistic and cultural fluency for academic or real-world purposes. Conducted entirely in Spanish. Preference to Spanish majors.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-0,"21G.708; Coreq: 21G.735, 21L.636, 21L.637, 21L.638, 21L.639, 21L.640, or CMS.357; permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.707,Graphic Stories: Spanish and Latin American Comics,"Fosters development of spoken and written skills to improve fluency and style in Spanish while exploring graphic novels, comics, or sequential art, of the Spanish-Speaking world (Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Chile, Spain, and the USA). Special attention given to: autobiographical memory, gender identity, multiculturalism, transatlantic crossings, and science fiction. Small group work, class discussions, debates, and games will be used in order to expand students' vocabulary in a wide range of topics, as well as to improve command of the more problematic grammatical structures in Spanish. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.710,Advanced Communication in Spanish: Topics in Language and Culture,"Advanced work to further develop oral and written skills in Spanish. Emphasizes communicative tasks and the consolidation of grammatical structures. Discussion, oral presentations, essay writing and group projects improve proficiency and prepare students to pursue advanced subjects and/or professional activities in a Spanish-speaking environment. Topics vary from term to term. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.711,Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition: Perspectives on Technology and Culture,"Develops language proficiency through the discussion of the social and cultural impact of science and technology on Hispanic societies. Topics considered are: how STEM innovations affect and benefit communities, relationships, education, work-life, and the environment; ethical implications of technological decision-making; and the role technology plays in art, literature, and film. Improves oral and writing skills working with journalistic and literary selections, films, videos, and guided essays offering diverse perspectives. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.712,Spanish Conversation and Composition,"Further development of spoken and written skills to improve fluency and style. Oral reports by participants on individual topics and group Web-based and video projects. Analyses of selected literary texts, films and popular music. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.795,Advanced Spanish Communication in Spain,"Improves fluency and oral proficiency through the study of Spanish culture, history and society in an immersive environment. Class discussions, debates and oral presentations broaden vocabulary and idiomatic usage, and help mastery of complex grammatical structures. Provides background on Spanish cultural practices, history, and current developments. Assignments and in-class activities include oral reports based on interviews with locals. Guided cultural activities further appreciation and understanding of Spanish culture, art and history and provide topics for oral and written presentations. Conducted entirely in Spanish. Limited to 18.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.713,"Spanish through Film: Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Spain","Aims to increase oral and written communication, grammar, and vocabulary usage in Spanish while exploring a number of contemporary Hispanic films. Covers major films from Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Spain. Discussion, oral presentations, essay writing and group projects improve proficiency and prepare students to pursue advanced subjects and/or professional activities in a Spanish-speaking environment. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.714,Spanish for Heritage Learners,"Designed for students who have conversational skills (typically gained from growing up in a Spanish speaking environment) without a corresponding level of literacy. Builds upon students' existing linguistic and cultural knowledge to develop competence and confidence in using the language in more formal contexts. Examines a variety of texts and genres, music, films and visual arts, in order to enrich vocabulary, improve grammatical accuracy, and gain a greater social, cultural, political, and historical understanding of the Spanish-speaking world. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Fluency in a Spanish dialect or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.715,Topics in Medicine and Public Health in the Hispanic World,"Strengthens oral and written communication skills in Spanish by examining current topics in medicine and public health. Explores medical and health challenges in various Hispanic nations and among Spanish-speaking communities in the US. Topics include cultural narratives of illness, bioethical considerations of genetic research, women's reproductive rights, Cuba's export of healthcare workers, the ethical implications of medical decision-making, and euthanasia. Draws on sources from the humanities, social sciences and the arts that incorporate diverse perspectives on these issues. Focuses on the use of language in the construction of cultural metaphors and representations of illness and healing. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.716[J],Introduction to Contemporary Hispanic Literature and Film,"Focuses on literary and cinematic production in 20th- and 21st-century Spain and Latin America with a particular emphasis on how social, cultural, political, and technological changes led to aesthetic innovations. Topics include the literature of politics, the avant-garde and subsequent literary boom, the radical aesthetic of the post-Franco era, and post-modern film and art. Materials include short stories, novels, poetry, song, and film. Conducted in Spanish.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21L.636[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.717[J],Power and Culture: Utopias and Dystopias in Spain and Latin America,"Studies how new literary, artistic and musical forms have emerged in response to tensions and contradictions in Hispanic culture, from the eighth century to the present. Examines distinctively Hispanic artistic movements and modes from Al-Andalus' vibrant heterogeneity to the enforced homogeneity of the Spanish Inquisition; from a rich plurality of pre-Colombian civilizations to the imposed conversions by conquistadors; from the revolutionary zeal of Latin America's liberators to the crushing dictatorships that followed; from the promise of globalization to the struggle against US cultural imperialism. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21L.637[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.731[J],"Creation of a Continent: Media Representations of Hispanic America, 1492 to present",Traces the creation of a new literature in Spanish to record and interpret New World experiences. Begins with excerpts from Columbus's diary and ends with writings on the late 19th-century Cuban and Puerto Rican independence movements. Pairs some of these pre-20th-century texts with more recent literary and film interpretations of the first 400 years of Hispanic American history. Conducted in Spanish.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate Spanish subject or permission of instructor,"21H.274[J], CMS.357[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.732,"The Making of the Latin American City: Culture, Gender, and Citizenship","Explores paradigms of Latin American modernity, gender, and urban cultures through primary texts and media. Examines a range of materials (literature, films, visual arts, music, and advertising) to reflect on the region's urbanization processes of the 20th and 21st centuries. Focuses on the production and representation of gender - and women, in particular - as key subjects of urbanization, mass media, and consumer culture. Discussions travel through urban centers as different as Buenos Aires, Mexico DF, Lima, Havana, Miami and New York, but are organized around four critical categories: urban spaces, labor, leisure, and citizenship. Taught in Spanish.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.735,Advanced Topics in Hispanic Literature and Film,"Close study of a theme, a grouping of authors, or a historical period not covered in depth in other subjects. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,One intermediate Spanish subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.736[J],The Short Form: Literature and New Media Cultures in the Hispanic World,"Examines the aesthetics of the brief form across a variety of media and genres in Latin America and Spain, from short stories and snapshots to newspapers and Twitter. Explores the history and social significance of four short genres in the Hispanic world: the short story, the crónica, the poem, and the song. Discusses the rich literary and critical tradition that relates narrative length and temporality to the prose and the lyric in Spanish speaking cultures. With an emphasis on the 20th- and 21st-century epistemologies of acceleration and the remediation of literary theories of brevity, analyzes the relationship between temporality, aesthetic form, and media technologies, and the way these topics have taken shape in the imagination of writers, artists, and audiences in historically specific and politically significant contexts. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,CMS.358[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.738[J],Literature and Social Conflict: Perspectives on the Hispanic World,"Considers how major literary texts illuminate principal issues in the evolution of modern Spanish society. Emphasizes the treatment of such major questions as the exile of liberals in 1820, the concept of progress, the place of religion, urbanization, rural conservatism and changing gender roles, and the Spanish Civil War. Authors include Perez Galdos, Pardo Bazan, Unamuno, Ortega y Gasset, Salinas, Lorca, La Pasionaria, and Falcon. Taught in Spanish.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21L.638[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.739[J],Globalization and its Discontents: Spanish-speaking Nations,"Studies new paradigms of cultural exchange that have shaped Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries. Examines how globalization is rapidly changing the identity of peoples and cultures in Spanish-speaking nations. Spotlights debates about human rights. Materials studied include film, fiction, essay, architectural archives, music and art. Students complete a research project about a specific aspect of Hispanic culture that has been shaped by contemporary forces in the global economy. Taught in Spanish with required readings and writing in Spanish.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21L.639[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.740[J],The New Spain: 1977-Present,"Deals with the vast changes in Spanish social, political and cultural life that have taken place since the death of Franco. Topics include new freedom from censorship, the re-emergence of strong movements for regional autonomy (the Basque region and Catalonia), the new cinema including Almodovar and Saura, educational reforms instituted by the socialist government, and the fiction of Carme Riera and Terenci Moix. Special emphasis on the emergence of mass media as a vehicle for expression in Spain. Considers the changes wrought by Spain's acceptance into the European Community. Materials include magazines, newspapers, films, fiction, and Amando de Miguel's Los Españoles. Taught in Spanish.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21L.640[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21G.784,Introduction to Latin American Studies,"Examines contemporary Latin American culture, politics, and history. Surveys geography, economic development, and race, religion, and gender in Latin America. Special emphasis on the Salvadoran civil war, human rights and military rule in Argentina and Chile, and migration from Central America and Mexico to the United States. Students analyze films, literature, visual art, journalism, historical documents, and social scientific research. Taught in English with a project that requires research and writing in Spanish.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-10,21G.704 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21G.751,Spanish I,"For students with no previous knowledge of Spanish. Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. Maximal use of fundamentals of grammar in active communication. Audio- and video-based language laboratory program coordinated with and supplementary to class work. Same as 21G.701, but for graduate credit. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.752,Spanish II,"Introductory subject that continues the study of Spanish language and culture using audio, video and print materials, feature films and popular music from Latin America and Spain. Emphasizes writing, vocabulary acquisition, and the study of more complex grammatical structures. Group interaction and short oral presentations develop students' oral skills. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-5,21G.751 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.911,Independent Study,"Advanced work in languages and literatures for students wishing to pursue topics or projects not provided by regular subject offerings. Before registering, student must plan course of study with appropriate instructor in the section and secure the approval of the Section Head. Normal maximum is 6 units.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S01,Special Subject: Global Studies and Languages,Opportunity for undergraduate study of subject matter that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S02,Special Subject: Global Studies and Languages,Opportunity for undergraduate study of subject matter that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S03,Special Subject: Global Studies and Languages,Opportunity for undergraduate study of subject matter that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,False,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S04,Special Subject: Global Studies and Languages,Opportunity for undergraduate study of subject matter that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S05,Special Subject: Global Studies and Languages,Opportunity for undergraduate study of subject matter that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S06,Special Subject: Global Studies and Languages,Opportunity for undergraduate study of subject matter that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S07,Special Subject: Global Studies and Languages,Opportunity for undergraduate study of subject matter that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.S08,Special Subject: Global Studies and Languages,Opportunity for undergraduate study of subject matter that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.THT,Pre-Thesis Tutorial: Global Studies and Languages,Definition of and early-stage work on thesis project leading to 21G.THU Undergraduate Thesis in Global Studies and Languages. Taken during the first term of the student's two-term commitment to the thesis project. Student works closely with an individual faculty tutor.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.THU,Global Studies and Languages Thesis,"Completion of work on the senior major thesis under supervision of a faculty thesis advisor. Includes oral presentation of thesis progress early in the term, assembling and revising the final text, and a final meeting with a committee of faculty evaluators to discuss the successes and limitations of the project.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,21G.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.UR,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21G.URG,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.000,The History of Now,"Exposes students to the study of history for a deeper understanding of the past, the present and the future by exploring current events in a historical perspective. Features guest lectures from experts inside and outside MIT. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students; preference to first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.001,How to Stage a Revolution,"Explores fundamental questions about the causes and nature of revolutions by looking at how people overthrow their rulers and establish new governments. Considers a set of major political transformations throughout the world and across centuries to understand the meaning of revolution and evaluate its impact. Examines how revolutionaries have attempted to establish their ideals and realize their goals. Asks whether radical upheavals require bloodshed, violence, or even terror. Seeks to explain why some revolutions succeed and others fail. Materials include the writings of revolutionaries, declarations and constitutions, music, films, art, novels, memoirs, and newspapers.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.007[J],Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Studies,"Explores the fascinating history, culture, and society of the ancient and medieval worlds and the different methodologies scholars use to interpret them. Wrestles with big questions about the diversity of life and thought in pre-modern societies, the best ways to study the distant past, and the nature (and limitations) of knowledge about long-ago eras. Considers a wide range of scholarly subjects such as the rise and fall of the Roman empire, the triumph of Christianity and Islam, barbarian invasions and holy wars, courts and castles, philosophy and religion, and the diversity of art, literature, and politics. Ponders different types of evidence, reads across a variety of disciplines, and develops skills to identify continuities and changes in ancient and medieval societies.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.014[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.009,World History and Its Fault Lines Since 1800,"Explores how the world, as we know it today, came to be. Examines what it means to be modern and the consequences of modernity on people's everyday lives. Introduces real and perceived changes that made the world recognizably ""modern."" Surveys the rise of empires, nation-states, industrialized economies, mass consumption, popular culture, and political ideas and movements, and studies how they resulted in new, often contested, dynamics of racial, class, religious, gendered, and political identity. Instruction provided in how the evolving relationships of people with political, social, and economic structures produced a world that is highly interconnected and, at the same time, divided along different fault lines.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.061,The History of American Presidential Elections,"Introduces the main themes and topics in the history of presidential elections from 1788 to the present. Explores structures of the US executive branch, the primary, convention, and election systems, and the Electoral College. Students examine academic debates in history and other social sciences, and write short papers on historical and contemporary topics. Meets with 21H.203 when offered concurrently. 21H.061 is offered only in an election year (not for HASS credit) and covers the first half of the course, leading up to election day.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.090,Digital Humanities Laboratory,"Combines research in HASS fields with computational methods of analysis, data collection, and presentation. Rotates to a different research project within SHASS each offering and meets with a research seminar taught by the PI of that project. Students work in teams to produce original computational research within the existing project, in collaboration with the research staff of the Programs in Digital Humanities. Leverage techniques from a wide range of practices including natural language processing, computer vision, machine learning, and web development. Repeatable for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 25.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-2-8,6.100A,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
21H.101,American History to 1865,"A basic history of American social, economic, and political development from the colonial period through the Civil War. Examines the colonial heritages of Spanish and British America; the American Revolution and its impact; the establishment and growth of the new nation; and the Civil War, its background, character, and impact. Readings include writings of the period by Winthrop, Paine, Jefferson, Madison, W. H. Garrison, G. Fitzhugh, H. B. Stowe, and Lincoln.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.102,American History since 1865,"Examines the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the United States, from the Civil War to the present. Uses secondary analysis and primary documents, such as court cases, personal accounts, photographs, and films, to examine some of the key issues in the shaping of modern America, including industrialization and urbanization, immigration, the rise of a mass consumer society, the emergence of the US as a global power, and the development of civil rights activism and other major social movements.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.106[J],Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies,"Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. Connects the experiences of African-Americans and of other American minorities, focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns. Includes lectures, discussions, workshops, and required field trips that involve minimal cost to students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"24.912[J], 21L.008[J], 21W.741[J], CMS.150[J], WGS.190[J]",False,False,False,False,False,CI-H
21H.107[J],From Yellow Peril to Model Minority: Asian American History to 1968,"Provides an overview of Asian American history between the 1830s and 1968 and  its relevance for contemporary issues. Covers the first wave of Asian immigration in the 19th century, the rise of anti-Asian movements, the experiences of Asian Americans during WWII, the 1965 immigration reform, and the emergence of the Asian American movement in the 1960s. Examines the role these experiences played in the formation of Asian American ethnicity. Addresses key societal issues such as racial stereotyping, xenophobia, ethnicity and racial formation, citizenship, worker activism, immigrant community building, the ""model minority"" myth, and anti-Asian harassment and violence. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.043[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.108[J],Sexual and Gender Identities in the Modern United States,"Provides an introduction to the history of gender, sex, and sexuality in the modern United States, from the end of the 19th century to the present. Surveys historical approaches to the field, emphasizing the changing nature of sexual and gender identities over time. Traces attempts to control, construct, and contain sexual and gender identities. Examines the efforts of those who worked to resist, reject, and reform institutionalized heterosexuality and mainstream configurations of gendered power.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.110[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.109[J],Gender: Historical Perspectives,"Examines the definition of gender in scientific, societal, and historical contexts. Explores how gender influences state formation and the work of the state, what role gender plays in imperialism and in the welfare state, the ever-present relationship between gender and war, and different states' regulation of the body in gendered ways at different times. Investigates new directions in the study of gender as historians, anthropologists and others have taken on this fascinating set of problems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.303[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.130,The Ancient World: Greece,"History of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander. Major social, economic, political, and religious trends. Homer, heroism, and the Greek identity; the hoplite revolution and the rise of the city-state; Herodotus, Persia, and the (re)birth of history; Empire, Thucydidean rationalism, and the Peloponnesian War; Aristotle, Macedonia, and Hellenism. Emphasis on use of primary sources in translation.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.132,The Ancient World: Rome,"History of Rome from its humble beginnings to the 5th century A.D. First half: Kingship to Republican form; the conquest of Italy; Roman expansion: Pyrrhus, Punic Wars and provinces; classes, courts, and the Roman revolution; Augustus and the formation of empire. Second half: Virgil to the Vandals; major social, economic, political and religious trends at Rome and in the provinces. Emphasis on use of primary sources in translation. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.133,The Medieval World,"Investigates the dynamic history of Europe and the wider world between the late Roman empire and voyages of discovery. Examines the rise of Christianity, the cult of the saints, and monasticism; the decline of the Roman empire, the barbarian invasions, and the foundation of post-Roman kingdoms; the meteoric rise of Islam; the formation of the Carolingian, Byzantine, and Islamic empires; the Vikings and Mongols; castles, knights, and crusades; religious thinkers, reformers, and heretics; changes in art, architecture, and literature; the Black Death and the fall of Constantinople; the Italian Renaissance and the voyages of discovery.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.134[J],Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective,"Surveys the foundations of material life and changing social and economic conditions in medieval Europe in their broader Eurasian context. Covers the gradual disintegration of the Roman imperial order, the emergence and decline of feudal institutions, the transformation of peasant agriculture, living standards and the impact of climate and disease environments, and the ebb and flow of long-distance trade across the Eurasian system. Particular emphasis on the study of those factors, both institutional and technological, which contributed to the emergence of capitalist organization and economic growth in western Europe in comparison to the trajectories followed by the other major medieval economies.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,14.70[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21H.135,"J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar, Author, and Thinker","Explores how an Oxford professor of medieval philology and literature wrote the most influential work of fantasy, The Lord of the Rings. Investigates how Tolkien's scholarship on Anglo-Saxon and Middle English, fascination with inventing languages, experiences during the First World War, and Catholic faith shaped the creation of his fantasy world often (mistakenly) called Middle Earth. Examines Tolkien's books within the context of his life, scholarship, ideas, and beliefs to uncover how an author of fantasy literature helped shape the image of the Middle Ages in the modern popular imagination. Considers the extent to which film adaptations do justice to the complexity of Tolkien's stories, themes, and characters.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.141,"Renaissance to Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800","Provides an introduction to major political, social, cultural and intellectual changes in Europe from the beginnings of the Renaissance in Italy around 1300 to the outbreak of the French Revolution at the end of the 1700s. Focuses on the porous boundaries between categories of theology, magic and science. Examines how developments in these areas altered European political institutions, social structures, and cultural practices. Studies men and women, nobles and commoners, as well as Europeans and some non-Europeans with whom they came into contact.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.143[J],"The ""Making"" of Modern Europe: 1789-Present","Provides an overview of European history from 1789 to the present. Explores how the ideas of ""European"" and ""modern"" have been defined over time. Explores major events and the evolution of major tensions and issues that consumed Europe and Europeans through the period, including questions of identity, inclusion/exclusion, religion, and equality. Places major emphasis on the fiction, visual culture, and films of the century as the products and evidence of political, social and cultural change. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.056[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.144[J],Introduction to Russian Studies,"Explores Russian culture and society by analyzing its unique position at the crossroads of Europe and Asia throughout medieval, Imperial, Soviet, and contemporary periods. Investigates a variety of topics: defining the borders of the country and shaping its relationship with the outside world; changes in living spaces from rural to urban, development of cultural centers; and daily life, customs, and traditions. Includes readings in literature, history, and cultural studies, as well visual arts, music, and film. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.087[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.145[J],French Photography,Introduces students to the world of French photography from its invention in the 1820s to the present. Provides exposure to major photographers and images of the French tradition and encourages students to explore the social and cultural roles and meanings of photographs. Designed to help students navigate their own photo-saturated worlds; provides opportunity to gain practical experience in photography. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"4.674[J], 21G.049[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21H.151,Dynastic China,"Examines the first dynasty to 1800. Traces the rise of the world's first centralized bureaucratic state, the development of the world's oldest living written culture, and the formation of the pre-modern world's largest single commercial market. Studies women and men as they founded dynasties, engaged in philosophy, challenged orthodoxies, and invented technologies used around the globe. Explores China's past to understand the country's present, and reflects on what its stories mean for the global world.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.152,Modern China,"Discusses China's emergence as a global power, which has arisen out of two centuries of significant change. Explores those transformations from 1800 to the present by examining the advent of foreign imperialism in the nineteenth century, the collapse of the last imperial dynasty in 1911, China's debilitating war against Japan, the communist revolution, and the tumultuous history of the People's Republic of China from 1949. Addresses the historical transformations that have shaped contemporary Chinese politics, ethnicity, gender, environment, economics, and international relations.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.154,Inventing the Samurai,"Explores the historical origins of the Japanese warrior class as well as its reinvention throughout the archipelago's history. Special focus on the pre-modern era (200-1600 CE). Highlights key historical contexts including the rise of the imperial court, interactions with the broader world, and the establishment of a warrior-dominated state. Also considers the modern imaginations and uses of the warrior figure.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.155,Modern Japan: 1600 to Present,"Surveys Japanese history from the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603 to the present and explores the local and global nature of modernity in Japan. Highlights key themes, including the emergence of a modern nation-state, the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire, the development of mass consumer culture and the middle class, and the continued importance of historical memory in Japan today.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.156[J],Global Chinese Food: A Historical Overview,"Introduces the history of Chinese food around the world. Illustrates how the globalization of Chinese food is deeply connected to Chinese migration patterns, expansion of Western influence in Asia, Chinese entrepreneurship, and interethnic relations in places of Chinese settlement. With an overview of earlier periods in Chinese history, focuses on the 18th through 20th centuries, specifically on major events in modern world history that affected the availability and demand for Chinese food. Considers environmental issues in relation to China's changing food systems. Includes a mandatory field trip to Boston Chinatown. Taught in English. Limited to 30.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.045[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.157,Modern South Asia,"Explores the political, social, and economic history of South Asia from the 18th century to the present day. Topics include colonial rule; anti-colonial movements; nationalism and the creation of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; the post-colonial nation state; social movements; religious identity; involvement of the United States in the region; and economic development. Students develop an understanding of the current successes, failures, and challenges facing the people and states of contemporary South Asia from a historical perspective.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.160,"Islam, the Middle East, and the West","Provides students with an overview of basic themes and issues in Middle Eastern history from the rise of Islam to the present, with an emphasis on exchanges and encounters between the Middle East and Europe/North America. Examines the history of the notion of ""East"" and ""West;"" the emergence of Islam and the Christianization of Europe; Ottoman expansion; the flourishing of European powers; European competition with and colonization of Middle Eastern societies, and Middle Eastern responses, including Arab and Iranian nationalisms as well as the rise of Political Islam, the ""Clash of Civilizations"", and Islamophobia.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.161,The Modern Middle East,"Surveys the history of the Middle East, from the end of the 19th century to the present. Examines major political, social, intellectual and cultural issues and practices. Focuses on important events, movements, and ideas that prevailed during the last century and affect its current realities. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.165,A Survey of Modern African History,"Surveys the history of 19th- and 20th-century Africa. Focuses on the European conquest of Africa and the dynamics of colonial rule, especially its socioeconomic and cultural consequences. Looks at how the rising tide of African nationalism, in the form of labor strikes and guerrilla wars, ushered out colonialism. Examines the postcolonial states, focusing on the politics of development, recent civil wars in countries like Rwanda and Liberia, the AIDS epidemic, and the history of Apartheid in South Africa up to 1994.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.170[J],Introduction to Latin American Studies,"Examines contemporary Latin American culture, politics, and history. Surveys geography, economic development, and race, religion, and gender in Latin America. Special emphasis on the Salvadoran civil war, human rights and military rule in Argentina and Chile, and migration from Central America and Mexico to the United States. Students analyze films, literature, visual art, journalism, historical documents, and social scientific research.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.55[J], 21A.130[J], 21G.084[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21H.172[J],Latin America Through Film,"Traces Latin American history through film and analyzes how this medium represents events in the recent and distant past. Weekly movies provide a window through which to analyze themes such as colonialism, national formation, revolution, gender, race relations, popular mobilizations and counterinsurgency. Examines films for how they represent a particular group or country, the reality they capture or obscure, and the message they convey.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.078[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.173,"Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez","Explores various socialist projects in the Americas. Studies how Latin America's poor have supported socialism as an alternative to capitalist exploitation, as a strategy to break colonial vestiges, and an anti-imperialist ideology. Focuses on various case studies to address the meaning of socialism, how governments have implemented socialism and who has fought against it. Explores how socialism has attempted to address women's rights and combat racism, and how socialist projects have extended beyond national borders.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.181[J],Libertarianism,"Explores the history of the ideal of individual liberty in light of contemporary arguments over the proper scope of the regulatory state. Surveys the political theory of freedom and its relationship to other dominant norms (e.g., property, equality, community, republicanism, innovation, and the pursuit of wealth). Revisits the diversity of modern libertarian movements with attention to issues such as abolitionism and the Civil Rights revolution, religious liberty, the right to bear arms, and LGBTQ rights. Concludes with a set of policy and legal/constitutional debates about the role of government in regulating the financial markets, artificial intelligence, and/or the internet.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,17.035[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.185[J],Environment and History,"Focusing on the period from 1500 to the present, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and microorganisms on human history and the reciprocal influence of people on the environment. Topics include the European encounter with the Americas, the impact of modern technology, and the current environmental crisis. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"12.386[J], STS.031[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21H.186,Nature and Environment in China,"Focuses on the late imperial period with forays into the modern area. Explores how Chinese states and people related to and shaped their environments, which, in turn, shaped China. Considers the degree to which China's long environmental history has integrated with global trends and ponders the historical experiences and precedents we bring to today's environmental challenges. Explores the diverse ways in which scholars study China's environmental history and conceptions of nature, including the use of digital humanities tools for visualizing data and analyzing geography.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.187,US Environmental Governance: from National Parks to the Green New Deal,"Explores the interwoven threads of politics, economics, and the environment in the 20th century.  Examines topics such as preservation, conservation, national park creation, federal projects, infrastructure, economic growth, hydrocarbon society, international development, nuclear power, consumer rights, public health crises, environmentalism, Earth Day, globalization, sustainability, and climate change.  Studies how politics, economics, and environment converged in modern U.S. history, the ""Green New Deal"" and how its role promoting economic growth conflicts with its commitments to environmental management, and the emergence of the environmental movement.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.201,The American Revolution,"Covers the American Revolution in the broadest sense; not only the independence movement and the military conflict, but also the liberation struggles launched by Indigenous people, enslaved Americans, free women, and others. Modes of learning could include reenactments, close reading of primary sources, or field trips. Field trips may be optional or mandatory depending on scheduling.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.203,The History of American Presidential Elections,"Introduces the main themes and topics in the history of presidential elections from 1788 to the present. Explores structures of the US executive branch, the primary, convention, and election systems, and the Electoral College. Students examine academic debates in history and other social sciences, and undertake a research project based on a past election of their choosing. Meets with 21H.061 when offered concurrently. 21H.061 is offered only in an election year (not for HASS credit) and covers the first half of the course, leading up to election day.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21H.205[J],The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America: 1861-1890,"Using the American Civil War as a baseline, considers what it means to become ""modern"" by exploring the war's material and manpower needs, associated key technologies, and how both influenced the United States' entrance into the age of ""Big Business."" Readings include material on steam transportation, telegraphic communications, arms production, naval innovation, food processing, medicine, public health, management methods, and the mass production of everything from underwear to uniforms – all essential ingredients of modernity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,STS.027[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.211,The United States in the Cold War Era,"Examines the culture that developed in the US during the early years of the Cold War, at the dawn of the nuclear age. Topics include new family structures and civil defense strategies that emerged in response to the promise and perils of nuclear power; the role of anxiety and insecurity in transforming American politics and psychology; the development of computing technology and the changes it brought to American workspaces; the social impacts of space exploration, suburbanization, and the construction of highways and shopping malls; and new models used by social scientists and other experts to predict human behavior and the future.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.213[J],The War at Home: American Politics and Society in Wartime,"Examines the relationship between war and domestic politics in the US since the start of 20th century. Students engage in historical and social scientific research to analyze the ways that overseas military commitments shaped US political institutions, and how domestic politics has in turn structured US engagements abroad. Moving chronologically from World War I to the Iraq War, subject draws on materials across the disciplines, including political documents, opinion polls, legal decisions, and products of American popular culture.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,17.28[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21H.214,War and American Society,"Examines how issues of war and national security have affected politics, economics, and society from the First World War to the war in Iraq.  Draws on historical evidence as well as representations in film, music and popular culture.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.217[J],American Urban History,"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, schools, prisons, public authorities, and universities. Focuses on readings and discussions.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.013[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.218[J],History of the Built Environment in the US,"Seminar on the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department stores, supermarkets, and amusement parks.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,11.014[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.220[J],Metropolis: A Comparative History of New York City,Examines the evolution of New York City from 1607 to the present. Readings focus on the city's social and physical histories. Discussions compare New York's development to patterns in other cities.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.150[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.225,History of American Capitalism (New),"Discussion-based seminar offering an introduction to the history of capitalism and a broad overview of debates concerning its impacts on social life, with a particular focus on the modern American experience. Examines the central position that the United States occupies in today's capitalist global system and the key role it has played in shaping both the development of capitalism and critical responses to its advance. Drawing on primary historical documents and secondary literature from multiple disciplines, students examine capitalism's historical relationship to race, class, gender, government, finance, technology, and the natural environment. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.226[J],"Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History","Focuses on a series of short, complicated, traumatic events that shed light on American politics, culture, and society. Events studied may include the rendition of Anthony Burns in 1854, the most famous fugitive slave controversy in US history; the Homestead strike/lockout of 1892; the quiz show scandal of the 1950s; and the student uprisings at Columbia University in 1968. Emphasis on finding ways to make sense of these events and on using them to understand larger processes of change in American history.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.015[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.227,History of the US Supreme Court,"Exploration of the historical development of constitutional law and the relationship between the Supreme Court and broader social, political, and cultural trends. Introduces major themes and patterns of change in American constitutional law since 1787, including federal-state relations, racial and gender equality, economic regulation, and civil liberties. Readings consist of original court cases, especially from the US Supreme Court, including cases of the current term.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21H.228,American Classics,"Students read, discuss, and write about critical works in American history from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Includes writings by early Puritan writers, Franklin, Paine, Jefferson, and Madison; Lewis and Clark; Frederick Douglass; Harriet Beecher Stowe; the Lincoln-Douglas debates; U. S. Grant, W. E. B. Dubois, Andrew Carnegie, Horatio Alger, F. D. Roosevelt, Betty Friedan, and Martin Luther King, Jr. May also include music, recorded speeches, television programs, visual images, or films. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.229,The Black Radical Tradition in America,"Focuses on American history from the African-American perspective. Includes alternative visions of the nation's future, and definitions of its progress, that have called for a fundamental restructuring of political, economic and social relations. Introduces events, figures and institutions that have shaped African-American history, from the struggles to dominate the African coast and the emergence of a modern slave trade, through the fall of the Western slave societies. Also examines the experiences of Africans in other parts of North America, as well as South America and the Caribbean.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.230,"Barbarians, Saints, and Emperors","Explores the late Roman Empire and its transformations during Late Antiquity (c.300-c.700). Questions the traditional decline and fall narrative of the period, which argues that Christianity and barbarians destroyed classical civilization and ushered in the Dark Ages. Explores such topics as Romans and barbarians, paganism and Christianity, politics and war, Rome and Constantinople, and bishops and saints. Discusses the influence of such characters as Constantine the Great, St. Augustine, Attila the Hun, and the prophet Mohammed.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.237,The City of Athens in the Age of Pericles,"Historical topography of ancient Athens. Investigates the relationship between urban architecture and political, social, and cultural history of Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Surveys and analyzes archeological and literary evidence, including the sanctuary of Athena on the Acropolis, the Agora, Greek houses, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, plays of Sophocles and Aristophanes, and the panhellenic sanctuaries of Delphi and Olympia.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.238,The Vikings,"Explores the complex relationship of the Vikings with the medieval world. Investigates the dynamics of Viking expansion, not only in terms of raiding and conflict, but also as a process of diplomacy, settlement, assimilation, and colonization. Examines developments within Scandinavian society such as state formation, social structures, trade, shipbuilding, slavery, urban growth, and Christianization. Considers the methodological difficulties presented by the diverse and often contradictory historical sources for information about the Vikings, such as chronicles, archaeology, coin hoards, stone inscriptions, and sagas.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.239,The City of Rome in the Age of the Caesars,"Historical topography of Ancient Rome. Investigates the relationship between urban architecture and the political, social, and cultural history of Rome from the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD. Surveys and analyzes archaeological and literary evidence, including the Roman Forum, the Imperial fora, the palace of the emperors, the atrium houses of Roman Pompeii, the Colosseum, the Pantheon, Polybius' history, Martial's Epigrams, and Vitruvius' treatise on architecture.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.240,The World of Charlemagne,"Investigates the world of the first medieval emperor, Charles the Great, or Charlemagne (768-814). Focuses on how Charlemagne and his dynasty, the Carolingians (ruled 751-888), forged a vast empire out of the diverse peoples and territories of Europe - not only through conquests and military might, but through Christianity and the Church, education and literacy, government and law, art and architecture, and a fundamental reorganization of the economy and society. Considers the enduring contributions of Charlemagne and his family to the formation of Europe as well as the shortcomings and failures of their empire.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.241[J],"France and Haiti: Enlightenment, Slavery, and Revolution","Explores the relationship between the Enlightenment, slavery, and the French and Haitian revolutions. Studies France and Haiti prior to 1789, analyzes some of the central texts of the Enlightenment with an emphasis on ideas about monarchy, slavery, and democracy. Considers the place of these ideas and the role of popular mobilization in the French and Haitian revolutionary era from 1789 to 1804. Concludes with an examination of some of the legacies of the eighteenth-century experience for modern French and Haitian politics.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.054[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.242[J],Frenchness in an Era of Globalization,"Approaches the question of what constitutes Frenchness in today's era of globalization through issues of memory, belonging, and cultural production. Explores the role of timeless traditions - common technologies, an internationally-spoken language, monuments open to the world, and foods such as wine and cheese - remain quintessentially French. Also covers recent scandals about France's role in the world, such as its colonial identity and Dominique Strauss-Kahn's New York debacle. Taught in French. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French or permission of instructor,21G.322[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.244[J],"Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917","Analyzes Russia's social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and including the Russian Revolution of 1917. Compares reforming and revolutionary impulses in the context of serfdom, the rise of the intelligentsia, and debates over capitalism. Focuses on historical and literary texts, especially the intersections between the two.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.085[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.245[J],Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present,"Explores the political and historical evolution of the Soviet state and society from the 1917 Revolution to the present. Covers the creation of a revolutionary regime, causes and nature of the Stalin revolution, post-Stalinist efforts to achieve political and social reform, and causes of the Soviet collapse. Also examines current developments in Russia in light of Soviet history. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.57[J], 21G.086[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
21H.247[J],Looking East/Looking West,"Examines how objects and images mediate encounters between people and helped define the ""Orient"" and the ""Occident."" Explores the visual and material culture as well as textual accounts produced by and consumed during encounters between European and Asian travelers, diplomats, artists, writers, and tourists since the seventeenth century. Considers the frameworks scholars have used to understand these encounters and how we might deploy those frameworks ourselves. Employs historical thinking to work on our skills of visual and cultural analysis. Questions how these legacies of material and visual exchange have shaped the community within Boston area.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.050[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.253[J],"Global Chinese Migration, 1567-Present","Examines Chinese migration in historical and comparative perspective, beginning in 1567 with the lifting of the imperial ban on private maritime trade. Covers migration to diverse venues across the globe, including tropical colonies, settler societies, Chinese frontiers, and postcolonial metropoles. Topics include the varied roles of Chinese migrants in these diverse venues, the coolie trade and anti-Chinese movements, overseas students, transnational networks, cultural adaptation, and the creolization of Chinese food in migrant communities. Critically examines the degree to which this transnational migration has produced a ""Global Chinese"" identity. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.075[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.260,"Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society","Examines the role and centrality of cities in the history of the modern Middle East, through political, social, cultural and urban interactions. Begins with a theoretical introduction of the different approaches for investigating urban spaces, and follows with discussions of case studies that demonstrate the diversity of urban centers in the Middle East, including Beirut, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Mecca, Algiers, and Cairo.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21H.261,Modern Iran: A Century of Revolution,"Provides an overview of Iran's modern history from a social, cultural, and political perspective while also considering factors as they relate to gender and race. Covers the country's long and complicated interaction with the ""West."" Situates Iran in the wider region, thereby delineating how political trends in the Middle East influenced the country and how its history of revolution has in turn impacted the region. Unpacks the Sunni-Shi'ite divide as a modern phenomenon rooted more in inter-state rivalry than in a theological dispute, Western perceptions of the Iranian and the Middle Eastern ""Other,"" the Iranian Diaspora, political Islam, and post-Islamism.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.262,Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict,Surveys the history and various realities and challenges of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Introduces the fundamental historical trajectories of the conflict. Analyzes the conflicting narratives and perceptions of both Palestinians and Israelis over key moments and issues in the conflict's history. Considers current challenges and possible solutions to the conflict. Limited to 40.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.263[J],Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa,"Provides an overview of key issues and themes in the study of women and gender relations in the Middle East and North Africa. Includes readings from a variety of disciplines, e.g., history, anthropology, sociology, literature, religious studies, and media studies. Addresses themes such as the relationship between the concepts of nation and gender; women's citizenship; Middle Eastern women's activism and the involvement of their Western ""sisters"" to this movement; gendered interpretations of the Qur'an and the example of the Prophet Muhammad; and the three H's of Orientalism (hijab, harem, and hamam).",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.138[J], WGS.220[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.265,Humanitarianism and Africa: A Critical History,"Examines two centuries of foreign interventions in Africa in the name of humanitarian principles, from the abolition of the slave trade to the most recent Ebola crisis in West Africa. Explores humanitarianism and how it informs the understanding of poverty, race, and violence; and who gives and receives aid. Scrutinizes the prejudices about Africans embedded within salvation projects and how these campaigns have been part of the larger dynamics of power that have defined Africa's position in the world before, during, and after the European colonization of the continent. Reflects upon the practical and morally ethical alternatives in a world still shaped by suffering and injustice.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.266,South Africa and Apartheid,"Explores the spatial, legal, economic, social and political structures that created Apartheid in South Africa, and the factors that led to the collapse of the racist order. Examines the many forces of black oppression and the various forms of resistance to Apartheid. Themes include industrialization and the formation of the black working classes, constructions of race, ethnicities and sexualities, land alienation and rural struggles, township poverty and violence, black education, and the Black Consciousness Movement.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.267,Atlantic Slave Revolts,"Examines the many ways enslaved people in the Americas resisted slavery, individually and collectively. Studies shipboard revolts, maronage, conspiracies, and armed uprisings. Investigates the causes and organization of rebellion. Uses the topic of rebellion to study how historians analyze and use primary sources, historical context, and write convincing prose. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.268,Urban History in Africa,"Explores the emergence of cities in sub-Saharan Africa, and traces major themes in the history of urban Africa. Examines urban Africans at work and leisure, including their popular culture and politics and the conflicts that arise from the cities' growth. Questions how the city emerged in Africa, what distinguishes African cities, and how urban Africans have responded to the dramatic historical changes and intense cultural interactions of African history (e.g. colonialism, industrialization, urbanization, globalization). Incorporates scholarly monographs and articles, African life histories, primary sources, fiction, and film to explore the variety of perspectives on urban history in Africa.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.270[J],Latinx in the Age of Empire,"Analyzes the histories and presence of the Latinx population in the context of US territorial expansion, foreign intervention and economic policy toward Latin America. Combines both historical and anthropological approaches to analyze local conditions that lead people to migrate within the broader forces of international political economy. Pays attention to the historical context in the home countries, especially as impacted by US policy. Explores Latinx community dynamics, politics of migrant labor, relational formations of race and transnational forms of belonging. Historically and ethnographically seeks to understand structures of criminalization, activist practices of resistance and the development of deportation regimes.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.131[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.273,From Coca to Cocaine: Drug Economies in Latin America,"Explores how drug production and consumption has affected Latin America's political, cultural and economic life and shaped US foreign policy toward the region. Discusses the history of different psychoactive substances and analyzes why certain drugs became illegal. Pays particular attention to the relationship between strategies of interdiction, poverty, and drug violence. Limited to 35.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.274[J],"Creation of a Continent: Media Representations of Hispanic America, 1492 to present",Traces the creation of a new literature in Spanish to record and interpret New World experiences. Begins with excerpts from Columbus's diary and ends with writings on the late 19th-century Cuban and Puerto Rican independence movements. Pairs some of these pre-20th-century texts with more recent literary and film interpretations of the first 400 years of Hispanic American history. Conducted in Spanish.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate Spanish subject or permission of instructor,"21G.731[J], CMS.357[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.281,MIT and Slavery: Research,"Explores the influence of slavery and race on MIT's founding and early development, and the connections between slavery and the rise of sciences and engineering.  Students will have their research projects published through the MIT and Slavery website.  While 21H.281 and 21H.282 are sequential, students have the option of taking either or both. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.282,MIT and Slavery: Publication,"Students work on turning research from 21H.281 into publishable quality essays, researching images and other supporting documentary materials, and developing the main narrative of the MIT and Slavery website, for which they receive editorial credit.  While 21H.281 and 21H.282 are sequential, students have the option of taking either or both. ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.283,The Indigenous History of MIT,"Students work with MIT faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as faculty and researchers at other universities and centers, to focus on how Indigenous people and communities have influenced the rise and development of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Students build a research portfolio that will include an original research essay, archival and bibliographic records, maps and images, and other relevant documentary and supporting materials. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.284,"South Asia, the United States, and MIT: Transformative Connections","Explores the longstanding connections between MIT and South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal) since 1882. Investigates the history of MIT's alumni, faculty, and staff to examine the history of colonization and nation-building in South Asia, race and immigration in the United States, and globalization and technical revolutions across the world. Examines key historical moments of significance to both South Asia and America such as decolonization, the Cold War, and globalization as they intersected with the lives of MIT's South Asian affiliates. Instruction provided in historical methodologies through archival research and oral histories that are showcased in a final project. Limited to 18.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.285[J],Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective,"Global survey of the great transformation in history known as the ""Industrial Revolution."" Topics include origins of mechanized production, the factory system, steam propulsion, electrification, mass communications, mass production and automation. Emphasis on the transfer of technology and its many adaptations around the world. Countries treated include Great Britain, France, Germany, the US, Sweden, Russia, Japan, China, and India. Includes brief reflection papers and a final paper.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.025[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.289,History Near and Dear: Writing Yourself into History,"Studies a broad range of writers who have investigated their family history or an instance of local history near and dear to their hearts. Examines questions about historical and emotional truths, memory and identity and place, and the ability of individual experience to illuminate a broader social and political history. Selected texts are simultaneously narrative nonfiction, investigative memoir, and cultural criticism. Students produce a paper investigating an aspect of their own family or local history. Exercises include workshops, peer-review, reflections, and revisions.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21H.290,Economic Classics: The History of Economic Ideas from Ancient Times to the Present,"Surveys the history of economics by introducing students to some of the most powerful and influential economic thinkers, from Xenophon and Huan K'uan through Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Paul Samuelson, to Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. Explores the evolution of key economic concepts — the state and the market, natural resources, and crises — by situating them in historical context and perspective. Through the close reading, analysis and discussion of some of the most important texts in the history of economic thought, traces the development of ideas, norms and ways of thinking that continue to shape decision-making in both daily life and global policy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.315,American Consumer Culture,"Examines the role of commerce and consumption in shaping American life. Introduces theoretical approaches to commodities and consumerism. Explores social and cultural transformations linked to the emergence of a market economy in the 19th century, the rise of a mass consumer society in the 20th century, and the development of a global digital marketplace in the 21st century. ",False,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.317,"Free Expression, Pluralism, and the University (New)","Explores how American higher education has grappled with the hard questions that live at the intersection of free expression, academic freedom, and the commitment to a diverse and inclusive learning environment. Discusses the history and law of free speech and academic freedom and considers the contemporary disputes that have arisen over these values. Studies the responses of American university communities (public and private) to these conflicts since the 1950s: the bitter contests over McCarthy-era loyalty oaths, the student-led civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the hate speech codes of the 1990s, and today's ongoing turf wars over so-called ""cancel culture"" and control of teaching and the curriculum. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.319,"Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law","Provides an introduction to the law of race in the United States, focusing on the development of America's criminal justice system since Reconstruction. Examines ongoing debates over whether ""mass incarceration"" amounts to an instrument of racial control. Considers the relationship between American race legislation and changing definitions of citizenship at key moments in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Case studies include immigration restriction, the death penalty, criminal procedure, and national security policing before and after 9/11.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21H.320[J],Gender and the Law in US History,"Explores the legal history of the US as a gendered system. Examines how women have shaped the meanings of American citizenship through pursuit of political rights such as suffrage, jury duty, and military service, as well as how the legal system has shaped gender relations through regulation of such issues as marriage, divorce, work, reproduction, and the family. Readings draw from primary and secondary materials, focusing on the broad historical relationship between law and society. No legal knowledge is required or assumed.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.161[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.321[J],Downtown,"Seminar on downtown in US cities from the late 19th century to the late 20th. Emphasis on downtown as an idea, place, and cluster of interests, on the changing character of downtown, and on recent efforts to rebuild it. Considers subways, skyscrapers, highways, urban renewal, and retail centers. Focus on readings, discussions, and individual research projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,11.026[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.322,Christianity in America,"Examines Christian encounters with Judaism, Islam, and the indigenous religions of Africa and America. Explores the intellectual and social consequences of Christian imperialism and the transformations of Christianity during its American encounters.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.330,Ancient Empires: Persians and Greeks in Antiquity,"Explores interactions between Greeks and Persians in the Mediterranean and Near East from the Archaic Period to the Hellenistic Age, and works to illuminate the interface between these two distinct yet complementary cultures. Examines the general narrative of Greco-Persian history, from the foundation of the Achaemenid Empire in the middle of the sixth century BCE to the Macedonian conquest of Persia some 250 years later. Discusses how contact between Persia and the Greeks in antiquity has influenced discourse about the opposition between East and West in the modern world. Students examine archaeological, epigraphical, numismatic, and literary materials from a variety of sources including Greek historiography, tragedy, and oratory; Persian royal inscriptions and administrative documents; and the Hebrew Bible.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.331,Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Roman Republic,"Ancient Rome from 133 to 27 BC. Explores political, social, and economic factors commonly offered to explain the fall of the Roman Republic: growth of the territorial empire, increased intensity of aristocratic competition, transformation of the Italian economy, growth of the city of Rome and dependence of the urban plebs, changes in military recruitment and dependence of soldiers on their generals.  Emphasis on the reading of ancient sources in translation, including Cicero, Sallust, Caesar, Augustus, Appian, Plutarch, and Suetonius. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Taught in seminar format with emphasis on class participation. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.332,Medieval Warfare (New),"Investigates the organization and conduct of war in the medieval world, from barbarian invasions in Late Antiquity to the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Explores continuities and transformations in warfare from the late Roman empire to the successor kingdoms of medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Muslim world. Examines the complex interplay between war, politics, and society, and problematizes popular images of medieval warfare as primitive, heroic, and chivalric. Topics include the barbarian invasions of the Roman empire, the expansion of Islam, Charlemagne's subjugation of the Saxons, the Viking raids, castle building and siege warfare, the Norman Conquest and Crusades, and ideologies of just war, holy war, and jihad.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.333,Early Christianity,"Introduction to the history of early Christianity, from Jesus to Muhammad. Investigates the origins and spread of the Jesus movement within the ancient Jewish and Roman worlds, the emergence of the Church, and the diversity of early Christian thought, spirituality, literature, and art.  Examines such topics as the historical Jesus and Paul, relations among Jews, Romans, and Christians, debates over orthodoxy and heresy, the conversion of the Roman empire, the rise of bishops and monasticism, the Church Fathers, and the cult of the saints.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.336,The Making of a Roman Emperor,"Through close examination of the emperor Augustus and his Julio-Claudian successors, this subject investigates how Roman emperors used art, architecture, coinage, and other media to create and project an image of themselves, how the surviving literary sources from the Roman period reinforced or subverted that image, and how both phenomena have contributed to post-classical perceptions of Roman emperors. Also considers works of Suetonius and Tacitus, and modern representations of the emperors such as those found in the films I, Claudius, Quo Vadis, and HBO's Rome series. Enrollment limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.343[J],Making Books in the Renaissance and Today,Explores the impact of new technology on the recording and distribution of words and images in Europe from 1400-1800. Assignments include essays and online projects. Students participate in the design and printing of an eight-page pamphlet on a hand-set printing press. Limited to 12.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CC.120[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21H.350,Business in China Since 1800,"Analyzes the characteristics of business in China since 1800 to provide a historical context for its contemporary economic development. Topics include China's place in the world economy; early efforts at state-led industrialization; legal and social frameworks for business; foreign investments, companies, and competition; the emergence of a Chinese business class; the influence of socialism and reform-era politics on business. Includes case studies of contemporary companies and a research project.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.351[J],Shanghai and China's Modernization,"Considers the history and function of Shanghai, from 1840 to the present, and its rise from provincial backwater to international metropolis. Examines its role as a primary point of economic, political, and social contact between China and the world, and the strong grip Shanghai holds on both the Chinese and foreign imagination. Students discuss the major events and figures of Shanghai, critique the classic historiography, and complete an independent project on Shanghai history.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,11.153[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.352[J],"Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game","Analyzing core chapters of the great Chinese epic novel, Three Kingdoms, and its adaptations across diverse media, considers what underlies the appeal of this classic narrative over the centuries. Through focus on historical events in the period 206 BC to AD 280, examines the representation of power, diplomacy, war, and strategy, and explores the tension among competing models of political authority and legitimacy. Covers basic elements of classical Chinese political and philosophical thought, and literary and cultural history. Final group project involves digital humanities tools. Readings in translation. Films and video in Chinese with English subtitles.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.042[J], 21L.492[J], CMS.359[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.354,World War II in Asia,"Examines World War II in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with the rise of the Japanese Empire after World War I and ending with the Allied occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952. Highlights the diverse and, at times, contradictory forces in politics, society, and culture that shaped the wartime experiences of the empire's inhabitants.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.357,South Asian Migrations,"Studies how and why South Asians, who have migrated to America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East, are considered a model minority in some countries and unwanted strangers in others. Through literature, memoirs, films, music, and historical writing, follows migrants as they discovered the world beyond their countries of origin: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Students complete final projects on different aspects of MIT's relationship with the Indian subcontinent including research on South Asian students and alumni.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.358[J],"Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance","Provides a comparative perspective on the history of colonialism in India and Africa. Explores the political, social, and economic changes brought about by colonial rule. Discusses the international context for the emergence of European Imperialism in the 19th century; the nature of early colonial expansion and consolidation; the re-invention of tradition in colonial societies, especially with regard to racial and ethnic identity, gender, religion, and caste; and expressions of anti-colonial resistance. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,WGS.315[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.361,Echoes of Slavery: Recovering the Histories of Enslaved People (New),Students conduct archival research about slavery and create a research project to be made available to the public online. Examines archival data from digitized collections online or physical collections in the Boston area. Projects may range from devising an innovative interface for public use of the data or carrying out a demographic study to creating a story map or making a podcast or video. Students write accompanying short essays that situate the data in historical context and document the research projects.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.363[J],Abortion: Global and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (New),"Addresses topics such as the development of abortion law in the US and around the world, ethics of abortion and forcible pregnancy, pro- and anti-abortion activism, economics of abortion, and terms related to abortion, including reproductive justice, reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, and fetal politics. Tackles questions including how different societies at different times have approached the question of the removal of a fetus from a human body, who are (or should be) stakeholders in making the decision to deliberately terminate a pregnancy or ban such a decision, and whether abortion was always a ""question"" that different groups and individuals discussed, evaluated, and regulated. Encourages students to think about this issue in historical context to help them form analytically sound arguments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.330[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.365,Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East,"Seminar considers ""difference"" and ""sameness"" as they have been conceived, experienced, and regulated by peoples of the Middle East, with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. First half discusses the Ottoman Empire. Explores how this multiethnic, polyglot empire survived for several relatively peaceful centuries and what happened when its formula for existence was challenged by politics based on mono-ethnic states. Second half focuses on post-Ottoman nation-states, such as Turkey and Egypt, and Western-mandated Arab states, such as Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq. Concludes with a case analysis of Israel.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.380[J],People and Other Animals,"Historical exploration of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet-keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,21A.411[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21H.381[J],Women and War,"Examines women's experiences during and after war and genocide, covering the first half of the 20th century in Europe and the Middle East. Addresses ways in which women's wartime suffering has been used to further a variety of political and social agendas. Discussions focus on a different topic each week, such as sexual violence, women survivors, female perpetrators of genocide, nurses, children of genocidal rape, and the memory of war.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.222[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21H.383,"Technology and the Global Economy, 1000-2000","Examines the global history of the last millennium, including technological change, commodity exchange, systems of production, and economic growth. Students engage with economic history, medieval and early modern origins of modern systems of production, consumption and global exchange. Topics include the long pre-history of modern economic development; medieval world systems; the age of discovery, the global crisis of the 17th century; demographic systems, global population movements; the industrial revolution, the rise of the modern consumer; colonialism and empire building; patterns of inequality, within and across states; resources and development; and the threat of climate change to modern economic systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21H.385[J],The Ghetto: From Venice to Harlem,"Provides an in-depth look at a modern institution of oppression: the ghetto. Uses literature to examine ghettoization over time and across a wide geographical area, from Jews in Medieval Europe to African-Americans and Latinos in the 20th-century United States. Also explores segregation and poverty in the urban ""Third World.""",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.152[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21H.388,"Global Commodities, American Dreams","Explores how American actors and institutions got the raw materials that built the nation. Approaches commodities as a lens through which to understand a more specific relationship between the United States and the wider world in political, economic, and environmental terms, and examines a global cartography of commodities, resources, and other ""stuff"" that became enmeshed in American life. Examines materials like sugar, cotton, wheat, bananas, rubber, aluminum, petroleum, uranium, drugs, and others, to trace a pattern of global resource exploitation back to sites of policymaking and consumption in the United States. Explores interconnections between human society and the non-human environment, troubling the boundary often understood to divide them. Includes themes of US empire, environment, labor, consumption, modernity, race, gender, class, and transnationalism. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.390,Theories and Methods in the Study of History,"Examines the distinctive ways in which historians in different parts of the world have approached the task of writing history. Explores methodologies used, such as political, social, economic, cultural, and popular histories through the reading and discussion of relevant and innovative texts. Introduces a variety of sources (archival documents, statistical data, film, fiction, memoirs, artifacts, and images) and the ways they can be used to research, interpret, and present the past. Assignments include an original research paper. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two History subjects or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21H.391,Undergraduate Independent Study,"Individual supervised work for students who wish to explore an area of interest in history. Before registering, a student must plan a course of study with a member of the History Faculty and secure approval from the Head of the History Faculty. Normal maximum is 6 units; exceptional 9-unit projects occasionally approved.",True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.392,Undergraduate Independent Study,"Individual supervised work for students who wish to explore an area of interest in history. Before registering, a student must plan a course of study with a member of the History Faculty and secure approval from the Head of the History Faculty. Normal maximum is 6 units; exceptional 9-unit projects occasionally approved.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.C30,"Encoding Culture: Computation Methods in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences","Applies computational methods for manipulating and analyzing encoded media, and draws from a wide range of practices including computational linguistics, audio processing, computer vision, and machine learning. Explores what it means to digitally encode and analyze culture. Studies the history and current practice of digitally encoding text, images, audio, and tabular datasets, along with the cultural and social issues implicit in these systems. Confronts the underlying issues of what is lost and gained when we encode culture. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 6.100B, or 6.100L",N/A,False,False,False,False,Elective,False
21H.S01,Special Subject: History,Opportunity for group study of special subject not listed in the regular History curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.S02,Special Subject: History,Opportunity for group study of special subject not listed in the regular History curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.S03,Special Subject: History,Opportunity for group study of special subject not listed in the regular History curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.S04,Special Subject: History,Opportunity for group study of special subject not listed in the regular History curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.S05,Special Subject: History,Opportunity for group study of special subject not listed in the regular History curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.THT,History Pre-Thesis Tutorial,"Students writing a thesis in History develop their research topics, review relevant research and scholarship, frame their research questions and arguments, choose an appropriate methodology for analysis, and draft the introductory and methodology sections of their theses. Includes substantial practice in writing (with revision) and oral presentations.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.THU,History Thesis,"Completion of work on the senior major thesis under supervision of a faculty thesis advisor. Includes oral presentation of thesis progress early in the term, assembling and revising the final text, and a final meeting with a committee of faculty evaluators to discuss the successes and limitations of the project. Required for students pursuing a full major in History.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,21H.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.UR,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.URG,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.902,Reading Seminar in American History: 1877 to Present,Develops teaching knowledge and research skills through extensive reading and discussion of major works in modern US history. Readings cover a range of topics and historical methods. Students make frequent oral presentations and submit a major work consisting of original research or historiographic interpretation.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,21H.991 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.920,Economic Classics: The History of Economic Ideas from Ancient Times to the Present (New),"Surveys the history of economics by introducing students to some of the most powerful and influential economic thinkers, from Xenophon and Huan K'uan through Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Paul Samuelson, to Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. Explores the evolution of key economic concepts — the state and the market, natural resources, and crises — by situating them in historical context and perspective. Through the close reading, analysis and discussion of some of the most important texts in the history of economic thought, traces the development of ideas, norms and ways of thinking that continue to shape decision-making in both daily life and global policy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. ",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.958,"Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance","Provides a comparative perspective on the history of colonialism in India and Africa. Explores the political, social, and economic changes brought about by colonial rule. Discusses the international context for the emergence of European Imperialism in the 19th century; the nature of early colonial expansion and consolidation; the re-invention of tradition in colonial societies, especially with regard to racial and ethnic identity, gender, religion, and caste; and expressions of anti-colonial resistance. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.960[J],HASTS Dissertation Writing Workshop (New),"Bi-weekly seminar for students in the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology & Society (HASTS) who have completed research and are in the process of writing their dissertations. Each class focuses on a particular element of the writing: organizing chapters, engaging the secondary literature, the art of the vignette, etc. Depending on student needs, some classes may be tailored to anthropological writing or to historical writing. Students are given ample opportunity to workshop draft passages and chapters. For PhD students only. PhD students outside the HASTS program require permission of instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-5,None,"21A.989[J], STS.860[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.980[J],People and Other Animals,"Historical exploration of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet-keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,21A.419[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.981,"Seminar in Nature, Environment, and Empire","Explores the relationship between the study of natural history, both domestic and exotic, by Europeans and Americans, and concrete exploitation of the natural world. Focuses on the 18th and 19th centuries.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.982,"Technology and the Global Economy, 1000-2000","Examines the global history of the last millennium, including technological change, commodity exchange, systems of production, and economic growth. Students engage with economic history, medieval and early modern origins of modern systems of production, consumption and global exchange. Topics include the long pre-history of modern economic development; medieval world systems; the age of discovery, the global crisis of the 17th century; demographic systems, global population movements; the industrial revolution, the rise of the modern consumer; colonialism and empire building; patterns of inequality, within and across states; resources and development; and the threat of climate change to modern economic systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.983[J],Gender: Historical Perspectives,"Examines the definition of gender in scientific, societal, and historical contexts. Explores how gender influences state formation and the work of the state, what role gender plays in imperialism and in the welfare state, the ever-present relationship between gender and war, and different states' regulation of the body in gendered ways at different times. Investigates new directions in the study of gender as historians, anthropologists and others have taken on this fascinating set of problems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.310[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.984[J],"Risk, Fortune, and Futurity","Exploration of interdisciplinary scholarship on risk, chance, and fortune. Begins with a survey of theoretical approaches to the field, then proceeds chronologically to explore the emergence of risk and its impacts on human life in multiple arenas including economics, politics, culture, environment, science, and technology from the 16th century to the present. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor; consult department for details.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,STS.414[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.985,"Money, Credit, and Financial Crisis, 1600-1850","Examines the role of money and credit in the ""boom and bust"" dynamic that has characterized North Atlantic financial capitalism since its emergence in the late 17th century. Studies the late 17th to the early 19th centuries when the North Atlantic economies (France, Britain, the Netherlands, and their colonial dependencies) developed modern, capitalist institutions and practices of money, credit, and finance. Studies the creation of state banks, stock markets, the relationship between war and finance, and the transition from metallic to paper currency. Explores the explosive politics of speculation, banking, and paper money in the Atlantic revolutionary era and the interdependence of plantation slavery and credit markets in the antebellum period. While 21H.985 and 21H.986 are sequential, students have the option of taking either or both. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor; consult department for details.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.986,"Money, Credit, and Financial Crisis, 1850-2020","Examines some of the major turning points in the development of the modern (American) financial system: the Civil War Greenback movement, the rise and fall of the gold standard, Wall Street's role in the Caribbean during the interwar period, the crash of 1929, the development of the Federal Reserve, the subprime crisis of 2007-2008, and the international effort to maintain the public bond and corporate borrowing markets under the strains of Covid-19. Concludes with the dollarization of large parts of the global economy, contemporary crises of currency devaluation and hyperinflation in the developing world, and the emergence of cryptocurrencies and digital money. While 21H.985 and 21H.986 are sequential, students have the option of taking either or both. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor; consult department for details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.988,"Global Commodities, American Dreams","Explores how American actors and institutions got the raw materials that built the nation. Approaches commodities as a lens through which to understand a more specific relationship between the United States and the wider world in political, economic, and environmental terms, and examines a global cartography of commodities, resources, and other ""stuff"" that became enmeshed in American life. Examines materials like sugar, cotton, wheat, bananas, rubber, aluminum, petroleum, uranium, drugs, and others, to trace a pattern of global resource exploitation back to sites of policymaking and consumption in the United States. Explores interconnections between human society and the non-human environment, troubling the boundary often understood to divide them. Includes themes of U.S. empire, environment, labor, consumption, modernity, race, gender, class, and transnationalism. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.989,Histories of Extraction and Mining,"Explores the period after the Industrial Revolution, with a geographic emphasis on the United States, a major mineral producer and seeker in the wider world. Surveys mineral components of the lithosphere that became valued for an array of purposes above ground. Follows miners, geologists, engineers, investors, policymakers, and canaries into mines from the continental United States to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Extends beyond political territories to zones of activity, from the oceans to the Arctic to outer space. Asks how mining, unfolding at the local level, interacted with global processes, including the Anthropocene, the latest planetary-scale transformation. Examines the relationship between economic activity and environmental wellbeing, and the consequences of this relationship. Open to advanced undergraduates with permission of instructor. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.990[J],Narrating the Anthropocene: Understanding a Multi-Species Universe,"Examines human concern about the planet and how that fixation shapes concepts of time & space, knowledge-production, understandings of what it means to be human and non-human, as well as trends in scholarship, art, culture & politics. Indexes the way numerous actors and institutions came to understand, debate & narrate the Anthropocene, a geological epoch defined by human-induced climate change. Explores how it as a concept has opened up new ways of understanding relations within the planet, including care, accountability & multi-species mutualism. Considers narrative registers as well, how scholars, writers, artists & working people narrate the Anthropocene. Students undertake an original project in research &/or experimental narrative forms inspired by the reading. Limited to 12.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,STS.432[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.991,Theories and Methods in the Study of History,"Examines the distinctive ways in which historians in different parts of the world have approached the task of writing history. Explores methodologies used, such as political, social, economic, cultural, and popular histories through the reading and discussion of relevant and innovative texts. Introduces a variety of sources (archival documents, statistical data, film, fiction, memoirs, artifacts, and images) and the ways they can be used to research, interpret, and present the past. Assignments include an original research paper. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.992,Graduate Independent Study,"Individual supervised work for students who wish to explore an area of interest in history. Before registering, a student must plan a course of study with a member of the History Faculty and secure approval from the Head of the History Faculty.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.993,Graduate Independent Study,"Individual supervised work for students who wish to explore an area of interest in history. Before registering, a student must plan a course of study with a member of the History Faculty and secure approval from the Head of the History Faculty.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.999,Teaching History,For qualified graduate students serving as either a teaching assistant or instructor for subjects in History. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.000[J],Writing About Literature,"Intensive focus on the reading and writing skills used to analyze literary texts such as poems by Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare or Langston Hughes; short stories by Chekhov, Joyce, or Alice Walker; and a short novel by Melville or Toni Morrison. Designed not only to prepare students for further work in writing and literary and media study, but also to provide increased confidence and pleasure in their reading, writing, and analytical skills. Students write or revise essays weekly. Enrollment limited.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.041[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21L.001,Foundations of Western Literature: Homer to Dante,"Studies a broad range of texts essential to understanding the two great sources of Western conceptions of the world and humanity's place within it: the ancient world of Greece and Rome and the Judeo-Christian world that challenged and absorbed it. Readings vary but usually include works by Homer, Sophocles, Aristotle, Plato, Virgil, St. Augustine, and Dante. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.002,Foundations of Western Literature: From Shakespeare to the Present,"A broad survey of texts, literary, philosophical, and sociological, studied to trace the growth of secular humanism, the loss of a supernatural perspective upon human events, and changing conceptions of individual, social, and communal purpose. Stresses appreciation and analysis of texts that came to represent the common cultural possession of our time. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.003,Reading Fiction,"Samples prose narrative from different traditions, examining texts that feature distinctive styles and formal rhythms in their social and historical contexts. May include European and US classics, alongside global and contemporary authors. Considers writing and reading as forms of social engagement, with special attention to the ways that authors borrow from and innovate on the past. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.004,Reading Poetry,"Concentrates on close analysis of poems written in English in various forms (lyric, epic, dramatic). Syllabus varies from term to term but typically includes Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Blake, Keats, Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, Eliot, Langston Hughes, Lowell, and Plath. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.005[J],Introduction to Drama,"A study of the history of theater art and practice from its origins to the modern period, including its roles in non-Western cultures. Special attention to the relationship between the literary and performative dimensions of drama, and the relationship between drama and its cultural context. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21T.141[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21L.008[J],Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies,"Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. Connects the experiences of African-Americans and of other American minorities, focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns. Includes lectures, discussions, workshops, and required field trips that involve minimal cost to students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"24.912[J], 21H.106[J], 21W.741[J], CMS.150[J], WGS.190[J]",False,False,False,False,False,CI-H
21L.009,Shakespeare,"Focuses on the close reading of six to eight of Shakespeare plays, as well as their adaptation for stage and/or film.  Selected texts cover the range of genres in which Shakespeare wrote (i.e., history, comedy, tragedy, and romance). Special emphasis in some terms on performances and adaptions of Shakespearean drama around the world. Plays studied vary across sections and from term to term, and have recently included Henry IV Part 1, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Othello, and The Tempest. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.010[J],Writing with Shakespeare,"Focuses on writing and speaking using Shakespeare as a model and means for mastery of English language skills. Emphasizes the development of students' ability to write clearly and effectively in a range of genres with an awareness of audience. Designed to increase students' confidence and pleasure in verbal communication and analysis of language. Students write frequently, give and receive feedback, improve their work through revision, and participate actively in class discussions and presentations. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.042[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21L.011,Introduction to Film Studies,"Concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, including works from the early silent period, documentary and avant-garde films, European art cinema, and contemporary Hollywood fare. Through comparative reading of films from different eras and countries, students develop the skills to turn their in-depth analyses into interpretations and explore theoretical issues related to spectatorship. Syllabus varies from term to term, but usually includes such directors as Eisenstein, Fellini, Godard, Griffith, Hawks, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Kurosawa, Tarantino, Welles, and Wiseman.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21L.012,Forms of Western Narrative,"Examines a wide assortment of narrative forms, from Homer to the present, and considers why and how stories are told. Focuses on the close reading of literary and cultural issues, the emergence of different narrative genres, and how different media affect the construction and interpretation of narratives. Syllabus varies by term, but usually includes materials such as epics, novels, tales, short stories, films, television programs, graphic novels, and interactive games. Enrollment limited.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.013[J],"The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture","Explores the relationship between music and the supernatural, focusing on the social history and context of supernatural beliefs as reflected in key literary and musical works from 1600 to the present. Provides an understanding of the place of ambiguity and the role of interpretation in culture, science and art. Explores great works of art by Shakespeare, Verdi, Goethe (in translation), Gounod, Henry James and Benjamin Britten. Readings also include selections from the most recent scholarship on magic and the supernatural. Writing assignments range from web-based projects to analytic essays. No previous experience in music is necessary.  Projected guest lectures, musical performances, field trips. Limited to 36.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21M.013[J],False,False,False,False,False,CI-H
21L.014[J],Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Studies,"Explores the fascinating history, culture, and society of the ancient and medieval worlds and the different methodologies scholars use to interpret them. Wrestles with big questions about the diversity of life and thought in pre-modern societies, the best ways to study the distant past, and the nature (and limitations) of knowledge about long-ago eras. Considers a wide range of scholarly subjects such as the rise and fall of the Roman empire, the triumph of Christianity and Islam, barbarian invasions and holy wars, courts and castles, philosophy and religion, and the diversity of art, literature, and politics. Ponders different types of evidence, reads across a variety of disciplines, and develops skills to identify continuities and changes in ancient and medieval societies.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.007[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.015,Children's Literature,"Analyzes children's literature from a variety of eras and genres, taking even the most playful texts seriously as works of art and powerful cultural influences. Considers the types of stories adults consider appropriate for children, and why; how opinions about this subject have changed over time and across cultures; and the complex interplay of words and images in children's books. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.016,Gods and Mortals,"Introduces students to moral and philosophical questions that emerge from the study of pre-modern literature, such as how humans have grappled with life on earth and negotiated their relationships with the known and unknown, nature and the cosmos, past and future, the physical and the metaphysical, life and death, one another, and the divine. Focuses on careful reading of major works and authors, including selections from Sappho's lyric poems, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Augustine's Confessions, and Dante's Inferno. Develops skills in close reading and in persuasive and personal analytical writing. Students have the opportunity to present on their readings and research in a variety of forms.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.017,The Art of the Probable,"Examines literary texts and/or films in relation to the history of the idea of probability. Traces the growing importance of probability as a basic property of things and the world, as well as a measure of the reliability of our ideas and beliefs. Connects the development and use of probabilistic reasoning (e.g., in the lottery and in statistics) with literary and cultural concerns regarding the rationality of belief, risk and uncertainty, free will and determinism, chance and fate. Discussion of the work of scientific and philosophical pioneers of probabilistic thought (e.g., Pascal, Leibniz, Bernoulli, Laplace) in conjunction with works by Shakespeare, Voltaire, H. G. Wells, Pynchon and Stoppard, among others. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.018,Introduction to English Literature,"Examines the rich heritage of English literature across genre and historical period. Designed for students who want to know more about English literature or about English culture and history. Studies the relationships between literary themes, forms, and conventions and the times in which they were produced. Explores (for instance) Renaissance lyrics and drama, Enlightenment satires in word image, the 19th-century novel, and modern and contemporary stories, poems and film.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.019,Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction,"Studies great works of European and Latin American fiction. Attention to a variety of forms including: the picaresque, epistolary, realist, naturalist, and magical realist fiction. Emphasizes ways in which the unique history of each country shaped the imaginative responses of its writers. Authors include Cervantes, Laclos, Goethe, Mann, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Zola, Unamuno, Wolf, García Márquez, and Allende. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.021,Comedy,"Surveys a range of comic texts in different media, the cultures that produced them, and various theories of comedy. Authors and directors studied may include Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Moliere, Austen, Wilde and Chaplin.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.024,Literature and Existentialism,"Studies major literary works associated with the 19th- and 20-century philosophical movement known as existentialism. Through close reading of these works, students explore how existentialist writers grappled with the question of death; the nature of free will; emotions like boredom, disgust, and radical doubt; and the fate of the individual in a modernity marked by war, illogic, and absurdity. Includes novels, short stories, and aphorisms by Sartre, Camus, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Hesse, Chopin, and Nietzsche; plays by Beckett and Stoppard; and films by Bergman, Tarkovsky, and others. Enrollment limited.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.025,A History of the Book from Papyrus to Pixel,"Studies a broad range of texts and artifacts related to the history of writing and reading across cultures. Introduces students to the history and theory of media, to literary topics such as metafiction and narratology, and to the study of rare books and distinctive collections. Readings vary but may include literary works by authors such as Miguel Cervantes, Emily Dickinson, and Italo Calvino and theoretical writing by scholars including Marshall McLuhan and Roland Barthes. Regular sessions in MIT Libraries lead to capstone research projects on objects in MIT Archives and Special Collections. Students present on their readings and research in a variety of forms.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.032[J],"Afrofuturism, Magical Realism, and Other Otherwise Worlds","Examines Afrofuturism, magical realism, and other forms of the fantastic in literary texts, film, and other media. Through close reading and attention to historical, cultural, and sociopolitical context, students consider how these works reinterpret the past, diagnose modernity, and posit alternative futures. Particular attention given to the roles race, gender, class, and sexuality play within these radically imaginative worlds. Topics vary from term to term but might include work by Octavia Butler, Gabriel García Márquez, Samuel Delany, Toni Morrison, N.K. Jemisin, José María Arguedas, and Janelle Monáe. Limited to 18.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.130[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.040[J],Foundations of East Asian Literature and Culture: From Confucius to the Beats,"Studies foundational works from East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam) with a focus on their cultural context and contemporary relevance and asks how ""Literature"" looks different when conceived through some of the world's oldest literatures beyond the West. Explores philosophical texts, history writing, poetry, stories and diaries, tales, and novels. Hones skills of reading, writing, and speaking with a sense of cultural sensitivity, historical depth, and comparative contemplation. Students who have taken this topic under 21L.007 cannot also receive credit for 21L.040.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.041[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.310,Bestsellers,"Focuses on works that caught the popular imagination in the past or present. Emphasizes texts that are related by genre, theme or style. Books studied vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Confirm start and end dates on Literature website. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.315,Prizewinners and Laureates,"Examines particular texts and authors as having special merit and significance. Considers modern authors and filmmakers who have received such accolades as a Nobel Prize, a Pulitzer Prize, or an Oscar, as well as older authors who have been named as poets laureate, or honored by traditions of commentary, interpretation, and translation. Specific topics vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit if the specific works studied differ. Confirm start and end dates on Literature website. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.320,Big Books,"Intensive study of a single major literary work or a very small set of related literary works. Emphasizes texts that encourage close analysis in a way that cannot easily be integrated into the regular literature curriculum. The Big Books taught in previous terms include Moby-Dick, Canterbury Tales, and the Faerie Queene. May be repeated once for credit if the works studied differ. Confirm start and end dates on Literature website. Enrollment limited.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.321[J],Childhood and Youth in French and Francophone Cultures (New),"Studies the transformation of childhood and youth since the 18th century in France, as well as the development of sentimentality within the family in a francophone context. Examines the personification of children, both as a source of inspiration for artistic creation and a political ideal aimed at protecting future generations. Considers various representations of childhood and youth in literature (e.g., Pagnol, Proust, Sarraute, Laye, Morgiévre), movies (e.g., Truffaut), and songs (e.g., Brel, Barbara). Taught in French.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French,21G.321[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.323[J],French Literature and the Goncourt Prize (New),"A study of contemporary French literature and classics through the participation in the US Goncourt Prize jury. ""Le Goncourt"" is the most prestigious literary prize in France. Students study and rank books from the Goncourt shortlist. Prepares students to serve as representatives of MIT on a prize jury at Villa Albertine in New York and choose the winner along with students from Princeton, Duke, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Virginia. Students write a press article to present their experience as a jury. Special attention is devoted to the improvement of French language skills, oral and written. Taught in French. Limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate level subject or permission of instructor,21G.323[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.324[J],New Culture of Gender: Queer France (New),"Addresses the place of contemporary queer identities in French discourse. Discusses the new generation of queer authors and their principal concerns. Introduces students to the main classical references of queer subcultures, from Proust and Vivien to Hocquenghem and Wittig. Examines current debates on post-colonial and globalized queer identities through essays, songs, movies, and novels. Authors include Didier Eribon, Anne Garréta, Abdellah Taïa, Anne Scott, and Nina Bouraoui. Taught in French.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French,"21G.325[J], WGS.233[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.325,Small Wonders,"Close examination of a coherent set of short texts and/or visual works. The selections may be the shorter works of one or more authors (poems, short stories or novellas), or short films and other visual media. Content varies from term to term. May be repeated once for credit if the works studied differ. Confirm start and end dates on Literature website.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.338,Reading in the Original,Close examination of literary texts in their original languages. Language and texts studied vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Confirm start and end dates on Literature website.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.340,Pleasures of Poetry,"Strengthens writing and reading comprehension skills. Students attend all public sessions of the Pleasures of Poetry readings and discussions as well as several additional classes. The poems chosen by the various moderators range across the history of literature, from ancient Chinese lyrics to contemporary texts. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Confirm start and end dates on Literature website",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.345,On the Screen,"Examines works of film, television or other screen-based media, with emphasis on texts that are related by genre, time period, style, or director. Works studied vary from term to term. May be repeated for credit once with permission of instructor. Confirm start and end dates on Literature website.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.350,Science and Literature,"Examines intersections and channels of influence between the sciences and forms of imaginative literature. Addresses topics such as depictions of scientific experimentation in imaginative works, the history of scientific experimentation, and experimentation in literary works; the emergence of science fiction; and depictions of scientific practice in literature. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Confirm start and end date on Literature website.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.355,Literature in the Digital Age,"Examines how emerging computational methods and tools are transforming practices of reading and writing in the present. Topics may include the exploration of experimental literary forms and digital media practices (hypertext, Twitter fiction, etc.) or focus on the use of digital tools for analyzing literature (GIS mapping, data mining, etc.). May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Confirm start and end dates on Literature website.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.400,Medical Narratives: Compelling Accounts from Antiquity to Grey's Anatomy,"Explores fundamental questions about the experience of illness from the points of view of the patient, the physician, and the caretaker.  Examines the ways in which these narratives have changed across centuries and across cultures.  Asks about the physician's role in determining treatment; whether storytelling leads to more ethical life and death decisions; what special insights patient narratives provide; and what new awareness physicians derive from narrating illness. Materials include essays, fiction, poetry, memoir, blogs, film and television.  As a capstone project, students develop their own medical narratives that emerge in interaction with a mentor from the greater-Boston medical community.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.429[J],Narrative and Identity: Writing and Film by Contemporary Women of Color (New),"Explores the diverse voices and experiences reflected in writing and film by and about women of color. Examines the roles that culture, community, and kinship play in the development of the writer's individual voice, and compares the similarities and differences of the writer experience across texts and genres. Discussion and assignments, including an independent research presentation, consider the social and political contexts that inform each work, with an emphasis on gender, race, and economic status. Includes works by a variety of novelists, poets, and filmmakers.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.142[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.430,Popular Culture and Narrative,"Examines relationships between popular culture and art, focusing on problems of evaluation and audience, and the uses of  different media within a broader social context. Typically treats a range of narrative and dramatic works as well as films. Previously taught topics include Elements of Style; Gender, Sexuality and Popular Narrative. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.431,Shakespeare on Film and Media,"Examines the adaptation, performance and interpretation of Shakespearean plays on film and video. Focus varies from term to term, to include films such as the Olivier and Almereyda versions of Hamlet and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet; ""spin-offs"" such as Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and Shakespeare in Love; or theatrical videos of English language and international productions.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.432[J],Understanding Television,"A cultural approach to television's evolution as a technology and system of representation. Considers television as a system of storytelling and mythmaking, and as a cultural practice studied from anthropological, literary, and cinematic perspectives. Focuses on prime-time commercial broadcasting, the medium's technological and economic history, and theoretical perspectives. Considerable television viewing and readings in media theory and cultural interpretation are required. Previously taught topics include American Television: A Cultural History. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature or Comparative Media Studies,CMS.315[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.433,Film Styles and Genres,"Close study of one or more directors, genres, periods, artistic movements, or national cinemas which have been of major significance in the history of film. Previously taught topics include Hollywood and Hong Kong, and Movie Realists: Chaplin, Renoir, Neorealism, Truffaut. May be repeated for credit by permission of instructor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21L.011 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.434,Science Fiction and Fantasy,"Traces the history of science fiction as a generic tradition in literature, media, and popular culture. Considers formal ideological and cultural approaches to the analysis and interpretation of science fiction and fantasy texts. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.435,Literature and Film,"Investigates relationships between the two media, including film adaptations as well as works linked by genre, topic, and style. Explores how artworks challenge and cross cultural, political, and aesthetic boundaries. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,One subject in Literature or Comparative Media Studies,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.438[J],Intersectional Feminist Memoir (New),"Explores the memoir genre through a feminist intersectional lens, looking at the ways in which feminist writers ground personal experience within a complex understanding of race, gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, immigration status/nationality, and dis/ablity. Gives particular attention to the relationships between the personal and the political; form and content; fact, truth, and imagination; self and community; trauma and healing; coming to voice and breaking silence. Readings include books by Audre Lorde, Janet Mock, Daisy Hernandez, Jessica Valenti, and Ariel Gore, and shorter pieces by Meena Alexander and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Drawing on lessons taken from these works, students write a short memoir of their own.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21W.738[J], WGS.238[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.449,The Wilds of Literature,"Immerses students in literature that represents the interaction between humans and nature as joyous, sublime, revelatory, and mutually sustaining. Without denying the damage humans have wreaked on the environment, explores the role that pleasure, resilience, wonder, and hope might play in helping us to envision new modes of engagement with one another in an ever-changing environment. Students are enjoined to follow the example of authors — such as Henry David Thoreau, Annie Dillard, and Lauret Savoy — by selecting and visiting a local natural site, and writing about the experience. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21L.451,Literary Theory,"Examines how we read texts and the questions that we, as readers, ask of them. Introduces different critical approaches to literature by examining the relationship between readers and text, between different texts, and between text and context. Topics vary but usually include reader-response theory, structuralism and semiotics, post-structuralism and post-modernism, historicism, psychoanalysis, intertextuality, cultural criticism, and media theory.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.452[J],Literature and Philosophy,"Highlights interactions between literary and philosophical texts, asking how philosophical themes can be explored in fiction, poetry, and drama. Exposes students to diverse modes of humanistic thought, interpretation, and argument, putting the tools and ideas of philosophy into conversation with those of the literary humanities. Students engage closely with selected literary and philosophical texts, explore selected topics in philosophy - such as ethics, epistemology, and aesthetics - through a literary lens, and participate in class discussion with peers and professors.  Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject,24.240[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.455,Ancient Authors,"Close examination of major works of classical Greek and Roman literature in translation. Topics may include epic, history, lyric poetry, or drama and the works of authors such as Thucydides, Homer, Virgil, and Cicero. Texts vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.456,The Bible: Old Testament,"Introduces students to the three divisions of the Old Testament: Pentateuch, Prophets, Writings. Particular attention to literary techniques, the historical periods that produced and are reflected in the various books, issues resulting from translation, and the difference between Old Testament and Hebrew Bible. Students cannot also receive credit for 21L.458.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.457,The Bible: New Testament,"Introduces students to the genres that comprise the New Testament: gospels, history, letters, apocalypse. Particular attention to historical context, canonicity, translation, and the transformation of Hebrew Bible into Old Testament. Students cannot also receive credit for 21L.458.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.458,The Bible,"An introduction to major books from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Particular attention given to literary techniques, issues resulting from translation from the original Hebrew and Greek, and the different historical periods that produced and are reflected in the Bible. Students cannot also receive credit for 21L.456 or 21L.457.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.460,Arthurian Literature,"Tracing the evolution of King Arthur (and principal knights), students consider what underlies the appeal of this figure whose consistent reappearance in western culture has performed the medieval prophecy that he would be rex quondam et futurus: the once and future king.  Examines how Arthur's persona has been reinvented and rewritten throughout history, including portrayals as Christian hero and war-leader, ineffective king and pathetic cuckold, and as a tragic figure of noble but doomed intentions. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.471,Major Novels,"Studies important examples of the literary form that, from the beginning of the 18th century to the present day, has become an indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such writers as Cervantes, Defoe, Richardson, Sterne, Burney, Austen, Scott, Dickens, the Brontes, Eliot, Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, Hardy, Conrad, Woolf, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Proust, and others. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.473[J],Jane Austen,"An examination of Jane Austen's satire in her seven complete novels, several fragments, and juvenilia. Students read these texts in relation to her letters and other biographical and historical information.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,WGS.240[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.475,Enlightenment and Modernity,"Examines selected topics in 18th- and 19th-century English/European literature and culture from the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660 to the end of Queen Victoria's reign in 1901. Topics vary by term; authors may include Jonathan Swift, Laurence Sterne, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, and Arthur Conan Doyle, among others. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.480[J],Identities and Intersections: Queer Literatures,"Focuses on LGBT literature from the mid-19 century to the present, with an emphasis on fiction and poetry. In particular, analyzes how LGBT identities and their literary representations have changed over time. Covers authors such as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Cherrie Moraga, Melvin Dixon, Leslie Feinberg, and Luis Negron.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.245[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.481[J],HIV/AIDS in American Culture,"Examines cultural responses to HIV/AIDS in the US during the first fifteen years of the epidemic, prior to the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Students consider how sexuality, race, gender, class, and geography shaped the experience of HIV/AIDS and the cultural production surrounding it, as well as the legacy of this cultural production as it pertains to the communities most at risk today. Materials include mainstream press coverage, film, theater, television, popular music, comic books, literature, and visual art.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.250[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.482[J],Topics in Queer Studies (New),"Develops critical understanding of queer theory through foundational and contemporary texts and other media forms. Examines relationships between queer theory and other social and cultural theories that probe and critique power, privilege, and normativity including critical race theory, transgender studies, feminist theory, and disability theory. Topics may include social movements, queer of color critiques, transnational activisms, and transgender politics. ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.260[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.485,Modern Fiction,"Tradition and innovation in representative fiction of the early modern period. Recurring themes include the role of the artist in the modern period; the representation of psychological and sexual experience; and the virtues (and defects) of the aggressively experimental character. Works by Conrad, Kipling, Babel, Kafka, James, Lawrence, Mann, Ford Madox Ford, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, and Nabokov.  May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.486[J],Modern Drama,"Explores major modern plays with special attention to performance, sociopolitical and aesthetic contexts, and the role of theater in the contemporary multimedial landscape. Includes analysis of class, gender, and race as modes of performance. Typically features Beckett and Brecht, as well as some of the following playwrights: Chekov, Churchill, Deavere Smith, Ibsen, Fornes, Friel, Kushner, O'Neill, Shaw, Stoppard, Soyinka, Williams, Wilson. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,"21T.244[J], WGS.285[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21L.487,Modern Poetry,"Study of major poems and manifestos from the late 19th century through the early 21st century. Examines works written in English, with some attention to Modernist texts from other cultures and other languages as well. Poems by T. S. Eliot, W. C. Williams, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Pablo Neruda, Hilda Doolittle, Charles Baudelaire, Anna Akhmatova, Bertolt Brecht, Rabindranath Tagore, and others. Comprised primarily of discussions, short papers, and a final project. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.488,Contemporary Literature,"Study of key themes and techniques in prose, poetry, and drama since the 1970s. Recent topics include postmodernism, globalization, new British and Irish writing, and literature and development. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.489[J],Interactive Narrative,"Provides a workshop environment for understanding interactive narrative (print and digital) through critical writing, narrative theory, and creative practice. Covers important multisequential books, hypertexts, and interactive fictions. Students write critically, and give presentations, about specific works; write a short multisequential fiction; and develop a digital narrative system, which involves significant writing and either programming or the structuring of text. Programming ability helpful.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21W.765[J], CMS.618[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21L.490[J],Introduction to the Classics of Russian Literature,"Explores the works of classical Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including stories and novels by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bunin, Nabokov, Platonov, and others. Focuses on their approaches to portraying self and society, and on literary responses to fundamental ethical and philosophical questions about justice, freedom, free will, fate, love, loyalty, betrayal, and forgiveness.  Taught in English; students interested in completing some readings and a short writing project in Russian should register for 21G.618.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.077[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.491[J],Gateway to Korean Literature and Culture,"Introduction to two millennia of Korean literature and culture. Discusses texts, artifacts, and films in their cultural context and from a comparative global perspective. Explores poetry; historiography, story-telling, drama and fiction; philosophical and religious texts and practices; and visual materials. Includes creative exercises to help students develop their own Korean wave and K-drama passions with a critically informed eye.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.066[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.492[J],"Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game","Analyzing core chapters of the great Chinese epic novel, Three Kingdoms, and its adaptations across diverse media, considers what underlies the appeal of this classic narrative over the centuries. Through focus on historical events in the period 206 BC to AD 280, examines the representation of power, diplomacy, war, and strategy, and explores the tension among competing models of political authority and legitimacy. Covers basic elements of classical Chinese political and philosophical thought, and literary and cultural history. Final group project involves digital humanities tools. Readings in translation. Films and video in Chinese with English subtitles.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.042[J], 21H.352[J], CMS.359[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.493[J],Gateway to Japanese Literature and Culture,"Surveys the nature, history, and distinctive features of Japanese literature and cultural history from the beginnings through the threshold of modernity. Examines various genres of poetry, historiography and mythological lore, prose tales and fiction, diaries, essays, Noh and puppet plays, short stories and novels; and helps students appreciate the texts' relevance in the historical and cultural context in which authors wrote them, in the broader context of literary traditions from around the world, and for the humanistic and aesthetic powers that make them poignant to us today. Showcases how authors increasingly enjoyed adapting, redoing, and satirizing earlier models, while constantly developing new expressive forms suited to the urgent needs of their time. Includes an eco-literature lab, a creative writing lab, and a history-writing lab for collaborative experimentation.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.062[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.494[J],Classics of Chinese Literature in Translation,"Introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, as well as to introduce students to the classic works of the Chinese literary tradition. Works read include Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Margin, Dream of the Red Chamber, and the poetry of the major Tang dynasty poets. Literature read in translation. Taught in English.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.044[J], WGS.235[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.006,American Literature,"Studies the national literature of the United States since the early 19th century. Considers a range of texts - including, novels, essays, films, and electronic media - and their efforts to define the notion of American identity. Readings usually include works by such authors as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Emily Dickinson, Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner, Sherman Alexie, and Toni Morrison. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.500[J],How We Got to Hamilton,"Traces the evolution of the American musical from minstrelsy to Hamilton. Equips students with terms, tools, and techniques to enrich their analysis of how individual songs, scenes, and dances — as well as whole shows — are structured. Recovers the groundbreaking yet often forgotten or appropriated achievements of artists of color to Broadway and Hollywood musicals. Features a mix of creative and critical assignments, some of which may be linked to field trips to local theaters, dance studios, and archives. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21T.247[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21L.501,The American Novel,"Works by major American novelists, beginning with the late 18th century and concluding with a contemporary novelist. Major emphasis on reading novels as literary texts, but attention paid to historical, intellectual, and political contexts as well. Syllabus varies from term to term, but many of the following writers are represented: Rowson, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Wharton, James, and Toni Morrison.  Previously taught topics include The American Revolution and Makeovers (i.e. adaptations and reinterpretation of novels  traditionally considered as American ""Classics""). May be repeated for credit with instructor's permission so long as the content differs.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.504[J],Race and Identity in American Literature,"Questions posed by the literature of the Americas about the relationship of race and gender to authorship, audience, culture, ethnicity, and aesthetics. Social conditions and literary histories that shape the politics of identity in American literature. Specific focus varies each term. Previously taught topics include Immigrant Stories, African American Literature, and Asian American Literature. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if the content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.140[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.512,American Authors,"Examines in detail the works of several American authors selected according to a theme, period, genre, or set of issues. Through close readings of poetry, novels, or plays, subject addresses such issues as literary influence, cultural diversity, and the writer's career. Previously taught topics include American Women Writers, American Autobiography, American Political Writing, and American Short Fiction. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. May be repeated for credit with instructor's permission so long as the content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.007,World Literatures,"Introduces students to a coherent set of textual and visual materials drawn from different geographical regions, languages, artistic genres, and historical periods. The focus may vary but usually cuts across national boundaries. Includes non-English works read in translation and examines different kinds of writing, both fiction and nonfiction. Pays special attention to such issues as identity formation, cultural contact, exploration, and exile. Previously taught topics include contemporary writing from Africa and South Asia, the impact of the discovery of the New World, and Caribbean literature.  May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.020[J],"Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between","Examines the cultural paradoxes of contemporary globalization. Studies the cultural, artistic, social and political impact of globalization across international borders. Students analyze contending definitions of globalization and principal agents of change, and why some of them engender backlash; identify the agents, costs and benefits of global networks; and explore how world citizens preserve cultural specificity. Case studies on global health, human trafficking and labor migration illuminate the shaping influence of contemporary globalization on gender, race, ethnicity, and class. Develops cultural literacy through analysis of fiction and film. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.145[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21L.522[J],International Women's Voices,"Introduces students to a variety of fictional works by contemporary women writers. International perspective emphasizes the extent to which each author's work reflects her distinct cultural heritage and to what extent, if any, there is an identifiable female voice that transcends national boundaries. Uses a variety of interpretive perspectives, including sociohistorical, psychoanalytic, and feminist criticism, to examine texts. Authors include Mariama Ba, Isabel Allende, Anita Desai, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Doris Lessing, Alifa Riyaat, Yang Jiang, Nawal Al-Saadawi, and Sawako Ariyoshi. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.022[J], WGS.141[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.580,Translations,"Students study theories of translation, compare examples of multiple renderings of the same work, and work on translation projects. Supplementary assignments focus on adaptation of works from one genre to another, and on transmission of information from one mode to another (visual to verbal changes, American Sign Language, etc.). Students write essays about relative theories of translation and about comparisons of variant versions, and also work on translation projects of their own in workshop-format. Includes texts such as the King James Bible, and writers such as Walter Benjamin, George Steiner, Wislawa Szymborska, Czeslaw Milosz, Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Gass, and Robert Pinsky. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21L.590[J],The Spanish Incubator,"Students travel to Spain to explore the country's influence on our understanding of contemporary culture, from its role as the crucible of the international avant-garde, to its genesis of political art and writing, to its Civil War that ignited the artistic passion of authors around the world, to the exuberant liberation after 40 years of dictatorship. Readings include Hemingway, Lorca, Orwell, Neruda, memoirs of Americans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Spanish poetry of the war and repression that followed, and the films of Saura and Almodovar. Films, readings, field trips to museums, and cultural events enable students to understand the full context in which today's vibrant Spanish democracy emerged. Contact Literature about travel fee and possible funding opportunities. Enrollment limited. Application required; contact Literature Headquarters for details.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-3-3,None,21G.073[J],False,False,False,False,Elective,False
21L.591,Literary London,"Based in London, explores the specific locations, history and artistic institutions that have made London a world cultural hub, deepening students' knowledge gained on site through guided readings, theater performances, visits to homes associated with major authors, guest experts, and independent ""author mapping"" projects with reports back to the class.  Sharpens students' understanding of the complexities of international exchange and identity formation in a global age. Contact Literature about travel fee and possible funding opportunities. Enrollment limited. Application required; contact Literature Headquarters for details.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-3-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Elective,False
21L.592[J],"Race, Place, and Modernity in the Americas","Students travel to São Paulo for three weeks. Examines the relationship between race and place in the formation of modern Brazil and the US through comparative analysis and interdisciplinary study. In addition to participating in class discussions on literature, film, and visual art, students visit key cultural and historical sites; interact with archives and museum collections; and, most importantly, engage in dialogue with local activists, religious leaders, community organizers, and scholars. Focusing on the work of Black and Indigenous people, particularly women, places a strong emphasis on the ways in which art and cultural activism can have an impact on racial justice issues. Taught in English; no Portuguese needed. Contact Women's and Gender Studies about travel fee, possible funding opportunities, and other details. Enrollment limited to 20. Application required.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-3-3,None,"11.047[J], 21W.781[J], WGS.247[J]",False,False,False,False,Elective,False
21L.601[J],Old English and Beowulf,"Intensive introduction to Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon), the ancestor of modern English that was spoken in England ca. 600-1100. In the first half of the term, students use short prose texts to study the basics of Old English grammar. They go on to read short poems, and conclude by tackling portions of the epic Beowulf in the last third of the term. Assessment based upon translation work, daily vocabulary quizzes, and three exams. Limited to 16.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,24.916[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.607,Greek I,"Introduces rudiments of ancient Greek - the language of Plato, Sophocles, Thucydides, and Euclid, and the basis for that of the New Testament - to students with little or no prior knowledge of the subject. Aimed at laying a foundation to begin reading ancient and/or medieval texts. Greek I and Greek II may be combined (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-H. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.608,Greek II,Introductory Greek subject for students with some prior knowledge of basic grammar and vocabulary. Intended to refresh and enrich ability to read ancient and/or medieval literary and historical texts. May be taken independently of Greek I with permission of instructor. Greek I and Greek II may be combined (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-H. Limited to 20.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-3,21L.607 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.609,Greek Readings,"Introduction to reading ancient Greek literature in the original language. Provides a bridge between the study of Greek grammar and the reading of Greek authors. Improves knowledge of the language through careful examination of literary texts, both prose and poetry. Builds proficiency in reading Greek and develops appreciation for basic features of style and genre. Texts vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. 21L.609 and 21L.610, or two terms of 21L.609, may be combined by petition (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-H.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,21L.608 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.610,Advanced Greek Readings,"Building on 21L.609, develops the ability to read and analyze ancient Greek literary texts, both prose and poetry. Focuses on increasing fluency in reading comprehension and recognition of stylistic, generic, and grammatical features. Texts vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. 21L.610 and 21L.609, or two terms of 21L.610, may be combined by petition (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-H.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,21L.609 or (placement exam and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.611,Latin I,Introduces rudiments of Latin to students with little or no prior knowledge of the subject. Aimed at laying a foundation to begin reading ancient and/or medieval literary and historical texts. Latin I and Latin II may be combined by petition (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-H. Limited to 20.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.612,Latin II,Introductory Latin subject for students with some prior knowledge of basic grammar and vocabulary. Intended to refresh and enrich ability to read ancient and/or medieval literary and historical texts. May be taken independently of Latin I with permission of instructor. Latin I and Latin II may be combined by petition (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-H. Limited to 20.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,21L.611 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.613,Latin Readings,"Introduction to reading Latin literature in the original language. Provides a bridge between the study of Latin grammar and the reading of Latin authors. Improves knowledge of the language through careful examination of literary texts, focusing on prose and poetry in alternate years. Builds proficiency in reading Latin and develops appreciation for basic features of style and genre. Texts vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. 21L.613 and 21L.614, or two terms of 21L.613, may be combined by petition (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-H.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,21L.611 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.614,Advanced Latin Readings,"Building on 21L.613, develops the ability to read and analyze Latin literary texts, focusing on prose and poetry in alternate years. Increases fluency in reading comprehension and recognition of stylistic, generic, and grammatical features. Texts vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. 21L.613 and 21L.614, or two terms of 21L.614, may be combined by petition (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-H.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,21L.613 or (placement exam and permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.620[J],Introduction to French Literature,"A basic study of major French literary genres — poetry, drama, and fiction — and an introduction to methods of literary analysis. Authors include: Voltaire, Balzac, Sand, Baudelaire, Apollinaire, Camus, Sartre, Ionesco, Duras, and Tournier. Special attention devoted to the improvement of French language skills. Taught in French.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21G.304 or permission of instructor,21G.320[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.621[J],French Feminist Literature: Yesterday and Today,"Explores feminist literary voices in France throughout the ages. Discusses the theory that the power of feminist writing lies in its ability to translate dominant language into a language of one's own. Studies lifestyles, family norms, political representation, social movements, as well as the perception of the body. Investigates how feminist genealogies redefine the relationship between belonging and knowledge through a dialogue between several generations of women writers. Taught in French. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French or permission of instructor,"21G.344[J], WGS.321[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.636[J],Introduction to Contemporary Hispanic Literature and Film,"Focuses on literary and cinematic production in 20th- and 21st-century Spain and Latin America with a particular emphasis on how social, cultural, political, and technological changes led to aesthetic innovations. Topics include the literature of politics, the avant-garde and subsequent literary boom, the radical aesthetic of the post-Franco era, and post-modern film and art. Materials include short stories, novels, poetry, song, and film. Conducted in Spanish.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21G.716[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.637[J],Power and Culture: Utopias and Dystopias in Spain and Latin America,"Studies how new literary, artistic and musical forms have emerged in response to tensions and contradictions in Hispanic culture, from the eighth century to the present. Examines distinctively Hispanic artistic movements and modes from Al-Andalus' vibrant heterogeneity to the enforced homogeneity of the Spanish Inquisition; from a rich plurality of pre-Colombian civilizations to the imposed conversions by conquistadors; from the revolutionary zeal of Latin America's liberators to the crushing dictatorships that followed; from the promise of globalization to the struggle against US cultural imperialism. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21G.717[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.638[J],Literature and Social Conflict: Perspectives on the Hispanic World,"Considers how major literary texts illuminate principal issues in the evolution of modern Spanish society. Emphasizes the treatment of such major questions as the exile of liberals in 1820, the concept of progress, the place of religion, urbanization, rural conservatism and changing gender roles, and the Spanish Civil War. Authors include Perez Galdos, Pardo Bazan, Unamuno, Ortega y Gasset, Salinas, Lorca, La Pasionaria, and Falcon. Taught in Spanish.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21G.738[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.639[J],Globalization and its Discontents: Spanish-speaking Nations,"Studies new paradigms of cultural exchange that have shaped Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries. Examines how globalization is rapidly changing the identity of peoples and cultures in Spanish-speaking nations. Spotlights debates about human rights. Materials studied include film, fiction, essay, architectural archives, music and art. Students complete a research project about a specific aspect of Hispanic culture that has been shaped by contemporary forces in the global economy. Taught in Spanish with required readings and writing in Spanish.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21G.739[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.640[J],The New Spain: 1977-Present,"Deals with the vast changes in Spanish social, political and cultural life that have taken place since the death of Franco. Topics include new freedom from censorship, the re-emergence of strong movements for regional autonomy (the Basque region and Catalonia), the new cinema including Almodovar and Saura, educational reforms instituted by the socialist government, and the fiction of Carme Riera and Terenci Moix. Special emphasis on the emergence of mass media as a vehicle for expression in Spain. Considers the changes wrought by Spain's acceptance into the European Community. Materials include magazines, newspapers, films, fiction, and Amando de Miguel's Los Españoles. Taught in Spanish.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21G.740[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.701,Literary Methods,"Introduces practice and theory of literary criticism. Seminar focuses on topics such as the history of critical methods and techniques, and the continuity of certain subjects in literary history. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include Virginia Woolf's Shakespeare, Theory and Use of Figurative Language, and Text, Context, Subtext, Pretext. Approved for credit in the Women's and Gender Studies when content meets requirements for subjects in that program. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in Literature,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.702,Studies in Fiction,"Intensive study of a range of texts by a single author or by a limited group of authors whose achievements are mutually illuminating. Some attention to narrative theory and biographical and cultural backgrounds. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include Stowe, Twain, and the Transformation of 19th-century America, and Joyce and the Legacy of Modernism. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in Literature,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.703[J],Studies in Drama,"Intensive study of an important topic or period in drama. Close analysis of major plays, enriched by critical readings and attention to historical and theatrical contexts. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication through student presentations and research essays. Previously taught topics include: Renaissance Drama; Shakespeare with his Contemporaries; Oscar Wilde; and Stoppard and Company. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in Literature,21T.246[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.704,Studies in Poetry,"Intensive study of a body of poetry, raising questions of form, authorship, poetic influence, social context, and literary tradition. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include: Does poetry Matter?, Poetry and the Science of Mind; Songs, Sonnets and the Story of English; Virgil, Spenser, Milton; and The Image: Poetry, Photography, and Technologies of Vision. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in Literature,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.705,Major Authors,"Close study of a limited group of writers. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include John Milton and his Age, Chaucer, Herman Melville, Toni Morrison, and Oscar Wilde and the '90s. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in Literature,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.706,Studies in Film,"Intensive study of films from particular periods, genres, or directors, or films focusing on specific formal or theoretical problems. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Previous topics include The Contemporary Horror Film, Film Remixes, Film Narrative, Heroic Cinema, Color in Film and Hitchcock. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,(21L.011 and one subject in Literature or Comparative Media Studies) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.707,Problems in Cultural Interpretation,"Studies the relation between imaginative texts and the culture surrounding them. Emphasizes ways in which imaginative works absorb, reflect, and conflict with reigning attitudes and world views. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include Women Reading/Women Writing; Poetry, Passion, and the Self; and Race, Religion and Identity in Early Modern America. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in Literature or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.709,Studies in Literary History,Close examination of the literature of a particular historical period. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Syllabi vary. Previous topics include Britons Abroad in the 18th Century; Modernism: From Nietzsche to Fellini; and Make it New: Manifestos and the Invention of the Modern.  May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in Literature or History,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.715,Media in Cultural Context,"Seminar uses case studies to examine specific media or media configurations and the larger social, cultural, economic, political, or technological contexts within which they operate. Organized around recurring themes in media history, as well as specific genres, movements, media, or historical moments. Previously taught topics include Gendered Genres: Horror and Maternal Melodramas; Comics, Cartoons, and Graphic Storytelling; and Exploring Children's Culture. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in Literature or Comparative Media Studies or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.720,Chaucer's Canterbury Tales,"Intensive study of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, with particular attention to formal analysis and cultural context. Students work closely with the linguistic nuances of Chaucer's Middle English, and examine scholarly research in the fields of both literary and medieval studies. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21L.900,Independent Study,"Open to qualified students who wish to pursue an independent study with members of the Literature faculty. Normal maximum is 6 units, though exceptional 9-unit projects are occasionally approved. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.901,Independent Study,"Open to qualified students who wish to pursue an independent study with members of the Literature faculty. Normal maximum is 6 units, though exceptional 9-unit projects are occasionally approved. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.902,Topics in Ancient and Medieval Studies: Greek (New),"Covers topics in Greek classes that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings, and assignments. May be repeated for credit if topic differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,21L.610 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S60[J],Special Subject: Rap Theory and Practice,"To gain a deeper understanding of rap, students engage in the full process of creating rap music, including composing lyrics, recording, performing, and creating an EP length album. Existing rap music is studied, selected lyrics are analyzed, and possible reasons for the structure and success of different songs are presented in case studies. Students analyze rap songs, reflect on their own weekly activities in writing and present their work in class by playing recordings, performing and responding to each other in workshop discussions. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.S60[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21L.S88,Special Subject in Literature,"Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S89,Special Subject in Literature,"Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S90,Special Subject in Literature,"Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S91,Special Subject in Literature,"Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S92,Special Subject in Literature,"Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S93,Special Subject in Literature,"Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S94,Special Subject in Literature,"Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S95,Special Subject in Literature,"Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S96,Special Subject in Film and Media,Open to qualified students who wish to pursue special projects with film and media studies faculty. Individual or small group projects encouraged. Usually limited to 6 credits. May be repeated for credit with additional permission of the instructor.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Two subjects in Film and Media and permission of the director of Comparative Media Studies,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.S97,Special Subject in Film and Media,Open to qualified students who wish to pursue special projects with film and media studies faculty. Individual or small group projects encouraged. Usually limited to 6 credits. May be repeated for credit with additional permission of the instructor.,True,"Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Two subjects in Film and Media and permission of director of Comparative Media Studies,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.THT,Literature Pre-Thesis Tutorial,Definition of and early-stage work on thesis project leading to 21L.THU. Taken during the first term of the student's two-term commitment to the thesis project. Student works closely with an individual faculty tutor. Required for students in Course 21L when the thesis is a degree requirement.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.THU,Literature Thesis,"Completion of work on the senior major thesis under supervision of a faculty tutor. Includes oral presentation of thesis progress early in the term, assembling and revising the final text, and meeting at the close with a committee of faculty evaluators to discuss the successes and limitations of the project. Required for students in Course 21L when the thesis is a degree requirement.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,21L.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.UR,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project.  For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21L.URG,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project.  For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.011,Introduction to Western Music,"Provides a broad overview of Western music from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, with emphasis on late baroque, classical, romantic, and modernist styles. Designed to enhance the musical experience by developing listening skills and an understanding of diverse forms and genres. Major composers and works placed in social and cultural contexts. Weekly lectures feature demonstrations by professional performers and introduce topics to be discussed in sections. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21M.013[J],"The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture","Explores the relationship between music and the supernatural, focusing on the social history and context of supernatural beliefs as reflected in key literary and musical works from 1600 to the present. Provides an understanding of the place of ambiguity and the role of interpretation in culture, science and art. Explores great works of art by Shakespeare, Verdi, Goethe (in translation), Gounod, Henry James and Benjamin Britten. Readings also include selections from the most recent scholarship on magic and the supernatural. Writing assignments range from web-based projects to analytic essays. No previous experience in music is necessary.  Projected guest lectures, musical performances, field trips. Limited to 36.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.013[J],False,False,False,False,False,CI-H
21M.030,Introduction to Musics of the World,"An introduction to diverse musical traditions of the world. Music from a wide range of geographical areas is studied in terms of structure, performance practice, social use, aesthetics, and cross-cultural contact. Includes music making, live demonstrations by guest artists, and ethnographic research projects. Enrollment limited by lottery.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21M.051,Fundamentals of Music,"Introduces students to the rudiments of Western music through oral, aural, and written practice utilizing rhythm, melody, intervals, scales, chords, and western staff notation. Individual skills are addressed through a variety of approaches, including the required piano and sight singing labs. Intended for students with little to no prior experience reading music or performing. Not open to students who have completed 21M.150, 21M.151, 21M.301, 21M.302, or are proficient in reading music. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.053,Rhythms of the World,"Experiential, fully-embodied exploration into the fundamentals of music through the lens of largely non-Western, aural music cultures. From Bali to Ghana, Cuba to India, Zimbabwe to Andalucía, and through popular musics across the globe, students think about, talk about, and make music in new ways. Examines some of the basic concepts of music — structure, melody-making, meter, rhythm, interaction, movement, etc. — studying their diverse incarnations in different music cultures and encouraging a breadth of perspective and engagement. Students engage with a diverse blend of musical practices through music-making, in-depth discussion, listening and analysis, and creative composition. No musical experience required. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.065,Introduction to Musical Composition,"Through a progressive series of composition projects, students investigate the sonic organization of musical works and performances, focusing on fundamental questions of unity and variety. Aesthetic issues are considered in the pragmatic context of the instructions that composers provide to achieve a desired musical result, whether these instructions are notated in prose, as graphic images, or in symbolic notation. Weekly listening, reading, and composition assignments draw on a broad range of musical styles and intellectual traditions, from various cultures and historical periods. Basic music reading skills required.  Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.080,Introduction to Music Technology,"Investigates how technology is used in the analysis, modeling, synthesis and composition of music, and its contribution to the artistic production practice. With an eye towards historical context as well as modern usage, topics include the physics of sound, digital representations of music, the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), analog and digital synthesis techniques, MIDI and sequencing, electronic instrument design, notation software, generative music systems, and computational analysis of music. Weekly assignments focus on both theory and practice, requiring technical proficiency, creative output, and aesthetic consideration. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.120,Tuning Systems and Temperament,"Surveys selected tunings of the scale, including Pythagorean, just intonation, mean-tone, and equal temperaments, as well as non-Western systems and the impact of tunings and temperaments on musical composition and performance. Student projects will be based on live demonstrations as well as reading and listening assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.128,Moments in Music: History/Culture A,"Examines a particular moment in music history, an era, style, or even the composition of a major work through analysis and cultural context. Goes into further depth on a particular topic than would be possible in a longer survey. Periods and topics vary. Examples include minimalism, The Beatles, A Cappella, or The Lion King. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.129,Moments in Music: History/Culture B,"Examines a particular moment in music history, an era, style, or even the composition of a major work through analysis and cultural context. Goes into further depth on a particular topic than would be possible in a longer survey. Periods and topics vary. Examples include minimalism, The Beatles, A Cappella, or The Lion King. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Enrollment limited.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.138,Moments in Music: Composition A,"Practice in a particular compositional technique not normally covered in the Harmony and Counterpoint or Musical Composition sequences. Possible topics include Renaissance counterpoint, fugue, ragtime, or indeterminacy. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.139,Moments in Music: Composition B,"Practice in a particular compositional technique not normally covered in the Harmony and Counterpoint or Musical Composition sequences. Possible topics include Renaissance counterpoint, fugue, ragtime, or indeterminacy. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Enrollment limited.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.150,Accelerated Fundamentals of Music,"Accelerated half-semester study of the fundamentals of Western music. Requires ability to read Western staff notation in at least one clef. Coverage includes intervals, triads, major and minor keys, basic musical analysis over a variety of idioms in Western music. Also emphasizes developing the ear, voice, and keyboard skills. Not open to students who have completed or are enrolled in 21M.051, 21M.151, 21M.301, or 21M.302. Subject content is identical to 21M.151: 21M.150 is offered first half of term; 21M.151 is offered second half of term or during IAP. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-1-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.151,Accelerated Fundamentals of Music,"Accelerated half-semester study of the fundamentals of Western music. Requires ability to read Western staff notation in at least one clef. Coverage includes intervals, triads, major and minor keys, basic musical analysis over a variety of idioms in Western music. Also emphasizes developing the ear, voice, and keyboard skills. Not open to students who have completed or are enrolled in 21M.051, 21M.151, 21M.301 or 21M.302. Subject content is identical to 21M.150: 21M.150 is offered first half of term; 21M.151 is offered second half of term or during IAP. Limited to 18 per section.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-1-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.158,Moments in Music: Theory and Analysis A,"Specific musical compositions or topics in music theory will provide the basis for analysis and close reading. Topics vary. Examples include a Bach Cantana, a Beethoven Quartet, Pierrot Lunaire, or cross-cultural musical analysis. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.159,Moments in Music: Theory and Analysis B,"Specific musical compositions or topics in music theory will provide the basis for analysis and close reading. Topics vary. Examples include a Bach Cantana, a Beethoven Quartet, Pierrot Lunaire, or cross-cultural musical analysis. May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.215,Music of the Americas,"A survey of the music of North and South America from the Renaissance to the present, with emphasis on the cross-fertilizations of indigenous and European traditions.  Listening assignments will focus on composers as varied as Copland and Still, Revueltas and Chihara.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.220,Medieval and Renaissance Music,"Examines European, Mediterranean basin, and Latin American music in the ancient world, Middle Ages, and the Renaissance (to 1630). Interweaves a chronological survey with the intensive study of three topics, which are usually chant and its development, music in Italy 1340-1420, and music in Elizabethan England. Focuses on methods and pitfalls in studying music of the distant past. Students work with original sources and facsimiles in crafting research papers, presentation, and assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 21M.301,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.223,Folk Music of the British Isles and North America,"Examines the production, transmission, preservation and the qualities of folk music in the British Isles and North America from the 18th century to the folk revival of the 1960s and the present. Special emphasis on balladry, fiddle styles, and African-American influences. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21M.226,Jazz,"Historical survey from roots in African and American contexts, including spirituals, blues, and ragtime, through early jazz, Swing, bebop, and post-bop movements, with attention to recent developments. Key jazz styles, the relation of music and society, and major figures such as Armstrong, Ellington, Basie, Goodman, Parker, Monk, Mingus, Coltrane, and others are considered. Some investigation of cross-influences with popular, classical, folk, and rock musics. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.235,Baroque and Classical Music,"Surveys genres from the Western tradition composed in the 17th and 18th centuries: opera, cantata, oratorio, sonata, concerto, quartet and symphony. Includes the composers Monteverdi, Purcell, Lully, Strozzi, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Bologne, and Mozart. Bases written essays, projects, and oral presentations on live performances as well as listening and reading assignments. Basic music score-reading ability required.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21M.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.250,Nineteenth-Century Music,"Surveys 19th century Western concert music including Lied/song, choral music, opera, piano sonata/character piece, concerto, and symphony/symphonic poem. Includes the composers Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Chopin, Farrenc, Brahms, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Beach, Smyth, and Mahler. Bases written work and oral presentations on live performances as well as listening and reading assignments. Basic score-reading ability recommended.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21M.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.260,Music since 1900,"Surveys musical works drawn from many genres, representing stylistic movements that have transformed classical music over the past hundred years. Focal topics include musical modernism, serialism, neoclassicism, nationalism and ideology, minimalism, and aleatoric and noise composition experiments. Discusses electronic and computer music, and new media and the postmodern present. Begins with Stravinsky's early ballets and ends with music by current MIT composers and other important figures active today. Ability to read music required. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21M.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.269,Studies in Western Music History,"Explores particular questions or repertories in Western classical music. Requires individual participation, presentations, and writing. Topics vary each year. Examples include women in music, musical borrowing, the Ars Nova, Schumann, or music after 1990. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,21M.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.271,Symphony and Concerto,"Explores the style, form, and history of approximately two dozen pieces of canonical symphonic repertoire. Students write short reviews of musicological articles on the rich cultural history of selected works and complete one project about classical music in contemporary society. Basic score-reading ability required.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.273,Opera,"Focuses on the different styles and dramatic approaches exhibited by a range of operas. Important themes include dramatic and musical conventions, processes of adaptation, cultural and critical questions, and staging as a type of interpretation. Basic score-reading ability required.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.283,Musicals,"Covers select Broadway stage works and Hollywood films in depth. Proceeds chronologically within four historical categories: breakthrough musicals of the 1920s and '30s; classic ""book musicals"" of the '40s and '50s; modernist and concept musicals of the '60s and '70s; and postmodern and cutting-edge works of the '80s and '90s. Recent musicals also explored.  Attention given to the role of music in relation to script, characterization, and dramatic structure. Papers involve comparison of at least one stage and one film work, selected in consultation with the instructor. Oral presentations required and in-class performances encouraged.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"One subject in film, music, or theater or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.284,Film Music,"Provides a conceptual foundation and methodology for the study of music created for various types of (mainly) narrative films, from the medium's origins in the early twentieth century to the present. Close attention to select influential scores by composers active in Hollywood from the 1940s to the 1990s (e.g., Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Quincy Jones, John Williams, Philip Glass). Those works are juxtaposed with landmarks of alternative film and musical styles from other countries and centers of production. Subsidiary topics include the history and challenges of live musical accompaniment to silent films, and the evolution of recording and sound-editing technologies from the studio era to the global present. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments. Some background in the study of film and/or music is desirable, but not a prerequisite.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.285,The Beatles,"Surveys the music of the Beatles, from the band's early years as the Quarrymen (1956-1960), through the rise of ""Beatlemania"" in the 1960s, and the break-up of the group with the turn of 1970. Listening and reading assignments focus on the construction and analysis of selected songs with the goal of mapping how the Beatles' musical style changed from skiffle and rock to studio-based experimentation and the concept album. Discussions include the cultural influences that helped shape not only the music, but also the image of the group and its individual members, as well as the Beatles' influence on both popular music and culture worldwide. Limited to 21.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21M.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.289,Studies in Western Classical Genres,"Explores topics concerned with specific types of classical music, such as repertories for instrumental soloists and/or small ensembles, orchestral works, solo songs, choral works, or compositions for theater, film, or new media.  Topics vary and may require additional prerequisites or specialized skills such as score-reading or playing an instrument. Examples include the English madrigal, Baroque chamber music, Beethoven's symphonies, French art song, Wagner's 'Ring' cycle, American choral music, Stravinsky's theater works, and the Hollywood film score. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21M.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.291,Music of India,"Focuses on Hindustani classical music of North India, and also involves learning about the ancient foundations of the rich classical traditions of music and dance of all Indian art and culture. Practice of the ragas and talas through the learning of songs, dance, and drumming compositions. Develops insights through listening, readings, and concert attendance.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.292,Musics in Bali,"Studies diverse musical practices in Bali, Indonesia. Students encounter a broad spectrum of Balinese musics — from ancient ritual and court musics to popular genres, internationally renowned gamelan traditions to radical contemporary and fusion compositions — engaging with their structures and techniques through music-making, listening analysis, music theory, composition, and dance. Explores the cultural, political, social, and historical contexts of these musics, grappling with complex questions of identity, representation, power, and belief through readings and discussion forums, creative open-ended projects, and in-depth class discussion. No musical experience required. Limited to 15.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.293,Musics of Africa,"Studies musical traditions of sub-Saharan Africa, with focus on West Africa. Explores a variety of musical practices and their cultural contexts through listening, reading and writing assignments with an emphasis on class discussion. Includes in-class instruction in drumming, song and dance of Senegal, Ghana, and South Africa, as well as live lecture-demonstrations by guest performers from throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Limited to 15; preference to majors, minors, concentrators. Admittance may be controlled by lottery.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.294,Popular Musics of the World,"Examines select popular music genres from around the world through audio-visual materials, reading assignments, and classroom discussion. Considers issues of globalization, appropriation, and the impact of social media. Case studies include bhangra, Latin pop, Afropop, reggae, Kpop, and global hip-hop. Limited to 25; preference to Music majors, minors, concentrators. Admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.295,American Popular Music,"Surveys the development of popular music in the US, and in a cross-cultural milieu, relative to the history and sociology of the last two hundred years. Examines the mixture that characterizes modern music, and how it reflects many rich traditions and styles (minstrelsy, Tin Pan Alley, blues, country, rock, soul, rap, techno, etc.). Provides a background for understanding the musical vocabulary of current popular music styles. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.296,Studies in Jazz and Popular Music,"Studies of selected topics in popular music and/or jazz.  Topics vary.  Examples include Duke Ellington, Bob Dylan, hip-hop, and the 1980s.  May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.297[J],"Cultures of Popular Music in East Asia: Japan, Korea, China","Explores a variety of music cultures in contemporary East Asia. Emphasizes examples from Japan, but forays elsewhere, including South Korea and China. Uses writings, videos, and recordings of musical performances, events, and objects in a variety of contexts to better understand how the concept of culture gives insight into gender, class, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationhood, and individual identities. Explores ethnographic approaches to musical cultures with a focus on the last thirty years. Topics include Japanese hip-hop, K-Pop idols, Vocaloids (virtual idols), Chinese popular music and protest, street music, streaming and online distribution for global music, and experimental music. Students conduct ethnographic fieldwork and produce sonic presentations. No music experience nor technical expertise required. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.095[J], WGS.150[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.299,Studies in Global Musics,"Studies of selected topics in ethnomusicology (the study of music in culture). Topics vary. Examples include the social lives of musical instruments, music and storytelling, fieldwork methodologies, music and politics, and theories of global musics. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21M.030 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.301,Harmony and Counterpoint I,"Explores Western diatonic music through regular composition and analysis assignments. Engages a broad range of historical periods, traditions, and individuals. Topics include rhythm and meter, harmony and counterpoint within a single key, and a brief overview of form and modulation. Individual skills are addressed through a variety of approaches, including the required piano and sight singing labs. Local musicians perform final composition projects. Students should be proficient in reading Western staff notation in at least one clef and have experience with key signatures and scales. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-3-6,"21M.051, 21M.151, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.302,Harmony and Counterpoint II,"A continuation of 21M.301, including chromatic harmony and modulation, a more extensive composition project, keyboard laboratory, and musicianship laboratory. Limited to 20 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-2-7,21M.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.303,Writing in Tonal Forms I,"Written and analytic exercises based on 18th- and 19th-century small forms and harmonic practice found in music such as the chorale preludes of Bach; minuets and trios of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven; and the songs and character pieces of Schubert and Schumann. Musicianship laboratory is required. Limited to 20 per section.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,21M.302,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.304,Writing in Tonal Forms II,"Further written and analytic exercises in tonal music, focusing on larger or more challenging forms. For example, students might compose a sonata-form movement for piano or a two-part invention in the style of Bach. Students have opportunities to write short works that experiment with the expanded tonal techniques of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Musicianship laboratory is required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,21M.303,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.310,Techniques of 20th-Century Composition,"Students complete written and analytical exercises based on compositional forms and practices from the first half of the 20th century. Areas covered include compositions based upon artificial scales and modes, as in Debussy, Bartok, and Stravinsky; compositions based on atonal pitch organizations, as with Schoenberg and Webern; compositions based on rhythmic process, timbral exploration, and/or non-Western influences. Basic instrumentation will be taught, and compositions will be performed in class.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21M.302 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.340,Jazz Harmony and Arranging,"Basic harmony and theory of mainstream jazz and blues; includes required listening in jazz, writing and analysis work, and two full-scale arrangements. Serves as preparation for more advanced work in jazz with application to rock and pop music. Performance of student arrangements. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,"21M.051, 21M.226, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.341,Jazz Composition,"Jazz writing using tonal, modal, and extended compositional approaches as applied to the blues, the 32-bar song form, and post-bop structural designs. Consideration given to a variety of styles and to the ways improvisation informs the compositional process. Study of works by Ellington, Mingus, Parker, Russell, Golson, Coleman, Coltrane, Hancock, Tyner, Davis, and others. Performance of student compositions. Limited to 15.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"21M.226, 21M.340, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.342,Composing for Jazz Orchestra,"Explores composition and arrangement for the large jazz ensembles from 1920s foundations to current postmodern practice. Consideration given to a variety of styles and to the interaction of improvisation and composition. Study of works by Basie, Ellington, Evans, Gillespie, Golson, Mingus, Morris, Nelson, Williams, and others. Open rehearsals, workshops, and performances of student compositions by the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.351,Music Composition,Directed composition of original writing involving voices and/or instruments. Includes a weekly seminar in composition for the presentation and discussion of work in progress. Students are expected to produce at least one substantive work that will be performed in public by the end of the term. Contemporary compositions and major works from 20th-century music literature are studied. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"21M.304, 21M.310, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.355,Musical Improvisation,"Students study concepts and practice techniques of improvisation in solo and ensemble contexts. Centered on the jazz tradition, examines relationships between improvisation, composition, and performance, utilizing both mainstream and experimental approaches. Students are expected to perform in class on a regular basis. Involves extensive listening and analysis. Music reading skills are required, as is intermediate instrumental or vocal proficiency. Enrollment limited to 15; open by audition to instrumental or vocal performers.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.359,"Studies in Musical Composition, Theory and Analysis","Explores techniques associated with musical composition and/or analysis. Written exercises in the form of music (composition) and/or prose (papers) may be required, depending on the topic. Topics vary each year; examples include fugue, contemporary aesthetics of composition, orchestration, music analysis, or music and mathematics. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21M.051 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.361,Electronic Music Composition I,"Students develop basic skills in composition through weekly assignments focusing on sampling and audio processing. Source materials include samples of urban/natural environments, electronically generated sounds, inherent studio/recording noise, and pre-existing recordings. Audio processing includes digital signal processing (DSP) and analog devices. Covers compositional techniques, including mixing, algorithms, studio improvisation, and interaction. Students critique each other's work and give informal presentations on recordings drawn from sound art, experimental electronica, conventional and non-conventional classical electronic works, and popular music. Covers technology, math, and acoustics in varying detail. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 15 per section; ; preference to Music Technology graduate students, Music majors, minors, and concentrators.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-1-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.362,Electronic Music Composition II,"Explores sophisticated synthesis techniques, from finely tuned additive to noise filtering and distortion, granular synthesis to vintage emulation. Incorporates production techniques and use of multimedia, with guest lecturers/performers. Considers composing environments such as Max/MSP/Jitter, SPEAR, SoundHack, and Mathematica. Assignments include diverse listening sessions, followed by oral or written presentations, weekly sound studies, critiques, and modular compositions/soundscapes. Prior significant computer music experience preferred. Consult instructor for technical requirements. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-8,21M.361 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.365[J],"DJ History, Technique, and Technology (New)","Students explore a chosen contemporary or historical dance scene from around the world. Lectures examine the evolution of the craft and technologies of the DJ. Presents foundational practices of live DJ mixing; practice equipment is accessible to teams of students. Assignments include writing a report analyzing a book on DJ history or technique, producing a complete mix, and participation in an end-of-term performance. No prior experience is necessary, but students must sustain interest in some form of popular dance music, broadly defined. Graduate students complete additional assignments. Limited to 24.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.303[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.369,Studies in Music Technology,"Explores various technologies in relation to musical analysis, composition, performance, culture, and quantitative methods. Topics vary each term and may include development and impact on society, generative and algorithmic music, recording techniques or procedural sound design. May involve hands-on components such as laptop music ensemble, new instrument building, or comparing the theory and practice of audio recording. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 16.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.370,Digital Instrument Design,"Covers aesthetic and technical challenges in the creation of physical interfaces for musical performance. will engage in the design and creation of musical interfaces, and learn how to incorporate new technologies in their artistic practice. Topics covered include user experience design for artistic performance, musical human-computer interaction (HCI), hardware and software standards for digital musical systems, embedded programming and sound synthesis, analog and digital sensors, rapid prototyping and digital manufacturing, and creating performance practices around custom hardware. Students design and build their own digital musical instrument, and present a performance with the instrument as their final project. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-6-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.383,Computational Music Theory and Analysis,"Covers major approaches to analyzing musical scores using computers. Topics include AI/machine learning of style, musical similarity, encoding, music composition, music perception, and big data repertory studies. Programming assignments given in Python. Culminates in an original final project. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.1010 and (21M.301 or 21M.302),N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.385[J],Interactive Music Systems,"Explores audio synthesis, musical structure, human computer interaction (HCI), and visual presentation for the creation of interactive musical experiences. Topics include audio synthesis; mixing and looping; MIDI sequencing; generative composition; motion sensors; music games; and graphics for UI, visualization, and aesthetics. Includes weekly programming assignments in python. Teams build an original, dynamic, and engaging interactive music system for their final project. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 36.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,(6.1010 and 21M.301) or permission of instructor,6.4550[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.387[J],Fundamentals of Music Processing,"Analyzes recorded music in digital audio form using advanced signal processing and optimization techniques to understand higher-level musical meaning. Covers fundamental tools like windowing, feature extraction, discrete and short-time Fourier transforms, chromagrams, and onset detection. Addresses analysis methods including dynamic time warping, dynamic programming, self-similarity matrices, and matrix factorization. Explores a variety of applications, such as event classification, audio alignment, chord recognition, structural analysis, tempo and beat tracking, content-based audio retrieval, and audio decomposition. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.3000 and 21M.051,6.3020[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.401,MIT Concert Choir,"Rehearsals and performance of primarily large-scale works for chorus, soloists, and orchestra--from the Passions and Masses of J. S. Bach to oratorios of our own time. Open to graduate and undergraduate students by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-4-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.405,MIT Chamber Chorus,"Rehearsal and performance of choral repertoire for small chorus, involving literature from the Renaissance to contemporary periods. Limited to 32 by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.410,Vocal Repertoire and Performance,"For the singer and/or pianist interested in collaborative study of solo vocal performance. Historical study of the repertoire includes listening assignments of representative French, German, Italian, and English works as sung by noted vocal artists of the genre. Topics include diction as facilitated by the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet; performance and audition techniques; and study of body awareness and alignment through the Alexander Technique and yoga. Admission by audition; Emerson Vocal Scholars contact department.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,None. Coreq: Participation in ensemble for vocalists,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.421,MIT Symphony,"Rehearsals prepare works for concerts and recordings. Analyses of musical style, structure, and performance practice are integrated into rehearsals as a means of enriching musical conception and the approach to performance. Likewise, additional scores of particular structural or stylistic interest are read whenever time permits. Admission by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-4-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.423,Conducting and Score-Reading,"Introduces ensemble conducting as a technical and artistic discipline.  Incorporates ear training, score-reading skills and analysis, rehearsal technique, and studies of various philosophies.  Attendance of rehearsals and specific concerts required.  Opportunities include conducting students, professional musicians, and MIT Symphony Orchestra (when possible).  Instrumental proficiency required, although vocalists with keyboard abilities will be accepted.  May be repeated once for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-3,21M.302 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.426,MIT Wind Ensemble,"Designed for advanced instrumentalists who are committed to the analysis, performance, and recording of woodwind, brass, and percussion literature from the Renaissance through the 21st century. The repertoire consists primarily of music for small and large wind ensembles. May include ensemble music from Gabrieli to Grainger, Schuller, Mozart, Dvorak, and various mixed media including strings. Performance of newly commissioned works. Opportunities for solo work and work with recognized professional artists and composers. Admission by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-4-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.442,MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble,"Designed for instrumentalists dedicated to the analysis, performance, and recording of traditional and contemporary jazz ensemble compositions. Instrumentation includes saxophones, trumpets, trombones, piano, guitar or vibraphone, bass, percussion and occasionally french horn, double reeds, and strings. Provides opportunities to work with professional jazz artists and perform commissioned works by recognized jazz composers. Experience in improvisation preferred but not required. Admission by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-4-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.443,MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble (New),"A performance ensemble for vocalists dedicated to studying traditional and contemporary vocal jazz compositions. Primarily ensemble repertoire ranging from a cappella to full big band accompaniment. Opportunities for solo performances, student-driven arrangements, and to work with professional jazz artists. Practical sight-reading skills required; experience in improvisation preferred. Admission by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-4-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.445,Chamber Music Society,"Study of chamber music literature through analysis, rehearsal, and performance. Weekly seminars and coaching. Open to string, piano, brass, woodwind players, and singers. Admission by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-4-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.450,MIT Balinese Gamelan,"A performing ensemble dedicated to the traditional music of Bali. Members of the ensemble study structures and techniques used on various gamelan instruments — such as gangsa (ancient bronze metallophones), suling (Balinese bamboo flute), reyong (bronze pots), gongs, and drums — and learn to perform gamelan pieces. Culminates in a performance. No previous experience required.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-3-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.451,Collaborative Piano,"Open by audition to pianists, instrumentalists and singers who wish to explore and develop their talents as collaborative musicians. Students are paired based on availability and receive weekly coachings by appointment. Students practice independently, rehearse with their collaborator, attend their collaborator's lessons as needed, and perform at a juried recital at the end of the term. Students may register for 3 units for a smaller-scale assignment or 6 units for a larger-scale assignment or two small assignments. May satisfy the ensemble requirement for pianists and instrumentalists in the Emerson/Harris program at the discretion of the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.460,MIT Senegalese Drum Ensemble,"A performance ensemble focusing on the sabar drumming tradition of Senegal, West Africa. Study and rehearse Senegalese drumming techniques and spoken word. Perform in conjunction with MIT Rambax drumming group. No previous experience necessary, but prior enrollment in 21M.030 or 21M.293 strongly recommended. Limited to 30 by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-3-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.470,MIT Laptop Ensemble,"The MIT Laptop Ensemble is a forum for the exploration of emerging digital musical practices, giving ensemble members hands-on experience with compositional and performance strategies based on current research. Concerts by the ensemble include repertoire drawn both from historical electronic and computer music compositions, as well as new compositions by invited composers. Also includes opportunities for ensemble members to compose for and conduct the ensemble. Weekly rehearsals focus on concepts drawn from a variety of 20th- and 21st-century practices, including experimental and improvised music, telematic performance, gestural controllers, multimedia performance, live coding, and interactive music systems. No previous experience required. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Admission by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.475,Music Performance,"Designed for students who demonstrate considerable technical and musical skills and who wish to develop them through intensive private study. Students must take a weekly lesson, attend a regular performance seminar, participate in a departmental performing group, and participate in a group recital at the end of each term. Full-year commitment required. Information about lesson fees, scholarships, and auditions available in Music Section Office. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Admission by audition for Emerson/Harris Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-2-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.480,Advanced Music Performance,"Designed for students who demonstrate considerable technical and musical skills and who wish to develop them through intensive private study. Students must take a weekly lesson, attend a regular performance seminar, and participate in a departmental performing group, and present a 50-minute solo recital at the end of the Spring term. Full-year commitment required. Information about lesson fees, scholarships, and auditions available in Music Section Office. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Admission by audition for the Emerson/Harris Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-2-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.490,Solo Recital,Solo 50-minute recital prepared with a private teacher and approved by the Emerson Private Studies Committee based on evidence of readiness shown in the Fall Term performances. See Music and Theater Arts website for application deadlines and conditions. Restricted to Emerson Scholars.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.500,Advanced Seminar in Music,"Seminar that develops analytic and research skills in music history/culture or theory/composition. Topics vary, but are organized around a particular methodology, musical topic, or collection of works, that allow for application to a variety of interests and genres. Strong emphasis on student presentations, discussion, and a substantial writing project. May be repeated for credit with permission from instructor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21M.505,Music Composition,Directed composition of original writing involving voices and/or instruments. Includes a weekly seminar in composition for the presentation and discussion of work in progress. Students are expected to produce at least one substantive work that will be performed in public by the end of the term. Contemporary compositions and major works from 20th-century music literature are studied. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"21M.304, 21M.310, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.511,Music Performance,"Designed for students who demonstrate considerable technical and musical skills and who wish to develop them through intensive private study. Students must take a weekly lesson, attend a regular performance seminar, participate in a departmental performing group, and present a 50-minute solo recital at the end of the Spring term. Full-year commitment required. Information about lesson fees, scholarships, and auditions available in Music Section Office. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Admission by audition for Emerson/Harris Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-2-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.512,Advanced Music Performance,"Designed for students who demonstrate considerable technical and musical skills and who wish to develop them through intensive private study. Students must take a weekly lesson, attend a regular performance seminar, and participate in a departmental performing group, and present a 50-minute solo recital at the end of the Spring term. Full-year commitment required. Information about lesson fees, scholarships, and auditions available in Music Section Office. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Admission by audition for the Emerson/Harris Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-2-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.514,Collaborative Piano,"Open by audition to pianists, instrumentalists and singers who wish to explore and develop their talents as collaborative musicians. Students are paired based on availability and receive weekly coachings by appointment. Students practice independently, rehearse with their collaborator, attend their collaborator's lessons as needed, and perform at a juried recital at the end of the term. Students may register for 3 units for a smaller-scale assignment or 6 units for a larger-scale assignment or two small assignments. May satisfy the ensemble requirement for pianists and instrumentalists the Emerson/Harris program at the discretion of the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.515,Vocal Repertoire and Performance,"For the singer and/or pianist interested in collaborative study of solo vocal performance. Historical study of the repertoire includes listening assignments of representative French, German, Italian, and English works as sung by noted vocal artists of the genre. Topics include diction as facilitated by the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet; performance and audition techniques; and study of body awareness and alignment through the Alexander Technique and yoga. Admission by audition. Emerson Vocal Scholars contact department.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.517,MIT Laptop Ensemble,"The MIT Laptop Ensemble is a forum for the exploration of emerging digital musical practices, giving ensemble members hands-on experience with compositional and performance strategies based on current research. Concerts by the ensemble include repertoire drawn both from historical electronic and computer music compositions, as well as new compositions by invited composers. Also includes opportunities for ensemble members to compose for and conduct the ensemble. Weekly rehearsals focus on concepts drawn from a variety of 20th- and 21st-century practices, including experimental and improvised music, telematic performance, gestural controllers, multimedia performance, live coding, and interactive music systems. No previous experience required. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Admission by audition.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.525,Solo Recital,Emerson Scholars may receive credit for a solo spring recital that has been prepared with and approved by the private teacher and the Emerson Private Studies Committee. Approval based on evidence of readiness shown in first term master classes. Restricted to Emerson Scholars.,True,Spring,Graduate,1-2-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.531,Independent Study in Music,Open to qualified students who wish to pursue independent studies or projects with members of the Music Section. Projects require prior approval by the Music and Theater Arts Chair.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.533,Independent Study in Music,Open to qualified students who wish to pursue independent studies or projects with members of the Music Section. Projects require prior approval by the Music and Theater Arts Chair.,True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.540,Thinking about Music,"Seminar focusing on developing skills needed to navigate graduate research projects in music. Topics include how to engage with primary and secondary sources, library and archival (real and virtual) collections, and research bibliographies. Emphasizes working with diverse materials, and viewpoints.  Ambiguity, uncertainty, and unsolved (and often unsolvable) questions in music research are emphasized. Includes brief overviews of major periods and works of Western Classical music and significant components and differences among three non-Western/non-Classical repertories.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.541,Harmony and Counterpoint I with Computational Applications,"Explores Western diatonic music through regular composition and analysis assignments. Engages a broad range of historical periods, traditions, and individuals. Topics include rhythm and meter, harmony and counterpoint within a single key, and a brief overview of form and modulation. Individual skills are addressed through a variety of approaches, including the required piano and sight singing labs. Local musicians perform final composition projects. Students should be proficient in reading Western staff notation in at least one clef and have experience with key signatures and scales. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18 per section.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None. Coreq: 21M.565 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.560,Introduction to Music Technology,"Investigates how technology is used in the analysis, modeling, synthesis and composition of music, and its contribution to the artistic production practice. With an eye towards historical context as well as modern usage, topics include the physics of sound, digital representations of music, the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), analog and digital synthesis techniques, MIDI and sequencing, electronic instrument design, notation software, generative music systems, and computational analysis of music. Weekly assignments focus on both theory and practice, requiring technical proficiency, creative output, and aesthetic consideration. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.561,Electronic Music Composition I,"Students develop basic skills in composition through weekly assignments focusing on sampling and audio processing. Source materials include samples of urban/natural environments, electronically generated sounds, inherent studio/recording noise, and pre-existing recordings. Audio processing includes digital signal processing (DSP) and analog devices. Covers compositional techniques, including mixing, algorithms, studio improvisation, and interaction. Students critique each other's work and give informal presentations on recordings drawn from sound art, experimental electronica, conventional and non-conventional classical electronic works, and popular music. Covers technology, math, and acoustics in varying detail. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 15 per section; preference to Music Technology graduate students, Music majors, minors, and concentrators.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-1-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.562,Electronic Music Composition II,"Explores sophisticated synthesis techniques, from finely tuned additive to noise filtering and distortion, granular synthesis to vintage emulation. Incorporates production techniques and use of multimedia, with guest lecturers/performers. Considers composing environments such as Max/MSP/Jitter, SPEAR, SoundHack, and Mathematica. Assignments include diverse listening sessions, followed by oral or written presentations, weekly sound studies, critiques, and modular compositions/soundscapes. Prior significant computer music experience preferred. Consult instructor for technical requirements. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-8,"21M.361, 21M.561, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"21M.S53,",21M.S54 Special Subject in Music,"Study of musical topics not covered in the regular subject listings, particularly experimental subjects offered by permanent or visiting faculty.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.S55,Special Subject in Music (New),"Study of musical topics not covered in the regular subject listings, particularly experimental subjects offered by permanent or visiting faculty.",True,"IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.S56,Special Subject in Music (New),"Study of musical topics not covered in the regular subject listings, particularly experimental subjects offered by permanent or visiting faculty.",True,"IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.565,Programming for Music,"Introduction to programming skills needed for conducting research in music and music technology. Students develop skills to solve problems using python in music theory, history, performance, and technology and to compose using algorithms and data structures. Covers fundamental aspects of both computer science and software engineering as applied to music, including abstraction, data types, testing and debugging, time complexity, and recursion. Relies on students' prior experience with research methods in music and musical creativity to answer otherwise under-defined problems.  Culminates in an individual programming project.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-2-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.569,Studies in Music Technology,"Explores various technologies in relation to musical analysis, composition, performance, culture, and quantitative methods. Topics vary each term and may include development and impact on society, generative and algorithmic music, recording techniques or procedural sound design. May involve hands-on components such as laptop music ensemble, new instrument building, or comparing the theory and practice of audio recording. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 16.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.570,Digital Instrument Design,"Covers aesthetic and technical challenges in the creation of physical interfaces for musical performance. will engage in the design and creation of musical interfaces, and learn how to incorporate new technologies in their artistic practice. Topics covered include user experience design for artistic performance, musical human-computer interaction (HCI), hardware and software standards for digital musical systems, embedded programming and sound synthesis, analog and digital sensors, rapid prototyping and digital manufacturing, and creating performance practices around custom hardware. Students design and build their own digital musical instrument, and present a performance with the instrument as their final project. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.572,Overview of Music Perception and Cognition,"An overview of perceptual and biological structures of musical and auditory cognition with applications to music research. Differences between acoustical/technological and perceptual interpretations of sound and music are emphasized. Topics include musical memory and anticipation, emotion and psychological functions, and theories of music's origins and functions. Covers ethical and practical considerations of human subject research in music perception and important conclusions from the field. Not open to students who have taken HST.723 or HST.725.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-2,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.573,Overview of Acoustics and the Physics of Sound,"An overview of the physics of wave propagation, absorption, and reflection in sound. Topics include harmonic motion, standing waves in one to three dimensions, interference and distortion, loudness, electro-acoustical modeling, microphones and loudspeakers, and physical models of musical instruments. Laboratory time is spent in measuring and modeling local acoustical spaces, instruments, and sound production. Not open to students who have taken 2.066.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-1-2,21M.572 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.574,Overview of Musical Software and Formats,"An overview of the practical side of working with music software and formats for research in music technology. Covers audio editing, notation software, and sound/signal tools primarily using open-source examples. Topics include: compression/codecs, command-line and batch operations for automation; translation among formats, differences among and between audio and symbolic formats (including wav, mp3, MIDI, MusicXML, and historic formats).",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-3,None. Coreq: 21M.565 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.576,Overview of Mathematics for Music Applications,"Overview of mathematical tools and their use in music research. Topics include linear algebra and matrices, applications of complex numbers and trigonometric functions, exponentials, summation functions, logarithmic domains, function composition, probability (including Bayes' Theorem), statistics (including tests of significance), and estimating complex functions computationally. All topics are presented in conjunction with musical applications.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-3,None. Coreq: 21M.565 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.577,Overview of the Principles of Signals,"Overview of signal processing techniques for music analysis in the audio domain, including their mathematical representations. Topics include sampling theory, filtering, convolution, and the Fourier transform, particularly in the discrete (digital) domain, with an emphasis on music applications and practice in Python.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-1-2,21M.576 and 21M.572; Coreq: 21M.573 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.580[J],Musical Aesthetics and Media Technology,"In-depth exploration of contemporary concepts in music and media. Studies recent music that uses advanced technology, and the artistic motivations and concerns implied by the new media. Practical experience with computer music technology, including MIDI and post-MIDI systems. Special emphasis on the interactive systems for professionals as well as amateurs. Midterm paper and term project required.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,MAS.825[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.581[J],Projects in Media and Music,"Current computer music concepts and practice. Project-based work on research or production projects using the Media Lab's computer music, interactive, and media resources. Requires significant studio work and a term project. Projects based on class interests and skills, and may be individually or group-based. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,MAS.825,MAS.826[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.583,Computational Music Theory and Analysis,"Covers major approaches to analyzing musical scores using computers. Topics include AI/machine learning of style, musical similarity, encoding, music composition, music perception, and big data repertory studies. Programming assignments given in Python. Culminates in an original final project. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(21M.541 and 21M.565) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.585,Interactive Music Systems,"Explores audio synthesis, musical structure, human computer interaction (HCI), and visual presentation for the creation of interactive musical experiences. Topics include audio synthesis; mixing and looping; MIDI sequencing; generative composition; motion sensors; music games; and graphics for UI, visualization, and aesthetics. Includes weekly programming assignments in python. Teams build an original, dynamic, and engaging interactive music system for their final project. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 36.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,(21M.541 and 21M.565) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.587,Fundamentals of Music Processing,"Analyzes recorded music in digital audio form using advanced signal processing and optimization techniques to understand higher-level musical meaning. Covers fundamental tools like windowing, feature extraction, discrete and short-time Fourier transforms, chromagrams, and onset detection. Addresses analysis methods including dynamic time warping, dynamic programming, self-similarity matrices, and matrix factorization. Explores a variety of applications, such as event classification, audio alignment, chord recognition, structural analysis, tempo and beat tracking, content-based audio retrieval, and audio decomposition. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(21M.541, 21M.565, and 21M.577) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.589,Studies in Advanced Music Technology and Music Computation,"Studies of a selected topic in music technology requiring substantial prior knowledge of music studies, music technology, and computation. Topics vary. Examples include computational modeling of music cognition, artificial intelligence and musical creativity, or real-time Internet musical collaboration. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(21M.540, 21M.565, and (21M.301 or 21M.541)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.590,Colloquium in Music Technology,"Presentations of recent work in music research from both academic and commercial spheres.  Students prepare to engage with guest speakers by reading and demonstrating understanding of the sphere of work, attend presentations, and reflect on the work. Enrollment limited with priority to graduate students in music technology. May be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-0,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.591,Capstone Project in Music Technology,Preparation for and submission of the capstone project in the MASc in Music Technology. Provides an overview of expectations for the capstone project. Individual meetings with the research director/subject head and group meetings on the process of developing an idea from foundational music technology subjects with advanced topics learned simultaneously. Culminates in an individual research project and presentation. Restricted to MASc in Music Technology students.,True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-5,"(21M.540, 21M.565, and (21M.301 or 21M.541)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.595,Music Technology And Computation Research Seminar,"Development of a thesis-level project in music technology and computation. Individual meetings with the research director/subject head and with individual thesis advisors, together with group meetings on research techniques, musical thinking, and graduate-level academic writing. Culminates in a submitted prospectus for a graduate project presented to the group. Restricted to SM in Music Technology and Computation students.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"21M.S53,",21M.S54 Special Subject in Music,"Study of musical topics not covered in the regular subject listings, particularly experimental subjects offered by permanent or visiting faculty.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.S55,Special Subject in Music (New),"Study of musical topics not covered in the regular subject listings, particularly experimental subjects offered by permanent or visiting faculty.",True,"IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.S56,Special Subject in Music (New),"Study of musical topics not covered in the regular subject listings, particularly experimental subjects offered by permanent or visiting faculty.",True,"IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.THG,Directed Research and Thesis in Music Technology and Computation,Program of research and writing of the SM thesis in Music Technology and Computation. Structure and hours to be arranged by the student with the supervising committee. Restricted to SM in Music Technology and Computation students.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.THT,Music Pre-Thesis Tutorial,"Definition of and early-stage work on thesis project leading to undergraduate thesis in Music. Taken during the first term, or during IAP, of the student's two-term commitment to the thesis project. Student works closely with an individual faculty tutor. Limited to Music majors.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,"Completion of work on senior major thesis in Music under supervision of a faculty tutor. Includes oral presentation of thesis project early in the term, assembling and revising final text and meeting at the close with a committee of Music faculty evaluators to discuss successes and limitations of the project. Limited to Music majors.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,21M.THT or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.UR,Undergraduate Research in Music,Individual participation in ongoing Music research projects. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.URG,Undergraduate Research in Music,Individual participation in an ongoing music research project.  For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Progam.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,", ) ",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.THT,Pre-Thesis Tutorial,"Definition of and early-stage work on thesis project leading to 21M.THU Undergraduate Thesis in Music or Theater Arts.  Taken during the first term, or during IAP, of the student's two-term commitment to the thesis project.  Student works closely with an individual faculty tutor. Limited to Music or Theater Arts Majors.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,"Completion of work on senior major thesis in Music or Theater Arts under supervision of a faculty tutor. Includes oral presentation of thesis project early in the term, assembling and revising final text and meeting at the close with a committee of Music or Theater Arts faculty evaluators to discuss successes and limitations of the project. Limited to Music or Theater Arts majors.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,21M.THT or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.UR,Undergraduate Research in Music and Theater Arts,Individual participation in ongoing Music and Theater Arts research projects.  For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21M.URG,Undergraduate Research in Music,Individual participation in an ongoing music research project.  For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Progam.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,", ) ",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.100,Theater Arts Production (21M.812),"Students to join Theater Arts faculty and staff in the development of a fully-staged production for an audience in MIT's laboratory for the performing arts at W97. Students collaborate as performers, designers, writers, choreographers and technicians. Weekly rehearsals, design labs, and workshops introduce students to an array of rehearsal and performance techniques over the course of the term. Culminates in a public performance, open to students at all levels of experience. Each term evolves a different project which may include community-driven interventions, classical or contemporary plays, devised works, screenplays, musicals or other live performance events.  Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.101,Introduction to Acting (21M.600),"Explores the actor's tools: body, voice, mind, imagination, and the essential self. Through studio exercises, students address issues of honesty and creativity in the theatrical moment, and begin to have a sense of their strengths and limitations as communicating theatrical artists. Provides an opportunity for students to discover their relationship to ""the other"" in the acting partner, the group, the environment, and the audience. Limited to 20 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.102,Voice and Speech for the Actor (21M.605),"Thorough exploration of the voice in the context of human communication, provides a progression of exercises designed to free, develop, and strengthen the voice — first as a human instrument and then as the actor's instrument. Explores a progression of voice work that begins with physical awareness and breathing, moving into breath awareness, discovery of the body as the source and amplifier of sound vibration, opens the vocal channel, and develops strength and range in creative expression. Uses historical speeches and heightened language text to expand use and freeing of voice and self. Subject may culminate in a public presentation. Final grade highly dependent on attendance. Limited to 20; preference to Theater majors, minors, and concentrators who have pre-registered.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.103,Motion Theater (21M.645),"Examines the theatrical event from the perspective of composition in a performance workshop. Studio exercises address the process of developing a theatrical work through an internalized understanding of compositional principles in theater. Examines physical action in time and space. Includes outside readings, videos, short essays, and in-class discussions. Provides the performer, director, choreographer, designer or writer opportunities to engage with large and small group ensembles in creation of theatrical events. Topics include image, motion, shape, repetition, gesture, and spatial relationship. Preference to majors, minors, concentrators. Admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.104,Fundamentals of Directing (21M.790),"Studio workshop introduces students to the collaborative artistic practice of directing for the theater, opera, and other live performance disciplines. Weekly sessions provide students the opportunity to develop innovative theatrical events through rigorous analysis of dramatic texts, social practices, musical scores and libretti, and other source materials. With a focus on collaboration, students conduct dramaturgical research, experiment with behavior and motion, create compositional studies, design interventions, and complete other scenographic exercises culminating in an end-of-semester presentation for an invited audience. Generative studio prompts are complimented by selected readings, field trips, interactions with guest artists, and video viewings. Students are encouraged to bring their own unique points of view and to celebrate difference. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.110,Physical Improvisation: Bodies in Motion (21M.623),"Explores the realities of the body in space and motion - interacting with gravity, momentum, inertia, alignment, negative space, one's imagination, one's body, other bodies, the present room and rooms from memory, geometry, stillness, and more. By releasing tension and abandoning the notion of pre-planning, students experience a natural, spontaneous flow of movement, opening themselves up to, and diving into, whatever might happen. Develops alertness in order to work in an energetic state of physical disorientation, self-correcting what doesn't work and reinforcing what does on the spot, discovering physical/emotional truths and shared moments that leave students aware, centered, incredibly present, and sharply alive. Limited to 20 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.111,Physical Improvisation: Scores and Structures (21M.622),"Explores physical improvisation in dance/theater from a variety of task-based, conceptual vantage points. Focuses on conceptual frameworks for generating intensely physical dramatic actions and dances that unlock the students' creativity. Investigates topics such as narrative, how stories and scenarios can elicit movement and emotionally resonant physical interaction; visual composition, creating movement and actions on stage from an imagistic starting point; and hypothetical worlds, movement based on the creation of rules for alternate worlds (e.g., strange, indigenous time, strange evolution). Explores solos, duets, trios, and larger ensemble improvisations. Limited to 20 per section.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.120,Fundamentals of Theater Design (21M.603),"Introduces the fundamental skills and concepts of scenography through a series of individual design projects structured to explore the relationship of the performer to the environment, the interrelation of lighting and stage design, and the evolution of visual narrative. Develops a basic visual literacy for the theater by honing skills in drawing, model building, 3-D modeling, digital image manipulation, and color theory. Projects complimented by study of artworks and theories by Cindy Sherman, Sol LeWitt, Alan Kaprow, Robert Wilson, Bertolt Brecht, Caspar Neher, and others. Lab fee required. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.121,Drawing for Designers (21M.601),"Explores drawing as a fundamental component of the design process. In-class drawing exercises focus on developing the hand-to-eye relationship and pre-visualization skills essential to any designer. Studies the use drawing as a route to understanding space and form and achieving accuracy through expression. By drawing figures, landscapes and/or still life compositions in a variety of media, students investigate the figure/ground relationship while dealing with tone, line, and composition, which are all requisite elements of design. Provides exposure to designers who have used drawing as a central component of their work. Students create a portfolio that includes in-class drawings, studies done outside of class, and one research-based written project. Lab fee required.  Limited to 20.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.122,Introduction to Stagecraft (21M.606),"Provides a foundation in theater technology, examining the creation of a theatrical production from conception to performance. Explores the realization of an artistic and structural vision for a play, taking into account all facets of technical theater: history of productions, types of technical roles, design, drafting, carpentry, costume, lighting, rigging, stage management, sound, and video. Students serve on the production team responsible for building, installing and/or running the department's show that semester. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.130,Performance Media (21M.840),"Integrates media and communication technologies in performing arts. Studio exercises provide a forum for experimentation. Contemporary and historical techniques for media integration examined through readings, viewing videos and short written essays. Technologies examined include digital imaging, composite and live feed digital video, and web-based performance. Engages the designer, director, choreographer, performer, visual artist or programmer in the practice of integrating media into live art events. Equipment is provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.131,Script Analysis (21M.710),"Focuses on reading a play's script critically and theatrically, with a view to mounting a coherent production. Through careful, intensive analysis of a variety of plays from different periods and aesthetics, a pattern emerges for discerning what options exist for interpreting a script from the distinct perspectives of the playwright, the actor, the designer, and the director. Students discuss the consequences of those options for production.  Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21T.141[J],Introduction to Drama (New),"A study of the history of theater art and practice from its origins to the modern period, including its roles in non-Western cultures. Special attention to the relationship between the literary and performative dimensions of drama, and the relationship between drama and its cultural context. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.005[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21T.150[J],Playwriting Fundamentals (21M.604),"Introduces the craft of writing for the theater, with special attention to the basics of dramatic structure. Through weekly assignments and in-class exercises, students explore character, conflict, language and plasticity in scenes and short plays. In workshop format, students present individual work for feedback and heavily revise their work based on that response. Readings include a variety of plays.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.754[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.201,Acting with the Camera (21M.624),"Studio workshop explores the discipline of acting for the camera through in-class exercises that focus on the creative challenges inherent to both filming and being filmed. Investigates the performer in the history of cinema, television, and multimedia stage performance through readings, screenings, and experimentation with the theory and practice of performing for and with the camera. Culminates in student-written, edited, directed, and acted short films. Instruction in written and oral communication provided. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.202,Solo Performance (21M.702),"Studies the theatrical canon of monodramas and solo performances to hone individual acting skills. Goes on to explore each student's original artistic voice by presenting strategies in composing and staging work, thus introducing them to experiments with performing the self in society. Each student creates their own original performance piece by the end of the term. Enrollment limited.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.203,Music Theater Workshop (21M.704),"Introduces applications of music in theater and performance. Encourages experimentation with different genres of singing, acting, and movement by exploring an array of historical and contemporary styles and techniques. Students develop and perform their own original songs and textual materials, gaining a theoretical and practical understanding of the actor's contribution to the dynamic form of musical theater. Previous experience in musical theater not required.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21T.101 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.204,Acting Intensive (21M.705),"Gives students who have begun the process of bringing themselves to a dramatic moment the opportunity to apply their skills to scripted material. Studio work in this class further develops the completeness, spontaneity, and honesty of expression of the actor's body, imagination, and voice; and introduces written material and the problems of synthesizing the self, the moment, and the scripted word. Weekly rehearsals with a scene partner. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21T.101 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.210,Choreography: Making Dances (21M.712),"Laboratory-style class explores and invents techniques used to create dances. Students practice techniques focused on how and where to begin making a dance - sampling some of the endless ways to start a process, such as from the body, an idea, text, or a song - and then how to build up from there. Students make dances that are more than just a collection of moves, but events that do something, say something, or ask something. Builds a clear understanding of how a dance has an arc, a clear beginning, middle, and end, so that by doing it or watching it, both participants and audience end up somewhere new. Develops an understating of, and facility with, a wide variety of topics used to explore, start and generate movement, dance and performative events involving bodies moving through space. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.220,Set Design (21M.733),"Investigates the creation of set design for live performance. Students develop designs related to current production projects at MIT. Focuses on developing the designer's communication tools, particularly in the areas of visual research, 3-D digital model making, and design presentation. Examines the relationship of set design to theater architecture, emerging media technologies and dramaturgies of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition to creating their own designs, students research, write about, and present the work and practice of a set designer. Lab fee required.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.221,Lighting Design (21M.734),"Explores the history, concepts and techniques of sculpting space with light within a contemporary context. Students experiment with a wide range of approaches, tools, and skills to develop their own creative vision. Focuses on discrete forms that include live performance, installation, architecture, and developments in applied technologies. Studio projects alternate between conceptual studies and realized designs reflective of students' own unique interests and talents. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.222,Costume Design (21M.732),"Studio workshop designed for students who possess a basic understanding of the principles of design and seek a more intensive study of costume. Students develop designs through a collaborative creative process that incorporates production dramaturgy and script analysis, and map those findings to a scenographically charged directorial concept. Fosters period research, conceptual design, and rendering skills through practical studio exercises. Instruction in life drawing, visual presentation, and basic costume construction provides the tools for applying conceptual design skills in performance. Lab fee required. ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.223,Sound Design (21M.731),"Introduces the elements of a sound designer's work, such as music and sound effects which inform and make stage action plausible, to sound system design and placement and the use of microphones. Discusses how effective sound design enhances live performance by clarifying storytelling, heightening emotional experience, and making words and music legible to an audience. Provides students with the tools to continue practicing and appreciating the art regardless of their professional ambitions. Enrollment limited.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.224,Technical Design for Performance (21M.735),"Studio examines the role of the technical designer as an integral member of an ensemble. Focusing on the artistic process, students develop their own unique approaches to stage design, lighting, sound, video design and other new media applications for the performing arts. They also explore an array of pre-production research and rehearsal techniques and analyze dramatic texts. Introduces theoretical and practical aspects of technical design, from the budgeting of time and selection of materials, to use of new technologies. Culminates in a public showing of final design projects for an invited audience.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21T.122 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.230,Production Seminar (21M.711),Pursues detailed study of a particular playtext or theme and is related to some planned production activity during the following IAP. Seminar activities may include guest speakers from various disciplines who approach some aspect of the playtext or theme from the perspective of their fields; various theatrical practitioners; and critical and scholarly presentations by seminar members. Participation in the IAP production is not required.,False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.231,Talking and Dancing (21M.747),"Interdisciplinary dance theater studio invites students to investigate the spaces between dance and theater. Students engage in an array of acting and dance techniques to generate text from movement and movement from text. In-studio exercises examine the process of melding the expressive languages of words with languages of the body. Students use existing texts and compose original texts in the development of solo, duet, and ensemble projects. Explores the process of seeing and providing peer feedback to further expand the process of revision. Readings, short writings, video viewings, and guest lectures provide multiple avenues of understanding and illumine differing ways of making. Culminates with an opportunity for students to refine, develop, and share their projects in performance.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.232,Producing Podcasts (21M.784),"Students write and produce a pilot episode of a narrative podcast (about fifteen minutes in length); sources come from interviews or research that students conduct. At the start of the term, students pitch possible stories. Discussions of selected episodes of narrative podcasts such as Serial, Homecoming, and This American Life. Introduces the basics of podcast recording with a primer on using Logic Pro X and hardware like the Apogee Duet. Students record and edit a rough draft of their podcast using provided portable recording studio kits. Podcasts shared with the larger MIT community at the Podcast Listening Room at the end of term. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.240[J],Sport as Performance (21M.690),"Seminar investigates the aesthetics of sport as theatrical performance and explores the performance of race, gender, class, nation, and sexuality in sport. Readings drawn from theatre/performance studies, anthropology, sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, and kinesiology. Topics include barnstorming, Olympics, Title IX, Native American mascots, and a variety of sports ranging from football to figure skating. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.264[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.241,China on Stage (21M.700),"Explores the role theater productions have played in shaping Chinese society, politics, and cultural exchange during the past century. Topics include censorship, audience reception, and current translingual and cross-cultural trends. Examines plays in English translation, videos, photographs, archival materials, and English-language books and articles about Chinese theater.  Enrollment limited.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21T.242,Asian American Theater (21M.706),"Explores the history and impact of Asian American theater. Readings include plays and materials about cultural and political issues, family, and identity. Includes short formal and creative writing assignments and scene work resulting in a collaborative final performance. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.243,Theater and Race (21M.707),"Explores Black, Latinx, Asian American, Indigenous, and/or mixed race theater through the lens of identities and experiences. Emphasis on BIPOC voices, plays, artists, theater ensembles, collectives, and cultural organizations. Topics may include cross-ethnic casting, public action and activism, and other emerging contemporary performance platforms. Seminar discussions, readings, research and creative projects, sessions with visiting artists and scholars, and attendance of at least one live performance inform and enrich the experience. May be repeated for credit if content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.244[J],Modern Drama (New),"Explores major modern plays with special attention to performance, sociopolitical and aesthetic contexts, and the role of theater in the contemporary multimedial landscape. Includes analysis of class, gender, and race as modes of performance. Typically features Beckett and Brecht, as well as some of the following playwrights: Chekov, Churchill, Deavere Smith, Ibsen, Fornes, Friel, Kushner, O'Neill, Shaw, Stoppard, Soyinka, Williams, Wilson. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,"21L.486[J], WGS.285[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.245,Play Translation and Cultural Transmission (21M.716),"Through reading texts about translation and by doing an independent project, students develop significant skills in translation theory and practice, culminating in a public staged reading of their translations. Each student chooses a dramatic text from a non-English language and translates a scene during the semester. Readings include topics such as globalization, adaptation, gender in translation, and postcolonial approaches to translation.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.246[J],Studies in Drama (New),"Intensive study of an important topic or period in drama. Close analysis of major plays, enriched by critical readings and attention to historical and theatrical contexts. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication through student presentations and research essays. Previously taught topics include: Renaissance Drama; Shakespeare with his Contemporaries; Oscar Wilde; and Stoppard and Company. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in Literature,21L.703[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21T.247[J],How We Got to Hamilton,"Traces the evolution of the American musical from minstrelsy to Hamilton. Equips students with terms, tools, and techniques to enrich their analysis of how individual songs, scenes, and dances — as well as whole shows — are structured. Recovers the groundbreaking yet often forgotten or appropriated achievements of artists of color to Broadway and Hollywood musicals. Features a mix of creative and critical assignments, some of which may be linked to field trips to local theaters, dance studios, and archives. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.500[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.248,Contemporary American Theater (21M.714),"Examines the exciting terrain of contemporary American writing for the theater, focusing on what is known in New York as ""Off Broadway,"" ""downtown,"" or ""indie theater."" Students read work by influential playwrights from earlier generations alongside plays by new voices currently in production in Boston, New York, and across the country. Students also examine the changing institution of American theater, reading a selection of plays in order to determine what constellation of issues and concerns they engage. Discussions unpack how these plays reflect, challenge and re-construct the idea of America in the 21st century. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
21T.250[J],Playwriting Methods (21M.607),"Builds understanding of the methods playwrights use to transform an idea - drawn from their own lives, news and current events, even the plays of other writers - into a reality. Students use a variety of inspiration to write their own new scenes and short plays. Examines how research can help develop an idea for a new play and discusses ways to adapt a classic text for the contemporary stage. Writers also conduct personal interviews and use the transcript as source material for a new scene. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.774[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.251[J],Screenwriting (21M.608),"Explores the fundamentals of screenplay writing.  Presents skills to create compelling characters and stories in different dramatic genres (comedy, drama). In addition to their own writing, students read a selection of screenplays and watch short films that form the basis of class discussion early in the term.  Class is modeled on a professional development workshop in which participants, over the course of the term, write a short screenplay, including a final draft.  Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.776[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.301,Acting: Techniques and Style (21M.830),"Refines the student actor's use of the language of the stage with work on text and physical presentation. Explores issues of style, including the understanding and honoring, in performance, of the specific requirements from several different periods of the Western theatrical tradition. Periods may differ from term to term. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21T.101 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.320,Interactive Design and Projection for Live Performance (21M.737),"Studies design, history, artistic purposes, and programming techniques involved in the development of interactive performance design systems for controlling video projection, media, and lighting for live performances. Includes readings, viewings of historical and contemporary works, and in class-practice and performance. Students use motion-sensing input devices, such as the Kinect, infrared-light tracking, accelerometers, live video, and generative graphics, to create interactive design systems.  Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-4-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.321,Production Design Visualization (21M.820),"Engages the skills and techniques used by contemporary production designers to pre-visualize their designs. Students explore perspective drawing, painting, drafting, storyboarding and an array of physical and 3D computer modeling techniques used in theatrical and cinematic production design practices. Emphasizes the combination of digital and analog approaches. Studio projects focus on the challenges of adapting existing found spaces as well as imagined environments for the stage and screen. Using the Nine Square Grid problem, students create virtual reality landscapes and interact dynamically with their production designs in AR and VR. Includes readings, video viewings and talks by guest artists. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.331,Live Cinema Performance (21M.842),"Interdisciplinary studio introduces the theoretical basis, technical idiosyncrasies, and artistic practices of Live Cinema Performance. Examines the meaningful integration of live theatrical and cinematic idioms through merging the disciplines of the performer and the director, scenographer and cinematographer, choreographer and filmmaker. Studio exercises, readings, screenings, field trips, and in-class presentations give students the opportunity to study the history and theory surrounding the development of the genre and engage the artistic practice from both sides of the camera. Guest artists, lectures, and master classes deepen the perspective. Each session focuses on a particular dramatist, theme, or artistic genre, culminating in a research-driven, full-length collaboration, to be presented in the final week of class for an invited audience. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.340,Performance Studies: Advanced Theories of Sport (21M.848),"Seminar explores connections between athletics and theatre, performance studies, sociology, anthropology, and history. Focuses on performance of nation, race, and gender in sport, and how sport performs in society. Specific topics selected based on the research focus of each student. Enrollment limited.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21T.240 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.345,Advanced Play Translation (21M.816),"Builds on skills and theories introduced in 21M.716, with the goal of expansion of the one-scene translation project from the previous class into a full-length play translation. Includes selected readings and continued weekly progress on the play translation project, in consultation with instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,21T.245 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.350[J],Writing the Full-Length Play (21M.780),"Students write and extensively revise a full-length play, from an initial idea to a revised draft. For our purposes, any script longer than thirty minutes and under a hundred minutes is considered a full-length play. Students respond to each other's work using a method inspired by dancer Liz Lerman, giving non-prescriptive advice and feedback to their fellow writers. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 10.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.780[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.355,Playwrights Lab (21M.785),"Students workshop their full-length play completed in 21M.780/21M.781 as part of the MTA Playwrights Lab, a collaboration between MIT students and professional actors and directors. Each writer engages in note sessions with a director and prepares a rehearsal draft. Writers attend rehearsals for a staged reading of their work and collaborate with their director and cast. Writers are expected to participate in other readings in the Lab, as a stage direction reader and as an audience member. Following the public presentation of the play, students process the experience and complete a final revision of the script. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,21T.350 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.400,Independent Study in Performance and Design (21M.851),"Multidisciplinary independent study provides opportunity for individual practica in the performing arts. While opportunities may include directed theoretical research and practice in production and performance with permanent and visiting faculty, students are encouraged to propose independent programs of study to a member of the theater arts faculty. Permission of supervising faculty member required.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.403,Performance and Design Workshop (21M.803),"Provides directed practice in the disciplines of performance practice, including design, acting, directing, technical theater, management, dramaturgy and other creative fields. Students test and refine their skills by participating in the creation of produced plays, intensive workshops, installations and other design or performance projects in dance, film, music theater, opera, and other performing arts events. Students work closely with faculty, peers and guest artists. Students seeking to design individual performance and design workshops must be supervised by a theater arts faculty member, and obtain his or her written approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-3-0,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.406,Applied Performance and Design Production (21M.806),"Provides opportunities for applied practice in the disciplines of performance, including acting, directing, playwriting, design, technical theater, dramaturgy, and management. Students test and refine their skills in the prototyping of design projects, installations, plays, dance, film, music theater, opera, and other performing arts events. They also apply theory and practice while tracing the research and rehearsal process through production and public presentation in the theater or in the studio. Students seeking to design an applied project must be supervised by a theater arts faculty member, and obtain his or her written approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-6-0,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.409,Performance and Design Intensive (21M.809),"Multidisciplinary, term-long, independent study geared toward the development of significant artistic and technical projects in performance and design. Students pursue projects in an array of fields and are invited to propose artistic and research projects as actors, directors, designers, dramaturges, and/or technical designers. Often in conjunction with Theater Arts-produced productions, proposals for intensives must be vetted and supervised by a member of the Theater Arts faculty with whom the student will work over the course of term.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-9-0,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.420,Topics in Performance Technique (21M.861),Explores elements of technique in a variety of performance disciplines. Topics vary from term to term; may be taught by visiting faculty. May be repeated for credit if content differs.  Enrollment may be limited.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.421,Topics in Performance Practice (21M.862),Class explores elements of performance in a studio setting. Topics vary from term to term; may be taught by visiting faculty. May be repeated for credit if content differs. Enrollment may be limited.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.422,Advanced Topics in Theater Arts (21M.863),Advanced multidisciplinary studio workshop provides opportunity for advanced study in the performing arts. Topics vary from term to term; may be taught by visiting faculty. May be repeated for credit if content differs.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.423,Topics in Theater Arts (21M.715),Multidisciplinary seminar provides opportunity for study in performance theory and practice. Topics vary from term to term; may be taught by visiting faculty. May be repeated for credit if content differs.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.424,Topics in Performance Studies (21M.846),Multidisciplinary lecture/workshop engages students in a variety of approaches to the study and practice of performance as an area of aesthetic and social interaction. Special attention paid to the use of diverse media in performance. Interdisciplinary approaches to study encourage students to seek out material histories of performance and practice. May be repeated for credit if topics differ.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21T.425,Research in Theater (21M.864),"Offers directed research in the spheres of theory, history, performance studies, dramaturgy, etc. Permission of the supervising member of the Theater Arts faculty required.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.THT,Theater Arts Pre-Thesis Tutorial (New),"Definition of and early-stage work on thesis project leading to undergraduate thesis in Theater Arts. Taken during the first term, or during IAP, of the student's two-term commitment to the thesis project. Student works closely with an individual faculty tutor. Limited to Theater Arts majors. Consult Theater Arts Major Advisor.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,1-0-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.THU,Theater Arts Undergraduate Thesis (New),"Completion of work on senior major thesis in Theater Arts under supervision of a faculty tutor. Includes oral presentation of thesis project early in the term, assembling and revising final text, and meeting at the close with a committee of Theater Arts faculty evaluators to discuss successes and limitations of the project. Limited to Theater Arts majors.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,21T.THT or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.UR,Undergraduate Research in Theater Arts (New),Individual participation in ongoing Theater Arts research projects. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.URG,Undergraduate Research in Theater Arts (New),Individual participation in an ongoing Theater Arts research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.500,Theater Arts Production (21M.822),"Production studio invites students to join Theater Arts faculty and staff in the development of a fully-staged production for an invited audience in MIT's new laboratory for the performing arts. Students are immersed in the collaboration as performers, designers, writers, choreographers and technicians. Weekly rehearsals, design labs, and workshops introduce students to an array of rehearsal and performance techniques over the course of the semester. Culminating in a public performance, students at all levels of experience are encouraged to join. Each semester evolves a different project which may include community-driven interventions, classical or contemporary plays, devised works, screenplays, musicals or other live performance events.  Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.501,Acting: Techniques and Style (21M.835),"Refines the student actor's use of the language of the stage with work on text and physical presentation. Explores issues of style, including the understanding and honoring, in performance, of the specific requirements from several different periods of the Western theatrical tradition. Periods may differ from term to term. Students taking graduate versions complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.504,Fundamentals of Directing (21M.791),"Studio workshop introduces students to the collaborative artistic practice of directing for the theater, opera, and other live performance disciplines. Weekly sessions provide students the opportunity to develop innovative theatrical events through rigorous analysis of dramatic texts, social practices, musical scores and libretti, and other source materials. With a focus on collaboration, students conduct dramaturgical research, experiment with behavior and motion, create compositional studies, design interventions, and other scenographic exercises culminating in an end-of-semester presentation for an invited audience. Generative studio prompts are complimented by selected readings, fieldtrips, interactions with guest artists, and video viewings. Students are encouraged to bring their own unique points of view and to celebrate difference. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.521,Production Design Visualization (21M.821),"Engages the skills and techniques used by contemporary production designers to pre-visualize their designs. Students explore perspective drawing, painting, drafting, storyboarding and an array of physical and 3D computer modeling techniques used in theatrical and cinematic production design practices. Emphasizes the combination of digital and analog approaches. Studio projects focus on the challenges of adapting existing found spaces as well as imagined environments for the stage and screen. Using the Nine Square Grid problem, students create virtual reality landscapes and interact dynamically with their production designs in AR and VR. Includes readings, video viewings and talks by guest artists. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.524,Topics in Performance Studies (21M.847),See description under 21M.846. Assignments differ.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.525,Research in Theater (21M.865),Offers directed research of advanced theatrical subjects occurring in either the performance or theoretical spheres. May be repeated for credit with permission.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.530,Performance Media (21M.841),"Integrates media and communication technologies in performing arts. Studio exercises provide a forum for experimentation. Contemporary and historical techniques for media integration examined through readings, viewing videos and short written essays. Technologies examined include digital imaging, composite and live feed digital video, and web-based performance. Engages the designer, director, choreographer, performer, visual artist or programmer in the practice of integrating media into live art events. Equipment is provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Summer,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.531,Live Cinema Performance (21M.843),"Interdisciplinary studio introduces the theoretical basis, technical idiosyncrasies, and artistic practices of Live Cinema Performance. Examines the meaningful integration of live theatrical and cinematic idioms through merging the disciplines of the performer and the director, scenographer and cinematographer, choreographer and filmmaker. Studio exercises, readings, screenings, field trips, and in-class presentations give students the opportunity to study the history and theory surrounding the development of the genre and engage the artistic practice from both sides of the camera. Guest artists, lectures, and master classes deepen the perspective. Each session focuses on a particular dramatist, theme, or artistic genre, culminating in a research-driven, full-length collaboration, to be presented in the final week of class for an invited audience. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.541,China on Stage (21M.701),"Explores the role theater productions have played in shaping Chinese society, politics, and cultural exchange during the past century. Topics include censorship, audience reception, and current translingual and cross-cultural trends. Examines plays in English translation, videos, photographs, archival materials, and English-language books and articles about Chinese theater. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.545,Advanced Play Translation (21M.817),"Builds on skills and theories introduced in 21M.716, with goal of expansion of the one-scene translation project from the previous class into a full-length play translation. Includes selected readings and continued weekly progress on the play translation project, in consultation with instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.550,Writing the Full-Length Play (21M.781),"Students write and extensively revise a full-length play, from an initial idea to a revised draft. For our purposes, any script longer than thirty minutes and under a hundred minutes is considered a full-length play. Students respond to each other's work using a method inspired by dancer Liz Lerman, giving non-prescriptive advice and feedback to their fellow writers. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 10.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21T.555,Playwrights Lab (21M.789),"Students workshop their full-length play completed in 21M.780/21M.781 as part of the MTA Playwrights Lab, a collaboration between MIT students and professional actors and directors. Each writer engages in note sessions with a director and prepares a rehearsal draft. Writers attend rehearsals for a staged reading of their work and collaborate with their director and cast. Writers are expected to participate in other readings in the Lab, as a stage direction reader and as an audience member. Following the public presentation of the play, students process the experience and complete a final revision of the script. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment is limited to 10.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,21T.550 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.011,Writing and Rhetoric: Rhetoric and Contemporary Issues,"Provides the opportunity for students - as readers, viewers, writers, and speakers - to engage with social and ethical issues they care deeply about. Explores perspectives on a range of social issues, such as the responsibilities of citizens, freedom of expression, poverty and homelessness, mental illness, the challenges of an aging society, the politics of food, and racial and gender inequality. Discusses rhetorical strategies that aim to increase awareness of social problems; to educate the public about different perspectives on contemporary issues; and to persuade readers of the value of particular positions on, or solutions to, social problems. Students analyze selected texts and photographs, as well as documentary and feature films, that represent or dramatize social problems or issues. Students also write essays about social and ethical issues of their own choice. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.012,Writing and Rhetoric: Food for Thought,"Explores many of the issues that surround food as both material fact and personal and cultural symbol. Includes non-fiction works on topics such as family meals, food's ability to awaken us to ""our own powers of enjoyment"" (M.F.K. Fisher), and eating as an ""agricultural act"" (W. Berry). Students read Michael Pollan's best-selling book In Defense of Food and discuss the issues it raises about America's food supply and eating habits, as well as the rhetorical strategies it employs. Assignments include narratives, analytical essays, and research-based essays. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.013,Writing and Rhetoric: Introduction to Contemporary Rhetoric,"Considers how rhetoric shapes current events in politics, science, and society. Students study rhetoric as a theoretical framework for developing persuasive arguments, as a method of analyzing written, oral, and visual texts, and as a mode of human inquiry. Assignments include analytical, persuasive, and research-based essays, as well as oral presentations, group discussions, and debates. Readings drawn from political speeches, scientific arguments, and popular media. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.014,Writing and Rhetoric: Exploring Visual Media,"Explores the rhetoric of visual media and the meaning of the digital revolution. Students analyze readings and films and discuss the power of media in defining social issues and shaping ideas of self, family, and community. They also write essays that sharpen skills in analyzing visual rhetoric, developing and supporting arguments, and using sources. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.015,Writing and Rhetoric: Writing about Sports,"Examines the role of sports in our individual lives and American culture at large. Considers a broad range of issues, such as heroism and ethical conundrums, gender equality, steroids, and the proper role of sports in college life. Examples of high-quality, descriptive and analytic sports writing serve as the focus for class discussion and as models for student essays. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.016,Writing and Rhetoric: Making Change,"Explores how we use rhetoric in text, visuals, and other modes to make meaning. Uses analysis, composition, and debate about rhetorical strategies to develop theoretical and empirical knowledge of how design choices shape our texts and our understanding of the world. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.021,"Writing and Experience: MIT Inside, Live","Acting as participant-observers, students investigate MIT's history and culture through visits to the Institute's archives and museums, relevant readings, and depictions of MIT in popular culture. Students chronicle their experiences and insights through a variety of writing projects, culminating in the completion of a portfolio. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.022,Writing and Experience: Reading and Writing Autobiography,"Draws on a range of autobiographical writing as examples for students to analyze. Students write essays that focus on their own experience, exploring topics such as intellectual growth and development, the childhood and high school years, life at MIT, the influence of place upon one's personality and character, and the role politics and religion play in one's life. Emphasizes clarity, specificity, and structure; investigates various modes of writing (narrative, analytical, expository) and their suitability for different purposes. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.031,Science Writing and New Media: Explorations in Communicating about Science and Technology,"Examines principles of good writing, focusing on those associated with scientific and technical writing. Considers the effects of new media as an avenue for communicating about science. Students discuss scientific articles and essays and work in small groups to critique each other's writing. Assignments include a critical review, a science essay for the general public, and a research or service project proposal. Students choose topics that reflect their background and interests. Formal and informal presentations and group discussions develop oral communication skills. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.034,Science Writing and New Media: Perspectives on Medicine and Public Health,"Public health topics, such as AIDS, asthma, malaria control, obesity, and sleep deprivation, provide a unifying focus as students explore diverse modes of science writing. Readings include essays by such writers as Atul Gawande, Danielle Ofri, Jerome Groopman, and William Carlos Williams, as well as peer-reviewed journal articles. Assignments include a critical review, a scientific literature review, a brochure suitable for general distribution, an autobiographical narrative, a resume, a job application letter, and oral presentations. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.035,Science Writing and New Media: Elements of Science Writing for the Public,"Introduces ways of communicating scientific information meaningfully to public audiences, and teaches features that distinguish science writing for the public from scientific writing aimed at experts. Discussions analyze various forms of popular science communication to identify rhetorical strategies that engage and educate readers of varying backgrounds and identities. Students write about topics they are genuinely interested in related to science, medicine, technology, and/or engineering. Assignments incorporate primary and secondary background research, drafting, presentations, peer review, and revision. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.036,Science Writing and New Media: Writing and the Environment,"Develops written and oral communication skills through the study and practice of environmental science writing. Covers a wide range of genres, including such standard forms as the scientific literature review. Students adapt the content of their papers and oral presentations to the distinctive needs of specific audiences. Assignments provide thematic coherence and a basis for independent student research. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.041[J],Writing About Literature,"Intensive focus on the reading and writing skills used to analyze literary texts such as poems by Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare or Langston Hughes; short stories by Chekhov, Joyce, or Alice Walker; and a short novel by Melville or Toni Morrison. Designed not only to prepare students for further work in writing and literary and media study, but also to provide increased confidence and pleasure in their reading, writing, and analytical skills. Students write or revise essays weekly. Enrollment limited.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.000[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.042[J],Writing with Shakespeare,"Focuses on writing and speaking using Shakespeare as a model and means for mastery of English language skills. Emphasizes the development of students' ability to write clearly and effectively in a range of genres with an awareness of audience. Designed to increase students' confidence and pleasure in verbal communication and analysis of language. Students write frequently, give and receive feedback, improve their work through revision, and participate actively in class discussions and presentations. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.010[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.051,Emotional Intelligence and Team Communication (New),"Examines the role of emotional intelligence in both our individual lives and our collaborations. Considers a broad range of topics and communication strategies, including self-awareness, listening, trust, habit formation, conflict, negotiation, and constructive dialogue. High-quality writing and video presentations serve as the focus for the class discussion and as models for student essays and presentations. Students produce both individual and collaborative work. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.217,Workshop in Strategies for Effective Teaching (ELS),A mini-module for international teaching assistants. Covers special problems in teaching when English is a second language and the US a second culture. Videotaping of practice sessions for feedback. Individualized programs to meet different needs. Graduate TAs have priority. Limited to 18.,True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.218,Workshop in Strategies for Effective Teaching (ELS),A mini-module for international teaching assistants. Covers special problems in teaching when English is a second language and the US a second culture. Videotaping of practice sessions for feedback. Individualized programs to meet different needs. Limited to 18.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.219,Foundations of Academic and Professional Writing (ELS),"Writing module for high-intermediate ELS students who wish to review and practice accurate grammar, effective sentence and paragraph structure, punctuation, and word choice. Short weekly writing assignments with extensive editing required. Meets with 21W.220 when offered concurrently. Limited to 18.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.220,Foundations of Academic and Professional Writing (ELS),"Writing module for high intermediate ELS students who wish to review and practice accurate grammar, effective sentence and paragraph structure, punctuation, and word choice. Short weekly writing assignments with extensive editing required. Meets with 21W.219 when offered concurrently. Limited to 18.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.221,Communicating in American Culture (ELS),"Designed for international students who wish to refine their academic communication skills through the study of mainstream American culture. Using a variety of materials in different media, students explore how the country's history, geography, institutions, traditions and values have shaped contemporary communication styles and responses to critical events in the world. Students examine and practice principles of effective communication in genres common to the humanities and social sciences. Explores how discourse practices vary within and across cultures. Assignments include an educational memoir, project proposal, annotated bibliography, research-based cultural analysis of a current event of choice, and presentation. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21W.222,Expository Writing for Bilingual Students,"Formulating, organizing, and presenting ideas clearly in writing. Reviews basic principles of rhetoric. Focuses on development of a topic, thesis, choice of appropriate vocabulary, and sentence structure to achieve purpose. Develops idiomatic prose style. Gives attention to grammar and vocabulary usage. Special focus on strengthening skills of bilingual students. Intended to be taken during the student's first year at MIT. Priority given to students recommended for 21W.222 based on summer FEE results. Limited to 15; undergraduates only.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
21W.223,"Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation (ELS)","Designed for high intermediate ELS students who need to develop better listening comprehension and oral skills. Involves short speaking and listening assignments with extensive exercises in accurate comprehension, pronunciation, stress and intonation, and expression of ideas. Includes frequent video- and audio-recording for analysis and feedback. Meets with 21W.224 when offered concurrently. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.224,"Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation (ELS)","Designed for high-intermediate ELS students who need to develop better listening comprehension and oral skills. Involves short speaking and listening assignments with extensive exercises in accurate comprehension, pronunciation, stress and intonation, and expression of ideas. Includes frequent video- and audio-recording for analysis and feedback. Meets with 21W.223 when offered concurrently. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.225,Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS),"Analysis and practice of various forms of scientific and technical writing, from memos to journal articles. Strategies for conveying technical information to specialist and non-specialist audiences. The goal of the workshop is to develop effective writing skills for academic and professional contexts. Models, materials, topics, and assignments vary from term to term. Meets with 21W.226 when offered concurrently. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.226,Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS),"Analysis and practice of various forms of scientific and technical writing, from memos to journal articles. Strategies for conveying technical information to specialist and non-specialist audiences. The goal of the workshop is to develop effective writing skills for academic and professional contexts. Models, materials, topics, and assignments vary from term to term. Meets with 21W.225 when offered concurrently. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.227,Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS),"Focuses on techniques, format, and prose used in academic and professional life. Emphasis on writing required in fields such as economics, political science, and architecture. Short assignments include business letters, memos, and proposals that lead toward a written term project. Methods designed to accommodate those whose first language is not English. Develops effective writing skills for academic and professional contexts. Models, materials, topics, and assignments vary from term to term. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 18 per section.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.228,Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS),"Focuses on techniques, format, and prose used in academic and professional life. Emphasis on writing required in fields such as economics, political science, and architecture. Short assignments include business letters, memos, and proposals that lead toward a written term project. Methods designed to accommodate those whose first language is not English. Develops effective writing skills for academic and professional contexts. Models, materials, topics and assignments vary from term to term. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.232,Advanced Speaking and Critical Listening Skills (ELS),"For advanced students who wish to build confidence and skills in spoken English. Focuses on the appropriate oral presentation of material in a variety of professional contexts: group discussions, classroom explanations and interactions, and theses/research proposals. Valuable for those who intend to teach or lecture in English. Includes frequent video- and audio-recording for analysis and feedback. Develops effective speaking and listening skills for academic and professional contexts. Models, materials, topics and assignments vary from term to term. May be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor. Meets with 21W.233 when offered concurrently. Limited to 15 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.233,Advanced Speaking and Critical Listening Skills (ELS),"For advanced students who wish to build confidence and skills in spoken English. Focuses on the appropriate oral presentation of material in a variety of professional contexts: group discussions, classroom explanations and interactions, and theses/research proposals. Valuable for those who intend to teach or lecture in English. Includes frequent video- and audio-recording for analysis and feedback. Develops effective speaking and listening skills for academic and professional contexts. Models, materials, topics and assignments vary from term to term. May be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor. Meets with 21W.232 when offered concurrently.  Limited to 15 per section.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.237,MIT Out Loud: Public Speaking for Bilingual Students,"Develops oral communication skills for bilingual students through the lens of the MIT experience. Speaking assignments in informative and persuasive speech forms draw on examples of popular culture and MIT touchstones, such as ""alternative"" campus tours, interviews, MIT 100K pitches, and TED talks. Explores the role of voice and body language through improvisation and impromptus. Focuses on spoken accuracy and vocabulary through oral exercises designed for bilingual students. Frequent video-recording will be used for self-evaluation. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.238,Professional Communication in the Digital Realm: Social Media and Artificial Intelligence for Bilingual Students (ELS) (New),"Explores the opportunities and risks of social media and generative AI, especially for those communicating in a second language. Provides opportunities for advanced bilingual students to build confidence and skills in using social media in English-speaking contexts and in using generative AI effectively and ethically. Assignments include written analyses of social media across disciplines and cultures, tests of chatbots' abilities and limitations, comparisons of their output with students' own writing, and short in-class presentations. Culminates in the creation of a long-term social media plan for students' careers. No listeners. Limited to 15 total for versions meeting together.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.239,Professional Communication in the Digital Realm: Social Media and Artificial Intelligence for Bilingual Students (ELS) (New),"Explores the opportunities and risks of social media and generative AI, especially for those communicating in a second language. Provides opportunities for advanced bilingual students to build confidence and skills in using social media in English-speaking contexts and in using generative AI effectively and ethically. Assignments include written analyses of social media across disciplines and cultures, tests of chatbots' abilities and limitations, comparisons of their output with students' own writing, and short in-class presentations. Culminates in the creation of a long-term social media plan for students' careers. No listeners. Limited to 15 total for versions meeting together.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.240,Imagining English: Creative Writing for Bilingual Students (ELS),"Guides advanced ESOL and bilingual students in writing short stories and poems in English. Students read fiction and poetry by American, British, and non-native writers, using them as inspiration for their own work. Explores ""the limits of English"" through discussions of student writing to polish advanced grammar and appreciate the freshness that non-native writers bring to the language. Also includes building both academic and non-academic vocabulary, translating short works from students' native languages, and workshopping creative work. Limited to 15; undergraduates only.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21W.222 or other CI-H/CI-HW subject,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.725[J],"Gender, Myth, and Magic (New)","Explores ways contemporary writers re-imagine myth and fairy tales through lens of gender and sexuality. Examines how old stories can be retold to resonate with issues of power, violence, courage, resistance, identity, community, silence, and voice. Students complete writing project where they re-imagine a myth or fairy tale.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.255[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.729[J],Engineering Communication in Context,"Introduces writing, graphics, meetings, reading, oral presentation, collaboration, and design as tools for product development. Students work in teams to conceive, design, prototype, and evaluate energy-related mechanical engineering products. Instruction focuses on communication tasks that are integral to the design process, including design notebooks, email, informal and formal presentations, meeting etiquette, literature searches, white papers, proposals, and reports. Other assignments address the cultural situation of engineers and engineering in the world at large. Limited to 18; preference to ESG students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,ES.729[J],False,False,False,False,Elective,CI-H
21W.733[J],Debating About Society and Engineering,"Presents basic principles of argumentation and persuasive communication, and introduces students to thought-provoking, persuasive texts about science and engineering. Analysis of texts and practices together with case studies form the basis for students' weekly assignments. Students debate such topics as the future of biotechnology, genetic engineering, AI, climate change, social bias, and the connection between engineering and society. Includes oral presentations. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,10.07[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.735,Writing and Reading the Essay,"Exploration of formal and informal modes of writing nonfiction prose. Extensive practice in composition, revision, and editing. Reading in the literature of the essay from the Renaissance to the present, with an emphasis on modern writers. Classes alternate between discussion of published readings and workshops on student work. Individual conferences. Limited to 18.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Writing sample and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21W.738[J],Intersectional Feminist Memoir,"Explores the memoir genre through a feminist intersectional lens, looking at the ways in which feminist writers ground personal experience within a complex understanding of race, gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, immigration status/nationality, and dis/ablity. Gives particular attention to the relationships between the personal and the political; form and content; fact, truth, and imagination; self and community; trauma and healing; coming to voice and breaking silence. Readings include books by Audre Lorde, Janet Mock, Daisy Hernandez, Jessica Valenti, and Ariel Gore, and shorter pieces by Meena Alexander and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Drawing on lessons taken from these works, students write a short memoir of their own.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21L.438[J], WGS.238[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.740,Writing Autobiography and Biography,"Writing an autobiography is a vehicle for improving one's style while studying the nuances of the language. Literary works are read with an emphasis on different forms of autobiography. Students examine various stages of life, significant transitions, personal struggles, and memories translated into narrative prose, and discuss: what it means for autobiographer and biographer to develop a personal voice; and the problems of reality and fiction in autobiography and biography.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.741[J],Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies,"Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. Connects the experiences of African-Americans and of other American minorities, focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns. Includes lectures, discussions, workshops, and required field trips that involve minimal cost to students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"24.912[J], 21H.106[J], 21L.008[J], CMS.150[J], WGS.190[J]",False,False,False,False,False,CI-H
21W.742[J],Writing about Race,"The issue of race and racial identity have preoccupied many writers throughout the history of the US. Students read Jessica Abel, Diana Abu-Jaber, Lynda Barry, Felicia Luna Lemus, James McBride, Sigrid Nunez, Ruth Ozeki, Danzy Senna, Gloria Anzaldua, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Carmit Delman, Stefanie Dunning, Cherrie Moraga, Hiram Perez and others, and consider the story of race in its peculiarly American dimensions. The reading, along with the writing of members of the class, is the focus of class discussions. Oral presentations on subjects of individual interest are also part of the class activities. Students explore race and ethnicity in personal essays, pieces of cultural criticism or analysis, or (with permission of instructor) fiction. All written work is read and responded to in class workshops and subsequently revised. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.231[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21W.743,Voice and Meaning: Speaking to Readers through Memoir,"Explores the memoir genre with particular attention to the relationships between form and content, fact and truth, self and community, art and ""healing,"" coming to voice and breaking silence. Readings include works by Nick Flynn, Meena Alexander, Art Spigelman, James McBride, Ruth Ozeki, and Cheryl Strayed, with a focus on the ways in which these writers make meaning out of specific events or moments in their own lives as a way of engaging with larger questions of family, race, history, loss, and survivorship. Drawing on lessons taken from these works, students write a short memoir of their own. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Elective,False
21W.744,The Art of Comic Book Writing,"Students create short scripts and full-length comic book narratives across a variety of genres, while analyzing a wide range of comics (corporate and independent, print and web). Focuses on scripts; drawing skills not required, but illustrations or storyboards are welcome. Special attention to questions of gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality in both critical and creative work. Limited to 13.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.745,Advanced Essay Workshop,"For students with experience in writing essays and nonfiction prose. Focuses on negotiating and representing identities grounded in gender, race, class, nationality, and sexuality in prose that is expository, exploratory, investigative, persuasive, lyrical, or incantatory. Authors include James Baldwin, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Audre Lorde, Richard Rodriguez, Alice Walker, John Edgar Wideman, Diana Hume George, bell hooks, Margaret Atwood, Patricia J. Williams, and others. Designed to help students build upon their strengths as writers and to expand their repertoire of styles and approaches in essay writing. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21W.747,Rhetoric,"For students with a special interest in learning how to make forceful arguments in oral and written form. Studies the forms and structures of argumentation, including organization of ideas, awareness of audience, methods of persuasion, evidence, factual vs. emotional argument, figures of speech, and historical forms and uses of arguments. Limited to 18 per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21W.748,Apocalyptic Storytelling,"Focuses on the critical making of apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic and dystopian stories across various narrative media.  Considers the long history of Western apocalypticism as well as the uses and abuses of apocalypticism across time.  Examines a wide variety of influential texts in order to enhance students' creative and theoretical repertoires.  Students create their own apocalyptic stories and present on selected texts.  Investigates conventions such as plague, zombies, nuclear destruction, robot uprising, alien invasion, environmental collapse, and supernatural calamities. Considers questions of race, gender, sexuality, colonialism, trauma, memory, witness, and genocide. Intended for students with prior creative writing experience. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.750,Experimental Writing,"Students use innovative compositional techniques, focusing on new writing methods rather than on traditional lyrical or narrative concerns. Writing experiments, conducted individually, collaboratively and during class meetings, culminate in chapbook-sized projects. Students read, listen to, and create different types of work, including sound poetry, cut-ups, constrained and Oulipian writing, uncreative writing, sticker literature, false translations, artists' books, and digital projects.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.752,"Making Documentary: Audio, Video, and More","Focuses on the technical demands of long-form storytelling in sound and picture. Students build practical writing and production skills through a series of assignments: still photo-text works, audio-only documentaries, short video projects (4-6 minutes), and a semester-long, team-produced video science documentary (12-15 minutes). Readings, screenings and written work hone students' analytical capacity. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Students from the Graduate Program in Science Writing center their work on topics in science, technology, engineering, and/or medicine.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-6-3,"21A.550, 21W.786, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.753[J],Phantasmal Media: Computer-Based Art Theory and Practice,"Engages students in theory and practice of using computational techniques for developing expressive digital media works. Surveys approaches to understanding human imaginative processes, such as constructing concepts, metaphors, and narratives, and applies them to producing and understanding socially, culturally, and critically meaningful works in digital media. Readings engage a variety of theoretical perspectives from cognitive linguistics, literary and cultural theory, semiotics, digital media arts, and computer science. Students produce interactive narratives, games, and related forms of software art. Some programming and/or interactive web scripting experience (e.g., Flash, Javascript) is desirable. Students taking the graduate version complete a project requiring more in-depth theoretical engagement.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.314[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.754[J],Playwriting Fundamentals,"Introduces the craft of writing for the theater, with special attention to the basics of dramatic structure. Through weekly assignments and in-class exercises, students explore character, conflict, language and plasticity in scenes and short plays. In workshop format, students present individual work for feedback and heavily revise their work based on that response. Readings include a variety of plays.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21T.150[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.755,Writing and Reading Short Stories,An introduction to writing fiction. Students write their own stories and study essays and short stories by contemporary authors from around the world. Discussion focuses on students' writing and on assigned works in their historical and social contexts. Limited to 15 per section.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.756,Writing and Reading Poems,"Examination of the formal structural and textual variety in poetry. Extensive practice in the making of poems and the analysis of both students' manuscripts and texts from 16th- through 20th-century literature. Attempts to make relevant the traditional elements of poetry and their contemporary alternatives. Weekly writing assignments, including some exercises in prosody.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.757,Fiction Workshop,"Intermediate class for students with some experience in writing fiction. Students write short stories and complete other writing exercises. Readings include short story collections by contemporary writers such as Sandra Cisneros, Benjamin Percy, Leila Lalami, Laura Pritchett, Bret Anthony Johnston, and Edward P. Jones. Discussions focus on sources of story material, characterization, setting, architecture, point of view, narrative voice, and concrete detail.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21W.755,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.758,Genre Fiction Workshop,"Students read texts in genres such as fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, noir, and horror, typically focusing on one genre exclusively in a given semester. Formats may include short stories, novels, films, TV shows and other narrative media. Considers genre protocols and how to write within the restrictions and freedoms associated with each genre. Students write fiction within a genre (or ""between"" genres) for roundtable workshopping. Intended for students with prior creative writing experience. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.759,Writing Science Fiction,"Students write and read science fiction and analyze and discuss stories written for the class. For the first eight weeks, readings in contemporary science fiction accompany lectures and formal writing assignments intended to illuminate various aspects of writing craft as well as the particular problems of writing science fiction. The rest of the term is given to roundtable workshops on students' stories.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.762,Poetry Workshop,"For students with some previous experience in poetry writing. Frequent assignments stress use of language, diction, word choice, line breaks, imagery, mood, and tone. Considers the functions of memory, imagination, dreams, poetic impulses. Throughout the term, students examine the work of published poets. Revision stressed.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.763[J],Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Science Fiction,"Explores transmedia storytelling by investigating how science fiction stories are told across different media, such as the short story, the novel, the screenplay, moving image, and games. Students consider issues of aesthetics, authorship, and genre, while also contextualizing discussion within the broader framework of the political issues raised by film, TV, and other kinds of science fiction texts. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,CMS.309[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.764[J],Computational and Experimental Writing Workshop,"Students study and use innovative compositional techniques, focusing on new writing methods. Using approaches ranging from poetics to computer science, students undertake critical and creative writing, with writing experiments culminating in print or digital projects. Students read, listen to, and create different types of work, including sound poetry, cut-ups, constrained and Oulipian writing, uncreative writing, false translations, artists' books, and digital projects ranging from video games to computer-generated books. Digital art and literature, analyzed and discussed in the contexts of history, culture, and computing platforms, are covered, as well as avant-garde writing methods, situated in their historical contexts. Topics vary by year; may be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.609[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.765[J],Interactive Narrative,"Provides a workshop environment for understanding interactive narrative (print and digital) through critical writing, narrative theory, and creative practice. Covers important multisequential books, hypertexts, and interactive fictions. Students write critically, and give presentations, about specific works; write a short multisequential fiction; and develop a digital narrative system, which involves significant writing and either programming or the structuring of text. Programming ability helpful.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21L.489[J], CMS.618[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.766,Writing Fantasy,"Explores the popularity and structure of Fantasy as a genre in films, games, and literature. Students read articles and novels and write exercises and stories in the genre. Intended for students with prior creative writing experience. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Writing or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.768[J],Games and Culture,"Examines the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of digital games. Topics include the culture of gameplay, gaming styles, communities, spectatorship and performance, gender and race within digital gaming, and the politics and economics of production processes, including co-creation and intellectual property. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"CMS.616[J], WGS.125[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21W.770,Advanced Fiction Workshop,"For students with some experience in writing fiction. Write longer works of fiction and short stories which are related or interconnected. Read short story collections by individual writers, such as Sandra Cisneros, Raymond Carver, Edward P. Jones, and Tillie Olsen, and discuss them critically and analytically, with attention to the ways in which the writers' choices about component parts contribute to meaning. In-class exercises and weekly workshops of student work focus on sources of story material, characterization, structure, narrative voice, point of view and concrete detail. Concentration on revision. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.771,Advanced Poetry Workshop,For students experienced in writing poems. Regular reading of published contemporary poets and weekly submission of manuscripts for class review and criticism. Students expected to do a substantial amount of rewriting and revision. Classwork supplemented with individual conferences.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.773,Writing Longer Fiction,"Designed for students who have some experience in writing fiction and want to try longer forms like the novella and novel. Students interested in writing a novel are expected to produce at least two chapters and an outline of the complete work. Readings include several novels from Fitzgerald to the present, and novellas from Gogol's <em>The Overcoat</em> to current examples. Students discuss one another's writing in a roundtable workshop, with a strong emphasis on revision. Limited to 15.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,A fiction workshop or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.774[J],Playwriting Methods,"Builds understanding of the methods playwrights use to transform an idea - drawn from their own lives, news and current events, even the plays of other writers - into a reality. Students use a variety of inspiration to write their own new scenes and short plays. Examines how research can help develop an idea for a new play and discusses ways to adapt a classic text for the contemporary stage. Writers also conduct personal interviews and use the transcript as source material for a new scene. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21T.250[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.775,Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues,"Focuses on traditional nature writing and the environmentalist essay. Students keep a web log as a journal. Writings are drawn from the tradition of nature writing and from contemporary forms of the environmentalist essay. Authors include Henry Thoreau, Loren Eiseley, Annie Dillard, Chet Raymo, Sue Hubbel, Rachel Carson, Bill McKibben, and Terry Tempest Williams. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21W.776[J],Screenwriting,"Explores the fundamentals of screenplay writing.  Presents skills to create compelling characters and stories in different dramatic genres (comedy, drama). In addition to their own writing, students read a selection of screenplays and watch short films that form the basis of class discussion early in the term.  Class is modeled on a professional development workshop in which participants, over the course of the term, write a short screenplay, including a final draft.  Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21T.251[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.777,Science Writing in Contemporary Society,"Drawing in part from their own interests and ideas, students write about science within various cultural contexts using an array of literary and reportorial tools. Studies the work of contemporary science writers, such as David Quammen and Atul Gawande, and examines the ways in which science and technology are treated in media and popular culture. Discussions focus on students' writing and address topics such as false equivalency, covering controversy, and the attenuation of initial observations. Emphasizes long-form narratives; also looks at blogs, social media, and other modes of communication. Not a technical writing class.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.778,Science Journalism,"An introduction to print daily journalism and news writing, focusing on science news writing in general, and medical writing in particular. Emphasis is on writing clearly and accurately under deadline pressure. Class discussions involve the realities of modern journalism, how newsrooms function, and the science news coverage in daily publications. Discussions of, and practice in, interviewing and various modes of reporting. In class, students write numerous science news stories on deadline. There are additional longer writing assignments outside of class. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
21W.780[J],Writing the Full-Length Play,"Students write and extensively revise a full-length play, from an initial idea to a revised draft. For our purposes, any script longer than thirty minutes and under a hundred minutes is considered a full-length play. Students respond to each other's work using a method inspired by dancer Liz Lerman, giving non-prescriptive advice and feedback to their fellow writers. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 10.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21T.350[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.781[J],"Race, Place, and Modernity in the Americas","Students travel to São Paulo for three weeks. Examines the relationship between race and place in the formation of modern Brazil and the US through comparative analysis and interdisciplinary study. In addition to participating in class discussions on literature, film, and visual art, students visit key cultural and historical sites; interact with archives and museum collections; and, most importantly, engage in dialogue with local activists, religious leaders, community organizers, and scholars. Focusing on the work of Black and Indigenous people, particularly women, places a strong emphasis on the ways in which art and cultural activism can have an impact on racial justice issues. Taught in English; no Portuguese needed. Contact Women's and Gender Studies about travel fee, possible funding opportunities, and other details. Enrollment limited to 20. Application required.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-3-3,None,"11.047[J], 21L.592[J], WGS.247[J]",False,False,False,False,Elective,False
21W.786[J],Social Justice and The Documentary Film,Explores the history and current state of social-issue documentary. Examines how cultural and political upheaval and technological change have converged at different moments to bring about new waves of activist documentary film production. Particular focus on films and other non-fiction media of the present and recent past. Students screen and analyze a series of key films and work in groups to produce their own short documentary using digital video and computer-based editing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"CMS.336[J], WGS.287[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.787,"Film, Music, and Social Change: Intersections of Media and Society","Examines films from the 1950s onward that document music subcultures and moments of social upheaval. Combines screening films about free jazz, glam rock, punk, reggae, hip-hop, and other genres with an examination of critical/scholarly writings to illuminate the connections between film, popular music, and processes of social change. Students critique each film in terms of the social, political, and cultural world it documents, and the historical context and effects of the film's reception. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.788[J],"South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History","Examines the history of South Asian immigration, sojourning, and settlement from the 1880s to the present. Focuses on the US as one node in the global circulation, not only of people, but of media, culture and ideas, through a broader South Asian diaspora. Considers the concept of ""global media"" historically; emphasis on how ideas about, and self-representations of, South Asians have circulated via books, political pamphlets, performance, film, video/cassette tapes, and the internet. Students analyze and discuss scholarly writings, archival documents, memoirs, fiction, blogs and films, and write papers drawing on course materials, lectures, and discussions. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.334[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
21W.790[J],Short Attention Span Documentary,"Focuses on the production of short (1- to 5-minute) digital video documentaries: a form of non-fiction filmmaking that has proliferated in recent years due to the ubiquity of palm-sized and mobile phone cameras and the rise of web-based platforms, such as YouTube. Students shoot, edit, workshop and revise a series of short videos meant to engage audiences in a topic, introduce them to new ideas, and/or persuade them. Screenings and discussions cover key principles of documentary film - narrative, style, pace, point of view, argument, character development - examining how they function and change in short format. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.335[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
21W.791[J],Critical Internet Studies,"Focuses on the power dynamics in internet-related technologies (including social networking platforms, surveillance technology, entertainment technologies, and emerging media forms). Theories and readings focus on the cultural, social, economic, and political aspects of internet use and design, with a special attention to gender and race. Topics include: online communication and communities, algorithms and search engines, activism and online resistance, surveillance and privacy, content moderation and platform governance, and the spread of dis- and misinformation. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking the graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"CMS.614[J], WGS.280[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
21W.792,Science Writing Internship,Students developing professional writing and publishing skills in part-time internships with Boston area media companies can apply to receive credit. Students planning to take this subject must contact the instructor by the end of November (if they are applying for spring semester) or the end of May (if they are applying for the fall semester).,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-12-0,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.794,Graduate Technical Writing Workshop,"Designed to improve the student's ability to communicate technical information. Covers central communication concepts and techniques, including audience, discourse, and genre analysis; strategies for effectively managing, integrating, and documenting information from sources; and methods of structuring information for coherence and credibility. Assignments include an abstract, a literature review, and an oral presentation; students provide feedback to each other. Limited to graduate engineering students based on results of the Graduate Writing Exam.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"21W.798,",21W.799 Independent Study in Writing,Primarily for students pursuing advanced writing projects with the assistance of a member of the Writing Program. Students electing this subject must secure the approval of the director of the Writing Program and its Committee on Curriculum. Normal maximum is 6 units; exceptional 9-unit projects occasionally approved. 21W.798 is P/D/F.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.820[J],"Writing: Science, Technology, and Society","Examination of different ""voices"" used to consider issues of scientific, technological, and social concern. Students write frequently and choose among a variety of non-fiction forms: historical writing, social analysis, political criticism, and policy reports. Instruction in expressing ideas clearly and in organizing a thesis-length work. Reading and writing on three case studies drawn from the history of science; the cultural study of technology and science; and policy issues.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,21H.991,STS.477[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.822,Science Writing Thesis Development and Workshop,"Develops abilities to produce long-form pieces of science-based journalism, with a focus on constructing multiple narratives, source building and interview techniques, rewriting and working with editors. Students also hone their ability to shape their classmates' work.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 21W.THG,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.823,Lab Experience for Science Writers,"During the fall or IAP, students conduct 20 hours of observation in a lab of their choosing that is outside their previous scientific experience. Participation in the work of the lab encouraged. In the spring, students make an in-class presentation and submit a written report of publication quality. Preference to students in the Graduate Program in Science Writing.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,0-2-1,21W.825,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.824,"Making Documentary: Audio, Video, and More","Focuses on the technical demands of long-form storytelling in sound and picture. Students build practical writing and production skills through a series of assignments: still photo-text works, audio-only documentaries, short video projects (4-6 minutes), and a semester-long, team-produced video science documentary (12-15 minutes). Readings, screenings and written work hone students' analytical capacity. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Students from the Graduate Program in Science Writing center their work on topics in science, technology, engineering, and/or medicine. Limited to 7.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-6-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.825,Advanced Science Writing Seminar I,"First term of year-long graduate sequence in science writing offers students intensive workshops and critiques of their own writing, and that of published books, articles, and essays; discussions of ethical and professional issues; study of science and scientists in historical and social context; analysis of recent events in science and technology. Emphasis throughout on developing skills and habits of mind that enable the science writer to tackle scientifically formidable material and write about it for ordinary readers. Topics include the tools of research, conceived in its broadest sense- including interviewing, websites, archives, scientific journal articles; science journalism, including culture of the newsroom and magazine-style journalism; science essays. Considerable attention to science writing's audiences, markets, and publics and the special requirements of each.",True,Fall,Graduate,6-0-18,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.826,Advanced Science Writing Seminar II,"Topics include research for writers, science journalism, and essays; literary science writing, and the social and historical context of science and technology. Includes seminars, lectures, and student writing workshops. Special emphasis on the science essay and on literary and imaginative science writing that employs traditionally fictive devices in nonfiction, including scene-setting and storytelling. Assignments cover science essays, writing on particular disciplines, and investigative and critical science journalism.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,21W.825 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.890,Short Attention Span Documentary,"Focuses on the production of short (1- to 5-minute) digital video documentaries: a form of non-fiction filmmaking that has proliferated in recent years due to the ubiquity of palm-sized and mobile phone cameras and the rise of web-based platforms, such as YouTube. Students shoot, edit, workshop and revise a series of short videos meant to engage audiences in a topic, introduce them to new ideas, and/or persuade them. Screenings and discussions cover key principles of documentary film - narrative, style, pace, point of view, argument, character development - examining how they function and change in short format. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.892,Science Writing Internship,"Field placements tailored to the individual backgrounds of the students enrolled, involving varying degrees of faculty participation and supervision.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-12-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.898,Graduate Independent Study in Writing,"Opportunity for advanced independent study of  writing under regular supervision by a faculty member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.899,Graduate Independent Study in Writing,"Opportunity for advanced independent study of  writing under regular supervision by a faculty member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.S60,Special Subject: Writing,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.S61,Special Subject: Writing,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.S62,Special Subject: Writing,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.S63,Special Subject: Writing,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.S96,Special Subject: Writing,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.S97,Special Subject: Writing,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.S98,Special Subject: Writing,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.THT,Writing Pre-Thesis Tutorial,Definition of and early stage work on a thesis project leading to 21W.THU. Taken during the first term of a student's two-term commitment to the thesis project. Student works closely with an individual faculty tutor. Required of all students pursuing a full major in Course 21W. Joint majors register for 21.THT.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.THU,Writing Program Thesis,"Completion of work on the senior major thesis under the supervision of a faculty tutor. Includes oral presentation of the thesis progress early in the term, assembling and revising the final text, and a final meeting with a committee of faculty evaluators to discuss the successes and limitations of the project. Required of students pursuing a full major in Course 21W. Joint majors register for 21.THU.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,21W.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Research and writing of thesis in consultation with faculty, including individual meetings and group seminars, undertaken over the course of one year.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.UR,Research in Writing,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21W.URG,Research in Writing,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,", ) ",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21.00,SHASS Exploration,"Provides a better understanding of what the humanities, arts, and social sciences at MIT are all about. Each week, a different faculty member from a SHASS unit discusses their research, giving students a sense of what they might expect from a major, minor, or concentration in their field. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21.01,Compass Course: Moral and Social Questions about the Human Condition (New),"Provides an introduction to analytic inquiry and active debate about persistent moral and social questions concerning the human experience; a shared conversation on these questions across the diverse students and departments at MIT; and a collective engagement with historical and contemporary work in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. The main objectives of this subject are to provide students with opportunities to begin developing and practicing the skills and habits of mind needed for lifelong reflection and conversations with others on the normative foundations of social and human life. Lectures are offered online; in-class time is dedicated to recitations, exercises, and group discussion. Limited to 18 per section.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Elective,CI-H
21.THT,Humanities Pre-Thesis Tutorial,"Definition of and early-stage work on thesis project leading to 21.THU Undergraduate Thesis in Humanities. Taken during the first term of the student's two-term commitment to the thesis project. Student works closely with an individual faculty tutor. Required for all students in Course 21, and those doing 21-E and 21-S degrees, for whom the thesis is a degree requirement.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,As specified for particular field,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21.THU,Undergraduate Thesis in Humanities,"Completion of work on the senior major thesis under supervision of a faculty tutor. Includes oral presentation of thesis progress early in the term, assembling and revising the final text, and meeting at the close with a committee of faculty evaluators to discuss the successes and limitations of the project. Required for most students in Course 21 and those doing 21-E and 21-S degrees.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,21.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21.UR,Undergraduate Research in Humanities,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
21.URG,Research in Humanities,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.00,Introduction to Modeling and Simulation,"Basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science and engineering. Uses techniques and software for simulation, data analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and quantum methods used to study fundamental and applied problems in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and complement experimental observations.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
22.001,Introduction to Undergraduate Research I (New),"Provides instruction in communication and basic research skills needed for effective undergraduate research. Addresses a wide range of communication, from within the research group to formal papers and presentations. Basic research skills include time management, building strong relationships with research advisors and lab groups, and cultivating the habit of regular self-reflection. Current participation in a UROP within the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department or Plasma Science and Fusion Center is strongly recommended. Limited to 25. Preference to students accepted into the FUSars program, followed by students UROPing on any nuclear-related project.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.002,Introduction to Undergraduate Research II (New),"Instruction in formal communications for undergraduate research, particularly preparing journal manuscripts. Students practice self-reflection and motivation skills to enable independent research. Provides foundation to build and maintain professional networks. Current participation in a UROP within the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department or Plasma Science and Fusion Center with one term of prior experience is strongly recommended. Limit to 25. Preference to students accepted into the FUSars program, followed by students UROPing on any nuclear-related project.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],22.001,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.003,NEET Seminar: Renewable Energy Machines,Seminar for students enrolled in the Renewable Energy Machines NEET thread. Focuses on topics around renewable energy via guest lectures and research discussions.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.01,Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation,"Provides an introduction to fundamental concepts in nuclear science and its engineering applications. Describes basic nuclear structure, radioactivity, nuclear reactions, and kinematics. Covers the interaction of ionizing radiation with matter, emphasizing radiation detection, shielding, and radiation effects on human health and materials. Presents energy systems based on fission and fusion nuclear reactions, as well as industrial and medical applications of nuclear science.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
22.011,"Nuclear Engineering: Science, Systems, and Society","Discusses the field of nuclear science and engineering, including technologies essential to combating climate change and ensuring human health and well-being. Introduces and provides beginner-level experience with programming, radiation, detection, nuclear physics, and nuclear engineering. Students work on projects such as building radiation-sensing robots to navigate a maze of radioactive sources using autonomous navigation via machine learning. No previous experience with electronics, building robots, programming, or nuclear science required. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 20. Preference to first-year undergraduates.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.015,"Radiation and Life: Applications of Radiation Sources in Medicine, Research, and Industry","Introduces students to the basics of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation; radiation safety and protection; and an overview of the variety of health physics applications, especially as it pertains to the medical field and to radioactive materials research in academia. Presents basic physics of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, known effects of the human body, and the techniques to measure those effects. Common radiation-based medical imaging techniques and therapies discussed. Projects, demonstrations, and experiments introduce students to standard techniques and practices in typical medical and MIT research lab environments where radiation is used. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 10. Preference to first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.016,Seminar in Fusion and Plasma Physics,"Discusses the challenges and opportunities on the path to fusion energy through a range of plasma and fusion energy topics, including discussion of the global energy picture, basic plasma physics, the physics of fusion, fusion reactors, tokamaks, and inertial confinement facilities. Covers why nuclear science, computer science, and materials are so important for fusion, and how students can take next steps to study fusion while at MIT. Includes tours of laboratories at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 20. Preference to first years and sophomores majoring in Course 22.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.017,Nuclear in the News,"Covers the state of nuclear energy and technologies in popular media and current events. Topics include: modern-day Chernobyl, advances in fission reactor building, and the corporate use of fusion devices. Discussions guided by student interest and questions. Includes presentations by expert faculty in nuclear science and engineering. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.02,Introduction to Applied Nuclear Physics,"Covers basic concepts of nuclear physics with emphasis on nuclear structure and interactions of radiation with matter. Topics include elementary quantum theory; nuclear forces; shell structure of the nucleus; alpha, beta and gamma radioactive decays; interactions of nuclear radiations (charged particles, gammas, and neutrons) with matter; nuclear reactions; fission and fusion.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
22.022,Quantum Technology and Devices,"Examines the unique features of quantum theory to generate technologies with capabilities beyond any classical device. Introduces fundamental concepts in applied quantum mechanics, tools and applications of quantum technology, with a focus on quantum information processing beyond quantum computation. Includes discussion of quantum devices and experimental platforms drawn from active research in academia and industry. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"8.04, 22.02, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.03[J],Introduction to Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping,"Focuses on design thinking, an iterative process that uses divergent and convergent thinking to approach design problems and prototype and test solutions. Includes experiences in creativity, problem scoping, and rapid prototyping skills. Skills are built over the course of the semester through design exercises and projects. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 22 & Course 3 majors and minors, and NEET students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-2,None,3.0061[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.033,Nuclear Systems Design Project,"Group design project involving integration of nuclear physics, particle transport, control, heat transfer, safety, instrumentation, materials, environmental impact, and economic optimization. Provides opportunity to synthesize knowledge acquired in nuclear and non-nuclear subjects and apply this knowledge to practical problems of current interest in nuclear applications design. Past projects have included using a fusion reactor for transmutation of nuclear waste, design and implementation of an experiment to predict and measure pebble flow in a pebble bed reactor, and development of a mission plan for a manned Mars mission including the conceptual design of a nuclear powered space propulsion system and power plant for the Mars surface, a lunar/Martian nuclear power station and the use of nuclear plants to extract oil from tar sands. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-12,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.039,"Integration of Reactor Design, Operations, and Safety","Covers the integration of reactor physics and engineering sciences into nuclear power plant design, focusing on designs projected to be used in the first half of this century. Topics include materials issues in plant design and operations, aspects of thermal design, fuel depletion and fission-product poisoning, and temperature effects on reactivity. Addresses safety considerations in regulations and operations, such as the evolution of the regulatory process, the concept of defense in depth, general design criteria, accident analysis, probabilistic risk assessment, and risk-informed regulations.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,22.05 and 22.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.04[J],Social Problems of Nuclear Energy,"Surveys the major social challenges for nuclear energy.     Topics include the ability of nuclear power to help mitigate climate change; challenges associated with ensuring nuclear safety; the effects of nuclear accidents; the management of nuclear waste; the linkages between nuclear power and nuclear weapons, the consequences of nuclear war; and political challenges to the safe and economic regulation of the nuclear industry.  Weekly readings presented from both sides of the debate, followed by in-class discussions. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.084[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
22.05,Neutron Science and Reactor Physics,"Introduces fundamental properties of the neutron. Covers reactions induced by neutrons, nuclear fission, slowing down of neutrons in infinite media, diffusion theory, the few-group approximation, point kinetics, and fission-product poisoning. Emphasizes the nuclear physics bases of reactor design and its relationship to reactor engineering problems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,"18.03, 22.01, and (1.000, 2.086, 6.100B, or 12.010)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.051,Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle,"Studies the relationship between technical and policy elements of the nuclear fuel cycle. Topics include uranium supply, enrichment, fuel fabrication, in-core reactivity and fuel management of uranium and other fuel types, used fuel reprocessing, and waste disposal. Presents principles of fuel cycle economics and the applied reactor physics of both contemporary and proposed thermal and fast reactors. Examines nonproliferation aspects, disposal of excess weapons plutonium, and transmutation of long lived radioisotopes in spent fuel. Several state-of-the-art computer programs relevant to reactor core physics and heat transfer are provided for student use in problem sets and term papers.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,22.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.052,Quantum Theory of Materials Characterization,"Holistic theoretical foundation of characterization techniques with photons, electrons, and neutron probes in various spaces. Techniques for assessing real space, reciprocal space, energy space, and time space utilizing microscopy, diffraction, spectroscopy, and time-domain methods. Elucidation of microscopic interaction mechanisms of materials. Practical assessment of what each characterization measures, methods for linking experimental features to microscopic materials information, state of the art methods for combining information, and machine learning aids. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,8.231 or 22.02,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.054[J],Materials Performance in Extreme Environments,"Studies the behavior of materials in extreme environments typical of those in which advanced energy systems (including fossil, nuclear, solar, fuel cells, and battery) operate. Takes both a science and engineering approach to understanding how current materials interact with their environment under extreme conditions. Explores the role of modeling and simulation in understanding material behavior and the design of new materials. Focuses on energy and transportation related systems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,3.013 and 3.044,3.154[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.055,Radiation Biophysics,"Provides a background in sources of radiation with an emphasis on terrestrial and space environments and on industrial production.  Discusses experimental approaches to evaluating biological effects resulting from irradiation regimes differing in radiation type, dose and dose-rate.  Effects at the molecular, cellular, organism, and population level are examined.  Literature is reviewed identifying gaps in our understanding of the health effects of radiation, and responses of regulatory bodies to these gaps is discussed. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.06,Engineering of Nuclear Systems,"Using the basic principles of reactor physics, thermodynamics, fluid flow and heat transfer, students examine the engineering design of nuclear power plants. Emphasizes light-water reactor technology, thermal limits in nuclear fuels, thermal-hydraulic behavior of the coolant, nuclear safety and dynamic response of nuclear power plants.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,2.005,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.061,Fusion Energy,"Surveys the fundamental science and engineering required to generate energy from controlled nuclear fusion. Topics include nuclear physics governing fusion fuel choice and fusion reactivity, physical conditions required to achieve net fusion energy, plasma physics of magnetic confinement, overview of fusion energy concepts, material challenges in fusion systems, superconducting magnet engineering, and fusion power conversion to electricity. Includes in-depth visits at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and active learning laboratories to reinforce lecture topics.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-1-7,22.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.071,Analog Electronics and Analog Instrumentation Design,"Presents the basics of analog electronics, covering everything from basic resistors to non-linear devices such as diodes and transistors. Students build amplifiers with op amps and study the behavior of first- and second-order oscillating circuits. Lectures followed by short laboratory exercises reinforce theoretical knowledge with experiments. Includes project in second half of the term in which students design radiation instruments of their choice (e.g. Geiger radiation counters, or other types of sensors and instruments). Teaches use of Arduino microcontrollers as simple data acquisition systems, allowing for real-time data processing and display. Culminates in student presentations of their designs in an open forum. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,18.03,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
22.072,Corrosion: The Environmental Degradation of Materials,"Applies thermodynamics and kinetics of electrode reactions to aqueous corrosion of metals and alloys. Application of advanced computational and modeling techniques to evaluation of materials selection and susceptibility of metal/alloy systems to environmental degradation in aqueous systems. Discusses materials degradation problems in marine environments, oil and gas production, and energy conversion and generation systems, including fossil and nuclear.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.074,Radiation Damage and Effects in Nuclear Materials,"Studies the origins and effects of radiation damage in structural materials for nuclear applications. Radiation damage topics include formation of point defects, defect diffusion, defect reaction kinetics and accumulation, and differences in defect microstructures due to the type of radiation (ion, proton, neutron). Radiation effects topics include detrimental changes to mechanical properties, phase stability, corrosion properties, and differences in fission and fusion systems. Term project required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.078[J],"Nuclear Energy and the Environment: Waste, Effluents, and Accidents","Introduces the essential knowledge for understanding nuclear waste management. Includes material flow sheets for nuclear fuel cycle, waste characteristics, sources of radioactive wastes, compositions, radioactivity and heat generation, chemical processing technologies, geochemistry, waste disposal technologies, environmental regulations and the safety assessment of waste disposal. Covers different types of wastes: uranium mining waste, low-level radioactive waste, high-level radioactive waste and fusion waste. Provides the quantitative methods to compare the environmental impact of different nuclear and other energy-associated waste. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,1.098[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.081[J],Introduction to Sustainable Energy,"Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various renewable and conventional energy production technologies, energy end-use practices and alternatives, and consumption practices in different countries. Investigates their attributes within a quantitative analytical framework for evaluation of energy technology system proposals. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,"2.650[J], 10.291[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
22.09,Principles of Nuclear Radiation Measurement and Protection,"Combines lectures, demonstrations, and experiments. Review of radiation protection procedures and regulations; theory and use of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron detectors; applications in imaging and dosimetry; gamma-ray spectroscopy; design and operation of automated data acquisition experiments using virtual instruments. Meets with graduate subject 22.90, but homework assignments and examinations differ. Instruction and practice in written communication provided.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-5-9,22.01,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
"22.091,",22.093 Independent Project in Nuclear Science and Engineering,"For undergraduates who wish to conduct a one-term project of theoretical or experimental nature in the field of nuclear engineering, in close cooperation with individual staff members. Topics and hours arranged to fit students' requirements. Projects require prior approval by the Course 22 Undergraduate Office. 22.093 is graded P/D/F.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.099,Topics in Nuclear Science and Engineering,Provides credit for work on material in nuclear science and engineering outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for study abroad with a student exchange program or an approved one-term or one-year study abroad program. Credit may be used to satisfy specific SB degree requirements. Requires prior approval. Consult department.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.S092-22.S094,Special Subject in Nuclear Science and Engineering,Seminar or lecture on a topic in nuclear science and engineering that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.S095,Special Subject in Nuclear Science and Engineering,Seminar or lecture on a topic in nuclear science and engineering that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.S097,Special Subject in Nuclear Science and Engineering,Seminar or lecture on a topic in nuclear science and engineering that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.S098,Special Subject in Nuclear Science and Engineering (New),Seminar or lecture on a topic in nuclear science and engineering that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.S099,Special Subject in Nuclear Science and Engineering (New),Seminar or lecture on a topic in nuclear science and engineering that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.C01,Modeling with Machine Learning: Nuclear Science and Engineering Applications,"Building on core material in 6.C01, focuses on applying various machine learning techniques to a broad range of topics which are of core value in modern nuclear science and engineering. Relevant topics include machine learning on fusion and plasma diagnosis, reactor physics and nuclear fission, nuclear materials properties, quantum engineering and nuclear materials, and nuclear security. Special components center on the additional machine learning architectures that are most relevant to a certain field, the implementation, and picking up the right problems to solve using a machine learning approach. Final project dedicated to the field-specific applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C01",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 6.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 18.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
22.C51,Modeling with Machine Learning: Nuclear Science and Engineering Applications,"Building on core material in 6.C51, focuses on applying various machine learning techniques to a broad range of topics which are of core value in modern nuclear science and engineering. Relevant topics include machine learning on fusion and plasma diagnosis, reactor physics and nuclear fission, nuclear materials properties, quantum engineering and nuclear materials, and nuclear security. Special components center on the additional machine learning architectures that are most relevant to a certain field, the implementation, and picking up the right problems to solve using a machine learning approach. Final project dedicated to the field-specific applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C51",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.EPW,UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop,"Provides sophomores across all majors with opportunities to develop and practice communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to become successful professionals in the workplace, particularly in preparation for their summer industry internship. This immersive, multi-day Team Training Workshop (TTW) is comprised of experiential learning modules focused on expanding skills in areas that employers report being most valuable in the workplace. Modules are led by MIT faculty with the help of MIT alumni and other senior industry professionals. Skills applied through creative simulations, team problem-solving challenges, oral presentations, and networking sessions with prospective employers. Enrollment limited to those in the UPOP program.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],2.EPE,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.THT,Undergraduate Thesis Tutorial,A series of lectures on prospectus and thesis writing. Students select a thesis topic and a thesis advisor who reviews and approves the prospectus for thesis work in the spring term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,"Program of research, leading to the writing of an SB thesis, to be arranged by the student and appropriate MIT faculty member. See department undergraduate headquarters.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,22.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.UAR[J],Climate and Sustainability Undergraduate Advanced Research,"Provides instruction in effective research, experiential projects, internships, and externships, including choosing and refining problems, surveying previous work and publications, industry best practices, design for robustness, technical presentation, authorship and collaboration, and ethics. Supporting content includes background and context pertaining to climate change and sustainability, as well as tools for sustainable design. Focus for project work includes research topics relevant to the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC). Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises, in the context of an approved advanced research project. A total of 12 units of credit is awarded for completion of the spring and subsequent fall term offerings. Application required; consult MCSC website for more information.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,"1.UAR[J], 3.UAR[J], 5.UAR[J], 11.UAR[J], 12.UAR[J], 15.UAR[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
22.UR,Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program,"The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program is an excellent way for undergraduate students to become familiar with the Department of Nuclear Engineering. Student research as a UROP project has been conducted in areas of fission reactor studies, utilization of fusion devices, applied radiation research, and biomedical applications. Projects include the study of engineering aspects for both fusion and fission energy sources.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.URG,Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program,"The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program is an excellent way for undergraduate students to become familiar with the department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Student research as a UROP project has been conducted in areas of fission reactor studies, utilization of fusion devices, applied radiation physics research, and biomedical applications. Projects include the study of engineering aspects for fusion and fission energy sources, and utilization of radiations.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.101,Applied Nuclear Physics,"Provides an accelerated introduction to the basic principles of nuclear physics and its application within nuclear science and engineering. Fundamentals of quantum mechanics, nuclear properties, and nuclear structure. Origins of radioactivity and radioactive decay processes. Development of nuclear reaction theory, including cross sections, energetics, and kinematics. The interactions of photons, electrons, neutrons, and ions with matter, including the use of nuclear data and modeling tools. Basic theory of radiation and particle detection, shielding, and dosimetry. Uses of nuclear physics in energy, medicine, security, and science applications.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Physics II (GIR) and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.102,Applications of Nuclear Science and Engineering (New),"Provides an overview of the current research directions and application areas in the field of nuclear science and engineering. Faculty from throughout the department each present an introduction to their field of specialization, along with targeted assignments to develop awareness and cross-links between fields.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.103,Nuclear Technology and Society (New),"Introduces the societal context and challenges for nuclear technology. Major themes include economics and valuation of nuclear power, interactions with government and regulatory frameworks, safety, quantification of radiation hazards, and public attitudes to risk. Covers policies and methods for limiting nuclear-weapons proliferation, including nuclear detection, materials security, and fuel-cycle policy.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,22.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.104,Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Methods (New),"Covers solutions to the radiation transport equation for neutrons and photons. Focuses on Monte Carlo methods when numerical methods are necessary, but touches on analytic solutions in simple systems when possible. Emphasizes the physical processes and nuclear data considerations when performing Monte Carlo simulations and covers key assumptions and challenges in modeling both fission and fusion energy systems.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,22.101,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.11,Applied Nuclear Physics,"Introduction to nuclear structure, reactions, and radioactivity. Review of quantization, the wave function, angular momentum and tunneling. Simplified application to qualitative understanding of nuclear structure.  Stable and unstable isotopes, radioactive decay, decay products and chains. Nuclear reactions, cross-sections, and fundamental forces, and the resulting phenomena.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,22.02 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.12,"Radiation Interactions, Control, and Measurement","The interaction, attenuation, and biological effects of penetrating radiation, especially neutrons and photons. Physical processes of radiation scattering and absorption, and their cross-sections. Outline of health physics. Biological effects of radiation, and its quantification. Principles of radiation shielding, detection, dosimetry and radiation protection.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,8.02 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.13,Nuclear Energy Systems,"Introduction to generation of energy from nuclear reactions. Characteristics of nuclear energy. Fission cross-sections, criticality, and reaction control. Basic considerations of fission reactor engineering, thermal hydraulics, and safety. Nuclear fuel and waste characteristics. Fusion reactions and the character and conditions of energy generation.  Plasma physics and approaches to achieving terrestrial thermonuclear fusion energy.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"2.005, 22.01, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.14,Materials in Nuclear Engineering,"Introduces the fundamental phenomena of materials science with special attention to radiation and harsh environments. Materials lattices and defects and the consequent understanding of strength of materials, fatigue, cracking, and corrosion.  Coulomb collisions of charged particles; their effects on structured materials; damage and defect production, knock-ons, transmutation, cascades and swelling. Materials in fission and fusion applications: cladding, waste, plasma-facing components, blankets.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,Chemistry (GIR) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.15,Essential Numerical Methods,"Introduces computational methods for solving physical problems in nuclear applications. Ordinary and partial differential equations for particle orbit, and fluid, field, and particle conservation problems; their representation and solution by finite difference numerical approximations. Iterative matrix inversion methods. Stability, convergence, accuracy and statistics. Particle representations of Boltzmann's equation and methods of solution such as Monte-Carlo and particle-in-cell techniques.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,12.010 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.16,Nuclear Technology and Society,"Introduces the societal context and challenges for nuclear technology. Major themes include economics and valuation of nuclear power, interactions with government and regulatory frameworks, safety, quantification of radiation hazards, and public attitudes to risk. Covers policies and methods for limiting nuclear-weapons proliferation, including nuclear detection, materials security, and fuel-cycle policy.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,22.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.211,Nuclear Reactor Physics I,"Provides an overview of reactor physics methods for core design and analysis.  Topics include nuclear data, neutron slowing down, homogeneous and heterogeneous resonance absorption, calculation of neutron spectra, determination of group constants, nodal diffusion methods, Monte Carlo simulations of reactor core reload design methods.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,22.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.212,Nuclear Reactor Analysis II,"Addresses advanced topics in nuclear reactor physics with an additional focus towards computational methods and algorithms for neutron transport. Covers current methods employed in lattice physics calculations, such as resonance models, critical spectrum adjustments, advanced homogenization techniques, fine mesh transport theory models, and depletion solvers. Also presents deterministic transport approximation techniques, such as the method of characteristics, discrete ordinates methods, and response matrix methods.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,22.211,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.213,Nuclear Reactor Physics III,"Covers numerous high-level topics in nuclear reactor analysis methods and builds on the student's background in reactor physics to develop a deep understanding of concepts needed for time-dependent nuclear reactor core physics, including coupled non-linear feedback effects. Introduces numerical algorithms needed to solve real-world time-dependent reactor physics problems in both diffusion and transport. Additional topics include iterative numerical solution methods (e.g., CG, GMRES, JFNK, MG), nonlinear accelerator methods, and numerous modern time-integration techniques.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,22.211,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.251,Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle,"Study of the relationship between the technical and policy elements of the nuclear fuel cycle. Topics include uranium supply, enrichment, fuel fabrication, in-core reactivity and fuel management of uranium and other fuel types, used fuel reprocessing and waste disposal. Principles of fuel cycle economics and the applied reactor physics of both contemporary and proposed thermal and fast reactors are presented. Nonproliferation aspects, disposal of excess weapons plutonium, and transmutation of long lived radioisotopes in spent fuel are examined. Several state-of-the-art computer programs relevant to reactor core physics and heat transfer are provided for student use in problem sets and term papers. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,22.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.312,Engineering of Nuclear Reactors,"Engineering principles of nuclear reactors, emphasizing power reactors. Power plant thermodynamics, reactor heat generation and removal (single-phase as well as two-phase coolant flow and heat transfer), and structural mechanics. Engineering considerations in reactor design.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(2.001 and 2.005) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.313[J],Thermal Hydraulics in Power Technology,"Emphasis on thermo-fluid dynamic phenomena and analysis methods for conventional and nuclear power stations. Kinematics and dynamics of two-phase flows.  Steam separation.  Boiling, instabilities, and critical conditions. Single-channel transient analysis.  Multiple channels connected at plena.  Loop analysis including single and two-phase natural circulation.  Subchannel analysis.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,"2.006, 10.302, 22.312, or permission of instructor","2.59[J], 10.536[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
22.315,Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer,"Focuses on the application of computational fluid dynamics to the analysis of power generation and propulsion systems, and on industrial and chemical processes in general.  Discusses simulation methods for single and multiphase applications and their advantages and limitations in industrial situations. Students practice breaking down an industrial problem into its modeling challenges, designing and implementing a plan to optimize and validate the modeling approach, performing the analysis, and quantifying the uncertainty margin.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.33,Nuclear Engineering Design,"Group design project involving integration of nuclear physics, particle transport, control, heat transfer, safety, instrumentation, materials, environmental impact, and economic optimization. Provides opportunity to synthesize knowledge acquired in nuclear and non-nuclear subjects and apply this knowledge to practical problems of current interest in nuclear applications design. Past projects have included using a fusion reactor for transmutation of nuclear waste, design and implementation of an experiment to predict and measure pebble flow in a pebble bed reactor, and development of a mission plan for a manned Mars mission including the conceptual design of a nuclear powered space propulsion system and power plant for the Mars surface. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-15,22.312,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.38,"Probability and Its Applications To Reliability, Quality Control, and Risk Assessment","Interpretations of the concept of probability. Basic probability rules; random variables and distribution functions; functions of random variables. Applications to quality control and the reliability assessment of mechanical/electrical components, as well as simple structures and redundant systems. Elements of statistics. Bayesian methods in engineering. Methods for reliability and risk assessment of complex systems, (event-tree and fault-tree analysis, common-cause failures, human reliability models). Uncertainty propagation in complex systems (Monte Carlo methods, Latin hypercube sampling). Introduction to Markov models. Examples and applications from nuclear and other industries, waste repositories, and mechanical systems. Open to qualified undergraduates.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.39,"Integration of Reactor Design, Operations, and Safety","Integration of reactor physics and engineering sciences into nuclear power plant design focusing on designs that are projected to be used in the first half of this century. Topics include materials issues in plant design and operations, aspects of thermal design, fuel depletion and fission-product poisoning, and temperature effects on reactivity. Safety considerations in regulations and operations such as the evolution of the regulatory process, the concept of defense in depth, general design criteria, accident analysis, probabilistic risk assessment, and risk-informed regulations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,22.211 and 22.312,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.40[J],Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion,"Fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance and environmental impact. Applications to fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. CO2 separation and capture. Biomass energy. Meets with 2.60 when offered concurrently; students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"2.006, (2.051 and 2.06), or permission of instructor","2.62[J], 10.392[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
22.51[J],Quantum Technology and Devices,"Examines the unique features of quantum theory to generate technologies with capabilities beyond any classical device. Introduces fundamental concepts in applied quantum mechanics, tools and applications of quantum technology, with a focus on quantum information processing beyond quantum computation. Includes discussion of quantum devices and experimental platforms drawn from active research in academia and industry. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,22.11,8.751[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.52,Quantum Theory of Materials Characterization,"Holistic theoretical foundation of characterization techniques with photons, electrons, and neutron probes in various spaces. Techniques for assessing real space, reciprocal space, energy space, and time space utilizing microscopy, diffraction, spectroscopy, and time-domain methods. Elucidation of microscopic interaction mechanisms of materials. Practical assessment of what each characterization measures, methods for linking experimental features to microscopic materials information, state of the art methods for combining information, and machine learning aids. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.511 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.54[J],Biomedical Systems: Modeling and Inference,"Medically motivated examples of problems in human health that engage students in systems modeling, signal analysis and inference, and design. Content draws on two domains, first by establishing a model of the human cardiovascular system with signal analysis and inference applications of electrocardiograms in health and disease. In a second topic, medical imaging by MRI is motivated by examples of common clinical decision making, followed by laboratory work with technology and instrumentation with the functionality of commercial diagnostic scanners. Students apply concepts from lectures in labs for data collection for image reconstruction, image analysis, and inference by their own design. Labs further include kits for interactive and portable low-cost devices that can be assembled by the students to demonstrate fundamental building blocks of an MRI system.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-4-4,(6.3100 and (18.06 or 18.C06)) or permission of instructor,6.4800[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.55[J],Radiation Biophysics,"Provides a background in sources of radiation with an emphasis on terrestrial and space environments and on industrial production. Discusses experimental approaches to evaluating biological effects resulting from irradiation regimes differing in radiation type, dose and dose-rate.  Effects at the molecular, cellular, organism, and population level are examined.  Literature is reviewed identifying gaps in our understanding of the health effects of radiation, and responses of regulatory bodies to these gaps is discussed. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,HST.560[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.561[J],"Magnetic Resonance Analytic, Biochemical, and Imaging Techniques","Introduction to basic NMR theory. Examples of biochemical data obtained using NMR summarized along with other related experiments. Detailed study of NMR imaging techniques includes discussions of basic cross-sectional image reconstruction, image contrast, flow and real-time imaging, and hardware design considerations. Exposure to laboratory NMR spectroscopic and imaging equipment included.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-12,Permission of instructor,HST.584[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.611[J],Introduction to Plasma Physics I,"Introduces plasma phenomena relevant to energy generation by controlled thermonuclear fusion and to astrophysics. Elementary plasma concepts, plasma characterization. Motion of charged particles in magnetic fields. Coulomb collisions, relaxation times, transport processes. Two-fluid hydrodynamic and MHD descriptions. Plasma confinement by magnetic fields, simple equilibrium and stability analysis. Wave propagation in a magnetic field; application to RF plasma heating. Introduction to kinetic theory; Vlasov, Boltzmann and Fokker-Planck equations; relation of fluid and kinetic descriptions. Electron and ion acoustic plasma waves, Landau damping.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.2300 or 8.07) and (18.04 or Coreq: 18.075),8.613[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.612[J],Introduction to Plasma Physics II,"Follow-up to 22.611 provides in-depth coverage of several fundamental topics in plasma physics, selected for their wide relevance and applicability, from fusion to space- and astro-physics. Covers both kinetic and fluid instabilities: two-stream, Weibel, magnetorotational, parametric, ion-temperature-gradient, and pressure-anisotropy-driven instabilities (mirror, firehose). Also covers advanced fluid models, and drift-kinetic and gyrokinetic equations. Special attention to dynamo theory, magnetic reconnection, MHD turbulence, kinetic turbulence, and shocks.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,22.611,8.614[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.615,MHD Theory of Fusion Systems,"Discussion of MHD equilibria in cylindrical, toroidal, and noncircular configurations. MHD stability theory including the Energy Principle, interchange instability, ballooning modes, second region of stability, and external kink modes. Description of current configurations of fusion interest.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,22.611,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.617,Plasma Turbulence and Transport,"Introduces plasma turbulence and turbulent transport, with a focus on fusion plasmas. Covers theory of mechanisms for turbulence in confined plasmas, fluid and kinetic equations, and linear and nonlinear gyrokinetic equations; transport due to stochastic magnetic fields, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, and drift wave turbulence; and suppression of turbulence, structure formation, intermittency, and stability thresholds. Emphasis on comparing experiment and theory. Discusses experimental techniques, simulations of plasma turbulence, and predictive turbulence-transport models.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.62,Fusion Energy,"Basic nuclear physics and plasma physics for controlled fusion. Fusion cross sections and consequent conditions required for ignition and energy production. Principles of magnetic and inertial confinement. Description of magnetic confinement devices: tokamaks, stellarators and RFPs, their design and operation. Elementary plasma stability considerations and the limits imposed. Plasma heating by neutral beams and RF. Outline design of the ITER ""burning plasma"" experiment and a magnetic confinement reactor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,22.611,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.63,Engineering Principles for Fusion Reactors,"Fusion reactor design considerations: ignition devices, engineering test facilities, and safety/environmental concerns. Magnet principles: resistive and superconducting magnets; cryogenic features. Blanket and first wall design: liquid and solid breeders, heat removal, and structural considerations. Heating devices: radio frequency and neutral beam.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.64[J],Ionized Gases,"Properties and behavior of low-temperature plasmas for energy conversion, plasma propulsion, and gas lasers. Equilibrium of ionized gases: energy states, statistical mechanics, and relationship to thermodynamics. Kinetic theory: motion of charged particles, distribution function, collisions, characteristic lengths and times, cross sections, and transport properties. Gas surface interactions: thermionic emission, sheaths, and probe theory. Radiation in plasmas and diagnostics.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.02 or permission of instructor,16.55[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.67[J],Principles of Plasma Diagnostics,"Introduction to the physical processes used to measure the properties of plasmas, especially fusion plasmas. Measurements of magnetic and electric fields, particle flux, refractive index, emission and scattering of electromagnetic waves and heavy particles; their use to deduce plasma parameters such as particle density, pressure, temperature, and velocity, and hence the plasma confinement properties. Discussion of practical examples and assessments of the accuracy and reliability of different techniques.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-4-4,22.611,8.670[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.71[J],Modern Physical Metallurgy,"Focuses on the links between the processing, structure, and properties of metals and alloys. First, the physical bases for strength, stiffness, and ductility are discussed with reference to crystallography, defects, and microstructure. Second, phase transformations and microstructural evolution are studied in the context of alloy thermodynamics and kinetics. Together, these components comprise the modern paradigm for designing metallic microstructures for optimized properties. Concludes with a focus on processing-microstructure-property relationships in structural engineering alloys. Students taking the graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(3.20 and 3.22) or permission of instructor,3.40[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.72,Corrosion: The Environmental Degradation of Materials,"Applies thermodynamics and kinetics of electrode reactions to aqueous corrosion of metals and alloys. Application of advanced computational and modeling techniques to evaluation of materials selection and susceptibility of metal/alloy systems to environmental degradation in aqueous systems. Discusses materials degradation problems in marine environments, oil and gas production, and energy conversion and generation systems, including fossil and nuclear.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.73[J],Defects in Materials,"Examines point, line, and planar defects in structural and functional materials. Relates their properties to transport, radiation response, phase transformations, semiconductor device performance and quantum information processing. Focuses on atomic and electronic structures of defects in crystals, with special attention to optical properties, dislocation dynamics, fracture, and charged defects population and diffusion. Examples also drawn from other systems, e.g., disclinations in liquid crystals, domain walls in ferromagnets, shear bands in metallic glass, etc.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,3.21 and 3.22,3.33[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.74[J],Radiation Damage and Effects in Nuclear Materials,"Studies the origins and effects of radiation damage in structural materials for nuclear applications. Radiation damage topics include formation of point defects, defect diffusion, defect reaction kinetics and accumulation, and differences in defect microstructures due to the type of radiation (ion, proton, neutron). Radiation effects topics include detrimental changes to mechanical properties, phase stability, corrosion properties, and differences in fission and fusion systems. Term project required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"3.21, 22.14, or permission of instructor",3.31[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.75[J],Properties of Solid Surfaces,"Covers fundamental principles needed to understand and measure the microscopic properties of the surfaces of solids, with connections to structure, electronic, chemical, magnetic and mechanical properties. Reviews the theoretical aspects of surface behavior, including stability of surfaces, restructuring, and reconstruction. Examines the interaction of the surfaces with the environment, including absorption of atoms and molecules, chemical reactions and material growth, and interaction of surfaces with other point defects within the solids (space charges in semiconductors). Discusses principles of important tools for the characterization of surfaces, such as surface electron and x-ray diffraction, electron spectroscopies (Auger and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), scanning tunneling, and force microscopy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"3.20, 3.21, or permission of instructor",3.30[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.76[J],Ionics and Its Applications,"Discusses valence states of ions and how ions and charge move in liquid and solid states. Introduces molten salt systems and how they are used in nuclear energy and processing. Addresses corrosion and the environmental degradation of structural materials. Examines the applications of ionics and electrochemistry in industrial processing, computing, new energy technologies, and recycling and waste treatment.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,3.55[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.78[J],"Nuclear Energy and the Environment: Waste, Effluents, and Accidents","Introduces the essential knowledge for understanding nuclear waste management. Includes material flow sheets for nuclear fuel cycle, waste characteristics, sources of radioactive wastes, compositions, radioactivity and heat generation, chemical processing technologies, geochemistry, waste disposal technologies, environmental regulations and the safety assessment of waste disposal. Covers different types of wastes: uranium mining waste, low-level radioactive waste, high-level radioactive waste and fusion waste. Provides the quantitative methods to compare the environmental impact of different nuclear and other energy-associated waste. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,1.878[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.811[J],Sustainable Energy,"Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various energy technologies in each fuel cycle stage for fossil (oil, gas, synthetic), nuclear (fission and fusion) and renewable (solar, biomass, wind, hydro, and geothermal) energy types, along with storage, transmission, and conservation issues. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,"1.818[J], 2.65[J], 10.391[J], 11.371[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
22.814[J],Nuclear Weapons and International Security,"Examines the historical, political, and technical contexts for nuclear policy making, including the development of nuclear weapons by states, the evolution of nuclear strategy, the role nuclear weapons play in international politics, the risks posed by nuclear arsenals, and the policies and strategies in place to mitigate those risks.  Equal emphasis is given to political and technical considerations affecting national choices.  Considers the issues surrounding new non-proliferation strategies, nuclear security, and next steps for arms control.",False,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,17.474[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
22.90,Nuclear Science and Engineering Laboratory,See description under subject 22.09.,True,Fall,Graduate,1-5-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.901,Independent Project in Nuclear Science and Engineering,"For graduate students who wish to conduct a one-term project of theoretical or experimental nature in the field of nuclear engineering, in close cooperation with individual staff members. Topics and hours arranged to fit students' requirements. Projects require prior approval.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.911,Seminar in Nuclear Science and Engineering,Restricted to graduate students engaged in doctoral thesis research.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.912,Seminar in Nuclear Science and Engineering II,Provides instruction in aspects of effective visual and oral presentation and exposure to technical communication skills useful in academic and professional settings. Focuses on presenting research content in visual format as well as high level scientific communication. Culminates in a presentation at a department-wide event.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.921,Nuclear Power Plant Dynamics and Control,"Introduction to reactor dynamics, including subcritical multiplication, critical operation in absence of thermal feedback effects and effects of xenon, fuel and moderator temperature, etc. Derivation of point kinetics and dynamic period equations. Techniques for reactor control including signal validation, supervisory algorithms, model-based trajectory tracking, and rule-based control. Overview of light-water reactor start-up. Lectures and demonstrations with use of the MIT Research Reactor. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.93,Teaching and Technical Communication Experience in Nuclear Science & Engineering,"For qualified graduate students interested in teaching as a career or other technical communication intensive careers. Classroom, laboratory, or tutorial teaching under the supervision of a faculty member or instructor. Students selected by interview. Credits for this subject may not be used toward master's or engineer's degrees. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments and NSE communication lab capacity.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.94,Research in Nuclear Science and Engineering,For academic research activities in Nuclear Science and Engineering for students who have not completed the NSE doctoral qualifying exam. Hours arranged with and approved by the research advisor. Units may not be used towards advanced degree requirements.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.95,Internship in Nuclear Science and Engineering,"For Nuclear Science and Engineering students participating in research or curriculum-related off-campus experiences. Before enrolling, students must have an offer from a company or organization. Upon completion, the student must submit a final report or presentation to an approved MIT internship experience advisor, usually the student's thesis advisor or a member of the thesis committee. Subject to departmental approval. Consult the NSE Academic Office for details on procedures and restrictions. Limited to students participating in internships consistent with NSE policies relating to research-related employment.",True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.S902-22.S905,Special Subject in Nuclear Science and Engineering,Seminar or lecture on a topic in nuclear science and engineering that is not covered in the regular curriculum. 22.S905 is graded P/D/F.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research, leading to the writing of an SM, NE, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Consult department graduate office.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.93,The Search for Meaning,"""We create islands of meaning in the sea of information"" (Freeman Dyson). Primarily explores meanings conveyed through language, with an emphasis on concepts and tools from linguistics. Also brings in ideas from information theory, cryptography, logic, psychology, anthropology, computer science, philosophy, and literature. Topics include human language and its core properties, writing systems, auxiliary systems (talking drums, whistled languages), animal communication systems, the interplay of language and thought, the social dimensions of meaning, the unreasonable effectiveness of cursing, and much more. Includes some reading and thinking outside class, but no problem sets or papers. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.00,Problems of Philosophy,"Introduction to the problems of philosophy- in particular, to problems in ethics, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of logic, language, and science. A systematic rather than historical approach. Readings from classical and contemporary sources, but emphasis is on examination and evaluation of proposed solutions to the problems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.01,Classics of Western Philosophy,"Introduction to Western philosophical tradition through the study of selected major thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche and Marx. Emphasis on changes of intellectual outlook over time, and the complex interplay of scientific, religious and political concerns that influence the development of philosophical ideas.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.013,Philosophy and the Arts,"Explores philosophical questions about art in general, and about the particular arts, such as literature and music. Measures the answers philosophers have proposed to these questions against our own experiences with the arts. Readings include short works of literature. Includes a museum visit with no charge to students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.02,Moral Problems and the Good Life,"Introduction to important philosophical debates about moral issues and what constitutes a good life: What is right, what is wrong, and why? How important are personal happiness, longevity, and success if one is to live a good life? When is it good for you to get what you want? To what extent are we morally obliged to respect the rights and needs of others? What do we owe the poor, the discriminated, our loved ones, animals and fetuses?",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.03,Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food,"Explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the choices of food people eat. Analyzes the decisions individuals make about what to eat, how society should manage food production and consumption collectively, and how reflection on food choices might help resolve conflicts between different values.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.04[J],Justice,"Provides an introduction to contemporary political thought centered around the ideal of justice and the realities of injustice. Examines what a just society might look like and how we should understand various forms of oppression and domination. Studies three theories of justice (utilitarianism, libertarianism, and egalitarian liberalism) and brings them into conversation with other traditions of political thought (critical theory, communitarianism, republicanism, and post-structuralism). Readings cover foundational debates about equality, freedom, recognition, and power.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,17.01[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.05,Philosophy of Religion,"Uses key questions in the philosophy of religion to introduce tools of contemporary philosophy. Explores what defines a god, the possibility of the existence of gods, the potential conflict between religion and science, whether morality requires a divine author, and religious tolerance.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.06[J],Bioethics,"Considers ethical questions that have arisen from the growth of biomedical research and the health-care industry since World War II. Should doctors be allowed to help patients end their lives? If so, when and how? Should embryos be cloned for research and/or reproduction? Should parents be given control over the genetic make-up of their children? What types of living things are appropriate to use as research subjects? How should we distribute scarce and expensive medical resources? Draws on philosophy, history, and anthropology to show how problems in bioethics can be approached from a variety of perspectives.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.006[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.08[J],Philosophical Issues in Brain Science,"An introduction to some central philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those intimately connected with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Discussions focus on arguments over innate concepts; 'mental images' as pictures in the head; whether color is in the mind or in the world; and whether there can be a science of consciousness. Explains the relevant parts of psychology and neuroscience as the subject proceeds.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,9.48[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.09,Minds and Machines,"Introduction to philosophy of mind. Can computers think? Is the mind an immaterial thing? Alternatively, is the mind the brain? How can creatures like ourselves think thoughts that are about things? Can I know whether your experiences are the same as mine when we both look at raspberries, fire trucks, and stoplights? Can consciousness be given a scientific explanation?",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
24.111,Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics,"Quantum mechanics is said to describe a world in which physical objects often lack ""definite"" properties, indeterminism creeps in at the point of ""observation,"" ordinary logic does not apply, and distant events are perfectly yet inexplicably correlated. Examination of these and other issues central to the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics, with special attention to the measurement problem, no-hidden-variables proofs, and Bell's Inequalities. Rigorous approach to the subject matter nevertheless neither presupposes nor requires the development of detailed technical knowledge of the quantum theory.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.116,Philosophy of Statistics,"Studies how to evaluate statistical hypotheses. Critically considers several prominent approaches, including frequentism (with its null hypotheses, test statistics, p-values), likelihoodism (with its likelihood ratios and relative support) and Bayesianism (with its priors, conditionalization, utilities). Focuses on foundations, not technicalities. Previous exposure to statistics will be helpful but isn't required.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.118,Paradox and Infinity,"Presents highlights of the more technical side of philosophy. Studies a cluster of puzzles, paradoxes, and intellectual wonders - from the higher infinite to Godel's Theorem - and discusses their philosophical implications. Recommended prerequisites: 6.100A, 18.01. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.121,Metaphysics,"Study of basic metaphysical issues concerning existence, the mind-body problem, personal identity, and causation plus its implications for freedom. Classical as well as contemporary readings. Provides practice in written and oral communication.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.122[J],"Knowledge, Opinion, and Truth","Seminar subject in political philosophy. Examines what it means for something to be true, how the truth is connected to what we mean by knowledge, and the difference between knowledge and opinion. Students engage in a close reading and discussion of Plato's three epistemological works. Taught as guided discussions of texts and student papers. Preference to students in Concourse.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CC.118[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.130,Ethics,"Survey of moral philosophy in the Western tradition, focusing primarily on utilitarian, Kantian, and Aristotelian moral theories, along with selected criticisms of those theories. Explores the questions of what makes right actions right and wrong actions wrong, what a good life consists of, what it takes to be a virtuous person, and what it means to be free and responsible for one's actions. Debates why these ideas are important. Aim is to understand how some of the most influential philosophers have addressed these questions, and by so doing, to better understand and formulate one's own views. Readings from classic and contemporary authors, including Aristotle, Bentham, Kant, Rawls, Nagel, and Korsgaard. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.131,Ethics of Technology,"Introduces the tools of philosophical ethics through application to contemporary issues concerning technology. Takes up current debates on topics such as privacy and surveillance, algorithmic bias, the promise and peril of artificial intelligence, automation and the future of work, and threats to democracy in the digital age from the perspective of users, practitioners, and regulatory/governing bodies.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.132,Workshop in Ethical Engineering,"Students study and apply a protocol for identifying and addressing ethical issues in a computer science, software development, or other engineering project. Builds a vocabulary to advocate for and justify ethical decisions in engineering contexts. For the final project, students either apply the protocol to a project they are working on, or develop their own protocol.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.133,Experiential Ethics,"Examines the ethical context around students' summer internships, research, and other experiential learning activities. During the summer and through the first four weeks of the fall term, students engage in small group discussions of applied ethical practices and case studies. Throughout the subject, they explore their own moral values through a reflective final project that examines their engagement with ethics during their summer experience. Includes local field trips, practitioner interviews, and/or similar opportunities for interaction with professional ethics. Concludes with a showcase of final presentations. Meets with 24.134, a 6-unit version which includes additional class time, assignments, theoretical content, and in-depth engagement.  Students planning to take this subject must apply in the spring; consult program website for details.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.134,Experiential Ethics,"Examines the ethical context around students' summer internships, research, and other experiential learning activities. During the summer and beginning of fall term, students engage in small group discussions of applied ethical problems. Includes an independent project and opportunities for interaction with professional ethics. Meets with 24.133 but includes additional class time, assignments, theoretical content, and in-depth engagement. Students planning to take this subject must apply in the spring; consult program website for details.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.137[J],Feminist Thought,"Analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction; definitions of public and private spheres; gender issues in citizenship, the development of the welfare state, experiences of war and revolution, class formation, and the politics of sexuality. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.007[J], WGS.301[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.141,Logic I,Introduction to the aims and techniques of formal logic. The logic of truth functions and quantifiers. The concepts of validity and truth and their relation to formal deduction. Applications of logic and the place of logic in philosophy.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.150[J],"Liberalism, Toleration, and Freedom of Speech","Examines theories and principles that underlie the concept of free speech in the United States, the historical context in which the values of free speech and toleration emerged, and the philosophical arguments that were and are made for and against them. Students analyze a variety of contexts and communicative practices, including new media technologies, to debate how ""speech"" can be described and when it should be appropriately regulated. Considers current disputes over free speech on college campuses.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.043[J], CMS.125[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.C40[J],Ethics of Computing (New),"Explores ethical questions raised by the potentially transformative power of computing technologies. Topics include: lessons from the history of transformative technologies; the status of property and privacy rights in the digital realm; effective accelerationism, AI alignment, and existential risk; algorithmic bias and algorithmic fairness; and free speech, disinformation, and polarization on online platforms.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,6.C40[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.200,Ancient Philosophy,"Investigates the origins of Western philosophy in ancient Greece. Aims both to understand the philosophical questions the Greeks were asking on their own terms, and to assess their answers to them. Examines how a human being can lead a good life, the relationship between morality and happiness, our knowledge of the world around us, and the entities we need to appeal to in order to explain that world. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One Philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.201,Topics in the History of Philosophy,"Close examination of a text, an author, or a theme in the history of philosophy. Can be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor and advisor. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.211,Theory of Knowledge,"Study of problems concerning our concept of knowledge, our knowledge of the past, our knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of ourselves and others, and our knowledge of the existence and properties of physical objects in our immediate environment. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.212,Philosophy of Perception,"In-depth examination of philosophical issues concerning perception, such as whether we see mind-independent physical objects or, alternatively, mind-dependent representations; whether perception is a source of theory-neutral observations or is affected by the perceiver's beliefs in a way that compromises the objectivity of science. Readings primarily drawn from contemporary literature in both philosophy and psychology. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.213,Philosophy of Film,"Explores the philosophical analysis of cinematic art. Topics may include the nature of film, authorship, interpretation, ethical, narration, metaphor, meta-criticism, political and emotional engagement with the cinematic experience. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.215,Topics in the Philosophy of Science,"Close examination of a small number of issues central to recent philosophy of science, such as the demarcation problem, causal relations, laws of nature, underdetermination of theory by data, paradoxes of confirmation, scientific realism, the role of mathematics in science, elimination of bias, and the objectivity of scientific discourse. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.220,Moral Psychology,"An examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology, sociology and neuroscience. Topics include belief, desire, and moral motivation; sympathy and empathy; intentions and other committing states; strength of will and weakness of will; free will; addiction and compulsion; guilt, shame and regret; evil; self-knowledge and self-deception; virtues and character traits. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.222,"Decisions, Games and Rational Choice","Foundations and philosophical applications of Bayesian decision theory, game theory and theory of collective choice. Why should degrees of belief be probabilities? Is it always rational to maximize expected utility? If so, why and what is its utility? What is a solution to a game? What does a game-theoretic solution concept such as Nash equilibrium say about how rational players will, or should, act in a game? How are the values and the actions of groups, institutions and societies related to the values and actions of the individuals that constitute them? Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.223,Rationality,"Provides the tools for thinking through the tension of empirical work that suggests humans are surprisingly irrational and other work that suggests humans are exquisitely rational. Doing so requires combining both normative and descriptive methods: the need to know how ideally rational agents <em>would</em> reason, as well as how real people <em>do</em> reason. The first half of the term is spent learning the details of how to work with the canonical (Bayesian) theory of rationality; it is blackboard- and problem-set based. The second half of the term is spent applying this theory to work out the proper interpretation of a variety of empirical results that have been taken to demonstrate human irrationality, such as hindsight bias, motivated reasoning, the gambler's fallacy, the sunk-cost fallacy, conformity, and polarization. Subject is paper- and discussion-based.   Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.230,Meta-ethics,"Considers a range of philosophical questions about the foundations of morality, such as whether and in what sense morality is objective, the nature of moral discourse, and how we can come to know right from wrong. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.233,The Ethics of Climate Change,"Deals with ethical questions raised by the way in which our climate is changing as a result of fossil fuel consumption. Explores the moral problems raised by these effects, the obligations of individuals and governments, the difficulties involved in dealing with uncertainty, catastrophe, and the ethics of future generations. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.234,"Global Justice, Gender, and Development","Addresses challenges in working towards global justice including poverty, food and water insecurity, healthcare disparities, human rights violations, violence and dislocation, and environmental risk. Focuses on gender and identity, locating the root causes of inequality within cultural, political and economic contexts. Designed to give a framework to understand gender dynamics. Teaches how to integrate gender sensitive strategies into development work. Classes, readings, and final projects illustrate how design and implementation of international development strategies can provide capacity building and income generation opportunities. Meets with EC.718 when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.235[J],Philosophy of Law,"Examines fundamental issues in philosophy of law, such as the nature and limits of law and a legal system, and the relation of law to morality, with particular emphasis on the philosophical issues and problems associated with privacy, liberty, justice, punishment, and responsibility. Historical and contemporary readings, including court cases. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,17.021[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.236,Topics in Social Theory and Practice,"An in-depth consideration of a topic in social theory with reflection on its implications for social change. Examples of topics include race and racism; punishment and prison reform; global justice and human rights; gender and global care chains; environmentalism and industrial agriculture; bioethics, disability, and human enhancement; capitalism and commodification; and sexuality and the family. Readings draw from both social science and philosophy with special attention to the normative literature relevant to the issue. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philsophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.240[J],Literature and Philosophy,"Highlights interactions between literary and philosophical texts, asking how philosophical themes can be explored in fiction, poetry, and drama. Exposes students to diverse modes of humanistic thought, interpretation, and argument, putting the tools and ideas of philosophy into conversation with those of the literary humanities. Students engage closely with selected literary and philosophical texts, explore selected topics in philosophy - such as ethics, epistemology, and aesthetics - through a literary lens, and participate in class discussion with peers and professors.  Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject,21L.452[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.242,Logic II,"The central results of modern logic: the completeness of predicate logic, recursive functions, the incompleteness of arithmetic, the unprovability of consistency, the indefinability of truth, Skolem-Löwenheim theorems, and nonstandard models. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.141 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.243,Classical Set Theory,"Introduction to the basic concepts and results of standard, i.e., Zermelo-Fraenkel, set theory, the axioms of ZF, ordinal and cardinal arithmetic, the structure of the set-theoretic universe, the axiom of choice, the (generalized) continuum hypothesis, inaccessibles, and beyond. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.141 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.244,Modal Logic,"Sentential and quantified modal logic, with emphasis on the model theory (""possible worlds semantics""). Soundness, completeness, and characterization results for alternative systems. Tense and dynamic logics, epistemic logics, as well as logics of necessity and possibility. Applications in philosophy, theoretical computer science, and linguistics. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.141,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.245,Theory of Models,"Studies fundamental results in the model theory of the first-order predicate calculus. Includes completeness, compactness, Löwenheim-Skolem, omitting types, ultraproducts, and categoricity in a cardinal, starting with Tarski's definition of logical consequence, in terms of truth in a model. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.141 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.251,Introduction to Philosophy of Language,"Examines views on the nature of meaning, reference, and truth, and their bearing on the use of language in communication. No knowledge of logic or linguistics presupposed. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.252,Language and Power,"Explores topics at the intersection of philosophy of language and social/political philosophy. Topics may include linguistic harm, free speech, speech in non-cooperative contexts (lying, insincerity, antagonistic interlocutors), propaganda, pejoratives, and the relationship of language to features of the social world (race, gender, ideology). Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.253,Philosophy of Mathematics,"Philosophical issues about or related to mathematics, including the existence and nature of basic mathematical objects such as numbers and sets, how we can come to have knowledge of such objects, the status of mathematical truth, the relation of mathematics to logic, and whether classical logic can be called into question. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.260,Topics in Philosophy,"Close examination of a single book, or group of related essays, with major significance in recent philosophy. Subject matter varies from year to year. Intended primarily for majors and minors in philosophy. Opportunities are provided for oral presentation. Students will be required to revise at least one paper in response to instructor's comments. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Two subjects in philosophy,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.280,Foundations of Probability,"Topics include probability puzzles, common fallacies in probabilistic reasoning, defenses and criticisms of Kolmogorov's axiomatization, interpretations of probability (including the frequency, logical, propensity, and various subjectivist interpretations), the relation of objective chance to rational subjective credence, conditional probability, rules for updating probability, and proposals for supplementing the probability calculus with further principles. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or one subject on probability,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.292,Independent Study: Philosophy,Open to qualified students who wish to pursue special studies or projects. Students electing this subject must consult the undergraduate officer.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Any two subjects in philosophy,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.293,Independent Study: Philosophy,Open to qualified students who wish to pursue special studies or projects. Students electing this subject must consult the undergraduate officer.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Any two subjects in philosophy,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.S00,Special Subject: Philosophy,Undergraduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.S20,Special Subject: Philosophy,Undergraduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,"Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Research opportunities in linguistics and philosophy. For further information, consult the departmental coordinators.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.URG,Undergraduate Research,Research opportunities in linguistics and philosophy. For further information consult the departmental coordinators.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.191,"Being, Thinking, Doing (or Not): Ethics in Your Life","Provides an opportunity to explore a wide range of ethical issues through guided discussions that are geared to equip students for ongoing reflection and action. Lectures and discussions with guest faculty, as well as attendance at on-and off-campus events, expose students to ethical problems and resources for addressing them. Encourages students to work collaboratively as they clarify their personal and vocational principles. Topics vary each term and will reflect the interests of those enrolled.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.192,"Language, Information, and Power","Explores foundational issues about language and communication by investigating different ways language and its use affects various aspects of lived experience. Topics include speech act theory, lying, propaganda, censorship, expressions of knowledge, communication in non-cooperative contexts.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.400,Proseminar in Philosophy I,Advanced study of the basic problems of philosophy. Intended for first-year graduate students in philosophy.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,6-0-18 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.401,Proseminar in Philosophy II,Advanced study of the basic problems of philosophy. Intended for first-year graduate students in philosophy.,True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-18 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.410,Topics in the History of Philosophy,Intensive study of a philosopher or philosophical movement. Content varies from year to year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor and advisor.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.420,Ancient Philosophy,"Investigates the origins of Western philosophy in ancient Greece. Aims both to understand the philosophical questions the Greeks were asking on their own terms, and to assess their answers to them. Examines how a human being can lead a good life, the relationship between morality and happiness, our knowledge of the world around us, and the entities we need to appeal to in order to explain that world. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.500,Topics in Philosophy of Mind,"Selected topics in philosophy of mind. Content varies from year to year. Topics may include consciousness, mental representation, perception, and mental causation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.501,Problems in Metaphysics,Systematic examination of selected problems in metaphysics. Content varies from year to year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor and advisor.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.502,Topics in Metaphysics and Ethics,"Systematic examination of selected problems concerning the relation between metaphysics and ethics, for example questions about personal identity and its relation to issues about fairness and distribution, or questions about the relation between causation and responsibility. Content may vary from year to year, and the subject may be taken repeatedly with the permission of the instructor and the student's advisor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.503,Topics in Philosophy of Religion,"Selected topics in philosophy of religion. Content varies from year to year. Topics may include the traditional arguments for the existence of God, religious experience, the problem of evil, survival after death, God and ethics.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.504,Topics in Aesthetics,"Selected topics in aesthetics. Content varies from year to year. Topics may include the definition of art, the expression of emotion in music, the nature of depiction, the role of artists intentions in interpretation, and the relationship between moral and aesthetic value.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.601,Topics in Moral Philosophy,Systematic examination of selected problems in moral philosophy. Content varies from year to year. Subject may be repeated only with permission of instructor and advisor.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.602,Topics in the Philosophy of Agency,Systematic examination of selected problems in the theory of agency. Content varies from year to year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor and advisor.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.611[J],Political Philosophy,Systematic examination of selected issues in political philosophy. Topic changes each year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,17.000[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
24.634,"Global Justice, Gender, and Development","Addresses challenges in working towards global justice including poverty, food and water insecurity, healthcare disparities, human rights violations, violence and dislocation, and environmental risk. Focuses on gender and identity, locating the root causes of inequality within cultural, political and economic contexts. Designed to give a framework to understand gender dynamics. Teaches how to integrate gender sensitive strategies into development work. Classes, readings, and final projects illustrate how design and implementation of international development strategies can provide capacity building and income generation opportunities. Meets with EC.798 when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.635,Topics in Critical Social Theory,"Explores topics arising within critical race theory, feminist theory, queer theory, disability studies, working class studies, and related interdisciplinary efforts - both historical and contemporary - to understand and promote social justice.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.636,Topics in Social Theory and Practice,"An in-depth consideration of a topic in social theory with reflection on its implications for social change. Examples of topics include race and racism; punishment and prison reform; global justice and human rights; gender and global care chains; environmentalism and industrial agriculture; bioethics, disability, and human enhancement; capitalism and commodification; and sexuality and the family. Readings draw from both social science and philosophy with special attention to the normative literature relevant to the issue. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,One philosophy subject or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.637[J],Feminist Thought,"Analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction; definitions of public and private spheres; gender issues in citizenship, the development of the welfare state, experiences of war and revolution, class formation, and the politics of sexuality. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"Permission of instructor, based on previous coursework",17.006[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
24.711,Topics in Philosophical Logic,"Problems of ontology, epistemology, and philosophy of language that bear directly on questions about the nature of logic and the conceptual analysis of logical theory, such as logical truth, logical consequence, and proof. Content varies from year to year and subject may be taken repeatedly upon permission of instructor and advisor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.729,Topics in Philosophy of Language,Major issues in the philosophy of language. Topics change each year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.805,Topics in Theory of Knowledge,Major issues in theory of knowledge. Topics change each year and subject may be taken repeatedly with permission of instructor.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.810,Topics in Philosophy of Science,"Topics in the foundations of science: the nature of concepts and theories, the distinction between empirical and theoretical knowledge claims, realist and instrumentalist interpretation of such claims, and the analysis of scientific explanation. The central topic varies from year to year. Subject may be taken repeatedly with the permission of instructor and advisor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.891,Independent Study: Philosophy,Open to qualified graduate students in philosophy who wish to pursue special studies or projects. Consult with the intended advisor and the Chair of the Committee on Graduate Students in Philosophy before registering.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.892,Independent Study: Philosophy,Open to qualified graduate students in philosophy who wish to pursue special studies or projects. Consult with the intended advisor and the Chair of the Committee on Graduate Students in Philosophy before registering.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.893,Dissertation Workshop,Workshop for students working on their dissertations. Restricted to Philosophy doctoral students.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-1,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.894,Placement Workshop,"Workshop for students planning to apply for academic jobs in the following year. Advice and feedback on preparation of application materials, including writing sample, thesis abstract, and course syllabi. Limited to philosophy graduate students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.899,Topics in Linguistics and Philosophy,Selected topics at the intersection of linguistics and philosophy. Intended for graduate students in either linguistics or philosophy. Topics vary from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.TAC,Teaching Requirement in Linguistics and Philosophy (New),For graduate students who are fulfilling an academic teaching requirement in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research and writing of thesis, to be arranged by the student with supervising committee.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.S40,Special Seminar: Philosophy,Graduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.S41,Special Seminar: Philosophy,Graduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.900,Introduction to Linguistics,"Studies what is language and what does knowledge of a language consist of. It asks how do children learn languages and is language unique to humans; why are there many languages; how do languages change; is any language or dialect superior to another; and how are speech and writing related. Context for these and similar questions provided by basic examination of internal organization of sentences, words, and sound systems. Assumes no prior training in linguistics.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
24.9000,How Language Works,"Introduces the field of linguistics as the scientific study of the human capacity for language, and its interaction with other cognitive systems. Examines specific phenomena that reveal the general laws and principles that govern the structure of all human languages, as well as the ways in which languages do differ. Topics include language acquisition and use, language change, dialects, and language technologies, with a special focus on collection and analysis of linguistic data. Assumes no prior training in linguistics.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.901,Language and Its Structure I: Phonology,"Introduction to fundamental concepts in phonological theory and their relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Articulatory and acoustic phonetics, distinctive features and the structure of feature systems, underlying representations and underspecification, phonological rules and derivations, syllable structure, accentual systems, and the morphology-phonology interface. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.900 or 24.9000,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.902,Language and Its Structure II: Syntax,Introduction to fundamental concepts in syntactic theory and its relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.900 or 24.9000,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.903,Language and Its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics,"Introduction to fundamental concepts in semantic and pragmatic theory. Basic issues of form and meaning in natural languages. Ambiguities of structure and of meaning. Compositionality. Word meaning. Quantification and logical form. Contexts: indexicality, discourse, presupposition and conversational implicature. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.900 or 24.9000,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.904,Language Acquisition,"Covers the major results in the study of first-language acquisition concentrating on the development of linguistic structure, including morphology, syntax, and semantics. Universal aspects of development are discussed, as well as a variety of cross-linguistic phenomena. Theories of language learning are considered, including parameter-setting and maturation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"24.900, 24.9000, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.905[J],Laboratory in Psycholinguistics,"Hands-on experience designing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting experiments on the structure and processing of human language. Focuses on constructing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting an original and independent experimental project of publishable quality. Develops skills in reading and writing scientific research reports in cognitive science, including evaluating the methods section of a published paper, reading and understanding graphical displays and statistical claims about data, and evaluating theoretical claims based on experimental data. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,9.59[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
24.906[J],The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism,Development of bilingualism in human history (from Australopithecus to present day). Focuses on linguistic aspects of bilingualism; models of bilingualism and language acquisition; competence versus performance; effects of bilingualism on other domains of human cognition; brain imaging studies; early versus late bilingualism; opportunities to observe and conduct original research; and implications for educational policies among others. Students participate in six online web meetings with partner institutions. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.900 or 24.9000,21G.024[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
24.908,Creole Languages and Caribbean Identities,"Caribbean Creole languages result from language contact via colonization and the slave trade. Explores creolization from cognitive, historical and comparative perspectives and evaluates popular theories about ""Creole genesis"" and the role of language acquisition. Also explores non-linguistic creolization in literature, religion and music in the Caribbean and addresses issues of Caribbean identities by examining Creole speakers' and others' beliefs toward Creole cultures. Draws comparisons with aspects of African-American culture.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
24.909,Field Methods in Linguistics,"Explores the structure of an unfamiliar language through direct work with a native speaker. Students complete a grammatical sketch of the phonology and syntax, work in groups on specific aspects of the language's structure, and assemble reports to create a partial grammar of the language. Provides instruction and practice in written and oral communication. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,"24.901, 24.902, and permission of instructor",N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
24.910,Advanced Topics in Linguistic Analysis,"In-depth study of an advanced topic in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax or semantics, with a focus on the interfaces among these grammar components. Provides practice in written and oral communication.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(24.901, 24.902, and 24.903) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.912[J],Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies,"Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. Connects the experiences of African-Americans and of other American minorities, focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns. Includes lectures, discussions, workshops, and required field trips that involve minimal cost to students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21H.106[J], 21L.008[J], 21W.741[J], CMS.150[J], WGS.190[J]",False,False,False,False,False,CI-H
24.914,Language Variation and Change,"Explores how linguistic systems vary across time and space. Uses case studies in particular languages to examine how language transmission and social factors shape the grammatical systems of individual speakers, and how grammar constrains variation and change. Students work in groups to analyze corpus or survey data. Provides instruction and practice in written and oral communication.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.900 or 24.9000,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.915,Linguistic Phonetics,The study of speech sounds: how we produce and perceive them and their acoustic properties. The influence of the production and perception systems on phonological patterns and sound change. Acoustic analysis and experimental techniques. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.900 or 24.9000,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.916[J],Old English and Beowulf,"Intensive introduction to Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon), the ancestor of modern English that was spoken in England ca. 600-1100. In the first half of the term, students use short prose texts to study the basics of Old English grammar. They go on to read short poems, and conclude by tackling portions of the epic Beowulf in the last third of the term. Assessment based upon translation work, daily vocabulary quizzes, and three exams. Limited to 16.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.601[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
24.917,ConLangs: How to Construct a Language,"Explores languages that have been deliberately constructed (ConLangs), including Esperanto, Klingon, and Tolkien's Elvish. Students construct their own languages while considering phenomena from a variety of languages of the world. Topics include writing systems, phonology (basic units of speech and how they combine), morphology (structure of words), syntax (how words are put together), and semantics (the expression of meaning, and what language leaves unexpressed). Through regular assignments, students describe their constructed language in light of the topics discussed. Final assignment is a grammatical description of the new language.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.918,Workshop in Linguistic Research,Students pursue individual research projects in linguistic analysis under the guidance of an advisor. Class meets weekly for presentation of student research and to critically discuss background reading. Focuses on developing skills in linguistic argumentation and presentation of findings. Provides practice in written and oral communication. Includes a 20-page final paper that each student presents to the class.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(24.901, 24.902, and 24.903) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
24.919,Independent Study: Linguistics,Open to qualified students who wish to pursue special studies or projects.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Research opportunities in linguistics and philosophy. For further information, consult the departmental coordinators.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.URG,Undergraduate Research,Research opportunities in linguistics and philosophy. For further information consult the departmental coordinators.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.S90,Special Subject: Linguistics,Undergraduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,24.900 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.921,Independent Study: Linguistics,Open to qualified graduate students in linguistics who wish to pursue special studies or projects.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of advisor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.922,Independent Study: Linguistics,Open to qualified graduate students in linguistics who wish to pursue special studies or projects.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of advisor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.931,Language and Its Structure I: Phonology,"Introduction to fundamental concepts in phonological theory and their relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Articulatory and acoustic phonetics, distinctive features and the structure of feature systems, underlying representations and underspecification, phonological rules and derivations, syllable structure, accentual systems, and the morphology-phonology interface. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"24.900, 24.9000, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.932,Language and Its Structure II: Syntax,Introduction to fundamental concepts in syntactic theory and its relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"24.900, 24.9000, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.933,Language and Its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics,"Introduction to fundamental concepts in semantic and pragmatic theory. Basic issues of form and meaning in natural languages. Ambiguities of structure and of meaning. Compositionality. Word meaning. Quantification and logical form. Contexts: indexicality, discourse, presupposition and conversational implicature. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"24.900, 24.9000, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.934,Language Acquisition,"Covers the major results in the study of first-language acquisition concentrating on the development of linguistic structure, including morphology, syntax, and semantics. Universal aspects of development are discussed, as well as a variety of cross-linguistic phenomena. Theories of language learning are considered. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. ",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,24.900 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.942,Topics in the Grammar of a Less Familiar Language,"Students work with a native speaker of a language whose structure is significantly different from English, examining aspects of its syntax, semantics, and phonology. In the course of doing this, students acquire techniques for gathering linguistic data from native speakers. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,24.951,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.943,Syntax of a Language (Family),"Detailed examination of the syntax of a particular language or language family, and theories proposed in the existing literature to account for the observed phenomena.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.946,Linguistic Theory and Japanese Language,"Detailed examination of the grammar of Japanese and its structure which is significantly different from English, with special emphasis on problems of interest in the study of linguistic universals. Data from a broad group of languages studied for comparison with Japanese. Assumes familiarity with linguistic theory.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.947,Language Disorders in Children,"Reading and discussion of current linguistic theory, first language acquisition and language disorders in young children. Focus on development of a principled understanding of language disorders at the phonological, morphological and syntactic levels. Examines ways in which these disorders confront theories of language and acquisition.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.948,Linguistic Theory and Second and Third Language Acquisition in Children and Adults,"Students read and discuss current linguistic theory, first language acquisition research, and data concerning second and third language acquisition in adults and children. Focuses on development of a theory of second and third language acquisition within current theories of language. Emphasizes syntactic, lexical, and phonological development. Examines ways in which these bodies of data confront theories of language and the mind. When possible, students participate in practica with second and/or third language learners.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.949,Language Acquisition I,"Lectures, reading, and discussion of current theory and data concerning the psychology and biology of language acquisition. Emphasizes learning of syntax, semantics, and morphology, together with some discussion of phonology, and especially research relating grammatical theory and learnability theory to empirical studies of children.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"24.952, 24.970, and 24.973",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.951,Introduction to Syntax,"Introduction to theories of syntax underlying work currently being done within the lexical-functional and government-binding frameworks. Organized into three interrelated parts, each focused upon a particular area of concern: phrase structure; the lexicon; and principles and parameters. Grammatical rules and processes constitute a focus of attention throughout the course that serve to reveal both modular structure of grammar and interaction of grammatical components.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.952,Advanced Syntax,"Problems in constructing an explanatory theory of grammatical representation. Topics drawn from current work on anaphora, casemarking, control, argument structure, Wh- and related constructions. Study of language-particular parameters in the formulation of linguistic universals.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,24.951,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.954,Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory,"Formal theories of context-dependency, presupposition, implicature, context-change, focus and topic. Special emphasis on the division of labor between semantics and pragmatics. Applications to the analysis of quantification, definiteness, presupposition projection, conditionals and modality, anaphora, questions and answers.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.955,More Advanced Syntax,An advanced-level survey of topics in syntax.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,24.951 and 24.952,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.956,Topics in Syntax,The nature of linguistic universals that make it possible for languages to differ and place limits on these differences. Study of selected problem areas show how data from particular languages contribute to the development of a strong theory of universal grammar and how such a theory dictates solutions to traditional problems in the syntax of particular languages.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,24.951,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.960,Syntactic Models,"Comparison of different proposed architectures for the syntax module of grammar. Subject traces several themes across a wide variety of approaches, with emphasis on testable differences among models. Models discussed include ancient and medieval proposals, structuralism, early generative grammar, generative semantics, government-binding theory/minimalism, LFG, HPSG, TAG, functionalist perspectives and others.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,24.951 and 24.952,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.961,Introduction to Phonology,"First half of a year-long introduction to the phonological component of grammar. Introduces the major research results, questions, and analytic techniques in the field of phonology. Focuses on segmental feature structure and prosodic structure while the sequel (24.962) considers the interfaces of phonology with morphology, syntax, and the lexicon. Students should have basic knowledge of articulatory phonetic description and phonetic transcription.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.962,Advanced Phonology,Continuation of 24.961.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,24.961,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.963,Linguistic Phonetics,The study of speech sounds: how we produce and perceive them and their acoustic properties. The influence of the production and perception systems on phonological patterns and sound change. Acoustic analysis and experimental techniques. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.964,Topics in Phonology,In-depth study of a topic in current phonological theory.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,24.961,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.965,Morphology,"Structure of the lexicon and its function in grammar. Properties of word-formation rules. Problems of selection, productivity, and compositionality. Systems of inflectional categories: case and tense. Phonological aspects of word structure: allomorphy, cyclic phonology, constituent structure, and boundaries. Detailed analysis of languages with complex morphology.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.967,Topics in Experimental Phonology,"Experimental techniques to test predictions drawn from current phonological theory. Includes a survey of experimental methodologies currently in use, an introduction to experimental design and analysis, and critical consideration of how experimental results are used to inform theory.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"24.961, 24.963, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.970,Introduction to Semantics,"Basic issues of form and meaning in formalized and natural languages. Conceptual, logical, and linguistic questions about truth. Reference, modal, and intensional notions. The role of grammar in language use and context-dependency. Ambiguities of structure and meaning, and dimensions of semantic variation in syntax and the lexicon.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.973,Advanced Semantics,Current work on semantics and questions of logic and meaning for syntactic systems in generative grammar.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.979,Topics in Semantics,Seminar on current research in semantics and generative grammar. Topics may vary from year to year.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.981,Topics in Computational Phonology,"Exploration of issues in the computational modeling of phonology: finding generalizations in data, formalisms for representing phonological knowledge, modeling grammar acquisition, and testing phonological theories by means of implemented models. Experience using and developing models, including preparing training data, running simulations, and interpreting their results. No background in programming or machine learning is assumed.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,24.961 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.982,Topics in Computational Linguistics,Exploration of current issues in computational linguistics and their relationship to linguistic theory.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.983,Methods in Computational Linguistics,"Seminar on current models and techniques in computational linguistics. Instruction provided in implementing and using models, including model training, evaluation, and interpretation. No background in programming or machine learning is assumed.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.984[J],Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge,"Explores the relationship between the computer representation and acquisition of knowledge and the structure of human language, its acquisition, and hypotheses about its differentiating uniqueness. Emphasizes development of analytical skills necessary to judge the computational implications of grammatical formalisms and their role in connecting human intelligence to computational intelligence. Uses concrete examples to illustrate particular computational issues in this area.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,6.4100 or permission of instructor,"6.8630[J], 9.611[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
24.991,Workshop in Linguistics,An intensive group tutorial/seminar for discussion of research being conducted by participants. No listeners.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.993,Tutorial in Linguistics and Related Fields,"Individual or small-group tutorial in which students, under the guidance of a faculty member, explore the interrelations with linguistics of some specified area.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.995,Linguistics Professional Perspective,"Required for linguistics doctoral students to explore and gain professional perspective through industry and academic experiences. Professional perspective options include industry internships, academic internships, or training for academia. For an internship experience, an offer from a company or organization is required prior to enrollment. A written report is required upon completion of the experience. Proposals subject to departmental approval in consultation with advisor.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.TAC,Teaching Requirement in Linguistics and Philosophy (New),For graduate students who are fulfilling an academic teaching requirement in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research and writing of thesis, to be arranged by the student with supervising committee.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.S93,Special Seminar: Linguistics,Covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum.  Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.S94,Special Seminar: Linguistics,Half-term subject that covers topics in linguistics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.S95,Special Seminar: Linguistics,Graduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
24.S96,Special Seminar: Linguistics,Graduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.00A,"Designing for the Future: Earth, Sea, and Space","Student teams formulate and complete space/earth/ocean exploration-based design projects with weekly milestones. Introduces core engineering themes, principles, and modes of thinking. Specialized learning modules enable teams to focus on the knowledge required to complete their projects, such as machine elements, electronics, design process, visualization and communication. Includes exercises in written and oral communication and team building. Examples of projects include surveying a lake for millfoil, from a remote controlled aircraft, and then sending out robotic harvesters to clear the invasive growth; and exploration to search for the evidence of life on a moon of Jupiter, with scientists participating through teleoperation and supervisory control of robots. Enrollment limited; preference to freshmen.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-3,Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.00B,Toy Product Design,"Provides students with an overview of design for entertainment and play, as well as opportunities in creative product design and community service. Students develop ideas for new toys that serve clients in the community, and work in teams with local sponsors and with experienced mentors on a themed toy design project. Students enhance creativity and experience fundamental aspects of the product development process, including determining customer needs, brainstorming, estimation, sketching, sketch modeling, concept development, design aesthetics, detailed design, and prototyping. Includes written, visual, and oral communication. Enrollment limited; preference to freshmen.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-5-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S00,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory subject consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S01,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory subject consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S02,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory subject consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.00C[J],Design for Complex Environmental Issues,"Working in small teams with real clients, students develop solutions related to the year's Terrascope topic. They have significant autonomy as they follow a full engineering design cycle from client profile through increasingly sophisticated prototypes to final product. Provides opportunities to acquire skills with power tools, workshop practice, design, product testing, and teamwork. Focuses on sustainability and appropriate technology that matches the client's specific situation and constraints. Products are exhibited in the public Bazaar of Ideas and evaluated by an expert panel. Class taught in collaboration with the Edgerton Center, D-Lab, and Beaver Works. Limited to first-year students. Preference given to students who have completed 12.000, but open to students outside Terrascope when space permits.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-4,None,"1.016[J], EC.746[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.00,Introduction to Design,"Project-based introduction to product development and engineering design. Emphasizes key elements of the design process, including defining design problems, generating ideas, and building solutions. Presents a range of design techniques to help students think about, evaluate, and communicate designs, from sketching to physical prototyping, as well as other types of modeling. Students work both individually and in teams.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-2-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.000,Explorations in Mechanical Engineering,"Broad introduction to the various aspects of mechanical engineering at MIT, including mechanics, design, controls, energy, ocean engineering, bioengineering, and micro/nano engineering through a variety of experiences, including discussions led by faculty, students, and industry experts. Reviews research opportunities and undergraduate major options in Course 2 as well as a variety of career paths pursued by alumni. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.001,Mechanics and Materials I,"Introduction to statics and the mechanics of deformable solids. Emphasis on the three basic principles of equilibrium, geometric compatibility, and material behavior. Stress and its relation to force and moment; strain and its relation to displacement; linear elasticity with thermal expansion. Failure modes. Application to simple engineering structures such as rods, shafts, beams, and trusses.  Application to biomechanics of natural materials and structures.",True,"Fall, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,4-1-7,Physics I (GIR); Coreq: 2.087 or 18.03,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
2.002,Mechanics and Materials II,"Introduces mechanical behavior of engineering materials, and the use of materials in mechanical design.  Emphasizes the fundamentals of mechanical behavior of materials, as well as design with materials.  Major topics: elasticity, plasticity, limit analysis, fatigue, fracture, and creep.  Materials selection.  Laboratory experiments involving projects related to materials in mechanical design. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,Chemistry (GIR) and 2.001,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.003[J],Dynamics and Control I,Introduction to the dynamics and vibrations of lumped-parameter models of mechanical systems. Kinematics. Force-momentum formulation for systems of particles and rigid bodies in planar motion. Work-energy concepts.  Virtual displacements and virtual work. Lagrange's equations for systems of particles and rigid bodies in planar motion. Linearization of equations of motion. Linear stability analysis of mechanical systems. Free and forced vibration of linear multi-degree of freedom models of mechanical systems; matrix eigenvalue problems.,True,"Fall, Spring, Spring",Graduate,4-1-7,Physics II (GIR); Coreq: 2.087 or 18.03,1.053[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
2.004,Dynamics and Control II,"Modeling, analysis, and control of dynamic systems. System modeling: lumped parameter models of mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems; interconnection laws; actuators and sensors. Linear systems theory: linear algebra; Laplace transform; transfer functions, time response and frequency response, poles and zeros; block diagrams; solutions via analytical and numerical techniques; stability. Introduction to feedback control: closed-loop response; PID compensation; steady-state characteristics, root-locus design concepts, frequency-domain design concepts. Laboratory experiments and control design projects. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-2-6,Physics II (GIR) and 2.003,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.005,Thermal-Fluids Engineering I,"Integrated development of the fundamental principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer, with applications. Focuses on the first and second laws of thermodynamics, mass conservation, and momentum conservation, for both closed and open systems. Entropy generation and its influence on the performance of engineering systems. Introduction to dimensionless numbers. Introduction to heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. Steady-state and transient conduction. Finned surfaces. The heat equation and the lumped capacitance model. Coupled and uncoupled fluid models. Hydrostatics. Inviscid flow analysis and Bernoulli equation. Navier-Stokes equation and its solutions. Viscous internal flows, head losses, and turbulence. Introduction to pipe flows and Moody chart.",True,"Fall, Spring, Spring",Graduate,5-0-7,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.086, 6.100B, or 18.06)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.006,Thermal-Fluids Engineering II,"Focuses on the application of the principles of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics to the design and analysis of engineering systems. Dimensional analysis, similarity, and modeling. Pipe systems: major and minor losses. Laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Boundary layer separation, lift and drag on objects. Heat transfer associated with laminar and turbulent flow of fluids in free and forced convection in channels and over surfaces. Pure substance model. Heat transfer in boiling and condensation. Thermodynamics and fluid mechanics of steady flow components of thermodynamic plants. Heat exchanger design. Power cycles and refrigeration plants. Design of thermodynamic plants. Analyses for alternative energy systems. Multi-mode heat transfer and fluid flow in thermodynamic plants.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,2.005,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.007,Design and Manufacturing I,"Develops students' competence and self-confidence as design engineers. Emphasis on the creative design process bolstered by application of physical laws. Instruction on how to complete projects on schedule and within budget. Robustness and manufacturability are emphasized. Subject relies on active learning via a major design-and-build project. Lecture topics include idea generation, estimation, concept selection, visual thinking, computer-aided design (CAD), mechanism design, machine elements, basic electronics, technical communication, and ethics. Lab fee. Limited enrollment. Pre-registration required for lab assignment; special sections by lottery only.",True,"Spring, Spring",Graduate,3-4-5,2.001 and 2.670; Coreq: 2.086,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.008,Design and Manufacturing II,"Integration of design, engineering, and management disciplines and practices for analysis and design of manufacturing enterprises. Emphasis is on the physics and stochastic nature of manufacturing processes and systems, and their effects on quality, rate, cost, and flexibility. Topics include process physics and control, design for manufacturing, and manufacturing systems. Group project requires design and fabrication of parts using mass-production and assembly methods to produce a product in quantity. Six units may be applied to the General Institute Lab Requirement. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-3-6,2.007; or Coreq: 2.017 and (2.005 or 2.051),N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
2.009,The Product Engineering Process,Students develop an understanding of product development phases and experience working in teams to design and construct high-quality product prototypes. Design process learned is placed into a broader development context. Primary goals are to improve ability to reason about design alternatives and apply modeling techniques appropriate for different development phases; understand how to gather and process customer information and transform it into engineering specifications; and use teamwork to resolve the challenges in designing and building a substantive product prototype. Instruction and practice in oral communication provided. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 seniors.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-9,"2.001, 2.003, (2.005 or 2.051), and (2.00B, 2.670, or 2.678)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.013,Engineering Systems Design,"Focuses on the design of engineering systems to satisfy stated performance, stability, and/or control requirements. Emphasizes individual initiative, application of fundamental principles, and the compromises inherent in the engineering design process. Culminates in the design of an engineering system, typically a vehicle or other complex system. Includes instruction and practice in written and oral communication through team presentations, design reviews, and written reports. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-6-6,"(2.001, 2.003, (2.005 or 2.051), and (2.00B, 2.670, or 2.678)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.014,Engineering Systems Development,"Focuses on implementation and operation of engineering systems. Emphasizes system integration and performance verification using methods of experimental inquiry. Students refine their subsystem designs and the fabrication of working prototypes. Includes experimental analysis of subsystem performance and comparison with physical models of performance and with design goals. Component integration into the full system, with detailed analysis and operation of the complete vehicle in the laboratory and in the field. Includes written and oral reports. Students carry out formal reviews of the overall system design. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,0-6-6,"(2.001, 2.003, (2.005 or 2.051), and (2.00B, 2.670, or 2.678)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.016,Hydrodynamics,"Covers fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and applications to practical ocean engineering problems. Basic geophysical fluid mechanics, including the effects of salinity, temperature, and density; heat balance in the ocean; large scale flows. Hydrostatics. Linear free surface waves, wave forces on floating and submerged structures. Added mass, lift and drag forces on submerged bodies. Includes final project on current research topics in marine hydrodynamics.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,2.005,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.017[J],Design of Electromechanical Robotic Systems,"Design, construction, and testing of field robotic systems, through team projects with each student responsible for a specific subsystem. Projects focus on electronics, instrumentation, and machine elements. Design for operation in uncertain conditions is a focus point, with ocean waves and marine structures as a central theme. Basic statistics, linear systems, Fourier transforms, random processes, spectra and extreme events with applications in design. Lectures on ethics in engineering practice included. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"2.003, 2.016, and 2.678; Coreq: 2.671",1.015[J],False,True,False,False,False,False
2.019,Design of Ocean Systems,"Complete cycle of designing an ocean system using computational design tools for the conceptual and preliminary design stages. Team projects assigned, with each student responsible for a specific subsystem. Lectures cover hydrodynamics; structures; power and thermal aspects of ocean vehicles, environment, materials, and construction for ocean use; generation and evaluation of design alternatives. Focus on innovative design concepts chosen from high-speed ships, submersibles, autonomous vehicles, and floating and submerged deep-water offshore platforms. Lectures on ethics in engineering practice included. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 seniors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"2.001, 2.003, and (2.005 or 2.016)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.086,Numerical Computation for Mechanical Engineers,"Covers elementary programming concepts, including variable types, data structures, and flow control. Provides an introduction to linear algebra and probability. Numerical methods relevant to MechE, including approximation (interpolation, least squares, and statistical regression), integration, solution of linear and nonlinear equations, and ordinary differential equations. Presents deterministic and probabilistic approaches. Uses examples from MechE, particularly from robotics, dynamics, and structural analysis. Assignments require MATLAB programming. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-2-8,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR); Coreq: 2.087 or 18.03,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
2.087,Engineering Mathematics: Linear Algebra and ODEs,"Introduction to linear algebra and ordinary differential equations (ODEs), including general numerical approaches to solving systems of equations. Linear systems of equations, existence and uniqueness of solutions, Gaussian elimination. Initial value problems, 1st and 2nd order systems, forward and backward Euler, RK4. Eigenproblems, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, including complex numbers, functions, vectors and matrices.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.032,Dynamics,"Review of momentum principles. Hamilton's principle and Lagrange's equations. Three-dimensional kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies. Study of steady motions and small deviations therefrom, gyroscopic effects, causes of instability. Free and forced vibrations of lumped-parameter and continuous systems. Nonlinear oscillations and the phase plane. Nonholonomic systems. Introduction to wave propagation in continuous systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,2.003,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.033[J],Nonlinear Dynamics and Turbulence,"Reviews theoretical notions of nonlinear dynamics, instabilities, and waves with applications in fluid dynamics. Discusses hydrodynamic instabilities leading to flow destabilization and transition to turbulence. Focuses on physical turbulence and mixing from homogeneous isotropic turbulence. Also covers topics such as rotating and stratified flows as they arise in the environment, wave-turbulence, and point source turbulent flows. Laboratory activities integrate theoretical concepts covered in lectures and problem sets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,1.060A,"1.686[J], 18.358[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.034[J],Nonlinear Dynamics and Waves,"A unified treatment of nonlinear oscillations and wave phenomena with applications to mechanical, optical, geophysical, fluid, electrical and flow-structure interaction problems. Nonlinear free and forced vibrations; nonlinear resonances; self-excited oscillations; lock-in phenomena.  Nonlinear dispersive and nondispersive waves; resonant wave interactions; propagation of wave pulses and nonlinear Schrodinger equation.  Nonlinear long waves and breaking; theory of characteristics; the Korteweg-de Vries equation; solitons and solitary wave interactions.  Stability of shear flows.  Some topics and applications may vary from year to year.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.685[J], 18.377[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.036[J],Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos,"Introduction to the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems with applications from science and engineering. Local and global existence of solutions, dependence on initial data and parameters. Elementary bifurcations, normal forms. Phase plane, limit cycles, relaxation oscillations, Poincare-Bendixson theory. Floquet theory. Poincare maps. Averaging. Near-equilibrium dynamics. Synchronization. Introduction to chaos. Universality. Strange attractors. Lorenz and Rossler systems. Hamiltonian dynamics and KAM theory. Uses MATLAB computing environment.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 or 18.032,18.385[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.050[J],Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos,"Introduction to nonlinear dynamics and chaos in dissipative systems. Forced and parametric oscillators. Phase space. Periodic, quasiperiodic, and aperiodic flows. Sensitivity to initial conditions and strange attractors. Lorenz attractor. Period doubling, intermittency, and quasiperiodicity. Scaling and universality. Analysis of experimental data: Fourier transforms, Poincare sections, fractal dimension, and Lyapunov exponents. Applications to mechanical systems, fluid dynamics, physics, geophysics, and chemistry. See 12.207J/18.354J for Nonlinear Dynamics: Continuum Systems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032),"12.006[J], 18.353[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.060[J],Structural Dynamics,"Examines response of structures to dynamic excitation: free vibration, harmonic loads, pulses and earthquakes. Covers systems of single- and multiple-degree-of-freedom, up to the continuum limit, by exact and approximate methods. Includes applications to buildings, ships, aircraft and offshore structures. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,18.03 or permission of instructor,"1.581[J], 16.221[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.062[J],Wave Propagation,"Theoretical concepts and analysis of wave problems in science and engineering with examples chosen from elasticity, acoustics, geophysics, hydrodynamics, blood flow, nondestructive evaluation, and other applications.  Progressive waves, group velocity and dispersion, energy density and transport. Reflection, refraction and transmission of plane waves by an interface. Mode conversion in elastic waves. Rayleigh waves. Waves due to a moving load. Scattering by a two-dimensional obstacle.  Reciprocity theorems. Parabolic approximation. Waves on the sea surface. Capillary-gravity waves. Wave resistance. Radiation of surface waves. Internal waves in stratified fluids.  Waves in rotating media.  Waves in random media.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.003 and 18.075,"1.138[J], 18.376[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.065,Acoustics and Sensing,"Introduces the fundamental concepts of acoustics and sensing with waves. Provides a unified theoretical approach to the physics of image formation through scattering and wave propagation in sensing. The linear and nonlinear acoustic wave equation, sources of sound, including musical instruments. Reflection, refraction, transmission and absorption. Bearing and range estimation by sensor array processing, beamforming, matched filtering, and focusing. Diffraction, bandwidth, ambient noise and reverberation limitations. Scattering from objects, surfaces and volumes by Green's Theorem. Forward scatter, shadows, Babinet's principle, extinction and attenuation. Ray tracing and waveguides in remote sensing. Applications to acoustic, radar, seismic, thermal and optical sensing and exploration. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"2.003, 6.3000, 8.03, or 16.003",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.066,Acoustics and Sensing,"Introduces the fundamental concepts of acoustics and sensing with waves. Provides a unified theoretical approach to the physics of image formation through scattering and wave propagation in sensing. The linear and nonlinear acoustic wave equation, sources of sound, including musical instruments. Reflection, refraction, transmission and absorption. Bearing and range estimation by sensor array processing, beamforming, matched filtering, and focusing. Diffraction, bandwidth, ambient noise and reverberation limitations. Scattering from objects, surfaces and volumes by Green's Theorem. Forward scatter, shadows, Babinet's principle, extinction and attenuation. Ray tracing and waveguides in remote sensing. Applications to acoustic, radar, seismic, thermal and optical sensing and exploration. Students taking the graduate version of the subject complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.003, 6.3000, 8.03, 16.003, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.071,Mechanics of Solid Materials,"Fundamentals of solid mechanics applied to the mechanical behavior of engineering materials. Kinematics of deformation, stress, and balance principles. Isotropic linear elasticity and isotropic linear thermal elasticity. Variational and energy methods. Linear viscoelasticity. Small-strain elastic-plastic deformation. Mechanics of large deformation; nonlinear hyperelastic material behavior. Foundations and methods of deformable-solid mechanics, including relevant applications. Provides base for further study and specialization within solid mechanics, including continuum mechanics, computational mechanics (e.g., finite-element methods), plasticity, fracture mechanics, structural mechanics, and nonlinear behavior of materials.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,2.002,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.072,Mechanics of Continuous Media,"Principles and applications of continuum mechanics. Kinematics of deformation. Thermomechanical conservation laws. Stress and strain measures. Constitutive equations including some examples of their microscopic basis.  Solution of some basic problems for various materials as relevant in materials science, fluid dynamics, and structural analysis. Inherently nonlinear phenomena in continuum mechanics. Variational principles.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.071,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.073,Solid Mechanics: Plasticity and Inelastic Deformation,"Physical basis of plastic/inelastic deformation of solids; metals, polymers, granular/rock-like materials. Continuum constitutive models for small and large deformation of elastic-(visco)plastic solids. Analytical and numerical solution of selected boundary value problems. Applications to deformation processing of metals.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.071,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.074,Solid Mechanics: Elasticity,"Introduction to the theory and applications of nonlinear and linear elasticity. Strain, stress, and stress-strain relations. Several of the following topics: Spherically and cylindrically symmetric problems. Anisotropic material behavior. Piezoelectric materials. Effective properties of composites. Structural mechanics of beams and plates. Energy methods for structures. Two-dimensional problems. Stress concentration at cavities, concentrated loads, cracks, and dislocations. Variational methods and their applications; introduction to the finite element method. Introduction to wave propagation. ",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.002 and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.075,Mechanics of Soft Materials,"Covers a number of fundamental topics in the emerging field of soft and active materials, including polymer mechanics and physics, poroelasticity, viscoelasticity, and mechanics of electro-magneto-active and other responsive polymers. Lectures, recitations, and experiments elucidate the basic mechanical and thermodynamic principles underlying soft and active materials. Develops an understanding of the fundamental mechanisms for designing soft materials that possess extraordinary properties, such as stretchable, tough, strong, resilient, adhesive and responsive to external stimuli, from molecular to bulk scales.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.076[J],Mechanics of Heterogeneous Materials,"Mechanical behavior of heterogeneous materials such as thin-film microelectro- mechanical systems (MEMS) materials and advanced filamentary composites, with particular emphasis on laminated structural configurations.  Anisotropic and crystallographic elasticity formulations.  Structure, properties and mechanics of constituents such as films, substrates, active materials, fibers, and matrices including nano- and micro-scale constituents.  Effective properties from constituent properties.  Classical laminated plate theory for modeling structural behavior including extrinsic and intrinsic strains and stresses such as environmental effects.  Introduction to buckling of plates and nonlinear (deformations) plate theory.  Other issues in modeling heterogeneous materials such as fracture/failure of laminated structures.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.002, 3.032, 16.20, or permission of instructor",16.223[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.077,Solid Mechanics: Coupled Theories,"Complex problems in solid mechanics for a wide range of applications require a knowledge of the foundational balance laws of mechanics, thermodynamics, and electrodynamics of continua, together with a knowledge of the structure and properties of the materials which are provided by particular constitutive models for the so-called smart-materials, and the materials used in the many applications that involve thermo-, chemo-, electro- and/or magneto-mechanical coupling. Reviews the basic balance laws and the constitutive equations of the classical coupled theories of thermoelasticity and poroelasticity, and provides an introduction to the nonlinear theories of electroelasticity and magnetoelasticity. Examines the governing coupled partial differential equations and suitable boundary conditions. Discusses numerical solutions of the partial differential equations.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.072,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.080[J],Structural Mechanics,"Applies solid mechanics fundamentals to the analysis of marine, civil, and mechanical structures.  Continuum concepts of stress, deformation, constitutive response and boundary conditions are reviewed in selected examples. The principle of virtual work guides mechanics modeling of slender structural components (e.g., beams; shafts; cables, frames; plates; shells), leading to appropriate simplifying assumptions. Introduction to elastic stability.  Material limits to stress in design. Variational methods for computational structural mechanics analysis.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,2.002,1.573[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.081[J],Plates and Shells: Static and Dynamic Analysis,"Stress-strain relations for plate and shell elements. Differential equations of equilibrium. Energy methods and approximate solutions. Bending and buckling of rectangular plates. Post-buckling and ultimate strength of cold formed sections and typical stiffened panels used in aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering; offshore technology; and ship building. Geometry of curved surfaces. General theory of elastic, axisymmetric shells and their equilibrium equations. Buckling, crushing and bending strength of cylindrical shells with applications. Propagation of 1-D elastic waves in rods, geometrical and material dispersion. Plane, Rayleigh surface, and 3-D waves. 1-D plastic waves. Response of plates and shells to high-intensity loads. Dynamic plasticity and fracture. Application to crashworthiness and impact loading of structures.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,"2.071, 2.080, or permission of instructor",16.230[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.082,Ship Structural Analysis and Design,"Design application of analysis developed in 2.081J. Ship longitudinal strength and hull primary stresses. Ship structural design concepts. Design limit states including plate bending, column and panel buckling, panel ultimate strength, and plastic analysis. Matrix stiffness, and introduction to finite element analysis. Computer projects on the structural design of a midship module.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,2.081 and 2.701,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.083[J],Topology Optimization of Structures (New),"Covers free-form topology design of structures using formal optimization methods and mathematical programs, including design of structural systems, mechanisms, and material architectures. Strong emphasis on designing with gradient-based optimizers, finite element methods, and design problems governed by structural mechanics. Incorporates optimization theory and computational mechanics fundamentals, problem formulation, sensitivity analysis; and introduces cutting-edge extensions, including to other and multiple physics. ",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.583[J], 16.215[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.0911[J],Computational Design and Fabrication,"Introduces computational aspects of computer-aided design and manufacturing. Explores relevant methods in the context of additive manufacturing (e.g., 3D printing). Topics include computer graphics (geometry modeling, solid modeling, procedural modeling), physically-based simulation (kinematics, finite element method), 3D scanning/geometry processing, and an overview of 3D fabrication methods. Exposes students to the latest research in computational fabrication. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and (6.1010 or permission of instructor),6.4420[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.095,Introduction to Finite Element Methods,"Ordinary differential equation boundary value problems: 2nd-order, 4th-order spatial operators, eigenproblems. Partial differential equations for scalar fields: elliptic, parabolic, hyperbolic. Strong statement, weak form, minimization principle. Rayleigh-Ritz, Galerkin projection. Numerical interpolation, integration, differentiation, best-fit. Finite element method for spatial discretization in one and two space dimensions: formulation (linear, quadratic approximation), mesh generation, bases and discrete equations, uniform and adaptive refinement, a priori and a posteriori error estimates, sparse solvers, implementation, testing. Finite difference-finite element methods for mixed initial-boundary value problems; nonlinear problems and Newton iteration; linear elasticity. Applications in heat transfer and structural analysis. Assignments require MATLAB coding. Students taking graduate version complete additional work.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,2.086 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.096[J],Introduction to Modeling and Simulation,"Introduction to computational techniques for modeling and simulation of a variety of large and complex engineering, science, and socio-economical systems. Prepares students for practical use and development of computational engineering in their own research and future work. Topics include mathematical formulations (e.g., automatic assembly of constitutive and conservation principles); linear system solvers (sparse and iterative); nonlinear solvers (Newton and homotopy); ordinary, time-periodic and partial differential equation solvers; and model order reduction. Students develop their own models and simulators for self-proposed applications, with an emphasis on creativity, teamwork, and communication. Prior basic linear algebra required and at least one numerical programming language (e.g., MATLAB, Julia, Python, etc.) helpful.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-6-3,18.03 or 18.06,"6.7300[J], 16.910[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.097[J],Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations,"Covers the fundamentals of modern numerical techniques for a wide range of linear and nonlinear elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential and integral equations. Topics include mathematical formulations; finite difference, finite volume, finite element, and boundary element discretization methods; and direct and iterative solution techniques. The methodologies described form the foundation for computational approaches to engineering systems involving heat transfer, solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, and electromagnetics. Computer assignments requiring programming.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 or 18.06,"6.7330[J], 16.920[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.098,Introduction to Finite Element Methods,"Ordinary differential equation boundary value problems: 2nd-order, 4th-order spatial operators; eigenproblems. Partial differential equations for scalar fields: elliptic, parabolic, hyperbolic. Strong statement, weak form, minimization principle. Rayleigh-Ritz,  Galerkin projection. Numerical interpolation, integration, differentiation; best-fit. Finite element method for spatial discretization in one and two space dimensions: formulation (linear, quadratic approximation), mesh generation, bases and discrete equations, uniform and adaptive refinement, a priori and a posteriori error estimates, sparse solvers, implementation, testing. Finite difference-finite element methods for mixed initial-boundary value problems; nonlinear problems and Newton iteration; linear elasticity. Applications in heat transfer and structural analysis. Assignments require MATLAB coding. Students taking graduate version complete additional work.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.086 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.099[J],Computational Mechanics of Materials,"Formulation of numerical (finite element) methods for the analysis of the nonlinear continuum response of materials. The range of material behavior considered includes finite deformation elasticity and inelasticity. Numerical formulation and algorithms include variational formulation and variational constitutive updates; finite element discretization; constrained problems; time discretization and convergence analysis. Strong emphasis on the (parallel) computer implementation of algorithms in programming assignments. The application to real engineering applications and problems in engineering science are stressed throughout. Experience in either C++, C, or Fortran required.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,16.225[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.110,"Information, Entropy, and Computation","Explores the ultimate limits to communication and computation, with an emphasis on the physical nature of information and information processing. Topics include information and computation, digital signals, codes, and compression. Biological representations of information. Logic circuits, computer architectures, and algorithmic information. Noise, probability, and error correction. The concept of entropy applied to channel capacity and to the second law of thermodynamics. Reversible and irreversible operations and the physics of computation. Quantum computation.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.111[J],Quantum Computation,Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of quantum computation. Topics covered: physics of information processing; quantum algorithms including the factoring algorithm and Grover's search algorithm; quantum error correction; quantum communication and cryptography. Knowledge of quantum mechanics helpful but not required.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"8.05, 18.06, 18.700, 18.701, or 18.C06","6.6410[J], 8.370[J], 18.435[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.12,Introduction to Robotics,"Cross-disciplinary studies in robot mechanics and intelligence. Emphasizes physical understanding of robot kinematics and dynamics, differential motion and energy method, design and control of robotic arms and mobile robots, and actuators, drives, and transmission. Second half of course focuses on algorithmic thinking and computation, computer vision and perception, planning and control for manipulation, localization and navigation, machine learning for robotics, and human-robot systems. Weekly laboratories include brushless DC motor control, design and fabrication of robotic arms and vehicles, robot vision and navigation, and programming and system integration using Robot Operating System (ROS). Group term project builds intelligent robots for specific applications of interest. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,2.004,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.120,Introduction to Robotics,"Cross-disciplinary studies in robot mechanics and intelligence. Emphasizes physical understanding of robot kinematics and dynamics, differential motion and energy method, design and control of robotic arms and mobile robots, and actuators, drives, and transmission. Second half of course focuses on algorithmic thinking and computation, computer vision and perception, planning and control for manipulation, localization and navigation, machine learning for robotics, and human-robot systems. Weekly laboratories include brushless DC motor control, design and fabrication of robotic arms and vehicles, robot vision and navigation, and programming and system integration using Robot Operating System (ROS). Group term project builds intelligent robots for specific applications of interest. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,2.004 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.121,Stochastic Systems,"Response of systems to stochastic excitation with design applications. Linear time-invariant systems, convolution, Fourier and Laplace transforms. Probability and statistics. Discrete and continuous random variables, derived distributions. Stochastic processes, auto-correlation. Stationarity and ergodicity, power spectral density. Systems driven by random functions, Wiener-Khinchine theorem.  Sampling and filtering. Short- and long-term statistics, statistics of extremes. Problems from mechanical vibrations and statistical linearization, statistical mechanics, and system prediction/identification. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments and a short-term project.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 2.004,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.122,Stochastic Systems,"Response of systems to stochastic excitation with design applications. Linear time-invariant systems, convolution, Fourier and Laplace transforms. Probability and statistics. Discrete and continuous random variables, derived distributions. Stochastic processes, auto-correlation. Stationarity and ergodicity, power spectral density. Systems driven by random functions, Wiener-Khinchine theorem.  Sampling and filtering. Short- and long-term statistics, statistics of extremes. Problems from mechanical vibrations and statistical linearization, statistical mechanics, and system prediction/identification. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments and a short-term project.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,2.004 and 2.087,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.124[J],Robotics: Science and Systems,"Presents concepts, principles, and algorithmic foundations for robots and autonomous vehicles operating in the physical world. Topics include sensing, kinematics and dynamics, state estimation, computer vision, perception, learning, control, motion planning, and embedded system development. Students design and implement advanced algorithms on complex robotic platforms capable of agile autonomous navigation and real-time interaction with the physical word. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-6-4,"((1.00 or 6.100A) and (2.003, 6.1010, 6.1210, or 16.06)) or permission of instructor","6.4200[J], 16.405[J]",True,False,False,False,False,False
2.131,Advanced Instrumentation and Measurement,"Provides training in advanced instrumentation and measurement techniques. Topics include system level design, fabrication and evaluation with emphasis on systems involving concepts and technology from mechanics, optics, electronics, chemistry and biology. Simulation, modeling and design software. Use of a wide range of instruments/techniques (e.g., scanning electron microscope, dynamic signal/system analyzer, impedance analyzer, laser interferometer) and fabrication/machining methods (e.g., laser micro-machining, 3D printing, computer controlled turning, and machining centers). Theory and practice of both linear and nonlinear system identification techniques. Lab sessions include instruction and group project work. No final exam.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.132,Instrumentation and Measurement: MICA Projects (New),"Engages students in project-based learning by using a wide variety of experimental setups called MICA (Measurement, Instrumentation, Control, and Analysis) Workstations to learn about sensors, actuators, instrumentation, and measurement techniques. Over 50 MICA Workstations allow experiments to be performed on a broad range of phenomena including those found in optics, electronics, acoustics, biology, botany, material science, mechanics, thermal, and fluid systems. Experiments utilize Mathematica Notebooks in which students conduct data analysis and model fitting, and complete homework assignments. The integration of ChatGPT into Mathematica provides help in the learning process. Students also build new Workstations guided by CAD models and develop the Mathematica code to run experiments, perform data analyses, and model parameter estimation. Students taking graduate version build more sophisticated Workstations..",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-6-3,2.671 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.133,Instrumentation and Measurement: MICA Projects (New),"Engages students in project-based learning by using a wide variety of experimental setups called MICA (Measurement, Instrumentation, Control, and Analysis) Workstations to learn about sensors, actuators, instrumentation, and measurement techniques. Over 50 MICA Workstations allow experiments to be performed on a broad range of phenomena including those found in optics, electronics, acoustics, biology, botany, material science, mechanics, thermal, and fluid systems. Experiments utilize Mathematica Notebooks in which students conduct data analysis and model fitting, and complete homework assignments. The integration of ChatGPT into Mathematica provides help in the learning process. Students also build new Workstations guided by CAD models and develop the Mathematica code to run experiments, perform data analyses, and model parameter estimation. Students taking graduate version build more sophisticated Workstations.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-6-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.14,Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems,Develops the fundamentals of feedback control using linear transfer function system models.  Analysis in time and frequency domains.   Design in the s-plane (root locus) and in the frequency domain (loop shaping).  Describing functions for stability of certain non-linear systems.  Extension to state variable systems and multivariable control with observers.  Discrete and digital hybrid systems and use of z-plane design.  Extended design case studies and capstone group projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,2.004,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.140,Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems,Develops the fundamentals of feedback control using linear transfer function system models. Analysis in time and frequency domains. Design in the s-plane (root locus) and in the frequency domain (loop shaping). Describing functions for stability of certain non-linear systems.  Extension to state variable systems and multivariable control with observers. Discrete and digital hybrid systems and use of z-plane design. Extended design case studies and capstone group projects. Student taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,2.004 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.141,Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems,"Modeling multidomain engineering systems at a level of detail suitable for design and control system implementation. Network representation, state-space models; multiport energy storage and dissipation, Legendre transforms; nonlinear mechanics, transformation theory, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian forms; Control-relevant properties. Application examples may include electro-mechanical transducers, mechanisms, electronics, fluid and thermal systems, compressible flow, chemical processes, diffusion, and wave transmission.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.145,"Design of Compliant Mechanisms, Machines and Systems","Design, modeling and integration of compliance into systems that enable performance which is impractical to obtain via rigid mechanisms. Includes multiple strategies (pseudo-rigid body, topology synthesis, freedom and constraint topology) to engineer compliant mechanisms for mechanical systems. Emphasis is placed upon the integration of first principles (math/physics/engineering classes) to optimize kinematics, stiffness, energy storage/release, load capacity, efficiency and integration with actuation/sensing. Synthesize concepts, optimize them via computational models and test prototypes. Prototypes integrate multiple engineering sub-disciplines (e.g. mechanics + dynamics or mechanics + energy) and are drawn from biological systems, prosthetics, energy harvesting, precision instrumentation, robotics, space-based systems and others. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,2.003 and 2.007,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.147,"Design of Compliant Mechanisms, Machines and Systems","Design, modeling and integration of compliance into systems that enable performance which is impractical to obtain via rigid mechanisms. Students learn strategies (pseudo-rigid body, topology synthesis, freedom and constraint topology) to engineer compliant mechanisms for mechanical systems. Emphasis is placed upon the integration of first principles (math/physics/engineering classes) to optimize kinematics, stiffness, energy storage/release, load capacity, efficiency and integration with actuation/sensing. Students synthesize concepts, optimize them via computational models and test prototypes. Prototypes integrate multiple engineering sub-disciplines (e.g. mechanics + dynamics or mechanics + energy) and are drawn from biological systems, prosthetics, energy harvesting, precision instrumentation, robotics, space-based systems and others. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,2.003 and 2.007,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.151,Advanced System Dynamics and Control,"Analytical descriptions of state-determined dynamic physical systems; time and frequency domain representations; system characteristics - controllability, observability, stability; linear and nonlinear system responses. Modification of system characteristics using feedback. State observers, Kalman filters. Modeling/performance trade-offs in control system design. Basic optimization tools. Positive systems. Emphasizes applications to physical systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,2.004 and (2.087 or 18.06),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.152[J],Nonlinear Control,"Introduction to nonlinear control and estimation in physical and biological systems. Nonlinear stability theory, Lyapunov analysis, Barbalat's lemma. Feedback linearization, differential flatness, internal dynamics. Sliding surfaces. Adaptive nonlinear control and estimation. Multiresolution bases, nonlinear system identification. Contraction analysis, differential stability theory. Nonlinear observers. Asynchronous distributed computation and learning. Concurrent synchronization, polyrhythms. Monotone nonlinear systems. Emphasizes application to physical systems (robots, aircraft, spacecraft, underwater vehicles, reaction-diffusion processes, machine vision, oscillators, internet), machine learning, computational neuroscience, and systems biology. Includes term projects.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.151, 6.7100, 16.31, or permission of instructor",9.110[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.153,Adaptive Control and Connections to Machine Learning,"Lays the foundation of adaptive control, and investigates its interconnections with machine learning. Explores fundamental principles of adaptive control, including parameter estimation, recursive algorithms, stability properties, and conditions for convergence. Studies their relationship with machine learning, including the minimization of a performance error and fast convergence. Discusses robustness and regularization in both fields. Derives conditions of learning and implications of imperfect learning. Examines the trade-off between stability and learning. Focuses throughout the term on dynamic systems and on problems where real-time control is needed. Uses examples from aerospace, propulsion, automotive, and energy systems to elucidate the underlying concepts.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.151,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.154,Maneuvering and Control of Surface and Underwater Vehicles,"Maneuvering motions of surface and underwater vehicles. Derivation of equations of motion, hydrodynamic coefficients. Memory effects. Linear and nonlinear forms of the equations of motion. Control surfaces modeling and design. Engine, propulsor, and transmission systems modeling and simulation during maneuvering. Stability of motion. Principles of multivariable automatic control. Optimal control, Kalman filtering, loop transfer recovery. Term project: applications chosen from autopilots for surface vehicles; towing in open seas; remotely operated vehicles.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.22,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.155,Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Engineering Design,"Machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques in engineering design applications. Emphasizes state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to design new products or systems or solve complex engineering problems. Lectures cover the theoretical and practical aspects of machine learning and optimization methods. Challenge problems, research paper discussions, and interactive in-class activities are used to highlight the unique challenges of machine learning for design applications. A group term project on students' applications of interest. Basic programming and machine learning familiarity are recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"2.086, 6.100A, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.156,Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Engineering Design,"Machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques in engineering design applications. Emphasizes state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to design new products or systems or solve complex engineering problems. Lectures cover the theoretical and practical aspects of machine learning and optimization methods. Challenge problems, research paper discussions, and interactive in-class activities are used to highlight the unique challenges of machine learning for design applications. A group term project on students' applications of interest. Basic programming and machine learning familiarity are recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.16,Learning Machines,"Introduces fundamental concepts and encourages open-ended exploration of the increasingly topical intersection between artificial intelligence and the physical sciences. Energy and information, and their respective optimality conditions are used to define supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms; as well as ordinary and partial differential equations. Subsequently, physical systems with complex constitutive relationships are drawn from elasticity, biophysics, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics to illustrate how machine learning-inspired optimization can approximate solutions to forward and inverse problems in these domains.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"2.086, 18.075, and (6.3700 or 18.05)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.160,"Identification, Estimation, and Learning","Provides a broad theoretical basis for estimation, identification, and learning of linear and nonlinear systems at the cross-disciplinary area of system dynamics and control, machine learning, and statistics. Recursive least squares estimate, partial least squares, Kalman filter and extended Kalman filter, Bayes filter and particle filter; parametric and non-parametric system identification, Wiener-Hopf equation, persistent excitation, unbiased estimates, asymptotic variance, experiment design; function approximation theory, neural nets, radial basis functions, Koopman operator for exact linearization of nonlinear systems, and dynamic mode decomposition. Context-oriented mini-projects: robotics, self-driving cars, biomedical engineering, wearable sensors.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.151, 6.7100, 16.31, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.165[J],Robotics,"Introduction to robotics and learning in machines. Kinematics and dynamics of rigid body systems. Adaptive control, system identification, sparse representations. Force control, adaptive visual servoing. Task planning, teleoperation, imitation learning. Navigation. Underactuated systems, approximate optimization and control. Dynamics of learning and optimization in networks. Elements of biological planning and control. Motor primitives, entrainment, active sensing, binding models. Term projects.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.151 or permission of instructor,9.175[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.168,Learning Machines,"Introduces fundamental concepts and encourages open-ended exploration of the increasingly topical intersection between artificial intelligence and the physical sciences. Energy and information, and their respective optimality conditions are used to define supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms; as well as ordinary and partial differential equations. Subsequently, physical systems with complex constitutive relationships are drawn from elasticity, biophysics, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics to illustrate how machine learning-inspired optimization can approximate solutions to forward and inverse problems in these domains.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.171,Analysis and Design of Digital Control Systems,"A comprehensive introduction to digital control system design, reinforced with hands-on laboratory experiences. Major topics include discrete-time system theory and analytical tools; design of digital control systems via approximation from continuous time; direct discrete-time design; loop-shaping design for performance and robustness; state-space design; observers and state-feedback; quantization and other nonlinear effects; implementation issues. Laboratory experiences and design projects connect theory with practice.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,"2.14, 2.151, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.174[J],Advancing Mechanics and Materials via Machine Learning,"Concepts in mechanics (solid mechanics: continuum, micro, meso, and molecular mechanics; elasticity, plasticity, fracture and buckling) and machine learning (stochastic optimization, neural networks, convolutional neural nets, adversarial neural nets, graph neural nets, recurrent neural networks and long/short-term memory nets, attention models, variational/autoencoders) introduced and applied to mechanics problems. Covers numerical methods, data and image processing, dataset generation, curation and collection, and experimental validation using additive manufacturing. Modules cover: foundations, fracture mechanics and size effects, molecular mechanics and applications to biomaterials (proteins), forward and inverse problems, mechanics of architected materials, and time dependent mechanical phenomena. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,1.121[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.177[J],Designing Virtual Worlds,"Three primary areas of focus are: creating new Virtual Reality experiences; mapping the state of emerging tools; and hosting guests - leaders in the VR/XR community, who serve as coaches for projects. Students have significant leeway to customize their own learning environment. As the field is rapidly evolving, each semester focuses on a new aspect of virtual worlds, based on the current state of innovations. Students work in teams of interdisciplinary peers from Berklee College of Music and Harvard University. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-6 [P/D/F],None,CMS.342[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.178[J],Designing Virtual Worlds,"Three primary areas of focus are: creating new Virtual Reality experiences; mapping the state of emerging tools; and hosting guests - leaders in the VR/XR community, who serve as coaches for projects. Students have significant leeway to customize their own learning environment. As the field is rapidly evolving, each semester focuses on a new aspect of virtual worlds, based on the current state of innovations. Students work in teams of interdisciplinary peers from Berklee College of Music and Harvard University. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6 [P/D/F],None,CMS.942[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.18,Biomolecular Feedback Systems,"Comprehensive introduction to mathematical modeling, dynamic analysis, and control of cellular biomolecular processes. Emphasizes design approaches for sophisticated biomolecular networks that are robust to the environment, both in bacterial and mammalian cells. Provides a review of biology concepts and detailed description of classical and novel mechanisms to regulate gene expression. Presents how to use these mechanisms to design feedback and feedforward control architectures. Covers basic enabling technologies from synthetic biology, engineering principles for designing biological functions, modular design techniques, and host-circuit interaction. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"Biology (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.180,Biomolecular Feedback Systems,"Comprehensive introduction to mathematical modeling, dynamic analysis, and control of cellular biomolecular processes. Emphasizes design approaches for sophisticated biomolecular networks that are robust to the environment, both in bacterial and mammalian cells. Provides a review of biology concepts and detailed description of classical and novel mechanisms to regulate gene expression. Presents how to use these mechanisms to design feedback and feedforward control architectures. Covers basic enabling technologies from synthetic biology, engineering principles for designing biological functions, modular design techniques, and host-circuit interaction. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"Biology (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.183[J],Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement,"Presents a quantitative description of how biomechanical and neural factors interact in human sensory-motor behavior. Students survey recent literature on how motor behavior is controlled, comparing biological and robotic approaches to similar tasks. Topics may include a review of relevant neural, muscular and skeletal physiology, neural feedback and ""equilibrium-point"" theories, co-contraction strategies, impedance control, kinematic redundancy, optimization, intermittency, contact tasks and tool use. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.004 or permission of instructor,9.34[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.184,Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement,"Presents a quantitative description of how biomechanical and neural factors interact in human sensory-motor behavior. Students survey recent literature on how motor behavior is controlled, comparing biological and robotic approaches to similar tasks. Topics may include a review of relevant neural, muscular and skeletal physiology, neural feedback and ""equilibrium-point"" theories, co-contraction strategies, impedance control, kinematic redundancy, optimization, intermittency, contact tasks and tool use. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,2.004 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.20,Marine Hydrodynamics,"The fundamentals of fluid mechanics are developed in the context of naval architecture and ocean science and engineering. Transport theorem and conservation principles. Navier-Stokes' equation. Dimensional analysis. Ideal and potential flows. Vorticity and Kelvin's theorem. Hydrodynamic forces in potential flow, D'Alembert's paradox, added-mass, slender-body theory. Viscous-fluid flow, laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Model testing, scaling laws. Application of potential theory to surface waves, energy transport, wave/body forces. Linearized theory of lifting surfaces. Experimental project in the towing tank or propeller tunnel.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-1-7,"1.060, 2.006, 2.016, or 2.06",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.22,Design Principles for Ocean Vehicles,"Design tools for analysis of linear systems and random processes related to ocean vehicles; description of ocean environment including random waves, ocean wave spectra and their selection; short-term and long-term wave statistics; and ocean currents. Advanced hydrodynamics for design of ocean vehicles and offshore structures, including wave forces on towed and moored structures; inertia vs. drag-dominated flows; vortex induced vibrations (VIV) of offshore structures; ship seakeeping and sensitivity of seakeeping performance. Design exercises in application of principles. Laboratory exercises in seakeeping and VIV at model scale.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,2.20,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.23,Hydrofoils and Propellers,"Reviews the theory and design of hydrofoil sections; lifting and thickness problems for sub-cavitating sections and unsteady flow problems. Covers lifting line and lifting surface theory with applications to hydrofoil craft, rudder, control surface, propeller and wind turbine rotor design. Topics include propeller lifting line and lifting surface theory; wake adapted propellers, steady and unsteady propeller thrust and torque; waterjets; performance analysis and design of wind turbine rotors. Presents numerical principles of vortex lattice and lifting surface panel methods. Projects illustrate the development of theoretical and computational methods for lifting, propulsion and wind turbine applications.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.20 and 18.085,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.24[J],Seakeeping of Ships and Offshore Energy Systems,"Surface wave theory, conservation laws and boundary conditions, properties of regular surface waves and random ocean waves. Linearized theory of floating body dynamics, kinematic and dynamic free surface conditions, body boundary conditions. Simple harmonic motions. Diffraction and radiation problems, added mass and damping matrices. General reciprocity identities on diffraction and radiation. Ship wave resistance theory, Kelvin wake physics, ship seakeeping in regular and random waves. Discusses point wave energy absorbers, beam sea and head-sea devises, oscillating water column device and Well's turbine. Discusses offshore floating energy systems and their interaction with ambient waves, current and wind, including oil and gas platforms, liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels and floating wind turbines. Homework drawn from real-world applications.",False,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,2.20 and 18.085,1.692[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.25,Fluid Mechanics,"Survey of principal concepts and methods of fluid dynamics. Mass conservation, momentum, and energy equations for continua. Navier-Stokes equation for viscous flows. Similarity and dimensional analysis. Lubrication theory. Boundary layers and separation. Circulation and vorticity theorems. Potential flow. Introduction to turbulence. Lift and drag. Surface tension and surface tension driven flows.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,2.006 or 2.06; Coreq: 18.075 or 18.085,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.250[J],Fluids and Diseases,"Designed for students in engineering and the quantitative sciences who want to explore applications of mathematics, physics and fluid dynamics to infectious diseases and health; and for students in epidemiology, environmental health, ecology, medicine, and systems modeling seeking to understand physical and spatial modeling, and the role of fluid dynamics and physical constraints on infectious diseases and pathologies. The first part of the class reviews modeling in epidemiology and data collection, and highlights concepts of spatial modeling and heterogeneity. The remainder highlights multi-scale dynamics, the role of fluids and fluid dynamics in physiology, and pathology in a range of infectious diseases. The laboratory portion entails activities aimed at integrating applied learning with theoretical concepts discussed in lectures and covered in problem sets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,"1.631[J], HST.537[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.26[J],Advanced Fluid Dynamics,"Fundamentals of fluid dynamics intrinsic to natural physical phenomena and/or engineering processes. Discusses a range of topics and advanced problem-solving techniques. Sample topics include brief review of basic laws of fluid motion, scaling and approximations, creeping flows, boundary layers in high-speed flows, steady and transient, similarity method of solution, buoyancy-driven convection in porous media, dispersion in steady or oscillatory flows, physics and mathematics of linearized instability, effects of shear and stratification. In alternate years, two of the following modules will be offered: I: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics of Coastal Waters, II: Capillary Phenomena, III: Non-Newtonian Fluids, IV: Flagellar Swimming.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,18.085 and (2.25 or permission of instructor),1.63[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.28,Fundamentals and Applications of Combustion,"Fundamentals and modeling of reacting gas dynamics and combustion using analytical and numerical methods. Conservation equations of reacting flows. Multi-species transport, chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Non-equilibrium flow. Detonation and reacting boundary layers. Ignition, flammability, and extinction. Premixed and diffusion flames. Combustion instabilities. Supersonic combustion. Turbulent combustion. Liquid and solid burning. Fire, safety, and environmental impact. Applications to power and propulsion.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.006 or (2.051 and 2.06),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.29,Numerical Fluid Mechanics,"Introduction to numerical methods and MATLAB: errors, condition numbers and roots of equations. Navier-Stokes. Direct and iterative methods for linear systems. Finite differences for elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic equations. Fourier decomposition, error analysis and stability. High-order and compact finite-differences. Finite volume methods. Time marching methods. Navier-Stokes solvers. Grid generation. Finite volumes on complex geometries. Finite element methods. Spectral methods. Boundary element and panel methods. Turbulent flows. Boundary layers. Lagrangian Coherent Structures. Includes a final research project.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"18.075 and (2.006, 2.016, 2.06, 2.20, or 2.25)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.290,Numerical Fluid Mechanics,"Introduction to numerical methods and MATLAB: errors, condition numbers and roots of equations. Navier-Stokes. Direct and iterative methods for linear systems. Finite differences for elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic equations. Fourier decomposition, error analysis and stability. High-order and compact finite-differences. Finite volume methods. Time marching methods. Navier-Stokes solvers. Grid generation. Finite volumes on complex geometries. Finite element methods. Spectral methods. Boundary element and panel methods. Turbulent flows. Boundary layers. Lagrangian Coherent Structures. Includes a final research project.  Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,2.005,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.341[J],Macromolecular Hydrodynamics,"Physical phenomena in polymeric liquids undergoing deformation and flow. Kinematics and material functions for complex fluids; techniques of viscometry, rheometry; and linear viscoelastic measurements for polymeric fluids. Generalized Newtonian fluids. Continuum mechnanics, frame invariance, and convected derivatives for finite strain viscoelasticity. Differential and integral constitutive equations for viscoelastic fluids. Analytical solutions to isothermal and non-isothermal flow problems; the roles of non-Newtonian viscosity, linear viscoelasticity, normal stresses, elastic recoil, stress relaxation in processing flows. Introduction to molecular theories for dynamics of polymeric fluids. (Extensive class project and presentation required instead of a final exam).",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"2.25, 10.301, or permission of instructor",10.531[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.37,Fundamentals of Nanoengineering,"Presents the fundamentals of molecular modeling in engineering in the context of nanoscale mechanical engineering applications. Statistical mechanics and its connection to engineering thermodynamics. Molecular origin and limitations of macroscopic descriptions and constitutive relations for equilibrium and non-equilibrium behavior. Introduction to molecular simulation, solid-state physics and electrokinetic phenomena. Discusses molecular approaches to modern nanoscale engineering problems. Graduate students are required to complete additional assignments with stronger analytical content.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.370,Fundamentals of Nanoengineering,"Presents the fundamentals of molecular modeling in engineering in the context of nanoscale mechanical engineering applications. Statistical mechanics and its connection to engineering thermodynamics. Molecular origin and limitations of macroscopic descriptions and constitutive relations for equilibrium and non-equilibrium behavior. Introduction to molecular simulation, solid-state physics and electrokinetic phenomena. Discusses molecular approaches to modern nanoscale engineering problems. Graduate students are required to complete additional assignments with stronger analytical content.",True,"Spring, Fall, Fall, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Chemistry (GIR) and 2.001,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.391[J],Nanostructure Fabrication,"Describes current techniques used to analyze and fabricate nanometer-length-scale structures and devices. Emphasizes imaging and patterning of nanostructures, including fundamentals of optical, electron (scanning, transmission, and tunneling), and atomic-force microscopy; optical, electron, ion, and nanoimprint lithography, templated self-assembly, and resist technology. Surveys substrate characterization and preparation, facilities, and metrology requirements for nanolithography. Addresses nanodevice processing methods, such as liquid and plasma etching, lift-off, electroplating, and ion-implant. Discusses applications in nanoelectronics, nanomaterials, and nanophotonics.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"2.710, 6.2370, 6.2600, or permission of instructor",6.6600[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.42,General Thermodynamics,"General foundations of thermodynamics from an entropy point of view, entropy generation and transfer in complex systems. Definitions of work, energy, stable equilibrium, available energy, entropy, thermodynamic potential, and interactions other than work (nonwork, heat, mass transfer). Applications to properties of materials, bulk flow, energy conversion, chemical equilibrium, combustion, and industrial manufacturing.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.43,Advanced Thermodynamics,"<p class=""xmsolistparagraph"">Self-contained concise review of general thermodynamics concepts, multicomponent equilibrium properties, chemical equilibrium, electrochemical potentials, and chemical kinetics, as needed to introduce the methods of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and to provide a unified understanding of phase equilibria, transport and nonequilibrium phenomena useful for future energy and climate engineering technologies. Applications include: second-law efficiencies and methods to allocate primary energy consumptions and CO2 emissions in cogeneration and hybrid power systems, minimum work of separation, maximum work of mixing, osmotic pressure and membrane equilibria, metastable states, spinodal decomposition, Onsager's near-equilibrium reciprocity in thermodiffusive, thermoelectric, and electrokinetic cross effects.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,2.42 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.500,Desalination and Water Purification,"Introduces the fundamental science and technology of desalinating water to overcome water scarcity and ensure sustainable water supplies. Covers basic water chemistry, flash evaporation, reverse osmosis and membrane engineering, electrodialysis, nanofiltration, solar desalination, energy efficiency of desalination systems, fouling and scaling, environmental impacts, and economics of desalination systems. Open to upper-class undergraduates.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"1.020, 2.006, 10.302, (2.051 and 2.06), or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.51,Intermediate Heat and Mass Transfer,"Covers conduction (governing equations and boundary conditions, steady and unsteady heat transfer, resistance concept); laminar and turbulent convection (forced-convection and natural-convection boundary layers, external flows); radiation (blackbody and graybody exchange, spectral and solar radiation); coupled conduction, convection, radiation problems; synthesis of analytical, computational, and experimental techniques; and mass transfer at low rates, evaporation.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(2.005 and 18.03) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.52[J],Modeling and Approximation of Thermal Processes,"Provides instruction on how to model thermal transport processes in typical engineering systems such as those found in manufacturing, machinery, and energy technologies. Successive modules cover basic modeling tactics for particular modes of transport, including steady and unsteady heat conduction, convection, multiphase flow processes, and thermal radiation. Includes a creative design project executed by the students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.51,4.424[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.55,Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer,"Advanced treatment of fundamental aspects of heat and mass transport. Covers topics such as diffusion kinetics, conservation laws, laminar and turbulent convection, mass transfer including phase change or heterogeneous reactions, and basic thermal radiation. Problems and examples include theory and applications drawn from a spectrum of engineering design and manufacturing problems.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,2.51,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.57,Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes,"Parallel treatments of photons, electrons, phonons, and molecules as energy carriers; aiming at a fundamental understanding of descriptive tools for energy and heat transport processes, from nanoscale to macroscale. Topics include energy levels; statistical behavior and internal energy; energy transport in the forms of waves and particles; scattering and heat generation processes; Boltzmann equation and derivation of classical laws; and deviation from classical laws at nanoscale and their appropriate descriptions. Applications in nanotechnology and microtechnology. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.005, 2.051, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.570,Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes,"Parallel treatments of photons, electrons, phonons, and molecules as energy carriers; aiming at a fundamental understanding of descriptive tools for energy and heat transport processes, from nanoscale to macroscale. Topics include energy levels; statistical behavior and internal energy; energy transport in the forms of waves and particles; scattering and heat generation processes; Boltzmann equation and derivation of classical laws; and deviation from classical laws at nanoscale and their appropriate descriptions. Applications in nanotechnology and microtechnology. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Fall, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"2.005, 2.051, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.58,Radiative Transfer,"Principles of thermal radiation and their application to engineering heat and photon transfer problems. Quantum and classical models of radiative properties of materials, electromagnetic wave theory for thermal radiation, radiative transfer in absorbing, emitting, and scattering media, and coherent laser radiation. Applications cover laser-material interactions, imaging, infrared instrumentation, global warming, semiconductor manufacturing, combustion, furnaces, and high temperature processing.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.51, 10.302, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.59[J],Thermal Hydraulics in Power Technology,"Emphasis on thermo-fluid dynamic phenomena and analysis methods for conventional and nuclear power stations. Kinematics and dynamics of two-phase flows.  Steam separation.  Boiling, instabilities, and critical conditions. Single-channel transient analysis.  Multiple channels connected at plena.  Loop analysis including single and two-phase natural circulation.  Subchannel analysis.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,"2.006, 10.302, 22.312, or permission of instructor","10.536[J], 22.313[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.60[J],Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion,"Fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance, and environmental impact. Applications to fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. CO2 separation and capture. Biomass energy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"2.006, (2.051 and 2.06), or permission of instructor",10.390[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.603,Fundamentals of Smart and Resilient Grids,"Introduces the fundamentals of power system structure, operation and control. Emphasizes the challenges and opportunities for integration of new technologies: photovoltaic, wind, electric storage, demand response, synchrophasor measurements. Introduces the basics of power system modeling and analysis. Presents the basic phenomena of voltage and frequency stability as well technological and regulatory constraints on system operation. Describes both the common and emerging automatic control systems and operator decision-making policies. Relies on a combination of traditional lectures, homework assignments, and group projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,2.003,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.61,Internal Combustion Engines,"Fundamentals of how the design and operation of internal combustion engines affect their performance, efficiency, fuel requirements, and environmental impact.  Study of fluid flow, thermodynamics, combustion, heat transfer and friction phenomena, and fuel properties, relevant to engine power, efficiency, and emissions.  Examination of design features and operating characteristics of different types of internal combustion engines:  spark-ignition, diesel, stratified-charge, and mixed-cycle engines.  Engine Laboratory project.  For graduate and senior undergraduate students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,2.006,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.611,Marine Power and Propulsion,"Selection and evaluation of commercial and naval ship power and propulsion systems. Analysis of propulsors, prime mover thermodynamic cycles, propeller-engine matching. Propeller selection, waterjet analysis, review of alternative propulsors; thermodynamic analyses of Rankine, Brayton, Diesel, and Combined cycles, reduction gears and integrated electric drive. Battery operated vehicles, fuel cells. Term project requires analysis of alternatives in propulsion plant design for given physical, performance, and economic constraints. Graduate students complete different assignments and exams.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,2.005,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.612,Marine Power and Propulsion,"Selection and evaluation of commercial and naval ship power and propulsion systems. Analysis of propulsors, prime mover thermodynamic cycles, propeller-engine matching. Propeller selection, waterjet analysis, review of alternative propulsors; thermodynamic analyses of Rankine, Brayton, Diesel, and Combined cycles, reduction gears and integrated  electric drive. Battery operated vehicles, fuel cells. Term project requires analysis of alternatives in propulsion plant design for given physical, performance, and economic constraints. Graduate students complete different assignments  and exams.",True,"Fall, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-8,2.005,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.62[J],Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion,"Fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance and environmental impact. Applications to fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. CO2 separation and capture. Biomass energy. Meets with 2.60 when offered concurrently; students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"2.006, (2.051 and 2.06), or permission of instructor","10.392[J], 22.40[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.625[J],"Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications","Fundamental concepts, tools, and applications in electrochemical science and engineering. Introduces thermodynamics, kinetics and transport of electrochemical reactions. Describes how materials structure and properties affect electrochemical behavior of particular applications, for instance in lithium rechargeable batteries, electrochemical capacitors, fuel cells, photo electrochemical cells, and electrolytic cells. Discusses state-of-the-art electrochemical energy technologies for portable electronic devices, hybrid and plug-in vehicles, electrical vehicles. Theoretical and experimental exploration of electrochemical measurement techniques in cell testing, and in bulk and interfacial transport measurements (electronic and ionic resistivity and charge transfer cross the electrode-electrolyte interface).",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"2.005, 3.046, 3.53, 10.40, (2.051 and 2.06), or permission of instructor",10.625[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.626,Fundamentals of Photovoltaics,"Fundamentals of photoelectric conversion: charge excitation, conduction, separation, and collection. Studies commercial and emerging photovoltaic technologies. Cross-cutting themes include conversion efficiencies, loss mechanisms, characterization, manufacturing, systems, reliability, life-cycle analysis, and risk analysis. Photovoltaic technology evolution in the context of markets, policies, society, and environment. Graduate students complete additional work.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.627,Fundamentals of Photovoltaics,"Fundamentals of photoelectric conversion: charge excitation, conduction, separation, and collection. Studies commercial and emerging photovoltaic technologies. Cross-cutting themes include conversion efficiencies, loss mechanisms, characterization, manufacturing, systems, reliability, life-cycle analysis, and risk analysis. Photovoltaic technology evolution in the context of markets, policies, society, and environment. Graduate students complete additional work.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.630,Interfacial Engineering,"Interfacial interactions are ubiquitous in many industries including energy, water, agriculture, medical, transportation, and consumer products. Transport processes are typically limited by interfaces. Addresses how interfacial properties (eg., chemistry, morphology, thermal, electrical) can be engineered for significant efficiency enhancements. Topics include surface tension and wetting phenomena, thermodynamics of interfaces, surface chemistry and morphology, nonwetting, slippery, and superwetting surfaces, charged interfaces and electric double layers, intermolecular forces, Van der Waals and double-layer forces, DLVO theory, electrowetting and electro-osmotic flows, electrochemical bubbles, surfactants, phase transitions, and bio-interfaces. Manufacturing approaches, entrepreneurial efforts to translate technologies to markets, guest lectures and start-up company tours provide real-world exposure.  Anticipated enrollment is 15-20.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.65[J],Sustainable Energy,"Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various energy technologies in each fuel cycle stage for fossil (oil, gas, synthetic), nuclear (fission and fusion) and renewable (solar, biomass, wind, hydro, and geothermal) energy types, along with storage, transmission, and conservation issues. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Fall",Graduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,"1.818[J], 10.391[J], 11.371[J], 22.811[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.650[J],Introduction to Sustainable Energy,"Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various renewable and conventional energy production technologies, energy end-use practices and alternatives, and consumption practices in different countries. Investigates their attributes within a quantitative analytical framework for evaluation of energy technology system proposals. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,Permission of instructor,"10.291[J], 22.081[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.651[J],Introduction to Energy in Global Development,"Surveys energy technologies including solar, wind, and hydro power; cooking; indoor heating; irrigation; and agricultural productivity through an international development context to impart energy literacy and common-sense applications. Focuses on compact, robust, low-cost systems for meeting the needs of household and small business. Provides an overview of identifying user needs, assessing the suitability of specific technologies, and strategies for implementation in developing countries. Labs reinforce lecture material through activities including system assembly and testing. Team projects involve activities including connecting with pre-selected community partners, product design and analysis, and continuing the development of ongoing projects. Optional summer fieldwork may be available. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,EC.711[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.652[J],Applications of Energy in Global Development,"Engages students in project-based learning, in collaboration with D-Lab community partners, to improve access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. Teams work on off-grid energy projects addressing challenges in lighting, cooking, agricultural productivity, or other areas in collaboration with D-Lab community partners in developing countries. Project work includes assessment of user needs, technology identification, product design, prototyping, and development of implementation strategies to continue progress of ongoing projects. Optional IAP field visits may be available to test and implement the solutions developed during the semester. Students enrolled in the graduate version complete additional assignments.  Limited to 20; preference to students who have taken EC.711.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,EC.712[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.670,Mechanical Engineering Tools,"Introduces the fundamentals of machine tools use and fabrication techniques. Students work with a variety of machine tools including the bandsaw, milling machine, and lathe. Mechanical Engineering students are advised to take this subject in the first IAP after declaring their major. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity. Preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,0-1-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.671,Measurement and Instrumentation,"Introduces fundamental concepts and experimental techniques for observation and measurement of physical variables such as force and motion, liquid and gas properties, physiological parameters, and measurements of light, sound, electrical quantities, and temperature. Emphasizes mathematical techniques including uncertainty analysis and statistics, Fourier analysis, frequency response, and correlation functions. Uses engineering knowledge to select instruments and design experimental methods to obtain and interpret meaningful data. Guided learning during lab experiments promotes independent experiment design and measurements performed outside the lab in the semester-long ""Go Forth and Measure"" project. Advances students' ability to critically read, evaluate, and extract specific technical meaning from information in a variety of media, and provides extensive instruction and practice in written, graphical, and oral communication. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-3-6,"Physics II (GIR), 2.001, 2.003, and 2.086",N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
2.673[J],Instrumentation and Measurement for Biological Systems,"Sensing and measurement aimed at quantitative molecular/cell/tissue analysis in terms of genetic, biochemical, and biophysical properties. Methods include light and fluorescence microscopies, and electro-mechanical probes (atomic force microscopy, optical traps, MEMS devices). Application of statistics, probability, signal and noise analysis, and Fourier techniques to experimental data. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 20 undergraduates.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-6-3,"(Biology (GIR), Physics II (GIR), 6.100B, and 18.03) or permission of instructor",20.309[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.674,Introduction to Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory,"Presents concepts, ideas, and enabling tools for nanoengineering through experiential lab modules, which include microfluidics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and nanomaterials and nanoimaging tools such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and atomic-force microscopy (AFM). Provides knowledge and experience via building, observing and manipulating micro- and nanoscale structures. Exposes students to fluid, thermal, and dynamic systems at small scales. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 2 and 2-A majors and minors.",True,"Spring, Fall",Graduate,1-3-2,Physics II (GIR) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.675,Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory,"Covers advanced nanoengineering via practical lab modules in connection with classical fluid dynamics, mechanics, thermodynamics, and material physics. Labs include microfluidic systems, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), emerging nanomaterials such as graphene, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and nanoimaging tools. Student teams lead an experimental term project that uses the tools and knowledge acquired through the lab modules and experimental work, and culminates in a report and presentation. Recitations cover idea development, experiment design, planning and execution, and analysis of results pertinent to the project. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-3-7,2.25 and (6.777 or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.676,Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory,"Studies advanced nanoengineering via experiental lab modules with classical fluid dynamics, mechanics, thermodynamics, and materials science. Lab modules include microfluidic systems; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); emerging nanomaterials, such as graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs); and nanoimaging tools. Recitation develops in-depth knowledge and understanding of physical phenomena observed in the lab through quantitative analysis. Students have the option to engage in term projects led by students taking 2.675. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 2 and 2-OE majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-3-7,"2.001, 2.003, 2.671, and Coreq: (2.005 or (2.051 and 2.06)); or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.677,Design and Experimentation for Ocean Engineering,"Design and experimental observation for ocean engineering systems focusing on the fundamentals of ocean wave propagation, ocean wave spectra and wave dispersion, cavitation, added mass, acoustic sound propagation in water, sea loads on offshore structures, design of experiments for ship model testing, fish-like swimming propulsion, propellers, and ocean energy harvesting. Emphasizes fundamentals of data analysis of signals from random environments using Fourier transforms, noise filtering, statistics and error analysis using MATLAB. Students carry out experiential laboratory exercises in various Ocean Engineering laboratories on campus, including short labs and demos, longer exercises with written reports, and a final experimental design project. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-3-3,2.00A and 2.086; Coreq: 2.016 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.678,Electronics for Mechanical Systems,"Practical introduction to the fundamentals of electronics in the context of electro-mechanical systems, with emphasis on experimentation and project work in basic electronics. Laboratory exercises include the design and construction of simple electronic devices, such as power supplies, amplifiers, op-amp circuits, switched mode dc-dc converters, and dc motor drivers. Surveys embedded microcontrollers as system elements. Laboratory sessions stress the understanding of electronic circuits at the component level, but also point out the modern approach of system integration using commercial modules and specialized integrated circuits. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-2-2,Physics II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.679,Electronics for Mechanical Systems II,"Extends the concepts and techniques developed in 2.678 to include complex systems and modeling of real-world elements with a strong emphasis on lab experimentation and independent project work. Topics include sampling theory, energy storage, embedded mobile systems, autonomous navigation, printed circuit board design, system integration, and machine vision. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 2 majors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-3-1,"2.086, 2.678, and 18.03",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.680,"Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing, and Communication","Focuses on software and algorithms for autonomous decision making (autonomy) by underwater vehicles operating in ocean environments. Discusses how autonomous marine vehicles (UMVs) adapt to the environment for improved sensing performance. Covers sensors for acoustic, biological and chemical sensing and their integration with the autonomy system for environmentally adaptive undersea mapping and observation. Introduces students to the underwater acoustic communication environment and various options for undersea navigation, highlighting their relevance to the operation of collaborative undersea networks for environmental sensing. Labs involve the use of the MOOP-IvP autonomy software for the development of integrated sensing, modeling and control solutions. Solutions modeled in simulation environments and include field tests with small autonomous surface and underwater vehicles operated on the Charles River. Limited enrollment.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-6-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.681,Environmental Ocean Acoustics,"Fundamentals of underwater sound, and its application to mapping and surveillance in an ocean environment. Wave equations for fluid and elastic media. Reflection and transmission of sound at plane interfaces. Wave theory representation of acoustic source radiation and propagation in shallow and deep ocean waveguides. Interaction of underwater sound with elastic waves in the seabed and an Arctic ice cover, including effects of porosity and anisotropy. Numerical modeling of the propagation of underwater sound, including spectral methods, normal mode theory, and the parabolic equation method, for laterally homogeneous and inhomogeneous environments. Doppler effects. Effects of oceanographic variability and fluctuation - spatial and temporal coherence. Generation and propagation of ocean ambient noise. Modeling and simulation of signals and noise in traditional sonar systems, as well as modern, distributed, autonomous acoustic surveillance systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.066, 18.075, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.682,Acoustical Oceanography,"Provides brief overview of what important current research topics are in oceanography (physical, geological, and biological) and how acoustics can be used as a tool to address them. Three typical examples are climate, bottom geology, and marine mammal behavior. Addresses the acoustic inverse problem, reviewing inverse methods (linear and nonlinear) and the combination of acoustical methods with other measurements as an integrated system. Concentrates on specific case studies, taken from current research journals.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.681,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.683,Marine Bioacoustics and Geoacoustics,"Both active and passive acoustic methods of measuring marine organisms, the seafloor, and their interactions are reviewed.  Acoustic methods of detecting, observing, and quantifying marine biological organisms are described, as are acoustic methods of measuring geological properties of the seafloor, including depth, and surficial and volumetric composition.  Interactions are also described, including effects of biological scatterers on geological measurements, and effects of seafloor scattering on measurements of biological scatterers on, in, or immediately above the seafloor.  Methods of determining small-scale material properties of organisms and the seafloor are outlined. Operational methods are emphasized, and corresponding measurement theory is described.  Case studies are used in illustration.  Principles of acoustic-system calibration are elaborated.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.681,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.684,Wave Scattering by Rough Surfaces and Inhomogeneous Media,"An advanced-level subject designed to give students a working knowledge of current techniques in this area. Material is presented principally in the context of ocean acoustics, but can be used in other acoustic and electromagnetic applications. Includes fundamentals of wave propagation through, and/or scattering by: random media, extended coherent structures, rough surfaces, and discrete scatterers.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.066 or permission of instrctor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.687,Time Series Analysis and System Identification,"Covers matched filtering, power spectral (PSD) estimation, and adaptive signal processing / system identification algorithms. Algorithm development is framed as an optimization problem, and optimal and approximate solutions are described. Reviews time-varying systems, first and second moment representations of stochastic processes, and state-space models. Also covers algorithm derivation, performance analysis, and robustness to modeling errors. Algorithms for PSD estimation, the LMS and RLS algorithms, and the Kalman Filter are treated in detail.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,6.3010 and 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.688,Principles of Oceanographic Instrument Systems -- Sensors and Measurements,"Introduces theoretical and practical principles of design of oceanographic sensor systems. Transducer characteristics for acoustic, current, temperature, pressure, electric, magnetic, gravity, salinity, velocity, heat flow, and optical devices. Limitations on these devices imposed by ocean environment. Signal conditioning and recording; noise, sensitivity, and sampling limitations; standards. Principles of state-of-the-art systems being used in physical oceanography, geophysics, submersibles, acoustics discussed in lectures by experts in these areas. Day cruises in local waters during which the students will prepare, deploy and analyze observations from standard oceanographic instruments constitute the lab work for this subject.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,2.671 and 18.075,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.689[J],Projects in Oceanographic Engineering,"Projects in oceanographic engineering, carried out under supervision of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution staff. Given at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,1.699[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.690,Corrosion in Marine Engineering,"Introduction to forms of corrosion encountered in marine systems material selection, coatings and protection systems. Case studies and causal analysis developed through student presentations.",True,Summer,Graduate,3-0-3,3.012 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.700,Principles of Naval Architecture,"Presents principles of naval architecture, ship geometry, hydrostatics, calculation and drawing of curves of form, intact and damage stability, hull structure strength calculations and ship resistance. Introduces computer-aided naval ship design and analysis tools. Projects include analysis of ship lines drawings, calculation of ship hydrostatic characteristics, analysis of intact and damaged stability, ship model testing, and hull structure strength calculations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-6,2.002,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.701,Principles of Naval Architecture,"Presents principles of naval architecture, ship geometry, hydrostatics, calculation and drawing of curves of form, intact and damage stability, hull structure strength calculations and ship resistance. Introduces computer-aided naval ship design and analysis tools. Projects include analysis of ship lines drawings, calculation of ship hydrostatic characteristics, analysis of intact and damaged stability, ship model testing, and hull structure strength calculations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6,2.002,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.702,Systems Engineering and Naval Ship Design,"Introduces principles of systems engineering and ship design with an overview of naval ship design and acquisition processes, requirements setting, formulation of a systematic plan, design philosophy and constraints, formal decision making methods, selection criteria, optimization, variant analysis, trade-offs, analysis of ship design trends, risk, and cost analysis. Emphasizes the application of principles through completion of a design exercise and project.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,2.701,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.703,Principles of Naval Ship Design,"Covers the design of surface ship platforms for naval applications. Includes topics such as hull form selection and concept design synthesis, topside and general arrangements, weight estimation, and technical feasibility analyses (including strength, stability, seakeeping, and survivability.). Practical exercises involve application of design principles and utilization of advanced computer-aided ship design tools.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6,"2.082, 2.20, 2.611, and 2.702",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.704,Projects in Naval Ship Conversion Design,"Focuses on conversion design of a naval ship. A new mission requirement is defined, requiring significant modification to an existing ship. Involves requirements setting, design plan formulation and design philosophy, and employs formal decision-making methods. Technical aspects demonstrate feasibility and desirability. Includes formal written and verbal reports and team projects.",True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,1-6-5,2.703,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.705,Projects in New Concept Naval Ship Design,"Focus on preliminary design of a new naval ship, fulfilling a given set of mission requirements. Design plan formulation, system level trade-off studies, emphasizes achieving a balanced design and total system integration. Formal written and oral reports. Team projects extend over three terms.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,2.704,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.707,Submarine Structural Acoustics,Introduction to the acoustic interaction of submerged structures with the surrounding fluid. Fluid and elastic wave equations. Elastic waves in plates. Radiation and scattering from planar structures as well as curved structures such as spheres and cylinders. Acoustic imaging of structural vibrations. Students can take 2.085 in the second half of term.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,2.066,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.708,Traditional Naval Architecture Design,"Week-long intensive introduction to traditional design methods in which students hand draw a lines plan of a N. G. Herreshoff (MIT Class of 1870) design based on hull shape offsets taken from his original design model. After completing the plan, students then carve a wooden half-hull model of the boat design. Covers methods used to develop hull shape analysis data from lines plans. Provides students with instruction in safe hand tool use and how to transfer their lines to 3D in the form of their model. Limited to 15.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.71,Optics,"Introduction to optical science with elementary engineering applications. Geometrical optics: ray-tracing, aberrations, lens design, apertures and stops, radiometry and photometry. Wave optics: basic electrodynamics, polarization, interference, wave-guiding, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, image formation, resolution, space-bandwidth product. Emphasis on analytical and numerical tools used in optical design. Graduate students are required to complete additional assignments with stronger analytical content, and an advanced design project.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(Physics II (GIR), 2.004, and 18.03) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.710,Optics,"Introduction to optical science with elementary engineering applications. Geometrical optics: ray-tracing, aberrations, lens design, apertures and stops, radiometry and photometry. Wave optics: basic electrodynamics, polarization, interference, wave-guiding, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, image formation, resolution, space-bandwidth product. Emphasis on analytical and numerical tools used in optical design. Graduate students are required to complete additional assignments with stronger analytical content, and an advanced design project.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(Physics II (GIR), 2.004, and 18.03) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.715[J],Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Biology and Medicine,"Introduces the theory and the design of optical microscopy and its applications in biology and medicine.  The course starts from an overview of basic optical principles allowing an understanding of microscopic image formation and common contrast modalities such as dark field, phase, and DIC.  Advanced microscopy imaging techniques such as total internal reflection, confocal, and multiphoton will also be discussed.  Quantitative analysis of biochemical microenvironment using spectroscopic techniques based on fluorescence, second harmonic, Raman signals will be covered.  We will also provide an overview of key image processing techniques for microscopic data.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,20.487[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.717,Optical Engineering,"Theory and practice of optical methods in engineering and system design. Emphasis on diffraction, statistical optics, holography, and imaging. Provides engineering methodology skills necessary to incorporate optical components in systems serving diverse areas such as precision engineering and metrology, bio-imaging, and computing (sensors, data storage, communication in multi-processor systems). Experimental demonstrations and a design project are included.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.710 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.718,Photonic Materials,"Provides a review of Maxwell's equations and the Helmholtz wave equation. Optical devices: waveguides and cavities, phase and group velocity, causality, and scattering. Light-matter interaction in bulk, surface, and subwavelength-structured matter. Effective media, dispersion relationships, wavefronts and rays, eikonal description of light propagation, phase singularities. Transformation optics, gradient effective media. Includes description of the experimental tools for realization and measurement of photonic materials and effects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"2.003, 8.03, 6.2370, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.719,Photonic Materials,"Provides a review of Maxwell's equations and the Helmholtz wave equation. Optical devices: waveguides and cavities, phase and group velocity, causality, and scattering. Light-matter interaction in bulk, surface, and subwavelength-structured matter. Effective media, dispersion relationships, wavefronts and rays, eikonal description of light propagation, phase singularities. Transformation optics, gradient effective media. Includes description of the experimental tools for realization and measurement of photonic materials and effects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"2.003, 8.03, 6.2370, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.70,FUNdaMENTALS of Precision Product Design,"Examines design, selection, and combination of machine elements to produce a robust precision system. Introduces process, philosophy and physics-based principles of design to improve/enable renewable power generation, energy efficiency, and manufacturing productivity. Topics include linkages, power transmission, screws and gears, actuators, structures, joints, bearings, error apportionment, and error budgeting. Considers each topic with respect to its physics of operation, mechanics (strength, deformation, thermal effects) and accuracy, repeatability, and resolution. Includes guest lectures from practicing industry and academic leaders.  Students design, build, and test a small benchtop precision machine, such as a heliostat for positioning solar PV panels or a two or three axis machine.  Prior to each lecture, students review the pre-recorded detailed topic materials and then converge on what parts of the topic they want covered in extra depth in lecture.  Students are assessed on their preparation for and participation in class sessions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,2.008,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.77,FUNdaMENTALS of Precision Product Design,"Examines design, selection, and combination of machine elements to produce a robust precision system. Introduces process, philosophy and physics-based principles of design to improve/enable renewable power generation, energy efficiency, and manufacturing productivity. Topics include linkages, power transmission, screws and gears, actuators, structures, joints, bearings, error apportionment, and error budgeting. Considers each topic with respect to its physics of operation, mechanics (strength, deformation, thermal effects) and accuracy, repeatability, and resolution. Includes guest lectures from practicing industry and academic leaders.  Students design, build, and test a small benchtop precision machine, such as a heliostat for positioning solar PV panels or a two or three axis machine.  Prior to each lecture, students review the pre-recorded detailed topic materials and then converge on what parts of the topic they want covered in extra depth in lecture.  Students are assessed on their preparation for and participation in class sessions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-3-6,2.008,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.72,Elements of Mechanical Design,"Advanced study of modeling, design, integration, and best practices for use of machine elements, such as bearings, bolts, belts, flexures, and gears. Modeling and analysis is based upon rigorous application of physics, mathematics, and core mechanical engineering principles, which are reinforced via laboratory experiences and a design project in which students model, design, fabricate, and characterize a mechanical system that is relevant to a real-world application. Activities and quizzes are directly related to, and coordinated with, the project deliverables. Develops the ability to synthesize, model and fabricate a design subject to engineering constraints (e.g., cost, time, schedule). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,2.008 and (2.005 or 2.051); Coreq: 2.671,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.720,Elements of Mechanical Design,"Advanced study of modeling, design, integration, and best practices for use of machine elements, such as bearings, bolts, belts, flexures, and gears. Modeling and analysis is based upon rigorous application of physics, mathematics, and core mechanical engineering principles, which are reinforced via laboratory experiences and a design project in which students model, design, fabricate, and characterize a mechanical system that is relevant to a real-world application. Activities and quizzes are directly related to, and coordinated with, the project deliverables. Develops the ability to synthesize, model and fabricate a design subject to engineering constraints (e.g., cost, time, schedule). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.722[J],D-Lab: Design,"Addresses problems faced by underserved communities with a focus on design, experimentation, and prototyping processes. Particular attention placed on constraints faced when designing for developing countries. Multidisciplinary teams work on long-term projects in collaboration with community partners, field practitioners, and experts in relevant fields. Topics covered include design for affordability, manufacture, sustainability, and strategies for working effectively with community partners and customers. Students may continue projects begun in EC.701. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,2.670 or permission of instructor,EC.720[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.7231[J],Introduction to Design Thinking and Innovation in Engineering,"Introduces students to concepts of design thinking and innovation that can be applied to any engineering discipline. Focuses on introducing an iterative design process, a systems-thinking approach for stakeholder analysis, methods for articulating design concepts, methods for concept selection, and techniques for testing with users. Provides an opportunity for first-year students to explore product or system design and development, and to build their understanding of what it means to lead and coordinate projects in engineering design. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Enrollment limited to 25; priority to first-year students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"6.9101[J], 16.6621[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.723A,Design Thinking and Innovation Leadership for Engineers,"Introductory subject in design thinking and innovation. Develops students' ability to conceive, implement, and evaluate successful projects in any engineering discipline. Lessons focus on an iterative design process, a systems-thinking approach for stakeholder analysis, methods for articulating design concepts, methods for concept selection, and techniques for testing with users.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.723B,Design Thinking and Innovation Project,"Project-based subject. Students employ design-thinking techniques learned in 6.902A to develop a robust speech-recognition application using a web-based platform. Students practice in leadership and teamwork skills as they collaboratively conceive, implement, and iteratively refine their designs based on user feedback. Topics covered include techniques for leading the creative process in teams, the ethics of engineering systems, methods for articulating designs with group collaboration, identifying and reconciling paradoxes of engineering designs, and communicating solution concepts with impact. Students present oral presentations and receive feedback to sharpen their communication skills.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1,6.910A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.729[J],D-Lab: Design for Scale,"Explores the external factors affecting product development for people in low-resource settings in a project-based context. Students apply existing engineering skills in interdisciplinary teams to identify contextual limitations and develop previously established prototypes towards manufacturing-ready product designs for real-world project sponsors. Topics are presented within the context of the developing world and include technology feasibility and scalability assessment; value chain analysis; product specification; and manufacturing methodologies at various scales. Lessons are experiential and case study-based, taught by instructors with field experience and industry experts from product development consulting firms and the consumer electronics industry. Students taking graduate version complete additional written assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None. Coreq: 2.008; or permission of instructor,EC.729[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.733,Engineering Systems Design,"Focuses on the design of engineering systems to satisfy stated performance, stability, and/or control requirements. Emphasizes individual initiative, application of fundamental principles, and the compromises inherent in the engineering design process. Culminates in the design of an engineering system, typically a vehicle or other complex system. Includes instruction and practice in written and oral communication through team presentation, design reviews, and written reports. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity.",True,Fall,Graduate,0-6-6,"(2.001, 2.003, (2.005 or 2.051), and (2.00B, 2.670, or 2.678)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.734,Engineering Systems Development,"Focuses on the implementation and operation of engineering systems. Emphasizes system integration and performance verification using methods of experimental inquiry. Students refine their subsystem designs and the fabrication of working prototypes. Includes experimental analysis of subperformance and comparison with physical models of performance and with design goals. component integration into the full system, with detailed analysis and operation of the complete vehicle in the laboratory and in the field. Includes written and oral reports. Students carry out formal reviews of the overall system design. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity.",True,Spring,Graduate,0-6-6,"(2.001, 2.003, (2.005 or 2.051), and (2.00B, 2.670, or 2.678)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.737,Mechatronics,"Introduction to designing mechatronic systems, which require integration of the mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines within a unified framework. Significant laboratory-based design experiences form subject's core. Final project. Topics include: low-level interfacing of software with hardware; use of high-level graphical programming tools to implement real-time computation tasks; digital logic; analog interfacing and power amplifiers; measurement and sensing; electromagnetic and optical transducers; control of mechatronic systems. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-5-4,"6.2000 and (2.14, 6.3100, or 16.30)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.739[J],Product Design and Development,"Covers modern tools and methods for product design and development. Includes a cornerstone project in which teams conceive, design and prototype a physical product and/or service. Covers human-centered design, agile development, product planning, identifying customer needs, concept generation, product architecture, industrial design, concept design, green design methods, and product management. Sloan students register via Sloan course bidding. Engineering students accepted via lottery based on WebSIS pre-registration.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,"2.009, 15.761, 15.778, 15.814, or permission of instructor",15.783[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.74,Bio-inspired Robotics,"Interdisciplinary approach to bio-inspired design, with emphasis on principle extraction applicable to various robotics research fields, such as robotics, prosthetics, and human assistive technologies. Focuses on three main components: biomechanics, numerical techniques that allow multi-body dynamics simulation with environmental interaction and optimization, and basic robotics techniques and implementation skills. Students integrate the components into a final robotic system project of their choosing through which they must demonstrate their understanding of dynamics and control and test hypothesized design principles. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory capacity.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,2.004 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.740,Bio-inspired Robotics,"Interdisciplinary approach to bio-inspired design, with emphasis on principle extraction applicable to various robotics research fields, such as robotics, prosthetics, and human assistive technologies. Focuses on three main components: biomechanics, numerical techniques that allow multi-body dynamics simulation with environmental interaction and optimization, and basic robotics techniques and implementation skills. Students integrate the components into a final robotic system project of their choosing through which they must demonstrate their understanding of dynamics and control and test hypothesized design principles. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited due to lab capacity.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,2.004 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.744,Product Design,"Project-centered subject addressing transformation of ideas into successful products which are properly matched to the user and the market. Students are asked to take a more complete view of a new product and to gain experience with designs judged on their aesthetics, ease of use, and sensitivities to the realities of the marketplace. Lectures on modern design process, industrial design, visual communication, form-giving, mass production, marketing, and environmentally conscious design.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.009,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.75[J],Medical Device Design,"Provides an intense project-based learning experience around the design of medical devices with foci ranging from mechanical to electro mechanical to electronics. Projects motivated by real-world clinical challenges provided by sponsors and clinicians who also help mentor teams. Covers the design process, project management, and fundamentals of mechanical and electrical circuit and sensor design. Students work in small teams to execute a substantial term project, with emphasis placed upon developing creative designs — via a deterministic design process — that are developed and optimized using analytical techniques. Includes mandatory lab. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,"2.008, 6.2040, 6.2050, 6.2060, 22.071, or permission of instructor","6.4861[J], HST.552[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.750[J],Medical Device Design,"Provides an intense project-based learning experience around the design of medical devices with foci ranging from mechanical to electro mechanical to electronics. Projects motivated by real-world clinical challenges provided by sponsors and clinicians who also help mentor teams. Covers the design process, project management, and fundamentals of mechanical and electrical circuit and sensor design. Students work in small teams to execute a substantial term project, with emphasis placed upon developing creative designs -- via a deterministic design process -- that are developed and optimized using analytical techniques. Includes mandatory lab. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"2.008, 6.2040, 6.2050, 6.2060, 22.071, or permission of instructor",6.4860[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.752,Development of Mechanical Products,"Focuses on evolving a product from proof-of-concept to beta prototype: Includes team building, project planning, budgeting, resource planning; models for scaling, tolerancing and reliability, patents, business planning. Students/teams start with a proof-of-concept product they bring to class or select from projects provided by instructor. In lieu of taking 12 units of 2.THU, Course 2 majors taking 2.752 may write a bachelor's thesis that documents their contributions to the product developed in the team project. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 2 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"2.009, 2.750, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.753,Development of Mechanical Products,"Focuses on evolving a product from proof-of-concept to beta prototype: Includes team building, project planning, budgeting, resource planning; models for scaling, tolerancing and reliability, patents, business planning. Students/teams start with a proof-of-concept product they bring to class or select from projects provided by instructor. In lieu of taking 12 units of 2.THU, Course 2 majors taking 2.752 may write a bachelor's thesis that documents their contributions to the product developed in the team project. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.009, 2.750, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.76,Global Engineering,"Combines rigorous engineering theory and user-centered product design to create technologies for developing and emerging markets. Covers machine design theory to parametrically analyze technologies; bottom-up/top-down design processes; engagement of stakeholders in the design process; socioeconomic factors that affect adoption of products; and developing/emerging market dynamics and their effect on business and technology. Includes guest lectures from subject matter experts in relevant fields and case studies on successful and failed technologies. Student teams apply course material to term-long projects to create new technologies, developed in collaboration with industrial partners and other stakeholders in developing/emerging markets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.008 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.760,Global Engineering,"Combines rigorous engineering theory and user-centered product design to create technologies for developing and emerging markets. Covers machine design theory to parametrically analyze technologies; bottom-up/top-down design processes; engagement of stakeholders in the design process; socioeconomic factors that affect adoption of products; and developing/emerging market dynamics and their effect on business and technology. Includes guest lectures from subject matter experts in relevant fields and case studies on successful and failed technologies. Student teams apply course material to term-long projects to create new technologies, developed in collaboration with industrial partners and other stakeholders in developing/emerging markets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,2.008 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.771[J],D-Lab: Supply Chains,"Introduces concepts of supply chain design and planning with a focus on supply chains for products destined to improve quality of life in developing countries. Topics include demand estimation, process analysis and improvement, facility location and capacity planning, inventory management, and supply chain coordination. Also covers issues specific to emerging markets, such as sustainable supply chains, choice of distribution channels, and how to account for the value-adding role of a supply chain. Students conduct D-Lab-based projects on supply chain design or improvement. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,"15.772[J], EC.733[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.772[J],Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems,"Equilibrium properties of macroscopic and microscopic systems. Basic thermodynamics: state of a system, state variables. Work, heat, first law of thermodynamics, thermochemistry. Second and third law of thermodynamics: entropy and its statistical basis, Gibbs function. Chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase. Macromolecular structure and interactions in solution. Driving forces for molecular self-assembly. Binding cooperativity, solvation, titration of macromolecules.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,"(Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor",20.110[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
2.777,Large and Complex Systems Design and Concept Development,"Examines structured principles and processes to develop concepts for large and complex systems. Term projects introduce students to large-scale system development with several areas of emphasis, including idea generation, concept development and refinement, system-level thinking, briefing development and presentation, and proposal generation. Interactive lectures and presentations guide students throughout the course to develop and deliver team presentations focused on solving large and complex problems. Includes a semester-long project in which students apply design tools/processes to solve a specific problem. Students taking graduate version complete the project individually.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"2.00B, 2.007, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.778,Large and Complex Systems Design and Concept Development,"Examines structured principles and processes to develop concepts for large and complex systems. Term projects introduce students to large-scale system development with several areas of emphasis, including idea generation, concept development and refinement, system-level thinking, briefing development and presentation, and proposal generation. Interactive lectures and presentations guide students throughout the course to develop and deliver individual and team presentations focused on solving large and complex problems. Includes a semester-long project in which students apply design tools/processes to solve a specific problem. Students taking graduate version complete project individually. Limited enrollment.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.772[J],Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems,"Equilibrium properties of macroscopic and microscopic systems. Basic thermodynamics: state of a system, state variables. Work, heat, first law of thermodynamics, thermochemistry. Second and third law of thermodynamics: entropy and its statistical basis, Gibbs function. Chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase. Macromolecular structure and interactions in solution. Driving forces for molecular self-assembly. Binding cooperativity, solvation, titration of macromolecules.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,"(Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor",20.110[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
2.78[J],Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology,"Students work closely with people with disabilities to develop assistive and adaptive technologies that help them live more independently. Covers design methods and problem-solving strategies; human factors; human-machine interfaces; community perspectives; social and ethical aspects; and assistive technology for motor, cognitive, perceptual, and age-related impairments. Prior knowledge of one or more of the following areas useful: software; electronics; human-computer interaction; cognitive science; mechanical engineering; control; or MIT hobby shop, MIT PSC, or other relevant independent project experience. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-4-6,Permission of instructor,"6.4530[J], HST.420[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.782[J],Design of Medical Devices and Implants,"Solution of clinical problems by use of implants and other medical devices. Systematic use of cell-matrix control volumes. The role of stress analysis in the design process. Anatomic fit: shape and size of implants. Selection of biomaterials. Instrumentation for surgical implantation procedures. Preclinical testing for safety and efficacy: risk/benefit ratio assessment. Evaluation of clinical performance: design of clinical trials. Project materials drawn from orthopedic devices, soft tissue implants, artificial organs, and dental implants.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor",HST.524[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.785[J],Cell-Matrix Mechanics,"Mechanical forces play a decisive role during development of tissues and organs, during remodeling following injury as well as in normal function. A stress field influences cell function primarily through deformation of the extracellular matrix to which cells are attached. Deformed cells express different biosynthetic activity relative to undeformed cells. The unit cell process paradigm combined with topics in connective tissue mechanics form the basis for discussions of several topics from cell biology, physiology, and medicine.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and 2.001) or permission of instructor",HST.523[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.787[J],Tissue Engineering and Organ Regeneration,"Principles and practice of tissue engineering (TE) and organ regeneration (OR). Topics include factors that prevent the spontaneous regeneration of tissues/organs in the adult (following traumatic injury, surgical excision, disease, and aging), and molecular and cell-biological mechanisms that can be harnessed for induced regeneration. Presents the basic science of organ regeneration. Principles underlying engineering strategies for employing select biomaterial scaffolds, exogenous cells, soluble regulators, and physical stimuli, for the formation of tissue in vitro (TE) and regeneration of tissues/organs in vivo (OR). Describes the technologies for producing biomaterial scaffolds and for incorporating cells and regulatory molecules into workable devices. Examples of clinical successes and failures of regenerative devices are analyzed as case studies.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor",HST.535[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.788,Mechanical Engineering and Design of Living Systems,"For students interested in research at the interface of mechanical engineering, biology, and materials science. Specific emphasis lies on interfacing living systems with engineered materials and devices, and on engineering living system behavior.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.789[J],D-Lab: Design for Scale,"Explores the external factors affecting product development for people in low-resource settings in a project-based context. Students apply existing engineering skills in interdisciplinary teams to identify contextual limitations and develop previously established prototypes towards manufacturing-ready product designs for real-world project sponsors. Topics are presented within the context of the developing world and include technology feasibility and scalability assessment; value chain analysis; product specification; and manufacturing methodologies at various scales. Lessons are experiential and case study-based, taught by instructors with field experience and industry experts from product development consulting firms and the consumer electronics industry. Students taking graduate version complete additional written assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,None. Coreq: 2.008; or permission of instructor,EC.797[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.79[J],Biomaterials: Tissue Interactions,"Principles of materials science and cell biology underlying the development and implementation of biomaterials for the fabrication of medical devices/implants, including artificial organs and matrices for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Employs a conceptual model, the ""unit cell process for analysis of the mechanisms underlying wound healing and tissue remodeling following implantation of biomaterials/devices in various organs, including matrix synthesis, degradation, and contraction. Methodology of tissue and organ regeneration. Discusses methods for biomaterials surface characterization and analysis of protein adsorption on biomaterials. Design of implants and prostheses based on control of biomaterials-tissue interactions. Comparative analysis of intact, biodegradable, and bioreplaceable implants by reference to case studies. Criteria for restoration of physiological function for tissues and organs.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor",HST.522[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.791[J],Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing,"Integrated overview of the biophysics of cells from prokaryotes to neurons, with a focus on mass transport and electrical signal generation across cell membrane. First third of course focuses on mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Second third focuses on electrical properties of cells: ion transport to action potential generation and propagation in electrically excitable cells. Synaptic transmission. Electrical properties interpreted via kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Final third focuses on biophysics of synaptic transmission and introduction to neural computing. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-2-5,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.005, 6.2000, 6.3000, 10.301, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","6.4810[J], 9.21[J], 20.370[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.792[J],Quantitative and Clinical Physiology,"Application of the principles of energy and mass flow to major human organ systems. Anatomical, physiological and clinical features of the cardiovascular, respiratory and renal systems. Mechanisms of regulation and homeostasis. Systems, features and devices that are most illuminated by the methods of physical sciences and engineering models. Required laboratory work includes animal studies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-6,"Physics II (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor","6.4820[J], HST.542[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.793[J],"Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems","Introduction to electric fields, fluid flows, transport phenomena and their application to biological systems. Flux and continuity laws, Maxwell's equations, electro-quasistatics, electro-chemical-mechanical driving forces, conservation of mass and momentum, Navier-Stokes flows, and electrokinetics. Applications include biomolecular transport in tissues, electrophoresis, and microfluidics.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"Biology (GIR), Physics II (GIR), and 18.03","6.4830[J], 20.330[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.794[J],Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing,"Integrated overview of the biophysics of cells from prokaryotes to neurons, with a focus on mass transport and electrical signal generation across cell membrane. First third of course focuses on mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Second third focuses on electrical properties of cells: ion transport to action potential generation and propagation in electrically excitable cells. Synaptic transmission. Electrical properties interpreted via kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Final third focuses on biophysics of synaptic transmission and introduction to neural computing. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-2-5,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.005, 6.2000, 6.3000, 10.301, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","6.4812[J], 9.021[J], 20.470[J], HST.541[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.795[J],"Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems","Molecular diffusion, diffusion-reaction, conduction, convection in biological systems; fields in heterogeneous media; electrical double layers; Maxwell stress tensor, electrical forces in physiological systems. Fluid and solid continua: equations of motion useful for porous, hydrated biological tissues. Case studies of membrane transport, electrode interfaces, electrical, mechanical, and chemical transduction in tissues, convective-diffusion/reaction, electrophoretic, electroosmotic flows in tissues/MEMs, and ECG. Electromechanical and physicochemical interactions in cells and biomaterials; musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and other biological and clinical examples. Prior undergraduate coursework in transport recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"6.4832[J], 10.539[J], 20.430[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.796[J],Quantitative and Clinical Physiology,"Application of the principles of energy and mass flow to major human organ systems. Anatomical, physiological and clinical features of the cardiovascular, respiratory and renal systems. Mechanisms of regulation and homeostasis. Systems, features and devices that are most illuminated by the methods of physical sciences and engineering models. Required laboratory work includes animal studies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6,6.4810 and (2.006 or 6.2300),"6.4822[J], 16.426[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.797[J],"Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics","Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Biology (GIR) and 18.03,"3.053[J], 6.4840[J], 20.310[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.798[J],"Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics","Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and 18.03,"3.971[J], 6.4842[J], 10.537[J], 20.410[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.799,The Cell as a Machine,"Examines a variety of essential cellular functions from the perspective of the cell as a machine. Includes phenomena such as nuclear organization, protein synthesis, cell and membrane mechanics, cell migration, cell cycle control, cell transformation. Lectures are provided by video twice per week; live 3-hour recitation one evening per week. Course is taken simultaneously by students at multiple universities; homework and take-home exams common to all students. Preference to students in Courses 2 and 20.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,"5.07, 7.05, or 18.03",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.810,Manufacturing Processes and Systems,"Introduction to manufacturing processes and manufacturing systems including assembly, machining, injection molding, casting, thermoforming, and more. Emphasis on the physics and randomness and how they influence quality, rate, cost, and flexibility. Attention to the relationship between the process and the system, and the process and part design. Project (in small groups) requires fabrication (and some design) of a product using several different processes (as listed above). Enrollment may be limited due to laboratory constraints; preference given to MechE students and students who need to satisfy degree requirements.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,"2.001, 2.006, and 2.008",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.812,Solving for Carbon Neutrality at MIT,"Working in teams, students address the problem of reducing MIT's greenhouse gas emissions in a manner consistent with the climate goals of maintaining our planet in a suitable regime to support human society and the environment. Solution scenarios include short-, middle- and long-term strategies. Experts from MIT's faculty and operations staff, as well as outside experts who address the multidisciplinary features of the problem guide solutions. These include climate science, ethics, carbon accounting, cost estimating, MIT's energy supply, energy demand, and infrastructure, new technologies, financial instruments, electricity markets, policy, human behavior, and regulation.Develops skills to address carbon neutrality at other universities, and at other scales, including cities and nations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.813,"Energy, Materials, and Manufacturing","Introduction to the major dilemma that faces manufacturing and society for the 21st century: how to support economic development while protecting the environment. Subject addresses industrial ecology, materials flows, life-cycle analysis, thermodynamic analysis and exergy accounting, manufacturing process performance, product design analysis, design for the environment, recycling and ecological economics. Combines lectures and group discussions of journal articles and selected literature, often with opposing views. Graduate students complete term-long project with report required for graduate credit.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,2.008 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.814,Exploring Sustainability at Different Scales,"Develops environmental accounting tools including energy, carbon, materials, land use, and possibly others, from small scales (e.g., products and processes) to larger scales, (e.g., companies, nations and global) to reveal how reoccurring human behavior patterns have dominated environmental outcomes. Involves visiting experts and readings in areas such as ethics, economics, governance, and development to frame core issues in human relationship to the environment and future societies. Explores how local actions, including engineering interventions and behavior change, play out at larger scales associated with the concept of sustainability, and how local actions may be modified to realize sustainability. Class is participatory and includes an exploratory project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.821[J],Structural Materials,"Examines theoretical and practical aspects of structural materials by discussing mechanical properties of materials and manufacturing processes used to convert raw materials into high performance and reliable components for particular applications. Discusses specific types of steel, aluminum, titanium, ceramics, cement, polymer,s and composites in context of commercially available product designations and specifications. Examines manufacturing processes used for exemplar products of each type of material, such as heat treatments, sintering, and injection molding, among others. Considers established methods of metallurgical failure analysis and fractography through product failure case studies in order to prepare students to determine root causes of component failures in the real world. Students taking graduate version submit additional work. Meets with 3.171 when offered concurrently.",True,"Fall, Summer",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,3.371[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.83,"Energy, Materials and Manufacturing","Introduction to the major dilemma that faces manufacturing and society for the 21st century: how to support economic development while protecting the environment. Subject addresses industrial ecology, materials flows, life-cycle analysis, thermodynamic analysis and exergy accounting, manufacturing process performance, product design analysis, design for the environment, recycling and ecological economics. Combines lectures and group discussions of journal articles and selected literature, often with opposing views. Graduate students complete term-long project with report required for graduate credit.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.008 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.830[J],Control of Manufacturing Processes,"Statistical modeling and control in manufacturing processes. Use of experimental design and response surface modeling to understand manufacturing process physics. Defect and parametric yield modeling and optimization. Forms of process control, including statistical process control, run by run and adaptive control, and real-time feedback control. Application contexts include semiconductor manufacturing, conventional metal and polymer processing, and emerging micro-nano manufacturing processes.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.008, 6.2600, or 6.3700",6.6630[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.832,Solving for Carbon Neutrality at MIT,"Working in teams, students address the problem of reducing MIT's greenhouse gas emissions in a manner consistent with the climate goals of maintaining our planet in a suitable regime to support human society and the environment. Solution scenarios include short-, middle- and long-term strategies. Experts from MIT's faculty and operations staff, as well as outside experts who address the multidisciplinary features of the problem guide solutions. These include climate science, ethics, carbon accounting, cost estimating, MIT's energy supply, energy demand, and infrastructure, new technologies, financial instruments, electricity markets, policy, human behavior, and regulation.Develops skills to address carbon neutrality at other universities, and at other scales, including cities and nations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.834[J],Exploring Sustainability at Different Scales,"Develops environmental accounting tools including energy, carbon, materials, land use, and possibly others, from small scales (e.g., products and processes) to larger scales, (e.g., companies, nations and global) to reveal how reoccurring human behavior patterns have dominated environmental outcomes. Involves visiting experts and readings in areas such as ethics, economics, governance, and development to frame core issues in human relationship to the environment and future societies. Explores how local actions, including engineering interventions and behavior change, play out at larger scales associated with the concept of sustainability, and how local actions may be modified to realize sustainability. Class is participatory and includes an exploratory project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,1.834[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.851[J],System Optimization and Analysis for Operations,"Introduction to mathematical modeling, optimization, and simulation, as applied to manufacturing and operations. Specific methods include linear programming, network flow problems, integer and nonlinear programming, discrete-event simulation, heuristics and computer applications for manufacturing processes, operations and systems. Restricted to Leaders for Global Operations students.",True,Summer,Graduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),15.066[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.853,Introduction to Manufacturing Systems,"Provides ways to analyze manufacturing systems in terms of material flow and storage, information flow, capacities, and times and durations of events. Fundamental topics include probability, inventory and queuing models, forecasting, optimization, process analysis, and linear and dynamic systems. Factory planning and scheduling topics include flow planning, bottleneck characterization, buffer and batch-size tactics, seasonal planning, and dynamic behavior of production systems. Graduate students are required to complete additional assignments with stronger analytical content.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,2.008,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.854,Introduction to Manufacturing Systems,"Provides ways to analyze manufacturing systems in terms of material flow and storage, information flow, capacities, and times and durations of events. Fundamental topics include probability, inventory and queuing models, forecasting, optimization, process analysis, and linear and dynamic systems. Factory planning and scheduling topics include flow planning, bottleneck characterization, buffer and batch-size tactics, seasonal planning, and dynamic behavior of production systems. Graduate students are required to complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,3-0-9,Undergraduate mathematics,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.871,D-Lab: Supply Chains,"Introduces concepts of supply chain design and planning with a focus on supply chains for products destined to improve quality of life in developing countries. Topics include demand estimation, process analysis and improvement, facility location and capacity planning, inventory management, and supply chain coordination. Also covers issues specific to emerging markets, such as sustainable supply chains, choice of distribution channels, and how to account for the value-adding role of a supply chain. Students conduct D-Lab-based projects on supply chain design or improvement. Students taking graduate version will complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.874[J],Process Data Analytics,"Provides an introduction to data analytics for manufacturing processes. Topics include chemometrics, discriminant analysis, hyperspectral imaging, machine learning, big data, Bayesian methods, experimental design, feature spaces, and pattern recognition as relevant to manufacturing process applications (e.g., output estimation, process control, and fault detection, identification and diagnosis). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.03 or permission of instructor,10.354[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.884[J],Process Data Analytics,"Provides an introduction to data analytics for manufacturing processes. Topics include chemometrics, discriminant analysis, hyperspectral imaging, machine learning, big data, Bayesian methods, experimental design, feature spaces, and pattern recognition as relevant to manufacturing process applications (e.g., output estimation, process control, and fault detection, identification and diagnosis). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,10.554[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.888,Professional Seminar in Global Manufacturing Innovation and Entrepreneurship,"Covers a broad range of topics in modern manufacturing, from models and structures for 21st-century operations, to case studies in leadership from the shop floor to the executive office. Also includes global perspectives from Asia, Europe and North America, with guest speakers from all three regions. Explores opportunities for new ventures in manufacturing. Intended primarily for Master of Engineering in Manufacturing students.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.890[J],Global Operations Leadership Seminar,"Integrative forum in which worldwide leaders in business, finance, government, sports, and education share their experiences and insights with students aspiring to run global operations. Students play a large role in managing the seminar. Preference to LGO students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,"10.792[J], 15.792[J], 16.985[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.351[J],Introduction to Making and Hardware Ventures,Introduces core maker technologies alongside the Disciplined Entrepreneurship framework to form a foundation for creating hardware-based ventures. Fosters an understanding of how to make the abstract concrete and develops competency in rapid prototyping. Includes a large hands-on component that builds skills in the various elements of making. Enrollment limited; application required.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,15.351[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.900,Ethics for Engineers,"Explores how to be an ethical engineer. Students examine engineering case studies alongside key readings by foundational ethical thinkers from Aristotle to Martin Luther King, Jr., and investigate which ethical approaches are best and how to apply them. Topics include justice, rights, cost-benefit analysis, safety, bias, genetic engineering, climate change, and the promise and peril of AI. Discussion-based, with the aim of introducing students to new ways of thinking. All sections cover the same core ethical frameworks, but some sections have a particular focus for case studies, such as bioengineering, or have an in-depth emphasis on particular thinkers. The subject is taught in separate sections. Students are eligible to take any section regardless of their registered subject number. For 20.005, students additionally undertake an ethical-technical analysis of a BE-related topic of their choosing.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.907[J],Innovation Teams,"Introduces skills and capabilities for real-world problem solving to take technology from lab to societal impact: technical and functional exploration, opportunity discovery, market understanding, value economics, scale-up, intellectual property, and communicating/working for impact across disciplines. Students work in multidisciplinary teams formed around MIT research breakthroughs, with extensive in-class coaching and guidance from faculty, lab members, and select mentors. Follows a structured approach to innovating in which everything is a variable and the product, technology, and opportunities for new ventures can be seen as an act of synthesis. Teams gather evidence that permits a fact-based iteration across multiple application domains, markets, functionalities, technologies, and products, leading to a recommendation that maps a space of opportunity and includes actionable next steps to evolve the market and technology.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-4-4,None,"10.807[J], 15.371[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.912[J],Venture Engineering,"Provides students a rigorous and fun introduction to entrepreneurship. Introduces students to a systematic approach to building successful new ventures. Intended for students who seek to leverage their engineering and science background to create innovation-driven new products and ventures in an efficient, effective, and timely manner. Students form teams and work on creating a new venture with guidance from twice-a-week lectures, workshops, and advising sessions. Provides an opportunity for students to explore this field for future potential career or jump start an entrepreneurial career or venture. Also exposes students to the rich resources available across MIT and beyond.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"3.085[J], 15.373[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.916[J],Money for Startups,"Introduction to the substance and process of funding technology startups. Topics include a comparative analysis of various sources of capital; templates to identify the optimal investor; legal frameworks, US and offshore, of the investment process and its related jargon; an introduction to understanding venture capital as a business; and market practice and standards for term sheet negotiation. Emphasizes strategy as well as tactics necessary to negotiate and build effective, long-term relationships with investors, particularly venture capital firms (VCs).",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,10.407[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.96,Management in Engineering,"Introduction and overview of engineering management. Financial principles, management of innovation, technical strategy and best management practices. Case study method of instruction emphasizes participation in class discussion. Focus is on the development of individual skills and management tools. Restricted to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.961,Management in Engineering,"Introduction and overview of engineering management. Financial principles, management of innovation, technical strategy and best management practices. Case study method of instruction emphasizes participation in class discussion. Focus is on the development of individual skills and management tools.",True,"Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.965[J],Global Supply Chain Management,"Focuses on the planning, processes, and activities of supply chain management for companies involved in international commerce. Students examine the end-to-end processes and operational challenges in managing global supply chains, such as the basics of global trade, international transportation, duty, taxes, trade finance and hedging, currency issues, outsourcing, cultural differences, risks and security, and green supply chains issues. Highly interactive format features student-led discussions, staged debates, and a mock trial. Includes assignments on case studies and sourcing analysis, as well as projects and a final exam.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.761, 15.778, SCM.260, SCM.261, or permission of instructor","1.265[J], 15.765[J], SCM.265[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.98,Sports Technology: Engineering & Innovation,"Examines the future of sports technology across technical disciplines, including mechanical design, biomechanics, quantified self, sports analytics, and business strategies. Includes visits by leaders in the field to discuss various industries, career pathways, and opportunities for innovation in the field. Projects explore and potentially kickoff larger research and/or entrepreneurial initiatives.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.980,Sports Technology: Engineering & Innovation,"Examines the future of sports technology across technical disciplines, including mechanical design, biomechanics, quantified self, sports analytics, and business strategies. Includes visits by leaders in the field to discuss various industries, career pathways, and opportunities for innovation in the field. Projects explore and potentially kickoff larger research and/or entrepreneurial initiatives.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.981,New England Coastal Ecology,"Provides exposure to marine communities found along the coast of New England and how they fit into global patterns. Focuses on the ecology of salt marshes and rocky shores, and the biology of plants and animals that live in these complex habitats. Prepares students to recognize common inhabitants of these two communities and develops understanding of the major environmental factors affecting them, the types of ecological services they provide, and likely impacts of current and future climate change. Includes visits to field and research centers. Limited to 20.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.982,Ecology and Sustainability of Coastal Ecosystems,"Prepares students to recognize coastal ecosystems, their major environmental and biological drivers, and common impacts that human population growth and climate change have on them.  Students engage in a semester-long project to address and seek solutions to current challenges in sustainability of human activities on the coast, and to promote resilience of natural communities and ecosystem services.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.984[J],The Art and Science of Time Travel,"Explores time travel and other physical paradoxes—black holes, wormholes, and the multiverse—in the contexts of human narrative and contemporary scientific understanding. Instruction provided in the fundamental science of time travel in relativity and quantum mechanics. Students read and view classic time travel narratives in visual art and in film, and construct their own original time travel narratives. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.02 and 18.02,CMS.343[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
2.989,Experiential Learning in Mechanical Engineering,"Provides students the opportunity to learn and gain professional experience by participating in industrial projects related to Mechanical Engineering. Minimum project length is 10 weeks. Requires a written report upon completion. Before enrolling, students must contact MechE Graduate Office for procedures and restrictions; they must also have a firm internship offer and an identified MechE faculty member who will act as supervisor. Limited to Mechanical Engineering graduate students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.990,Practical Experience,"For Mechanical Engineering undergraduates participating in curriculum-related off-campus experiences in mechanical engineering. Before enrolling, students must have an employment offer from a company or organization and must find a Mech E advisor. Upon completion of the coursework the student must submit a detailed design notebook, approved by the MIT advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Consult Department Undergraduate Office for details on procedures and restrictions.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.991,Introduction to Graduate Study in Mechanical Engineering,"Familiarizes students with the requirements for their desired degree and the resources, both at MIT and beyond, to help them reach their educational and professional goals. Series of interactive lectures and seminars guides students through various aspects of life critical to navigating graduate school successfully. Topics include course requirements, PhD qualifying examinations, advisor/advisee relationships, funding and fellowships, mental health and wellbeing, housing options in the Boston area, and career options after graduation. Limited to first-year graduate students.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-2-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.992,Professional Industry Immersion Project,"Provides students a unique opportunity to participate in industry-based projects. Students gain professional industry experience in mechanical engineering projects that complement their academic experiences. Each project has a company advisor, a specific advisor, and a course instructor. Course staff help students connect with specific companies and collaboratively design a project of mutual interest and benefit. Requires a written report and project presentation upon completion of a minimum of 10 weeks of off-campus activities. Limited to Mechanical Engineering graduate students.",True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.993,Independent Study,"Designed for undergraduates wanting to continue substantial projects of own choice, under faculty supervision, in mechanical engineering. Work may be of experimental, theoretical, or design nature. Projects may be arranged individually in most fields of department interest, i.e., in mechanics, design and manufacturing, controls and robotics, thermal science and energy engineering, bioengineering, ocean engineering and nanotechnology.  2.993 is letter-graded; 2.994 is P/D/F.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.994,Independent Study,"Designed for undergraduates wanting to continue substantial projects of own choice, under faculty supervision, in mechanical engineering. Work may be of experimental, theoretical, or design nature. Projects may be arranged individually in most fields of department interest, i.e., in mechanics, design and manufacturing, controls and robotics, thermal science and energy engineering, bioengineering, ocean engineering and nanotechnology.  2.993 is letter-graded; 2.994 is P/D/F.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.995,Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering,"Assigned reading and problems or research in distinct areas, either theoretical or experimental, or design. Arranged on individual basis with instructor in the following areas: mechanics and materials, thermal and fluid sciences, systems and design, biomedical engineering, and ocean engineering. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.996,Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering,"Assigned reading and problems or research in distinct areas, either theoretical or experimental, or design. Arranged on individual basis with instructor in the following areas: mechanics and materials, thermal and fluid sciences, systems and design, biomedical engineering, and ocean engineering. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.997,Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering,"Assigned reading and problems or research in distinct areas, either theoretical or experimental, or design. Arranged on individual basis with instructor in the following areas: mechanics and materials, thermal and fluid sciences, systems and design, biomedical engineering, and ocean engineering. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.998,Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering,"Assigned reading and problems or research in distinct areas, either theoretical or experimental, or design. Arranged on individual basis with instructor in the following areas: mechanics and materials, thermal and fluid sciences, systems and design, biomedical engineering, and ocean engineering. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S007,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S009,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S19,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S372,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S670,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S679,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S790-2.S792,Graduate Special Subject in Bioengineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material in the broadly-defined field of bioengineering not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S793,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S794,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S795,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S796,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S797,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory subject consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. ",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S885,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S97,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974 are graded P/D/F.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S971,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974 are graded P/D/F.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S972,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974 are graded P/D/F.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-1-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S973,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974 are graded P/D/F.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S974,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S975,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. See staff for scheduling information. Limited to 16.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S976,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S977,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S978,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory subject consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S979,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S980,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.  2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S981,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.  2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S982,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S983,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S984,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S985,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S986,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S987,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S988,Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S989,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S990,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S991,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S992,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S993,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar or laboratory course consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974, 2.S992 are graded P/D/F.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S994,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974 and 2.S992 are graded P/D/F.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S995,Undergraduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S972-2.S974 and 2.S992 are graded P/D/F.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-6-0,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S996,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.  2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S997,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter. 2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S998,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.  2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.S999,Graduate Special Subject in Mechanical Engineering,"Advanced lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.  2.S980 and 2.S996 are graded P/D/F.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.978,Instruction in Teaching Engineering,"Participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching engineering in higher education. Topics include research on learning; course development; promoting active learning, problemsolving, and critical thinking in students; communicating with a diverse student body; using educational technology to further learning; lecturing; creating effective tests and assignments; and assessment and evaluation. Field-work teaching various subjects in the Mechanical Engineering department will complement classroom discussions.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.979,Undergraduate Teaching,"For students participating in departmentally approved undergraduate teaching programs. Students assist faculty in the design and execution of the curriculum and actively participate in the instruction and monitoring of the class participants. Students prepare subject materials, lead discussion groups, and review progress. Credit is arranged on a subject-by-subject basis and is reviewed by the department.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.999,Engineer's Degree Thesis Proposal Preparation,"For students who must do additional work to convert an SM thesis to a Mechanical Engineer's (ME) or Naval Engineer's (NE) thesis, or for students who write an ME/NE thesis after having received an SM degree.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.C01,Physical Systems Modeling and Design Using Machine Learning,"Building on core material in 6.C01, encourages open-ended exploration of the increasingly topical intersection between artificial intelligence and the physical sciences. Uses energy and information, and their respective optimality conditions, to define supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms as well as ordinary and partial differential equations. Subsequently, physical systems with complex constitutive relationships are drawn from elasticity, biophysics, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics to illustrate how machine learning-inspired optimization can approximate solutions to forward and inverse problems in these domains. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-3-2,2.086 and 6.C01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.C27[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Explores the contemporary computational understanding of imaging: encoding information about a physical object onto a form of radiation, transferring the radiation through an imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. Introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round involves a class project on an imaging system chosen by students. Undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Involves optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","3.C27[J], 6.C27[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.C51,Physical Systems Modeling and Design Using Machine Learning,"Building on core material in 6.C51, encourages open-ended exploration of the increasingly topical intersection between artificial intelligence and the physical sciences. Uses energy and information, and their respective optimality conditions, to define supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms as well as ordinary and partial differential equations. Subsequently, physical systems with complex constitutive relationships are drawn from elasticity, biophysics, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics to illustrate how machine learning-inspired optimization can approximate solutions to forward and inverse problems in these domains. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-3-2,6.C51 and (18.0751 or 18.0851),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.C67[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Contemporary understanding of imaging is computational: encoding onto a form of radiation the information about a physical object, transferring the radiation through the imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. This class introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds, instructors describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round, students conduct themselves as the class project on an imaging system of their choice. The undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Throughout the term, we also conduct optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","3.C67[J], 6.C67[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.EPW,UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop,"Provides sophomores across all majors with opportunities to develop and practice communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to become successful professionals in the workplace, particularly in preparation for their summer industry internship. This immersive, multi-day Team Training Workshop (TTW) is comprised of experiential learning modules focused on expanding skills in areas that employers report being most valuable in the workplace. Modules are led by MIT faculty with the help of MIT alumni and other senior industry professionals. Skills applied through creative simulations, team problem-solving challenges, oral presentations, and networking sessions with prospective employers. Enrollment limited to those in the UPOP program.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],2.EPE,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of advisor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,"Individual self-motivated study, research, or design project under faculty supervision. Departmental program requirement: minimum of 6 units. Instruction and practice in written communication provided.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.UR,Undergraduate Research in Mechanical Engineering,"Individual study, research, or laboratory investigations under faculty supervision, including individual participation in an ongoing research project. See projects listing in Undergraduate Office, 1-110, for guidance.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.URG,Undergraduate Research in Mechanical Engineering,"Individual study, research, or laboratory investigations under faculty supervision, including individual participation in an ongoing research project. See projects listing in Undergraduate Office, 1-110, for guidance.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.000,Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup,"Uses the Course 3 (DMSE) Breakerspace to delve into the world of materials science through brewing, sipping, and testing several forms of coffee and espresso. Presents cutting-edge materials characterization tools, including optical and electron microscopes, spectroscopy techniques, and hardness/strength testing. Through experiments to analyze the composition and microstructure of coffee beans, grinds, and brewing equipment, students have the opportunity to learn how material properties influence the taste, aroma, and quality of espresso. Equips students with the knowledge and skills to appreciate coffee on a whole new level through application of materials characterization techniques, consideration of relevant physics and chemistry, and sampling. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.001,Science and Engineering of Materials,"Provides a broad introduction to topics in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering's core subjects. Classes emphasize hands-on activities and conceptual and visual examples of materials phenomena and materials engineering, interspersed with guest speakers from inside and outside academia to show career paths. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students. Preference to first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.002,Materials for Energy and Sustainability,"Materials play a central role in the ongoing global transformation towards more sustainable means of harvesting, storing, and conserving energy, through better batteries, fuel cells, hydrogen electrolyzers, photovoltaics, and the like. Methods for producing materials such as cement, steel, ammonia, and ethylene, which rank amongst today's largest industrial emitters of greenhouse gases, are being re-invented. Much of this work is taking place at MIT and surrounding cleantech startups. This class discusses the underlying science of selected new technologies, the challenges which must be overcome, and the magnitude of their potential impact. Visits to the startups behind each case study and meetings with the scientists and engineers creating these technologies are included. Subject can count toward 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Preference to first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.003,"Small Planet Engineering: Climate, Energy, and Sustainability","Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem-based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic, and technological challenges of engineering practice via case studies and engineering projects focused on climate, energy, and sustainability. Includes a six-stage term project in which student teams develop solutions through exercises in project planning, analysis, design, optimization, demonstration, reporting, and team building. 3.004 includes an additional solar cell design and fabrication project. Preference to first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.004,"Small Planet Engineering: Climate, Energy, and Sustainability","Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem-based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic, and technological challenges of engineering practice via case studies and engineering projects focused on climate, energy, and sustainability. Includes a six-stage term project in which student teams develop solutions through exercises in project planning, analysis, design, optimization, demonstration, reporting, and team building. 3.004 includes an additional solar cell design and fabrication project.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.006,NEET Seminar: Advanced Materials Machines,Seminar for students enrolled in the Advanced Materials Machines NEET thread. Focuses on topics around innovative materials manufacturing via guest lectures and research discussions.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-2,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.0061[J],Introduction to Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping,"Focuses on design thinking, an iterative process that uses divergent and convergent thinking to approach design problems and prototype and test solutions. Includes experiences in creativity, problem scoping, and rapid prototyping skills. Skills are built over the course of the semester through design exercises and projects. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 22 & Course 3 majors and minors, and NEET students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-2,None,22.03[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.009,"Materials, Mechanics, and Flight: Birds, an Engineer?s Delight","Examines how birds work from an engineering perspective and how engineers design materials, lightweight structures, and aircraft using concepts learned from birds. Topics include: materials science of feathers, and how engineers design materials for structural color, thermal insulation, and water repellency; how feathers can create or suppress sound, and how engineers reduce the sound produced by wind turbine blades by mimicking barn owl flight feathers; mechanics of bird bones, structural weight reduction, and its applications to lightweight structures; how birds fly, how the Wright brothers studied bird flight to design their plane, and how modern aircraft fly. Design project allows students to explore different fields of engineering. Preference given to first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.010,Structure of Materials,"Describes the fundamentals of bonding and structure that underpin materials science. Structure of noncrystalline, crystalline, and liquid-crystalline states across length scales including short and long range ordering. Point, line, and surface imperfections in materials. Diffraction and structure determination. Covers molecular geometry and levels of structure in biological materials. Includes experimental and computational exploration of the connections between structure, properties, processing, and performance of materials. Covers methodology of technical communication (written/oral) with a view to integrate experimental design, execution, and analysis.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
3.013,Mechanics of Materials,"Basic concepts of solid mechanics and mechanical behavior of materials: elasticity, stress-strain relationships, stress transformation, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fracture. Continuum behavior as well as atomistic explanations of the observed behavior are described. Examples from engineering as well as biomechanics. Lab experiments, computational exercises, and demonstrations give hands-on experience of the physical concepts.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,Physics I (GIR) and Coreq: 18.03; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.017,"Modelling, Problem Solving, Computing, and Visualization","Covers development and design of models for materials processes and structure-property relations. Emphasizes techniques for solving equations from models or simulating their behavior. Assesses methods for visualizing solutions and aesthetics of the graphical presentation of results. Topics include symmetry and structure, classical and statistical thermodynamics, solid state physics, mechanics, phase transformations and kinetics, statistics and presentation of data.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-8,"((3.030, 3.033, or 3.020) and (6.100A, 12.010, 16.66, or 3.016B)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.019,Introduction to Symbolic and Mathematical Computing,"Introduces fundamental computational techniques and applications of mathematics to prepare students for materials science and engineering curriculum. Covers elementary programming concepts, including data analysis and visualization. Students study computation/visualization and math techniques and apply them in computational software to gain familiarity with techniques used in subsequent subjects. Uses examples from material science and engineering applications, particularly from structure and mechanics of materials, including linear algebra, tensor transformations, review of calculus of several variables, numerical solutions to differential questions, and random walks.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.020,Thermodynamics of Materials,"Introduces the competition between energetics and disorder that underpins materials thermodynamics. Presents classical thermodynamic concepts in the context of phase equilibria, including phase transformations, phase diagrams, and chemical reactions. Includes computerized thermodynamics and an introduction to statistical thermodynamics. Includes experimental and computational laboratories. Covers methodology of technical communication with the goal of presenting technical methods in broader contexts and for broad audiences.  ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-3-5,Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
3.021,Introduction to Modeling and Simulation,"Basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science and engineering. Uses techniques and software for simulation, data analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and quantum methods used to study fundamental and applied problems in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and complement experimental observations.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.03 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
3.023,Synthesis and Design of Materials,"Provides understanding of transitions in materials, including intermolecular forces, self-assembly, physical organic chemistry, surface chemistry and electrostatics, hierarchical structure, and reactivity. Describes these fundamentals across classes of materials, including solid-state synthesis, polymer synthesis, sol-gel chemistry, and interactions with biological systems. Includes firsthand application of lecture topics through design-oriented experiments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-3-5,3.010,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.029,Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials Scientists and Engineers I,"Computational techniques and applications of mathematics to prepare students for a materials science and engineering curriculum. Students study and apply computation/visualization and math techniques. They code and visualize topics from symmetry and structure of materials and thermodynamics. Topics include symmetry and geometric transformations using linear algebra, review of calculus of several variables, numerical solutions to differential equations, tensor transformations, eigensystems, quadratic forms, and random walks.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR) and (6.100A or 6.100L); Coreq: 3.020,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.030,Microstructural Evolution in Materials,"Covers microstructures, defects, and structural evolution in all classes of materials. Topics include solution kinetics, interface stability, dislocations and point defects, diffusion, surface energetics, grains and grain boundaries, grain growth, nucleation and precipitation, and electrochemical reactions. Lectures illustrate a range of examples and applications based on metals, ceramics, electronic materials, polymers, and biomedical materials. Explores the evolution of microstructure through experiments involving optical and electron microscopy, calorimetry, electrochemical characterization, surface roughness measurements, and other characterization methods. Investigates structural transitions and structure-property relationships through practical materials examples.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-6,3.010 and 3.020,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.033,"Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials","Uses fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, solid state physics, electricity and magnetism to describe how the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of materials originate. Illustrates how these properties can be designed for particular applications, such as diodes, solar cells, optical fibers, and magnetic data storage. Involves experimentation using spectroscopy, resistivity, impedance and magnetometry measurements, behavior of light in waveguides, and other characterization methods. Uses practical examples to investigate structure-property relationships.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-6,3.010 and 3.020,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.039,Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials Scientists and Engineers II,"Continues 3.029 with applications to microstructural evolution, electronic optical and magnetic properties of materials. Emphasizes and reinforces topics in 3.030 with visualization, computational, and mathematical techniques. Mathematics topics include symbolic and numerical solutions to partial differential equations, Fourier analysis, Bloch waves, and linear stability analysis.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,3.029; Coreq: 3.030,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.040,Introduction to Materials Characterization (New),"Introduction to the physical principles and common techniques of materials property measurement. Topics include metrology, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, atomic emission and infrared spectroscopy, mechanical testing, and thermal analysis. Laboratory-based assignments stress experimental technique, systematic troubleshooting, data collection and analysis, and reasoning about uncertainty. Limited to 10 due to lab space.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,(3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.041,Computational Materials Design,Systems approach to analysis and control of multilevel materials microstructures employing genomic fundamental databases. Applies quantitative process-structure-property-performance relations in computational parametric design of materials composition under processability constraints to achieve predicted microstructures meeting multiple property objectives established by industry performance requirements. Covers integration of macroscopic process models with microstructural simulation to accelerate materials qualification through component-level process optimization and forecasting of manufacturing variation to efficiently define minimum property design allowables. Case studies of interdisciplinary multiphysics collaborative modeling with applications across materials classes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. ,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,3.013 and 3.030,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.042,Materials Project Laboratory,"Serves as the capstone design course in the DMSE curriculum. Working in groups, students explore the research and design processes necessary to build prototype materials and devices. Instruction focuses on how to conceive, design, and execute a materials development research plan, on developing competence in the fundamental laboratory and materials processing skills introduced in earlier course work, and on the preparation required for personal success in a team-based professional environment. Selected topics are covered in manufacturing, statistics, intellectual property, and ethics. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Limited to 25 due to space constraints.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-6-5,3.030 or 3.033,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.044,Materials Processing,"Introduction to materials processing science, with emphasis on heat transfer, chemical diffusion, and fluid flow. Uses an engineering approach to analyze industrial-scale processes, with the goal of identifying and understanding physical limitations on scale and speed. Covers materials of all classes, including metals, polymers, electronic materials, and ceramics. Considers specific processes, such as melt-processing of metals and polymers, deposition technologies (liquid, vapor, and vacuum), colloid and slurry processing, viscous shape forming, and powder consolidation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,3.010 and 3.030,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.046,Advanced Thermodynamics of Materials,"Explores equilibrium thermodynamics through its application to topics in materials science and engineering. Begins with a fast-paced review of introductory classical and statistical thermodynamics. Students select additional topics to cover; examples include batteries and fuel cells, solar photovoltaics, magnetic information storage, extractive metallurgy, corrosion, thin solid films, and computerized thermodynamics.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.020 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.052,Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials,"Latest scientific developments and discoveries in the field of nanomechanics, i.e. the deformation of extremely tiny (10-9 meters) areas of synthetic and biological materials. Lectures include a description of normal and lateral forces at the atomic scale, atomistic aspects of adhesion, nanoindentation, molecular details of fracture, chemical force microscopy, elasticity of individual macromolecular chains, intermolecular interactions in polymers, dynamic force spectroscopy, biomolecular bond strength measurements, and molecular motors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.013 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.053[J],"Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics","Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Biology (GIR) and 18.03,"2.797[J], 6.4840[J], 20.310[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.054,"Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties, Applications","Discusses processing and structure of cellular solids as they are created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites; derivation of models for the mechanical properties of honeycombs and foams; and how unique properties of honeycombs and foams are exploited in applications such as lightweight structural panels, energy absorption devices, and thermal insulation. Covers applications of cellular solids in medicine, such as increased fracture risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the development of metal foam coatings for orthopedic implants, and designing porous scaffolds for tissue engineering that mimic the extracellular matrix. Includes modelling of cellular materials applied to natural materials and biomimicking. Offers a combination of online and in-person instruction. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.013,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.055[J],Biomaterials Science and Engineering,"Covers, at a molecular scale, the analysis and design of materials used in contact with biological systems, and biomimetic strategies aimed at creating new materials based on principles found in biology. Topics include molecular interaction between bio- and synthetic molecules and surfaces; design, synthesis, and processing approaches for materials that control cell functions; and application of materials science to problems in tissue engineering, drug delivery, vaccines, and cell-guiding surfaces. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,20.110 or permission of instructor,20.363[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.056[J],Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces,"Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials considerations that influence the quality of the signals and longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral final exam consisting of a design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.033 or permission of instructor,9.67[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.063,Polymer Physics,"The mechanical, optical, electrical, and transport properties of polymers and other types of ""soft matter"" are presented with respect to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers and colloids in solution, and solid states. Topics include how enthalpy and entropy determine conformation, molecular dimensions and packing of polymer chains and colloids and supramolecular materials. Examination of the structure of glassy, crystalline, and rubbery elastic states of polymers; thermodynamics of solutions, blends, crystallization; liquid crystallinity, microphase separation, and self-assembled organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Case studies of relationships between structure and function in technologically important polymeric systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.010,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.064,Polymer Engineering,"Overview of polymer material science and engineering. Treatment of physical and chemical properties, mechanical characterization, processing, and their control through inspired polymer material design.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.013 and 3.044,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.07,Introduction to Ceramics,"Discusses structure-property relationships in ceramic materials. Includes hierarchy of structures from the atomic to microstructural levels. Defects and transport, solid-state electrochemical processes, phase equilibria, fracture and phase transformations are discussed in the context of controlling properties for various applications of ceramics. Numerous examples from current technology.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.071,Amorphous Materials,Discusses the fundamental material science behind amorphous solids (non-crystalline materials). Covers formation of amorphous solids; amorphous structures and their electrical and optical properties; and characterization methods and technical applications.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(3.030 and 3.033) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.074,Imaging of Materials,Principles and applications of (scanning) transmission electron microscopy. Topics include electron optics and aberration correction theory; modeling and simulating the interactions of electrons with the specimen; electron diffraction; image formation in transmission and scanning transmission electron microscopy; diffraction and phase contrast; imaging of crystals and crystal imperfections; review of the most recent advances in electron microscopy for bio- and nanosciences; analysis of chemical composition and electronic structure at the atomic scale. Lectures complemented by real-case studies and computer simulations/data analysis. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.033,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.080,Strategic Materials Selection,"Provides a survey of methods for evaluating choice of material and explores the implications of that choice along economic and environmental dimensions. Topics include life cycle assessment, data uncertainty, manufacturing economics and utility analysis. Students carry out a group project selecting materials technology options based on performance characteristics beyond and including technical ones.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.081,Industrial Ecology of Materials,"Covers quantitative techniques to address principles of substitution, dematerialization, and waste mining implementation in materials systems. Includes life-cycle and materials flow analysis of the impacts of materials extraction; processing; use; and recycling for materials, products, and services. Student teams undertake a case study regarding materials and technology selection using the latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials process. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.085[J],Venture Engineering,"Provides students a rigorous and fun introduction to entrepreneurship. Introduces students to a systematic approach to building successful new ventures. Intended for students who seek to leverage their engineering and science background to create innovation-driven new products and ventures in an efficient, effective, and timely manner. Students form teams and work on creating a new venture with guidance from twice-a-week lectures, workshops, and advising sessions. Provides an opportunity for students to explore this field for future potential career or jump start an entrepreneurial career or venture. Also exposes students to the rich resources available across MIT and beyond.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"2.912[J], 15.373[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.086,Innovation and Commercialization of Materials Technology,"Introduces the fundamental process of innovating and its role in promoting growth and prosperity. Exposes students to innovation through team projects as a structured process, while developing skills to handle multiple uncertainties simultaneously. Provides training to address these uncertainties through research methods in the contexts of materials technology development, market applications, industry structure, intellectual property, and other factors. Case studies place the project in a context of historical innovations with worldwide impact. Combination of projects and real-world cases help students identify how they can impact the world through innovation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.087,"Materials, Societal Impact, and Social Innovation","Students work on exciting, team-based projects at the interdisciplinary frontiers of materials research within a societal and humanistic context. Includes topics such as frontier research and inquiry, social innovation, human-centered design thinking, computational design, and additive manufacturing.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"1.050, 2.001, 10.467, (3.010 and 3.020), or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.088,The Social Life of Materials,"Students carry out projects on a material of their choice and study its technical, humanistic, and environmental origins and trajectories of development through historical methods; evaluate its current status within a social and humanistic context; and then imagine and evaluate potential futures. Projects supported by topics and scholarship in sociotechnical systems, social innovation, environmental history and justice, equity-based human-centered design, and futures literacy. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"1.050, 2.001, 3.010, 10.467, 20.310, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.091,Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry,"Basic principles of chemistry and their application to engineering systems. The relationship between electronic structure, chemical bonding, and atomic order. Characterization of atomic arrangements in crystalline and amorphous solids: metals, ceramics, semiconductors, and polymers. Topical coverage of organic chemistry, solution chemistry, acid-base equilibria, electrochemistry, biochemistry, chemical kinetics, diffusion, and phase diagrams. Examples from industrial practice (including the environmental impact of chemical processes), from energy generation and storage (e.g., batteries and fuel cells), and from emerging technologies (e.g., photonic and biomedical devices).",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Chemistry,False,False
3.093,Metalsmithing: Objects and Power (New),"Introduces traditional metalsmithing techniques to students in a studio environment. Project-based coursework investigates metalsmithing through the convergent lenses of art, science, and spirituality. Focuses on hand-crafted metal objects as historical signifiers of cultural values, power, and protection. Projects may include silver soldering, sawing and piercing, etching, casting, embossing, steel tool making, hollowware, and chasing and repousse. Limited to 9 due to space and equipment constraints.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-5-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
3.094[J],Materials in Human Experience,"Examines how people throughout history have selected, evaluated, processed, and utilized natural materials to create objects of material culture. Explores ideological and aesthetic criteria influential in materials development. As examples of ancient engineering and materials processing, topics may include ancient Roman concrete and prehistoric iron and steel production by the Mossi, Haya, and other African cultures. Particular attention paid to the climate issues surrounding iron and cement, and how the examination of ancient technologies can inform our understanding of sustainability in the present and illuminate paths for the future. Previous topics have included Maya use of lime plaster for frescoes, books, and architectural sculpture; the sound, color, and power of metals in Mesoamerica; and metal, cloth, and fiber technologies in the Inca empire. Laboratory sessions provide practical experience with materials discussed in class. Enrollment limited to 24.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-3-4,None,1.034[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
3.095,Introduction to Metalsmithing,"Exploration of metal arts, design principles, sculptural concepts, and metallurgical processes. Covers traditional fine metalsmithing techniques including soldering, casting, and forming. Students create artworks that interpret lecture material and utilize metalsmithing as a means of expression. Engages a material culture lens to explore ideas of value, aesthetics, and meaning through object-making. Supplemented by visiting artist lectures and arts sector field trips. Limited to 9.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-3-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
3.096,Architectural Ironwork,"Explores the use of iron in the built environment throughout history and the world, with an emphasis on traditional European and American design and connections to contemporary movements in art and architecture. Discusses influence of technology on design and fabrication, spanning both ancient and modern developments. Cultivates the ability to design iron in architecture and criticize ironwork as art. Includes laboratory exercises that teach a variety of basic and advanced iron-working techniques such as hand forging and CNC machining. The project-based curriculum begins with art criticism of Cambridge-area ironwork, progresses to practical studies of iron architectural elements, and finishes with creation of an architectural object of the student's design. Associated writing assignments for in-lab projects hone criticism and analysis skills. Limited to 6.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-3-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
3.098,Ancient Engineering: Ceramic Technologies,"Explores human interaction with ceramic materials over a considerable span of time, from 25,000 years ago to the 16th century AD. Through the lens of modern materials science combined with evidence from archaeological investigations, examines ancient ceramic materials — from containers to architecture to art — to better understand our close relationship with this important class of material culture. Examines ceramics structure, properties, and processing. Introduces archaeological perspectives and discusses how research into historical changes in ancient ceramic technologies has led to a deeper comprehension of past human behavior and societal development. Concludes by considering how studies of ancient technologies and techniques are leading modern materials scientists to engineer designs of modern ceramic materials, including glasses, concretes, and pigments. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
3.14,Modern Physical Metallurgy,"Focuses on the links between the processing, structure, and properties of metals and alloys. First, the physical bases for strength, stiffness, and ductility are discussed with reference to crystallography, defects, and microstructure. Second, phase transformations and microstructural evolution are studied in the context of alloy thermodynamics and kinetics. Together, these components comprise the modern paradigm for designing metallic microstructures for optimized properties. Concludes with a focus on processing-microstructure-property relationships in structural engineering alloys. Students taking the graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.013; Coreq: 3.030 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.15,"Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Materials and Devices","Explores the relationships between the performance of electrical, optical, and magnetic devices and the microstructural and defect characteristics of the materials from which they are constructed. Features a device-motivated approach that places strong emphasis on the design of functional materials for emerging technologies. Applications center around diodes, transistors, memristors, batteries, photodetectors, solar cells (photovoltaics) and solar-to-fuel converters, displays, light emitting diodes, lasers, optical fibers and optical communications, photonic devices, magnetic data storage and spintronics.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.033,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.152,Magnetic Materials,"Topics include origin of magnetism in materials, magnetic domains and domain walls, magnetostatics, magnetic anisotropy, antiferro- and ferrimagnetism, magnetism in thin films and nanoparticles, magnetotransport phenomena, and magnetic characterization. Discusses a range of applications, including magnetic recording, spin-valves, and tunnel-junction sensors. Assignments include problem sets and a term paper on a magnetic device or technology. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.033,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.154[J],Materials Performance in Extreme Environments,"Studies the behavior of materials in extreme environments typical of those in which advanced energy systems (including fossil, nuclear, solar, fuel cells, and battery) operate. Takes both a science and engineering approach to understanding how current materials interact with their environment under extreme conditions. Explores the role of modeling and simulation in understanding material behavior and the design of new materials. Focuses on energy and transportation related systems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,3.013 and 3.044,22.054[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.155[J],Micro/Nano Processing Technology,"Introduces the theory and technology of micro/nano fabrication. Includes lectures and laboratory sessions on processing techniques: wet and dry etching, chemical and physical deposition, lithography, thermal processes, packaging, and device and materials characterization. Homework uses process simulation tools to build intuition about higher order effects. Emphasizes interrelationships between material properties and processing, device structure, and the electrical, mechanical, optical, chemical or biological behavior of devices. Students fabricate solar cells, and a choice of MEMS cantilevers or microfluidic mixers. Students formulate their own device idea, either based on cantilevers or mixers, then implement and test their designs in the lab. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises. Course provides background for research work related to micro/nano fabrication. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-5,"Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), Physics II (GIR), or permission of instructor",6.2600[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.156,Photonic Materials and Devices,"Optical materials design for semiconductors, dielectrics, organic and nanostructured materials. Ray optics, electromagnetic optics and guided wave optics. Physics of light-matter interactions. Device design principles: LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, solar cells, modulators, fiber and waveguide interconnects, optical filters, and photonic crystals. Device processing: crystal growth, substrate engineering, thin film deposition, etching and process integration for dielectric, silicon and compound semiconductor materials. Micro- and nanophotonic systems. Organic, nanostructured and biological optoelectronics. Assignments include three design projects that emphasize materials, devices and systems applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.033 and (18.03 or 3.016B),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.157,Organic Electronic Materials and Devices (New),"Covers fundamentals of organic semiconductors and electronic devices made thereof. Introduces the emerging needs for soft-matter-based electronics and their applications in medical devices, sensors, and bioelectronics. Topics specific to organic semiconductors include molecular orbitals and band theory, synthesis and processing, energy levels and doping, photophysics, microstructure engineering and characterization, structure-property relationships, and charge transport. Device structures include organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and organic photovoltaics (OPVs).",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.023 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.158[J],Nanoelectronics and Computing Systems (New),"Studies interaction between materials, semiconductor physics, electronic devices, and computing systems. Develops intuition of how transistors operate. Topics range from introductory semiconductor physics to modern state-of-the-art nano-scale devices. Considers how innovations in devices have driven historical progress in computing, and explores ideas for further improvements in devices and computing. Students apply material to understand how building improved computing systems requires knowledge of devices, and how making the correct device requires knowledge of computing systems. Includes a design project for practical application of concepts, and labs for experience building silicon transistors and devices.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.2000,6.2500[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.16,Industrial Challenges in Metallic Materials Selection,"Advanced metals and alloy design with emphasis in advanced steels and non-ferrous alloys.  Applies physical metallurgy concepts to solve specific problems targeting sustainable, efficient and safer engineered solutions.  Discusses industrial challenges involving metallic materials selection and manufacturing for different value chains and industrial segments. Includes applications in essential segments of modern life, such as transportation, energy and structural applications.  Recognizing steel as an essential engineering material, subject covers manufacturing and end-uses of advanced steels ranging from microalloyed steels to highly alloyed steels.  Also covers materials for very low temperature applications such as superconducting materials and for higher temperature applications such as superalloys. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.17,Principles of Manufacturing,"Teaches the methodology to achieve Six Sigma materials yield: 99.99966% of end products perform within the required tolerance limits. Six Sigma methodology employs five stages for continuous improvement — problem definition, quantification, root cause analysis, solution implementation, and process control  to help engineers evaluate efficiency and assess complex systems. Through case studies, explores classic examples of materials processing problems and the solutions that achieved Six Sigma manufacturing yield throughout the manufacturing system: extraction, design, unit processes, process flow, in-line control, test, performance/qualification, reliability, environmental impact, product life cycle, cost, and workforce. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-1-9,3.010 and 3.020,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.171,Structural Materials and Manufacturing,"Examines theoretical and practical aspects of structural materials by discussing mechanical properties of materials and manufacturing processes used to convert raw materials into high performance and reliable components for particular applications. Discusses specific types of steel, aluminum, titanium, ceramics, cement, polymers, and composites in context of commercially available product designations and specifications. Examines manufacturing processes used for exemplar products of each type of material, including heat treatments, sintering, and injection molding, among others. Considers established methods of metallurgical failure analysis and fractography through product failure case studies in order to prepare students to determine root causes of component failures in the real world. Students taking graduate version submit additional work. Meets with 3.371 when offered concurrently.",True,"Fall, Summer",Undergraduate,3-0-9,(3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.172,Lightweighting and Structural Optimization (New),"Presents modern processes, technologies, and methods used to develop lighter vehicular structures critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering costs. Explores how materials design, solid mechanics, mechanical engineering, manufacturing technologies, joining technologies, and numerical optimization are all brought to task to effect real-world lightweighting of both primary and secondary vehicle structures. Additionally, since important lessons are in past designs, the evolution of lightweight design in aerospace, automotive, and bicycles are presented and defining aspects from milestone designs are critically assessed. Students taking graduate version submit additional work.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.173,Computing Fabrics,"Highlights connections between industrialization, products, and advances in fibers and fabrics. Discusses the evolution of technologies in their path from basic scientific research to scaled production and global markets, with the ultimate objective of identifying and investigating the degrees of freedom that make fabrics such a powerful form of synthetic engineering and product expression. Topics explored, in part through interactions with industry speakers, include: fiber, yarn, textiles and fabric materials, structure-property relations, and practical demonstrations to anticipate future textile products. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-4-6,3.013 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.18,Materials Science and Engineering of Clean Energy,"Develops the materials principles, limitations, and challenges of clean energy technologies, including solar, energy storage, thermoelectrics, fuel cells, and novel fuels. Draws correlations between the limitations and challenges related to key figures of merit and the basic underlying thermodynamic, structural, transport, and physical principles, as well as to the means for fabricating devices exhibiting optimum operating efficiencies and extended life at reasonable cost. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.030 and 3.033,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.19,Sustainable Chemical Metallurgy,"Covers principles of metal extraction processes. Provides a direct application of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics to the industrial production of metals from their ores, e.g., iron, aluminum, or reactive metals and silicon. Discusses the corresponding economics and global challenges. Addresses advanced techniques for sustainable metal extraction, particularly with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.030,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.20,Materials at Equilibrium,"Laws of thermodynamics: general formulation and applications to mechanical, electromagnetic and electrochemical systems, solutions, and phase diagrams. Computation of phase diagrams. Statistical thermodynamics and relation between microscopic and macroscopic properties, including ensembles, gases, crystal lattices, phase transitions. Applications to phase stability and properties of mixtures. Representations of chemical equilibria. Interfaces.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-10,"(3.010, 3.013, 3.020, 3.023, 3.030, 3.033, and 3.042) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.201,Introduction to DMSE,Introduces new DMSE graduate students to DMSE research groups and the departmental spaces available for research. Guides students in joining a research group. Registration limited to students enrolled in DMSE graduate programs.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.202,Essential Research Skills,"Provides instruction in the planning, writing, literature review, presentation, and communication of advanced graduate research work. Registration limited to students enrolled in DMSE graduate programs.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.207,Innovation and Commercialization,"Explores in depth projects on a particular materials-based technology. Investigates the science and technology of materials advances and their strategic value, explore potential applications for fundamental advances, and determine intellectual property related to the materials technology and applications. Students map progress with presentations, and are expected to create an end-of-term document enveloping technology, intellectual property, applications, and potential commercialization. Lectures cover aspects of technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, and commercialization of fundamental technologies.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.21,Kinetic Processes in Materials,"Unified treatment of phenomenological and atomistic kinetic processes in materials. Provides the foundation for the advanced understanding of processing, microstructural evolution, and behavior for a broad spectrum of materials. Topics include irreversible thermodynamics; rate and transition state theory, diffusion; nucleation and phase transitions; continuous phase transitions; grain growth and coarsening; capillarity driven morphological evolution; and interface stability during phase transitions.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-10,"3.030, 3.044, (3.010 and 3.020), or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.22,Structure and Mechanics of Materials,"Explores structural characteristics of materials focusing on bonding types, crystalline and non-crystalline states, molecular and polymeric materials, and nano-structured materials. Discusses how the macroscale mechanical response of materials, and micro-mechanisms of elasticity, plasticity, and fracture, originate from these structural characteristics. Case studies and examples are drawn from a variety of material classes: metals, ceramics, polymers, thin films, composites, and cellular materials.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,3.013 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.23,"Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials","Origin of electrical, magnetic and optical properties of materials. Focus on the acquisition of quantum mechanical tools. Analysis of the properties of materials. Presentation of the postulates of quantum mechanics. Examination of the hydrogen atom, simple molecules and bonds, and the behavior of electrons in solids and energy bands. Introduction of the variation principle as a method for the calculation of wavefunctions. Investigation of how and why materials respond to different electrical, magnetic and electromagnetic fields and probes. Study of the conductivity, dielectric function, and magnetic permeability in metals, semiconductors, and insulators. Survey of common devices such as transistors, magnetic storage media, optical fibers.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,8.03 and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.30[J],Properties of Solid Surfaces,"Covers fundamental principles needed to understand and measure the microscopic properties of the surfaces of solids, with connections to structure, electronic, chemical, magnetic and mechanical properties. Reviews the theoretical aspects of surface behavior, including stability of surfaces, restructuring, and reconstruction. Examines the interaction of the surfaces with the environment, including absorption of atoms and molecules, chemical reactions and material growth, and interaction of surfaces with other point defects within the solids (space charges in semiconductors). Discusses principles of important tools for the characterization of surfaces, such as surface electron and x-ray diffraction, electron spectroscopies (Auger and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), scanning tunneling, and force microscopy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"3.20, 3.21, or permission of instructor",22.75[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.31[J],Radiation Damage and Effects in Nuclear Materials,"Studies the origins and effects of radiation damage in structural materials for nuclear applications. Radiation damage topics include formation of point defects, defect diffusion, defect reaction kinetics and accumulation, and differences in defect microstructures due to the type of radiation (ion, proton, neutron). Radiation effects topics include detrimental changes to mechanical properties, phase stability, corrosion properties, and differences in fission and fusion systems. Term project required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"3.21, 22.14, or permission of instructor",22.74[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.320,Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials,"Theory and application of atomistic computer simulations to model, understand, and predict the properties of real materials. Energy models: from classical potentials to first-principles approaches. Density-functional theory and the total-energy pseudopotential method. Errors and accuracy of quantitative predictions. Thermodynamic ensembles: Monte Carlo sampling and molecular dynamics simulations. Free energies and phase transitions. Fluctations and transport properties. Coarse-graining approaches and mesoscale models.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"3.030, 3.20, 3.23, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.321,Computational Materials Design,Systems approach to analysis and control of multilevel materials microstructures employing genomic fundamental databases. Applies quantitative process-structure-property-performance relations in computational parametric design of materials composition under processability constraints to achieve predicted microstructures meeting multiple property objectives established by industry performance requirements. Covers integration of macroscopic process models with microstructural simulation to accelerate materials qualification through component-level process optimization and forecasting of manufacturing variation to efficiently define minimum property design allowables. Case studies of interdisciplinary multiphysics collaborative modeling with applications across materials classes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. ,True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,3.20,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.33[J],Defects in Materials,"Examines point, line, and planar defects in structural and functional materials. Relates their properties to transport, radiation response, phase transformations, semiconductor device performance and quantum information processing. Focuses on atomic and electronic structures of defects in crystals, with special attention to optical properties, dislocation dynamics, fracture, and charged defects population and diffusion. Examples also drawn from other systems, e.g., disclinations in liquid crystals, domain walls in ferromagnets, shear bands in metallic glass, etc.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,3.21 and 3.22,22.73[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.34,Imaging of Materials,Principles and applications of (scanning) transmission electron microscopy. Topics include electron optics and aberration correction theory; modeling and simulating the interactions of electrons with the specimen; electron diffraction; image formation in transmission and scanning transmission electron microscopy; diffraction and phase contrast; imaging of crystals and crystal imperfections; review of the most recent advances in electron microscopy for bio- and nanosciences; analysis of chemical composition and electronic structure at the atomic scale. Lectures complemented by real-case studies and computer simulations/data analysis. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"3.033, 3.23, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.35,Fracture and Fatigue,"Advanced study of material failure in response to mechanical stresses. Damage mechanisms include microstructural changes, crack initiation, and crack propagation under monotonic and cyclic loads. Covers a wide range of materials: metals, ceramics, polymers, thin films, biological materials, composites. Describes toughening mechanisms and the effect of material microstructures. Includes stress-life, strain-life, and damage-tolerant approaches. Emphasizes fracture mechanics concepts and latest applications for structural materials, biomaterials, microelectronic components as well as nanostructured materials. Limited to 10.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,3.22 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.36,"Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties, Applications","Discusses processing and structure of cellular solids as they are created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites; derivation of models for the mechanical properties of honeycombs and foams; and how unique properties of honeycombs and foams are exploited in applications such as lightweight structural panels, energy absorption devices, and thermal insulation. Covers applications of cellular solids in medicine, such as increased fracture risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the development of metal foam coatings for orthopedic implants, and designing porous scaffolds for tissue engineering that mimic the extracellular matrix. Includes modelling of cellular materials applied to natural materials and biomimicking. Offers a combination of online and in-person instruction. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,3.013 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.37,Principles of Manufacturing,"Teaches the methodology to achieve Six Sigma materials yield: 99.99966% of end products perform within the required tolerance limits. Six Sigma methodology employs five stages for continuous improvement — problem definition, quantification, root cause analysis, solution implementation, and process control  to help engineers evaluate efficiency and assess complex systems. Through case studies, explores classic examples of materials processing problems and the solutions that achieved Six Sigma manufacturing yield throughout the manufacturing system: extraction, design, unit processes, process flow, in-line control, test, performance/qualification, reliability, environmental impact, product life cycle, cost, and workforce. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-1-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.371[J],Structural Materials,"Examines theoretical and practical aspects of structural materials by discussing mechanical properties of materials and manufacturing processes used to convert raw materials into high performance and reliable components for particular applications. Discusses specific types of steel, aluminum, titanium, ceramics, cement, polymer,s and composites in context of commercially available product designations and specifications. Examines manufacturing processes used for exemplar products of each type of material, such as heat treatments, sintering, and injection molding, among others. Considers established methods of metallurgical failure analysis and fractography through product failure case studies in order to prepare students to determine root causes of component failures in the real world. Students taking graduate version submit additional work. Meets with 3.171 when offered concurrently.",True,"Fall, Summer",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,2.821[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.372,Lightweighting and Structural Optimization,"Presents modern processes, technologies, and methods used to develop lighter vehicular structures critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering costs. Explores how materials design, solid mechanics, mechanical engineering, manufacturing technologies, joining technologies, and numerical optimization are all brought to task to effect real-world lightweighting of both primary and secondary vehicle structures. Additionally, since important lessons are in past designs, the evolution of lightweight design in aerospace, automotive, and bicycles are presented and defining aspects from milestone designs are critically assessed. Students taking graduate version submit additional work.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.373,Computing Fabrics,"Highlights connections between industrialization, products, and advances in fibers and fabrics. Discusses the evolution of technologies in their path from basic scientific research to scaled production and global markets, with the ultimate objective of identifying and investigating the degrees of freedom that make fabrics such a powerful form of synthetic engineering and product expression. Topics explored, in part through interactions with industry speakers, include: fiber, yarn, textiles and fabric materials, structure-property relations, and practical demonstrations to anticipate future textile products. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-4-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.39,Industrial Challenges in Metallic Materials Selection,"Advanced metals and alloy design with emphasis in advanced steels and non-ferrous alloys.  Applies physical metallurgy concepts to solve specific problems aiming at sustainable, efficient and safer engineered solutions.  Discusses industrial challenges involving metallic materials selection and manufacturing for different value chains and industrial segments. Includes applications in essential segments of modern life such as transportation, energy and strutuctural applications.  Recognizing steel as an essential engineering material, the course will cover manufacturing and end-uses of advanced steels ranging from microalloyed steels to highly alloyed steels.  Materials for very low temperature applications such as superconducting materials and for higher temperature applications such as superalloys will also be covered. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,3.20 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.40[J],Modern Physical Metallurgy,"Focuses on the links between the processing, structure, and properties of metals and alloys. First, the physical bases for strength, stiffness, and ductility are discussed with reference to crystallography, defects, and microstructure. Second, phase transformations and microstructural evolution are studied in the context of alloy thermodynamics and kinetics. Together, these components comprise the modern paradigm for designing metallic microstructures for optimized properties. Concludes with a focus on processing-microstructure-property relationships in structural engineering alloys. Students taking the graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(3.20 and 3.22) or permission of instructor,22.71[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.41,"Colloids, Surfaces, Absorption, Capillarity, and Wetting Phenomena","Integrates elements of physics and chemistry toward the study of material surfaces. Begins with classical colloid phenomena and the interaction between surfaces in different media. Discusses the mechanisms of surface charge generation as well as how dispersion forces are created and controlled. Continues with exploration of chemical absorption processes and surface design of inorganic and organic materials. Includes examples in which such surface design can be used to control critical properties of materials in applications. Addresses lastly how liquids interact with solids as viewed by capillarity and wetting phenomena. Studies how materials are used in processes and applications that are intended to control liquids, and how the surface chemistry and structure of those materials makes such applications possible.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,3.20 and 3.21,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.42,Electronic Materials Design,"Extensive and intensive examination of structure-processing-property correlations for a wide range of materials including metals, semiconductors, dielectrics, and optical materials.  Topics covered include defect equilibria; junction characteristics; photodiodes, light sources and displays; bipolar and field effect transistors; chemical, thermal and mechanical transducers; data storage.  Emphasis on materials design in relation to device performance.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,3.23,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.43[J],Integrated Microelectronic Devices,"Covers physics of microelectronic semiconductor devices for integrated circuit applications. Topics include semiconductor fundamentals, p-n junction, metal-oxide semiconductor structure, metal-semiconductor junction, MOS field-effect transistor, and bipolar junction transistor.  Emphasizes physical understanding of device operation through energy band diagrams and short-channel MOSFET device design and modern device scaling. Familiarity with MATLAB recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,3.42 or 6.2500,6.6500[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.44,Materials Processing for Micro- and Nano-Systems,"Processing of bulk, thin film, and nanoscale materials for applications in electronic, magnetic, electromechanical, and photonic devices and microsystems. Topics include growth of bulk, thin-film, nanoscale single crystals via vapor and liquid phase processes; formation, patterning and processing of thin films, with an emphasis on relationships among processing, structure, and properties; and processing of systems of nanoscale materials. Examples from materials processing for applications in high-performance integrated electronic circuits, micro-/nano-electromechanical devices and systems and integrated sensors.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,3.20 and 3.21,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.45,Magnetic Materials,"Topics include origin of magnetism in materials, magnetic domains and domain walls, magnetostatics, anisotropy, antiferro- and ferrimagnetism, magnetization dynamics, spintronics, magnetism in thin films and nanoparticles, magnetotransport phenomena, and magnetic characterization. Discusses a range of applications, including magnetic recording, spintronic memory, magnetoopical devices, and multiferroics. Assignments include problem sets and a term paper on a magnetic device or technology. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,3.23,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.46,Photonic Materials and Devices,"Optical materials design for semiconductors, dielectrics and polymers. Ray optics, electromagnetic optics and guided wave optics. Physics of light-matter interactions. Device design principles: LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, modulators, fiber and waveguide interconnects, optical filters, and photonic crystals. Device processing: crystal growth, substrate engineering, thin film deposition, etching and process integration for dielectric, silicon and compound semiconductor materials. Microphotonic integrated circuits. Telecom/datacom systems. Assignments include three design projects that emphasize materials, devices and systems applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,3.23,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.48,Measurement Science for Materials Research,"Covers essentials of measurement science, including instrumentation, instrument-computer interfacing, experimental design, calibration and systematic errors, measurement statistics, data representation, and elements of data analysis, including model selection and statistical analysis. Structured around a series of case studies chosen by the class. Options include: electrical and Hall conductivity measurements, semiconductor junction measurements, spectroscopy (including photoluminescence, Raman, and photoelectron), magnetometry, elemental composition analysis and depth profiling, atomic force microscopy, nanoindentation, dynamical correlations and related measurements, and measuring pressure (from ultra-high vacuum to megabar). Familiarity with coding and data analysis required. Specific measurement challenges in the students' own research discussed.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.50,Sustainable Chemical Metallurgy,"Covers principles of metal extraction processes. Provides a direct application of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics to the industrial production of metals from their ores, e.g. iron, aluminum, or reactive metals and silicon. Discusses the corresponding economics and global challenges. Addresses advanced techniques for sustainable metal extraction, particularly with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,3.030 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.53,Electrochemical Processing of Materials,"Thermodynamic and transport properties of aqueous and nonaqueous electrolytes. The electrode/electrolyte interface. Kinetics of electrode processes. Electrochemical characterization: d.c. techniques (controlled potential, controlled current), a.c. techniques (voltametry and impedance spectroscopy). Applications: electrowinning, electrorefining, electroplating, and electrosynthesis, as well as electrochemical power sources (batteries and fuel cells).",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,3.044,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.55[J],Ionics and Its Applications,"Discusses valence states of ions and how ions and charge move in liquid and solid states. Introduces molten salt systems and how they are used in nuclear energy and processing. Addresses corrosion and the environmental degradation of structural materials. Examines the applications of ionics and electrochemistry in industrial processing, computing, new energy technologies, and recycling and waste treatment.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,22.76[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.560,Industrial Ecology of Materials,"Covers quantitative techniques to address principles of substitution, dematerialization, and waste mining implementation in materials systems. Includes life-cycle and materials flow analysis of the impacts of materials extraction; processing; use; and recycling for materials, products, and services. Student teams undertake a case study regarding materials and technology selection using the latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials process. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,3.20 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.57,"Materials Selection, Design, and Economics","A survey of techniques for analyzing how the choice of materials, processes, and design determine properties, performance, and cost. Topics include production and cost functions, mathematical optimization, evaluation of single and multi-attribute utility, decision analysis, materials property charts, and performance indices. Students use analytical techniques to develop a plan for starting a new materials-related business.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.64[J],Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces,"Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials considerations that influence the quality of the signals and longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral final exam consisting of a design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,9.670[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.65,Soft Matter Characterization,"Focuses on the design and execution of advanced experiments to characterize soft materials, such as synthetic and natural polymers, biological composites, and supramolecular nanomaterials. Each week focuses on a new characterization technique explored through interactive lectures, demonstrations, and practicum sessions in which students gain experience in key experimental aspects of soft matter sample preparation and characterization. Among others, topics include chemical characterization, rheology and viscometry, microscopy, and spectroscopic analyses. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.69,Teaching Fellows Seminar,"Provides instruction to help prepare students for teaching at an advanced level and for industry or academic career paths. Topics include preparing a syllabus, selecting a textbook, scheduling assignments and examinations, lecture preparation, ""chalk and talk"" vs. electronic presentations, academic honesty and discipline, preparation of examinations, grading practices, working with teaching assistants, working with colleagues, mentoring outside the classroom, pursuing academic positions, teaching through technical talks, and successful grant writing strategies.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.691,Teaching Materials Science and Engineering,"Provides classroom or laboratory teaching experience under the supervision of faculty member(s). Students assist faculty by preparing instructional materials, leading discussion groups, and monitoring students' progress. Limited to Course 3 undergraduates selected by Teaching Assignments Committee.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.692,Teaching Materials Science and Engineering,"Provides classroom or laboratory teaching experience under the supervision of faculty member(s). Students assist faculty by preparing instructional materials, leading discussion groups, and monitoring students' progress. Credit arranged on a case-by-case basis and reviewed by the department. Limited to Course 3 undergraduates selected by Teaching Assignments Committee.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.694,Teaching Materials Science and Engineering,"Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of a faculty member. Students selected by interview. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.693-3.699,Teaching Materials Science and Engineering,"Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of a faculty member. Students selected by interview. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.70,Materials Science and Engineering of Clean Energy,"Develops the materials principles, limitations and challenges in clean energy technologies, including solar, energy storage, thermoelectrics, fuel cells, and novel fuels. Draws correlations between the limitations and challenges related to key figures of merit and the basic underlying thermodynamic, structural, transport, and physical principles, as well as to the means for fabricating devices exhibiting optimum operating efficiencies and extended life at reasonable cost. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"3.20, 3.23, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.903[J],Seminar in Polymers and Soft Matter,"A series of seminars covering a broad spectrum of topics in polymer science and engineering, featuring both on- and off-campus speakers.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,10.960[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.930,Internship Program,"Provides academic credit for first approved materials science and engineering internship. For reporting requirements, consult the faculty internship program coordinator. Limited to Course 3 internship track majors.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-6-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.931,Internship Program,Provides academic credit for second approved materials science and engineering internship in the year following completion of 3.930. For reporting requirements consult the faculty internship program coordinator. Limited to Course 3 internship track majors.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-6-0,3.930,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.932,Industrial Practice,Provides academic credit to graduate students for approved internship assignments at companies/national laboratories. Restricted to DMSE SM or PhD/ScD students.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.941[J],Statistical Mechanics of Polymers,"Concepts of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics applied to macromolecules: polymer conformations in melts, solutions, and gels; Rotational Isomeric State theory, Markov processes and molecular simulation methods applied to polymers; incompatibility and segregation in incompressible and compressible systems; molecular theory of viscoelasticity; relation to scattering and experimental measurements.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,10.568 or permission of instructor,10.668[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.942,Polymer Physics,"The mechanical, optical, electrical, and transport properties of polymers and other types of ""soft matter"" are presented with respect to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers and colloids in solution, and solid states. Topics include how enthalpy and entropy determine conformation, molecular dimensions and packing of polymer chains and colloids and supramolecular materials. Examination of the structure of glassy, crystalline, and rubbery elastic states of polymers; thermodynamics of solutions, blends, crystallization; liquid crystallinity, microphase separation, and self-assembled organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Case studies of relationships between structure and function in technologically important polymeric systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,3.013 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.963[J],Biomaterials Science and Engineering,"Covers, at a molecular scale, the analysis and design of materials used in contact with biological systems, and biomimetic strategies aimed at creating new materials based on principles found in biology. Topics include molecular interaction between bio- and synthetic molecules and surfaces; design, synthesis, and processing approaches for materials that control cell functions; and application of materials science to problems in tissue engineering, drug delivery, vaccines, and cell-guiding surfaces. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,20.110 or permission of instructor,20.463[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
3.971[J],"Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics","Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and 18.03,"2.798[J], 6.4842[J], 10.537[J], 20.410[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.981,Communities of the Living and the Dead: the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt,"Examines the development of complex societies in Egypt over a 3000-year period. Uses archaeological and historical sources to determine how and why prehistoric communities coalesced into a long-lived and powerful state. Studies the remains of ancient settlements, tombs, and temples, exploring their relationships to one another and to the geopolitical landscape of Egypt and the Mediterranean world. Considers the development of advanced technologies, rise of social hierarchy, expansion of empire, role of writing, and growth of a complex economy.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
3.982,The Ancient Andean World,"Examines development of Andean civilization which culminated in the extraordinary empire established by the Inka. Archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistorical approaches. Particular attention to the unusual topography of the Andean area, its influence upon local ecology, and the characteristic social, political, and technological responses of Andean people to life in a topographically ""vertical"" world. Characteristic cultural styles of prehistoric Andean life.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
3.983,Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization,"Examines origins, florescence and collapse of selected civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica using archaeological and ethnohistoric evidence. Focuses on the Maya, including their hieroglyphic writing. Themes include development of art and architecture, urbanism, religious and political institutions, human-environment interactions, and socio-political collapse. Representations of Maya society in contemporary film and media. Limited to 10.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
3.984,Materials in Ancient Societies I,"Seminars and labs provide in-depth study of the technologies ancient societies used to produce objects from raw materials. Seminars cover basic materials science and engineering concepts and techniques that can be used to understand how materials were produced and used in the past. The materials selection and processing are then linked to the environment, exchange, political power, and cultural values. The specific material covered each year rotates and may include ceramics, metals, stone, glass, or bones/organic materials. Contact the instructor for more information about the material covered each year.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-6-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.985[J],Archaeological Science,"Pressing issues in archaeology as an anthropological science. Stresses the natural science and engineering methods archaeologists use to address these issues. Reconstructing time, space, and human ecologies provides one focus; materials technologies that transform natural materials to material culture provide another. Topics include 14C dating, ice core and palynological analysis, GIS and other remote sensing techniques for site location, organic residue analysis, comparisons between Old World and New World bronze production, invention of rubber by Mesoamerican societies, analysis and conservation of Dead Sea Scrolls.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-5,Chemistry (GIR) or Physics I (GIR),"5.24[J], 12.011[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
3.986[J],The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology,"From an archaeological perspective, examines ancient human activities and the forces that shaped them. Draws on case studies from the Old and/or New World. Exposes students to various classes of archaeological data, such as stone, bone, and ceramics, that help reconstruct the past.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.503[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
3.987,"Human Evolution: Data from Palaeontology, Archaeology, and Materials Science","Examines human physical and cultural evolution over the past five million years via lectures and labs that incorporate data from human palaeontology, archaeology, and materials science. Topics include the evolution of hominin morphology and adaptations; the nature and structure of bone and its importance in human evolution; and the fossil and archaeological evidence for human behavioral and cultural evolution, from earliest times through the Pleistocene. Laboratory sessions include study of stone technology, artifacts, and fossil specimens.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
3.988,"Maya City Building: Materials, Technology, and Ecology in an Ancient Society","Explores relationship between archaeology and materials science, and the potential to methodologically connect these fields. Taking ancient Maya society as an archaeological case study, surveys 13 materials utilized by Indigenous Maya peoples before European contact. Focuses on the modes of materials analysis used in archaeology, as well as experimental methods in which ancient technologies are replicated and approached as windows into human social, political and economic systems. In dialogue with community archaeology, class discussions and material explorations are shaped by questions offered by Maya craftspeople and descendent communities of experts today. ",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
3.989,Materials in Ancient Societies II,Additional seminars and laboratory analysis of archaeological artifacts. Seminars cover broader archaeological questions related to human/material interactions. Builds on 3.984.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,3.984 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.990,Seminar in Archaeological Method and Theory,"Designed for undergraduate seniors majoring in Archaeology and Materials. Critical analysis of major intellectual and methodological developments in American archaeology, including evolutionary theory, the ""New Archaeology,"" Marxism, formal and ideological approaches. Explores the use of science and engineering methods to reconstruct cultural patterns from archaeological data. Seminar format, with formal presentations by all students. Non-majors fulfilling all prerequisites may enroll by permission of instructors. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,"3.985, 3.986, and 21A.00",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.991,Ancient Engineering: Ceramic Technologies,"Explores human interaction with ceramic materials over a considerable span of time, from 25,000 years ago to the 16th century AD. Through the lens of modern materials science combined with evidence from archaeological investigations, examines ancient ceramic materials — from containers to architecture to art — to better understand our close relationship with this important class of material culture. Examines ceramics structure, properties, and processing. Introduces archaeological perspectives and discusses how research into historical changes in ancient ceramic technologies has led to a deeper comprehension of past human behavior and societal development. Concludes by considering how studies of ancient technologies and techniques are leading modern materials scientists to engineer designs of modern ceramic materials, including glasses, concretes, and pigments. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.993,Archaeology of the Middle East,"Explores the long history of the Middle East and its role as an enduring center of civilization and human thought. Beginning over 100,000 years ago and ending up in the present day, tackles major issues in the human career through examination of archaeological and written materials. Students track the course of human development in the Middle East, from hunting and gathering to cities and empires.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
3.995,First Year Thesis Research,"Preparation for program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Can include research presentation, in coordination with 3.202.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None. Coreq: 3.202; permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.997,Graduate Fieldwork in Materials Science and Engineering,"Program of field research in materials science and engineering leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.998,Doctoral Thesis Update Meeting,Thesis research update presentation to the thesis committee. Held the first or second academic term after successfully passing the Thesis Area Examination.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.C01[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C01, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C01","10.C01[J], 20.C01[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.C27[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Explores the contemporary computational understanding of imaging: encoding information about a physical object onto a form of radiation, transferring the radiation through an imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. Introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round involves a class project on an imaging system chosen by students. Undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Involves optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","2.C27[J], 6.C27[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.C51[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C51, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C51","10.C51[J], 20.C51[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.C67[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Contemporary understanding of imaging is computational: encoding onto a form of radiation the information about a physical object, transferring the radiation through the imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. This class introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds, instructors describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round, students conduct themselves as the class project on an imaging system of their choice. The undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Throughout the term, we also conduct optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","2.C67[J], 6.C67[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.EPW,UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop,"Provides sophomores across all majors with opportunities to develop and practice communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to become successful professionals in the workplace, particularly in preparation for their summer industry internship. This immersive, multi-day Team Training Workshop (TTW) is comprised of experiential learning modules focused on expanding skills in areas that employers report being most valuable in the workplace. Modules are led by MIT faculty with the help of MIT alumni and other senior industry professionals. Skills applied through creative simulations, team problem-solving challenges, oral presentations, and networking sessions with prospective employers. Enrollment limited to those in the UPOP program.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],2.EPE,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S01,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S02,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S03,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S04,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S05,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S06,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S07,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S08,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S09,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,"Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not offered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely different subject matter.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S70,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S71,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S72,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S74,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S75,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.S76-3.S79,Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering,Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of an SB thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.UAR[J],Climate and Sustainability Undergraduate Advanced Research,"Provides instruction in effective research, experiential projects, internships, and externships, including choosing and refining problems, surveying previous work and publications, industry best practices, design for robustness, technical presentation, authorship and collaboration, and ethics. Supporting content includes background and context pertaining to climate change and sustainability, as well as tools for sustainable design. Focus for project work includes research topics relevant to the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC). Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises, in the context of an approved advanced research project. A total of 12 units of credit is awarded for completion of the spring and subsequent fall term offerings. Application required; consult MCSC website for more information.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,"1.UAR[J], 5.UAR[J], 11.UAR[J], 12.UAR[J], 15.UAR[J], 22.UAR[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Extended participation in work of a research group. Independent study of literature, direct involvement in group's research (commensurate with student skills), and project work under an individual faculty member. See UROP coordinator for registration procedures.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.URG,Undergraduate Research,"Extended participation in work of a research group. Independent study of literature, direct involvement in group's research (commensurate with student skills), and project work under an individual faculty member. See UROP coordinator for registration procedures.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.021,Design Studio: How to Design,"Introduces fundamental design principles as a way to demystify design and provide a basic introduction to all aspects of the process. Stimulates creativity, abstract thinking, representation, iteration, and design development. Equips students with skills to have more effective communication with designers, and develops their ability to apply the foundations of design to any discipline. Limited to 25; preference to Course 4 and 4B majors and Design and Architecture minors, and first- and second-year students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.022,Introduction to Architectural Design Techniques,"Introduces the tools, techniques, and technologies of design across a range of projects in a studio environment. Explores concepts related to form, function, materials, tools, and physical environments through project-based exercises. Develops familiarity with design process, critical observation, and the translation of design concepts into digital and physical reality. Utilizing traditional and contemporary techniques and tools, faculty across various design disciplines expose students to a unique cross-section of inquiry. Limited to 25; preference to Course 4 majors, Architecture minors, and first- and second-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,4.02A or 4.021,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.023,Architecture Design Studio I,"Provides instruction in architectural design and project development within design constraints including architectural program and site. Students engage the design process through various 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional media. Working directly with representational and model making techniques, students gain experience in the conceptual, formal, spatial and material aspects of architecture. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Preference to Course 4 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-12-12,4.022,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.024,Architecture Design Studio II,"Provides instruction in architectural design and project development with an emphasis on social, cultural, or civic programs. Builds on foundational design skills with more complex constraints and contexts. Integrates aspects of architectural theory, building technology, and computation into the design process. Preference to Course 4 majors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,0-12-12,"4.023, 4.401, and 4.500",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.02A,Design Studio: How to Design Intensive,"Introduces fundamental design principles as a way to demystify design and provide a basic introduction to all aspects of the process. Stimulates creativity, abstract thinking, representation, iteration, and design development. Equips students with skills to have more effective communication with designers, and develops their ability to apply the foundations of design to any discipline. Limited to 30; preference to Course 4 and 4B majors and Design and Architecture minors, and first- and second-year students.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-5-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.031,Design Studio: Objects and Interaction,"Overview of design as the giving of form, order, and interactivity to the objects that define our daily life. Follows the path from project to interactive product. Covers the overall design process, preparing students for work in a hands-on studio learning environment. Emphasizes design development and constraints. Topics include the analysis of objects; interaction design and user experience; design methodologies, current dialogues in design; economies of scale vs. means; and the role of technology in design. Provides a foundation in prototyping skills such as carpentry, casting, digital fabrication, electronics, and coding. Limited to 15; preference to Course 4-B majors and Design Minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.032,Design Studio: Information Design and Visualization,"Provides an introduction to working with information, data and visualization in a hands-on studio learning environment. Studies the history and theory of information, followed by a series of projects in which students apply the ideas directly. Progresses though basic data analysis, visual design and presentation, and more sophisticated interaction techniques. Topics include storytelling and narrative, choosing representations, understanding audiences, and the role of designers working with data. Graduate students are expected to complete additional assignments. Preference to 4-B majors and Design minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.033,Design Studio: Information Design and Visualization,"Provides an introduction to working with information, data and visualization in a hands-on studio learning environment. Studies the history and theory of information, followed by a series of projects in which students apply the ideas directly. Progresses though basic data analysis, visual design and presentation, and more sophisticated interaction techniques. Topics include storytelling and narrative, choosing representations, understanding audiences, and the role of designers working with data. Graduate students are expected to complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.041,Design Studio: Advanced Product Design,"Focuses on producing a small series of manufactured products. Students develop products that address specific user needs, propose novel design concepts, iteratively prototype, test functionality, and ultimately exhibit their work in a retail context. Stemming from new research and technological developments around MIT, students try to imagine the future products that emerge from new materials and machine intelligence. Provides an in-depth exploration of the design and manufacturing of products, through narrative, form, function, fabrication, and their relationship to customers. Enrollment imited to 15; preference to Course 4B majors and Design Minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,4.031 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.043,Design Studio: Interaction Intelligence,"Overview of core principles and techniques for the design of interaction, behavior, and intelligence across objects and spaces. In a studio environment, students develop low and high-fidelity interactive prototypes that can be deployed and experienced by real users. Lectures cover the history and principles of human-computer interaction, behavior prototyping, physical and graphical user interfaces, machine intelligence, neural networks, and large language models. Provides a foundation in technical skills, such as physical prototyping, coding, and electronics, as well as how to collect data, train, and deploy their own neural network models. Students complete a series of small interaction exercises and a portfolio-level final project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.  Limited to 16; preference to 4B majors and Design minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,4.031 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.044,Design Studio: Interaction Intelligence,"Overview of core principles and techniques for the design of interaction, behavior, and intelligence across objects and spaces. In a studio environment, students develop low and high-fidelity interactive prototypes that can be deployed and experienced by real users. Lectures cover the history and principles of human-computer interaction, behavior prototyping, physical and graphical user interfaces, machine intelligence, neural networks, and large language models. Provides a foundation in technical skills, such as physical prototyping, coding, and electronics, as well as how to collect data, train, and deploy their own neural network models. Students complete a series of small interaction exercises and a portfolio-level final project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16; preference to 4B majors and Design minors.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.051,The Human Factor in Innovation and Design Strategy,"Focuses on understanding the emerging field of human-centered design and its approach to real-world design challenges. Through group working sessions, design reviews, and presentations by leading design practitioners, thinkers, and business leaders, the class explores core methodologies on how design brings value to human experiences and to the contemporary marketplace. Limited to 20; preference to 4B majors and Design minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.053,Visual Communication Fundamentals,"Provides an introduction to visual communication, emphasizing the development of a visual and verbal vocabulary. Presents the fundamentals of line, shape, color, composition, visual hierarchy, word/image relationships and typography as building blocks for communicating with clarity, emotion, and meaning. Students develop their ability to analyze, discuss and critique their work and the work of the designed world.  Limited to 18; preference to Course 4-B majors and Design minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.090,Practical Experience in Architecture for Undergraduates,"Practical experience through summer and January IAP internships secured by the student in the field of architecture, urbanism, digital design, art, or building technology. Before registering for this subject, students must have an offer from a company or organization and complete the Department of Architecture application signed by the advisor. Upon completion of the internship, students must submit an evaluation form available from the departmental academic office. Students are limited to a total of three approved experiences. Restricted to Course 4 undergraduate students.",True,"IAP, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.091,Independent Study in Design,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.092,Independent Study in Design,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.093,Independent Study in Design,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.094,Independent Study in Design,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.105,Cultures of Form,"Introduction to cultures of form in architectural design, representation, and production, including material cultures, geometric discourse and analysis, Western and non-Western modes of perception and representation. Through a series of acts of forming and making, provides a primer and venue to rehearse skills such as 3D modeling and the reciprocity between representation and materialization. Exercises accompanied by lectures from practitioners, who each represent a highly articulated relationship between form and material in a body of design research or built work. Restricted to first-year MArch students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-2-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.109,Materials and Fabrication for Architecture,"Provides the material system knowledge and fabrication process skills to successfully engage with all areas of the shop, from precision handwork to multi-axis computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining. Progresses through a series of basic exercises that introduce the material and workflow, concluding with more complex problems that explore opportunities and issues specific to architecture. Limited to 12; preference to first-year MArch students.",True,IAP,Graduate,0-3-6 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.110,Design Across Scales and Disciplines,"Inspired by Charles and Ray Eames' canonical Powers of Ten, explores the relationship between science and engineering through the lens of design. Examines how transformations in science and technology have influenced design thinking and vice versa. Provides interdisciplinary skills and methods to represent, model, design and fabricate objects, machines, and systems using new computational and fabrication tools. Aims to develop methodologies for design research of interdisciplinary problems. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 4-B majors and Course 4 minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.117,Creative Computation,"Dedicated to bridging the gap between the virtual and physical world, the subject embraces modes of computation that hold resonance with materials and methods that beg to be computed. Students engage in bi-weekly exercises to solve complex design problems. Each exercise is dedicated to a different computation approach (recursion, parametric, genetic algorithms, particle-spring systems, etc.) that is married to a physical challenge, thereby learning the advantages and disadvantages to each approach while verifying the results in physical and digitally fabricated prototypes. Through the tools of computation and fabrication, it empowers students to design as architects, engineers and craftspeople. Additional work required of student taking for graduate credit. Enrollment limited; preference to MArch students.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.118,Creative Computation,"Dedicated to bridging the gap between the virtual and physical world, the subject embraces modes of computation that hold resonance with materials and methods that beg to be computed. Students engage in bi-weekly exercises to solve complex design problems. Each exercise is dedicated to a different computation approach (recursion, parametric, genetic algorithms, particle-spring systems, etc.) that is married to a physical challenge, thereby learning the advantages and disadvantages to each approach while verifying the results in physical and digitally fabricated prototypes. Through the tools of computation and fabrication, it empowers students to design as architects, engineers and craftspeople. Additional work required of student taking for graduate credit. Enrollment limited; preference to 4-B majors and Design minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,4.500 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.120,Furniture Making Workshop,Provides instruction in designing and building a functional piece of furniture from an original design. Develops woodworking techniques from use of traditional hand tools to digital fabrication. Gives students the opportunity to practice design without using a building program or code. Surveys the history of furniture making. Additional work required of students taking for graduate credit. Limited to 12; preference to graduate Course 4 students.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.123,Architectural Assemblies,"Fosters a holistic understanding of the architectural-building cycle, enabling students to build upon the history of design and construction to make informed decisions towards developing innovative building systems. Includes an overview of materials, processing methods, and their formation into building systems across cultures. Looks at developing innovative architectural systems focusing on the building envelope. Seeks to adapt processes from the aerospace and automotive industries to investigate buildings as prefabricated design and engineering assemblies. Synthesizes knowledge in building design and construction systems, environmental and structural design, and geometric and computational approaches.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.125,Furniture Making Workshop,Provides instruction in designing and building a functional piece of furniture from an original design. Develops woodworking techniques from use of traditional hand tools to digital fabrication. Gives students the opportunity to practice design without using a building program or code. Surveys the history of furniture making and includes site visits to local collections and artists/craftsmen. Additional work required of students taking for graduate credit. Limited to 12; preference to undergraduate Course 4 and 4B majors and Design and Architecture minors.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.130,Architectural Design Theory and Methodologies,"Studies design as an interrogative technique to examine material sciences, media arts and technology, cultural studies, computation and emerging fabrication protocols. Provides in-depth, theoretical grounding to the notion of 'design' in architecture, and to the consideration of contemporary design methodologies, while encouraging speculation on emerging design thinking. Topical focus varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit with permission of department.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.140[J],How to Make (Almost) Anything,"Provides a practical hands-on introduction to digital fabrication, including CAD/CAM/CAE, NC machining, 3-D printing and scanning, molding and casting, composites, laser and waterjet cutting, PCB design and fabrication; sensors and actuators; mixed-signal instrumentation, embedded processing, and wired and wireless communications. Develops an understanding of these capabilities through projects using them individually and jointly to create functional systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-9-6,Permission of instructor,"6.9020[J], MAS.863[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
4.151,Architecture Design Core Studio I,"Explores the foundations of design through a series of bracketed methods of production. These methods exercise topics such as form, space, organization, structure, circulation, use, tectonics, temporality, and experience. Students develop methods of representation that span from manual to virtual and from canonical to experimental. Each method is evaluated for what it offers and privileges, supplying a survey of approaches for design exercises to follow. First in a sequence of design subjects, which must be taken in order. Limited to first-year MArch students.",True,"Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,0-12-9 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.152,Architecture Design Core Studio II,"Builds on Core I skills and expands the constraints of the architectural problem to include issues of urban site logistics, cultural and programmatic material (inhabitation and human factors), and long span structures. Two related projects introduce a range of disciplinary issues, such as working with precedents, site, sectional and spatial proposition of the building, and the performance of the outer envelope. Emphasizes the clarity of intentions and the development of appropriate architectural and representational solutions. Limited to first-year MArch students.",True,"Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,0-12-9,4.151,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.153,Architecture Design Core Studio III,"Interdisciplinary approach to design through studio design problems that engage the domains of building technology, computation, and the cultural/historical geographies of energy. Uses different modalities of thought to examine architectural agendas for 'sustainability'; students position their work with respect to a broader understanding of the environment and its relationship to society and technology. Students develop a project with a comprehensive approach to programmatic organization, energy load considerations, building material assemblies, exterior envelope and structure systems. Limited to second-year MArch students.",True,Fall,Graduate,0-12-9,4.152,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.154,Architecture Design Option Studio,"Offers a broad range of advanced-level investigations in architectural design in various contexts, including international sites. Integrates theoretical and technological discourses into specific topics. Studio problems may include urbanism and city scale strategies, habitation and urban housing systems, architecture in landscapes, material investigations and new production technologies, programmatic and spatial complex building typologies, and research centered studies. Mandatory lottery process.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,0-10-11,4.153,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.163[J],Urban Design Studio,"The design of urban environments. Strategies for change in large areas of cities, to be developed over time, involving different actors. Fitting forms into natural, man-made, historical, and cultural contexts; enabling desirable activity patterns; conceptualizing built form; providing infrastructure and service systems; guiding the sensory character of development. Involves architecture and planning students in joint work; requires individual designs or design and planning guidelines.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,11.332[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.173[J],China Urban Design Studio,"Design studio that includes architects, urban designers, and city planners working in teams on a contemporary development project of importance in China, particularly in transitional, deindustrializing cities. Students analyze conditions, explore alternatives, and synthesize architecture, city design, and implementation plans. Lectures and brief study tours expose students to history and contemporary issues of urbanism in China. Offered every other spring at MIT in parallel with urban design studio at Tsinghua University, Beijing, involving students and faculty from both schools. Field visit to China will occur in January prior to studio. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Graduate,0-21-0,Permission of instructor,11.307[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.180,Design Workshop,"Subject in design inquiry taught in studio format treating selected issues of the built world in depth. The problem may be prototypical or a particular aspect of a whole project, but always interdisciplinary in nature.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.181,Architectural Design Workshop,"Addresses design inquiry in a studio format. In-depth consideration of selected issues of the built world. The problem may be prototypical or a particular aspect of a whole project, but is always interdisciplinary in nature.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.182,Architectural Design Workshop,"Addresses design inquiry in a studio format. In-depth consideration of selected issues of the built world. The problem may be prototypical or a particular aspect of a whole project, but is always interdisciplinary in nature.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.183-4.185,Architectural Design Workshop,"Addresses design inquiry in a studio format. In-depth consideration of selected issues of the built world. The problem may be prototypical or a particular aspect of a whole project, but is always interdisciplinary in nature.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.189,Preparation for MArch Thesis,"Preparatory research development leading to a well-conceived proposition for the MArch design thesis. Students formulate a cohesive thesis argument and critical project using supportive research and case studies through a variety of representational media, critical traditions, and architectural/artistic conventions. Group study in seminar and studio format, with periodic reviews supplemented by conference with faculty and a designated committee member for each individual thesis. Restricted to MArch students.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-1-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.190,Practical Experience in Architecture,"Practical experience through summer and January IAP internships secured by the student in the field of architecture, urbanism, digital design, art, or building technology. Before registering for this subject, students must have an offer from the organization and complete the Department of Architecture application with their advisor's signature. Upon completion of the internship, students must submit an evaluation form available from the departmental academic office. Students are limited to a total of three approved experiences. Restricted to Course 4 graduate students.",True,"IAP, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.191,Independent Study in Architecture Design,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.192,Independent Study in Architecture Design,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.193,Independent Study in Architecture Design,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.194,Independent Study in Architecture Design,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S00,Special Subject: Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S01,Special Subject: Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S02,Special Subject: Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S03,Special Subject: Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S10,Special Subject: Architecture Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S11,Special Subject: Architecture Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S12,Special Subject: Architecture Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S13,Special Subject: Architecture Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S14,Special Subject: Architecture Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S15,Special Subject: Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.210,Positions: Cultivating Critical Practice,"Through formal analysis and discussion of historical and theoretical texts, seminar produces a map of contemporary architectural practice. Examines six pairs of themes in terms of their recent history: city and global economy, urban plan and map of operations, program and performance, drawing and scripting, image and surface, and utopia and projection. Restricted to year-one MArch students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.211[J],The Once and Future City,"Examines the evolving structure of cities, the dynamic processes that shape them, and the significance of a city's history for its future development. Develops the ability to read urban form as an interplay of natural processes and human purposes over time. Field assignments in Boston provide the opportunity to use, develop, and refine these concepts. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.016[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
4.213[J],Ecological Urbanism Seminar,"Weds the theory and practice of city design and planning as a means of adaptation with the insights of ecology and other environmental disciplines. Presents ecological urbanism as critical to the future of the city and its design, as it provides a framework for addressing challenges that threaten humanity — such as climate change, rising sea level, and environmental and social justice — while fulfilling human needs for health, safety, welfare, meaning, and delight. Applies a historical and theoretical perspective to the solution of real-world challenges.  Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,11.308[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.215[J],Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry,"Explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, and as a medium of inquiry and of expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on landscape, light, significant detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform research, design and planning, among other issues. Recommended for students who want to employ visual methods in their theses.  Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,11.309[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.217[J],Disaster Resilient Design,"Seminar examines the linkages between natural hazards and environmental design. Engages theoretical debates about landscapes of risk, vulnerability, and resilience. Participants generate proposals for disaster resilience through combinations of retrofit, reconstruction, resettlement, commemorative, and anticipatory design. Methods include rapid bibliographic search, risk analysis, landscape synthesis, and comparative international methods. Projects vary and may focus on current crises or involve collaboration with the Aga Khan Development Network and other humanitarian organizations. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,11.315[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.218,Disaster Resilient Design,"Seminar examines the linkages between natural hazards and environmental design. Engages theoretical debates about landscapes of risk, vulnerability, and resilience. Participants generate proposals for disaster resilience through combinations of retrofit, reconstruction, resettlement, commemorative, and anticipatory design. Methods include rapid bibliographic search, risk analysis, landscape synthesis, and comparative international methods. Projects vary and may focus on current crises or involve collaboration with the Aga Khan Development Network and other humanitarian organizations. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 15; preference to Course 4 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.221,Architecture Studies Colloquium,"Aims to create a discourse across the various SMArchS discipline groups that reflects current Institute-wide initiatives; introduce SMarchS students to the distinct perspective of the different SMarchS discipline groups; and provide a forum for debate and discussion in which the SMarchS cohort can explore, develop and share ideas. Engages with interdisciplinary thinking, research, and innovation that is characteristic of MIT's culture and can form a basis for their future work. Limited to first-year SMArchS students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.222,Professional Practice,"Gives a critical orientation towards a career in architectural practice. Uses historical and current examples to illustrate the legal, ethical and management concepts underlying the practice of architecture. Emphasis on facilitating design excellence and strengthening connections between the profession and academia. Restricted to MArch students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.227,Landscapes of Energy,"Spatializes large technological systems of energy, analyzes existing and speculative energy visions, and imagines energy futures in relation to concerns of ecology, politics, and aesthetics. Identifies different scales of thinking about the territory of energy from that of environmental systems, to cities, regions, and global landscapes. Readings and students' research projects draw on critical geography, history of technology, environmental history to synthesize energy attributes within the design disciplines. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.228[J],Contemporary Urbanism Proseminar: Theory and Representation,"Critical introduction to key contemporary positions in urbanism to the ends of researching, representing, and designing territories that respond to the challenges of the 21st century. Provides an overview of contemporary urban issues, situates them in relation to a genealogy of urban precedents, and constructs a theoretical framework that engages the allied fields of architecture, landscape architecture, political ecology, geography, territorial planning, and environmental humanities. Comprised of three sections, first section articulates a framework on the urban as both process and form, shifting the emphasis from city to territory. Second section engages a series of related urban debates, such as density/sprawl, growth/shrinkage, and codes/exception. Third section calls upon urban agency in the age of environment through the object of infrastructures of trash, water, oil, and food. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,11.348[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.229[J],Collectives: New Forms of Sharing,"Considers ways in which collaborative approaches to living can reshape architecture and the city. Students investigate historic and present spatial models and platforms (digital and physical) of collaboration and sharing. Explores how economic, political and social transformations, such as co-ownership, community-based exchange, digital collectives, and self-organization, can lead to new programs, typologies, designs, and new relationships between user, designer, and developer. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,11.228[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.230,SIGUS Workshop,"Interdisciplinary projects and interactive practices in urban settlement issues as investigated by MIT's SIGUS (Special Interest Group in Urban Settlements), with a focus on developing countries throughout the world. Participation by guest practitioners. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.231,SIGUS Workshop,"Interdisciplinary projects and interactive practices in urban settlement issues as investigated by MIT's SIGUS (Special Interest Group in Urban Settlements), with a focus on developing countries throughout the world. Participation by guest practitioners. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version.",True,"Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.240[J],"Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City","Introduces methods for observing, interpreting, and representing the urban environment. Students draw on their senses and develop their ability to deduce, question, and test conclusions about how the built environment is designed, used, and valued. The interrelationship of built form, circulation networks, open space, and natural systems are a key focus. Supplements existing classes that cover theory and history of city design and urban planning and prepares students without design backgrounds with the fundamentals of physical planning. Intended as a foundation for 11.329.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-2,None,11.328[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.241[J],The Making of Cities,"Examines the complex development of cities through history by tracing a diachronic accumulation of forms and spaces in specific cities, and showing how significant ideas were made manifest across distinct geographies and cultures. Emphasizes how economic, spiritual, political, geographic and technological forces have simultaneously shaped and, in turn, been influenced by the city. ",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,"11.001, 11.301, or permission of instructor",11.330[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.242[J],Walking the City (New),"Students investigate how landscapes and cities shape them — and vice versa — by examining the literature of walking and the environments in which they move. Through extensive walking, students explore the city to analyze its design and varied histories, drawing on cartography, art, sociology, and memory to create fresh narratives. Students write architecture and city criticism, design ""story maps,"" and are invited to walk as an art practice. Emphasis is on the relationship between the human body and freedom, or a lack thereof, and between pathways and the complex emotions that emerge from traversing them. Limited to 12. Preference to Course 4 and 11 graduate students who have completed at least two semesters.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,11.240[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.244[J],Urban Design Seminar: Perspectives on Contemporary Practice,"Examines innovations in urban design practice occurring through the work of leading practitioners in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. Features lectures by major national and global practitioners in urban design. Projects and topics vary based on term and speakers but may cover architectural urbanism, landscape and ecology, arts and culture, urban design regulation and planning agencies, and citywide and regional design. Focuses on analysis and synthesis of themes discussed in presentations and discussions.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,None,11.333[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.245[J],DesignX Entrepreneurship,"Students in teams accepted to the MITdesignX accelerator begin work on their ventures in this intense two-week bootcamp. Participants identify the needs and problems that demonstrate the demand for their innovative technology, policy, products, and/or services. They research and investigate various markets and stakeholders pertinent to their ventures, and begin to test their ideas and thesis in real-world interviews and interactions. Subject presented in workshop format, giving teams the chance to jump-start their ventures together with a cohort of people working on ideas that span the realm of design, planning real estate, and the human environment. Registration limited to students accepted to the MITdesignX accelerator in the fall.",True,IAP,Graduate,4-0-2,Permission of instructor,11.245[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.246[J],DesignX Accelerator,"Students continue to work in their venture teams to advance innovative ideas, products, and services oriented to design, planning, and the human environment. Presented in a workshop format with supplementary lectures. Teams are matched with external mentors for additional support in business and product development. At the end of the term, teams pitch their ventures to an audience from across the school and MIT, investors, industry, and cities. Registration limited to students accepted to the MITdesignX accelerator in the fall.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-4-6,Permission of instructor,11.246[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.247[J],Urban Design Ideals and Action,"Examines the relationship between urban design ideals, urban design action, and the built environment through readings, discussions, presentations, and papers. Analyzes the diverse design ideals that influence cities and settlements, and investigates how urban designers use them to shape urban form. Provides a critical understanding of the diverse formal methods used to intervene creatively in both developed and developing contexts, especially pluralistic and informal built environments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,None,11.337[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.248[J],"Advanced Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City","Through a studio-based course in planning and urban design, builds on the foundation acquired in 11.328 to engage in creative exploration of how design contributes to resilient, just, and vibrant urban places. Through the planning and design of two projects, students creatively explore spatial ideas and utilize various digital techniques to communicate their design concepts, giving form to strategic thinking. Develops approaches and techniques to evaluate the plural structure of the built environment and offer propositions that address policies and regulations as well as the values, behaviors, and wishes of the different users.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-4,11.328 or permission of instructor,11.329[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.250[J],Introduction to Urban Design and Development,"Examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can be designed and developed. Surveys the ideas of a wide range of people who have addressed urban problems. Stresses the connection between values and design. Demonstrates how physical, social, political and economic forces interact to shape and reshape cities over time. Introduces links between urban design and urban science.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.001[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
4.252[J],Introduction to Urban Design and Development,"Examines the physical and social structure of cities and ways they can be changed. Includes significant thinkers in urban form, 20th-century American city design, urban design and society, global urban design, and design of neighborhoods and streets. Core lectures are supplemented by student papers examining the relationship of contemporary projects to history and theory, and factors of high quality global urban design and development. Guest speakers present cases involving current projects or research illustrating scope and methods of urban design theory and practice. Intended for those seeking an introduction to fundamental knowledge of theory and praxis in city design and development.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,11.301[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.253[J],Urban Design Politics,"Examines ways that urban design contributes to distribution of political power and resources in cities. Investigates the nature of relations between built form and political purposes through close study of public and private sector design commissions and planning processes that have been clearly motivated by political pressures, as well as more tacit examples. Lectures and discussions focus on cases from both developed and developing countries.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,11.302[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.254[J],Real Estate Development Studio,"Focuses on the synthesis of urban, mixed-use real estate projects, including the integration of physical design and programming with finance and marketing. Interdisciplinary student teams analyze how to maximize value across multiple dimensions in the process of preparing professional development proposals for sites in US cities and internationally. Reviews emerging real estate products and innovative developments to provide a foundation for studio work. Two major projects are interspersed with lectures and field trips. Integrates skills and knowledge in the MSRED program; also open to other students interested in real estate development by permission of the instructors.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-12,Permission of instructor,11.303[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.255[J],Site and Environmental Systems Planning,"Introduces a range of practical approaches involved in evaluating and planning sites within the context of natural and cultural systems. Develops the knowledge and skills to analyze and plan a site for development through exercises and an urban design project. Topics include land inventory, urban form, spatial organization of uses, parcelization, design of roadways, grading, utility systems, off-site impacts, and landscape strategies.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-9,Permission of instructor,11.304[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.256[J],Revealing the City,"Through study of the essay as a literary form and mode of writing, students explore the promise and perils of the variegated city. Participants create artful narratives by examining how various literary forms — poetry, fiction, and essay — illuminate our understanding of cities. Special emphasis is on the writer as the reader's advocate, with the goal of writing with greater creativity and sophistication for specialized and general-interest audiences. Limited to 12. Preference to Course 4 and 11 graduate students who have completed at least two semesters.",False,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,11.256[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.264[J],Advanced Seminar in Landscape and Urbanism,"Explores theories, practices, and emerging trends in the fields of landscape architecture and urbanism, such as systemic design, landscape urbanism, engineered nature, drosscapes, urban biodiversity, urban mobility, megaregions, and urban agriculture. Lectures, readings, and guest speakers present a wide array of multi-disciplinary topics, including current works from P-REX lab. Students conduct independent and group research that is future-oriented.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,11.334[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.275[J],Advanced Urbanism Colloquium,"Introduces critical theories and contemporary practices in the field of urbanism that challenge its paradigms and advance its future. Includes theoretical linkages between ideas about the cultures of urbanization, social and political processes of development, environmental tradeoffs of city making, and the potential of design disciplines to intervene to change the future of built forms. Events and lecture series co-organized by faculty and doctoral students further engage and inform research. Preference to doctoral students in the Advanced Urbanism concentration.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,11.912[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.288,Preparation for SMArchS Thesis,"Students select thesis topic, define method of approach, and prepare thesis proposal for SMArchS degree. Faculty supervision on an individual or group basis. Intended for SMArchS program students prior to registration for 4.ThG.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.291,Independent Study in Architecture Studies,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.292,Independent Study in Architecture Studies,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.293,Independent Study in Architecture Studies,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.294,Independent Study in Architecture Studies,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.299,Summer Research Topics,Supplementary summer work on individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,Summer,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S20,Special Subject: Architecture Studies,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture studies that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S21,Special Subject: Architecture Studies,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture studies that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S22,Special Subject: Architecture Studies,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture studies that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S23,Special Subject: Architecture Studies,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture studies that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S24,Special Subject: Architecture Studies,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture studies that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S25,Special Subject: Urban Housing,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in urban housing that is not covered in the regular architecture curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S26,Special Subject: City Form,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in city form that is not covered in the regular architecture curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S27,Special Subject: Urban Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in urban design that is not covered in the regular Architecture curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S28,Special Subject: Architecture Studies,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architecture studies that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.301,Introduction to Artistic Experimentation,"Introduces artistic practice and critical visual thinking through three studio-based projects using different scales and media, for instance, ""Body Extension,"" ""Shaping Time,"" ""Public Making,"" and/or ""Networked Cultures."" Each project concludes with a final presentation and critique. Students explore sculptural, architectural, performative artistic methods; video and sound art; site interventions and strategies for artistic engagement in the public realm. Lectures, screenings, guest presentations, field trips, readings, and debates supplement studio practice. Also introduces students to the historic, cultural, and environmental forces affecting both the development of an artistic vision and the reception of a work of art. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.302,"Foundations in Art, Design, and Spatial Practices","Develops an introductory foundation in artistic practice and its critical analysis, and develops artistic approaches and methods by drawing analogies to architectural thinking, urbanism, and design practice. Covers how to communicate ideas and experiences on different scales and through two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and time-based media in new genres. Uses artistic methods that engage the public realm through spatial, sculptural, performative, and process-oriented practices. Instruction components include video screenings, guest lectures, visiting artist presentations, and field trips. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Lab fee required. Limited to 18; preference to Course 4 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,4.02A or 4.021,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.307,"Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in Dialogue","Initiates a dialogue between architecture, urbanism, and contemporary art by focusing on the work of practitioners who intertwine the three disciplines in a critical spatial practice. Investigates themes and works ranging from early modernist practices to the contemporary and research based. Lectures, screenings, readings, and discussions with guests and faculty contribute to the development of group and individual projects and their presentation. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,"Spring, Spring",Graduate,3-3-6,"4.301, 4.302, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.308,"Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in Dialogue","Initiates a dialogue between architecture, urbanism, and contemporary art by focusing on the work of practitioners who intertwine the three disciplines in a critical spatial practice. Investigates themes and works ranging from early modernist practices to the contemporary and research based. Lectures, screenings, readings, and discussions with guests and faculty contribute to the development of group and individual projects and their presentation. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.310,Introduction to Screen Printing,"Exposes students to the technical skills needed for successful screen printing. Students produce single and multicolor prints on paper and fabric using a variety of methods. Covers an introduction to preparing and reclaiming screens, creating handmade and digital cut stencils, use of screen positives and photo emulsion, mono prints and editions, registration, and more. Lab fee required. Additional work required of students taking for graduate credit. Limited to 10 total for versions meeting together.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-3-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.311,Introduction to Screen Printing (New),"Expose students to the technical skills needed for successful screen printing. Students produce single and multicolor prints on paper and fabric using a variety of methods. Covers an introduction to preparing and reclaiming screens, creating handmade and digital cut stencils, use of screen positives and photo emulsion, mono prints and editions, registration, and more. Lab fee required. Additional work required of students taking for graduate credit. Limited to 10 total for versions meeting together.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,0-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.314,Advanced Workshop in Artistic Practice and Transdisciplinary Research,"Examines artistic practice as a form of critical inquiry and knowledge production. Offers opportunity to develop art as a means for addressing the social, cultural, and ecological consequences of technology, to build bridges between industry and culture, and to challenge the boundaries between public and private, and human and non-human. Provides instruction in evaluating models of experimentation, individual research, and collaboration with other disciplines in the arts, culture, science, and technology. Supports the development of individual and collective artistic research projects. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"4.301, 4.302, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.315,Advanced Workshop in Artistic Practice and Transdisciplinary Research,"Examines artistic practice as a form of critical inquiry and knowledge production. Offers opportunity to develop art as a means for addressing the social, cultural, and ecological consequences of technology, to build bridges between industry and culture, and to challenge the boundaries between public and private, and human and non-human. Provides instruction in evaluating models of experimentation, individual research, and collaboration with other disciplines in the arts, culture, science, and technology. Supports the development of individual and collective artistic research projects. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,"Fall, Fall, Spring, Spring, Spring, Fall, Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.316,"Culture Fabric: Art, Fashion, Identity","Focuses on the concept of ""fabric"" both as a medium and as a framework to explore the complex cultural histories, meanings, and functions of clothing and wearable technologies. Guides students in an exploration of ways in which clothing signals one's belonging to a group and reflects the degree of one's conformity with established social or cultural norms as well as ways in which clothing and fashion may provide insights into broader cultural codes, societal politics, and processes of transformation. Additional work is required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.317,"Culture Fabric: Art, Fashion, Identity","Focuses on the concept of ""fabric"" both as a medium and as a framework to explore the complex cultural histories, meanings, and functions of clothing and wearable technologies. Guides students in an exploration of ways in which clothing signals one's belonging to a group and reflects the degree of one's conformity with established social or cultural norms as well as ways in which clothing and fashion may provide insights into broader cultural codes, societal politics, and processes of transformation. Additional work is required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.318,Toxic Textiles/Fashion Fables,"Critiques the widespread phenomenon of fast fashion and considers the notion of ""toxic textiles"" to explore the cultural, social, political, economic, and environmental footprint of clothing. Examines the storytelling capacity of the textile medium as an artistic and critical response to the world's pressing concerns. Introduces experimentation with textile art and fashion design, informed case studies in contemporary art, decolonizing fashion, performative and wearable technologies, experimental preservation, and fabric upcycling. Students exhibit one studio-based final project at the end of the term. Sewing skills beneficial but not required. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.319,Toxic Textiles/Fashion Fables,"Critiques the widespread phenomenon of fast fashion and considers the notion of ""toxic textiles"" to explore the cultural, social, political, economic, and environmental footprint of clothing. Examines the storytelling capacity of the textile medium as an artistic and critical response to the world's pressing concerns. Introduces experimentation with textile art and fashion design, informed case studies in contemporary art, decolonizing fashion, performative and wearable technologies, experimental preservation, and fabric upcycling. Students exhibit one studio-based final project at the end of the term. Sewing skills beneficial but not required. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.320,Introduction to Sound Creations,"Develops a critical awareness of how sound art as a field for artistic exploration is performed, produced, and distributed. Explores contemporary and historical practices that emerge outside of purely musical environments and investigates specific compositional developments of post-war modernity and electro-acoustic music, as well as non-musical disciplines related to the psychophysics of hearing and listening. Lectures, screenings, readings, and discussions with guests and faculty contribute to the development of group and individual projects. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.321,Introduction to Sound Creations,"Develops a critical awareness of how sound art as a field for artistic exploration is performed, produced, and distributed. Explores contemporary and historical practices that emerge outside of purely musical environments and investigates specific compositional developments of post-war modernity and electro-acoustic music, as well as non-musical disciplines related to the psychophysics of hearing and listening. Lectures, screenings, readings, and discussions with guests and faculty contribute to the development of group and individual projects. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.322,Introduction to Three-Dimensional Art Work,"Explores three-dimensional art work, including sculptures and installations, from design to model to finished piece. Addresses challenges associated with design and fabrication, process, context, and relationships between objects, the body, and physical or cultural environments. Lectures, screenings, field trips, readings, and debates supplement studio practice. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.323,Introduction to Three-Dimensional Art Work,"Explores three-dimensional art work, including sculptures and installations, from design to model to finished piece. Addresses challenges associated with design and fabrication, process, context, and relationships between objects, the body, and physical or cultural environments. Lectures, screenings, field trips, readings, and debates supplement studio practice. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.324,"Artist, Architect, Tinkerer, Engineer: How to Collaborate Across Disciplines","Seminar connecting the arts and sciences by exploring methodological similarities and differences across the arts, architecture, engineering, and social sciences. Through targeted reading and exercises, each student develops a collaborative project that engages directly with another discipline. Projects are iterated over the course of the term. Readings, visitors, and lectures expose students to a wide range of practitioners across different fields. Students interrogate the underlying methodologies that unite and separate their disciplines. Presents best-practice models for cultivating collaboration through the use of case studies. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.325,"Artist, Architect, Tinkerer, Engineer: How to Collaborate Across Disciplines","Seminar connecting the arts and sciences by exploring methodological similarities and differences across the arts, architecture, engineering, and social sciences. Through targeted reading and exercises, each student develops a collaborative project that engages directly with another discipline. Projects are iterated over the course of the term. Readings, visitors, and lectures expose students to a wide range of practitioners across different fields. Students interrogate the underlying methodologies that unite and separate their disciplines. Presents best-practice models for cultivating collaboration through the use of case studies. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.328,Climate Visions,"Presents artistic intelligence and modes of creative production as ways to contribute to and critically engage with climate science. In conversation with local stakeholders, students develop hybrid projects of art and design that negotiate between pragmatics and fiction to envision solutions to the climate crisis. Case studies and class participation examine dialectics between aesthetics and scientific knowledge related to environmental care and repair. Includes prototyping and publishing spatial, digital, and material experimentations to generate new work individually and/or collaboratively by way of diverse media explorations. Visiting speakers and field trips accompany lectures, readings, class discussions, and presentations. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 12.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.329,Climate Visions,"Presents artistic intelligence and modes of creative production as ways to contribute to and critically engage with climate science. In conversation with local stakeholders, students develop hybrid projects of art and design that negotiate between pragmatics and fiction to envision solutions to the climate crisis. Case studies and class participation examine dialectics between aesthetics and scientific knowledge related to environmental care and repair. Includes prototyping and publishing spatial, digital, and material experimentations to generate new work individually and/or collaboratively by way of diverse media explorations. Visiting speakers and field trips accompany lectures, readings, class discussions, and presentations. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 12.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.330,Documentary Production,"Presents the basics of capturing documentary footage and sounds in real world scenarios, while navigating the ethics of capturing ""reality,"" depicting real people, and representing ""truth."" Investigates methodologies of editing for production: for film or alternative media such as interactive, web, installation, and location intervention. From Robert Flaherty (silent era) and John Grierson (British model) to Morin & Rouch (cinema verite) and George Stoney (community engagement) to Errol Morris (epistemological interview) and Adam Chris (journalistic essay), considers the history and context of documentary and the various ways people have attempted to represent the real world, including newer hybrid forms that mix fiction, nonfiction, and nonlinear interactive works. Students produce a documentary short on the subject and in the medium of their choice. Additional work required of graduate students. Lab fee required. Limited to 10 total for versions meeting together.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.331,Documentary Production,"Presents the basics of capturing documentary footage and sounds in real world scenarios, while navigating the ethics of capturing ""reality,"" depicting real people, and representing ""truth."" Investigates methodologies of editing for production: for film or alternative media such as interactive, web, installation, and location intervention. From Robert Flaherty (silent era) and John Grierson (British model) to Morin & Rouch (cinema verite) and George Stoney (community engagement) to Errol Morris (epistemological interview) and Adam Chris (journalistic essay), considers the history and context of documentary and the various ways people have attempted to represent the real world, including newer hybrid forms that mix fiction, nonfiction, and nonlinear interactive works. Students produce a documentary short on the subject and in the medium of their choice. Additional work required of graduate students. Lab fee required. Limited to 10 for total versions meeting together.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-2-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.332,"Introduction to Interactive, Participatory, and Generative Art Making","Students create art projects that interact with participants and/or environment using a variety of code and hardware-based solutions including MAX/MSP/Jitter, a graphical object-based coding environment, and Arduino physical computing technologies. Students use sensors or generate data to control or interact with lights, speakers, video, audio, motors and much more. Final projects are presented in ""n/tr.ACT,"" an interactive art show in the ACT Gallery. Lab fee required. Additional work required of students taking for graduate credit. Limited to 8 total for versions meeting together.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-3-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.333,"Introduction to Interactive, Participatory, and Generative Art Making","Students create art projects that interact with participants and/or environment using a variety of code and hardware-based solutions including MAX/MSP/Jitter, a graphical object-based coding environment, and Arduino physical computing technologies. Students use sensors or generate data to control or interact with lights, speakers, video, audio, motors and much more. Final projects are presented in ""n/tr.ACT,"" an interactive art show in the ACT Gallery. Lab fee required. Additional work required of students taking for graduate credit. Limited to 8 total for versions meeting together.",True,Fall,Graduate,0-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.341,Introduction to Photography and Related Media,"Introduces history and contemporary practices in artistic photography through projects, lectures, artist visits, group discussions, readings, and field trips. Fosters visual literacy and aesthetic appreciation of photography/digital imaging, as well as critical awareness of how images in our culture are produced and constructed. Provides instruction in the fundamentals of different camera formats, film exposure and development, lighting, black and white darkroom printing, and digital imaging. Assignments allow for incorporation of a range of traditional and experimental techniques, development of technical skills, and personal exploration. Throughout the term, present and discuss projects in a critical forum. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.342,Introduction to Photography and Related Media,"Introduces history and contemporary practices in artistic photography through projects, lectures, artist visits, group discussions, readings, and field trips. Fosters visual literacy and aesthetic appreciation of photography/digital imaging, as well as critical awareness of how images in our culture are produced and constructed. Provides instruction in the fundamentals of different camera formats, film exposure and development, lighting, black and white darkroom printing, and digital imaging. Assignments allow for incorporation of a range of traditional and experimental techniques, development of technical skills, and personal exploration. Throughout the term, present and discuss projects in a critical forum. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,"Fall, Spring, Spring, Spring, Fall, Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.344,Advanced Photography and Related Media,"Fosters critical awareness of how images in our culture are produced and constructed. Covers a range of experimental techniques and camera formats, advanced traditional and experimental black-and-white darkroom printing, and all aspects of digital imaging and output. Includes individual and group reviews, field trips, and visits from outside professionals. Topical focus changes each term; coursework centers on student-initiated project with emphasis on conceptual, theoretical, and technical development. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Equipment available for checkout. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,"Spring, Spring, Fall, Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-3-6,4.341 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.345,Advanced Photography and Related Media,"Fosters critical awareness of how images in our culture are produced and constructed. Covers a range of experimental techniques and camera formats, advanced traditional and experimental black-and-white darkroom printing, and all aspects of digital imaging and output. Includes individual and group reviews, field trips, and visits from outside professionals. Topical focus changes each term; coursework centers on student-initiated project with emphasis on conceptual, theoretical, and technical development. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Equipment available for checkout. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,4.342 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.346,Aesthetic Revolutions: Crafting Avant-Garde Film & Video (New),"Students explore the complexities of avant-garde cinematic practices through crafting short videos. By studying the conceptual, technical, and social dimensions of avant-garde cinema, participants develop innovative storytelling approaches that challenge mainstream conventions. Students engage in film screenings and discussions that trace the history of moving images from their origins to the contemporary era, with a specific focus on avant-garde practices. Introduces practical knowledge of video capturing, audio recording, lighting, and editing, while emphasizing aesthetic strategies for individual concept development. Specific project topics may vary each term, allowing for the opportunity to repeat for credit. Lab fee required. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.347,Aesthetic Revolutions: Crafting Avant-Garde Film & Video (New),"Students explore the complexities of avant-garde cinematic practices through crafting short videos. By studying the conceptual, technical, and social dimensions of avant-garde cinema, participants develop innovative storytelling approaches that challenge mainstream conventions. Students engage in film screenings and discussions that trace the history of moving images from their origins to the contemporary era, with a specific focus on avant-garde practices. Introduces practical knowledge of video capturing, audio recording, lighting, and editing, while emphasizing aesthetic strategies for individual concept development. Specific project topics may vary each term, allowing for the opportunity to repeat for credit. Lab fee required. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.352,Advanced Video and Related Media,"Introduces advanced strategies of image and sound manipulation, both technical and conceptual. Covers pre-production planning (storyboards and scripting), refinement of digital editing techniques, visual effects such as chroma-keying, post-production, as well as audio and sonic components. Context provided by regular viewings of contemporary video artworks and other audio-visual formats. Students work individually and in groups to develop skills in media literacy and communication. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,"Spring, Spring",Graduate,3-3-6,4.354 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.353,Advanced Video and Related Media,"Introduces advanced strategies of image and sound manipulation, both technical and conceptual. Covers pre-production planning (storyboards and scripting), refinement of digital editing techniques, visual effects such as chroma-keying, post-production, as well as audio and sonic components. Context provided by regular viewings of contemporary video artworks and other audio-visual formats. Students work individually and in groups to develop skills in media literacy and communication. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,4.355 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.354,Introduction to Video and Related Media,"Examines the technical and conceptual variables and strategies inherent in contemporary video art practice. Analyzes structural concepts of time, space, perspective, and sound within the art form. Building upon the historical legacy of the moving the image, students render self-exploration, performance, social critique, and manipulation of raw experience into an aesthetic form. Emphasizes practical knowledge of lighting, video capturing and editing, and montage. Presentation and critique of student work, technical workshops, screenings, and reading discussions assist students with final project. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.355,Introduction to Video and Related Media,"Examines the technical and conceptual variables and strategies inherent in contemporary video art practice. Analyzes structural concepts of time, space, perspective, and sound within the art form. Building upon the historical legacy of film and other time-based image media, students render self-exploration, performance, social critique, and manipulation of raw experience into an aesthetic form. Emphasizes practical knowledge of lighting, video capturing and editing, and montage. Includes presentation and critique of student work, technical workshops, screenings, and readings with the objective of a final creative project. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required.",True,"Spring, Fall, Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.356,Cinematic Migrations,"Explores ideas and contexts behind moving images through a multifaceted look at cinema's transmutations, emergence on local and national levels, and global migrations. Examines the transformation caused by online video, television, spatial installations, performances, dance, and many formats and portable devices, as well as the theory and context of film's categorization, dissemination, and analysis. Presentations, screenings, field trips, readings, visiting artists, and experimental transdisciplinary projects broaden the perception of present cinema. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 12.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"4.301, 4.302, 4.354, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.357,Cinematic Migrations,"Explores ideas and contexts behind moving images through a multifaceted look at cinema's transmutations, emergence on local and national levels, and global migrations. Examines the transformation caused by online video, television, spatial installations, performances, dance, and many formats and portable devices, as well as the theory and context of film's categorization, dissemination, and analysis. Presentations, screenings, field trips, readings, visiting artists, and experimental transdisciplinary projects broaden the perception of present cinema. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 12.",True,"Fall, Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,4.355 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.359,Synchronizations of Senses,"Focused on the practices of varied practitioners — film directors, artists, musicians, composers, architects, designers — whose writings relay a process of thinking and feeling integral to their forms of material production. Testing various ways aesthetic forms and their shifts — historic and contemporary — have relations to still emerging contemporary subjectivities (felt emotion in a human body), the class studies productions created by participants and case studies of varied producers, and generates new work individually and/or collaboratively via diverse media explorations. Includes reading, writing, drawing, and publishing, as well as photographic, cinematic, spatial, and audio operations and productions. Activities include screenings, listening assignments, and guest visits, in addition to readings, discussions, and presentations. Lab fee required. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.361,Performance Art Workshop,"Explores performance in relation to the body as a space of resistance, the collective body and its powers, and performative acts that blur boundaries between art and life. Students trace gestures of care and conviviality by enacting scores and poetry, altering screens and other walls that divide and separate us, reclaiming time and undoing categories that alienate our bodies from life itself. Activities include contact improvisation, walking, reading, screening, and discussing theoretical, historical, and contemporary issues in relation to performance art. Several small performance-based projects, both collective and individual, assigned throughout the semester. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"4.301, 4.302, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.362,Performance Art Workshop,"Explores performance in relation to the body as a space of resistance, the collective body and its powers, and performative acts that blur boundaries between art and life. Students trace gestures of care and conviviality by enacting scores and poetry, altering screens and other walls that divide and separate us, reclaiming time and undoing categories that alienate our bodies from life itself. Activities include contact improvisation, walking, reading, screening, and discussing theoretical, historical and contemporary issues in relation to performance art. Several small performance-based projects, both collective and individual, assigned throughout the semester. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,"Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.368,Studio Seminar in Art and the Public Sphere,"Focuses on the production of artistic interventions in public space. Explores ideas, situations, objects, and materials that shape public space and inform the notion of public and publicness, with an emphasis on co-production and cooperative ethics. Examines forms of environmental art in comparison to temporal and critical forms of art and action in the public sphere. Historical models include the Russian Constructivists, the Situationists International, system aesthetics, participatory and conceptual art, contemporary interventionist tactics and artistic strategies, and methods of public engagement. Students develop an initial concept for a publicly-situated project. Includes guest lectures, visiting artist presentations, and optional field trips. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 12.",True,"Spring, Spring",Graduate,3-3-6,4.301 or 4.302,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.369,Studio Seminar in Art and the Public Sphere,"Focuses on the production of artistic interventions in public space. Explores ideas, situations, objects, and materials that shape public space and inform the notion of public and publicness, with an emphasis on co-production and cooperative ethics. Examines forms of environmental art in comparison to temporal and critical forms of art and action in the public sphere. Historical models include the Russian Constructivists, the Situationists International, system aesthetics, participatory and conceptual art, contemporary interventionist tactics and artistic strategies, and methods of public engagement. Students develop an initial concept for a publicly-situated project. Includes guest lectures, visiting artist presentations, and optional field trips. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.373,"Advanced Projects in Art, Culture, and Technology","Investigates conceptual and formal issues in a variety of media. Explores representation, interpretation and meaning, and how these relate to historical, social and cultural contexts. Helps students develop an initial concept for a publicly situated project. Includes guest lectures and visiting artist presentations. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"4.301, 4.302, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.374,"Advanced Projects in Art, Culture, and Technology","Investigates conceptual and formal issues in a variety of media. Explores representation, interpretation and meaning, and how these relate to historical, social and cultural contexts. Helps students develop an initial concept for a publicly situated project. Includes guest lectures and visiting artist presentations. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,"Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.376[J],"Transmedia Art, Extraction, and Environmental Justice","Exploration of today's extractive economies and the role that artists, media-makers, and transmedia producers play in shaping public perception, individual choices, and movement-building towards sustainability. Traces the contingent geological, material, community, and toxic histories of extracted materials used throughout our built environment, as well as civic resistance and reform that could alter extraction practices. Scaffolded workshops with artists and media producers support students' production of creative documentary and other media projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-3-7,None,CMS.374[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.378,Future Heritage Workshop,"Probes the ethics and aesthetics of historic preservation through an artistic lens. Introduces a range of themes related to politics of heritage, memory and commemoration, trauma, iconoclasm, and more. Explores the agency of monuments in relation to colonialism, nationalism, social justice, and democracy. Research is conducted in groups, through which students analyze contested heritage sites through critical artistic and spatial practices addressing traumatic, troubling, or toxic memory. Lectures, screenings, readings, and discussions inform the development of individual projects. At the end of the semester, students create projects that may involve artistic tools, collective learning experiences, creative processes, and transdisciplinary knowledge exchanges that demonstrate a new way of capturing, sustaining, and developing future heritage. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.379,Future Heritage Workshop,"Probes the ethics and aesthetics of historic preservation through an artistic lens. Introduces a range of themes related to politics of heritage, memory and commemoration, trauma, iconoclasm, and more. Explores the agency of monuments in relation to colonialism, nationalism, social justice, and democracy. Research is conducted in groups, through which students analyze contested heritage sites through critical artistic and spatial practices addressing traumatic, troubling, or toxic memory. Lectures, screenings, readings, and discussions inform the development of individual projects. At the end of the semester, students create projects that may involve artistic tools, collective learning experiences, creative processes, and transdisciplinary knowledge exchanges that demonstrate a new way of capturing, sustaining, and developing future heritage. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Lab fee required. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.387,"Thesis I: Art, Culture, and Technology Theory and Criticism Colloquium","Introduces foundational texts in contemporary theory and criticism at the intersection of art, culture, and technology. Through presentations and discussions, students explore the necessary methodological perspectives required of an interdisciplinary approach to artistic practices. Subject spans fall and IAP terms. Limited to SMACT students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.388,Thesis II: SMACT Thesis Preparation,"Aids students in the selection of a thesis topic, development of an approach method, preparation of a proposal that includes an outline for their thesis. Explores artistic practice as a method of critical inquiry and knowledge production/dissemination. Students examine artist writings and consider academic formats and standards. Regular group meetings, including peer reviews, are supplemented by independent study and individual conferences with faculty. Restricted to first-year SMACT students.",True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.389,Thesis III: SMACT Thesis Tutorial,Series of tutorials that includes regular presentations of student writing in group critiques and supports independent thesis research and development by providing guidance on research strategy and written presentation. Sessions supplemented by regular individual conferences with thesis committee members. Restricted to second-year SMACT students.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,4.388,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.390,"Art, Culture, and Technology Studio","Explores the theory and criticism of intersections between art, culture, and technology in relation to contemporary artistic practice, critical design, and media. Students consider methods of investigation, documentation, and display and explore modes of communication across disciplines. Students develop projects in which they organize research methods and goals, engage in production, cultivate a context for their practice, and explore how to compellingly communicate, display, and document their work. Regular presentation and peer-critique sessions, as well as reviews involving ACT faculty and fellows, and external guest reviewers provide students with ample feedback as their projects develop. Restricted to SMACT students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-3-12,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.391,"Independent Study in Art, Culture, and Technology",Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.392,"Independent Study in Art, Culture, and Technology",Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.393,"Independent Study in Art, Culture, and Technology",Supplementary work on individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.394,"Independent Study in Art, Culture, and Technology",Supplementary work on individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S30,"Special Subject: Art, Culture, and Technology","Seminar or lecture on a topic in visual arts that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S31,"Special Subject: Art, Culture, and Technology","Seminar or lecture on a topic in visual arts that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S32,"Special Subject: Art, Culture, and Technology","Seminar or lecture on a topic in visual arts that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S33,"Special Subject: Art, Culture, and Technology","Seminar or lecture on a topic in visual arts that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S34,"Special Subject: Art, Culture, and Technology","Seminar or lecture on a topic in visual arts that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S35,"Special Subject: Art, Culture, and Technology","Seminar or lecture on a topic in visual arts that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S36,"Special Subject: Art, Culture and Technology","Seminar or lecture on a topic in visual arts that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S37,"Special Subject: Art, Culture, and Technology","Seminar or lecture on a topic in visual arts that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S38,"Special Subject: Art, Culture and Technology","Seminar or lecture on a topic in visual arts that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.401,Environmental Technologies in Buildings,Introduction to the study of the thermal and luminous behavior of buildings. Examines the basic scientific principles underlying these phenomena and introduces students to a range of technologies and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments. Challenges students to apply these techniques and explore the role energy and light can play in shaping architecture. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.411[J],D-Lab Schools: Building Technology Laboratory,"Focuses on the design, analysis, and application of technologies that support the construction of less expensive and better performing schools in developing countries. Prepares students to design or retrofit school buildings in partnership with local communities and NGOs. Strategies covered include daylighting, passive heating and cooling, improved indoor air quality via natural ventilation, appropriate material selection, and structural design. Investigations are based on application of engineering fundamentals, experiments and simulations. Case studies illustrate the role of technologies in reducing barriers to improved education. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-3-7,Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),EC.713[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
4.412,D-Lab Schools: Building Technology Laboratory,"Focuses on the design, analysis, and application of technologies that support the construction of less expensive and better performing schools in developing countries. Prepares students to design or retrofit school buildings in partnership with local communities and NGOs. Strategies covered include daylighting, passive heating and cooling, improved indoor air quality via natural ventilation, appropriate material selection, and structural design. Investigations are based on application of engineering fundamentals, experiments and simulations. Case studies illustrate the role of technologies in reducing barriers to improved education. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.421,Space-Conditioning Systems for Low-Carbon Buildings,"Studies the physical principles of, and design strategies for, natural and mechanical systems for conditioning high-performance buildings that are needed to reduce anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases in coming decades. Topics include the dynamics of airflow in buildings in urban areas and the design of natural and mixed-mode ventilation systems, low-energy strategies and systems for dehumidification and sensible cooling, thermal storage at diurnal and seasonal time scales, and district heating and cooling systems. System design in leading commercial practice is presented and critiqued by invited practitioners and students. Through a group project, students assess climate- and building-specific systems on the basis of energy consumption, carbon emissions, and resilience to climate change.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.424[J],Modeling and Approximation of Thermal Processes,"Provides instruction on how to model thermal transport processes in typical engineering systems such as those found in manufacturing, machinery, and energy technologies. Successive modules cover basic modeling tactics for particular modes of transport, including steady and unsteady heat conduction, convection, multiphase flow processes, and thermal radiation. Includes a creative design project executed by the students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.51,2.52[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.431,Architectural Acoustics,"Describes interactions between people and sound, indoors and outdoors, and uses this information to develop acoustical design criteria for architecture and planning. Principles of sound generation, propagation, and reception. Properties of materials for sound absorption, reflection, and transmission. Design implications for performance and gathering spaces. Use of computer modeling techniques.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.432,Modeling Urban Energy Flows for Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods,"Studies energy flows in and around groups of buildings from individual buildings to complete large-scale neighborhoods. Students use emerging digital techniques to analyze and influence building design interventions in relation to energy use for construction (embodied energy) and operation, access to daylight, and assessing walkability and outdoor comfort at the neighborhood scale. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.433,Modeling Urban Energy Flows for Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods,"Studies energy flows in and around groups of buildings from individual buildings to complete large-scale neighborhoods. Students use emerging digital techniques to analyze and influence building design interventions in relation to energy use for construction (embodied energy) and operation, access to daylight, and assessing walkability and outdoor comfort at the neighborhood scale. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version.",True,"Spring, Fall, IAP",Graduate,3-2-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.440[J],Introduction to Structural Design,"Introduces the design and behavior of large-scale structures and structural materials. Emphasizes the development of structural form and the principles of structural design. Presents design methods for timber, masonry, concrete, and steel applied to long-span roof systems, bridges, and high-rise buildings. Includes environmental assessment of structural systems and materials. In laboratory sessions, students solve structural problems by building and testing simple models. Graduate and undergraduate students have separate lab sections.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,Calculus II (GIR),1.056[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
4.441,From the Solar House to Net Zero Buildings,"Provides necessary historic awareness and technical skills for becoming agents of change for a carbon neutral building sector by further merging the fields of architectural design and environmental performance analysis. Students are presented with a ""typical"" building and explore various interventions, from envelope improvements to reduced internal lighting and equipment loads, ventilation and HVAC upgrades as well as onsite deployment of photovoltaics. Discusses which energy flows to pay attention to for different building types and how to productively work with the local microclimate, knowledge which can later promote elevated discussions between architect and environmental consultant. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,4.401 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.442,From the Solar House to Net Zero Buildings,"Provides necessary historic awareness and technical skills for becoming agents of change for a carbon neutral building sector by further merging the fields of architectural design and environmental performance analysis. Students are presented with a ""typical"" building and explore various interventions, from envelope improvements to reduced internal lighting and equipment loads, ventilation and HVAC upgrades as well as onsite deployment of photovoltaics. Discusses which energy flows to pay attention to for different building types and how to productively work with the local microclimate, knowledge which can later promote elevated discussions between architect and environmental consultant. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-4,4.464 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.450[J],Computational Structural Design and Optimization,"Research seminar focusing on emerging applications of computation for creative, early-stage structural design and optimization for architecture. Incorporates computational design fundamentals, including problem parameterization and formulation; design space exploration strategies, including interactive, heuristic, and gradient-based optimization; and computational structural analysis methods, including the finite element method, graphic statics, and approximation techniques. Programing experience and familiarity with structural mechanics necessary. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Limited to 25 total for versions meeting together.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,"((1.000 or (6.100A and 6.100B)) and (1.050, 2.001, or 4.462)) or permission of instructor",1.575[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.451,Computational Structural Design and Optimization,"Research seminar focusing on emerging applications of computation for creative, early-stage structural design and optimization for architecture. Incorporates computational design fundamentals, including problem parameterization and formulation; design space exploration strategies, including interactive, heuristic, and gradient-based optimization; and computational structural analysis methods, including the finite element method, graphic statics, and approximation techniques. Programing experience and familiarity with structural mechanics necessary. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Limited to 25 total for versions meeting together.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"((1.000 or (6.100A and 6.100B)) and (1.050, 2.001, or 4.440)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.453,Creative Machine Learning for Design,"Focuses on applications of machine learning (ML) for creative design generation and data-informed design exploration, with an emphasis on visual and 3-D generative systems. Explores how recent advances in artificial intelligence, and specifically machine learning, can offer humans more natural, performance-driven design processes. Covers a wide range of machine learning algorithms and their applications to design, with topics including neural networks, generative adversarial networks, variational autoencoders, dimensionality reduction, geometric deep learning, and other ML techniques. Includes an open-ended, applied research or design project demonstrating an original, creative use of machine learning for design, architecture, engineering, or art. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1010 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.462,Introduction to Structural Design,"Introduces the design and behavior of large-scale structures and structural materials. Emphasizes the development of structural form and the principles of structural design. Introduces design methods for timber, masonry, concrete, and steel applied to long-span roof systems, bridges, and high-rise buildings. Includes environmental assessment of structural systems and materials. Laboratory to solve structural problems by building and testing simple models. Graduate and undergraduate students have separate lab sections.",True,"Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,3-2-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.463,Building Technology Systems: Structures and Envelopes,"Addresses advanced structures, exterior envelopes, and contemporary production technologies. Continues the exploration of structural elements and systems, expanding to include more complex determinate, indeterminate, long-span, and high-rise systems. Topics include reinforced concrete, steel and engineered-wood design, and an introduction to tensile systems. The contemporary exterior envelope is discussed with an emphasis on the classification of systems, performance attributes, and analysis techniques, material specifications and novel construction technologies.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-4,"4.440, 4.462, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.464[J],Environmental Technologies in Buildings,Introduction to the study of the thermal and luminous behavior of buildings. Examines the basic scientific principles underlying these phenomena and introduces students to a range of technologies and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments. Challenges students to apply these techniques and explore the role energy and light can play in shaping architecture. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-4,None,1.564[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.481,Building Technology Seminar,"Fundamental research methodologies and ongoing investigations in building tehnology to support the development of student research projects. Topics drawn from low energy building design and thermal comfort, building systems analysis and control, daylighting, structural design and analysis, novel building materials and construction techniques and resource dynamics. Organized as a series of two- and three-week sessions that consider topics through readings, discussions, design and analysis projects, and student presentations.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.488,Preparation for S.M.B.T. Thesis,"Selection of thesis topic, definition of method of approach, and preparation of thesis proposal. Independent study supplemented by individual conference with faculty.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.489,Preparation for Building Technology Ph.D. Thesis,"Selection of thesis topic, definition of method of approach, and preparation of thesis proposal. Independent study supplemented by individual conference with faculty.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.491,Independent Study in Building Technology,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.492,Independent Study in Building Technology,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.493,Independent Study in Building Technology,Supplementary work on individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.494,Independent Study in Building Technology,Supplementary work on individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S40,Special Subject: Building Technology,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in building technology that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S41,Special Subject: Building Technology,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in building technology that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S42,Special Subject: Building Technology,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in building technology that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S43,Special Subject: Building Technology,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in building technology that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S44,Special Subject: Building Technology,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in building technology that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S45,Special Subject: Building Construction,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in building construction that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S46,Special Subject: Energy in Buildings,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in energy in buildings that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S47,Special Subject: Architectural Lighting,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in architectural lighting that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S48,Special Subject: Structural Design,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in structural design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.500,"Design Computation: Art, Objects and Space","Introduces 3-D CAD modeling to students with little or no experience in design or computation. Teaches surface, solid and mesh modeling techniques combined with a variety of modeling applications, from 3D printing to CNC fabrication and 3D rendering. Includes weekly modeling assignments leading up to a final project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.501,Tiny Fab: Advancements in Rapid Design and Fabrication of Small Homes,"Introduces digital fabrication as a method of home, hut, and shelter delivery/construction. Explores the progression of industrial-based building production from prefab to digital fab. Examines new computational techniques for rapid construction, as well as the basics of tiny building design, 3D modeling systems, scalable ways to prototype, and computer numerical control (CNC) fabrication. Students use lab time to design a prototype of a small building as a single packaged product. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 4 majors and minors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-3-7,4.500,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.502,Advanced Visualization: Architecture in Motion Graphics,"Advanced projects in architectural visualization with an emphasis on the use of computer graphics animation, interactive media, and video production tools. Introduces advanced visualization software and teaches exploration of spatial expressions in motion graphics format. Review and discussion of selected literature and video materials on architecture and film. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Preference to Course 4 and 4-B majors and Design and Architecture minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,4.500 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.505,"Design Computation: Art, Objects, and Space","Introduces 3-D CAD modeling to students with little or no experience in design or computation. Teaches surface, solid, and mesh modeling techniques combined with a variety of modeling applications — from 3D printing to CNC fabrication and 3D rendering. Includes weekly modeling assignments leading up to a final project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.507,Introduction to Building Information Modeling in Architecture,"Addresses fundamental methods, theories, and practices that engage contemporary modeling tools in the context of architectural design. Introduces selected academic and professional topics through lectures, demonstrations, and  assignments. Topics include parametric modeling, component types and assembly, prototyping, scripting, and simulations. Initiates intellectual explorations in the use of building information modeling in research projects and design practices. Additional work required of students taking graduate version.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.511,Tiny Fab: Advancements in Rapid Design and Fabrication of Small Homes,"Introduces digital fabrication as a method of home, hut, and shelter delivery/construction. Explores the progression of industrial-based building production from prefab to digital fab. Examines new computational techniques for rapid construction, as well as the basics of tiny building design, 3D modeling systems, scalable ways to prototype, and computer numerical control (CNC) fabrication. Students use lab time to design a prototype of a small building as a single packaged product. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Lab fee required. Enrollment limited; preference to MArch students.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,4.105 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.520,Visual Computing,"Introduces a visual-perceptual, rule-based approach to design using shape grammars. Covers grammar fundamentals through lectures and in-class exercises. Focuses on shape grammar applications, from stylistic analysis to creative design, through presentations of past applications and through short student exercises and projects. Presents computer programs for automating shape grammars. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 4 majors and minors.",True,"Spring, Spring, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.521,Visual Computing,"Introduces a visual-perceptual, rule-based approach to design using shape grammars. Covers grammar fundamentals through lectures and in-class, exercises. Focuses on shape grammar applications, from stylistic analysis to creative design, through presentations of past applications and through short student exercises and projects. Presents computer programs for automating shape grammars. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Enrollment limited; preference to MArch students.",True,"Spring, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.540,Introduction to Shape Grammars I,"An in-depth introduction to shape grammars and their applications in architecture and related areas of design. Shapes in the algebras Ui j, in the algebras Vi j and Wi j incorporating labels and weights, and in algebras formed as composites of these. Rules and computations, shape and structure, designs.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.541,Introduction to Shape Grammars II,"An in-depth introduction to shape grammars and their applications in architecture and related areas of design. Shapes in the algebras Ui j, in the algebras Vi j and Wi j incorporating labels and weights, and in algebras formed as composites of these. Rules and computations. Shape and structure. Designs.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,4.540,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.542,Background to Shape Grammars,"An advanced examination of the shape grammar formalism and its relationship to some key issues in a variety of other fields, including art and design, philosophy, history and philosophy of science, linguistics and psychology, literature and literary studies, logic and mathematics, and artificial intelligence. Student presentations and discussion of selected readings are encouraged. Topics vary from year to year. Can be repeated with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,4.541 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.550,Computational Design Lab,"Provides students with an opportunity to explore projects that engage real world problems concerning spatial design, technology, media, and society. In collaboration with industry partners and public institutions, students identify topical issues and problems, and also explore and propose solutions through the development of new ideas, theories, tools, and prototypes. Industry and academic collaborators act as a source of expertise, and as clients and critics of projects developed during the term. General theme of workshop varies by semester or year. Open to students from diverse backgrounds in architecture and other design-related areas. Additional work required of students taking graduate version.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.557[J],City Science,"Focuses on innovative propositions for shaping the cities of tomorrow, responding to emerging trends, technologies, and ecological imperatives. Students take part in ""what-if?"" scenarios to tackle real-world challenges. Through collaborative, project-based learning in small teams, students are mentored by researchers from the City Science group. Projects focus on the application of these ideas to case study cities and may include travel. Invited guests from academia and industry participate. Repeatable for credit with permission of instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,MAS.552[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.562,Advanced Visualization: Architecture in Motion Graphics,"Advanced projects in architectural visualization with an emphasis on the use of computer graphics animation, interactive media, and video production tools. Introduces advanced visualization software and teaches exploration of spatial expressions in motion graphics format. Review and discussion of selected literature and video materials on architecture and film. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Preference to Course 4 and 4-B majors and Design and Architecture minors.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.566,Advanced Projects in Digital Media,"Develop independent projects in the study of digital media as it relates to architectural design. Students propose a project topic such as digital design tool, modeling and visualization, motion graphics, interactive design, design knowledge representation and media interface. Limited to 5.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,4.562 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.567,Introduction to Building Information Modeling in Architecture,"Addresses fundamental methods, theories, and practices that engage contemporary modeling tools in the context of architectural design. Introduces selected academic and professional topics through lectures, demonstrations, and assignments. Topics include parametric modeling, component types and assembly, prototyping, scripting, and simulations. Initiates intellectual explorations in the use of building information modeling in research projects and design practices. Additional work required of students taking graduate version. Preference given to MArch students.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.570,Computational Design Lab,"Provides students with an opportunity to explore projects that engage real world problems concerning spatial design, technology, media, and society. In collaboration with industry partners and public institutions, students identify topical issues and problems, and also explore and propose solutions through the development of new ideas, theories, tools, and prototypes. Industry and academic collaborators act as a source of expertise, and as clients and critics of projects developed during the term. General theme of workshop varies by semester or year. Open to students from diverse backgrounds in architecture and other design-related areas. Additional work required of students taking graduate version.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.580,Inquiry into Computation and Design,"Explores the varied nature, history and practice of computation in design through lectures, readings, small projects, discussions, and guest visits by Computation group faculty and others. Topics may vary from year to year. Aims to help students develop a critical awareness of different approaches to and assumptions about computation in design beyond the specifics of techniques and tools, and to open avenues for further research.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.581,Proseminar in Computation,Introduction to traditions of research in design and computation scholarship.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.582,Research Seminar in Computation,In-depth presentations of current research in design and computation.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],4.580 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.583,Forum in Computation,Group discussions and presentation of ongoing graduate student research in the Computation program.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.587,SMArchS Computation Pre-Thesis Preparation,"Preliminary study in preparation for the thesis for the SMArchS degree in Computation. Topics include literature search, precedents examination, thesis structure and typologies, and short writing exercise.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],4.221 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.588,Preparation for SMArchS Computation Thesis,"Students select thesis topic, define method of approach, and prepare thesis proposal for SMArchS Computation degree. Faculty supervision on a group basis. Intended for SMArchS Computation program students, prior to registration for 4.ThG. Limited to SMArchS Computation students.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.589,Preparation for Design and Computation PhD Thesis,"Selection of thesis topic, definition of method of approach, and preparation of thesis proposal in computation. Independent study supplemented by individual conference with faculty.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.591,Independent Study in Architectural Computation,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.592,Independent Study in Architectural Computation,Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.593,Independent Study in Architectural Computation,Supplementary work on individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.594,Independent Study in Architectural Computation,Supplementary work on individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, IAP",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S50,Special Subject: Architectural Computation,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in computation and design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S51,Special Subject: Architectural Computation,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in computation and design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S52,Special Subject: Architectural Computation,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in computation and design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S53,Special Subject: Architectural Computation,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in computation and design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S54,Special Subject: Architectural Computation,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in computation and design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S55,Special Subject: Digital Fabrication,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in computation and design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S56,Special Subject: Shape Grammars,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in computation and design that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.601,Introduction to Art History,"Introduction to the history and interpretation of western art in a global context that explores painting, graphic arts and sculpture from the 15th century to the present. Engages diverse methodological perspectives to examine changing conceptions of art and the artist, and to investigate the plural meaning of artworks within the larger contexts of culture and history.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.602,Modern Art and Mass Culture,"Introduction to theories of modernism and postmodernism and their related forms (roughly 18th century to present) in art and design. Focuses on how artists use the tension between fine art and mass culture to critique both. Examines visual art in a range of genres, from painting to design objects and ""relational aesthetics."" Works of art are viewed in their interaction with advertising, caricature, comics, graffiti, television, fashion, ""primitive"" art, propaganda, and networks on the internet. Additional work required of students taking graduate version.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
4.603,Understanding Modern Architecture,"Examines modern architecture, art, and design in the context of the political, economic, aesthetic, and cultural changes that occurred in the twentieth century. Presents foundational debates about social and technological aspects of modern architecture and the continuation of those debates into contemporary architecture. Incorporates varied techniques of historical and theoretical analysis to interpret exemplary objects, buildings, and cities of modernity. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Preference to Course 4 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.604,Understanding Modern Architecture,"Examines modern architecture, art, and design in the context of the political, economic, aesthetic, and cultural changes that occurred in the twentieth century. Presents foundational debates about social and technological aspects of modern architecture and the continuation of those debates into contemporary architecture. Incorporates varied techniques of historical and theoretical analysis to interpret exemplary objects, buildings, and cities of modernity. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Preference to Course 4 majors.",True,"Fall, Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.605,A Global History of Architecture,"Provides an outline of the history of architecture and urbanism from ancient times to the early modern period. Analyzes buildings as the products of culture and in relation to the special problems of architectural design. Stresses the geopolitical context of buildings and in the process familiarizes students with buildings, sites and cities from around the world. Additional work required of graduate students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.607,Thinking About Architecture: In History and At Present,"Studies the interrelationship of theory, history, and practice. Looks at theory not as specialized discourse relating only to architecture, but as touching on many issues, whether they be cultural, aesthetic, philosophical, or professional. Topics and examples are chosen from a wide range of materials, from classical antiquity to today.",False,Fall,Graduate,rranged,4.645 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.608,"Seminar in the History of Art, Architecture, and Design","Examination of historical method in art, design, and/or architecture, focusing on periods and problems determined by the research interest of the faculty member leading the seminar. Emphasizes critical reading and viewing and direct tutorial guidance. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 15.",False,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.609,"Seminar in the History of Art, Architecture, and Design","Examination of historical method in art, design, and/or architecture, focusing on periods and problems determined by the research interest of the faculty member leading the seminar. Emphasizes critical reading and viewing and direct tutorial guidance. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 15.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.612,Islamic Architecture and the Environment,"Studies how Islamic architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning reflect and transform environmental processes in various regions and climates of the Islamic world, from Andalusia to Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Using systematic approaches to environmental data collection and analysis, examines strategies behind the design of selected architectural elements and landscape design types, ranging in scale from the fountain to the garden, courtyard, city, and agrarian region. Critically explores cultural interpretations of Islamic environmental design (e.g., paradise gardens), as they developed over time in ways that enrich, modify, or obscure their historical significance.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.614,Building Islam,"Examines the history of Islamic architecture and culture spanning fifteen centuries on three continents - Asia, Africa, Europe. Students study a number of representative examples, from the 7th century House of the Prophet to the current high-rises of Dubai, in conjunction with their urban, social, political, and intellectual environments at the time of their construction. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.616,Culture and Architecture,"Seminar on how culture interacts with architecture. Analyzes architecture as a conveyor of messages that transcend stylistic, formal, and iconographic concerns to include an assessment of disciplinary, political, ideological, social, and cultural factors. Critically reviews methodologies and theoretical premises of studies on culture and meaning. Focuses on examples from Islamic history and establishes historical and theoretical frameworks for investigation. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.617,Advanced Study in Islamic Urban History,"Seminar on selected topics from the history of Islamic urbanism. Examines patterns of settlement, urbanization, development, and architectural production in various places and periods, ranging from the formative period in the 7th century to the new cities emerging today. Discusses the leading factors in shaping and transforming urban forms, design imperatives, cultural and economic structures, and social and civic attitudes. Critically analyzes the body of literature on Islamic urbanism. Research paper required. Limited to 12.",False,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.619,Historiography of Islamic Art and Architecture,"Critical review of literature on Islamic art and architecture in the last two centuries. Analyzes the cultural, disciplinary, and theoretical contours of the field and highlights the major figures that have influenced its evolution. Challenges the tacit assumptions and biases of standard studies of Islamic art and architecture and addresses historiographic and critical questions concerning how knowledge of a field is defined, produced, and reproduced. Limited to 12.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.621,"Orientalism, Colonialism, and Representation","Seminar on the politics of representation with special focus on Orientalist traditions in architecture, art, literature, and scholarship. Critically analyzes pivotal texts, projects, and artworks that reflected the encounters between the West and the Orient from Antiquity to the present. Discusses how political, ideological, and religious attitudes informed the construction and reproduction of Western knowledge about the Islamic world as well as revisionist Eastern self-representations. Research paper required. Limited to 16.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.624,Dwelling & Building: Cities in the Global South,"Examines the contemporary challenges and history of city planning on three continents - Africa, Asia, and South America. Students study a number of city plans, from the 'informal' settlements of Delhi and Nairobi, the modernist master plans of Brasilia and Baghdad, to climate action plans in various cities. Explores the relationship between dwelling and building in the design of cities, in conjunction with the environmental, social, political, and intellectual environments at the time of their planning. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students. MArch students can register for 9 credits.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.634,Early Modern Architecture and Art,"Presents a history, from the 14th through the early 17th century, of architectural practice and design, as well as visual culture in Europe with an emphasis on Italy. Topics include the production and reception of buildings and artworks; the significance of a reinvigorated interest in antiquity; and representation of the individual, the state, and other institutions.Examines a variety of interpretive methods. Graduate students are expected to complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.635,Early Modern Architecture and Art,"Presents a history, from the 14th through the early 17th century, of architectural practice and design, as well as visual culture in Europe with an emphasis on Italy. Topics include the production and reception of buildings and artworks; the significance of a reinvigorated interest in antiquity; and representation of the individual, the state, and other institutions.Examines a variety of interpretive methods. Graduate students are expected to complete additional assignments.",True,"Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.636,Topics in European Medieval Architecture and Art,"Investigates architecture and art in medieval Europe, including significant monuments, art objects, themes, and developments from late antiquity through the rise of European cities in the 13th century. Considers a variety of media, ranging from stone- and metalwork to parchment and glass. Topics include sacred places and spaces; pilgrimage; relics and souvenirs; iconoclasm; questions of materiality, agency, and the power associated with objects; nature and magic; visions; medieval conceptions of temporality; and the construct of feudalism. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.637,Topics in European Medieval Architecture and Art,"Investigates architecture and art in medieval Europe, including significant monuments, art objects, themes, and developments from late antiquity through the rise of European cities in the 13th century. Considers a variety of media, ranging from stone- and metalwork to parchment and glass. Topics include sacred places and spaces; pilgrimage; relics and souvenirs; iconoclasm; questions of materiality, agency, and the power associated with objects; nature and magic; visions; medieval conceptions of temporality; and the construct of feudalism. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.640,Advanced Study in Critical Theory of Architecture,Seminar on a selected topic in critical theory. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written report.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.641,19th-Century Art: Painting in the Age of Steam,"Investigation of visual culture in the nineteenth century with an emphasis on Western Europe, the United States, and Japan. Topics include art and industry, artists and urban experience, empire and its image, and artistic responses to new technologies from the telegraph to the steam engine to the great refractor telescope. Strikes a balance between historical and contemporary critical perspectives to assess art's engagement with the social and political experience of modernity. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.644,19th-Century Art: Painting in the Age of Steam,"Investigation of visual culture in the nineteenth century with an emphasis on Western Europe, the United States, and Japan. Topics include art and industry, artists and urban experience, empire and its image, and artistic responses to new technologies from the telegraph to the steam engine to the great refractor telescope. Strikes a balance between historical and contemporary critical perspectives to assess art's engagement with the social and political experience of modernity. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 15.",True,"Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.645,Selected Topics in Architecture: 1750 to the Present,"General study of modern architecture as a response to important technological, cultural, environmental, aesthetic, and theoretical challenges after the European Enlightenment. Focus on the theoretical, historiographic, and design approaches to architectural problems encountered in the age of industrial and post-industrial expansion across the globe, with specific attention to the dominance of European modernism in setting the agenda for the discourse of a global modernity at large. Explores modern architectural history through thematic exposition rather than as simple chronological succession of ideas.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,4.210 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.646,Advanced Study in the History of Modern Architecture and Urbanism,Seminar in a selected topic in the history of modern architecture and urbanism. Oral presentations and research paper required.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.647,"Technopolitics, Culture, Intervention","Examines the manner in which key theories of technology have influenced architectural and art production in terms of their ""humanizing"" claims. Students test theories of technology on the grounds of whether technology is good or bad for humans. Limited to 15; preference to MArch students.",False,Fall,Graduate,rranged,4.645 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.648[J],"Resonance: Sonic Experience, Science, and Art","Examines the sonic phenomena and experiences that motivate scientific, humanistic, and artistic practices. Explores the aesthetic and technical aspects of how we hear; measure or describe vibrations; record, compress, and distribute resonating materials; and how we ascertain what we know about the world through sound. Although the focus is on sound as an aesthetic, social, and scientific object, the subject also investigates how resonance is used in the analysis of acoustics, architecture, and music theory. Students make a sonic artifact and written report reflecting research as a final requirement. Students taking graduate version complete assignments aligned with their graduate research.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.507[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.649[J],"Resonance: Sonic Experience, Science, and Art","Examines the sonic phenomena and experiences that motivate scientific, humanistic, and artistic practices. Explores the aesthetic and technical aspects of how we hear; measure or describe vibrations; record, compress, and distribute resonating materials; and how we ascertain what we know about the world through sound. Although the focus is on sound as an aesthetic, social, and scientific object, the subject also investigates how resonance is used in the analysis of acoustics, architecture, and music theory. Students make a sonic artifact and written report reflecting research as a final requirement. Students taking graduate version complete assignments aligned with their graduate research.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,21A.519[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.650,A Global History of Architecture,"Provides an outline of the history of architecture and urbanism from ancient times to the early modern period. Analyzes buildings as the products of culture and in relation to the special problems of architectural design. Stresses the geopolitical context of buildings and in the process familiarizes students with buildings, sites and cities from around the world. Additional work required of graduate students.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.651,Art Since 1940,"Critical examination of major developments in European, Asian, and American art from 1940 to the present. Surveys the mainstream of art production but also examines marginal phenomena (feminism, identity politics, AIDS activism, net art) that come to change the terms of art's engagements with civic culture. Visits to area art museums and writing assignments develop skills for visual analysis and critical writing.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
4.652,Modern Art and Mass Culture,"Introduction to theories of modernism and postmodernism and their related forms (roughly 18th century to present) in art and design. Focuses on how artists use the tension between fine art and mass culture to critique both. Examines visual art in a range of genres, from painting to design objects and ""relational aesthetics."" Works of art are viewed in their interaction with advertising, caricature, comics, graffiti, television, fashion, ""primitive"" art, propaganda, and networks on the internet. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version.",False,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.654,Media Theory,"Examines historical positions in what has been known as ""media theory,"" engaging the tensions that vex current modes of production. Explores the broad panoply of bottom-up media content generation in its confrontation with proprietary media platforms, and measures contemporary digital narrative forms against the expanded cinematic theories of the past. Discussions focus on how the rich literature of media theory might accommodate gaming, XR, interactive immersive installations, and other contemporary phantasmagoria.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.657,Design: The History of Making Things,"Examines themes in the history of design, with emphasis on Euro-American theory and practice in their global contexts. Addresses the historical design of communications, objects, and environments as meaningful processes of decision-making, adaptation, and innovation. Critically assesses the dynamic interaction of design with politics, economics, technology, and culture in the past and at present. Limited to 36.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
4.661,Theory and Method in the Study of Architecture and Art,Studies theoretical and historiographical works pertaining to the fields of art and architectural history. Members of seminar pursue work designed to examine their own presuppositions and methods. Preference to PhD and other advanced students.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.674[J],French Photography,Introduces students to the world of French photography from its invention in the 1820s to the present. Provides exposure to major photographers and images of the French tradition and encourages students to explore the social and cultural roles and meanings of photographs. Designed to help students navigate their own photo-saturated worlds; provides opportunity to gain practical experience in photography. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.049[J], 21H.145[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
4.675,"Collect, Classify, Consume","Historical study of collecting from the Renaissance to the present. Addresses the practices of collecting and display at the both the individual and institutional level, and analyzes their social, aesthetic, scientific, political and economic dimensions. Specific themes vary from year to year. Offered for 9 or 12 units. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.677,Advanced Study in the History of Art,"Seminar in a selected topic in the history of art, with a particular emphasis on developments from the 18th century to the present. Includes short field trips to museums and collections. Oral presentations and research paper required. Offered for 9 or 12 units. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.684,Preparation for HTC Major Exam,"Required of doctoral students in HTC as a prerequisite for work on the doctoral dissertation. The Major Exam covers a historically broad area of interest and includes components of history, historiography, and theory. Preparation for the exam will focus on four or five themes agreed upon in advance by the student and the examiner, and are defined by their area of teaching interest. Work is done in consultation with HTC faculty, in accordance with the HTC PhD Degree Program Guidelines. Restricted to HTC PhD students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-26,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.685,Preparation for HTC Minor Exam,"Required of doctoral students in HTC as a prerequisite for work on the doctoral dissertation. The Minor Exam focuses on a specific area of specialization through which the student might develop their particular zone of expertise. Work is done in consultation with HTC faculty, in accordance with the HTC PhD Degree Program Guidelines. Restricted to HTC PhD students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-14,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.686,SMArchS AKPIA Pre-Thesis Preparation,"Preliminary study in preparation for the thesis for the SMArchS degree in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture. Topics include literature search, precedents examination, thesis structure and typologies, and short writing exercise.",True,Spring,Graduate,0-1-2 [P/D/F],4.221 and (4.619 or 4.621),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.687,SMArchS HTC Pre-Thesis Preparation,"Preliminary study in preparation for the thesis for the SMArchS degree in History, Theory and Criticism. Topics include literature search, precedents examination, thesis structure and typologies, and short writing exercise.",True,Spring,Graduate,0-1-2 [P/D/F],4.221 and 4.661,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.689,"Preparation for History, Theory, and Criticism - Ph.D. Thesis","Required for doctoral students in HTC as a prerequisite for work on the doctoral dissertation. Prior to candidacy, doctoral students are required to write and orally defend a proposal laying out the scope of their thesis, its significance, a survey of existing research and literature, the methods of research to be adopted, a bibliography and plan of work. Work is done in consultation with HTC Faculty, in accordance with the HTC PhD Degree Program guidelines. Restricted to HTC PhD students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.691,"Independent Study in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art",Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.692,"Independent Study in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art",Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.693,"Independent Study in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art",Supplementary work on individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.694,"Independent Study in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art",Supplementary work on individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S60,"Special Subject: History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art","Seminar or lecture on a topic in the history, theory and criticism of architecture and art that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S61,"Special Subject: History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art","Seminar or lecture on a topic in the history, theory and criticism of architecture and art that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S62,"Special Subject: History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art","Seminar or lecture on a topic in the history, theory and criticism of architecture and art that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S63,"Special Subject: History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art","Seminar or lecture on a topic in the history, theory and criticism of architecture and art that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S64,"Special Subject: History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art","Seminar or lecture on a topic in the history, theory and criticism of architecture and art that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S65,Special Subject: Advanced Study in Islamic Architecture,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in Islamic or non-western architecture that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S66,"Special Subject: History, Theory and Criticism of Art","Seminar or lecture on a topic in the history, theory and criticism of art that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S67,Special Subject: Study in Modern Art,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in the history, theory and criticism of modern art that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S68,Special Subject: Study in Modern Architecture,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in the history, theory and criticism of modern architecture that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.S69,Special Subject: Advanced Study in the History of Urban Form,"Seminar or lecture on a topic in the history, theory and criticism of urban form that is not covered in the regular curriculum. Requires original research and presentation of oral and written reports and/or design projects, varying at the discretion of the instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research and writing of thesis; to be arranged by the student with supervising committee.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.THT[J],Thesis Research Design Seminar,"Designed for students writing a thesis in Urban Studies and Planning or Architecture. Develop research topics, review relevant research and scholarship, frame research questions and arguments, choose an appropriate methodology for analysis, and draft introductory and methodology sections.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.THT[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
4.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,"Program of thesis research leading to the writing of an SB thesis, to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Intended for seniors. 12 units recommended.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,11.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.UR,Undergraduate Research in Design,"Research and project activities, which cover the range represented by the various research interests and projects in the Department.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
4.URG,Undergraduate Research in Design,"Research and project activities, which cover the range represented by the various research interests and projects in the department. Students who wish a letter grade option for their work must register for 4.URG.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.000[J],Dimensions of Geoengineering,"Familiarizes students with the potential contributions and risks of using geoengineering technologies to control climate damage from global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Discusses geoengineering in relation to other climate change responses: reducing emissions, removing CO2 from the atmosphere, and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Limited to 100.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"1.850[J], 10.600[J], 11.388[J], 12.884[J], 15.036[J], 16.645[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
5.002[J],"Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity","Covers the history of infectious diseases, basics of virology, immunology, and epidemiology, and ways in which diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies are currently designed and manufactured. Examines the origins of inequities in infection rates in society, and issues pertinent to vaccine safety. Final project explores how to create a more pandemic-resilient world. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Preference to first-year students; all others should take HST.439.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,"10.380[J], HST.438[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
5.003[J],"Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity","Covers the history of infectious diseases, basics of virology, immunology, and epidemiology, and ways in which diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies are currently designed and manufactured. Examines the origins of inequities in infection rates in society, and issues pertinent to vaccine safety. Final project explores how to create a more pandemic-resilient world. HST.438 intended for first-year students; all others should take HST.439.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,"8.245[J], 10.382[J], HST.439[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
5.008[J],Models of Molecular Systems: from Newtonian Mechanics to Machine Learning (New),"Seminar-style subject concentrating on modeling creatively while understanding the intrinsic limitations of modeling and alternative ways of envisioning the world. Addresses the purpose of models from different perspectives, with a focus on open-ended problems and creative solutions. Investigates ancient and contemporary approaches, starting with the limitations of Newtonian mechanics to treat molecular systems and solutions provided by statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics, including their use in computations and simulations, and Aristotle's approach. Also covers machine learning and its limitations. Foundational readings inform the analyses with applications including molecular science, color, motion, biology, and nature broadly. Work consists of weekly assignments, class participation, and a final project.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,10.09[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.009[J],Ocean Chemistry Change Laboratory (New),"Introduces marine chemistry and explores how human activity is aggressively modifying Earth's climate system. Familiarizes students with instrumentation, techniques, and concepts utilized to investigate the ocean. Through lab work, students apply general chemistry principles to marine systems and develop new understanding of specific research problems within ocean chemistry and biogeochemistry. Satisfies 3 units of Institute Laboratory credit.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-3-2,Chemistry (GIR),12.314[J],False,True,False,False,False,False
5.03,Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I,"Presents principles of chemical bonding and molecular structure, and their application to the chemistry of representative elements of the periodic system.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,5.12,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.04,Principles of Inorganic Chemistry II,"Systematic presentation of the chemical applications of group theory. Emphasis on the formal development of the subject and its applications to the physical methods of inorganic chemical compounds. Against the backdrop of electronic structure, the electronic, vibrational, and magnetic properties of transition metal complexes are presented and their investigation by the appropriate spectroscopy described.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,5.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.05,Principles of Inorganic Chemistry III,"Principles of main group (s and p block) element chemistry with an emphasis on synthesis, structure, bonding, and reaction mechanisms.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,5.03; Coreq: 5.04,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.061,Principles of Organometallic Chemistry,"A comprehensive treatment of organometallic compounds of the transition metals with emphasis on structure, bonding, synthesis, and mechanism.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,5.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.062,Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry,"Delineates principles that form the basis for understanding how metal ions function in biology. Examples chosen from recent literature on a range of topics, including the global biogeochemical cycles of the elements; choice, uptake and assembly of metal-containing units; structure, function and biosynthesis of complex metallocofactors; electron-transfer and redox chemistry; atom and group transfer chemistry; protein tuning of metal properties; metalloprotein engineering and design; and applications to diagnosis and treatment of disease.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,5.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.064,Solid-state Materials Chemistry,"Fundamentals of materials chemistry with a focus on solid-state materials. Builds upon ideas of band structure from a chemical perspective and progresses to physical properties, including magnetism and conductivity. ",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,5.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.065,Electrochemistry,"Fundamentals of electrochemistry with an emphasis on physical principles, experimental techniques, and select applications. Builds from molecular-level theories of charge transfer reactions and double layer structure and progress to the use of electrochemistry as a method for characterizing redox properties, synthesizing materials, and interconverting electrical and chemical energy. Background in organic chemistry required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.067,Crystal Structure Refinement,Practical aspects of crystal structure determination from data collection strategies to data reduction and basic and advanced refinement problems of organic and inorganic molecules.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-3-1,5.069 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.068,Physical Inorganic Chemistry,"Discusses the physical methods used to probe the electronic and geometric structures of inorganic compounds, with additional techniques employed in the characterization of inorganic solids and surfaces. Includes vibrational spectroscopy, solid state and solution magnetochemical methods, Mossbauer spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, electrochemical methods, and a brief survey of surface techniques. Applications to current research problems in inorganic and solid-state chemistry.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,5.03 and 5.04,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.069,Crystal Structure Analysis,"Introduction to X-ray crystallography: symmetry in real and reciprocal space, space and Laue groups, geometry of diffraction, structure factors, phase problem, direct and Patterson methods, electron density maps, structure refinement, crystal growth, powder methods, limits of diffraction methods, structure data bases.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,5.03 and 5.04,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.07[J],Introduction to Biological Chemistry,"Chemical and physical properties of the cell and its building blocks. Structures of proteins and principles of catalysis. The chemistry of organic/inorganic cofactors required for chemical transformations within the cell. Basic principles of metabolism and regulation in pathways, including glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, fatty acid synthesis/degradation, pentose phosphate pathway, Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation, DNA replication, and transcription and translation.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,5.12,20.507[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
5.08[J],Fundamentals of Chemical Biology,"Spanning the fields of biology, chemistry, and engineering, this class introduces students to the principles of chemical biology and the application of chemical and physical methods and reagents to the study and manipulation of biological systems. Topics include nucleic acid structure, recognition, and manipulation; protein folding and stability, and proteostasis; bioorthogonal reactions and activity-based protein profiling; chemical genetics and small-molecule inhibitor screening; fluorescent probes for biological analysis and imaging; and unnatural amino acid mutagenesis. The class will also discuss the logic of dynamic post-translational modification reactions with an emphasis on chemical biology approaches for studying complex processes including glycosylation, phosphorylation, and lipidation. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(Biology (GIR), 5.13, and (5.07 or 7.05)) or permission of instructor",7.08[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.111,Principles of Chemical Science,"Introduction to chemistry, with emphasis on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis. Introduction to the chemistry of biological, inorganic, and organic molecules.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Chemistry,False,False
5.112,Principles of Chemical Science,"Introduction to chemistry for students who have taken two or more years of high school chemistry or who have earned a score of at least 4 on the ETS Advanced Placement Exam.  Emphasis on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis. Applications of basic principles to problems in metal coordination chemistry, organic chemistry, and biological chemistry.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Chemistry,False,False
5.12,Organic Chemistry I,Introduction to organic chemistry. Development of basic principles to understand the structure and reactivity of organic molecules. Emphasis on substitution and elimination reactions and chemistry of the carbonyl group. Introduction to the chemistry of aromatic compounds.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Chemistry (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
5.13,Organic Chemistry II,"Focuses on synthesis, structure determination, mechanism, and the relationships between structure and reactivity. Selected topics illustrate the role of organic chemistry in biological systems and in the chemical industry.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,5.12,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.24[J],Archaeological Science,"Pressing issues in archaeology as an anthropological science. Stresses the natural science and engineering methods archaeologists use to address these issues. Reconstructing time, space, and human ecologies provides one focus; materials technologies that transform natural materials to material culture provide another. Topics include 14C dating, ice core and palynological analysis, GIS and other remote sensing techniques for site location, organic residue analysis, comparisons between Old World and New World bronze production, invention of rubber by Mesoamerican societies, analysis and conservation of Dead Sea Scrolls.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-5,Chemistry (GIR) or Physics I (GIR),"3.985[J], 12.011[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
5.301,Chemistry Laboratory Techniques,Practical training in basic chemistry laboratory techniques. Intended to provide students with the skills necessary to undertake original research projects in chemistry. Limited to first-year students in IAP (application required); open to all students in spring (enrollment by lottery).,True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-4-1 [P/D/F],Chemistry (GIR) and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.302,Introduction to Experimental Chemistry,"Illustrates fundamental principles of chemical science through practical experience with chemical phenomena. Students explore the theoretical concepts of chemistry through the experiments which informed their discovery, and make chemistry happen with activities that are intellectually stimulating and fun. Preference to first-year students.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,0-3-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.310,Laboratory Chemistry,"Introduces experimental chemistry for students who are not majoring in Course 5. Principles and applications of chemical laboratory techniques, including preparation and analysis of chemical materials, measurement of pH, gas and liquid chromatography, visible-ultraviolet spectrophotometry, infrared spectroscopy, kinetics, data analysis, and elementary synthesis, are described, in addition to experimental design principles. Includes instruction and practice in written and oral communication to multiple audiences. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-7-3,None. Coreq: 5.12,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
5.351,Fundamentals of Spectroscopy,"Students carry out an experiment that introduces fundamental principles of the most common types of spectroscopy, including UV-visible absorption and fluorescence, infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance. Emphasizes principles of how light interacts with matter, a fundamental and hands-on understanding of how spectrometers work, and what can be learned through spectroscopy about prototype molecules and materials. Students record and analyze spectra of small organic molecules, native and denatured proteins, semiconductor quantum dots, and laser crystals. Satisfies 4 units of Institute Laboratory credit.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-2-1,Chemistry (GIR),N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
5.352,Synthesis of Coordination Compounds and Kinetics,"Students carry out an experiment that provides an introduction to the synthesis of simple coordination compounds and chemical kinetics. Illustrates cobalt coordination chemistry and its transformations as detected by visible spectroscopy. Students observe isosbestic points in visible spectra, determine the rate and rate law, measure the rate constant at several temperatures, and derive the activation energy for the aquation reaction. Satisfies 5 units of Institute Laboratory credit.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-2-2,None. Coreq: 5.351,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
5.353,Macromolecular Prodrugs,"Students carry out an experiment that builds skills in how to rationally design macromolecules for drug delivery based on fundamental principles of physical organic chemistry. Begins with conjugation of a drug molecule to a polymerizable group through a cleavable linker to generate a prodrug monomer. Continues with polymerization of monomer to produce macromolecular (i.e., polymer) prodrug; monomer and polymer prodrugs are fully characterized. Rate of drug release is measured and correlated to the size of the macromolecule as well as the structure of the cleavable linker. Satisfies 4 units of Institute Laboratory credit.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-2-1,None. Coreq: 5.12 and 5.352,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
5.361,Recombinant DNA Technology,"Students explore the biochemical basis for the efficacy of a blockbuster drug: Gleevec, which is used to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia. Its target, Abl kinase, is produced in E. coli by recombinant DNA technology, purified using affinity chromatography, and analyzed with polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, UV-vis spectroscopy, and a colorimetric assay. Natural mutations found in Gleevec-resistant cancer patients are introduced into the ABL1 proto-oncogene with PCR-based mutagenesis and analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-1,(5.07 or 7.05) and (5.310 or 5.352),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.362,Cancer Drug Efficacy,"Students probe the structural basis for the development of resistance to Gleevec by cancer patients. LC-MS is used to quantify the effect of Gleevec on catalysis by wild-type Abl kinase and a Gleevec-resistant variant (Module 4). Other potential drugs are tested as inhibitors of the Abl variant. Molecular graphics software is used to understand catalysis by Abl kinase, its inhibition by Gleevec, and the basis for drug resistance.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-2,(5.07 or 7.05) and (5.310 or 5.352); Coreq: 5.361,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.363,Organic Structure Determination,"Introduces modern methods for the elucidation of the structure of organic compounds. Students carry out transition metal-catalyzed coupling reactions, based on chemistry developed in the Buchwald laboratory, using reactants of unknown structure. Students also perform full spectroscopic characterization - by proton and carbon NMR, IR, and mass spectrometry of the reactants - and carry out coupling products in order to identify the structures of each compound. Other techniques include transfer and manipulation of organic and organometallic reagents and compounds, separation by extraction, and purification by column chromatography. Satisfies 4 units of Institute Laboratory credit.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-2-1,5.12; Coreq: 5.13,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
5.371,Continuous Flow Chemistry: Sustainable Conversion of Reclaimed Vegetable Oil into Biodiesel,"Presents the theoretical and practical fundamentals of continuous flow synthesis, wherein pumps, tubes, and connectors are used to conduct chemical reactions instead of flasks, beakers, etc. Focuses on a catalytic reaction that converts natural vegetable oil into biodiesel that can be used in a variety of combustion engines. Provides instruction in several important organic chemistry experimental techniques, including purification by extraction, rotary evaporation, acid-base titration, gas chromatography (GC), and 1H NMR.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-1,5.13 and 5.363,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.372,Chemistry of Renewable Energy,"Introduces the electrochemical processes that underlie renewable energy storage and recovery. Students investigate charge transfer reactions at electrode surfaces that are critical to the operation of advanced batteries, fuel cells, and electrolyzers. Develops basic theory behind inner- and outer-sphere charge transfer reactions at interfaces and applies this theory to construct mechanistic models for important energy conversion reactions including the reduction of O2 to water and the reduction of protons to H2. Students will also synthesize new catalytic materials for these reactions and investigate their relative performance.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-2-1,5.03 and 5.352,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.373,Synthesis of Boron Heterocycles,"Experimental module focused on the synthesis and characterization of boron heterocycles, which are used as chemical synthons for metal complexes, small-molecule activation (e.g., carbon dioxide), catalysis mediators, components of optoelectronic materials, monomers for polymeric systems, and molecular building blocks for photochemistry. Covers techniques such as glovebox and Schlenk line methods for synthesis in the absence of oxygen and water; ligand effects, filtration, reaction mixture concentration, and recrystallization under an inert atmosphere. Characterization methods include proton and boron NMR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and fluorescence measurements.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-2-1,5.03 and 5.363,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.381,Quantum Dots,"Covers synthesis of a discrete size series of quantum dots, followed by synthesis of a single size of core/shell quantum dots utilizing air-free Schlenk manipulation of precursors. Uses characterization by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies to rationalize the compositional/size dependence of the shell on the electronic structure of the quantum dots. Students acquire time traces of the fluorescence of single core and core/shell quantum dots using single molecule spectroscopic tools. The fluorescence on/off blinking distribution observed will be fit to a standard model. Students use Matlab for computational modeling of the electron and hole wavefunction in core and core/shell quantum dots. Analyzes several commercial applications of quantum dot technologies.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-1,5.353 and 5.611,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.382,Time- and Frequency-resolved Spectroscopy of Photosynthesis,Uses time- and frequency-resolved fluorescence measurements to investigate photosynthetic light harvesting and energy transfer.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-2,5.611 and (5.07 or 7.05); Coreq: 5.361,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.383,Fast-flow Peptide and Protein Synthesis,"Develops understanding of both the theory and practice of fundamental techniques in biological chemistry, including chemical reactivity (amide-bond formation, solid phase synthesis, disulfide bond formation, and protecting group chemistry); separation science for purification and analysis, such as preparative HPLC and MALDI-TOF MS; and protein structure-function relationships (protein folding and binding). Periodically, guest lecturers from the local biotech research community will describe practical applications in industry.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-1,5.363 and (5.07 or 7.05),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.39,Research and Communication in Chemistry,"Independent research under the direction of a member of the Chemistry Department faculty. Allows students with a strong interest in independent research to fulfill  part of the laboratory requirement for the Chemistry Department Program in the context of a research laboratory at MIT. The research must be conducted on the MIT campus and be a continuation of a previous 12-unit UROP project or full-time work over the summer. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication is provided, culminating in a poster presentation of the work at the annual departmental UROP symposium and a research publication-style writeup of the results.  Permission of the faculty research advisor and the Chemistry Education Office must be obtained in advance.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-12-6,An approved research experience and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.43,Advanced Organic Chemistry,"Reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry: methods of investigation, relation of structure to reactivity, and reactive intermediates. Photochemistry and organometallic chemistry, with an emphasis on fundamental reactivity, mechanistic studies, and applications in organic chemistry.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,5.13,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.44,Organometallic Chemistry,"Examination of the most important transformations of organotransition-metal species. Emphasizes basic mechanisms of their reactions, structure-reactivity relationships, and applications in synthesis.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,"5.061, 5.43, 5.47, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.45,Heterocyclic Chemistry,Provides an introduction to the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds. Surveys synthesis and reactivity of the major classes of heterocyclic organic compounds. Discusses the importance of these molecules in the pharmaceutical and other industries.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,5.511 and 5.53,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.46,NMR Spectroscopy and Organic Structure Determination,Applications of multinuclear NMR spectroscopy to the study of organic compounds.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,5.13,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.47,Tutorial in Organic Chemistry,Systematic review of fundamental concepts concerned with the structure and transformations of organic molecules. Problem-solving workshop format. The program is intended primarily for first-year graduate students with a strong interest in organic chemistry. Meets during the month of September.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],5.43 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.48[J],Protein Folding in Health and Disease,"Focuses on understanding the chemical and biological mechanisms of protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and quality control. Topics covered include: molecular mechanisms of protein folding; experimental and computational strategies to study protein folding; how cells fold and quality control proteins; protein misfolding and aggregation; proteostasis and human disease; strategies to address protein folding failures in disease; and protein folding in biotechnology development. Provides state-of-the-art understanding of the field, fosters ability to critically assess and use the literature, and empowers students to study and address protein folding issues in their research and beyond.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,(5.07 or 7.05) and permission of instructor,7.88[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.49,Chemical Microbiology,"Focuses on molecular understanding of fundamental processes central to microbial physiology and infectious disease. Topics covered vary and may include (i) secondary metabolite biosynthesis and function, (ii) small molecule mediators of microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions, (iii) membrane assembly, (iv) metal homeostasis and regulation, (v) antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, (vi) chemistry of the microbiome, and (vii) molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions. Integrates experimental approaches and primary literature.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,(5.07 or 7.05) and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.511,Synthetic Organic Chemistry I,"Presents and discusses important topics in modern synthetic organic chemistry, with the objective of developing problem-solving skills for the design of synthetic routes to complex molecules.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,5.43 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.512,Synthetic Organic Chemistry II,General methods and strategies for the synthesis of complex organic compounds.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,5.511,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.52,Tutorial in Chemical Biology,"Provides an overview of the core principles of chemistry that underlie biological systems. Students explore research topics and methods in chemical biology by participating in laboratory rotations, then present on experiments performed during each rotation. Intended for first-year graduate students with a strong interest in chemical biology.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-2-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.53,Molecular Structure and Reactivity,"Reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry: methods of investigation, relation of structure to reactivity, and reactive intermediates.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"5.43, 5.601, and 5.602",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.54[J],Advances in Chemical Biology,"Introduction to current research at the interface of chemistry, biology, and bioengineering. Topics include imaging of biological processes, metabolic pathway engineering, protein engineering, mechanisms of DNA damage, RNA structure and function, macromolecular machines, protein misfolding and disease, metabolomics, and methods for analyzing signaling network dynamics. Lectures are interspersed with class discussions and student presentations based on current literature.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"5.07, 5.13, 7.06, and permission of instructor","7.540[J], 20.554[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
5.55,NMR Spectroscopy and Biochemical Structure Determination,Practical nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy applied to problems in biochemistry and chemical biology.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,(5.07 and 5.08) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.56,Molecular Structure and Reactivity II,Application of physical principles and methods to contemporary problems of interest in organic and polymer chemistry.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,5.53 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.561,Chemistry in Industry,"Examination of recent advances in organic, biological, and inorganic and physical chemical research in industry. Taught in seminar format with participation by scientists from industrial research laboratories.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],"5.03, 5.13, and (5.07 or 7.05)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.601,Thermodynamics I,"Basic thermodynamics: state of a system, state variables. Work, heat, first law of thermodynamics, thermochemistry. Second and third law of thermodynamics: entropy and free energy, including the molecular basis for these thermodynamic functions. Equilibrium properties of macroscopic systems. Special attention to thermodynamics related to global energy issues and biological systems. Combination of 5.601 and 5.602 counts as a REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Calculus II (GIR) and Chemistry (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.602,Thermodynamics II and Kinetics,Free energy and chemical potential. Phase equilibrium and properties of solutions. Chemical equilibrium of reactions. Rates of chemical reactions. Special attention to thermodynamics related to global energy issues and biological systems. Combination of 5.601 and 5.602 counts as a REST subject.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,5.601,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.611,Introduction to Spectroscopy,"Introductory quantum chemistry; particles and waves; wave mechanics; harmonic oscillator; applications to IR, Microwave and NMR spectroscopy. Combination of 5.611 and 5.612 counts as a REST subject.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics II (GIR)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.612,Electronic Structure of Molecules,"Introductory electronic structure; atomic structure and the Periodic Table; valence and molecular orbital theory; molecular structure, and photochemistry. Combination of 5.611 and 5.612 counts as a REST subject.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,5.611,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.62,Physical Chemistry,Elementary statistical mechanics; transport properties; kinetic theory; solid state; reaction rate theory; and chemical reaction dynamics.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"5.601, 5.602, 5.611, and 5.612",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.64[J],Advances in Interdisciplinary Science in Human Health and Disease,"Introduces major principles, concepts, and clinical applications of biophysics, biophysical chemistry, and systems biology. Emphasizes biological macromolecular interactions, biochemical reaction dynamics, and genomics. Discusses current technological frontiers and areas of active research at the interface of basic and clinical science. Provides integrated, interdisciplinary training and core experimental and computational methods in molecular biochemistry and genomics.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"5.13, 5.601, 5.602, and (5.07 or 7.05)",HST.539[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.68[J],Kinetics of Chemical Reactions,"Experimental and theoretical aspects of chemical reaction kinetics, including transition-state theories, molecular beam scattering, classical techniques, quantum and statistical mechanical estimation of rate constants, pressure-dependence and chemical activation, modeling complex reacting mixtures, and uncertainty/ sensitivity analyses. Reactions in the gas phase, liquid phase, and on surfaces are discussed with examples drawn from atmospheric, combustion, industrial, catalytic, and biological chemistry.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"5.62, 10.37, or 10.65",10.652[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.697[J],Computational Chemistry,"Addresses both the theory and application of first-principles computer simulations methods (i.e., quantum, chemical, or electronic structure), including Hartree-Fock theory, density functional theory, and correlated wavefunction methods. Covers enhanced sampling, ab initio molecular dynamics, and transition-path-finding approaches as well as errors and accuracy in total and free energies. Discusses applications such as the study and prediction of properties of chemical systems, including heterogeneous, molecular, and biological catalysts (enzymes), and physical properties of materials. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 35; no listeners.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,10.437[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.698[J],Computational Chemistry,"Addresses both the theory and application of first-principles computer simulations methods (i.e., quantum, chemical, or electronic structure), including Hartree-Fock theory, density functional theory, and correlated wavefunction methods. Covers enhanced sampling, ab initio molecular dynamics, and transition-path-finding approaches as well as errors and accuracy in total and free energies. Discusses applications such as the study and prediction of properties of chemical systems, including heterogeneous, molecular, and biological catalysts (enzymes), and physical properties of materials. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 35; no listeners.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,10.637[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.70[J],Statistical Thermodynamics,"Develops classical equilibrium statistical mechanical concepts for application to chemical physics problems. Basic concepts of ensemble theory formulated on the basis of thermodynamic fluctuations. Examples of applications include Ising models, lattice models of binding, ionic and non-ionic solutions, liquid theory, polymer and protein conformations, phase transition, and pattern formation. Introduces computational techniques with examples of liquid and polymer simulations.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,5.601 or permission of instructor,10.546[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.72,Statistical Mechanics,"Principles and methods of statistical mechanics. Classical and quantum statistics, grand ensembles, fluctuations, molecular distribution functions, and other topics in equilibrium statistical mechanics. Topics in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of irreversible processes.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,5.70 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.73,Introductory Quantum Mechanics I,"Presents the fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics: wave properties, uncertainty principles, Schrodinger equation, and operator and matrix methods. Includes applications to one-dimensional potentials (harmonic oscillator), three-dimensional centrosymetric potentials (hydrogen atom), and angular momentum and spin. Approximation methods include WKB, variational principle, and perturbation theory.",True,"Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,3-0-9,"5.611, 5.612, 8.03, and 18.03",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.74,Introductory Quantum Mechanics II,"Time-dependent quantum mechanics and spectroscopy. Topics include perturbation theory, two-level systems, light-matter interactions, relaxation in quantum systems, correlation functions and linear response theory, and nonlinear spectroscopy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,5.73,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.78,Biophysical Chemistry Techniques,"Presents principles of macromolecular crystallography that are essential for structure determinations. Topics include crystallization, diffraction theory, symmetry and space groups, data collection, phase determination methods, model building, and refinement. Discussion of crystallography theory complemented with exercises such as crystallization, data processing, and model building. Meets with 7.71 when offered concurrently. Enrollment limited.",False,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,5.07 or 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.80,Advanced Topics of Current Special Interest,Advanced topics of current special interest.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.81[J],United States Energy Policy: Lessons Learned for the Future,"Compares the US policy responses, from the Nixon administration to the current administration, on issues ranging from oil import dependence to nuclear nonproliferation. Examines what lessons were learned from these issues and how they have shaped the country's current climate change policy. Prepares students to be informed and effective participants in policy deliberations that require difficult decisions and trade-offs. Addresses both domestic and international policy aspects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,15.029[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.811[J],United States Energy Policy: Lessons Learned for the Future,"Compares the US policy responses, from the Nixon administration to the current administration, on issues ranging from oil import dependence to nuclear nonproliferation. Examines what lessons were learned from these issues and how they have shaped the country's current climate change policy. Prepares students to be informed and effective participants in policy deliberations that require difficult decisions and trade-offs. Addresses both domestic and international policy aspects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,15.0291[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.812[J],Principles of Innovation (New),"Presents the key elements required for new technical ideas and business practices to be successfully deployed in an open economy, subject to international trade and external environmental costs. Examines the challenges of climate change and increased international competitiveness as they relate to innovation. Offers recommendations for major policy changes to how innovation is encouraged in the United States and the global economy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,10.258[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.82[J],Principles of Innovation (New),"Presents the key elements required for new technical ideas and business practices to be successfully deployed in an open economy, subject to international trade and external environmental costs. Examines the challenges of climate change and increased international competitiveness as they relate to innovation. Offers recommendations for major policy changes to how innovation is encouraged in the United States and the global economy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,10.582[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
5.83,Advanced NMR Spectroscopy,"Offers a classical and quantum mechanical description of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The former includes key concepts such as nuclear spin magnetic moment, Larmor precession, Bloch equations, the rotating frame, radio-frequency pulses, vector model of pulsed NMR, Fourier transformation in 1D and nD NMR, orientation dependence of nuclear spin frequencies, and NMR relaxation. The latter covers nuclear spin Hamiltonians, density operator and its time evolution, the interaction representation, Average Hamiltonian Theory for multi-pulse experiments, and analysis of some common pulse sequences in solution and solid-state NMR.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,5.73 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.891,Independent Study in Chemistry for Undergraduates,Program of independent study under direction of Chemistry faculty member.  May not substitute for required courses for the Chemistry major or minor.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.892,Independent Study in Chemistry for Undergraduates,Program of independent study under direction of Chemistry faculty member. May not substitute for required courses for the Chemistry major or minor.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.893,Practical Internship Experience in Chemistry,"For Course 5 and 5-7 students participating in curriculum-related off-campus internship experiences in chemistry. Before enrolling, students must consult the Chemistry Education Office for details on procedures and restrictions, and have approval from their faculty advisor. Subject to department approval. Upon completion, the student must submit a write-up of the experience, approved by their faculty advisor.",True,Summer,Undergraduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.90,Problems in Chemistry,Directed research and study of special chemical problems. For Chemistry graduate students only.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.91,Teaching Experience in the Chemical Sciences,For students in the chemistry graduate program while teaching. Classroom or laboratory teaching under the supervision of a faculty member and classroom-based instruction on timely topics related to education and modern teaching practices. Limited to chemistry graduate students who are teaching the same term.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.913,Seminar in Organic Chemistry,Discusses current journal publications in organic chemistry.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.921,Seminar in Chemical Biology,Discusses topics of current interest in chemical biology.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.931,Seminar in Physical Chemistry,Discusses topics of current interest in physical chemistry.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],5.60,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.941,Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry,Discusses current research in inorganic chemistry.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],5.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.95[J],Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering,"Participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. Topics include theories of adult learning; course development; promoting active learning, problemsolving, and critical thinking in students; communicating with a diverse student body; using educational technology to further learning; lecturing; creating effective tests and assignments; and assessment and evaluation. Students research and present a relevant topic of particular interest. Appropriate for both novices and those with teaching experience.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-2 [P/D/F],None,"1.95[J], 7.59[J], 8.395[J], 18.094[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
5.961[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part I: Advancing Your Professional Strategies and Skills",Part I (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics include: navigating and charting an academic career with confidence; convincing an audience with clear writing and arguments; mastering public speaking and communications; networking at conferences and building a brand; identifying transferable skills; preparing for a successful job application package and job interviews; understanding group dynamics and different leadership styles; leading a group or team with purpose and confidence. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"8.396[J], 9.980[J], 12.396[J], 18.896[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
5.962[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part II: Developing Your Leadership Competencies","Part II (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics covered include gaining self awareness and awareness of others, and communicating with different personality types; learning about team building practices; strategies for recognizing and resolving conflict and bias; advocating for diversity and inclusion; becoming organizationally savvy; having the courage to be an ethical leader; coaching, mentoring, and developing others; championing, accepting, and implementing change. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"8.397[J], 9.981[J], 12.397[J], 18.897[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
5.S00,Special Subject in Chemistry,"Organized lecture, subject consisting of material in the broadly-defined field of chemistry not offered in regularly scheduled subjects.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.S64,Special Subject in Chemistry,Organized lecture consisting of material in the broadly-defined field of chemistry not offered in regularly scheduled subjects.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.S72,Special Subject in Chemistry,Organized lecture consisting of material in the broadly defined field of chemistry not offered in regularly scheduled subjects.,False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.S75,Special Subject in Chemistry,Organized lecture consisting of material in the broadly-defined field of chemistry not offered in regularly scheduled subjects.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.S95,Special Subject in Chemistry,Organized lecture consisting of material in the broadly-defined field of chemistry not offered in regularly scheduled subjects.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of a PhD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,"Program of original research under supervision of a chemistry faculty member, culminating with the preparation of a thesis. Ordinarily requires equivalent of two terms of research with chemistry department faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.UAR[J],Climate and Sustainability Undergraduate Advanced Research,"Provides instruction in effective research, experiential projects, internships, and externships, including choosing and refining problems, surveying previous work and publications, industry best practices, design for robustness, technical presentation, authorship and collaboration, and ethics. Supporting content includes background and context pertaining to climate change and sustainability, as well as tools for sustainable design. Focus for project work includes research topics relevant to the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC). Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises, in the context of an approved advanced research project. A total of 12 units of credit is awarded for completion of the spring and subsequent fall term offerings. Application required; consult MCSC website for more information.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,"1.UAR[J], 3.UAR[J], 11.UAR[J], 12.UAR[J], 15.UAR[J], 22.UAR[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
5.UR,Undergraduate Research,Program of research to be arranged by the student and a departmental faculty member. Research can be applied toward undergraduate thesis.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
5.URG,Undergraduate Research,"Program of research to be arranged by the student and a departmental faculty member. May be taken for up to 12 units per term, not to exceed a cumulative total of 48 units. A 10-page paper summarizing research is required.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.100A,Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python,"Introduction to computer science and programming for students with little or no programming experience. Students develop skills to program and use computational techniques to solve problems. Topics include the notion of computation, Python, simple algorithms and data structures, testing and debugging, and algorithmic complexity. Combination of 6.100A and 6.100B or 16.C20 counts as REST subject. Final given in the seventh week of the term.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.100B,Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science,"Provides an introduction to using computation to understand real-world phenomena. Topics include plotting, stochastic programs, probability and statistics, random walks, Monte Carlo simulations, modeling data, optimization problems, and clustering. Combination of 6.100A and 6.100B counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,6.100A or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.100L,Introduction to Computer Science and Programming,"Introduction to computer science and programming for students with no programming experience. Presents content taught in 6.100A over an entire semester. Students develop skills to program and use computational techniques to solve problems. Topics include the notion of computation, Python, simple algorithms and data structures, testing and debugging, and algorithmic complexity. Lectures are viewed outside of class; in-class time is dedicated to problem-solving and discussion. Combination of 6.100L and 6.100B or 16.C20 counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1010,Fundamentals of Programming,"Introduces fundamental concepts of programming. Designed to develop skills in applying basic methods from programming languages to abstract problems. Topics include programming and Python basics, computational concepts, software engineering, algorithmic techniques, data types, and recursion.  Lab component consists of software design, construction, and implementation of design. Enrollment may be limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-4-6,6.100A,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.1020,Software Construction,"Introduces fundamental principles and techniques of software development: how to write software that is safe from bugs, easy to understand, and ready for change. Topics include specifications and invariants; testing, test-case generation, and coverage; abstract data types and representation independence; design patterns for object-oriented programming; concurrent programming, including message passing and shared memory concurrency, and defending against races and deadlock; and functional programming with immutable data and higher-order functions. Includes weekly programming exercises and larger group programming projects.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-12,6.1010,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1040,Software Design,"Provides design-focused instruction on how to build complex software applications. Design topics include classic human-computer interaction (HCI) design tactics (need finding, heuristic evaluation, prototyping, user testing), conceptual design (inventing, modeling and evaluating constituent concepts), social and ethical implications, abstract data modeling, and visual design. Implementation topics include reactive front-ends, web services, and databases. Students work both on individual projects and a larger team project in which they design and build full-stack web applications.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-14,6.1020 and 6.1200,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1060,Software Performance Engineering,"Project-based introduction to building efficient, high-performance and scalable software systems. Topics include performance analysis, algorithmic techniques for high performance, instruction-level optimizations, vectorization, cache and memory hierarchy optimization, and parallel programming.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-12-3,"6.1020, 6.1210, and 6.1910",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5060,Algorithm Engineering,"Covers the theory and practice of algorithms and data structures. Topics include models of computation, algorithm design and analysis, and performance engineering of algorithm implementations. Presents the design and implementation of sequential, parallel, cache-efficient, and external-memory algorithms. Illustrates many of the principles of algorithm engineering in the context of parallel algorithms and graph problems.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1060 and 6.1220,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5080,Multicore Programming,"Introduces principles and core techniques for programming multicore machines. Topics include locking, scalability, concurrent data structures, multiprocessor scheduling, load balancing, and state-of-the-art synchronization techniques, such as transactional memory. Includes sequence of programming assignments on a large multicore machine, culminating with the design of a highly concurrent application. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,6.1210,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5081,Multicore Programming,"Introduces principles and core techniques for programming multicore machines. Topics include locking, scalability, concurrent data structures, multiprocessor scheduling, load balancing, and state-of-the-art synchronization techniques, such as transactional memory. Includes sequence of programming assignments on a large multicore machine, culminating with the design of a highly concurrent application. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.1210,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1100,Computer Language Engineering,"Analyzes issues associated with the implementation of higher-level programming languages. Fundamental concepts, functions, and structures of compilers. The interaction of theory and practice. Using tools in building software. Includes a multi-person project on compiler design and implementation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-4-4,6.1020 and 6.1910,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1120,Dynamic Computer Language Engineering,"Studies the design and implementation of modern, dynamic programming languages. Topics include fundamental approaches for parsing, semantics and interpretation, virtual machines, garbage collection, just-in-time machine code generation, and optimization. Includes a semester-long, group project that delivers a virtual machine that spans all of these topics.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-4-4,6.1020 or 6.1910,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5110,Foundations of Program Analysis,"Presents major principles and techniques for program analysis. Includes formal semantics, type systems and type-based program analysis, abstract interpretation and model checking and synthesis. Emphasis on Haskell and Ocaml, but no prior experience in these languages is assumed. Student assignments include implementing of techniques covered in class, including building simple verifiers.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1100,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5120,Formal Reasoning About Programs,"Surveys techniques for rigorous mathematical reasoning about correctness of software, emphasizing commonalities across approaches. Introduces interactive computer theorem proving with the Coq proof assistant, which is used for all assignments, providing immediate feedback on soundness of logical arguments. Covers common program-proof techniques, including operational semantics, model checking, abstract interpretation, type systems, program logics, and their applications to functional, imperative, and concurrent programs. Develops a common conceptual framework based on invariants, abstraction, and modularity applied to state and labeled transition systems.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1020 and 6.1200,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5150,Large-scale Symbolic Systems,"Concepts and techniques for the design and implementation of large software systems that can be adapted to uses not anticipated by the designer. Applications include compilers, computer-algebra systems, deductive systems, and some artificial intelligence applications. Covers means for decoupling goals from strategy, mechanisms for implementing additive data-directed invocation, work with partially-specified entities, and how to manage multiple viewpoints. Topics include combinators, generic operations, pattern matching, pattern-directed invocation, rule systems, backtracking, dependencies, indeterminacy, memoization, constraint propagation, and incremental refinement. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.4100 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5151,Large-scale Symbolic Systems,"Concepts and techniques for the design and implementation of large software systems that can be adapted to uses not anticipated by the designer. Applications include compilers, computer-algebra systems, deductive systems, and some artificial intelligence applications. Covers means for decoupling goals from strategy, mechanisms for implementing additive data-directed invocation, work with partially-specified entities, and how to manage multiple viewpoints. Topics include combinators, generic operations, pattern matching, pattern-directed invocation, rule systems, backtracking, dependencies, indeterminacy, memoization, constraint propagation, and incremental refinement. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.4100 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5160[J],Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach,"Classical mechanics in a computational framework, Lagrangian formulation, action, variational principles, and Hamilton's principle. Conserved quantities, Hamiltonian formulation, surfaces of section, chaos, and Liouville's theorem. Poincaré integral invariants, Poincaré-Birkhoff and KAM theorems. Invariant curves and cantori. Nonlinear resonances, resonance overlap and transition to chaos. Symplectic integration. Adiabatic invariants. Applications to simple physical systems and solar system dynamics. Extensive use of computation to capture methods, for simulation, and for symbolic analysis. Programming experience required.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,"Physics I (GIR), 18.03, and permission of instructor","8.351[J], 12.620[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1200[J],Mathematics for Computer Science,"Elementary discrete mathematics for science and engineering, with a focus on mathematical tools and proof techniques useful in computer science. Topics include logical notation, sets, relations, elementary graph theory, state machines and invariants, induction and proofs by contradiction, recurrences, asymptotic notation, elementary analysis of algorithms, elementary number theory and cryptography, permutations and combinations, counting tools, and discrete probability.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus I (GIR),18.062[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
6.120A,Discrete Mathematics and Proof for Computer Science,"Subset of elementary discrete mathematics for science and engineering useful in computer science. Topics may include logical notation, sets, done relations, elementary graph theory, state machines and invariants, induction and proofs by contradiction, recurrences, asymptotic notation, elementary analysis of algorithms, elementary number theory and cryptography, permutations and combinations, counting tools.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,Calculus I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1210,Introduction to Algorithms,"Introduction to mathematical modeling of computational problems, as well as common algorithms, algorithmic paradigms, and data structures used to solve these problems. Emphasizes the relationship between algorithms and programming, and introduces basic performance measures and analysis techniques for these problems. Enrollment may be limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,"6.100A and (6.1200 or (6.120A and (6.3700, 6.3800, 18.05, or 18.600)))",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1220[J],Design and Analysis of Algorithms,"Techniques for the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, emphasizing methods useful in practice. Topics include sorting; search trees, heaps, and hashing; divide-and-conquer; dynamic programming; greedy algorithms; amortized analysis; graph algorithms; and shortest paths. Advanced topics may include network flow; computational geometry; number-theoretic algorithms; polynomial and matrix calculations; caching; and parallel computing.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.1200 and 6.1210,18.410[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1400[J],Computability and Complexity Theory,"Mathematical introduction to the theory of computing. Rigorously explores what kinds of tasks can be efficiently solved with computers by way of finite automata, circuits, Turing machines, and communication complexity, introducing students to some major open problems in mathematics. Builds skills in classifying computational tasks in terms of their difficulty. Discusses other fundamental issues in computing, including the Halting Problem, the Church-Turing Thesis, the P versus NP problem, and the power of randomness.  ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,(6.1200 and 6.1210) or permission of instructor,18.400[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1420,Fixed Parameter and Fine-grained Computation,"An overview of the theory of parameterized algorithms and the ""problem-centric"" theory of fine-grained complexity, both of which reconsider how to measure the difficulty and feasibility of solving computational problems. Topics include: fixed-parameter tractability (FPT) and its characterizations, the W-hierarchy (W[1], W[2], W[P], etc.), 3-sum-hardness, all-pairs shortest paths (APSP)-equivalences, strong exponential time hypothesis (SETH) hardness of problems, and the connections to circuit complexity and other aspects of computing.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.1200, 6.1210, and (6.1220, 6.1400, or 18.404)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5210[J],Advanced Algorithms,"First-year graduate subject in algorithms. Emphasizes fundamental algorithms and advanced methods of algorithmic design, analysis, and implementation. Surveys a variety of computational models and the algorithms for them. Data structures, network flows, linear programming, computational geometry, approximation algorithms, online algorithms, parallel algorithms, external memory, streaming algorithms.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,"6.1220 and (6.1200, 6.3700, or 18.600)",18.415[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5220[J],Randomized Algorithms,"Studies how randomization can be used to make algorithms simpler and more efficient via random sampling, random selection of witnesses, symmetry breaking, and Markov chains. Models of randomized computation. Data structures: hash tables, and skip lists. Graph algorithms: minimum spanning trees, shortest paths, and minimum cuts. Geometric algorithms: convex hulls, linear programming in fixed or arbitrary dimension. Approximate counting; parallel algorithms; online algorithms; derandomization techniques; and tools for probabilistic analysis of algorithms.",True,Fall,Graduate,5-0-7,(6.1200 or 6.3700) and (6.1220 or 6.5210),18.416[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5230,Advanced Data Structures,More advanced and powerful data structures for answering several queries on the same data. Such structures are crucial in particular for designing efficient algorithms. Dictionaries; hashing; search trees. Self-adjusting data structures; linear search; splay trees; dynamic optimality. Integer data structures; word RAM. Predecessor problem; van Emde Boas priority queues; y-fast trees; fusion trees. Lower bounds; cell-probe model; round elimination. Dynamic graphs; link-cut trees; dynamic connectivity. Strings; text indexing; suffix arrays; suffix trees. Static data structures; compact arrays; rank and select. Succinct data structures; tree encodings; implicit data structures. External-memory and cache-oblivious data structures; B-trees; buffer trees; tree layout; ordered-file maintenance. Temporal data structures; persistence; retroactivity.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1220,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5240,Sublinear Time Algorithms,"Sublinear time algorithms understand parameters and properties of input data after viewing only a minuscule fraction of it. Tools from number theory, combinatorics, linear algebra, optimization theory, distributed algorithms, statistics, and probability are covered. Topics include: testing and estimating properties of distributions, functions, graphs, strings, point sets, and various combinatorial objects.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1220 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5250[J],Distributed Algorithms,"Design and analysis of algorithms, emphasizing those suitable for use in distributed networks. Covers various topics including distributed graph algorithms, locality constraints, bandwidth limitations and communication complexity, process synchronization, allocation of computational resources, fault tolerance, and asynchrony. No background in distributed systems required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1220,18.437[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5310,"Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra","Covers discrete geometry and algorithms underlying the reconfiguration of foldable structures, with applications to robotics, manufacturing, and biology. Linkages made from one-dimensional rods connected by hinges: constructing polynomial curves, characterizing rigidity, characterizing unfoldable versus locked, protein folding. Folding two-dimensional paper (origami): characterizing flat foldability, algorithmic origami design, one-cut magic trick. Unfolding and folding three-dimensional polyhedra: edge unfolding, vertex unfolding, gluings, Alexandrov's Theorem, hinged dissections.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1220 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5320,Geometric Computing,"Introduction to the design and analysis of algorithms for geometric problems, in low- and high-dimensional spaces. Algorithms: convex hulls, polygon triangulation, Delaunay triangulation, motion planning, pattern matching. Geometric data structures: point location, Voronoi diagrams, Binary Space Partitions. Geometric problems in higher dimensions: linear programming, closest pair problems. High-dimensional nearest neighbor search and low-distortion embeddings between metric spaces. Geometric algorithms for massive data sets: external memory and streaming algorithms. Geometric optimization.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1220,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5340,Topics in Algorithmic Game Theory,"Presents research topics at the interface of computer science and game theory, with an emphasis on algorithms and computational complexity. Explores the types of game-theoretic tools that are applicable to computer systems, the loss in system performance due to the conflicts of interest of users and administrators, and the design of systems whose performance is robust with respect to conflicts of interest inside the system. Algorithmic focus is on algorithms for equilibria, the complexity of equilibria and fixed points, algorithmic tools in mechanism design, learning in games, and the price of anarchy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1210 or 6.1220,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5350,Matrix Multiplication and Graph Algorithms,"Explores topics around matrix multiplication (MM) and its use in the design of graph algorithms. Focuses on problems such as transitive closure, shortest paths, graph matching, and other classical graph problems. Explores fast approximation algorithms when MM techniques are too expensive.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1220,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5400[J],Theory of Computation,"A more extensive and theoretical treatment of the material in 6.1400J/18.400J, emphasizing computability and computational complexity theory. Regular and context-free languages. Decidable and undecidable problems, reducibility, recursive function theory. Time and space measures on computation, completeness, hierarchy theorems, inherently complex problems, oracles, probabilistic computation, and interactive proof systems. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.404.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.1200 or 18.200,18.4041[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5410[J],Advanced Complexity Theory,"Current research topics in computational complexity theory. Nondeterministic, alternating, probabilistic, and parallel computation models. Boolean circuits. Complexity classes and complete sets. The polynomial-time hierarchy. Interactive proof systems. Relativization. Definitions of randomness. Pseudo-randomness and derandomizations. Interactive proof systems and probabilistically checkable proofs.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.404,18.405[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5420,Randomness and Computation,"The power and sources of randomness in computation. Connections and applications to computational complexity, computational learning theory, cryptography and combinatorics. Topics include: probabilistic proofs, uniform generation and approximate counting, Fourier analysis of Boolean functions, computational learning theory, expander graphs, pseudorandom generators, derandomization.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1220 and 18.4041,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5430,Quantum Complexity Theory,"Introduction to quantum computational complexity theory, the study of the fundamental capabilities and limitations of quantum computers. Topics include complexity classes, lower bounds, communication complexity, proofs and advice, and interactive proof systems in the quantum world; classical simulation of quantum circuits. The objective is to bring students to the research frontier.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.1400, 18.4041, and 18.435",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1600,Foundations of Computer Security,"Fundamental notions and big ideas for achieving security in computer systems. Topics include cryptographic foundations (pseudorandomness, collision-resistant hash functions, authentication codes, signatures, authenticated encryption, public-key encryption), systems ideas (isolation, non-interference, authentication, access control, delegation, trust), and implementation techniques (privilege separation, fuzzing, symbolic execution, runtime defenses, side-channel attacks). Case studies of how these ideas are realized in deployed systems. Lab assignments apply ideas from lectures to learn how to build secure systems and how they can be attacked.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,(6.1210 and (6.1800 or 6.1810)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5610,Applied Cryptography,"Covers advanced applications of cryptography, implementation of cryptographic primitives, and cryptanalysis. Topics may include: proof systems; zero knowledge; secret sharing; multiparty computation; fully homomorphic encryption; electronic voting; design of block ciphers and hash functions; elliptic-curve and lattice-based cryptosystems; and algorithms for collision-finding, discrete-log, and factoring. Assignments include a final group project. Topics may vary from year to year.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,6.1200 and (6.1800 or 6.1810),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5620[J],Foundations of Cryptography,"A rigorous introduction to modern cryptography. Emphasis on the fundamental cryptographic primitives such as public-key encryption, digital signatures, and pseudo-random number generation, as well as advanced cryptographic primitives such as zero-knowledge proofs, homomorphic encryption, and secure multiparty computation.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.1220, 6.1400, or 18.4041",18.425[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5630,Advanced Topics in Cryptography,In-depth exploration of recent results in cryptography.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.5620,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5660,Computer Systems Security,"Design and implementation of secure computer systems. Lectures cover attacks that compromise security as well as techniques for achieving security, based on recent research papers. Topics include operating system security, privilege separation, capabilities, language-based security, cryptographic network protocols, trusted hardware, and security in web applications and mobile phones. Labs involve implementing and compromising a web application that sandboxes arbitrary code, and a group final project.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,6.1020 and (6.1800 or 6.1810),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1800,Computer Systems Engineering,"Topics on the engineering of computer software and hardware systems: techniques for controlling complexity; strong modularity using client-server design, operating systems; performance, networks; naming; security and privacy; fault-tolerant systems, atomicity and coordination of concurrent activities, and recovery; impact of computer systems on society. Case studies of working systems and readings from the current literature provide comparisons and contrasts. Includes a single, semester-long design project. Students engage in extensive written communication exercises. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-1-6,6.1910,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1810,Operating System Engineering,"Design and implementation of operating systems, and their use as a foundation for systems programming. Topics include virtual memory, file systems, threads, context switches, kernels, interrupts, system calls, interprocess communication, coordination, and interaction between software and hardware. A multi-processor operating system for RISC-V, xv6, is used to illustrate these topics. Individual laboratory assignments involve extending the xv6 operating system, for example to support sophisticated virtual memory features and networking.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.1910,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1820[J],Mobile and Sensor Computing,"Focuses on ""Internet of Things"" (IoT) systems and technologies, sensing, computing, and communication. Explores fundamental design and implementation issues in the engineering of mobile and sensor computing systems. Topics include battery-free sensors, seeing through wall, robotic sensors, vital sign sensors (breathing, heartbeats, emotions), sensing in cars and autonomous vehicles, subsea IoT, sensor security, positioning technologies (including GPS and indoor WiFi), inertial sensing (accelerometers, gyroscopes, inertial measurement units, dead-reckoning), embedded and distributed system architectures, sensing with radio signals, sensing with microphones and cameras, wireless sensor networks, embedded and distributed system architectures, mobile libraries and APIs to sensors, and application case studies. Includes readings from research literature, as well as laboratory assignments and a significant term project.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.1800 or permission of instructor,MAS.453[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1850,Computer Systems and Society,"Explores the impact of computer systems on individual humans, society, and the environment. Examines large- and small-scale power structures that stem from low-level technical design decisions, the consequences of those structures on society, and how they can limit or provide access to certain technologies. Students learn to assess design decisions within an ethical framework and consider the impact of their decisions on non-users. Case studies of working systems and readings from the current literature provide comparisons and contrasts. Possible topics include the implications of hierarchical designs (e.g., DNS) for scale; how layered models influence what parts of a network have the power to take certain actions; and the environmental impact of proof-of-work-based systems such as Bitcoin. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.1800,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5810,Operating System Engineering,"Fundamental design and implementation issues in the engineering of operating systems. Lectures based on the study of a symmetric multiprocessor version of UNIX version 6 and research papers. Topics include virtual memory; file system; threads; context switches; kernels; interrupts; system calls; interprocess communication; coordination, and interaction between software and hardware. Individual laboratory assignments accumulate in the construction of a minimal operating system (for an x86-based personal computer) that implements the basic operating system abstractions and a shell. Knowledge of programming in the C language is a prerequisite.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-6-3,6.1020 and (6.1800 or 6.1810),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5820,Computer Networks,"Topics on the engineering and analysis of network protocols and architecture, including architectural principles for designing heterogeneous networks; transport protocols; Internet routing; router design; congestion control and network resource management; wireless networks; network security; naming; overlay and peer-to-peer networks. Readings from original research papers. Semester-long project and paper.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.1800 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5830,Database Systems,"Topics related to the engineering and design of database systems, including data models; database and schema design; schema normalization and integrity constraints; query processing; query optimization and cost estimation; transactions; recovery; concurrency control; isolation and consistency; distributed, parallel and heterogeneous databases; adaptive databases; trigger systems; pub-sub systems; semi structured data and XML querying. Lecture and readings from original research papers. Semester-long project and paper. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,((6.1210 or 6.1220) and (6.1800 or 6.1810)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5831,Database Systems,"Topics related to the engineering and design of database systems, including data models; database and schema design; schema normalization and integrity constraints; query processing; query optimization and cost estimation; transactions; recovery; concurrency control; isolation and consistency; distributed, parallel and heterogeneous databases; adaptive databases; trigger systems; pub-sub systems; semi structured data and XML querying. Lecture and readings from original research papers. Semester-long project and paper. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,((6.1210 or 6.1220) and (6.1800 or 6.1810)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5840,Distributed Computer Systems Engineering,"Abstractions and implementation techniques for engineering distributed systems: remote procedure call, threads and locking, client/server, peer-to-peer, consistency, fault tolerance, and security. Readings from current literature. Individual laboratory assignments culminate in the construction of a fault-tolerant and scalable network file system. Programming experience with C/C++ required. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.1800, 6.1810, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5850,Principles of Computer Systems,"Introduction to the basic principles of computer systems with emphasis on the use of rigorous techniques as an aid to understanding and building modern computing systems. Particular attention paid to concurrent and distributed systems. Topics include: specification and verification, concurrent algorithms, synchronization, naming, Networking, replication techniques (including distributed cache management), and principles and algorithms for achieving reliability.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1903,Introduction to Low-level Programming in C and Assembly,"Introduction to C and assembly language for students coming from a Python background (6.100A). Studies the C language, focusing on memory and associated topics including pointers, how different data structures are stored in memory, the stack, and the heap in order to build a strong understanding of the constraints involved in manipulating complex data structures in modern computational systems. Studies assembly language to facilitate a firm understanding of how high-level languages are translated to machine-level instructions.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-2,6.100A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1904,Introduction to Low-level Programming in C and Assembly,"Introduction to C and assembly language for students coming from a Python background (6.100A). Studies the C language, focusing on memory and associated topics including pointers, how different data structures are stored in memory, the stack, and the heap in order to build a strong understanding of the constraints involved in manipulating complex data structures in modern computational systems. Studies assembly language to facilitate a firm understanding of how high-level languages are translated to machine-level instructions.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-2,6.100A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.1910,Computation Structures,"Provides an introduction to the design of digital systems and computer architecture. Emphasizes expressing all hardware designs in a high-level hardware description language and synthesizing the designs. Topics include combinational and sequential circuits, instruction set abstraction for programmable hardware, single-cycle and pipelined processor implementations, multi-level memory hierarchies, virtual memory, exceptions and I/O, and parallel systems.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,"Physics II (GIR), 6.100A, and (Coreq: 6.1903 or 6.1904); or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
6.1920,Constructive Computer Architecture,"Illustrates a constructive (as opposed to a descriptive) approach to computer architecture. Topics include combinational and pipelined arithmetic-logic units (ALU), in-order pipelined microarchitectures, branch prediction, blocking and unblocking caches, interrupts, virtual memory support, cache coherence and multicore architectures. Labs in a modern Hardware Design Language (HDL) illustrate various aspects of microprocessor design, culminating in a term project in which students present a multicore design running on an FPGA board.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-8-1,6.1910,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5900,Computer System Architecture,"Introduction to the principles underlying modern computer architecture. Emphasizes the relationship among technology, hardware organization, and programming systems in the evolution of computer architecture. Topics include pipelined, out-of-order, and speculative execution; caches, virtual memory and exception handling, superscalar, very long instruction word (VLIW), vector, and multithreaded processors; on-chip networks, memory models, synchronization, and cache coherence protocols for multiprocessors.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.1910,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5910,Complex Digital Systems Design,"Introduction to the design and implementation of large-scale digital systems using hardware description languages and high-level synthesis tools in conjunction with standard commercial electronic design automation (EDA) tools. Emphasizes modular and robust designs, reusable modules, correctness by construction, architectural exploration, meeting area and timing constraints, and developing functional field-programmable gate array (FPGA) prototypes. Extensive use of CAD tools in weekly labs serve as preparation for a multi-person design project on multi-million gate FPGAs. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-5-2,6.1910,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5920,Parallel Computing,"Introduction to parallel and multicore computer architecture and programming. Topics include the design and implementation of multicore processors; networking, video, continuum, particle and graph applications for multicores; communication and synchronization algorithms and mechanisms; locality in parallel computations; computational models, including shared memory, streams, message passing, and data parallel; multicore mechanisms for synchronization, cache coherence, and multithreading. Performance evaluation of multicores; compilation and runtime systems for parallel computing. Substantial project required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1910 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5930,Hardware Architecture for Deep Learning,"Introduction to the design and implementation of hardware architectures for efficient processing of deep learning algorithms and tensor algebra in AI systems. Topics include basics of deep learning, optimization principles for programmable platforms, design principles of accelerator architectures, co-optimization of algorithms and hardware (including sparsity) and use of advanced technologies (including memristors and optical computing). Includes labs involving modeling and analysis of hardware architectures, architecting deep learning inference systems, and an open-ended design project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,6.1910 and (6.3000 or 6.3900),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5931,Hardware Architecture for Deep Learning,"Introduction to the design and implementation of hardware architectures for efficient processing of deep learning algorithms and tensor algebra in AI systems. Topics include basics of deep learning, optimization principles for programmable platforms, design principles of accelerator architectures, co-optimization of algorithms and hardware (including sparsity) and use of advanced technologies (including memristors and optical computing). Includes labs involving modeling and analysis of hardware architectures, architecting deep learning inference systems, and an open-ended design project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,6.1910 and (6.3000 or 6.3900),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5940,TinyML and Efficient Deep Learning Computing,"Introduces efficient deep learning computing techniques that enable powerful deep learning applications on resource-constrained devices. Topics include model compression, pruning, quantization, neural architecture search, distributed training, data/model parallellism, gradient compression, on-device fine-tuning. It also introduces application-specific acceleration techniques for video recognition, point cloud, and generative AI (diffusion model, LLM). Students will get hands-on experience accelerating deep learning applications with an open-ended design project.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1910 and 6.3900,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5950,Secure Hardware Design,"Introduction to basic concepts, principles, and implementation issues in the designing of secure hardware systems. Through a mixture of lectures and paper discussions, covers state-of-the-art security attacks and defenses targeting the computer architecture, digital circuits, and physics layers of computer systems. Emphasizes both the conceptual and the practical aspects of security issues in modern hardware systems. Topics include microarchitectural timing side channels, speculative execution attacks, RowHammer, Trusted Execution Environment, physical attacks, hardware support for software security, and verification of digital systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1910,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.5951,Secure Hardware Design,"Introduction to basic concepts, principles, and implementation issues in the designing of secure hardware systems. Through a mixture of lectures and paper discussions, covers state-of-the-art security attacks and defenses targeting the computer architecture, digital circuits, and physics layers of computer systems. Emphasizes both the conceptual and the practical aspects of security issues in modern hardware systems. Topics include microarchitectural timing side channels, speculative execution attacks, RowHammer, Trusted Execution Environment, physical attacks, hardware support for software security, and verification of digital systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.1910,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2000,Electrical Circuits: Modeling and Design of Physical Systems,"Fundamentals of linear systems, and abstraction modeling of multi-physics lumped and distributed systems using lumped electrical circuits. Linear networks involving independent and dependent sources, resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Extensions to include operational amplifiers and transducers. Dynamics of first- and second-order networks; analysis and design in the time and frequency domains; signal and energy processing applications. Design exercises. Weekly laboratory with microcontroller and transducers.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-2-7,Physics II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
6.2020[J],Electronics Project Laboratory,"Intuition-based introduction to electronics, electronic components, and test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and signal generators. Key components studied and used are op-amps, comparators, bi-polar transistors, and diodes (including LEDs). Students design, build, and debug small electronics projects (often featuring sound and light) to put their new knowledge into practice. Upon completing the class, students can take home a kit of components. Intended for students with little or no previous background in electronics. Enrollment may be limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-2-3,None,EC.120[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2030,Electronics First Laboratory,"Practical introduction to the design and construction of electronic circuits for information processing and control. Laboratory exercises include activities such as the construction of oscillators for a simple musical instrument, a laser audio communicator, a countdown timer, an audio amplifier, and a feedback-controlled solid-state lighting system for daylight energy conservation. Introduces basic electrical components including resistors, capacitors, and inductors; basic assembly techniques for electronics include breadboarding and soldering; and programmable system-on-chip electronics and C programming language. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-4-4,None. Coreq: Physics II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2040,Analog Electronics Laboratory,"Experimental laboratory explores the design, construction, and debugging of analog electronic circuits. Lectures and laboratory projects in the first half of the course investigate the performance characteristics of semiconductor devices (diodes, BJTs, and MOSFETs) and functional analog building blocks, including single-stage amplifiers, op amps, small audio amplifier, filters, converters, sensor circuits, and medical electronics (ECG, pulse-oximetry). Projects involve design, implementation, and presentation in an environment similar to that of industry engineering design teams. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Opportunity to simulate real-world problems and solutions that involve tradeoffs and the use of engineering judgment.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-9-1,6.2000,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.2050,Digital Systems Laboratory,"Lab-intensive subject that investigates digital systems with a focus on FPGAs. Lectures and labs cover logic, flip flops, counters, timing, synchronization, finite-state machines, digital signal processing, communication protocols, and modern sensors. Prepares students for the design and implementation of a large-scale final project of their choice: games, music, digital filters, wireless communications, video, or graphics. Extensive use of System/Verilog for describing and implementing and verifying digital logic designs.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-7-2,6.1910 or permission of instructor,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.2060,Microcomputer Project Laboratory,"Introduces analysis and design of embedded systems. Emphasizes construction of complete systems, including a five-axis robot arm, a fluorescent lamp ballast, a tomographic imaging station (e.g., a CAT scan), and a simple calculator. Presents a wide range of basic tools, including software and development tools, programmable system on chip, peripheral components such as A/D converters, communication schemes, signal processing techniques, closed-loop digital feedback control, interface and power electronics, and modeling of electromechanical systems. Includes a sequence of assigned projects, followed by a final project of the student's choice, emphasizing creativity and uniqueness. Provides instruction in written and oral communication. To satisfy the independent inquiry component of this subject, students expand the scope of their laboratory project. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-6-3,"6.1910, 6.2000, or 6.3000",N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.2061,Microcomputer Project Laboratory - Independent Inquiry,"Introduces analysis and design of embedded systems. Emphasizes construction of complete systems, including a five-axis robot arm, a fluorescent lamp ballast, a tomographic imaging station (e.g., a CAT scan), and a simple calculator. Presents a wide range of basic tools, including software and development tools, programmable system on chip, peripheral components such as A/D converters, communication schemes, signal processing techniques, closed-loop digital feedback control, interface and power electronics, and modeling of electromechanical systems. Includes a sequence of assigned projects, followed by a final project of the student's choice, emphasizing creativity and uniqueness. Provides instruction in written and oral communication. Students taking independent inquiry version 6.2061 expand the scope of their laboratory project. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-9-3,"6.1910, 6.2000, or 6.3000",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2080,Semiconductor Electronic Circuits,"Provides an introduction to basic circuit design, starting from basic semiconductor devices such as diodes and transistors, large and small signal models and analysis, to circuits such as basic amplifier and opamp circuits. Labs give students access to CAD/EDA tools to design, analyze, and layout analog circuits. At the end of the term, students have their chip design fabricated using a 22nm FinFET CMOS process.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,6.2000,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2090,Solid-State Circuits,"Fosters deep understanding and intuition that is crucial in innovating analog circuits and optimizing the whole system in bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) technologies. Covers both theory and real-world applications of basic amplifier structures, operational amplifiers, temperature sensors, bandgap references. Covers topics such as noise, linearity and stability. Homework and labs give students access to CAD/EDA tools to design and analyze analog circuits. Provides practical experience through lab exercises, including a broadband amplifier design and characterization. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,"6.2040, 6.2080, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2092,Solid-State Circuits,"Fosters deep understanding and intuition that is crucial in innovating analog circuits and optimizing the whole system in bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) technologies. Covers both theory and real-world applications of basic amplifier structures, operational amplifiers, temperature sensors, bandgap references. Covers topics such as noise, linearity and stability. Homework and labs give students access to CAD/EDA tools to design and analyze analog circuits. Provides practical experience through lab exercises, including a broadband amplifier design and characterization. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,"6.2040, 6.2080, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6000,CMOS Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design,"A detailed exposition of the principles involved in designing and optimizing analog and mixed-signal circuits in CMOS technologies. Small-signal and large-signal models. Systemic methodology for device sizing and biasing. Basic circuit building blocks. Operational amplifier design. Principles of switched capacitor networks including switched-capacitor and continuous-time integrated filters. Basic and advanced A/D and D/A converters, delta-sigma modulators, RF and other signal processing circuits. Design projects on op amps and subsystems are a required part of the subject.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.2090,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6010,Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits,"Device and circuit level optimization of digital building blocks. Circuit design styles for logic, arithmetic, and sequential blocks. Estimation and minimization of energy consumption. Interconnect models and parasitics, device sizing and logical effort, timing issues (clock skew and jitter), and active clock distribution techniques. Memory architectures, circuits (sense amplifiers), and devices. Evaluation of how design choices affect tradeoffs across key metrics including energy consumption, speed, robustness, and cost. Extensive use of modern design flow and EDA/CAD tools for the analysis and design of digital building blocks and digital VLSI design for labs and design projects",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,6.1910 and (6.2080 or 6.2500),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6020,High-Frequency Integrated Circuits,"Principles and techniques of high-speed integrated circuits used in wireless/wireline data links and remote sensing. On-chip passive component design of inductors, capacitors, and antennas. Analysis of distributed effects, such as transmission line modeling, S-parameters, and Smith chart. Transceiver architectures and circuit blocks, which include low-noise amplifiers, mixers, voltage-controlled oscillators, power amplifiers, and frequency dividers. Involves IC/EM simulation and laboratory projects.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,6.2080,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2200,Electric Energy Systems,"Analysis and design of modern energy conversion and delivery systems. Develops a solid foundation in electromagnetic phenomena with a focus on electrical energy distribution, electro-mechanical energy conversion (motors and generators), and electrical-to-electrical energy conversion (DC-DC, DC-AC power conversion). Students apply the material covered to consider critical challenges associated with global energy systems, with particular examples related to the electrification of transport and decarbonization of the grid.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.2000,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2210,"Electromagnetic Fields, Forces and Motion","Study of electromagnetics and electromagnetic energy conversion leading to an understanding of devices, including electromagnetic sensors, actuators, motors and generators. Quasistatic Maxwell's equations and the Lorentz force law. Studies of the quasistatic fields and their sources through solutions of Poisson's and Laplace's equations. Boundary conditions and multi-region boundary-value problems. Steady-state conduction, polarization, and magnetization. Charge conservation and relaxation, and magnetic induction and diffusion. Extension to moving materials. Electric and magnetic forces and force densities derived from energy, and stress tensors. Extensive use of engineering examples. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Physics II (GIR) and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2220,Power Electronics Laboratory,"Introduces the design and construction of power electronic circuits and motor drives. Laboratory exercises include the construction of drive circuitry for an electric go-cart, flash strobes, computer power supplies, three-phase inverters for AC motors, and resonant drives for lamp ballasts and induction heating. Basic electric machines introduced include DC, induction, and permanent magnet motors, with drive considerations. Provides instruction in written and oral communication. Students taking independent inquiry version 6.2221 expand the scope of their laboratory project.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-6-3,6.2000 or 6.3100,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.2221,Power Electronics Laboratory - Independent Inquiry,"Introduces the design and construction of power electronic circuits and motor drives. Laboratory exercises include the construction of drive circuitry for an electric go-cart, flash strobes, computer power supplies, three-phase inverters for AC motors, and resonant drives for lamp ballasts and induction heating. Basic electric machines introduced include DC, induction, and permanent magnet motors, with drive considerations. Provides instruction in written and oral communication. To satisfy the independent inquiry component of this subject, students expand the scope of their laboratory project.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-9-3,6.2000 or 6.3000,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2222,Power Electronics Laboratory," Hands-on introduction to the design and construction of power electronic circuits and motor drives. Laboratory exercises (shared with 6.131 and 6.1311) include the construction of drive circuitry for an electric go-cart, flash strobes, computer power supplies, three-phase inverters for AC motors, and resonant drives for lamp ballasts and induction heating. Basic electric machines introduced including DC, induction, and permanent magnet motors, with drive considerations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments and an extended final project.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-9-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6210,"Electromagnetic Fields, Forces and Motion","Study of electromagnetics and electromagnetic energy conversion leading to an understanding of devices, including electromagnetic sensors, actuators, motors and generators. Quasistatic Maxwell's equations and the Lorentz force law. Studies of the quasistatic fields and their sources through solutions of Poisson's and Laplace's equations. Boundary conditions and multi-region boundary-value problems. Steady-state conduction, polarization, and magnetization. Charge conservation and relaxation, and magnetic induction and diffusion. Extension to moving materials. Electric and magnetic forces and force densities derived from energy, and stress tensors. Extensive use of engineering examples. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Physics II (GIR) and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6220,Power Electronics,"The application of electronics to energy conversion and control. Modeling, analysis, and control techniques. Design of power circuits including inverters, rectifiers, and dc-dc converters. Analysis and design of magnetic components and filters. Characteristics of power semiconductor devices. Numerous application examples, such as motion control systems, power supplies, and radio-frequency power amplifiers.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.2500,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6280,Electric Machines,"Treatment of electromechanical transducers, rotating and linear electric machines. Lumped-parameter electromechanics. Power flow using Poynting's theorem, force estimation using the Maxwell stress tensor and Principle of virtual work. Development of analytical techniques for predicting device characteristics: energy conversion density, efficiency; and of system interaction characteristics: regulation, stability, controllability, and response. Use of electric machines in drive systems. Problems taken from current research.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.2200, 6.690, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2300,Electromagnetics Waves and Applications,"Analysis and design of modern applications that employ electromagnetic phenomena for signals and power transmission in RF, microwaves, optical and wireless communication systems. Fundamentals include dynamic solutions for Maxwell's equations; electromagnetic power and energy, waves in media, metallic and dielectric waveguides, radiation, and diffraction; resonance; filters; and acoustic analogs. Lab activities range from building to testing of devices and systems (e.g., antenna arrays, radars, dielectric waveguides). Students work in teams on self-proposed maker-style design projects with a focus on fostering creativity, teamwork, and debugging skills. 6.2000 and 6.3000 are recommended but not required.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-5-4,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2320,Silicon Photonics (New),"Covers the foundational concepts behind silicon photonics based in electromagnetics, optics, and device physics; the design of silicon-photonics-based devices (including waveguides, couplers, splitters, resonators, antennas, modulators, detectors, and lasers) using both theoretical analysis and numerical simulation tools; the engineering of silicon-photonics-based circuits and systems with a focus on a variety of applications areas (spanning computing, communications, sensing, quantum, displays, and biophotonics); the development of silicon-photonics-based platforms, including fabrication and materials considerations; and the characterization of these silicon-photonics-based devices and systems through laboratory demonstrations and projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.2300 or 8.07,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2370,Modern Optics Project Laboratory,"Lectures, laboratory exercises and projects on optical signal generation, transmission, detection, storage, processing and display. Topics include polarization properties of light; reflection and refraction; coherence and interference; Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction; holography; Fourier optics; coherent and incoherent imaging and signal processing systems; optical properties of materials; lasers and LEDs; electro-optic and acousto-optic light modulators; photorefractive and liquid-crystal light modulation; display technologies; optical waveguides and fiber-optic communication systems; photodetectors. Students may use this subject to find an advanced undergraduate project. Students engage in extensive oral and written communication exercises. Recommended prerequisite: 8.03.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-5-4,6.3000,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.2400,Introduction to Quantum Systems Engineering,"Introduction to the quantum mechanics needed to engineer quantum systems for computation, communication, and sensing. Topics include: motivation for quantum engineering, qubits and quantum gates, rules of quantum mechanics, mathematical background, quantum electrical circuits and other physical quantum systems, harmonic and anharmonic oscillators, measurement, the Schrödinger equation, noise, entanglement, benchmarking, quantum communication, and quantum algorithms. No prior experience with quantum mechanics is assumed.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-6,6.2300 and (18.06 or 18.C06),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2410,Quantum Engineering Platforms,"Provides practical knowledge and quantum engineering experience with several physical platforms for quantum computation, communication, and sensing, including photonics, superconducting qubits, and trapped ions. Labs include both a hardware component -- to gain experience with challenges, design, and non-idealities -- and a cloud component to run algorithms on state of the art commercial systems. Use entangled photons to communicate securely (quantum key distribution). Run quantum algorithms on trapped ion and superconducting quantum computers.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-5-6,"6.2400, 6.6400, 18.435, or (8.04 and 8.05)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6300,Electromagnetics,"Explores electromagnetic phenomena in modern applications, including wireless and optical communications, circuits, computer interconnects and peripherals, microwave communications and radar, antennas, sensors, micro-electromechanical systems, and power generation and transmission. Fundamentals include quasistatic and dynamic solutions to Maxwell's equations; waves, radiation, and diffraction; coupling to media and structures; guided and unguided waves; modal expansions; resonance; acoustic analogs; and forces, power, and energy.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Physics II (GIR) and 6.3000,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6310,Optics and Photonics,"Introduction to fundamental concepts and techniques of optics, photonics, and fiber optics, aimed at developing skills for independent research. Topics include: Review of Maxwell's equations, light propagation, reflection and transmission, dielectric mirrors and filters. Scattering matrices, interferometers, and interferometric measurement. Fresnel and Fraunhoffer diffraction theory. Lenses, optical imaging systems, and software design tools. Gaussian beams, propagation and resonator design. Optical waveguides, optical fibers and photonic devices for encoding and detection. Discussion of research operations / funding and professional development topics. The course reviews and introduces mathematical methods and techniques, which are fundamental in optics and photonics, but also useful in many other engineering specialties.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.2300 or 8.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6320,Silicon Photonics (New),"Covers the foundational concepts behind silicon photonics based in electromagnetics, optics, and device physics; the design of silicon-photonics-based devices (including waveguides, couplers, splitters, resonators, antennas, modulators, detectors, and lasers) using both theoretical analysis and numerical simulation tools; the engineering of silicon-photonics-based circuits and systems with a focus on a variety of applications areas (spanning computing, communications, sensing, quantum, displays, and biophotonics); the development of silicon-photonics-based platforms, including fabrication and materials considerations; and the characterization of these silicon-photonics-based devices and systems through laboratory demonstrations and projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.2300 or 8.07,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6330,Fundamentals of Photonics,"Covers the fundamentals of optics and the interaction of light and matter, leading to devices such as light emitting diodes, optical amplifiers, and lasers. Topics include classical ray, wave, beam, and Fourier optics; Maxwell's electromagnetic waves; resonators; quantum theory of photons; light-matter interaction; laser amplification; lasers; and semiconductors optoelectronics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.71, 6.2300, or 8.07",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6331,Fundamentals of Photonics,"Covers the fundamentals of optics and the interaction of light and matter, leading to devices such as light emitting diodes, optical amplifiers, and lasers. Topics include classical ray, wave, beam, and Fourier optics; Maxwell's electromagnetic waves; resonators; quantum theory of photons; light-matter interaction; laser amplification; lasers; and semiconductors optoelectronics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"2.71, 6.2300, or 8.07",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6340[J],Nonlinear Optics,"Techniques of nonlinear optics with emphasis on fundamentals for research in optics, photonics, spectroscopy, and ultrafast science. Topics include: electro-optic modulators and devices, sum and difference frequency generation, and parametric conversion. Nonlinear propagation effects in optical fibers including self-phase modulation, pulse compression, solitons, communication, and femtosecond fiber lasers. Review of quantum mechanics, interaction of light with matter, laser gain and operation, density matrix techniques, perturbation theory, diagrammatic methods, nonlinear spectroscopies, ultrafast lasers and measurements. Discussion of research operations and funding and professional development topics. Introduces fundamental methods and techniques needed for independent research in advanced optics and photonics, but useful in many other engineering and physics disciplines.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.2300 or 8.03,8.431[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6370,"Optical Imaging Devices, and Systems","Principles of operation and applications of optical imaging devices and systems (includes optical signal generation, transmission, detection, storage, processing and display). Topics include review of the basic properties of electromagnetic waves; coherence and interference; diffraction and holography; Fourier optics; coherent and incoherent imaging and signal processing systems; optical properties of materials; lasers and LEDs; electro-optic and acousto-optic light modulators; photorefractive and liquid-crystal light modulation; spatial light modulators and displays; near-eye and projection displays, holographic and other 3-D display schemes, photodetectors; 2-D and 3-D optical storage technologies; adaptive optical systems; role of optics in next-generation computers. Requires a research paper on a specific contemporary optical imaging topic. Recommended prerequisite: 8.03.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3000,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6400,Applied Quantum and Statistical Physics,"Elementary quantum mechanics and statistical physics. Introduces applied quantum physics. Emphasizes experimental basis for quantum mechanics. Applies Schrodinger's equation to the free particle, tunneling, the harmonic oscillator, and hydrogen atom. Variational methods. Elementary statistical physics; Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein, and Boltzmann distribution functions. Simple models for metals, semiconductors, and devices such as electron microscopes, scanning tunneling microscope, thermonic emitters, atomic force microscope, and more. Some familiarity with continuous time Fourier transforms recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6410[J],Quantum Computation,Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of quantum computation. Topics covered: physics of information processing; quantum algorithms including the factoring algorithm and Grover's search algorithm; quantum error correction; quantum communication and cryptography. Knowledge of quantum mechanics helpful but not required.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"8.05, 18.06, 18.700, 18.701, or 18.C06","2.111[J], 8.370[J], 18.435[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6420[J],Quantum Information Science,"Examines quantum computation and quantum information. Topics include quantum circuits, the quantum Fourier transform and search algorithms, the quantum operations formalism, quantum error correction, Calderbank-Shor-Steane and stabilizer codes, fault tolerant quantum computation, quantum data compression, quantum entanglement, capacity of quantum channels, and quantum cryptography and the proof of its security. Prior knowledge of quantum mechanics required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.435,"8.371[J], 18.436[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2500[J],Nanoelectronics and Computing Systems,"Studies interaction between materials, semiconductor physics, electronic devices, and computing systems. Develops intuition of how transistors operate. Topics range from introductory semiconductor physics to modern state-of-the-art nano-scale devices. Considers how innovations in devices have driven historical progress in computing, and explores ideas for further improvements in devices and computing. Students apply material to understand how building improved computing systems requires knowledge of devices, and how making the correct device requires knowledge of computing systems. Includes a design project for practical application of concepts, and labs for experience building silicon transistors and devices.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.2000,3.158[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2530,Introduction to Nanoelectronics,"Transistors at the nanoscale. Quantization, wavefunctions, and Schrodinger's equation. Introduction to electronic properties of molecules, carbon nanotubes, and crystals. Energy band formation and the origin of metals, insulators and semiconductors. Ballistic transport, Ohm's law, ballistic versus traditional MOSFETs, fundamental limits to computation.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.3000,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2532,Nanoelectronics,"Meets with undergraduate subject 6.2530, but requires the completion of additional/different homework assignments and or projects. See subject description under 6.2530.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3000,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2540,Nanotechnology: From Atoms to Systems,"Introduces the fundamentals of applied quantum mechanics, materials science, and fabrication skills needed to design, engineer, and build emerging nanodevices with diverse applications in energy, memory, display, communications, and sensing. Focuses on the application and outlines the full progression from the fundamentals to the implemented device and functional technology. Closely integrates lectures with design-oriented laboratory modules. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-3-7,Physics II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.2600[J],Micro/Nano Processing Technology,"Introduces the theory and technology of micro/nano fabrication. Includes lectures and laboratory sessions on processing techniques: wet and dry etching, chemical and physical deposition, lithography, thermal processes, packaging, and device and materials characterization. Homework uses process simulation tools to build intuition about higher order effects. Emphasizes interrelationships between material properties and processing, device structure, and the electrical, mechanical, optical, chemical or biological behavior of devices. Students fabricate solar cells, and a choice of MEMS cantilevers or microfluidic mixers. Students formulate their own device idea, either based on cantilevers or mixers, then implement and test their designs in the lab. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises. Course provides background for research work related to micro/nano fabrication. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-5,"Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), Physics II (GIR), or permission of instructor",3.155[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6500[J],Integrated Microelectronic Devices,"Covers physics of microelectronic semiconductor devices for integrated circuit applications. Topics include semiconductor fundamentals, p-n junction, metal-oxide semiconductor structure, metal-semiconductor junction, MOS field-effect transistor, and bipolar junction transistor.  Emphasizes physical understanding of device operation through energy band diagrams and short-channel MOSFET device design and modern device scaling. Familiarity with MATLAB recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,3.42 or 6.2500,3.43[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6510,Physics for Solid-State Applications,"Classical and quantum models of electrons and lattice vibrations in solids, emphasizing physical models for elastic properties, electronic transport, and heat capacity. Crystal lattices, electronic energy band structures, phonon dispersion relations, effective mass theorem, semiclassical equations of motion, electron scattering and semiconductor optical properties. Band structure and transport properties of selected semiconductors. Connection of quantum theory of solids with quasi-Fermi levels and Boltzmann transport used in device modeling.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,6.2300 and 6.6400,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6520,Semiconductor Optoelectronics: Theory and Design,"Focuses on the physics of the interaction of photons with semiconductor materials. Uses the band theory of solids to calculate the absorption and gain of semiconductor media; and uses rate equation formalism to develop the concepts of laser threshold, population inversion, and modulation response. Presents theory and design for photodetectors, solar cells, modulators, amplifiers, and lasers. Introduces noise models for semiconductor devices, and applications of optoelectronic devices to fiber optic communications.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.2500 and 6.6400,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6530,Physics of Solids,"Continuation of 6.730 emphasizing applications-related physical issues in solids. Topics include: electronic structure and energy band diagrams of semiconductors, metals, and insulators; Fermi surfaces; dynamics of electrons under electric and magnetic fields; classical diffusive transport phenomena such as electrical and thermal conduction and thermoelectric phenomena; quantum transport in tunneling and ballistic devices; optical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators; impurities and excitons; photon-lattice interactions; Kramers-Kronig relations; optoelectronic devices based on interband and intersubband transitions; magnetic properties of solids; exchange energy and magnetic ordering; magneto-oscillatory phenomena; quantum Hall effect; superconducting phenomena and simple models.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.6510 or 8.231,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6600[J],Nanostructure Fabrication,"Describes current techniques used to analyze and fabricate nanometer-length-scale structures and devices. Emphasizes imaging and patterning of nanostructures, including fundamentals of optical, electron (scanning, transmission, and tunneling), and atomic-force microscopy; optical, electron, ion, and nanoimprint lithography, templated self-assembly, and resist technology. Surveys substrate characterization and preparation, facilities, and metrology requirements for nanolithography. Addresses nanodevice processing methods, such as liquid and plasma etching, lift-off, electroplating, and ion-implant. Discusses applications in nanoelectronics, nanomaterials, and nanophotonics.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"2.710, 6.2370, 6.2600, or permission of instructor",2.391[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.6630[J],Control of Manufacturing Processes,"Statistical modeling and control in manufacturing processes. Use of experimental design and response surface modeling to understand manufacturing process physics. Defect and parametric yield modeling and optimization. Forms of process control, including statistical process control, run by run and adaptive control, and real-time feedback control. Application contexts include semiconductor manufacturing, conventional metal and polymer processing, and emerging micro-nano manufacturing processes.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.008, 6.2600, or 6.3700",2.830[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3000,Signal Processing,"Fundamentals of signal processing, focusing on the use of Fourier methods to analyze and process signals such as sounds and images. Topics include Fourier series, Fourier transforms, the Discrete Fourier Transform, sampling, convolution, deconvolution, filtering, noise reduction, and compression. Applications draw broadly from areas of contemporary interest with emphasis on both analysis and design.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,6-0-6,6.100A and 18.03,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
6.3010,"Signals, Systems and Inference","Covers signals, systems and inference in communication, control and signal processing. Topics include input-output and state-space models of linear systems driven by deterministic and random signals; time- and transform-domain representations in discrete and continuous time; and group delay. State feedback and observers. Probabilistic models; stochastic processes, correlation functions, power spectra, spectral factorization. Least-mean square error estimation; Wiener filtering. Hypothesis testing; detection; matched filters.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.3000 and (6.3700, 6.3800, or 18.05)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3020[J],Fundamentals of Music Processing,"Analyzes recorded music in digital audio form using advanced signal processing and optimization techniques to understand higher-level musical meaning. Covers fundamental tools like windowing, feature extraction, discrete and short-time Fourier transforms, chromagrams, and onset detection. Addresses analysis methods including dynamic time warping, dynamic programming, self-similarity matrices, and matrix factorization. Explores a variety of applications, such as event classification, audio alignment, chord recognition, structural analysis, tempo and beat tracking, content-based audio retrieval, and audio decomposition. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.3000 and 21M.051,21M.387[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
6.7000,Discrete-Time Signal Processing,"Representation, analysis, and design of discrete time signals and systems. Decimation, interpolation, and sampling rate conversion. Noise shaping. Flowgraph structures for DT systems. IIR and FIR filter design techniques. Parametric signal modeling, linear prediction, and lattice filters. Discrete Fourier transform, DFT computation, and FFT algorithms. Spectral analysis, time-frequency analysis, relation to filter banks. Multirate signal processing, perfect reconstruction filter banks, and connection to wavelets.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3010,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7010,Digital Image Processing,"Introduces models, theories, and algorithms key to digital image processing. Core topics covered include models of image formation, image processing fundamentals, filtering in the spatial and frequency domains, image transforms, and feature extraction. Additional topics include image enhancement, image restoration and reconstruction, compression of images and videos, visual recognition, and the application of machine learning-based approaches to image processing. Includes student-driven term project.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3000 and 6.3700,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7020,Array Processing,"Adaptive and non-adaptive processing of signals received at arrays of sensors. Deterministic beamforming, space-time random processes, optimal and adaptive algorithms, and the sensitivity of algorithm performance to modeling errors and limited data. Methods of improving the robustness of algorithms to modeling errors and limited data are derived. Advanced topics include an introduction to matched field processing and physics-based methods of estimating signal statistics. Homework exercises providing the opportunity to implement and analyze the performance of algorithms in processing data supplied during the course.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,6.7000 and (2.687 or (6.3010 and 18.06)),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3100,Dynamical System Modeling and Control Design,"A learn-by-design introduction to modeling and control of discrete- and continuous-time systems, from intuition-building analytical techniques to more computational and data-centric strategies. Topics include: linear difference/differential equations (natural frequencies, transfer functions); controller metrics (stability, tracking, disturbance rejection); analytical techniques (PID, root-loci, lead-lag, phase margin); computational strategies (state-space, eigen-placement, LQR); and data-centric approaches (state estimation, regression, and identification). Concepts are introduced with lectures and online problems, and then mastered during weekly labs. In lab, students model, design, test, and explain systems and controllers involving sensors, actuators, and a microcontroller (e.g., optimizing thrust-driven positioners or stabilizing magnetic levitators). Students taking graduate version complete additional problems and labs.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-4-4,Physics II (GIR) and (18.06 or 18.C06),N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.3102,Dynamical System Modeling and Control Design,"A learn-by-design introduction to modeling and control of discrete- and continuous-time systems, from intuition-building analytical techniques to more computational and data-centric strategies. Topics include: linear difference/differential equations (natural frequencies, transfer functions); controller metrics (stability, tracking, disturbance rejection); analytical techniques (PID, root-loci, lead-lag, phase margin); computational strategies (state-space, eigen-placement, LQR); and data-centric approaches (state estimation, regression and identification). Concepts are introduced with lectures and on-line problems, and then mastered during weekly labs. In lab, students model, design, test and explain systems and controllers involving sensors, actuators, and a microcontroller (e.g. optimizing thrust-driven positioners or stabilizing magnetic levitators). Students in the graduate version complete additional problems and labs.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-4-4,Physics II (GIR) and (18.06 or 18.C06),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7100[J],Dynamic Systems and Control,"Linear, discrete- and continuous-time, multi-input-output systems in control, related areas. Least squares and matrix perturbation problems. State-space models, modes, stability, controllability, observability, transfer function matrices, poles and zeros, and minimality. Internal stability of interconnected systems, feedback compensators, state feedback, optimal regulation, observers, and observer-based compensators. Measures of control performance, robustness issues using singular values of transfer functions. Introductory ideas on nonlinear systems. Recommended prerequisite: 6.3100.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3000 and 18.06,16.338[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7110,Multivariable Control Systems,Computer-aided design methodologies for synthesis of multivariable feedback control systems. Performance and robustness trade-offs. Model-based compensators; Q-parameterization; ill-posed optimization problems; dynamic augmentation; linear-quadratic optimization of controllers; H-infinity controller design; Mu-synthesis; model and compensator simplification; nonlinear effects. Computer-aided (MATLAB) design homework using models of physical processes.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.7100 or 16.31,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7120,"Principles of Modeling, Computing and Control for Decarbonized Electric Energy Systems","Introduces fundamentals of electric energy systems as complex dynamical network systems. Topics include coordinated and distributed modeling and control methods for efficient and reliable power generation, delivery, and consumption; data-enabled algorithms for integrating clean intermittent resources, storage, and flexible demand, including electric vehicles; examples of network congestion management, frequency, and voltage control in electrical grids at various scales; and design and operation of supporting markets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.2200, (6.2000 and 6.3100), or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7121,"Principles of Modeling, Computing and Control for Decarbonized Electric Energy Systems","Introduces fundamentals of electric energy systems as complex dynamical network systems. Topics include coordinated and distributed modeling and control methods for efficient and reliable power generation, delivery, and consumption; data-enabled algorithms for integrating clean intermittent resources, storage, and flexible demand, including electric vehicles; examples of network congestion management, frequency, and voltage control in electrical grids at various scales; and design and operation of supporting markets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"6.2200, (6.2000 and 6.3100), or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3260[J],Networks,"Highlights common principles that permeate the functioning of diverse technological, economic and social networks. Utilizes three sets of tools for analyzing networks -- random graph models, optimization, and game theory -- to study informational and learning cascades; economic and financial networks; social influence networks; formation of social groups; communication networks and the Internet; consensus and gossiping; spread and control of epidemics; control and use of energy networks; and biological networks. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or 14.30,14.15[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
6.7210[J],Introduction to Mathematical Programming,Introduction to linear optimization and its extensions emphasizing both methodology and the underlying mathematical structures and geometrical ideas. Covers classical theory of linear programming as well as some recent advances in the field. Topics: simplex method; duality theory; sensitivity analysis; network flow problems; decomposition; robust optimization; integer programming; interior point algorithms for linear programming; and introduction to combinatorial optimization and NP-completeness.,True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,18.06,15.081[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7220[J],Nonlinear Optimization,"Unified analytical and computational approach to nonlinear optimization problems. Unconstrained optimization methods include gradient, conjugate direction, Newton, sub-gradient and first-order methods. Constrained optimization methods include feasible directions, projection, interior point methods, and Lagrange multiplier methods. Convex analysis, Lagrangian relaxation, nondifferentiable optimization, and applications in integer programming. Comprehensive treatment of optimality conditions and Lagrange multipliers. Geometric approach to duality theory. Applications drawn from control, communications, machine learning, and resource allocation problems.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"18.06 and (18.100A, 18.100B, or 18.100Q)",15.084[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7230[J],Algebraic Techniques and Semidefinite Optimization,"Theory and computational techniques for optimization problems involving polynomial equations and inequalities with particular, emphasis on the connections with semidefinite optimization. Develops algebraic and numerical approaches of general applicability, with a view towards methods that simultaneously incorporate both elements, stressing convexity-based ideas, complexity results, and efficient implementations. Examples from several engineering areas, in particular systems and control applications. Topics include semidefinite programming, resultants/discriminants, hyperbolic polynomials, Groebner bases, quantifier elimination, and sum of squares.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.7210 or 15.093,18.456[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7240,Game Theory with Engineering Applications,"Introduction to fundamentals of game theory and mechanism design with motivations for each topic drawn from engineering applications (including distributed control of wireline/wireless communication networks, transportation networks, pricing). Emphasis on the foundations of the theory, mathematical tools, as well as modeling and the equilibrium notion in different environments. Topics include normal form games, supermodular games, dynamic games, repeated games, games with incomplete/imperfect information, mechanism design, cooperative game theory, and network games.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3702,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7250,Optimization for Machine Learning,"Optimization algorithms are central to all of machine learning. Covers a variety of topics in optimization, with a focus on non-convex optimization. Focuses on both classical and cutting-edge results, including foundational topics grounded in convexity, complexity theory of first-order methods, stochastic optimization, as well as recent progress in non-Euclidean optimization, deep learning, and beyond. Prepares students to appreciate a broad spectrum of ideas in OPTML, learning to be not only informed users but also gaining exposure to research questions in the area.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3900 and 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7260,Network Science and Models,"Introduces the main mathematical models used to describe large networks and dynamical processes that evolve on networks. Static models of random graphs, preferential attachment, and other graph evolution models. Epidemic propagation, opinion dynamics, social learning, and inference in networks. Applications drawn from social, economic, natural, and infrastructure networks, as well as networked decision systems such as sensor networks.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3702 and 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7300[J],Introduction to Modeling and Simulation,"Introduction to computational techniques for modeling and simulation of a variety of large and complex engineering, science, and socio-economical systems. Prepares students for practical use and development of computational engineering in their own research and future work. Topics include mathematical formulations (e.g., automatic assembly of constitutive and conservation principles); linear system solvers (sparse and iterative); nonlinear solvers (Newton and homotopy); ordinary, time-periodic and partial differential equation solvers; and model order reduction. Students develop their own models and simulators for self-proposed applications, with an emphasis on creativity, teamwork, and communication. Prior basic linear algebra required and at least one numerical programming language (e.g., MATLAB, Julia, Python, etc.) helpful.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-6-3,18.03 or 18.06,"2.096[J], 16.910[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7310[J],Introduction to Numerical Methods,"Advanced introduction to numerical analysis: accuracy and efficiency of numerical algorithms. In-depth coverage of sparse-matrix/iterative and dense-matrix algorithms in numerical linear algebra (for linear systems and eigenproblems). Floating-point arithmetic, backwards error analysis, conditioning, and stability. Other computational topics (e.g., numerical integration or nonlinear optimization) may also be surveyed. Final project involves some programming.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.06, 18.700, or 18.701",18.335[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7320[J],Parallel Computing and Scientific Machine Learning,"Introduction to scientific machine learning with an emphasis on developing scalable differentiable programs. Covers scientific computing topics (numerical differential equations, dense and sparse linear algebra, Fourier transformations, parallelization of large-scale scientific simulation) simultaneously with modern data science (machine learning, deep neural networks, automatic differentiation), focusing on the emerging techniques at the connection between these areas, such as neural differential equations and physics-informed deep learning. Provides direct experience with the modern realities of optimizing code performance for supercomputers, GPUs, and multicores in a high-level language.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.06, 18.700, or 18.701",18.337[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7330[J],Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations,"Covers the fundamentals of modern numerical techniques for a wide range of linear and nonlinear elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential and integral equations. Topics include mathematical formulations; finite difference, finite volume, finite element, and boundary element discretization methods; and direct and iterative solution techniques. The methodologies described form the foundation for computational approaches to engineering systems involving heat transfer, solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, and electromagnetics. Computer assignments requiring programming.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 or 18.06,"2.097[J], 16.920[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7340[J],Fast Methods for Partial Differential and Integral Equations,"Unified introduction to the theory and practice of modern, near linear-time, numerical methods for large-scale partial-differential and integral equations. Topics include preconditioned iterative methods; generalized Fast Fourier Transform and other butterfly-based methods; multiresolution approaches, such as multigrid algorithms and hierarchical low-rank matrix decompositions; and low and high frequency Fast Multipole Methods. Example applications include aircraft design, cardiovascular system modeling, electronic structure computation, and tomographic imaging.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"6.7300, 16.920, 18.085, 18.335, or permission of instructor",18.336[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3400,Introduction to EECS via Communication Networks,"Studies key concepts, systems, and algorithms to reliably communicate data in settings ranging from the cellular phone network and the Internet to deep space. Weekly laboratory experiments explore these areas in depth. Topics presented in three modules - bits, signals, and packets - spanning the multiple layers of a communication system. Bits module includes information, entropy, data compression algorithms, and error correction with block and convolutional codes. Signals module includes modeling physical channels and noise, signal design, filtering and detection, modulation, and frequency-division multiplexing. Packets module includes switching and queuing principles, media access control, routing protocols, and data transport protocols.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-4-4,6.100A,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.7410,Principles of Digital Communication,"Covers communications by progressing through signal representation, sampling, quantization, compression, modulation, coding and decoding, medium access control, and queueing and principles of protocols. By providing simplified proofs, seeks to present an integrated, systems-level view of networking and communications while laying the foundations of analysis and design. Lectures are offered online; in-class time is dedicated to recitations, exercises, and weekly group labs. Homework exercises are based on theoretical derivation and software implementation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(6.3000 or 6.3102) and (6.3700, 6.3800, or 18.05)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7411,Principles of Digital Communication,"Covers communications by progressing through signal representation, sampling, quantization, compression, modulation, coding and decoding, medium access control, and queueing and principles of protocols. By providing simplified proofs, seeks to present an integrated, systems-level view of networking and communications while laying the foundations of analysis and design. Lectures are offered online; in-class time is dedicated to recitations, exercises, and weekly group labs. Homework exercises are based on theoretical derivation and software implementation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(6.3000, 6.3100, or 6.3400) and (6.3700, 6.3800, or 18.05)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7420,"Heterogeneous Networks: Architecture, Transport, Proctocols, and Management","Introduction to modern heterogeneous networks and the provision of heterogeneous services. Architectural principles, analysis, algorithmic techniques, performance analysis, and existing designs are developed and applied to understand current problems in network design and architecture. Begins with basic principles of networking. Emphasizes development of mathematical and algorithmic tools; applies them to understanding network layer design from the performance and scalability viewpoint. Concludes with network management and control, including the architecture and performance analysis of interconnected heterogeneous networks. Provides background and insight to understand current network literature and to perform research on networks with the aid of network design projects.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.1200 or 6.3700,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7430,Optical Networks,"Introduces the fundamental and practical aspects of optical network technology, architecture, design and analysis tools and techniques. The treatment of optical networks are from the architecture and system design points of view. Optical hardware technologies are introduced and characterized as fundamental network building blocks on which optical transmission systems and network architectures are based. Beyond the Physical Layer, the higher network layers (Media Access Control, Network and Transport Layers) are treated together as integral parts of network design. Performance metrics, analysis and optimization techniques are developed to help guide the creation of high performance complex optical networks.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1200 or 6.3700,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7440,Principles of Wireless Communication,"Introduction to design, analysis, and fundamental limits of wireless transmission systems. Wireless channel and system models; fading and diversity; resource management and power control; multiple-antenna and MIMO systems; space-time codes and decoding algorithms; multiple-access techniques and multiuser detection; broadcast codes and precoding; cellular and ad-hoc network topologies; OFDM and ultrawideband systems; architectural issues.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.7410,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7450[J],Data-Communication Networks,"Provides an introduction to data networks with an analytic perspective, using wireless networks, satellite networks, optical networks, the internet and data centers as primary applications. Presents basic tools for modeling and performance analysis. Draws upon concepts from stochastic processes, queuing theory, and optimization.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3700 or 18.204,16.37[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7460,Essential Coding Theory,"Introduces the theory of error-correcting codes. Focuses on the essential results in the area, taught from first principles. Special focus on results of asymptotic or algorithmic significance. Principal topics include construction and existence results for error-correcting codes; limitations on the combinatorial performance of error-correcting codes; decoding algorithms; and applications to other areas of mathematics and computer science.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1210 and 6.1400,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7470,Information Theory,"Mathematical definitions of information measures, convexity, continuity, and variational properties. Lossless source coding; variable-length and block compression; Slepian-Wolf theorem; ergodic sources and Shannon-McMillan theorem. Hypothesis testing, large deviations and I-projection. Fundamental limits of block coding for noisy channels: capacity, dispersion, finite blocklength bounds. Coding with feedback. Joint source-channel problem. Rate-distortion theory, vector quantizers. Advanced topics include Gelfand-Pinsker problem, multiple access channels, broadcast channels (depending on available time).",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3700,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7480,Information Theory: From Coding to Learning (New),"Introduces fundamentals of information theory and its applications to contemporary problems in statistics, machine learning, and computer science. A thorough study of information measures, including Fisher information, f-divergences, their convex duality, and variational characterizations. Covers information-theoretic treatment of inference, hypothesis testing and large deviations, universal compression, channel coding, lossy compression, and strong data-processing inequalities. Methods are applied to deriving PAC-Bayes bounds, GANs, and regret inequalities in machine learning, metric and non-parametric estimation in statistics, communication complexity, and computation with noisy gates in computer science. Fast-paced journey through a recent textbook with the same title. For a communication-focused version, consider 6.7470.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 6.3800, or 18.05",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3700,Introduction to Probability,"An introduction to probability theory, the modeling and analysis of probabilistic systems, and elements of statistical inference. Probabilistic models, conditional probability. Discrete and continuous random variables. Expectation and conditional expectation, and further topics about random variables. Limit Theorems. Bayesian estimation and hypothesis testing. Elements of classical statistical inference. Bernoulli and Poisson processes. Markov chains. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
6.3702,Introduction to Probability,"An introduction to probability theory, the modeling and analysis of probabilistic systems, and elements of statistical inference. Probabilistic models, conditional probability. Discrete and continuous random variables. Expectation and conditional expectation, and further topics about random variables. Limit Theorems. Bayesian estimation and hypothesis testing. Elements of classical statistical inference. Bernoulli and Poisson processes. Markov chains. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3720,Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis,"Introduction to the central concepts and methods of data science with an emphasis on statistical grounding and modern computational capabilities. Covers principles involved in extracting information from data for the purpose of making predictions or decisions, including data exploration, feature selection, model fitting, and performance assessment. Topics include learning of distributions, hypothesis testing (including multiple comparison procedures), linear and nonlinear regression and prediction, classification, time series, uncertainty quantification, model validation, causal inference, optimization, and decisions. Computational case studies and projects drawn from applications in finance, sports, engineering, and machine learning life sciences. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Recommended prerequisite: 18.06.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.100A and (6.3700, 6.3800, or 18.600)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3722,Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis,"Introduction to the central concepts and methods of data science with an emphasis on statistical grounding and modern computational capabilities. Covers principles involved in extracting information from data for the purpose of making predictions or decisions, including data exploration, feature selection, model fitting, and performance assessment. Topics include learning of distributions, hypothesis testing (including multiple comparison procedures), linear and nonlinear regression and prediction, classification, time series, uncertainty quantification, model validation, causal inference, optimization, and decisions. Computational case studies and projects drawn from applications in finance, sports, engineering, and machine learning life sciences. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Recommended prerequisite: 18.06.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"6.100A and (6.3700, 6.3800, 18.600, or permission of instructor)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3730[J],"Statistics, Computation and Applications","Hands-on analysis of data demonstrates the interplay between statistics and computation. Includes four modules, each centered on a specific data set, and introduced by a domain expert. Provides instruction in specific, relevant analysis methods and corresponding algorithmic aspects. Potential modules may include medical data, gene regulation, social networks, finance data (time series), traffic, transportation, weather forecasting, policy, or industrial web applications. Projects address a large-scale data analysis question. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited; priority to Statistics and Data Science minors, and to juniors and seniors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,"(6.100B, (18.03, 18.06, or 18.C06), and (6.3700, 6.3800, 14.30, 16.09, or 18.05)) or permission of instructor",IDS.012[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3732[J],"Statistics, Computation and Applications","Hands-on analysis of data demonstrates the interplay between statistics and computation. Includes four modules, each centered on a specific data set, and introduced by a domain expert. Provides instruction in specific, relevant analysis methods and corresponding algorithmic aspects. Potential modules may include medical data, gene regulation, social networks, finance data (time series), traffic, transportation, weather forecasting, policy, or industrial web applications. Projects address a large-scale data analysis question. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited enrollment; priority to Statistics and Data Science minors and to juniors and seniors.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,"(6.100B, (18.03, 18.06, or 18.C06), and (6.3700, 6.3800, 14.30, 16.09, or 18.05)) or permission of instructor",IDS.131[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7700[J],Fundamentals of Probability,"Introduction to probability theory. Probability spaces and measures. Discrete and continuous random variables. Conditioning and independence. Multivariate normal distribution. Abstract integration, expectation, and related convergence results. Moment generating and characteristic functions. Bernoulli and Poisson process. Finite-state Markov chains. Convergence notions and their relations. Limit theorems. Familiarity with elementary probability and real analysis is desirable.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),15.085[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7710,Discrete Stochastic Processes,"Review of probability and laws of large numbers; Poisson counting process and renewal processes; Markov chains (including Markov decision theory), branching processes, birth-death processes, and semi-Markov processes; continuous-time Markov chains and reversibility; random walks, martingales, and large deviations; applications from queueing, communication, control, and operations research.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3702 or 18.204,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7720[J],Discrete Probability and Stochastic Processes,"Provides an introduction to tools used for probabilistic reasoning in the context of discrete systems and processes. Tools such as the probabilistic method, first and second moment method, martingales, concentration and correlation inequalities, theory of random graphs, weak convergence, random walks and Brownian motion, branching processes, Markov chains, Markov random fields, correlation decay method, isoperimetry, coupling, influences and other basic tools of modern research in probability will be presented. Algorithmic aspects and connections to statistics and machine learning will be emphasized.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3702, 6.7700, 18.100A, 18.100B, or 18.100Q","15.070[J], 18.619[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3800,Introduction to Inference,"Introduces probabilistic modeling for problems of inference and machine learning from data, emphasizing analytical and computational aspects. Distributions, marginalization, conditioning, and structure, including graphical and neural network representations. Belief propagation, decision-making, classification, estimation, and prediction. Sampling methods and analysis. Introduces asymptotic analysis and information measures. Computational laboratory component explores the concepts introduced in class in the context of contemporary applications. Students design inference algorithms, investigate their behavior on real data, and discuss experimental results.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-4-4,Calculus II (GIR) or permission of instructor,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.7800,Inference and Information,"Introduction to principles of Bayesian and non-Bayesian statistical inference and its information theoretic foundations. Hypothesis testing and parameter estimation, sufficient statistics, exponential families. Loss functions, information measures, model capacity, and information geometry. Variational inference and EM algorithm; MCMC and other Monte Carlo methods. Asymptotic analysis and large deviations theory; universal inference and learning. Selected topics such as representation learning, score-matching, diffusion, and nonparametric statistics.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"6.3700, 6.3800, or 6.7700",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7810,Algorithms for Inference,"Introduction to computational aspects of statistical inference via probabilistic graphical models. Directed and undirected graphical models, and factor graphs, over discrete and Gaussian distributions; hidden Markov models, linear dynamical systems. Sum-product and junction tree algorithms; forward-backward algorithm, Kalman filtering and smoothing. Min-sum and Viterbi algorithms. Variational methods, mean-field theory, and loopy belief propagation. Sampling methods; Glauber dynamics and mixing time analysis. Parameter structure learning for graphical models; Baum-Welch and Chow-Liu algorithms. Selected topics such as causal inference, particle filtering, restricted Boltzmann machines, and graph neural networks.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"18.06 and (6.3700, 6.3800, or 6.7700)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7820[J],"Graphical Models: A Geometric, Algebraic, and Combinatorial Perspective","Provides instruction in the geometric, algebraic and combinatorial perspective on graphical models. Presents methods for learning the underlying graph and inferring its parameters. Topics include exponential families, duality theory, conic duality, polyhedral geometry, undirected graphical models, Bayesian networks, Markov properties, total positivity of distributions, hidden variables, and tensor decompositions.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3702 and 18.06,IDS.136[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7830,Bayesian Modeling and Inference,"Covers Bayesian modeling and inference at an advanced graduate level. Topics include de Finetti's theorem, decision theory, approximate inference (modern approaches and analysis of Monte Carlo, variational inference, etc.), hierarchical modeling, (continuous and discrete) nonparametric Bayesian approaches, sensitivity and robustness, and evaluation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.7700 and 6.7900,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3900,Introduction to Machine Learning,"Introduction to the principles and algorithms of machine learning from an optimization perspective. Topics include linear and non-linear models for supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning, with a focus on gradient-based methods and neural-network architectures. Previous experience with algorithms may be helpful.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(6.1010 or 6.1210) and (18.03, 18.06, 18.700, or 18.C06)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3950,"AI, Decision Making, and Society","Introduction to fundamentals of modern data-driven decision-making frameworks, such as causal inference and hypothesis testing in statistics as well as supervised and reinforcement learning in machine learning. Explores how these frameworks are being applied in various societal contexts, including criminal justice, healthcare, finance, and social media. Emphasis on pinpointing the non-obvious interactions, undesirable feedback loops, and unintended consequences that arise in such settings. Enables students to develop their own principled perspective on the interface of data-driven decision making and society. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"None. Coreq: 6.1200, 6.3700, 6.3800, 18.05, or 18.600",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.3952,"AI, Decision Making, and Society","Introduction to fundamentals of modern data-driven decision-making frameworks, such as causal inference and hypothesis testing in statistics as well as supervised and reinforcement learning in machine learning. Explores how these frameworks are being applied in various societal contexts, including criminal justice, healthcare, finance, and social media. Emphasis on pinpointing the non-obvious interactions, undesirable feedback loops, and unintended consequences that arise in such settings. Enables students to develop their own principled perspective on the interface of data-driven decision making and society. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"None. Coreq: 6.1200, 6.3700, 6.3800, or 18.05",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7900,Machine Learning,"Principles, techniques, and algorithms in machine learning from the point of view of statistical inference; representation, generalization, and model selection; and methods such as linear/additive models, active learning, boosting, support vector machines, non-parametric Bayesian methods, hidden Markov models, Bayesian networks, and convolutional and recurrent neural networks. Recommended prerequisite: 6.3900 or other previous experience in machine learning. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.06 and (6.3700, 6.3800, or 18.600)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7910[J],Statistical Learning Theory and Applications,"Covers foundations and recent advances in statistical machine learning theory, with the dual goals of providing students with the theoretical knowledge to use machine learning and preparing more advanced students to contribute to progress in the field. The content is roughly divided into three parts. The first part is about classical regularization, margin, stochastic gradient methods, overparametrization, implicit regularization, and stability. The second part is about deep networks: approximation and optimization theory plus roots of generalization. The third part is about the connections between learning theory and the brain. Occasional talks by leading researchers on advanced research topics. Emphasis on current research topics.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 6.7900, 18.06, or permission of instructor",9.520[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7920[J],Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Methods,"Examines reinforcement learning (RL) as a methodology for approximately solving sequential decision-making under uncertainty, with foundations in optimal control and machine learning. Provides a mathematical introduction to RL, including dynamic programming, statistical, and empirical perspectives, and special topics. Core topics include: dynamic programming, special structures, finite and infinite horizon Markov Decision Processes, value and policy iteration, Monte Carlo methods, temporal differences, Q-learning, stochastic approximation, and bandits. Also covers approximate dynamic programming, including value-based methods and policy space methods. Applications and examples drawn from diverse domains. Focus is mathematical, but is supplemented with computational exercises. An analysis prerequisite is suggested but not required; mathematical maturity is necessary.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or permission of instructor,"1.127[J], IDS.140[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7930[J],Machine Learning for Healthcare,"Introduces students to machine learning in healthcare, including the nature of clinical data and the use of machine learning for risk stratification, disease progression modeling, precision medicine, diagnosis, subtype discovery, and improving clinical workflows. Topics include causality, interpretability, algorithmic fairness, time-series analysis, graphical models, deep learning and transfer learning. Guest lectures by clinicians from the Boston area, and projects with real clinical data, emphasize subtleties of working with clinical data and translating machine learning into clinical practice.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"6.3900, 6.4100, 6.7810, 6.7900, 6.8611, or 9.520",HST.956[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7940,Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning,"Dynamic programming as a unifying framework for sequential decision-making under uncertainty, Markov decision problems, and stochastic control. Perfect and imperfect state information models. Finite horizon and infinite horizon problems, including discounted and average cost formulations. Value and policy iteration. Suboptimal methods. Approximate dynamic programming for large-scale problems, and reinforcement learning. Applications and examples drawn from diverse domains. While an analysis prerequisite is not required, mathematical maturity is necessary.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or 18.600,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7950,Advanced Topics in Control,Advanced study of topics in control. Specific focus varies from year to year.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.7960,Deep Learning (New),"Fundamentals of deep learning, including both theory and applications. Topics include neural net architectures (MLPs, CNNs, RNNs, graph nets, transformers), geometry and invariances in deep learning, backpropagation and automatic differentiation, learning theory and generalization in high-dimensions, and applications to computer vision, natural language processing, and robotics.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.05 and (6.3720, 6.3900, or 6.C01)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4100,Artificial Intelligence,"Introduces representations, methods, and architectures used to build applications and to account for human intelligence from a computational point of view. Covers applications of rule chaining, constraint propagation, constrained search, inheritance, statistical inference, and other problem-solving paradigms. Also addresses applications of identification trees, neural nets, genetic algorithms, support-vector machines, boosting, and other learning paradigms. Considers what separates human intelligence from that of other animals.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-3-5,6.100A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4102,Artificial Intelligence,"Introduces representations, methods, and architectures used to build applications and to account for human intelligence from a computational point of view. Covers applications of rule chaining, constraint propagation, constrained search, inheritance, statistical inference, and other problem-solving paradigms. Also addresses applications of identification trees, neural nets, genetic algorithms, support-vector machines, boosting, and other learning paradigms. Considers what separates human intelligence from that of other animals. Students taking  graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-3-5,6.100A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4110,"Representation, Inference, and Reasoning in AI","An introduction to representations and algorithms for artificial intelligence. Topics covered include: constraint satisfaction in discrete and continuous problems, logical representation and inference, Monte Carlo tree search, probabilistic graphical models and inference, planning in discrete and continuous deterministic and probabilistic models including MDPs and POMDPs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(16.09 and 16.410) or (6.1010, 6.1210, and (6.3700 or 6.3800))",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4120[J],Computational Cognitive Science,"Introduction to computational theories of human cognition. Focus on principles of inductive learning and inference, and the representation of knowledge. Computational frameworks covered include Bayesian and hierarchical Bayesian models; probabilistic graphical models; nonparametric statistical models and the Bayesian Occam's razor; sampling algorithms for approximate learning and inference; and probabilistic models defined over structured representations such as first-order logic, grammars, or relational schemas. Applications to understanding core aspects of cognition, such as concept learning and categorization, causal reasoning, theory formation, language acquisition, and social inference. Graduate students complete a final project.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 6.3800, 9.40, 18.05, 6.3900, or permission of instructor",9.66[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4130[J],Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making,"Surveys decision making methods used to create highly autonomous systems and decision aids. Applies models, principles and algorithms taken from artificial intelligence and operations research. Focuses on planning as state-space search, including uninformed, informed and stochastic search, activity and motion planning, probabilistic and adversarial planning, Markov models and decision processes, and Bayesian filtering. Also emphasizes planning with real-world constraints using constraint programming. Includes methods for satisfiability and optimization of logical, temporal and finite domain constraints, graphical models, and linear and integer programs, as well as methods for search, inference, and conflict-learning. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.100B, 6.1010, 6.9080, or permission of instructor",16.410[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4132[J],Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making,"Surveys decision making methods used to create highly autonomous systems and decision aids. Applies models, principles and algorithms taken from artificial intelligence and operations research. Focuses on planning as state-space search, including uninformed, informed and stochastic search, activity and motion planning, probabilistic and adversarial planning, Markov models and decision processes, and Bayesian filtering. Also emphasizes planning with real-world constraints using constraint programming. Includes methods for satisfiability and optimization of logical, temporal and finite domain constraints, graphical models, and linear and integer programs, as well as methods for search, inference, and conflict-learning. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.100B, 6.9080, or permission of instructor",16.413[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4150[J],Artificial Intelligence for Business,Explores how to design and evaluate products and policy based on artificial intelligence. Provides a functional (as opposed to mechanistic) understanding of the emerging technologies underlying AI. Presents AI's opportunities and risks and how to create conditions under which its deployment can succeed. No technical background required.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,15.563[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8110[J],Cognitive Robotics,"Highlights algorithms and paradigms for creating human-robot systems that act intelligently and robustly, by reasoning from models of themselves, their counterparts and their world. Examples include space and undersea explorers, cooperative vehicles, manufacturing robot teams and everyday embedded devices. Themes include architectures for goal-directed systems; decision-theoretic programming and robust execution; state-space programming, activity and path planning; risk-bounded programming and risk-bounded planners; self-monitoring and self-diagnosing systems, and human-robot collaboration. Student teams explore recent advances in cognitive robots through delivery of advanced lectures and final projects, in support of a class-wide grand challenge. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(6.4100 or 16.413) and (6.1200, 6.3700, or 16.09)",16.412[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8120,Tissues vs. Silicon in Machine Learning (New),"Examines how brain neural circuits and function can affect the design of machine learning hardware and software, and vice versa. Builds an understanding of how similar and different the computational approaches of the two are, and what can be deduced from one area about the other. Studies the relationship between brain neural circuits and machine learning design, exploring how insights from one can inform the other. Compares biological concepts like neurons, connectomes, and non-backpropagation learning with artificial neural network hardware and software designs, scaling laws, and state-of-the-art optimization techniques.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3900,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4200[J],Robotics: Science and Systems,"Presents concepts, principles, and algorithmic foundations for robots and autonomous vehicles operating in the physical world. Topics include sensing, kinematics and dynamics, state estimation, computer vision, perception, learning, control, motion planning, and embedded system development. Students design and implement advanced algorithms on complex robotic platforms capable of agile autonomous navigation and real-time interaction with the physical word. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-6-4,"((1.00 or 6.100A) and (2.003, 6.1010, 6.1210, or 16.06)) or permission of instructor","2.124[J], 16.405[J]",True,False,False,False,False,False
6.4210,Robotic Manipulation,"Introduces the fundamental algorithmic approaches for creating robot systems that can autonomously manipulate physical objects in unstructured environments such as homes and restaurants. Topics include perception (including approaches based on deep learning and approaches based on 3D geometry), planning (robot kinematics and trajectory generation, collision-free motion planning, task-and-motion planning, and planning under uncertainty), as well as dynamics and control (both model-based and learning-based). Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-9,(6.100A and 6.3900) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4212,Robotic Manipulation,"Introduces the fundamental algorithmic approaches for creating robot systems that can autonomously manipulate physical objects in unstructured environments such as homes and restaurants. Topics include perception (including approaches based on deep learning and approaches based on 3D geometry), planning (robot kinematics and trajectory generation, collision-free motion planning, task-and-motion planning, and planning under uncertainty), as well as dynamics and control (both model-based and learning-based. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.100A and 6.3900) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8200,Sensorimotor Learning,"Provides an in-depth view of the state-of-the-art learning methods for control and the know-how of applying these techniques. Topics span reinforcement learning, self-supervised learning, imitation learning, model-based learning, and advanced deep learning architectures, and specific machine learning challenges unique to building sensorimotor systems. Discusses how to identify if learning-based control can help solve a particular problem, how to formulate the problem in the learning framework, and what algorithm to use. Applications of algorithms in robotics, logistics, recommendation systems, playing games, and other control domains covered. Instruction involves two lectures a week, practical experience through exercises, discussion of current research directions, and a group project.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3900 or 6.7900,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8210,Underactuated Robotics,"Covers nonlinear dynamics and control of underactuated mechanical systems, with an emphasis on computational methods. Topics include the nonlinear dynamics of robotic manipulators, applied optimal and robust control and motion planning. Discussions include examples from biology and applications to legged locomotion, compliant manipulation, underwater robots, and flying machines.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.03 and 18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4400,Computer Graphics,"Introduction to computer graphics algorithms, software and hardware. Topics include ray tracing, the graphics pipeline, transformations, texture mapping, shadows, sampling, global illumination, splines, animation and color.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.1010 and (18.06 or 18.C06),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4420[J],Computational Design and Fabrication,"Introduces computational aspects of computer-aided design and manufacturing. Explores relevant methods in the context of additive manufacturing (e.g., 3D printing). Topics include computer graphics (geometry modeling, solid modeling, procedural modeling), physically-based simulation (kinematics, finite element method), 3D scanning/geometry processing, and an overview of 3D fabrication methods. Exposes students to the latest research in computational fabrication. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and (6.1010 or permission of instructor),2.0911[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8410,Shape Analysis,"Introduces mathematical, algorithmic, and statistical tools needed to analyze geometric data and to apply geometric techniques to data analysis, with applications to fields such as computer graphics, machine learning, computer vision, medical imaging, and architecture. Potential topics include applied introduction to differential geometry, discrete notions of curvature, metric embedding, geometric PDE via the finite element method (FEM) and discrete exterior calculus (DEC),; computational spectral geometry and relationship to graph-based learning, correspondence and mapping, level set method, descriptor, shape collections, optimal transport, and vector field design.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"Calculus II (GIR), 18.06, and (6.8300 or 6.4400)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8420,Computational Design and Fabrication,"Introduces computational aspects of computer-aided design and manufacturing. Explores relevant methods in the context of additive manufacturing (e.g., 3D printing). Topics include computer graphics (geometry modeling, solid modeling, procedural modeling), physically-based simulation (kinematics, finite element method), 3D scanning/geometry processing, and an overview of 3D fabrication methods. Exposes students to the latest research in computational fabrication. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and (6.1010 or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4500,Design for the Web: Languages and User Interfaces (New),"Instruction in the principles and technologies for designing usable user interfaces for Web applications. Focuses on the key principles and methods of user interface design, including learnability, efficiency, safety, prototyping, and user testing. Provides instruction in the core web languages of HTML, CSS, and Javascript, their different roles, and the rationales for the widely varying designs. These languages are used to create usable web interfaces and applications. Covers fundamentals of graphic design theory, as design and usability go hand in hand.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None. Coreq: 6.1010,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4510,Engineering Interactive Technologies,"Provides instruction in building cutting-edge interactive technologies, explains the underlying engineering concepts, and shows how those technologies evolved over time. Students use a studio format (i.e., extended periods of time) for constructing software and hardware prototypes. Topics include interactive technologies, such as multi-touch, augmented reality, haptics, wearables, and shape-changing interfaces. In a group project, students build their own interactive hardware/software prototypes and present them in a live demo at the end of term. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-5-6,"6.1020, 6.2050, 6.2060, 6.9010, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4530[J],Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology,"Students work closely with people with disabilities to develop assistive and adaptive technologies that help them live more independently. Covers design methods and problem-solving strategies; human factors; human-machine interfaces; community perspectives; social and ethical aspects; and assistive technology for motor, cognitive, perceptual, and age-related impairments. Prior knowledge of one or more of the following areas useful: software; electronics; human-computer interaction; cognitive science; mechanical engineering; control; or MIT hobby shop, MIT PSC, or other relevant independent project experience. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-4-6,Permission of instructor,"2.78[J], HST.420[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4550[J],Interactive Music Systems,"Explores audio synthesis, musical structure, human computer interaction (HCI), and visual presentation for the creation of interactive musical experiences. Topics include audio synthesis; mixing and looping; MIDI sequencing; generative composition; motion sensors; music games; and graphics for UI, visualization, and aesthetics. Includes weekly programming assignments in python. Teams build an original, dynamic, and engaging interactive music system for their final project. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Limited to 36.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,(6.1010 and 21M.301) or permission of instructor,21M.385[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
6.4570[J],Creating Video Games,"Introduces students to the complexities of working in small, multidisciplinary teams to develop video games. Covers creative design and production methods, stressing design iteration and regular testing across all aspects of game development (design, visual arts, music, fiction, and programming). Assumes a familiarity with current video games, and the ability to discuss games critically. Previous experience in audio design, visual arts, or project management recommended. Limited to 36.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,6.100A or CMS.301,CMS.611[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
6.4590[J],Foundations of Information Policy,"Studies the growth of computer and communications technology and the new legal and ethical challenges that reflect tensions between individual rights and societal needs. Topics include computer crime; intellectual property restrictions on software; encryption, privacy, and national security; academic freedom and free speech. Students meet and question technologists, activists, law enforcement agents, journalists, and legal experts. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,STS.085[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
6.8510,Intelligent Multimodal User Interfaces,"Implementation and evaluation of intelligent multi-modal user interfaces, taught from a combination of hands-on exercises and papers from the original literature. Topics include basic technologies for handling speech, vision, pen-based interaction, and other modalities, as well as various techniques for combining modalities. Substantial readings and a term project, where students build a program that illustrates one or more of the themes of the course.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.1020 and 6.4100) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8530,Interactive Data Visualization,"Interactive visualization provides a means of making sense of a world awash in data. Covers the techniques and algorithms for creating effective visualizations, using principles from graphic design, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process, and a final project provides experience designing, implementing, and deploying an explanatory narrative visualization or visual analysis tool to address a concrete challenge.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.1020,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4710[J],"Evolutionary Biology: Concepts, Models and Computation","Explores and illustrates how evolution explains biology, with an emphasis on computational model building for analyzing evolutionary data. Covers key concepts of biological evolution, including adaptive evolution, neutral evolution, evolution of sex, genomic conflict, speciation, phylogeny and comparative methods, life's history, coevolution, human evolution, and evolution of disease.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(6.100A and 7.03) or permission of instructor,7.33[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8700[J],"Advanced Computational Biology: Genomes, Networks, Evolution","See description for 6.8701. Additionally examines recent publications in the areas covered, with research-style assignments. A more substantial final project is expected, which can lead to a thesis and publication.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"(Biology (GIR), 6.1210, and 6.3700) or permission of instructor",HST.507[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8701,"Computational Biology: Genomes, Networks, Evolution","Covers the algorithmic and machine learning foundations of computational biology, combining theory with practice. Principles of algorithm design, influential problems and techniques, and analysis of large-scale biological datasets. Topics include (a) genomes: sequence analysis, gene finding, RNA folding, genome alignment and assembly, database search; (b) networks: gene expression analysis, regulatory motifs, biological network analysis; (c) evolution: comparative genomics, phylogenetics, genome duplication, genome rearrangements, evolutionary theory. These are coupled with fundamental algorithmic techniques including: dynamic programming, hashing, Gibbs sampling, expectation maximization, hidden Markov models, stochastic context-free grammars, graph clustering, dimensionality reduction, Bayesian networks.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(Biology (GIR), 6.1210, and 6.3700) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8710[J],Computational Systems Biology: Deep Learning in the Life Sciences,"Presents innovative approaches to computational problems in the life sciences, focusing on deep learning-based approaches with comparisons to conventional methods. Topics include protein-DNA interaction, chromatin accessibility, regulatory variant interpretation, medical image understanding, medical record understanding, therapeutic design, and experiment design (the choice and interpretation of interventions). Focuses on machine learning model selection, robustness, and interpretation. Teams complete a multidisciplinary final research project using TensorFlow or other framework. Provides a comprehensive introduction to each life sciences problem, but relies upon students understanding probabilistic problem formulations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and (6.3700 or 18.600),HST.506[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8711[J],Computational Systems Biology: Deep Learning in the Life Sciences,"Presents innovative approaches to computational problems in the life sciences, focusing on deep learning-based approaches with comparisons to conventional methods. Topics include protein-DNA interaction, chromatin accessibility, regulatory variant interpretation, medical image understanding, medical record understanding, therapeutic design, and experiment design (the choice and interpretation of interventions). Focuses on machine learning model selection, robustness, and interpretation. Teams complete a multidisciplinary final research project using TensorFlow or other framework. Provides a comprehensive introduction to each life sciences problem, but relies upon students understanding probabilistic problem formulations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(6.100B and 7.05) or permission of instructor,20.390[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8720[J],Principles of Synthetic Biology,"Introduces the basics of synthetic biology, including quantitative cellular network characterization and modeling. Considers the discovery and genetic factoring of useful cellular activities into reusable functions for design. Emphasizes the principles of biomolecular system design and diagnosis of designed systems. Illustrates cutting-edge applications in synthetic biology and enhances skills in analysis and design of synthetic biological applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,20.405[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8721[J],Principles of Synthetic Biology,"Introduces the basics of synthetic biology, including quantitative cellular network characterization and modeling. Considers the discovery and genetic factoring of useful cellular activities into reusable functions for design. Emphasizes the principles of biomolecular system design and diagnosis of designed systems. Illustrates cutting-edge applications in synthetic biology and enhances skills in analysis and design of synthetic biological applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,20.305[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4800[J],Biomedical Systems: Modeling and Inference,"Medically motivated examples of problems in human health that engage students in systems modeling, signal analysis and inference, and design. Content draws on two domains, first by establishing a model of the human cardiovascular system with signal analysis and inference applications of electrocardiograms in health and disease. In a second topic, medical imaging by MRI is motivated by examples of common clinical decision making, followed by laboratory work with technology and instrumentation with the functionality of commercial diagnostic scanners. Students apply concepts from lectures in labs for data collection for image reconstruction, image analysis, and inference by their own design. Labs further include kits for interactive and portable low-cost devices that can be assembled by the students to demonstrate fundamental building blocks of an MRI system.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-4-4,(6.3100 and (18.06 or 18.C06)) or permission of instructor,22.54[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4810[J],Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing,"Integrated overview of the biophysics of cells from prokaryotes to neurons, with a focus on mass transport and electrical signal generation across cell membrane. First third of course focuses on mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Second third focuses on electrical properties of cells: ion transport to action potential generation and propagation in electrically excitable cells. Synaptic transmission. Electrical properties interpreted via kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Final third focuses on biophysics of synaptic transmission and introduction to neural computing. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-2-5,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.005, 6.2000, 6.3000, 10.301, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","2.791[J], 9.21[J], 20.370[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4812[J],Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing,"Integrated overview of the biophysics of cells from prokaryotes to neurons, with a focus on mass transport and electrical signal generation across cell membrane. First third of course focuses on mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Second third focuses on electrical properties of cells: ion transport to action potential generation and propagation in electrically excitable cells. Synaptic transmission. Electrical properties interpreted via kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Final third focuses on biophysics of synaptic transmission and introduction to neural computing. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-2-5,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.005, 6.2000, 6.3000, 10.301, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","2.794[J], 9.021[J], 20.470[J], HST.541[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4820[J],Quantitative and Clinical Physiology,"Application of the principles of energy and mass flow to major human organ systems. Anatomical, physiological and clinical features of the cardiovascular, respiratory and renal systems. Mechanisms of regulation and homeostasis. Systems, features and devices that are most illuminated by the methods of physical sciences and engineering models. Required laboratory work includes animal studies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-6,"Physics II (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor","2.792[J], HST.542[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4822[J],Quantitative and Clinical Physiology,"Application of the principles of energy and mass flow to major human organ systems. Anatomical, physiological and clinical features of the cardiovascular, respiratory and renal systems. Mechanisms of regulation and homeostasis. Systems, features and devices that are most illuminated by the methods of physical sciences and engineering models. Required laboratory work includes animal studies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6,6.4810 and (2.006 or 6.2300),"2.796[J], 16.426[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4830[J],"Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems","Introduction to electric fields, fluid flows, transport phenomena and their application to biological systems. Flux and continuity laws, Maxwell's equations, electro-quasistatics, electro-chemical-mechanical driving forces, conservation of mass and momentum, Navier-Stokes flows, and electrokinetics. Applications include biomolecular transport in tissues, electrophoresis, and microfluidics.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"Biology (GIR), Physics II (GIR), and 18.03","2.793[J], 20.330[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4832[J],"Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems","Molecular diffusion, diffusion-reaction, conduction, convection in biological systems; fields in heterogeneous media; electrical double layers; Maxwell stress tensor, electrical forces in physiological systems. Fluid and solid continua: equations of motion useful for porous, hydrated biological tissues. Case studies of membrane transport, electrode interfaces, electrical, mechanical, and chemical transduction in tissues, convective-diffusion/reaction, electrophoretic, electroosmotic flows in tissues/MEMs, and ECG. Electromechanical and physicochemical interactions in cells and biomaterials; musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and other biological and clinical examples. Prior undergraduate coursework in transport recommended.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"2.795[J], 10.539[J], 20.430[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4840[J],"Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics","Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Biology (GIR) and 18.03,"2.797[J], 3.053[J], 20.310[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4842[J],"Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics","Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and 18.03,"2.798[J], 3.971[J], 10.537[J], 20.410[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4860[J],Medical Device Design,"Provides an intense project-based learning experience around the design of medical devices with foci ranging from mechanical to electro mechanical to electronics. Projects motivated by real-world clinical challenges provided by sponsors and clinicians who also help mentor teams. Covers the design process, project management, and fundamentals of mechanical and electrical circuit and sensor design. Students work in small teams to execute a substantial term project, with emphasis placed upon developing creative designs -- via a deterministic design process -- that are developed and optimized using analytical techniques. Includes mandatory lab. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,"2.008, 6.2040, 6.2050, 6.2060, 22.071, or permission of instructor",2.750[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4861[J],Medical Device Design,"Provides an intense project-based learning experience around the design of medical devices with foci ranging from mechanical to electro mechanical to electronics. Projects motivated by real-world clinical challenges provided by sponsors and clinicians who also help mentor teams. Covers the design process, project management, and fundamentals of mechanical and electrical circuit and sensor design. Students work in small teams to execute a substantial term project, with emphasis placed upon developing creative designs — via a deterministic design process — that are developed and optimized using analytical techniques. Includes mandatory lab. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,"2.008, 6.2040, 6.2050, 6.2060, 22.071, or permission of instructor","2.75[J], HST.552[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4880[J],Biological Circuit Engineering Laboratory,"Students assemble individual genes and regulatory elements into larger-scale circuits; they experimentally characterize these circuits in yeast cells using quantitative techniques, including flow cytometry, and model their results computationally. Emphasizes concepts and techniques to perform independent experimental and computational synthetic biology research. Discusses current literature and ongoing research in the field of synthetic biology. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-8-2,Biology (GIR) and Calculus II (GIR),20.129[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
6.4900,Introduction to EECS via Medical Technology,"Explores biomedical signals generated from electrocardiograms, glucose detectors or ultrasound images, and magnetic resonance images. Topics include physical characterization and modeling of systems in the time and frequency domains; analog and digital signals and noise; basic machine learning including decision trees, clustering, and classification; and introductory machine vision. Labs designed to strengthen background in signal processing and machine learning. Students design and run structured experiments, and develop and test procedures through further experimentation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-4-4,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics II (GIR),N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.8800[J],Biomedical Signal and Image Processing,"Fundamentals of digital signal processing with emphasis on problems in biomedical research and clinical medicine. Basic principles and algorithms for processing both deterministic and random signals. Topics include data acquisition, imaging, filtering, coding, feature extraction, and modeling. Lab projects, performed in MATLAB, provide practical experience in processing physiological data, with examples from cardiology, speech processing, and medical imaging. Lectures cover signal processing topics relevant to the lab exercises, as well as background on the biological signals processed in the labs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,"(6.3700 and (2.004, 6.3000, 16.002, or 18.085)) or permission of instructor","16.456[J], HST.582[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8801[J],Biomedical Signal and Image Processing,"Fundamentals of digital signal processing with emphasis on problems in biomedical research and clinical medicine. Basic principles and algorithms for processing both deterministic and random signals. Topics include data acquisition, imaging, filtering, coding, feature extraction, and modeling. Lab projects, performed in MATLAB, provide practical experience in processing physiological data, with examples from cardiology, speech processing, and medical imaging. Lectures cover signal processing topics relevant to the lab exercises, as well as background on the biological signals processed in the labs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,"(6.3700 or permission of instructor) and (2.004, 6.3000, 16.002, or 18.085)",HST.482[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8810[J],Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction in MRI,"Applies analysis of signals and noise in linear systems, sampling, and Fourier properties to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging acquisition and reconstruction. Provides adequate foundation for MR physics to enable study of RF excitation design, efficient Fourier sampling, parallel encoding, reconstruction of non-uniformly sampled data, and the impact of hardware imperfections on reconstruction performance. Surveys active areas of MR research. Assignments include Matlab-based work with real data. Includes visit to a scan site for human MR studies.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3010,HST.580[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8830[J],Signal Processing by the Auditory System: Perception,"Studies information processing performance of the human auditory system in relation to current physiological knowledge. Examines mathematical models for the quantification of auditory-based behavior and the relation between behavior and peripheral physiology, reflecting the tono-topic organization and stochastic responses of the auditory system. Mathematical models of psychophysical relations, incorporating quantitative knowledge of physiological transformations by the peripheral auditory system.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.3000 and (6.3700 or 6.3702)) or permission of instructor,HST.716[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8850[J],"Clinical Data Learning, Visualization, and Deployments (New)","Examines the practical considerations for operationalizing machine learning in healthcare settings, with a focus on robust, private, and fair modeling using real retrospective healthcare data. Explores the pre-modeling creation of dataset pipeline to the post-modeling ""implementation science,"" which addresses how models are incorporated at the point of care. Students complete three homework assignments (one each in machine learning, visualization, and implementation), followed by a project proposal and presentation. Students gain experience in dataset creation and curation, machine learning training, visualization, and deployment considerations that target utility and clinical value. Students partner with computer scientists, engineers, social scientists, and clinicians to better appreciate the multidisciplinary nature of data science.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.7900 and 6.7930) or permission of instructor,HST.953[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.4300,Introduction to Computer Vision (New),"Provides an introduction to computer vision, covering topics from early vision to mid- and high-level vision, including low-level image analysis, edge detection, image transformations for image synthesis, methods for 3D scene reconstruction, motion analysis and tracking. Additionally, presents basics of machine learning, convolutional neural networks, and transformers in the context of image and video data for object classification, detection, and segmentation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.3900, (18.06 or 18.C06), and (6.1200, 6.3700, 6.3800, 18.05, or 18.600)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8300,Advances in Computer Vision,"Advanced topics in computer vision with a focus on the use of machine learning techniques and applications in graphics and human-computer interface. Covers image representations, texture models, structure-from-motion algorithms, Bayesian techniques, object and scene recognition, tracking, shape modeling, and image databases. Applications may include face recognition, multimodal interaction, interactive systems, cinematic special effects, and photorealistic rendering. Covers topics complementary to 6.8390.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.1200 or 6.3700) and (18.06 or 18.C06),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8301,Advances in Computer Vision,"Advanced topics in computer vision with a focus on the use of machine learning techniques and applications in graphics and human-computer interface. Covers image representations, texture models, structure-from-motion algorithms, Bayesian techniques, object and scene recognition, tracking, shape modeling, and image databases. Applications may include face recognition, multimodal interaction, interactive systems, cinematic special effects, and photorealistic rendering. Includes instruction and practice in written and oral communication.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-11,(6.1200 or 6.3700) and (18.06 or 18.C06),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8320,Advanced Topics in Computer Vision,"Seminar exploring advanced research topics in the field of computer vision; focus varies with lecturer. Typically structured around discussion of assigned research papers and presentations by students. Example research areas explored in this seminar include learning in vision, computational imaging techniques, multimodal human-computer interaction, biomedical imaging, representation and estimation methods used in modern computer vision.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.801, 6.8300, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8370,Advanced Computational Photography,"Presents fundamentals and applications of hardware and software techniques used in digital and computational photography, with an emphasis on software methods. Provides sufficient background to implement solutions to photographic challenges and opportunities. Topics include cameras and image formation, image processing and image representations, high-dynamic-range imaging, human visual perception and color, single view 3-D model reconstruction, morphing, data-rich photography, super-resolution, and image-based rendering. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and 6.1020,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8371,Digital and Computational Photography,"Presents fundamentals and applications of hardware and software techniques used in digital and computational photography, with an emphasis on software methods. Provides sufficient background to implement solutions to photographic challenges and opportunities. Topics include cameras and image formation, image processing and image representations, high-dynamic-range imaging, human visual perception and color, single view 3-D model reconstruction, morphing, data-rich photography, super-resolution, and image-based rendering. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Calculus II (GIR) and 6.1010,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8610,Quantitative Methods for Natural Language Processing,"Introduces the study of human language from a computational perspective, including syntactic, semantic and discourse processing models. Emphasizes machine learning methods and algorithms. Uses these methods and models in applications such as syntactic parsing, information extraction, statistical machine translation, dialogue systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3900 and (18.06 or 18.C06),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8611,Quantitative Methods for Natural Language Processing,"Introduces the study of human language from a computational perspective, including syntactic, semantic and discourse processing models. Emphasizes machine learning methods and algorithms. Uses these methods and models in applications such as syntactic parsing, information extraction, statistical machine translation, dialogue systems. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-11,6.3900 and (18.06 or 18.C06),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8620[J],Spoken Language Processing,"Introduces the rapidly developing field of spoken language processing including automatic speech recognition. Topics include acoustic theory of speech production, acoustic-phonetics, signal representation, acoustic and language modeling, search, hidden Markov modeling, neural networks models, end-to-end deep learning models, and other machine learning techniques applied to speech and language processing topics. Lecture material intersperses theory with practice. Includes problem sets, laboratory exercises, and open-ended term project.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,6.3000 and 6.3900,HST.728[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.8630[J],Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge,"Explores the relationship between the computer representation and acquisition of knowledge and the structure of human language, its acquisition, and hypotheses about its differentiating uniqueness. Emphasizes development of analytical skills necessary to judge the computational implications of grammatical formalisms and their role in connecting human intelligence to computational intelligence. Uses concrete examples to illustrate particular computational issues in this area.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,6.4100 or permission of instructor,"9.611[J], 24.984[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9000,Engineering for Impact,"Students work in teams to engineer hardware/software systems that solve important, challenging real-world problems. In pursuit of these projects, students engage at every step of the full-stack development process, from printed circuit board design to firmware to server to industrial design. Teams design and build functional prototypes of complete hardware/software systems. Grading is based on individual- and team-based elements. Enrollment may be limited due to staffing and space requirements.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-3-7,"6.1910, 6.2000, and 6.3100",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9010,Introduction to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems,"Introduction to embedded systems in the context of connected devices, wearables, and the ""Internet of Things"" (IoT). Topics include microcontrollers, energy utilization, algorithmic efficiency, interfacing with sensors, networking, cryptography, and local versus distributed computation. Students design, make, and program an Internet-connected wearable or handheld device. In the final project, student teams design and demo their own server-connected IoT system. Enrollment limited; preference to first- and second-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-5-6,6.100A; Coreq: Physics II (GIR),N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.9020[J],How to Make (Almost) Anything,"Provides a practical hands-on introduction to digital fabrication, including CAD/CAM/CAE, NC machining, 3-D printing and scanning, molding and casting, composites, laser and waterjet cutting, PCB design and fabrication; sensors and actuators; mixed-signal instrumentation, embedded processing, and wired and wireless communications. Develops an understanding of these capabilities through projects using them individually and jointly to create functional systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-9-6,Permission of instructor,"4.140[J], MAS.863[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9030,Strobe Project Laboratory,"Application of electronic flash sources to measurement and photography. First half covers fundamentals of photography and electronic flashes, including experiments on application of electronic flash to photography, stroboscopy, motion analysis, and high-speed videography. Students write four extensive lab reports. In the second half, students work in small groups to select, design, and execute independent projects in measurement or photography that apply learned techniques. Project planning and execution skills are discussed and developed over the term. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-8-2,Physics II (GIR) or permission of instructor,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.9080,Introduction to EECS via Robotics,"An integrated introduction to electrical engineering and computer science, taught using substantial laboratory experiments with mobile robots. Key issues in the design of engineered artifacts operating in the natural world: measuring and modeling system behaviors; assessing errors in sensors and effectors; specifying tasks; designing solutions based on analytical and computational models; planning, executing, and evaluating experimental tests of performance; refining models and designs. Issues addressed in the context of computer programs, control systems, probabilistic inference problems, circuits and transducers, which all play important roles in achieving robust operation of a large variety of engineered systems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-4-6,6.100A or permission of instructor,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
6.UAR,Seminar in Undergraduate Advanced Research,"Instruction in effective undergraduate research, including choosing and developing a research topic, surveying previous work and publications, research topics in EECS and the School of Engineering, industry best practices, design for robustness, technical presentation, authorship and collaboration, and ethics. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises, in the context of an approved advanced research project. A total of 12 units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult EECS SuperUROP website for more information.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.UAT,Oral Communication,"Provides instruction in aspects of effective technical oral presentations and exposure to communication skills useful in a workplace setting. Students create, give and revise a number of presentations of varying length targeting a range of different audiences. Enrollment may be limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9101[J],Introduction to Design Thinking and Innovation in Engineering,"Introduces students to concepts of design thinking and innovation that can be applied to any engineering discipline. Focuses on introducing an iterative design process, a systems-thinking approach for stakeholder analysis, methods for articulating design concepts, methods for concept selection, and techniques for testing with users. Provides an opportunity for first-year students to explore product or system design and development, and to build their understanding of what it means to lead and coordinate projects in engineering design. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Enrollment limited to 25; priority to first-year students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"2.7231[J], 16.6621[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.910A,Design Thinking and Innovation Leadership for Engineers,"Introductory subject in design thinking and innovation. Develops students' ability to conceive, implement, and evaluate successful projects in any engineering discipline. Lessons focus on an iterative design process, a systems-thinking approach for stakeholder analysis, methods for articulating design concepts, methods for concept selection, and techniques for testing with users.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.910B,Design Thinking and Innovation Project,"Project-based subject. Students employ design-thinking techniques learned in 6.902A to develop a robust speech-recognition application using a web-based platform. Students practice in leadership and teamwork skills as they collaboratively conceive, implement, and iteratively refine their designs based on user feedback. Topics covered include techniques for leading the creative process in teams, the ethics of engineering systems, methods for articulating designs with group collaboration, identifying and reconciling paradoxes of engineering designs, and communicating solution concepts with impact. Students present oral presentations and receive feedback to sharpen their communication skills.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1,6.910A,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9110,Engineering Leadership Lab,"Advances students' leadership, teamwork, and communication skills through further exposure to leadership frameworks, models, and cases within an engineering context in an interactive, practice-based environment. Students coach others, assess performance, and lead guided reflections on individual and team successes, while discovering opportunities for improvement. Students assist with programmatic planning and implementation of role-play simulations, small group discussions, and performance and peer assessments by and of other students and by instructors. Includes frequent engineering industry-guest participation and involvement. Content is frequently student-led. Second year Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL) Program students register for 6.9130. Preference to students enrolled in the second year of the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-1,None. Coreq: 6.9120; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9120,Engineering Leadership,"Exposes students to the models and methods of engineering leadership within the contexts of conceiving, designing, implementing and operating products, processes and systems. Introduces the Capabilities of Effective Engineering Leaders, and models and theories related to the capabilities. Discusses the appropriate times and reasons to use particular models to deliver engineering success. Includes occasional guest speakers or panel discussions. May be repeated for credit once with permission of instructor. Preference to first-year students in the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-2,None. Coreq: 6.9110; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9130,Engineering Leadership Lab,"Advances students' leadership, teamwork, and communication skills through further exposure to leadership frameworks, models, and cases within an engineering context in an interactive, practice-based environment. Students coach others, assess performance, and lead guided reflections on individual and team successes, while discovering opportunities for improvement. Students assist with programmatic planning and implementation of role-play simulations, small group discussions, and performance and peer assessments by and of other students and by instructors. Includes frequent engineering industry-guest participation and involvement. Content is frequently student-led. Second year Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL) Program students register for 6.9130. Preference to students enrolled in the second year of the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-4,"6.910A, 6.9110, 6.9120, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9140,Project Engineering,"Students attend and participate in a four-day off-site workshop covering an introduction to basic principles, methods, and tools for project management in a realistic context. In teams, students create a plan for a project of their choice in one of several areas, including: aircraft modification, factory automation, flood prevention engineering, solar farm engineering, small-business digital transformation/modernization, and disaster response, among others. Develops skills applicable to the planning and management of complex engineering projects. Topics include cost-benefit analysis, resource and cost estimation, and project control and delivery which are practiced during an experiential, team-based activity. Case studies highlight projects in both hardware/software and consumer packaged goods. Preference to students in the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program.",True,"IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-0 [P/D/F],(6.910A and (6.9110 or 6.9120)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9150[J],Leading Innovation in Teams,"Empowers future innovators in engineering and technology with a foundation of leadership and teamwork skills. Grounded in research but practical in focus, equips students with leadership competencies such as building self-awareness, motivating and developing others, influencing without authority, managing conflict, and communicating effectively. Teamwork skills include how to convene, launch, and develop various types of teams, including project teams. Reviews recent advances in implementing innovations and building personal capacity for lifelong learning as a leading innovator. Enrollment limited to seating capacity of classroom. Admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,16.671[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9160[J],Engineering Innovation: Global Security Systems,"Offers the perspective of a chief technology officer and systems engineer in innovation-focused organizations such as the Departments of Defense, DARPA, NATO, and the UN. Discusses technological and innovation measures taken to ensure mutual safety and security globally. Outlines the journey from ideation to impact, revolving around complex engineering design challenges. Involves iterative testing and refinement of solutions, focusing on scalability in operational environments. Emphasis placed on efficient team-building and leadership. Examines stakeholders' roles in successfully deploying solutions. Develops skills to organize technical thoughts, write impactful reports, and present arguments effectively. Prepares students to navigate design challenges, adjust to engineering frameworks, and manage use case variations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Meets with 15.362 when offered concurrently.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,15.3621[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9162[J],Engineering Innovation: Global Security Systems (New),"Offers the perspective of a chief technology officer and systems engineer in innovation-focused organizations such as the Departments of Defense, DARPA, NATO, and the UN. Discusses technological and innovation measures taken to ensure mutual safety and security globally. Outlines the journey from ideation to impact, revolving around complex engineering design challenges. Involves iterative testing and refinement of solutions, focusing on scalability in operational environments. Emphasis placed on efficient team-building and leadership. Examines stakeholders' roles in successfully deploying solutions. Develops skills to organize technical thoughts, write impactful reports, and present arguments effectively. Prepares students to navigate design challenges, adjust to engineering frameworks, and manage use case variations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Meets with 15.3621 when offered concurrently.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,15.362[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9250,"Leadership: People, Products, Projects (New)","Provides an introduction to product development and engineering leadership concepts by reviewing and practicing core leadership principles on a team-based project. Students identify worthy problems to tackle, generate creative concepts, make quick prototypes, and test them with stakeholders. Product management tools are used to identify user needs, translate needs into design elements, and develop product roadmaps. Project management tools are used to mobilize team activity and organize deliverables. Students practice effective teamwork, persuasive presentations, and influencing strategies. Each class session introduces a new topic relating to the project or leadership skills, experiential learning around the topic, and time for team meetings with instructional staff available for guidance. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9260,Multistakeholder Negotiation for Technical Experts,"Presents strategies and proven techniques for improving communications, relationships, and decision-making in groups using simulations, role-plays, case studies, and video analysis. Aims to provide the skill set needed to effectively negotiate with both internal and external stakeholders to align efforts and overcome differences. No prior experience in negotiation required. Satisfies the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9270,Negotiation and Influence Skills for Technical Leaders,"Focuses around the premise that the abilities to negotiate with, and influence others, are essential to being an effective leader in technology rich environments. Provides graduate students with underlying principles and a repertoire of negotiation and influence skills that apply to interpersonal situations, particularly those where an engineer or project leader lacks formal authority over others in delivering results. Utilizes research-based approaches through the application of multiple learning methods, including experiential role plays, case studies, assessments, feedback, and personal reflections. Concepts such as the zone of possible agreements, best alternative to negotiated agreements, and sources of influence are put into practice. Satisfies the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9280[J],Leading Creative Teams,"Prepares students to lead teams charged with developing creative solutions in engineering and technical environments. Grounded in research but practical in focus, equips students with leadership competencies such as building self-awareness, motivating and developing others, creative problem solving, influencing without authority, managing conflict, and communicating effectively. Teamwork skills include how to convene, launch, and develop various types of teams, including project teams. Learning methods emphasize personalized and experiential skill development. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,"15.674[J], 16.990[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.EPW,UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop,"Provides sophomores across all majors with opportunities to develop and practice communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to become successful professionals in the workplace, particularly in preparation for their summer industry internship. This immersive, multi-day Team Training Workshop (TTW) is comprised of experiential learning modules focused on expanding skills in areas that employers report being most valuable in the workplace. Modules are led by MIT faculty with the help of MIT alumni and other senior industry professionals. Skills applied through creative simulations, team problem-solving challenges, oral presentations, and networking sessions with prospective employers. Enrollment limited to those in the UPOP program.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],2.EPE,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9302[J],StartMIT: Exploring Entrepreneurship and Innovation,"Designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurship. Introduces practices for building a successful company, such as idea creation and validation, defining a value proposition, building a team, marketing, customer traction, and possible funding models.",True,IAP,Graduate,4-0-2 [P/D/F],None,15.352[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9310,"Patents, Copyrights, and the Law of Intellectual Property","Intensive introduction to the law, focusing on intellectual property, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Covers the process of drafting and filing patent applications, enforcement of patents in the courts, the differences between US and international IP laws and enforcement mechanisms, and the inventor's ability to monetize and protect his/her innovations. Highlights current legal issues and trends relating to the technology, and life sciences industries. Readings include judicial opinions and statutory material. Class projects include patent drafting, patent searching, and patentability opinions, and courtroom presentation.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9320,Ethics for Engineers,"Explores how to be an ethical engineer. Students examine engineering case studies alongside key readings by foundational ethical thinkers from Aristotle to Martin Luther King, Jr., and investigate which ethical approaches are best and how to apply them. Topics include justice, rights, cost-benefit analysis, safety, bias, genetic engineering, climate change, and the promise and peril of AI. Discussion-based, with the aim of introducing students to new ways of thinking. All sections cover the same core ethical frameworks, but some sections have a particular focus for case studies, such as bioengineering, or have an in-depth emphasis on particular thinkers. The subject is taught in separate sections. Students are eligible to take any section regardless of their registered subject number. For 20.005, students additionally undertake an ethical-technical analysis of a BE-related topic of their choosing.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9321,Ethics for Engineers - Independent Inquiry,"Explores the ethical principles by which an engineer ought to be guided. Integrates foundational texts in ethics with case studies illustrating ethical problems arising in the practice of engineering. Readings from classic sources including Aristotle, Kant, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Franklin, Tocqueville, Arendt, and King. Case studies include articles and films that address engineering disasters, safety, biotechnology, the internet and AI, and the ultimate scope and aims of engineering. Different sections may focus on themes, such as AI or biotechnology. To satisfy the independent inquiry component of this subject, students expand the scope of their term project. Students taking 20.005 focus their term project on a problem in biological engineering in which there are intertwined ethical and technical issues.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9350[J],Financial Market Dynamics and Human Behavior,"Drawing on the latest research in psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, as well as in behavioral and mainstream financial economics, provides new perspectives and insights into the role that human behavior plays in the business environment and the dynamics of financial markets and institutions. Incorporates practical applications from several industries including finance, insurance, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and government policy. Students apply ideas from this perspective to formulate original hypotheses regarding new career opportunities and disruptive technologies in their industry of choice. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Sloan graduate students.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-5,"15.401, 15.414, or 15.415",15.481[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9360,Management in Engineering,"Introduction and overview of engineering management. Financial principles, management of innovation, technical strategy and best management practices. Case study method of instruction emphasizes participation in class discussion. Focus is on the development of individual skills and management tools. Restricted to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9500,Introduction to MATLAB,"Accelerated introduction to MATLAB and its popular toolboxes. Lectures are interactive, with students conducting sample MATLAB problems in real time. Includes problem-based MATLAB assignments. Students must provide their own laptop and software. Enrollment limited.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9510,"Introduction to Signals and Systems, and Feedback Control","Introduces fundamental concepts for 6.003, including Fourier and Laplace transforms, convolution, sampling, filters, feedback control, stability, and Bode plots. Students engage in problem solving, using Mathematica and MATLAB software extensively to help visualize processing in the time frequency domains.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-2-2 [P/D/F],Calculus II (GIR) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9520,Introduction to Electrical Engineering Lab Skills,"Introduces basic electrical engineering concepts, components, and laboratory techniques. Covers analog integrated circuits, power supplies, and digital circuits. Lab exercises provide practical experience in constructing projects using multi-meters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other tools. Includes a project in which students build a circuit to display their own EKG. Enrollment limited.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-3-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9550,Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs,Studies the structure and interpretation of computer programs which transcend specific programming languages. Demonstrates thought patterns for computer science using Scheme. Includes weekly programming projects. Enrollment may be limited.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-5 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9560,Introduction to Software Engineering in Java,"Covers the fundamentals of Java, helping students develop intuition about object-oriented programming. Focuses on developing working software that solves real problems. Designed for students with little or no programming experience. Concepts covered useful to 6.3100. Enrollment limited.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-1-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9570,Introduction to C and C++,"Fast-paced introduction to the C and C++ programming languages. Intended for those with experience in other languages who have never used C or C++. Students complete daily assignments, a small-scale individual project, and a mandatory online diagnostic test. Enrollment limited.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-3-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9600,Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory: MASLAB,"Autonomous robotics contest emphasizing technical AI, vision, mapping and navigation from a robot-mounted camera. Few restrictions are placed on materials, sensors, and/or actuators enabling teams to build robots very creatively. Teams should have members with varying engineering, programming and mechanical backgrounds. Culminates with a robot competition at the end of IAP. Enrollment limited.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-2-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9610,The Battlecode Programming Competition,"Artificial Intelligence programming contest in Java. Student teams program virtual robots to play Battlecode, a real-time strategy game. Competition culminates in a live BattleCode tournament. Assumes basic knowledge of programming.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9620,Web Lab: A Web Programming Class and Competition,"Student teams learn to build a functional and user-friendly website. Topics include version control, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS, and nodejs. All teams are eligible to enter a competition where sites are judged by industry experts. Beginners and experienced web programmers welcome, but some previous programming experience is recommended. Registration on subject website required.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-5 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9630,Pokerbots Competition,"Build autonomous poker players and aquire the knowledge of the game of poker. Showcase decision making skills, apply concepts in mathematics, computer science and economics. Provides instruction in programming, game theory, probability and statistics and machine learning. Concludes with a final competition and prizes. Enrollment limited.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-5 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9700,Studies in Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making,"Introduction to artificial intelligence and decision making in a series of online subjects followed by a comprehensive examination. Probability: distributions and probabilistic calculations, inference methods, laws of large numbers, and random processes. Statistical data analysis: linear regression, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, model selection, and causal inference. Machine learning: linear classification, fundamentals of supervised machine learning, deep learning, unsupervised learning, and generative models. Online decision making: online optimization, online learning, Markov decision processes and reinforcement learning, elements of control theory, and fundamentals of game theory.  Computer vision: fundamentals of image and signal processing, introduction to machine learning for vision, generative models and representation learning, and elements of scene understanding. Restricted to Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making MicroMasters Credential holders in the AI+D Blended Master's program.",True,Fall,Graduate,0-0-48 [P/D/F],Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9710,Internship in Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making,Provides an opportunity for students to synthesize their coursework and to apply the knowledge gained in the program towards a project with a host organization. All internship placements are subject to approval by program director. Each student must write a capstone project report. Restricted to students in the AI+D blended master's program.,True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9720,Research in Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making,Individual research project arranged with appropriate faculty member or approved advisor. A final paper summarizing research is required. Restricted to students in the AI+D blended SM program.,True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-0-12 [P/D/F],Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9800,Independent Study in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Opportunity for independent study at the undergraduate level under regular supervision by a faculty member. Study plans require prior approval.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9820,Practical Internship Experience,"For Course 6 students participating in curriculum-related off-campus internship experiences in electrical engineering or computer science. Before enrolling, students must have an employment offer from a company or organization and must find an EECS advisor. Upon completion of the internship the student must submit a letter from the employer evaluating the work accomplished, a substantive final report from the student, approved by the MIT advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Consult Department Undergraduate Office for details on procedures and restrictions.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9830,Professional Perspective Internship,"Required for Course 6 MEng students to gain professional experience in electrical engineering or computer science through an internship (industry, government, or academic) of 4 or more weeks in IAP or summer. This can be completed as MEng students or as undergrads, through previous employment completed while deferring MEng entry or by attending a series of three colloquia, seminars, or technical talks related to their field. For internships/work experience, a letter from the employer confirming dates of employment is required. All students are required to write responses to short essay prompts about their professional experience. International students must consult ISO and the EECS Undergraduate Office on work authorization and allowable employment dates.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9840,Practical Experience in EECS,"For Course 6 students in the MEng program who seek practical off-campus research experiences or internships in electrical engineering or computer science. Before enrolling, students must have an offer of employment from a company or organization and secure an advisor within EECS. Employers must document the work accomplished. Proposals subject to departmental approval. For students who begin the MEng program in the summer only, the experience or internship cannot exceed 20 hours per week and must begin no earlier than the first day of the Summer Session, but may end as late as the last business day before the Fall Term.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9850,6-A Internship,Provides academic credit for the first assignment of 6-A undergraduate students at companies affiliated with the department's 6-A internship program. Limited to students participating in the 6-A internship program.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-12-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9860,Advanced 6-A Internship,Provides academic credit for the second assignment of 6-A undergraduate students at companies affiliated with the department's 6-A internship program. Limited to students participating in the 6-A internship program.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-12-0 [P/D/F],6.9850,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9870,Graduate 6-A Internship,Provides academic credit for a graduate assignment of graduate 6-A students at companies affiliated with the department's 6-A internship program. Limited to graduate students participating in the 6-A internship program.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-12-0 [P/D/F],6.9850 or 6.9860,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9880,Graduate 6-A Internship,Provides academic credit for graduate students in the second half of their 6-A MEng industry internship. Limited to graduate students participating in the 6-A internship program.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-12-0 [P/D/F],6.9870,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9900,Teaching Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,"For Teaching Assistants in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, in cases where teaching assignment is approved for academic credit by the department.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9910,Research in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,"For EECS MEng students who are Research Assistants in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, in cases where the assigned research is approved for academic credit by the department. Hours arranged with research advisor.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9920,Introductory Research in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,"Enrollment restricted to first-year graduate students in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science who are doing introductory research leading to an SM, EE, ECS, PhD, or ScD thesis. Opportunity to become involved in graduate research, under guidance of a staff member, on a problem of mutual interest to student and advisor. Individual programs subject to approval of professor in charge.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9930,Networking Seminars in EECS,"For first year Course 6 students in the SM/PhD track, who seek weekly engagement with departmental faculty and staff, to discuss topics related to the graduate student experience, and to promote a successful start to graduate school.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9932,Introduction to Research in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,"Seminar on topics related to research leading to an SM, EE, ECS, PhD, or ScD thesis. Limited to first-year regular graduate students in EECS with a fellowship or teaching assistantship.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-0,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9940,Professional Perspective I,"Required for Course 6 students in the doctoral program to gain professional perspective in research experiences, academic experiences, and internships in electrical engineering and computer science. Professional perspective options include: internships (with industry, government or academia), industrial colloquia or seminars, research collaboration with industry or government, and professional development for entry into academia or entrepreneurial engagement. For an internship experience, an offer of employment from a company or organization is required prior to enrollment; employers must document work accomplished. A written report is required upon completion of a minimum of 4 weeks of off-campus experiences. Proposals subject to departmental approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9950,Professional Perspective II,"Required for Course 6 students in the doctoral program to gain professional perspective in research experiences, academic experiences, and internships in electrical engineering and computer science. Professional perspective options include: internships (with industry, government or academia), industrial colloquia or seminars, research collaboration with industry or government, and professional development for entry into academia or entrepreneurial engagement. For an internship experience, an offer of employment from a company or organization is required prior to enrollment; employers must document work accomplished. A written report is required upon completion of a minimum of 4 weeks of off-campus experiences. Proposals subject to departmental approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],6.9940,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9960,Experience in Technical Communication,"Provides training and practice in technical communication. Includes communication coaching, workshop facilitation, and other communication-related projects under supervision of Communication Lab staff. Students selected by interview. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable assignments. Enrollment could be limited if there isn't enough student participation.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9970,Academic Job Search,"Interactive workshops and homework assignments provide guidance for the faculty application process, including CV; cover letter; research, teaching, and diversity statements; interview and job talk preparation; and post-offer negotiations. Includes perspectives of junior faculty, search committee members, and department leadership at MIT and other institutions. Academic Career Day provides opportunity for students to participate in one-on-one pre-interviews with external faculty. Preference to EECS senior PhD students and postdocs.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.9990,Independent Study in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member. Projects require prior approval.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research leading to the writing of an  SM, EE, ECS, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.THM,Master of Engineering Program Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of an MEng thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Restricted to MEng graduate students.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.UR,Undergraduate Research in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Individual research project arranged with appropriate faculty member or approved advisor. Forms and instructions for the final report are available in the EECS Undergraduate Office.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S040,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S041,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S042,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S043,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S044,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S045,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S046,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S047,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S050,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S051,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S052,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S053,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S054,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S055,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S056,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S057,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S058,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S059,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S060,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Basic undergraduate subjects not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S061,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Basic undergraduate subjects not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S062,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S063,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S076,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S077,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S078,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S079,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S080,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S081,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S082,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S083,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S084,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S085,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S086,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S087,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S088,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S089,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S090,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Summer,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S091,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S092,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S093,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S094,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S095,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S096,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S097,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S098,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S099,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S183,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S184,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S185,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S186,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S187,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S188,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S189,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S190,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S191,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S192,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S193,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S197,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S193-6.S198,Special Laboratory Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Laboratory subject that covers content not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S630,Special Subject in Engineering Leadership,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program or Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S640,Special Subject in Engineering Leadership,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program or Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S650,Special Subject in Engineering Leadership,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program or Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S660,Special Subject in Engineering Leadership,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program or Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S890,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S891,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S892,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S893,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S894,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S895,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S896,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S897,Special Subject in Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S898,Special Subject in Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S899,Special Subject in Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S911,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S912,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S913,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S914,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S915,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S916,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S917,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S918,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S919,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S950,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S951,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S952,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S953,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S954,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S955,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S956,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S960,Special Studies: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Opportunity for study of graduate-level topics related to electrical engineering and computer science but not included elsewhere in the curriculum. Registration under this subject normally used for situations involving small study groups. Normal registration is for 12 units. Registration subject to approval of professor in charge.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S961,Special Studies: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Opportunity for study of graduate-level topics related to electrical engineering and computer science but not included elsewhere in the curriculum. Registration under this subject normally used for situations involving small study groups. Normal registration is for 12 units. Registration subject to approval of professor in charge.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S962,Special Studies: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Opportunity for study of graduate-level topics related to electrical engineering and computer science but not included elsewhere in the curriculum. Registration under this subject normally used for situations involving small study groups. Normal registration is for 12 units. Registration subject to approval of professor in charge.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S963-6.S967,Special Studies: EECS,Opportunity for study of graduate-level topics related to electrical engineering and computer science but not included elsewhere in the curriculum. Registration under this subject normally used for situations involving small study groups. Normal registration is for 12 units. Registration subject to approval of professor in charge.  Consult the department for details.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S974,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S975,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S976,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S977,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S978,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S979,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S980,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S981,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S982,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S983,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S984,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S985,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S986,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S987,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.S988,Special Subject in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C01,Modeling with Machine Learning: from Algorithms to Applications,"Focuses on modeling with machine learning methods with an eye towards applications in engineering and sciences. Introduction to modern machine learning methods, from supervised to unsupervised models, with an emphasis on newer neural approaches. Emphasis on the understanding of how and why the methods work from the point of view of modeling, and when they are applicable. Using concrete examples, covers formulation of machine learning tasks, adapting and extending methods to given problems, and how the methods can and should be evaluated. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of a 6-unit disciplinary module in the same semester. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR) and 6.100A; Coreq: 1.C01, 2.C01, 3.C01, 6.C011, 7.C01, or 22.C01",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C011,Modeling with Machine Learning for Computer Science (New),"Focuses on in-depth modeling of engineering tasks as machine learning problems. Emphasizes framing, method design, and interpretation of results. In comparison to broader prerequisite 6.C01, this project-oriented subject consists of deep dives into select technical areas or engineering tasks involving both supervised and exploratory uses of machine learning. Explores technical areas such robustness, interpretability, fairness and engineering tasks such as recommender systems, performance optimization, and automated design. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,"6.100A, 6.C01, (6.1200 or 6.3700), and (18.06 or 18.C06)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C06[J],Linear Algebra and Optimization,"Introductory course in linear algebra and optimization, assuming no prior exposure to linear algebra and starting from the basics, including vectors, matrices, eigenvalues, singular values, and least squares. Covers the basics in optimization including convex optimization, linear/quadratic programming, gradient descent, and regularization, building on insights from linear algebra. Explores a variety of applications in science and engineering, where the tools developed give powerful ways to understand complex systems and also extract structure from data.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus II (GIR),18.C06[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
6.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 18.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C27[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Explores the contemporary computational understanding of imaging: encoding information about a physical object onto a form of radiation, transferring the radiation through an imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. Introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round involves a class project on an imaging system chosen by students. Undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Involves optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","2.C27[J], 3.C27[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C35[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society,"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Weekly lab sessions present coding and technical skills. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-8,None,"11.C35[J], CMS.C35[J], IDS.C35[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C40[J],Ethics of Computing (New),"Explores ethical questions raised by the potentially transformative power of computing technologies. Topics include: lessons from the history of transformative technologies; the status of property and privacy rights in the digital realm; effective accelerationism, AI alignment, and existential risk; algorithmic bias and algorithmic fairness; and free speech, disinformation, and polarization on online platforms.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,24.C40[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
6.C51,Modeling with Machine Learning: from Algorithms to Applications,"Focuses on modeling with machine learning methods with an eye towards applications in engineering and sciences. Introduction to modern machine learning methods, from supervised to unsupervised models, with an emphasis on newer neural approaches. Emphasis on the understanding of how and why the methods work from the point of view of modeling, and when they are applicable. Using concrete examples, covers formulation of machine learning tasks, adapting and extending methods to given problems, and how the methods can and should be evaluated. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of a 6-unit disciplinary module in the same semester. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR) and 6.100A; Coreq: 1.C51, 2.C51, 3.C51, 6.C511, 7.C51, 22.C51, or SCM.C51",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C511,Modeling with Machine Learning for Computer Science (New),"Focuses on in-depth modeling of engineering tasks as machine learning problems. Emphasizes framing, method design, and interpretation of results. In comparison to broader co-requisite 6.C01/6.C51, this project oriented subject consists of deep dives into select technical areas or engineering tasks involving both supervised and exploratory uses of machine learning. Deep dives into technical areas such robustness, interpretability, fairness; engineering tasks such as recommender systems, performance optimization, automated design. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,"6.100A, 6.C51, (6.1200 or 6.3700), and (18.06 or 18.C06)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C57[J],Optimization Methods (New),"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 15.093/6.7200/IDS.200.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,"15.C57[J], IDS.C57[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C571[J],Optimization Methods (New),"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 6.7201. One section primarily reserved for Sloan students; check syllabus for details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,15.C571[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C67[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Contemporary understanding of imaging is computational: encoding onto a form of radiation the information about a physical object, transferring the radiation through the imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. This class introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds, instructors describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round, students conduct themselves as the class project on an imaging system of their choice. The undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Throughout the term, we also conduct optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","2.C67[J], 3.C67[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C85[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society,"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Students participate in hour-long studio reading sessions. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,None,"11.C85[J], IDS.C85[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.012,Introductory Biology,"Exploration into biochemistry and structural biology, molecular and cell biology, genetics and immunology, and viruses and bacteria. Special topics can include cancer biology, aging, and the human microbiome project. Enrollment limited to seating capacity of classroom. Admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Biology,False,False
7.013,Introductory Biology,"Genomic approaches to human biology, including neuroscience, development, immunology, tissue repair and stem cells, tissue engineering, and infectious and inherited diseases, including cancer.
 Enrollment limited to seating capacity of classroom. Admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Biology,False,False
7.014,Introductory Biology,"Studies the fundamental principles of biology and their application towards understanding the Earth as a dynamic system shaped by life. Focuses on environmental life science with an emphasis on biogeochemistry, population genetics, population and community ecology, evolution, and the impact of climate change. Enrollment limited to seating capacity of classroom. Admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,nits: 5-0-7,N/A,False,False,False,Biology,False,False
7.015,Introductory Biology,"Emphasizes the application of fundamental biological principles to modern, trending topics in biology. Specific modules focus on antibiotic resistance, biotechnology (e.g., genetically-modified organisms and CRISPR-based genome editing), personal genetics and genomics, viruses and vaccines, ancient DNA, and the metabolism of drugs. Includes discussion of the social and ethical issues surrounding modern biology.  Limited to 60; admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Biology,False,False
7.016,Introductory Biology,"Introduction to fundamental principles of biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics for understanding the functions of living systems. Covers examples of the use of chemical biology, the use of genetics in biological discovery, principles of cellular organization and communication, immunology, cancer, and engineering biological systems. In addition, includes 21st-century molecular genetics in understanding human health and therapeutic intervention. Enrollment limited to seating capacity of classroom. Admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Biology,False,False
7.00,"COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic","Lectures by leading experts on the fundamentals of COVID-19 epidemiology, coronavirus and host cell biology, immunity, vaccine development, clinical disease and therapy. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.002,Fundamentals of Experimental Molecular Biology,"Introduces the experimental concepts and methods of molecular biology. Covers basic principles of experimental design and data analysis, with an emphasis on the acquisition of practical laboratory experience. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Satisfies biology laboratory credit for pre-health professions. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-4-1,None,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
7.003[J],Applied Molecular Biology Laboratory,"Laboratory-based exploration of modern experimental molecular biology. Specific experimental system studied may vary from term to term, depending on instructor. Emphasizes concepts of experimental design, data analysis and communication in biology and how these concepts are applied in the biotechnology industry. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Enrollment limited; admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-7-3,7.002,10.7003[J],False,True,False,False,False,False
7.03,Genetics,"The principles of genetics with application to the study of biological function at the level of molecules, cells, and multicellular organisms, including humans. Structure and function of genes, chromosomes, and genomes. Biological variation resulting from recombination, mutation, and selection. Population genetics. Use of genetic methods to analyze protein function, gene regulation, and inherited disease.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,Biology (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
7.05,General Biochemistry,"Contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the structure and functioning of organisms, tissues, and cells. Chemistry and functions of constituents of cells and tissues and the chemical and physical-chemical basis for the structures of nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates. Basic enzymology and biochemical reaction mechanisms involved in macromolecular synthesis and degradation, signaling, transport, and movement. General metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and nitrogen-containing materials such as amino acids, proteins, and related compounds.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,(Biology (GIR) and 5.12) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
7.06,Cell Biology,"Presents the biology of cells of higher organisms. Studies the structure, function, and biosynthesis of cellular membranes and organelles; cell growth and oncogenic transformation; transport, receptors, and cell signaling; the cytoskeleton, the extracellular matrix, and cell movements; cell division and cell cycle; functions of specialized cell types. Emphasizes the current molecular knowledge of cell biological processes as well as the genetic, biochemical, and other experimental approaches that resulted in these discoveries.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,7.03 and 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.08[J],Fundamentals of Chemical Biology,"Spanning the fields of biology, chemistry, and engineering, this class introduces students to the principles of chemical biology and the application of chemical and physical methods and reagents to the study and manipulation of biological systems. Topics include nucleic acid structure, recognition, and manipulation; protein folding and stability, and proteostasis; bioorthogonal reactions and activity-based protein profiling; chemical genetics and small-molecule inhibitor screening; fluorescent probes for biological analysis and imaging; and unnatural amino acid mutagenesis. The class will also discuss the logic of dynamic post-translational modification reactions with an emphasis on chemical biology approaches for studying complex processes including glycosylation, phosphorylation, and lipidation. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(Biology (GIR), 5.13, and (5.07 or 7.05)) or permission of instructor",5.08[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.093,Modern Biostatistics,"Provides a practical introduction to probability and statistics used in modern biology. Topics covered include discrete and continuous probability distributions, statistical modeling, hypothesis testing, independence, conditional probability, multiple test corrections, nonparametric methods, clustering, correlation, linear regression, principal components analysis with applications to high-throughput DNA sequencing, and image data analysis. Homework is in the R programming language, but prior programming experience is not required. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,7.03 and 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.094,Modern Computational Biology,"Introduces modern methods in computational biology, focusing on DNA/RNA/protein analysis. Topics include next-generation DNA sequencing and sequencing data analysis, RNA-seq (bulk and single-cell), and protein dynamics. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,7.03 and 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.102,Introduction to Molecular Biology Techniques,"Designed primarily for first-year students with little or no lab experience. Introduces basic methods of experimental molecular biology. Specific experiments vary from year-to-year, but will focus on the identification and characterization of bacteria and bacteriophages from the wild using an array of basic methods in molecular biology and microbiology. Biology GIR or Chemistry GIR recommended. Satisfies 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. Limited to 16; admittance may be controlled by lottery.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,0-5-1,None,N/A,False,True,False,False,False,False
7.105,Ethics for Biologists and Engineers (New),"Explores how to apply an ethical framework to working with living systems. Students examine case studies related to biological research and bioengineering alongside readings by foundational ethical thinkers from Aristotle to Martin Luther King, Jr. Topics for consideration include justice, rights, research integrity and bias, human clinical trials, genetic engineering in human diseases and aging, creating human-animal hybrids, and the promise and peril of AI. Discussion-based, with the aim of introducing students to new ways of thinking. Meets with 20.005, a 9-unit version of this subject, which includes a final project.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.11,Biology Teaching,"For qualified undergraduate students interested in gaining some experience in teaching. Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of a faculty member. Students selected by interview.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.19,Communication in Experimental Biology,Students carry out independent literature research. Journal club discussions are used to help students evaluate and write scientific papers. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication is provided. ,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-4-4,"(7.06 and (5.362, 7.003, or 20.109)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.20[J],Human Physiology,"Comprehensive exploration of human physiology, emphasizing the molecular basis and applied aspects of organ function and regulation in health and disease. Includes a review of cell structure and function, as well as the mechanisms by which the endocrine and nervous systems integrate cellular metabolism. Special emphasis on examining the cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and renal systems, as well as liver function, drug metabolism, and pharmacogenetics.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,7.05,HST.540[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.21,Microbial Physiology,"Biochemical properties of bacteria and other microorganisms that enable them to grow under a variety of conditions. Interaction between bacteria and bacteriophages. Genetic and metabolic regulation of enzyme action and enzyme formation. Structure and function of components of the bacterial cell envelope. Protein secretion with a special emphasis on its various roles in pathogenesis. Additional topics include bioenergetics, symbiosis, quorum sensing, global responses to DNA damage, and biofilms.  Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,7.03 and 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.23[J],Immunology,"Comprehensive survey of molecular, genetic, and cellular aspects of the immune system. Topics include innate and adaptive immunity; cells and organs of the immune system; hematopoiesis; immunoglobulin, T cell receptor, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins and genes; development and functions of B and T lymphocytes; immune responses to infections and tumors; hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, and immunodeficiencies. Particular attention to the development and function of the immune system as a whole, as studied by modern methods and techniques. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth, including study of recent primary literature.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,7.06,20.230[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.24,Advanced Concepts in Immunology,"Provides a comprehensive and intensified understanding of the relevance of the immune system beyond immunity. Focuses on how the immune system intersects with all aspects of body homeostasis/physiology or disease and how the immune system can be manipulated therapeutically. New advances in the intersection of immunology with cancer biology, neurosciences, metabolism, aging, and maternal-fetal immunology or similar explored. Presents new modern methods and techniques applicable beyond immunology. Includes critical analysis and discussion of assigned readings. Students apply principles learned in class to generate a potential research project, presented in a written form. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,7.23,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.26,Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease,Focuses on the principles of host-pathogen interactions with an emphasis on infectious diseases of humans. Presents key concepts of pathogenesis through the study of various human pathogens. Includes critical analysis and discussion of assigned readings. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,7.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.27,Principles of Human Disease and Aging,"Covers modern approaches to human diseases and aging, emphasizing the molecular and cellular basis of genetic diseases, infectious diseases, aging, and cancer. Topics include the genetics of simple and complex traits; karyotypic analysis and positional cloning; genetic diagnosis; evolutionary determination of aging, genetic and molecular aspects of aging, HIV/AIDs and other infectious diseases; the roles of oncogenes and tumor suppressors; the interaction between genetics and environment; animal models of human disease, cancer, and aging; and treatment strategies for diseases and aging. Includes a paper describing novel treatment options for a specific disease chosen by each student.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,7.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.28,Molecular Biology,"Detailed analysis of the biochemical mechanisms that control the maintenance, expression, and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. Topics covered in lecture and readings of relevant literature include: gene regulation, DNA replication, genetic recombination, and mRNA translation. Logic of experimental design and data analysis emphasized. Presentations include both lectures and group discussions of representative papers from the literature. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,7.03; Coreq: 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.29[J],Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology,"Introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system. Emphasizes the cellular properties of neurons and other excitable cells. Includes the structure and biophysical properties of excitable cells, synaptic transmission, neurochemistry, neurodevelopment, integration of information in simple systems, and detection and information coding during sensory transduction.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,7.05 or 9.01,9.09[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.30[J],Fundamentals of Ecology,"Fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated dynamic living system. Coevolution of the biosphere and geosphere, biogeochemical cycles, metabolic diversity, primary productivity, competition and the niche, trophic dynamics and food webs, population growth and limiting factors. Population modeling, global carbon cycle, climate change, geoengineering, theories of resource competition and mutualism, allometric scaling, ecological genomics, niche theory, human population growth. Applied ecology.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,"1.018[J], 12.031[J]",False,False,True,False,False,False
7.31,Current Topics in Mammalian Biology: Medical Implications,Covers recent advances in mammalian cell and developmental biology with particular emphasis on approaches that utilize mouse genetics. Combines formal lectures on selected topics with readings of original papers which are discussed in class. Major emphasis on the implications of mechanisms of human genetic diseases. Topics include early mammalian development; genomic imprinting; X inactivation; embryonic stem cells; nuclear reprogramming of somatic cells; cell migration; nervous system development; and central nervous system degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease. Limited to 20.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,7.06 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.32,Systems Biology,"Introduction to cellular and population-level systems biology with an emphasis on synthetic biology, modeling of genetic networks, cell-cell interactions, and evolutionary dynamics.  Cellular systems include genetic switches and oscillators, network motifs, genetic network evolution, and cellular decision-making.  Population-level systems include models of pattern formation, cell-cell communications, and evolutionary systems biology.  Students taking graduate version explore the subject in more depth.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(18.03 and 18.05) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.33[J],"Evolutionary Biology: Concepts, Models and Computation","Explores and illustrates how evolution explains biology, with an emphasis on computational model building for analyzing evolutionary data. Covers key concepts of biological evolution, including adaptive evolution, neutral evolution, evolution of sex, genomic conflict, speciation, phylogeny and comparative methods, life's history, coevolution, human evolution, and evolution of disease.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(6.100A and 7.03) or permission of instructor,6.4710[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.340-7.344,Advanced Undergraduate Seminar,Seminars covering topics of current interest in biology with a focus on how to understand experimental methods and design and how to critically read the primary research literature. Small class size facilitates discussions and interactions with an active research scientist. Students visit research laboratories to see firsthand how biological research is conducted. Contact Biology Education Office for topics.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],7.06 or 7.28,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.345-7.349,Advanced Undergraduate Seminar,Seminars covering topics of current interest in biology with a focus on how to understand experimental methods and design and how to critically read the primary research literature. Small class size facilitates discussions and interactions with an active research scientist. Students visit research laboratories to see firsthand how biological research is conducted. Contact Biology Education Office for topics.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],7.06 or 7.28,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.35,Human Genetics and Genomics,"Upper-level seminar offering in-depth analysis and engaged discussion of primary literature on the dimensions and phenotypic consequences of variation in human genes, chromosomes, and genomes. Topics include the human genome project; pedigree analysis; mutation and selection; linkage and association studies; medical genetics and disease; sex chromosomes and sex differences; the biology of the germ line; epigenetics, imprinting, and transgenerational inheritance; human origins; and evolutionary and population genetics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"7.06, (7.03 and 7.05), or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.36,The CRISPR Revolution: Engineering the Genome for Basic Science and Clinical Medicine (New),"Provides a conceptual and technical understanding of genome editing systems and their research and clinical applications. Focuses on fundamental CRISPR biology in bacteria, methodologies for manipulating the genome with CRISPR, and the application of genome engineering in research and medicine. Combines lectures and literature discussions with critical analysis and assigned readings, with the goal of better understanding how key discoveries were made and how these are applied in the real work. Class work includes brief writing assignments as well as a final research proposal and scientific presentation. Students taking the graduate version explore the subject in greater depth, in part through additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,7.06 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.37[J],Molecular and Engineering Aspects of Biotechnology,Covers biological and bioengineering principles underlying the development and therapeutic use of recombinant proteins and stem cells; glycoengineering of recombinant proteins; normal and pathological signaling by growth factors and their receptors; receptor trafficking; monoclonal antibodies as therapeutics; protein pharmacology and delivery; stem cell-derived tissues as therapeutics; RNA therapeutics; combinatorial protein engineering; and new antitumor drugs.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(7.06 and (2.005, 3.012, 5.60, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","10.441[J], 20.361[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.371,Biological and Engineering Principles Underlying Novel Biotherapeutics,Covers biological and bioengineering principles underlying the development and therapeutic use of recombinant proteins and immune cells. Special attention to monoclonal antibodies and engineered immune system cells as therapeutics; protein- and glyco- engineering to enhance protein function; protein pharmacology and delivery; nucleic acid- based biotherapeutics; generation of functional cells and tissues from embryonic stem cells and iPS cells; and immune cell-cancer cell interactions in cancer immunotherapy.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,7.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.38,Design Principles of Biological Systems,"Introduces students to biological control mechanisms governing decision-making and tools to decipher, model, and perturb these mechanisms. Systems presented include signal transduction, cell cycle control, developmental biology, and the immune system. These systems provide examples of feedback and feedforward control, oscillators, kinetic proofreading, spatial and temporal averaging, and pattern formation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,7.06 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.45,The Hallmarks of Cancer,"Provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of cancer biology and cancer treatment. Topics include cancer genetics, genomics, and epigenetics; familial cancer syndromes; signal transduction, cell cycle control, and apoptosis; cancer metabolism; stem cells and cancer; metastasis; cancer immunology and immunotherapy; conventional and molecularly-targeted therapies; and early detection and prevention. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None. Coreq: 7.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.46,Building with Cells,"Focuses on fundamental principles of developmental biology by which cells build organs and organisms. Analyzes the pivotal role of stem cells in tissue maintenance or repair, and in treatment of disease. Explores how to integrate this knowledge with engineering tools to construct functional tissue structures. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,7.03 and 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.458[J],Advances in Biomanufacturing,"Seminar examines how biopharmaceuticals, an increasingly important class of pharmaceuticals, are manufactured. Topics range from fundamental bioprocesses to new technologies to the economics of biomanufacturing. Also covers the impact of globalization on regulation and quality approaches as well as supply chain integrity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,10.03[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.49[J],Developmental Neurobiology,"Considers molecular control of neural specification, formation of neuronal connections, construction of neural systems, and the contributions of experience to shaping brain structure and function. Topics include: neural induction and pattern formation, cell lineage and fate determination, neuronal migration, axon guidance, synapse formation and stabilization, activity-dependent development and critical periods, development of behavior. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings that will be addressed in their mid-term and final exams.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"7.03, 7.05, 9.01, or permission of instructor",9.18[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.390,Practical Internship Experience in Biology,"For Course 7, 5-7, and 6-7 students participating in curriculum-related off-campus internship experiences in biology. Before enrolling, students must consult the Biology Education Office for details on procedures and restrictions, and have approval from their faculty advisor. Subject to department approval.  Upon completion, the student must submit a write-up of the experience, approved by their faculty advisor.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.391,Independent Study in Biology,Program of study or research to be arranged with a department faculty member.,False,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.392,Independent Study in Biology,Program of study or research to be arranged with a department faculty member.,False,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.393,Independent Study in Genetics,Program of study or research to be arranged with a department faculty member.,False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.394,Independent Study in Biochemistry,Program of study or research to be arranged with a department faculty member.,False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.395,Independent Study in Cell and Molecular Biology,Program of study or research to be arranged with a department faculty member.,False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.396,Independent Study in Experimental Biology,Program of study or research to be arranged with a department faculty member.,False,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.C01,Machine Learning in Molecular and Cellular Biology,"Introduces machine learning as a tool to understand natural biological systems, with an evolving emphasis on problems in molecular and cellular biology that are being actively advanced using machine learning. Students design, implement, and interpret machine learning approaches to aid in predicting protein structure, probing protein structure/function relationships, and imaging biological systems at scales ranging from the atomic to cellular. Students taking graduate version complete an additional project-based assignment. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Biology (GIR), 6.100A, 6.C01, and 7.05",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.S391,Special Subject in Biology,Covers material in various fields of biology not offered by the regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.S392,Special Subject in Biology,Covers material in various fields of biology not offered by the regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.S399,Special Subject in Biology,Covers material in various fields of biology not offered by the regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.UR,Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate research opportunities in the Department of Biology.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.URG,Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate research opportunities in the Department of Biology.,False,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, Spring, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.410,Applied Statistics,"Provides an introduction to modern applied statistics. Topics include likelihood-based methods for estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis-testing; bootstrapping; time series modeling; linear models; nonparametric regression; and model selection. Organized around examples drawn from the recent literature.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.411,Seminars in Biological Oceanography,Selected topics in biological oceanography.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.421,Problems in Biological Oceanography,Advanced problems in biological oceanography with assigned reading and consultation.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.430,Topics in Quantitative Marine Science,Lectures and discussions on quantitative marine ecology.  Topics vary from year to year.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.431,Topics in Marine Ecology,"Lectures and discussions on ecological principles and processes in marine populations, communities, and ecosystems. Topics vary from year to year.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.432,Topics in Marine Physiology and Biochemistry,Lectures and discussions on physiological and biochemical processes in marine organisms. Topics vary from year to year.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.433,Topics in Biological Oceanography,Lectures and discussions on biological oceanography. Topics vary from year to year.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.434,Topics in Zooplankton Biology,Lectures and discussions on the biology of marine zooplankton. Topics vary from year to year.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.435,Topics in Benthic Biology,Lectures and discussions on the biology of marine benthos. Topics vary from year to year.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.436,Topics in Phytoplankton Biology,Lectures and discussion on the biology of marine phytoplankton. Topics vary from year to year.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.437,Topics in Molecular Biological Oceanography,Lectures and discussion on molecular biological oceanography. Topics vary from year to year.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.438,Topics in the Behavior of Marine Animals,Lectures and discussion on the behavioral biology of marine animals. Topics vary from year to year.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.439,Topics in Marine Microbiology,Lectures and discussion on the biology of marine prokaryotes. Topics vary from year to year.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.440,An Introduction to Mathematical Ecology,"Covers the basic models of population growth, demography, population interaction (competition, predation, mutualism), food webs, harvesting, and infectious disease, and the mathematical tools required for their analysis. Because these tools are also basic to the analysis of models in biochemistry, physiology, and behavior, subject also broadly relevant to students whose interests are not limited to ecological problems.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"Calculus I (GIR), 1.018, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.470,Biological Oceanography,"Intended for students with advanced training in biology. Intensive overview of biological oceanography. Major paradigms discussed, and dependence of biological processes in the ocean on physical and chemical aspects of the environment examined. Surveys the diversity of marine habitats, major groups of taxa inhabiting those habitats, and the general biology of the various taxa: the production and consumption of organic material in the ocean, as well as factors controlling those processes. Species diversity, structure of marine food webs, and the flow of energy within different marine habitats are detailed and contrasted.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.491,Research in Biological Oceanography,Directed research in biological oceanography not leading to graduate thesis and initiated prior to the qualifying exam.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.492[J],Methods and Problems in Microbiology,Students will read and discuss primary literature covering key areas of microbial research with emphasis on methods and approaches used to understand and manipulate microbes. Preference to first-year Microbiology and Biology students.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.86[J], 20.445[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.493[J],Microbial Genetics and Evolution,"Covers aspects of microbial genetic and genomic analyses, central dogma, horizontal gene transfer, and evolution.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"7.03, 7.05, or permission of instructor","1.87[J], 12.493[J], 20.446[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.494,Research Problems in Microbiology,Directed research in the fields of microbial science and engineering.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.498,Teaching Experience in Microbiology,For qualified graduate students in the Microbiology graduate program interested in teaching. Classroom or laboratory teaching under the supervision of a faculty member.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.499,Research Rotations in Microbiology,"Introduces students to faculty participating in the interdepartmental Microbiology graduate program through a series of three lab rotations, which provide broad exposure to microbiology research at MIT. Students select a lab for thesis research by the end of their first year. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the program and the many research programs available, students may be able to work jointly with more than one research advisor. Limited to students in the Microbiology graduate program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None. Coreq: 7.492 or 7.493; permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.MTHG,Microbiology Graduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of a PhD thesis. To be arranged by the student and the appropriate MIT faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.50,Method and Logic in Molecular Biology,"Logic, experimental design and methods in biology, using discussions of the primary literature to discern the principles of biological investigation in making discoveries and testing hypotheses. In collaboration with faculty, students also apply those principles to generate a potential research project, presented in both written and oral form. Limited to Course 7 graduate students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None. Coreq: 7.51 and 7.52; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.51,Principles of Biochemical Analysis,"Principles of protein biochemistry, emphasizing structure, equilibrium studies, kinetics, and experimental design. Topics include macromolecular binding and specificity, allosteric systems, mechanisms of inhibition, enzyme principles, single-molecule studies, structure-function relationships, molecular evolution, and library methods. Case studies examine mechanisms of transcription factors, kinases, molecular machines, and other proteins.",True,Fall,Graduate,6-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.52,Genetics for Graduate Students,"Principles and approaches of genetic analysis, including Mendelian inheritance and prokaryotic genetics, yeast genetics, developmental genetics, neurogenetics, and human genetics.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.540[J],Advances in Chemical Biology,"Introduction to current research at the interface of chemistry, biology, and bioengineering. Topics include imaging of biological processes, metabolic pathway engineering, protein engineering, mechanisms of DNA damage, RNA structure and function, macromolecular machines, protein misfolding and disease, metabolomics, and methods for analyzing signaling network dynamics. Lectures are interspersed with class discussions and student presentations based on current literature.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"5.07, 5.13, 7.06, and permission of instructor","5.54[J], 20.554[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.546[J],Science and Business of Biotechnology,"Covers the new types of drugs and other therapeutics in current practice and under development, the financing and business structures of early-stage biotechnology companies, and the evaluation of their risk/reward profiles. Includes a series of live case studies with industry leaders of both established and emerging biotechnology companies as guest speakers, focusing on the underlying science and engineering as well as core financing and business issues. Students must possess a basic background in cellular and molecular biology.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None. Coreq: 15.401; permission of instructor,"15.480[J], 20.586[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.548[J],Advances in Biomanufacturing,"Seminar examines how biopharmaceuticals, an increasingly important class of pharmaceuticals, are manufactured. Topics range from fundamental bioprocesses to new technologies to the economics of biomanufacturing. Also covers the impact of globalization on regulation and quality approaches as well as supply chain integrity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-2,None,10.53[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.549[J],Case Studies and Strategies in Drug Discovery and Development,"Aims to develop appreciation for the stages of drug discovery and development, from target identification, to the submission of preclinical and clinical data to regulatory authorities for marketing approval. Following introductory lectures on the process of drug development, students working in small teams analyze how one of four new drugs or drug candidates traversed the discovery/development landscape. For each case, an outside expert from the sponsoring drug company or pivotal clinical trial principal investigator provides guidance and critiques the teams' presentations to the class.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"15.137[J], 20.486[J], HST.916[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.55,Case Studies in Modern Experimental Design,"Focuses on enhancing students' ability to analyze, design and present experiments, emphasizing modern techniques. Class discussions begin with papers that developed or utilized contemporary approaches (e.g., quantitative microscopy, biophysical and molecular genetic methods) to address important problems in biology. Each student prepares one specific aim of a standard research proposal for a project that emphasizes research strategy, experimental design, and writing.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.571,Quantitative Analysis of Biological Data,"Application of probability theory and statistical methods to analyze biological data. Topics include: descriptive and inferential statistics, an introduction to Bayesian statistics, design of quantitative experiments, and methods to analyze high-dimensional datasets. A <em>conceptual</em> understanding of topics is emphasized, and methods are illustrated using the Python programming language. Although a basic understanding of Python is encouraged, no programming experience is required. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.572,Quantitative Measurements and Modeling of Biological Systems,"Quantitative experimental design, data analysis, and modeling for biological systems. Topics include absolute/relative quantification, noise and reproducibility, regression and correlation, and modeling of population growth, gene expression, cellular dynamics, feedback regulation, oscillation. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.573,Modern Biostatistics,"Provides a practical introduction to probability and statistics used in modern biology. Topics covered include discrete and continuous probability distributions, statistical modeling, hypothesis testing, independence, conditional probability, multiple test corrections, nonparametric methods, clustering, correlation, linear regression, principal components analysis with applications to high-throughput DNA sequencing and image data analysis. Homework is in the R programming language, but prior programming experience is not required. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,7.03 and 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.574,Modern Computational Biology,"Introduces modern methods in computational biology, focusing on DNA/RNA/protein analysis. Topics include next-generation DNA sequencing and sequencing data analysis, RNA-seq (bulk and single-cell), and protein dynamics. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,7.03 and 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.58,Molecular Biology,"Detailed analysis of the biochemical mechanisms that control the maintenance, expression, and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. Topics covered in lecture and readings of relevant literature include: gene regulation, DNA replication, genetic recombination, and mRNA translation. Logic of experimental design and data analysis emphasized. Presentations include both lectures and group discussions of representative papers from the literature. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,"7.03, 7.05, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.59[J],Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering,"Participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. Topics include theories of adult learning; course development; promoting active learning, problemsolving, and critical thinking in students; communicating with a diverse student body; using educational technology to further learning; lecturing; creating effective tests and assignments; and assessment and evaluation. Students research and present a relevant topic of particular interest. Appropriate for both novices and those with teaching experience.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-2 [P/D/F],None,"1.95[J], 5.95[J], 8.395[J], 18.094[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.60,Cell Biology: Structure and Functions of the Nucleus,"Eukaryotic genome structure, function, and expression, processing of RNA, and regulation of the cell cycle. Emphasis on the techniques and logic used to address important problems in nuclear cell biology. Lectures on broad topic areas in nuclear cell biology and discussions on representative recent papers.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,7.06 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.61[J],Eukaryotic Cell Biology: Principles and Practice,"Emphasizes methods and logic used to analyze structure and function of eukaryotic cells in diverse systems (e.g., yeast, fly, worm, mouse, human; development, stem cells, neurons). Combines lectures and in-depth roundtable discussions of literature readings with the active participation of faculty experts. Focuses on membranes (structure, function, traffic), organelles, the cell surface, signal transduction, cytoskeleton, cell motility and extracellular matrix. Ranges from basic studies to applications to human disease, while stressing critical analysis of experimental approaches. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,20.561[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.62,Microbial Physiology,"Biochemical properties of bacteria and other microorganisms that enable them to grow under a variety of conditions. Interaction between bacteria and bacteriophages. Genetic and metabolic regulation of enzyme action and enzyme formation. Structure and function of components of the bacterial cell envelope. Protein secretion with a special emphasis on its various roles in pathogenesis. Additional topics include bioenergetics, symbiosis, quorum sensing, global responses to DNA damage, and biofilms. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"7.03, 7.05, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.63[J],Immunology,"Comprehensive survey of molecular, genetic, and cellular aspects of the immune system. Topics include innate and adaptive immunity; cells and organs of the immune system; hematopoiesis; immunoglobulin, T cell receptor, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins and genes; development and functions of B and T lymphocytes; immune responses to infections and tumors; hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, and immunodeficiencies. Particular attention to the development and function of the immune system as a whole, as studied by modern methods and techniques. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth, including study of recent primary literature.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,7.06 and permission of instructor,20.630[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.64,"Molecular Mechanisms, Pathology and Therapy of Human Neuromuscular Disorders","Investigates the molecular and clinical basis of central nervous system and neuromuscular disorders with particular emphasis on strategies for therapeutic intervention. Considers the in-depth analysis of clinical features, pathological mechanisms, and responses to current therapeutic interventions. Covers neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Amyotropic Lateral Schlerosis, Frontal Temporal Dementia, and neuromuscular disorders, such as Myotonic Dystrophy, Facio Scapular Humoral Dystrophy, and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.65[J],Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Core I,"Survey and primary literature review of selected major topic areas in molecular and cellular neurobiology. Covers nervous system development, axonal pathfinding, synapse formation and function, synaptic plasticity, ion channels and receptors, cellular neurophysiology, glial cells, sensory transduction, and relevant examples in human disease. Includes lectures and weekly paper write-ups, together with student presentations and discussion of primary literature. A final two-page research write-up is also due at the end of the term.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,9.015[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.66,Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease,Focuses on the principles of host-pathogen interactions with an emphasis on infectious diseases of humans. Presents key concepts of pathogenesis through the study of various human pathogens. Includes critical analysis and discussion of assigned readings. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.,True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,7.06 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.68[J],Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Core II,"Survey and primary literature review of major areas in molecular and cellular neurobiology. Covers genetic neurotrophin signaling, adult neurogenesis, G-protein coupled receptor signaling, glia function, epigenetics, neuronal and homeostatic plasticity, neuromodulators of circuit function, and neurological/psychiatric disease mechanisms. Includes lectures and exams, and involves presentation and discussion of primary literature. 9.015 recommended, though the core subjects can be taken in any sequence.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,9.013[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.69[J],Developmental Neurobiology,"Considers molecular control of neural specification, formation of neuronal connections, construction of neural systems, and the contributions of experience to shaping brain structure and function. Topics include: neural induction and pattern formation, cell lineage and fate determination, neuronal migration, axon guidance, synapse formation and stabilization, activity-dependent development and critical periods, development of behavior. In addition to final exam, analysis and presentation of  research papers required for final grade. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings that will be addressed in their mid-term and final exams.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,9.011 or permission of instructor,9.181[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.70,Regulation of Gene Expression,"Seminar examines basic principles of biological regulation of gene expression. Focuses on examples that underpin these principles, as well as those that challenge certain long-held views. Topics covered may include the role of transcription factors, enhancers, DNA modifications, non-coding RNAs, and chromatin structure in the regulation of gene expression and mechanisms for epigenetic inheritance of transcriptional states. Limited to 40.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.71,Biophysical Technique,"Introduces students to modern biophysical methods to study biological systems from atomic, to molecular and cellular scales. Includes an in-depth discussion on the techniques that cover the full resolution range, including X-ray crystallography, electron-, and light microscopy. Discusses other common biophysical techniques for macromolecular characterizations. Lectures cover theoretical principles behind the techniques, and students are given practical laboratory exercises using instrumentation available at MIT. Meets with 5.78 when offered concurrently. ",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,"5.13, 5.60, (5.07 or 7.05), and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.72,"Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Development","Topics include diverse stem cells, such as muscle, intestine, skin, hair and hematopoietic stem cells, as well as pluripotent stem cells. Topics address cell polarity and cell fate; positional information and patterning of development and regeneration; limb, heart and whole body regeneration; stem cell renewal; progenitor cells in development; responses to wounding; and applications of stem cells in development of therapies. Discussions of papers supplement lectures.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.73,Principles of Chemical Biology,"Spanning the fields of biology, chemistry and engineering, class addresses the principles of chemical biology and its application of chemical and physical methods and reagents to the study and manipulation of biological systems. Topics include bioorthogonal reactions and activity-based protein profiling, small molecule inhibitors and chemical genetics, fluorescent probes for biological studies, and unnatural amino acid mutagenesis. Also covers chemical biology approaches for studying dynamic post-translational modification reactions, natural product biosynthesis and mutasynthesis, and high-throughput drug screening.  Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,7.05 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.74[J],Topics in Biophysics and Physical Biology,"Provides broad exposure to research in biophysics and physical biology, with emphasis on the critical evaluation of scientific literature. Weekly meetings include in-depth discussion of scientific literature led by distinct faculty on active research topics. Each session also includes brief discussion of non-research topics including effective presentation skills, writing papers and fellowship proposals, choosing scientific and technical research topics, time management, and scientific ethics.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,"8.590[J], 20.416[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.75,Human Genetics and Genomics,"Upper level seminar offering in-depth analysis and engaged discussion of primary literature on the dimensions and phenotypic consequences of variation in human genes, chromosomes, and genomes.  Topics include the human genome project; pedigree analysis; mutation and selection; linkage and association studies; medical genetics and disease; sex chromosomes and sex differences; the biology of the germ line; epigenetics, imprinting, and transgenerational inheritance; human origins; and evolutionary and population genetics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,7.52 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.76,Topics in Macromolecular Structure and Function,"In-depth analysis and discussion of classic and current literature, with an emphasis on the structure, function, and mechanisms of proteins and other biological macromolecules.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.77,"Nucleic Acids, Structure, Function, Evolution, and Their Interactions with Proteins","Surveys primary literature, focusing on biochemical, biophysical, genetic, and combinatorial approaches for understanding nucleic acids. Topics include the general properties, functions, and structural motifs of DNA and RNA; RNAs as catalysts and as regulators of gene expression; RNA editing and surveillance, and the interaction of nucleic acids with proteins, such as zinc-finger proteins, modification enzymes, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and other proteins of the translational machinery. Includes some lectures but is mostly analysis and discussion of current literature in the context of student presentations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"7.05, 7.51, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.80,Fundamentals of Chemical Biology,"Spanning the fields of biology, chemistry, and engineering, this class introduces students to the principles of chemical biology and the application of chemical and physical methods and reagents to the study and manipulation of biological systems. Topics include nucleic acid structure, recognition, and manipulation; protein folding and stability, and proteostasis; bioorthogonal reactions and activity-based protein profiling; chemical genetics and small-molecule inhibitor screening; fluorescent probes for biological analysis and imaging; and unnatural amino acid mutagenesis. The class will also discuss the logic of dynamic post-translational modification reactions with an emphasis on chemical biology approaches for studying complex processes including glycosylation, phosphorylation, and lipidation. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,5.13 and (5.07 or 7.05),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.81[J],Systems Biology,"Introduction to cellular and population-level systems biology with an emphasis on synthetic biology, modeling of genetic networks, cell-cell interactions, and evolutionary dynamics.  Cellular systems include genetic switches and oscillators, network motifs, genetic network evolution, and cellular decision-making.  Population-level systems include models of pattern formation, cell-cell communication, and evolutionary systems biology. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in more depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(18.03 and 18.05) or permission of instructor,8.591[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.82,"Development, Disease and Therapeutics","Seminar covering the key concepts and technological approaches that are used to study and treat human disease. Topics include human genome variation, germline editing, gene therapy, stem cell derived organoids, human-animal chimeras and the application of these approaches to the study and treatment of major diseases.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.83,Design Principles of Biological Systems,"Introduces students to biological control mechanisms governing decision-making and tools to decipher, model, and perturb these mechanisms. Systems presented include signal transduction, cell cycle control, developmental biology, and the immune system. These systems provide examples of feedback and feedforward control, oscillators, kinetic proofreading, spatial and temporal averaging, and pattern formation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.84,Advanced Concepts in Immunology,"Provides a comprehensive and intensified understanding of the relevance of the immune system beyond immunity. Focuses on how the immune system intersects with all aspects of body homeostasis/physiology or disease and how the immune system can be manipulated therapeutically. New advances in the intersection of immunology with cancer biology, neurosciences, metabolism, aging, and maternal-fetal immunology or similar explored. Presents new modern methods and techniques applicable beyond immunology. Includes critical analysis and discussion of assigned readings. Students apply principles learned in class to generate a potential research project, presented in a written form. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 7.63; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.85,The Hallmarks of Cancer,"Provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of cancer biology and cancer treatment. Topics include cancer genetics, genomics, and epigenetics; familial cancer syndromes; signal transduction, cell cycle control, and apoptosis; cancer metabolism; stem cells and cancer; metastasis; cancer immunology and immunotherapy; conventional and molecularly-targeted therapies; and early detection and prevention. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None. Coreq: 7.06; permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.86,Building with Cells,"Focuses on fundamental principles of developmental biology by which cells build organs and organisms. Analyzes the pivotal role of stem cells in tissue maintenance or repair, and in treatment of disease. Explores how to integrate this knowledge with engineering tools to construct functional tissue structures. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,7.03 and 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.88[J],Protein Folding in Health and Disease,"Focuses on understanding the chemical and biological mechanisms of protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and quality control. Topics covered include: molecular mechanisms of protein folding; experimental and computational strategies to study protein folding; how cells fold and quality control proteins; protein misfolding and aggregation; proteostasis and human disease; strategies to address protein folding failures in disease; and protein folding in biotechnology development. Provides state-of-the-art understanding of the field, fosters ability to critically assess and use the literature, and empowers students to study and address protein folding issues in their research and beyond.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,(5.07 or 7.05) and permission of instructor,5.48[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.89[J],Topics in Computational and Systems Biology,"Seminar based on research literature. Papers covered are selected to illustrate important problems and varied approaches in the field of computational and systems biology, and to provide students a framework from which to evaluate new developments. Preference to first-year CSB PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,Permission of instructor,CSB.100[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.91,The CRISPR Revolution: Engineering the Genome for Basic Science and Clinical Medicine,"Provides a conceptual and technical understanding of genome editing systems and their research and clinical applications. Focuses on fundamental CRISPR biology in bacteria, methodologies for manipulating the genome with CRISPR, and the application of genome engineering in research and medicine. Combines lectures and literature discussions with critical analysis and assigned readings, with the goal of better understanding how key discoveries were made and how these are applied in the real work. Class work includes brief writing assignments as well as a final research proposal and scientific presentation. Students taking the graduate version explore the subject in greater depth, in part through additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.930[J],Research Experience in Biopharma,"Provides exposure to industrial science and develops skills necessary for success in such an environment. Under the guidance of an industrial mentor, students participate in on-site research at a local biopharmaceutical company where they observe and participate in industrial science. Serves as a real-time case study to internalize the factors that shape R&D in industry, including the purpose and scope of a project, key decision points in the past and future, and strategies for execution. Students utilize company resources and work with a scientific team to contribute to the goals of their assigned project; they then present project results to the company and class, emphasizing the logic that dictated their work and their ideas for future directions. Lecture component focuses on professional development.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-10-0,None,"20.930[J], CSB.930[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
7.931,Independent Study in Biology,Program of study or research to be arranged with a department faculty member.,False,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.932,Independent Study in Biology,Program of study or research to be arranged with a department faculty member.,False,"Fall, Spring, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.933,Research Rotations in Biology,"Introduces students to faculty participating in the Biology graduate program through a series of lab rotations, which provide broad exposure to biology research at MIT. Students select a lab for thesis research by the end of their first year. Limited to students in the Biology graduate program.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.934,Teaching Experience in Biology,For qualified graduate students in the Biology graduate program interested in teaching. Classroom or laboratory teaching under the supervision of a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.935,Responsible Conduct in Biology,"Sessions focus on the responsible conduct of science. Considers recordkeeping and reporting; roles of mentor and mentee; authorship, review, and confidentiality; resolving conflicts; misfeasance and malfeasance; collaborations, competing interests, and intellectual property; and proper practices in the use of animal and human subjects. Limited to second-year graduate students in Biology.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.936,Professional Development in Biology,"Required for course 7 doctoral students to gain professional perspective in career development activities such as internships, scientific meetings, and career and networking events. Written report required upon completion of activities.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-2-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.941,Research Problems,"Directed research in a field of biological science, but not contributory to graduate thesis.",True,"Fall, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.942,Research Problems,"Directed research in a field of biological science, but not contributory to graduate thesis.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.95,Cancer Biology,"Advanced seminar involving intensive analysis of historical and current developments in cancer biology. Topics address principles of apoptosis, principles of cancer biology, cancer genetics, cancer cell metabolism, tumor immunology, and therapy. Detailed analysis of research literature, including important reports published in recent years. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,7.85 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.98[J],Neural Plasticity in Learning and Memory,"Examination of the role of neural plasticity during learning and memory of invertebrates and mammals. Detailed critical analysis of the current literature of molecular, cellular, genetic, electrophysiological, and behavioral studies. Student-directed presentations and discussions of original papers supplemented by introductory lectures. Juniors and seniors require instructor's permission.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,9.301[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.C51,Machine Learning in Molecular and Cellular Biology,"Introduces machine learning as a tool to understand natural biological systems, with an evolving emphasis on problems in molecular and cellular biology that are being actively advanced using machine learning. Students design, implement, and interpret machine learning approaches to aid in predicting protein structure, probing protein structure/function relationships, and imaging biological systems at scales ranging from the atomic to cellular. Students taking graduate version complete an additional project-based assignment. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Biology (GIR), 6.100A, 6.C51, and 7.05",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.S930,Special Subject in Biology,Covers material in various fields of biology not offered by the regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.S931,Special Subject in Biology,Covers material in various fields of biology not offered by the regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.S932,Special Subject in Biology,Covers material in various fields of biology not offered by the regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.S939,Special Subject in Biology,Covers material in various fields of biology not offered by the regular subjects of instruction.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.THG,Graduate Biology Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of a Ph.D. thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.006,Exploring Physics Using Python (New),"Reviews and reinforces 6.100L topics, making connections and studying interesting physical systems (from abstract knowledge of concepts to modeling, coding, and evaluating results) that are relevant to physicists. Classes are active and interactive. Students apply programming skills to introductory physics problems and explore the role of simulations on physics. Limited to 12.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None. Coreq: 6.100L; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.01,Physics I,"Introduces classical mechanics. Space and time: straight-line kinematics; motion in a plane; forces and static equilibrium; particle dynamics, with force and conservation of momentum; relative inertial frames and non-inertial force; work, potential energy and conservation of energy; kinetic theory and the ideal gas; rigid bodies and rotational dynamics; vibrational motion; conservation of angular momentum; central force motions; fluid mechanics. Subject taught using the TEAL (Technology-Enabled Active Learning) format which features students working in groups of three, discussing concepts, solving problems, and doing table-top experiments with the aid of computer data acquisition and analysis.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Physics 1,False,False
8.011,Physics I,Introduces classical mechanics. Space and time: straight-line kinematics; motion in a plane; forces and equilibrium; experimental basis of Newton's laws; particle dynamics; universal gravitation; collisions and conservation laws; work and potential energy; vibrational motion; conservative forces; inertial forces and non-inertial frames; central force motions; rigid bodies and rotational dynamics. Designed for students with previous experience in 8.01; the subject is designated as 8.01 on the transcript.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,Physics 1,False,False
8.012,Physics I,"Elementary mechanics, presented in greater depth than in 8.01. Newton's laws, concepts of momentum, energy, angular momentum, rigid body motion, and non-inertial systems. Uses elementary calculus freely; concurrent registration in a math subject more advanced than 18.01 is recommended. In addition to covering the theoretical subject matter, students complete a small experimental project of their own design. First-year students admitted via AP or Math Diagnostic for Physics Placement results.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Physics 1,False,False
8.01L,Physics I,"Introduction to classical mechanics (see description under 8.01). Includes components of the TEAL (Technology-Enabled Active Learning) format. Material covered over a longer interval so that the subject is completed by the end of the IAP. Substantial emphasis given to reviewing and strengthening necessary mathematics tools, as well as basic physics concepts and problem-solving skills. Content, depth, and difficulty is otherwise identical to that of 8.01. The subject is designated as 8.01 on the transcript.",True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Physics 1,False,False
8.02,Physics II,"Introduction to electromagnetism and electrostatics: electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric structure of matter; conductors and dielectrics. Concepts of electrostatic field and potential, electrostatic energy. Electric currents, magnetic fields and Ampere's law. Magnetic materials. Time-varying fields and Faraday's law of induction. Basic electric circuits. Electromagnetic waves and Maxwell's equations. Subject taught using the TEAL (Technology Enabled Active Learning) studio format which utilizes small group interaction and current technology to help students develop intuition about, and conceptual models of, physical phenomena.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-2-7,Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Physics 2,False,False
8.021,Physics II,"Introduction to electromagnetism and electrostatics: electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric structure of matter; conductors and dielectrics. Concepts of electrostatic field and potential, electrostatic energy. Electric currents, magnetic fields and Ampere's law. Magnetic materials. Time-varying fields and Faraday's law of induction. Basic electric circuits. Electromagnetic waves and Maxwell's equations. Designed for students with previous experience in 8.02; the subject is designated as 8.02 on the transcript. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,"Calculus I (GIR), Physics I (GIR), and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,Physics 2,False,False
8.022,Physics II,"Parallel to 8.02, but more advanced mathematically. Some knowledge of vector calculus assumed. Maxwell's equations, in both differential and integral form. Electrostatic and magnetic vector potential. Properties of dielectrics and magnetic materials. In addition to the theoretical subject matter, several experiments in electricity and magnetism are performed by the students in the laboratory.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Physics I (GIR); Coreq: Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Physics 2,False,False
8.03,Physics III,"Mechanical vibrations and waves; simple harmonic motion, superposition, forced vibrations and resonance, coupled oscillations, and normal modes; vibrations of continuous systems; reflection and refraction; phase and group velocity. Optics; wave solutions to Maxwell's equations; polarization; Snell's Law, interference, Huygens's principle, Fraunhofer diffraction, and gratings.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
8.033,Relativity,"Einstein's postulates; consequences for simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, and clock synchronization; Lorentz transformation; relativistic effects and paradoxes; Minkowski diagrams; invariants and four-vectors; momentum, energy, and mass; particle collisions. Relativity and electricity; Coulomb's law; magnetic fields. Brief introduction to Newtonian cosmology. Introduction to some concepts of general relativity; principle of equivalence. The Schwarzchild metric; gravitational red shift; particle and light trajectories; geodesics; Shapiro delay.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
8.04,Quantum Physics I,"Experimental basis of quantum physics: photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, photons, Franck-Hertz experiment, the Bohr atom, electron diffraction, deBroglie waves, and wave-particle duality of matter and light. Introduction to wave mechanics: Schroedinger's equation, wave functions, wave packets, probability amplitudes, stationary states, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and zero-point energies. Solutions to Schroedinger's equation in one dimension: transmission and reflection at a barrier, barrier penetration, potential wells, the simple harmonic oscillator. Schroedinger's equation in three dimensions: central potentials and introduction to hydrogenic systems.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,8.03 and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
8.041,Quantum Physics I,"Blended version of 8.04 using a combination of online and in-person instruction. Covers the experimental basis of quantum physics: Mach-Zender interferometers, the photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, and de Broglie waves. Heisenberg uncertainty principle and momentum space. Introduction to wave mechanics: Schroedinger's equation, probability amplitudes, and wave packets. Stationary states and the spectrum of one-dimensional potentials, including the variational principle, the Hellmann-Feynman lemma, the virial theorem, and the harmonic oscillator. Basics of angular momentum, central potentials, and the hydrogen atom. Introduction to the Stern-Gerlach experiment, spin one-half, spin operators, and spin states.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,8.03 and (18.03 or 18.032),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
8.044,Statistical Physics I,"Introduction to probability, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics. Random variables, joint and conditional probability densities, and functions of a random variable. Concepts of macroscopic variables and thermodynamic equilibrium, fundamental assumption of statistical mechanics, microcanonical and canonical ensembles. First, second, and third laws of thermodynamics. Numerous examples illustrating a wide variety of physical phenomena such as magnetism, polyatomic gases, thermal radiation, electrons in solids, and noise in electronic devices. Concurrent enrollment in 8.04 is recommended.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,8.03 and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.05,Quantum Physics II,"Vector spaces, linear operators, and matrix representations.  Inner products and adjoint operators. Commutator identities. Dirac's Bra-kets. Uncertainty principle and energy-time version. Spectral theorem and complete set of commuting observables. Schrodinger and Heisenberg pictures.  Axioms of quantum mechanics. Coherent states and nuclear magnetic resonance. Multiparticle states and tensor products. Quantum teleportation, EPR and Bell inequalities. Angular momentum and central potentials. Addition of angular momentum. Density matrices, pure and mixed states, decoherence.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,8.04 or 8.041,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.051,Quantum Physics II,"Blended version of 8.05 using a combination of online and in-person instruction. Together with 8.06 covers quantum physics with applications drawn from modern physics. General formalism of quantum mechanics: states, operators, Dirac notation, representations, measurement theory. Harmonic oscillator: operator algebra, states. Quantum mechanics in three dimensions: central potentials and the radial equation, bound and scattering states, qualitative analysis of wave functions. Angular momentum: operators, commutator algebra, eigenvalues and eigenstates, spherical harmonics. Spin: Stern-Gerlach devices and measurements, nuclear magnetic resonance, spin and statistics. Addition of angular momentum: Clebsch-Gordan series and coefficients, spin systems, and allotropic forms of hydrogen. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-10,8.04 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.06,Quantum Physics III,"Continuation of 8.05. Units: natural units, scales of microscopic phenomena, applications. Time-independent approximation methods: degenerate and nondegenerate perturbation theory, variational method, Born-Oppenheimer approximation, applications to atomic and molecular systems. The structure of one- and two-electron atoms: overview, spin-orbit and relativistic corrections, fine structure, variational approximation, screening, Zeeman and Stark effects. Charged particles in a magnetic field: Landau levels and integer quantum hall effect. Scattering: general principles, partial waves, review of one-dimension, low-energy approximations, resonance, Born approximation. Time-dependent perturbation theory. Students research and write a paper on a topic related to the content of 8.05 and 8.06.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,8.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.07,Electromagnetism II,"Survey of basic electromagnetic phenomena: electrostatics, magnetostatics; electromagnetic properties of matter. Time-dependent electromagnetic fields and Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves, emission, absorption, and scattering of radiation. Relativistic electrodynamics and mechanics.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,8.03 and 18.03,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.08,Statistical Physics II,"Introduction to stochastic dynamics, in and out of equilibrium, from single to many-body systems. Topics include: Langevin and Fokker Planck equations, Stochastic thermodynamics, Markov chains, and ratchet currents. Methods are illustrated on examples ranging from soft matter physics to biophysics including colloid dynamics, bacterial motion, and active matter. Applications outside physics are discussed, such as epidemic spreading and econophysics.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,4-0-8,8.044 and 8.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.09,Classical Mechanics III,"Covers Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, systems with constraints, rigid body dynamics, vibrations, central forces, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, action-angle variables, perturbation theory, and continuous systems. Provides an introduction to ideal and viscous fluid mechanics, including turbulence, as well as an introduction to nonlinear dynamics, including chaos. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,8.223,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.10,Exploring and Communicating Physics (and other) Frontiers,"Features a series of 12 interactive sessions that span a wide variety of topics at the frontiers of science - e.g., quantum computing, dark matter, the nature of time - and encourage independent thinking. Discussions draw from the professor's published pieces in periodicals as well as short excerpts from his books.  Also discusses, through case studies, the process of writing and re-writing. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.13,Experimental Physics I,"First in a two-term advanced laboratory sequence in modern physics focusing on the professional and personal development of the student as a scientist through the medium of experimental physics. Experimental options cover special relativity, experimental foundations of quantum mechanics, atomic structure and optics, statistical mechanics, and nuclear and particle physics. Uses modern physics experiments to develop laboratory technique, systematic troubleshooting, professional scientific attitude, data analysis skills and reasoning about uncertainty. Provides extensive training in oral and written communication methods. Limited to 12 students per section.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-6-12,8.04,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
8.14,Experimental Physics II,"Second in a two-term advanced laboratory sequence in modern physics focusing on the professional and personal development of the student as a scientist through the medium of experimental physics. Experimental options cover special relativity, experimental foundations of quantum mechanics, atomic structure and optics, statistical mechanics, and nuclear and particle physics. Uses modern physics experiments to develop laboratory technique, systematic troubleshooting, professional scientific attitude, data analysis skills, and reasoning about uncertainty; provides extensive training in oral and written communication methods. Continues 8.13 practice in these skills using more advanced experiments and adds an exploratory project element in which students develop an experiment from the proposal and design stage to a final presentation of results in a poster session. Limited to 12 students per section.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,0-6-12,8.05 and 8.13,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.16,Data Science in Physics,"Aims to present modern computational methods by providing realistic, contemporary examples of how these computational methods apply to physics research. Designed around research modules in which each module provides experience with a specific scientific challenge. Modules include: analyzing LIGO open data; measuring electroweak boson to quark decays; understanding the cosmic microwave background; and lattice QCD/Ising model. Experience in Python helpful but not required. Lectures are viewed outside of class; in-class time is dedicated to problem-solving and discussion. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"8.04 and (6.100A, 6.100B, or permission of instructor)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.18,Research Problems in Undergraduate Physics,Opportunity for undergraduates to engage in experimental or theoretical research under the supervision of a staff member. Specific approval required in each case.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.19,Readings in Physics,Supervised reading and library work. Choice of material and allotment of time according to individual needs. For students who want to do work not provided for in the regular subjects. Specific approval required in each case.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.20,Introduction to Special Relativity,"Introduces the basic ideas and equations of Einstein's special theory of relativity. Topics include Lorentz transformations, length contraction and time dilation, four vectors, Lorentz invariants, relativistic energy and momentum, relativistic kinematics, Doppler shift, space-time diagrams, relativity paradoxes, and some concepts of general relativity. Intended for freshmen and sophomores. Not usable as a restricted elective by Physics majors. Credit cannot be received for 8.20 if credit for 8.033 is or has been received in the same or prior terms.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-7,Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
8.21,Physics of Energy,"A comprehensive introduction to the fundamental physics of energy systems that emphasizes quantitative analysis. Focuses on the fundamental physical principles underlying energy processes and on the application of these principles to practical calculations. Applies mechanics and electromagnetism to energy systems; introduces and applies basic ideas from thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and nuclear physics. Examines energy sources, conversion, transport, losses, storage, conservation, and end uses. Analyzes the physics of side effects, such as global warming and radiation hazards. Provides students with technical tools and perspective to evaluate energy choices quantitatively at both national policy and personal levels.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,"Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics II (GIR)",N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
8.223,Classical Mechanics II,"A broad, theoretical treatment of classical mechanics, useful in its own right for treating complex dynamical problems, but essential to understanding the foundations of quantum mechanics and statistical physics. Generalized coordinates, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations, canonical transformations, and Poisson brackets. Applications to continuous media. The relativistic Lagrangian and Maxwell's equations.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.224,Exploring Black Holes: General Relativity and Astrophysics,"Study of physical effects in the vicinity of a black hole as a basis for understanding general relativity, astrophysics, and elements of cosmology. Extension to current developments in theory and observation. Energy and momentum in flat space-time; the metric; curvature of space-time near rotating and nonrotating centers of attraction; trajectories and orbits of particles and light; elementary models of the Cosmos. Weekly meetings include an evening seminar and recitation. The last third of the term is reserved for collaborative research projects on topics such as the Global Positioning System, solar system tests of relativity, descending into a black hole, gravitational lensing, gravitational waves, Gravity Probe B, and more advanced models of the cosmos. Subject has online components that are open to selected MIT alumni. Alumni wishing to participate should contact Professor Bertschinger at edbert@mit.edu. Limited to 40.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,8.033 or 8.20,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.225[J],"Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century","Explores the changing roles of physics and physicists during the 20th century. Topics range from relativity theory and quantum mechanics to high-energy physics and cosmology. Examines the development of modern physics within shifting institutional, cultural, and political contexts, such as physics in Imperial Britain, Nazi Germany, US efforts during World War II, and physicists' roles during the Cold War. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.042[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
8.226,Forty-three Orders of Magnitude,"Examines the widespread societal implications of current scientific discoveries in physics across forty-three orders of magnitude in length scale.  Addresses topics ranging from climate change to nuclear nonproliferation.  Students develop their ability to express concepts at a level accessible to the public and to present a well-reasoned argument on a topic that is a part of the national debate.  Requires diverse writing assignments, including substantial papers. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(8.04 and 8.044) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.228,Relativity II,"A fast-paced and intensive introduction to general relativity, covering advanced topics beyond the 8.033 curriculum. Provides students with a foundation for research relying on knowledge of general relativity, including gravitational waves and cosmology. Additional topics in curvature, weak gravity, and cosmology.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-4,8.033 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.231,Physics of Solids I,"Introduction to the basic concepts of the quantum theory of solids. Topics: periodic structure and symmetry of crystals; diffraction; reciprocal lattice; chemical bonding; lattice dynamics, phonons, thermal properties; free electron gas; model of metals; Bloch theorem and band structure, nearly free electron approximation; tight binding method; Fermi surface; semiconductors, electrons, holes, impurities; optical properties, excitons; and magnetism.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,8.044; Coreq: 8.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.241,Introduction to Biological Physics,"Introduces the main concepts of biological physics, with a focus on biophysical phenomena at the molecular and cellular scales. Presents the role of entropy and diffusive transport in living matter; challenges to life resulting from the highly viscous environment present at microscopic scales, including constraints on force, motion and transport within cells, tissues, and fluids; principles of how cellular machinery (e.g., molecular motors) can convert electro-chemical energy sources to mechanical forces and motion. Also covers polymer physics relevant to DNA and other biological polymers, including the study of configurations, fluctuations, rigidity, and entropic elasticity. Meets with 20.315 and 20.415 when offered concurrently.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Physics II (GIR) and (8.044 or (5.601 and 5.602)),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.245[J],"Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity","Covers the history of infectious diseases, basics of virology, immunology, and epidemiology, and ways in which diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies are currently designed and manufactured. Examines the origins of inequities in infection rates in society, and issues pertinent to vaccine safety. Final project explores how to create a more pandemic-resilient world. HST.438 intended for first-year students; all others should take HST.439.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,"5.003[J], 10.382[J], HST.439[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
8.251,String Theory for Undergraduates,"Introduction to the main concepts of string theory, i.e., quantum mechanics of a relativistic string. Develops aspects of string theory and makes it accessible to students familiar with basic electromagnetism and statistical mechanics, including the study of D-branes and string thermodynamics.  Meets with 8.821 when offered concurrently.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"8.033, 8.044, and 8.05",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.276,Nuclear and Particle Physics,"Presents a modern view of the fundamental structure of matter. Starting from the Standard Model, which views leptons and quarks as basic building blocks of matter, establishes the properties and interactions of these particles. Explores applications of this phenomenology to both particle and nuclear physics. Emphasizes current topics in nuclear and particle physics research at MIT. Intended for students with a basic knowledge of relativity and quantum physics concepts.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,8.033 and 8.04,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.277,Introduction to Particle Accelerators,"Principles of acceleration: beam properties; linear accelerators, synchrotrons, and storage rings. Accelerator technologies: radio frequency cavities, bending and focusing magnets, beam diagnostics. Particle beam optics and dynamics. Special topics: measures of accelerators performance in science, medicine and industry; synchrotron radiation sources; free electron lasers; high-energy colliders; and accelerators for radiation therapy. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,(6.2300 or 8.07) and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.282[J],Introduction to Astronomy,"Quantitative introduction to the physics of planets, stars, galaxies and our universe, from origin to ultimate fate, with emphasis on the physics tools and observational techniques that enable our understanding. Topics include our solar system, extrasolar planets; our Sun and other ""normal"" stars, star formation, evolution and death, supernovae, compact objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, stellar-mass black holes); galactic structure, star clusters, interstellar medium, dark matter; other galaxies, quasars, supermassive black holes, gravitational waves; cosmic large-scale structure, origin, evolution and fate of our universe, inflation, dark energy, cosmic microwave background radiation, gravitational lensing, 21cm tomography. Not usable as a restricted elective by Physics majors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,Physics I (GIR),12.402[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
8.284,Modern Astrophysics,"Application of physics (Newtonian, statistical, and quantum mechanics; special and general relativity) to fundamental processes that occur in celestial objects. Includes main-sequence stars, collapsed stars (white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes), pulsars, galaxies, active galaxies, quasars, and cosmology. Electromagnetic and gravitational radiation signatures of astrophysical phenomena explored through examination of observational data. No prior knowledge of astronomy required.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,8.04,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.286,The Early Universe,"Introduction to modern cosmology. First half deals with the development of the big bang theory from 1915 to 1980, and latter half with recent impact of particle theory. Topics: special relativity and the Doppler effect, Newtonian cosmological models, introduction to non-Euclidean spaces, thermal radiation and early history of the universe, big bang nucleosynthesis, introduction to grand unified theories and other recent developments in particle theory, baryogenesis, the inflationary universe model, and the evolution of galactic structure.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Physics II (GIR) and 18.03,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
8.287[J],Observational Techniques of Optical Astronomy,"Fundamental physical and optical principles used for astronomical measurements at visible wavelengths and practical methods of astronomical observations. Topics: astronomical coordinates, time, optics, telescopes, photon counting, signal-to-noise ratios, data analysis (including least-squares model fitting), limitations imposed by the Earth's atmosphere on optical observations, CCD detectors, photometry, spectroscopy, astrometry, and time variability. Project at Wallace Astrophysical Observatory. Written and oral project reports. Limited to 18; preference to Course 8 and Course 12 majors and minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-4-8,"8.282, 12.409, or other introductory astronomy course",12.410[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
8.290[J],Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques,"Presents basic principles of planet atmospheres and interiors applied to the study of extrasolar planets. Focuses on fundamental physical processes related to observable extrasolar planet properties. Provides a quantitative overview of detection techniques. Introduction to the feasibility of the search for Earth-like planets, biosignatures and habitable conditions on extrasolar planets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,8.03 and 18.03,12.425[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
8.292[J],Fluid Physics,"A physics-based introduction to the properties of fluids and fluid systems, with examples drawn from a broad range of sciences, including atmospheric physics and astrophysics. Definitions of fluids and the notion of continuum. Equations of state and continuity, hydrostatics and conservation of momentum; ideal fluids and Euler's equation; viscosity and the Navier-Stokes equation. Energy considerations, fluid thermodynamics, and isentropic flow. Compressible versus incompressible and rotational versus irrotational flow; Bernoulli's theorem; steady flow, streamlines and potential flow. Circulation and vorticity. Kelvin's theorem. Boundary layers. Fluid waves and instabilities. Quantum fluids.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"5.60, 8.044, or permission of instructor","1.066[J], 12.330[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
8.295,Practical Experience in Physics,"For Course 8 students participating in off-campus experiences in physics. Before registering for this subject, students must have an internship offer from a company or organization and must identify a Physics advisor. Upon completion of the project, student must submit a letter from the company or organization describing the work accomplished, along with a substantive final report from the student approved by the MIT advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Consult departmental academic office.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.298,Selected Topics in Physics,"Presentation of topics of current interest, with content varying from year to year.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.299,Physics Teaching,"For qualified undergraduate students interested in gaining some experience in teaching. Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of a faculty member. Students selected by interview.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.EPE,UPOP Engineering Practice Experience,"Provides students with skills to prepare for and excel in the world of industry. Emphasizes practical application of career theory and professional development concepts. Introduces students to relevant and timely resources for career development, provides students with tools to embark on a successful internship search, and offers networking opportunities with employers and MIT alumni. Students work in groups, led by industry mentors, to improve their resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, networking abilities, project management, and ability to give and receive feedback. Objective is for students to be able to adapt and contribute effectively to their future employment organizations. A total of two units of credit is awarded for completion of the fall and subsequent spring term offerings. Application required; consult UPOP website for more information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,0-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S014,Special Subject: Physics (New),Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S02,Special Subject: Physics,Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S198,Special Subject: Physics (New),Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S199,Special Subject: Physics (New),Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S227,Special Subject: Physics,Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S271,Special Subject: Physics,Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S30,Special Subject: Physics,Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S50,Special Subject: Physics,Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Research opportunities in physics. For further information, contact the departmental UROP coordinator.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.THU,Undergraduate Physics Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of an S.B. thesis; to be arranged by the student under approved supervision.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.309,Classical Mechanics III,"Covers Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, systems with constraints, rigid body dynamics, vibrations, central forces, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, action-angle variables, perturbation theory, and continuous systems. Provides an introduction to ideal and viscous fluid mechanics, including turbulence, as well as an introduction to nonlinear dynamics, including chaos. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.311,Electromagnetic Theory I,"Basic principles of electromagnetism: experimental basis, electrostatics, magnetic fields of steady currents, motional emf and electromagnetic induction, Maxwell's equations, propagation and radiation of electromagnetic waves, electric and magnetic properties of matter, and conservation laws. Subject uses appropriate mathematics but emphasizes physical phenomena and principles.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,8.07,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.315[J],Mathematical Methods in Nanophotonics,"High-level approaches to understanding complex optical media, structured on the scale of the wavelength, that are not generally analytically soluable. The basis for understanding optical phenomena such as photonic crystals and band gaps, anomalous diffraction, mechanisms for optical confinement, optical fibers (new and old), nonlinearities, and integrated optical devices. Methods covered include linear algebra and eigensystems for Maxwell's equations, symmetry groups and representation theory, Bloch's theorem, numerical eigensolver methods, time and frequency-domain computation, perturbation theory, and coupled-mode theories.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"8.07, 18.303, or permission of instructor",18.369[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
8.316,Data Science in Physics,"Aims to present modern computational methods by providing realistic, contemporary examples of how these computational methods apply to physics research. Designed around research modules in which each module provides experience with a specific scientific challenge. Modules include: analyzing LIGO open data; measuring electroweak boson to quark decays; understanding the cosmic microwave background; and lattice QCD/Ising model. Experience in Python helpful but not required. Lectures are viewed outside of class; in-class time is dedicated to problem-solving and discussion. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"8.04 and (6.100A, 6.100B, or permission of instructor)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.321,Quantum Theory I,"A two-term subject on quantum theory, stressing principles: uncertainty relation, observables, eigenstates, eigenvalues, probabilities of the results of measurement, transformation theory, equations of motion, and constants of motion. Symmetry in quantum mechanics, representations of symmetry groups. Variational and perturbation approximations. Systems of identical particles and applications. Time-dependent perturbation theory. Scattering theory: phase shifts, Born approximation. The quantum theory of radiation. Second quantization and many-body theory. Relativistic quantum mechanics of one electron.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,8.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.322,Quantum Theory II,"A two-term subject on quantum theory, stressing principles: uncertainty relation, observables, eigenstates, eigenvalues, probabilities of the results of measurement, transformation theory, equations of motion, and constants of motion. Symmetry in quantum mechanics, representations of symmetry groups. Variational and perturbation approximations. Systems of identical particles and applications. Time-dependent perturbation theory. Scattering theory: phase shifts, Born approximation. The quantum theory of radiation. Second quantization and many-body theory. Relativistic quantum mechanics of one electron.",False,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,8.07 and 8.321,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.323,Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I,"A one-term self-contained subject in quantum field theory. Concepts and basic techniques are developed through applications in elementary particle physics, and condensed matter physics. Topics: classical field theory, symmetries, and Noether's theorem. Quantization of scalar fields, spin fields, and Gauge bosons. Feynman graphs, analytic properties of amplitudes and unitarity of the S-matrix. Calculations in quantum electrodynamics (QED).  Introduction to renormalization.",True,"Spring, Spring, Summer",Graduate,4-0-8,8.321,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.324,Relativistic Quantum Field Theory II,"The second term of the quantum field theory sequence. Develops in depth some of the topics discussed in 8.323 and introduces some advanced material. Topics: perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams, scattering theory, Quantum Electrodynamics, one loop renormalization, quantization of non-abelian gauge theories, the Standard Model of particle physics, other topics.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,4-0-8,8.322 and 8.323,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.325,Relativistic Quantum Field Theory III,The third and last term of the quantum field theory sequence. Its aim is the proper theoretical discussion of the physics of the standard model. Topics: quantum chromodynamics; Higgs phenomenon and a description of the standard model; deep-inelastic scattering and structure functions; basics of lattice gauge theory; operator products and effective theories; detailed structure of the standard model; spontaneously broken gauge theory and its quantization; instantons and theta-vacua; topological defects; introduction to supersymmetry.,True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,8.324,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.333,Statistical Mechanics I,"First part of a two-subject sequence on statistical mechanics. Examines the laws of thermodynamics and the concepts of temperature, work, heat, and entropy. Postulates of classical statistical mechanics, microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical distributions; applications to lattice vibrations, ideal gas, photon gas. Quantum statistical mechanics; Fermi and Bose systems. Interacting systems: cluster expansions, van der Waal's gas, and mean-field theory.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,8.044 and 8.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.334,Statistical Mechanics II,"Second part of a two-subject sequence on statistical mechanics. Explores topics from modern statistical mechanics: the hydrodynamic limit and classical field theories. Phase transitions and broken symmetries: universality, correlation functions, and scaling theory. The renormalization approach to collective phenomena. Dynamic critical behavior. Random systems.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,8.333,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.351[J],Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach,"Classical mechanics in a computational framework, Lagrangian formulation, action, variational principles, and Hamilton's principle. Conserved quantities, Hamiltonian formulation, surfaces of section, chaos, and Liouville's theorem. Poincaré integral invariants, Poincaré-Birkhoff and KAM theorems. Invariant curves and cantori. Nonlinear resonances, resonance overlap and transition to chaos. Symplectic integration. Adiabatic invariants. Applications to simple physical systems and solar system dynamics. Extensive use of computation to capture methods, for simulation, and for symbolic analysis. Programming experience required.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,"Physics I (GIR), 18.03, and permission of instructor","6.5160[J], 12.620[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
8.370[J],Quantum Computation,Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of quantum computation. Topics covered: physics of information processing; quantum algorithms including the factoring algorithm and Grover's search algorithm; quantum error correction; quantum communication and cryptography. Knowledge of quantum mechanics helpful but not required.,True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"8.05, 18.06, 18.700, 18.701, or 18.C06","2.111[J], 6.6410[J], 18.435[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
8.371[J],Quantum Information Science,"Examines quantum computation and quantum information. Topics include quantum circuits, the quantum Fourier transform and search algorithms, the quantum operations formalism, quantum error correction, Calderbank-Shor-Steane and stabilizer codes, fault tolerant quantum computation, quantum data compression, quantum entanglement, capacity of quantum channels, and quantum cryptography and the proof of its security. Prior knowledge of quantum mechanics required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,18.435,"6.6420[J], 18.436[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
8.372,Quantum Information Science III,"Third subject in the Quantum Information Science (QIS) sequence, building on 8.370 and 8.371. Further explores core topics in quantum information science, such as quantum information theory, error-correction, physical implementations, algorithms, cryptography, and complexity. Draws connections between QIS and related fields, such as many-body physics, and applications such as sensing.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.371,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"8.381,",8.382 Selected Topics in Theoretical Physics,"Topics of current interest in theoretical physics, varying from year to year. Subject not routinely offered; given when sufficient interest is indicated.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.391,Pre-Thesis Research,"Advanced problems in any area of experimental or theoretical physics, with assigned reading and consultations.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.392,Pre-Thesis Research,"Advanced problems in any area of experimental or theoretical physics, with assigned reading and consultations.",True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.395[J],Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering,"Participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. Topics include theories of adult learning; course development; promoting active learning, problemsolving, and critical thinking in students; communicating with a diverse student body; using educational technology to further learning; lecturing; creating effective tests and assignments; and assessment and evaluation. Students research and present a relevant topic of particular interest. Appropriate for both novices and those with teaching experience.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-2 [P/D/F],None,"1.95[J], 5.95[J], 7.59[J], 18.094[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
8.396[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part I: Advancing Your Professional Strategies and Skills",Part I (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics include: navigating and charting an academic career with confidence; convincing an audience with clear writing and arguments; mastering public speaking and communications; networking at conferences and building a brand; identifying transferable skills; preparing for a successful job application package and job interviews; understanding group dynamics and different leadership styles; leading a group or team with purpose and confidence. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"5.961[J], 9.980[J], 12.396[J], 18.896[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
8.397[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part II: Developing Your Leadership Competencies","Part II (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics covered include gaining self awareness and awareness of others, and communicating with different personality types; learning about team building practices; strategies for recognizing and resolving conflict and bias; advocating for diversity and inclusion; becoming organizationally savvy; having the courage to be an ethical leader; coaching, mentoring, and developing others; championing, accepting, and implementing change. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"5.962[J], 9.981[J], 12.397[J], 18.897[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
8.398,Doctoral Seminar in Physics,"A seminar for first-year PhD students presenting topics of current interest, with content varying from year to year. Open only to first-year graduate students in Physics.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.399,Physics Teaching,"For qualified graduate students interested in gaining some experience in teaching. Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of a faculty member. Students selected by interview.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.421,Atomic and Optical Physics I,"The first of a two-term subject sequence that provides the foundations for contemporary research in selected areas of atomic and optical phsyics. The interaction of radiation with atoms: resonance; absorption, stimulated and spontaneous emission; methods of resonance, dressed atom formalism, masers and lasers, cavity quantum electrodynamics; structure of simple atoms, behavior in very strong fields; fundamental tests: time reversal, parity violations, Bell's inequalities; and experimental methods.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,8.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.422,Atomic and Optical Physics II,"The second of a two-term subject sequence that provides the foundations for contemporary research in selected areas of atomic and optical physics. Non-classical states of light- squeezed states; multi-photon processes, Raman scattering; coherence- level crossings, quantum beats, double resonance, superradiance; trapping and cooling- light forces, laser cooling, atom optics, spectroscopy of trapped atoms and ions; atomic interactions- classical collisions, quantum scattering theory, ultracold collisions; and experimental methods.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.431[J],Nonlinear Optics,"Techniques of nonlinear optics with emphasis on fundamentals for research in optics, photonics, spectroscopy, and ultrafast science. Topics include: electro-optic modulators and devices, sum and difference frequency generation, and parametric conversion. Nonlinear propagation effects in optical fibers including self-phase modulation, pulse compression, solitons, communication, and femtosecond fiber lasers. Review of quantum mechanics, interaction of light with matter, laser gain and operation, density matrix techniques, perturbation theory, diagrammatic methods, nonlinear spectroscopies, ultrafast lasers and measurements. Discussion of research operations and funding and professional development topics. Introduces fundamental methods and techniques needed for independent research in advanced optics and photonics, but useful in many other engineering and physics disciplines.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,6.2300 or 8.03,6.6340[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
"8.481,",8.482 Selected Topics in Physics of Atoms and Radiation,"Presentation of topics of current interest, with content varying from year to year. Subject not routinely offered; given when sufficient interest is indicated.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,8.321,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.511,Theory of Solids I,"First term of a theoretical treatment of the physics of solids. Concept of elementary excitations. Symmetry- translational, rotational, and time-reversal invariances- theory of representations. Energy bands- electrons and phonons. Topological band theory. Survey of electronic structure of metals, semimetals, semiconductors, and insulators, excitons, critical points, response functions, and interactions in the electron gas. Theory of superconductivity.",True,"Fall, Fall",Graduate,3-0-9,8.231,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.512,Theory of Solids II,"Second term of a theoretical treatment of the physics of solids. Interacting electron gas: many-body formulation, Feynman diagrams, random phase approximation and beyond. General theory of linear response: dielectric function; sum rules; plasmons; optical properties; applications to semiconductors, metals, and insulators. Transport properties: non-interacting electron gas with impurities, diffusons. Quantum Hall effect: integral and fractional. Electron-phonon interaction: general theory, applications to metals, semiconductors and insulators, polarons, and field-theory description. Superconductivity: experimental observations, phenomenological theories, and BCS theory.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,8.511,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.513,Many-Body Theory for Condensed Matter Systems,"Concepts and physical pictures behind various phenomena that appear in interacting many-body systems. Visualization occurs through concentration on path integral, mean-field theories and semiclassical picture of fluctuations around mean-field state. Topics covered: interacting boson/fermion systems, Fermi liquid theory and bosonization, symmetry breaking and nonlinear sigma-model, quantum gauge theory, quantum Hall theory, mean-field theory of spin liquids and quantum order, string-net condensation and emergence of light and fermions.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"8.033, 8.05, 8.08, and 8.231",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.514,Strongly Correlated Systems in Condensed Matter Physics,"Study of condensed matter systems where interactions between electrons play an important role. Topics vary depending on lecturer but may include low-dimension magnetic and electronic systems, disorder and quantum transport, magnetic impurities (the Kondo problem), quantum spin systems, the Hubbard model and high-temperature superconductors. Topics are chosen to illustrate the application of diagrammatic techniques, field-theory approaches, and renormalization group methods in condensed matter physics.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,8.322 and 8.333,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"8.581,",8.582 Selected Topics in Condensed Matter Physics,"Presentation of topics of current interest, with contents varying from year to year. Subject not routinely offered; given when sufficient interest is indicated.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.590[J],Topics in Biophysics and Physical Biology,"Provides broad exposure to research in biophysics and physical biology, with emphasis on the critical evaluation of scientific literature. Weekly meetings include in-depth discussion of scientific literature led by distinct faculty on active research topics. Each session also includes brief discussion of non-research topics including effective presentation skills, writing papers and fellowship proposals, choosing scientific and technical research topics, time management, and scientific ethics.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,"7.74[J], 20.416[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
8.591[J],Systems Biology,"Introduction to cellular and population-level systems biology with an emphasis on synthetic biology, modeling of genetic networks, cell-cell interactions, and evolutionary dynamics.  Cellular systems include genetic switches and oscillators, network motifs, genetic network evolution, and cellular decision-making.  Population-level systems include models of pattern formation, cell-cell communication, and evolutionary systems biology. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in more depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(18.03 and 18.05) or permission of instructor,7.81[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
8.592[J],Statistical Physics in Biology,"A survey of problems at the interface of statistical physics and modern biology: bioinformatic methods for extracting information content of DNA; gene finding, sequence comparison, phylogenetic trees. Physical interactions responsible for structure of biopolymers; DNA double helix, secondary structure of RNA, elements of protein folding. Considerations of force, motion, and packaging; protein motors, membranes. Collective behavior of biological elements; cellular networks, neural networks, and evolution.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.333 or permission of instructor,HST.452[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
8.593[J],Biological Physics,"Designed to provide seniors and first-year graduate students with a quantitative, analytical understanding of selected biological phenomena. Topics include experimental and theoretical basis for the phase boundaries and equation of state of concentrated protein solutions, with application to diseases such as sickle cell anemia and cataract. Protein-ligand binding and linkage and the theory of allosteric regulation of protein function, with application to proteins as stores as transporters in respiration, enzymes in metabolic pathways, membrane receptors, regulators of gene expression, and self-assembling scaffolds. The physics of locomotion and chemoreception in bacteria and the biophysics of vision, including the theory of transparency of the eye, molecular basis of photo reception, and the detection of light as a signal-to-noise discrimination.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,8.044 recommended but not necessary,HST.450[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
8.613[J],Introduction to Plasma Physics I,"Introduces plasma phenomena relevant to energy generation by controlled thermonuclear fusion and to astrophysics. Elementary plasma concepts, plasma characterization. Motion of charged particles in magnetic fields. Coulomb collisions, relaxation times, transport processes. Two-fluid hydrodynamic and MHD descriptions. Plasma confinement by magnetic fields, simple equilibrium and stability analysis. Wave propagation in a magnetic field; application to RF plasma heating. Introduction to kinetic theory; Vlasov, Boltzmann and Fokker-Planck equations; relation of fluid and kinetic descriptions. Electron and ion acoustic plasma waves, Landau damping.",True,"Fall, Fall",Graduate,3-0-9,(6.2300 or 8.07) and (18.04 or Coreq: 18.075),22.611[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
8.614[J],Introduction to Plasma Physics II,"Follow-up to 22.611 provides in-depth coverage of several fundamental topics in plasma physics, selected for their wide relevance and applicability, from fusion to space- and astro-physics. Covers both kinetic and fluid instabilities: two-stream, Weibel, magnetorotational, parametric, ion-temperature-gradient, and pressure-anisotropy-driven instabilities (mirror, firehose). Also covers advanced fluid models, and drift-kinetic and gyrokinetic equations. Special attention to dynamo theory, magnetic reconnection, MHD turbulence, kinetic turbulence, and shocks.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,22.611,22.612[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
8.624,Plasma Waves,"Comprehensive theory of electromagnetic waves in a magnetized plasma. Wave propagation in cold and hot plasmas. Energy flow. Absorption by Landau and cyclotron damping and by transit time magnetic pumping (TTMP). Wave propagation in inhomogeneous plasma: accessibility, WKB theory, mode conversion, connection formulae, and Budden tunneling. Applications to RF plasma heating, wave propagation in the ionosphere and laser-plasma interactions. Wave propagation in toroidal plasmas, and applications to ion cyclotron (ICRF), electron cyclotron (ECRH), and lower hybrid (LHH) wave heating. Quasi-linear theory and applications to RF current drive in tokamaks. Extensive discussion of relevant experimental observations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,22.611,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.641,Physics of High-Energy Plasmas I,"Physics of High-Energy Plasmas I and II address basic concepts of plasmas, with temperatures of thermonuclear interest, relevant to fusion research and astrophysics. Microscopic transport processes due to interparticle collisions and collective modes (e.g., microinstabilities). Relevant macroscopic transport coefficients (electrical resistivity, thermal conductivities, particle ""diffusion""). Runaway and slide-away regimes. Magnetic reconnection processes and their relevance to experimental observations. Radiation emission from inhomogeneous plasmas. Conditions for thermonuclear burning and ignition (D-T and ""advanced"" fusion reactions, plasmas with polarized nuclei). Role of ""impurity"" nuclei. ""Finite-β"" (pressure) regimes and ballooning modes. Convective modes in configuration and velocity space. Trapped particle regimes. Nonlinear and explosive instabilities. Interaction of positive and negative energy modes. Each subject can be taken independently.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,22.611,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.642,Physics of High-Energy Plasmas II,"Physics of High-Energy Plasmas I and II address basic concepts of plasmas, with temperatures of thermonuclear interest, relevant to fusion research and astrophysics. Microscopic transport processes due to interparticle collisions and collective modes (e.g., microinstabilities). Relevant macroscopic transport coefficients (electrical resistivity, thermal conductivities, particle ""diffusion""). Runaway and slide-away regimes. Magnetic reconnection processes and their relevance to experimental observations. Radiation emission from inhomogeneous plasmas. Conditions for thermonuclear burning and ignition (D-T and ""advanced"" fusion reactions, plasmas with polarized nuclei). Role of ""impurity"" nuclei. ""Finite-β"" (pressure) regimes and ballooning modes. Convective modes in configuration and velocity space. Trapped particle regimes. Nonlinear and explosive instabilities. Interaction of positive and negative energy modes. Each subject can be taken independently.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,22.611,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.670[J],Principles of Plasma Diagnostics,"Introduction to the physical processes used to measure the properties of plasmas, especially fusion plasmas. Measurements of magnetic and electric fields, particle flux, refractive index, emission and scattering of electromagnetic waves and heavy particles; their use to deduce plasma parameters such as particle density, pressure, temperature, and velocity, and hence the plasma confinement properties. Discussion of practical examples and assessments of the accuracy and reliability of different techniques.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-4-4,22.611,22.67[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
"8.681,",8.682 Selected Topics in Fluid and Plasma Physics,"Presentation of topics of current interest, with content varying from year to year. Subject not routinely offered; given when interest is indicated.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,22.611,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.701,Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics,"The phenomenology and experimental foundations of particle and nuclear physics; the fundamental forces and particles, composites. Interactions of particles with matter, and detectors. SU(2), SU(3), models of mesons and baryons. QED, weak interactions, parity violation, lepton-nucleon scattering, and structure functions. QCD, gluon field and color. W and Z fields, electro-weak unification, the CKM matrix. Nucleon-nucleon interactions, properties of nuclei, single- and collective- particle models. Electron and hadron interactions with nuclei. Relativistic heavy ion collisions, and transition to quark-gluon plasma.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: 8.321,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.711,Nuclear Physics,"Modern, advanced study in the experimental foundations and theoretical understanding of the structure of nuclei, beginning with the two- and three-nucleon problems. Basic nuclear properties, collective and single-particle motion, giant resonances, mean field models, interacting boson model. Nuclei far from stability, nuclear astrophysics, big-bang and stellar nucleosynthesis. Electron scattering: nucleon momentum distributions, scaling, olarization observables.  Parity-violating electron scattering. Neutrino physics.  Current results in relativistic heavy ion physics and hadronic physics. Frontiers and future facilities.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,8.321 and 8.701,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.712,Advanced Topics in Nuclear Physics,"Subject for experimentalists and theorists with rotation of the following topics: (1) Nuclear chromodynamics-- introduction to QCD, structure of nucleons, lattice QCD, phases of hadronic matter; and relativistic heavy ion collisions. (2) Medium-energy physics-- nuclear and nucleon structure and dynamics studied with medium- and high-energy probes (neutrinos, photons, electrons, nucleons, pions, and kaons). Studies of weak and strong interactions.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,8.711 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.751[J],Quantum Technology and Devices,"Examines the unique features of quantum theory to generate technologies with capabilities beyond any classical device. Introduces fundamental concepts in applied quantum mechanics, tools and applications of quantum technology, with a focus on quantum information processing beyond quantum computation. Includes discussion of quantum devices and experimental platforms drawn from active research in academia and industry. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,22.11,22.51[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
"8.781,",8.782 Selected Topics in Nuclear Theory,"Presents topics of current interest in nuclear structure and reaction theory, with content varying from year to year. Subject not routinely offered; given when sufficient interest is indicated.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,8.323,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.811,Particle Physics,"Modern review of particles, interactions, and recent experiments. Experimental and analytical methods. QED, electroweak theory, and the Standard Model as tested in recent key experiments at ee and pp colliders. Mass generation, W, Z, and Higgs physics. Weak decays of mesons, including heavy flavors with QCD corrections. Mixing phenomena for K, D, B mesons and neutrinos. CP violation with results from B-factories. Future physics expectations: Higgs, SUSY, sub-structure as addressed by new experiments at the LHC collider.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.701,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.812,Graduate Experimental Physics,"Provides practical experience in particle detection with verification by (Feynman) calculations. Students perform three experiments; at least one requires actual construction following design. Topics include Compton effect, Fermi constant in muon decay, particle identification by time-of-flight, Cerenkov light, calorimeter response, tunnel effect in radioactive decays, angular distribution of cosmic rays, scattering, gamma-gamma nuclear correlations, and modern particle localization.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-8-3,8.701,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.821,String Theory,An introduction to string theory. Basics of conformal field theory; light-cone and covariant quantization of the relativistic bosonic string; quantization and spectrum of supersymmetric 10-dimensional string theories; T-duality and D-branes; toroidal compactification and orbifolds; 11-dimensional supergravity and M-theory.  Meets with 8.251 when offered concurrently.,False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.324,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.831,Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories,"Topics selected from the following: SUSY algebras and their particle representations; Weyl and Majorana spinors; Lagrangians of basic four-dimensional SUSY theories, both rigid SUSY and supergravity; supermultiplets of fields and superspace methods; renormalization properties, and the non-renormalization theorem; spontaneous breakdown of SUSY; and phenomenological SUSY theories. Some prior knowledge of Noether's theorem, derivation and use of Feynman rules, l-loop renormalization, and gauge theories is essential.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.851,Effective Field Theory,"Covers the framework and tools of effective field theory, including: identifying degrees of freedom and symmetries; power counting expansions (dimensional and otherwise); field redefinitions, bottom-up and top-down effective theories; fine-tuned effective theories; matching and Wilson coefficients; reparameterization invariance; and advanced renormalization group techniques.  Main examples are taken from particle and nuclear physics, including the Soft-Collinear Effective Theory.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,8.324,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.871,Selected Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics,"Presents topics of current interest in theoretical particle physics, with content varying from year to year. Subject not routinely offered; given when sufficient interest is indicated.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,8.323,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.872,Selected Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics,"Presents topics of current interest in theoretical particle physics, with content varying from year to year. Subject not routinely offered; given when sufficient interest is indicated.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.323,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"8.881,",8.882 Selected Topics in Experimental Particle Physics,"Presents topics of current interest in experimental particle physics, with content varying from year to year. Subject not routinely offered; given when sufficient interest is indicated.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,8.811,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.901,Astrophysics I,"Size and time scales. Historical astronomy. Astronomical instrumentation. Stars: spectra and classification. Stellar structure equations and survey of stellar evolution. Stellar oscillations. Degenerate and collapsed stars; radio pulsars. Interacting binary systems; accretion disks, x-ray sources. Gravitational lenses; dark matter. Interstellar medium: HII regions, supernova remnants, molecular clouds, dust; radiative transfer; Jeans' mass; star formation. High-energy astrophysics: Compton scattering, bremsstrahlung, synchrotron radiation, cosmic rays. Galactic stellar distributions and populations; Oort constants; Oort limit; and globular clusters.",True,"Spring, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.902,Astrophysics II,"Galactic dynamics: potential theory, orbits, collisionless Boltzmann equation, etc. Galaxy interactions. Groups and clusters; dark matter. Intergalactic medium; x-ray clusters. Active galactic nuclei: unified models, black hole accretion, radio and optical jets, etc. Homogeneity and isotropy, redshift, galaxy distance ladder. Newtonian cosmology. Roberston-Walker models and cosmography. Early universe, primordial nucleosynthesis, recombination. Cosmic microwave background radiation. Large-scale structure, galaxy formation.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.901,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.913,Plasma Astrophysics I,"For students interested in space physics, astrophysics, and plasma physics in general. Magnetospheres of rotating magnetized planets, ordinary stars, neutron stars, and black holes. Pulsar models: processes for slowing down, particle acceleration, and radiation emission; accreting plasmas and x-ray stars; stellar winds; heliosphere and solar wind- relevant magnetic field configuration, measured particle distribution in velocity space and induced collective modes; stability of the current sheet and collisionless processes for magnetic reconnection; theory of collisionless shocks; solitons; Ferroaro-Rosenbluth sheet; solar flare models; heating processes of the solar corona; Earth's magnetosphere (auroral phenomena and their interpretation, bowshock, magnetotail, trapped particle effects); relationship between gravitational (galactic) plasmas and electromagnetic plasmas. 8.913 deals with heliospheric, 8.914 with extra-heliospheric plasmas.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.914,Plasma Astrophysics II,"For students interested in space physics, astrophysics, and plasma physics in general. Magnetospheres of rotating magnetized planets, ordinary stars, neutron stars, and black holes. Pulsar models: processes for slowing down, particle acceleration, and radiation emission; accreting plasmas and x-ray stars; stellar winds; heliosphere and solar wind- relevant magnetic field configuration, measured particle distribution in velocity space and induced collective modes; stability of the current sheet and collisionless processes for magnetic reconnection; theory of collisionless shocks; solitons; Ferroaro-Rosenbluth sheet; solar flare models; heating processes of the solar corona; Earth's magnetosphere (auroral phenomena and their interpretation, bowshock, magnetotail, trapped particle effects); relationship between gravitational (galactic) plasmas and electromagnetic plasmas. 8.913 deals with heliospheric, 8.914 with extra-heliospheric plasmas.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.921,Stellar Structure and Evolution,"Observable stellar characteristics; overview of observational information. Principles underlying calculations of stellar structure. Physical processes in stellar interiors; properties of matter and radiation; radiative, conductive, and convective heat transport; nuclear energy generation; nucleosynthesis; and neutrino emission. Protostars; the main sequence, and the solar neutrino flux; advanced evolutionary stages; variable stars; planetary nebulae, supernovae, white dwarfs, and neutron stars; close binary systems; and abundance of chemical elements.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.942,Cosmology,"Thermal backgrounds in space. Cosmological principle and its consequences: Newtonian cosmology and types of ""universes""; survey of relativistic cosmology; horizons. Overview of evolution in cosmology; radiation and element synthesis; physical models of the ""early stages."" Formation of large-scale structure to variability of physical laws. First and last states. Some knowledge of relativity expected. 8.962 recommended though not required.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.952,Particle Physics of the Early Universe,"Basics of general relativity, standard big bang cosmology, thermodynamics of the early universe, cosmic background radiation, primordial nucleosynthesis, basics of the standard model of particle physics, electroweak and QCD phase transition, basics of group theory, grand unified theories, baryon asymmetry, monopoles, cosmic strings, domain walls, axions, inflationary universe, and structure formation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,8.323; Coreq: 8.324,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.962,General Relativity,"The basic principles of Einstein's general theory of relativity, differential geometry, experimental tests of general relativity, black holes, and cosmology.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"8.07, 18.03, and 18.06",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.971,Astrophysics Seminar,"Advanced seminar on current topics, with a different focus each term. Typical topics: astronomical instrumentation, numerical and statistical methods in astrophysics, gravitational lenses, neutron stars and pulsars.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.972,Astrophysics Seminar,"Advanced seminar on current topics, with a different focus each term. Typical topics: gravitational lenses, active galactic nuclei, neutron stars and pulsars, galaxy formation, supernovae and supernova remnants, brown dwarfs, and extrasolar planetary systems. The presenter at each session is selected by drawing names from a hat containing those of all attendees. Offered if sufficient interest is indicated.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"8.981,",8.982 Selected Topics in Astrophysics,"Topics of current interest, varying from year to year. Subject not routinely offered; given when sufficient interest is indicated.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.995,Practical Experience in Physics,"For Course 8 students participating in off-campus experiences in physics. Before registering for this subject, students must have an internship offer from a company or organization, must identify a Physics advisor, and must receive prior approval from the Physics Department. Upon completion of the project, student must submit a letter from the company or organization describing the work accomplished, along with a substantive final report from the student approved by the MIT advisor. Consult departmental academic office.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.998,Teaching and Mentoring MIT Students,"Designed for first-time physics mentors and others interested in improving their knowledge and skills in teaching one-on-one and in small groups, particularly TEAL TAs and graduate student TAs. Topics include: cognition, metacognition, and the role of affect; communication skills (practice listening, questioning, and eliciting student ideas); the roles of motivation and mindset in learning; fostering belonging and self-efficacy through peer mentorship; facilitating small-group interactions to enhance peer instruction and learning; physics-specific learning strategies, such as how to teach/learn problem solving; research-based techniques for effective mentorship in STEM. Includes a one-hour class on pedagogy topics, a one-hour weekly Physics Mentoring Community of Practice meeting, and weekly assignments to read or watch material in preparation for class discussions, and written reflections before class.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S301,Special Subject: Physics,Covers topics in Physics that are not offered in the regular curriculum. Limited enrollment; preference to Physics graduate students.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S308,Special Subject: Physics (New),Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S372,Special Subject: Physics,Covers topics in Physics that are not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S373,Special Subject: Physics,Covers topics in Physics that are not offered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S421,Special Subject: Physics,Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S50,Special Subject: Physics,Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.S998,Special Subject: Physics,Opportunity for group study of subjects in physics not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
8.THG,Graduate Physics Thesis,"Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.00,Introduction to Psychological Science,"A survey of the scientific study of human nature, including how the mind works, and how the brain supports the mind.  Topics include the mental and neural bases of perception, emotion, learning, memory, cognition, child development, personality, psychopathology, and social interaction.  Consideration of how such knowledge relates to debates about nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self, and society.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
9.01,Introduction to Neuroscience,"Introduction to the mammalian nervous system, with emphasis on the structure and function of the human brain. Topics include the function of nerve cells, sensory systems, control of movement, learning and memory, and diseases of the brain.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
9.011,Systems Neuroscience Core I,"Survey of brain and behavioral studies. Examines principles underlying the structure and function of the nervous system, with a focus on systems approaches. Topics include development of the nervous system and its connections, sensory systems of the brain, the motor system, higher cortical functions, and behavioral and cellular analyses of learning and memory. Preference to first-year graduate students in BCS.",True,Fall,Graduate,6-0-12,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.012,Cognitive Science,"Intensive survey of cognitive science. Topics include visual perception, language, memory, cognitive architecture, learning, reasoning, decision-making, and cognitive development. Topics covered from behavioral, computational, and neural perspectives.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-12,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.013[J],Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Core II,"Survey and primary literature review of major areas in molecular and cellular neurobiology. Covers genetic neurotrophin signaling, adult neurogenesis, G-protein coupled receptor signaling, glia function, epigenetics, neuronal and homeostatic plasticity, neuromodulators of circuit function, and neurological/psychiatric disease mechanisms. Includes lectures and exams, and involves presentation and discussion of primary literature. 9.015 recommended, though the core subjects can be taken in any sequence.",True,"Spring, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,7.68[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.014,Quantitative Methods and Computational Models in Neurosciences,"Provides theoretical background and practical skills needed to analyze and model neurobiological observations at the molecular, systems and cognitive levels. Develops an intuitive understanding of mathematical tools and computational techniques which students apply to analyze, visualize and model research data using MATLAB programming. Topics include linear systems and operations, dimensionality reduction (e.g., PCA), Bayesian approaches, descriptive and generative models, classification and clustering, and dynamical systems. Limited to 18; priority to current BCS Graduate students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.015[J],Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Core I,"Survey and primary literature review of selected major topic areas in molecular and cellular neurobiology. Covers nervous system development, axonal pathfinding, synapse formation and function, synaptic plasticity, ion channels and receptors, cellular neurophysiology, glial cells, sensory transduction, and relevant examples in human disease. Includes lectures and weekly paper write-ups, together with student presentations and discussion of primary literature. A final two-page research write-up is also due at the end of the term.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,7.65[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.016[J],"Introduction to Sound, Speech, and Hearing","Introduces students to the acoustics, anatomy, physiology, and mechanics related to speech and hearing. Focuses on how humans generate and perceive speech. Topics related to speech, explored through applications and challenges involving acoustics, speech recognition, and speech disorders, include acoustic theory of speech production, basic digital speech processing, control mechanisms of speech production and basic elements of speech and voice perception. Topics related to hearing include acoustics and mechanics of the outer ear, middle ear, and cochlea, how pathologies affect their function, and methods for clinical diagnosis. Surgical treatments and medical devices such as hearing aids, bone conduction devices, and implants are also covered.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,(6.3000 and 8.03) or permission of instructor,HST.714[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.017,Systems Neuroscience Core II,"Covers systems and computational neuroscience topics relevant to understanding how animal brains solve a wide range of cognitive tasks. Focuses on experimental approaches in systems neuroscience (behavioral design, parametric stimulus control, recording techniques) and theory-driven analyses (dynamical systems, control theory, Bayesian theory), both at the level of behavioral and neural data. Also focuses on regional organization (cortex, thalamus, basal ganglia, midbrain, and cerebellum), along with traditional divisions in systems neuroscience: sensory systems, motor systems, and associative systems.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-8,18.06 or (9.011 and 9.014),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.021[J],Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing,"Integrated overview of the biophysics of cells from prokaryotes to neurons, with a focus on mass transport and electrical signal generation across cell membrane. First third of course focuses on mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Second third focuses on electrical properties of cells: ion transport to action potential generation and propagation in electrically excitable cells. Synaptic transmission. Electrical properties interpreted via kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Final third focuses on biophysics of synaptic transmission and introduction to neural computing. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-2-5,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.005, 6.2000, 6.3000, 10.301, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","2.794[J], 6.4812[J], 20.470[J], HST.541[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.07,Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Science,"Provides students with the basic tools for analyzing experimental data, properly interpreting statistical reports in the literature, and reasoning under uncertain situations. Topics organized around three key theories: probability, statistical, and the linear model. Probability theory covers axioms of probability, discrete and continuous probability models, law of large numbers, and the Central Limit Theorem. Statistical theory covers estimation, likelihood theory, Bayesian methods, bootstrap and other Monte Carlo methods, as well as hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, elementary design of experiments principles and goodness-of-fit. The linear model theory covers the simple regression model and the analysis of variance. Places equal emphasis on theory, data analyses, and simulation studies.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.100B,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.073[J],Statistics for Neuroscience Research,"A survey of statistical methods for neuroscience research. Core topics include introductions to the theory of point processes, the generalized linear model, Monte Carlo methods, Bayesian methods, multivariate methods, time-series analysis, spectral analysis and state-space modeling. Emphasis on developing a firm conceptual understanding of the statistical paradigm and statistical methods primarily through analyses of actual experimental data.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,HST.460[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.09[J],Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology,"Introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system. Emphasizes the cellular properties of neurons and other excitable cells. Includes the structure and biophysical properties of excitable cells, synaptic transmission, neurochemistry, neurodevelopment, integration of information in simple systems, and detection and information coding during sensory transduction.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,7.05 or 9.01,7.29[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.110[J],Nonlinear Control,"Introduction to nonlinear control and estimation in physical and biological systems. Nonlinear stability theory, Lyapunov analysis, Barbalat's lemma. Feedback linearization, differential flatness, internal dynamics. Sliding surfaces. Adaptive nonlinear control and estimation. Multiresolution bases, nonlinear system identification. Contraction analysis, differential stability theory. Nonlinear observers. Asynchronous distributed computation and learning. Concurrent synchronization, polyrhythms. Monotone nonlinear systems. Emphasizes application to physical systems (robots, aircraft, spacecraft, underwater vehicles, reaction-diffusion processes, machine vision, oscillators, internet), machine learning, computational neuroscience, and systems biology. Includes term projects.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"2.151, 6.7100, 16.31, or permission of instructor",2.152[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.12,Experimental Molecular Neurobiology,"Experimental techniques in cellular and molecular neurobiology. Designed for students without previous experience in techniques of cellular and molecular biology. Experimental approaches include DNA manipulation, molecular cloning, protein biochemistry, dissection and culture of brain cells, synaptic protein analysis, immunocytochemistry, and fluorescent microscopy. One lab session plus one paper review session per week. Instruction and practice in written communication provided. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-4-6,Biology (GIR) and 9.01,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
9.123[J],Neurotechnology in Action,"Offers a fast-paced introduction to numerous laboratory methods at the forefront of modern neurobiology. Comprises a sequence of modules focusing on neurotechnologies that are developed and used by MIT research groups. Each module consists of a background lecture and 1-2 days of firsthand laboratory experience. Topics typically include optical imaging, optogenetics, high throughput neurobiology, MRI/fMRI, advanced electrophysiology, viral and genetic tools, and connectomics.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,Permission of instructor,20.203[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.13,The Human Brain,"Surveys the core perceptual and cognitive abilities of the human mind and asks how these are implemented in the brain. Key themes include the functional organization of the cortex, as well as the representations and computations, developmental origins, and degree of functional specificity of particular cortical regions. Emphasizes the methods available in human cognitive neuroscience, and what inferences can and cannot be drawn from each.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"9.00, 9.01, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.17,Systems Neuroscience Laboratory,"Consists of a series of laboratories designed to give students experience with basic techniques for conducting systems neuroscience research. Includes sessions on anatomical, neurophysiological, and data acquisition and analysis techniques, and how these techniques are used to study nervous system function. Involves the use of experimental animals. Assignments include weekly preparation for lab sessions, two major lab reports and a series of basic computer programming tutorials (MATLAB). Instruction and practice in written communication provided.  Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-4-6,9.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
9.175[J],Robotics,"Introduction to robotics and learning in machines. Kinematics and dynamics of rigid body systems. Adaptive control, system identification, sparse representations. Force control, adaptive visual servoing. Task planning, teleoperation, imitation learning. Navigation. Underactuated systems, approximate optimization and control. Dynamics of learning and optimization in networks. Elements of biological planning and control. Motor primitives, entrainment, active sensing, binding models. Term projects.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,2.151 or permission of instructor,2.165[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.18[J],Developmental Neurobiology,"Considers molecular control of neural specification, formation of neuronal connections, construction of neural systems, and the contributions of experience to shaping brain structure and function. Topics include: neural induction and pattern formation, cell lineage and fate determination, neuronal migration, axon guidance, synapse formation and stabilization, activity-dependent development and critical periods, development of behavior. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings that will be addressed in their mid-term and final exams.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"7.03, 7.05, 9.01, or permission of instructor",7.49[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.181[J],Developmental Neurobiology,"Considers molecular control of neural specification, formation of neuronal connections, construction of neural systems, and the contributions of experience to shaping brain structure and function. Topics include: neural induction and pattern formation, cell lineage and fate determination, neuronal migration, axon guidance, synapse formation and stabilization, activity-dependent development and critical periods, development of behavior. In addition to final exam, analysis and presentation of  research papers required for final grade. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings that will be addressed in their mid-term and final exams.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,9.011 or permission of instructor,7.69[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.19,Computational Psycholinguistics,"Introduces computational approaches to natural language processing and acquisition by humans and machines, combining symbolic and probabilistic modeling techniques. Covers models such as n-grams, finite state automata, and context-free and mildly context-sensitive grammars, for analyzing phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and larger document structure. Applications range from accurate document classification and sentence parsing by machine to modeling human language acquisition and real-time understanding. Covers both theory and contemporary computational tools and datasets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(6.100B and (6.3700, 9.40, or 24.900)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.190,Computational Psycholinguistics,"Introduces computational approaches to natural language processing and acquisition by humans and machines, combining symbolic and probabilistic modeling techniques. Covers models such as n-grams, finite state automata, and context-free and mildly context-sensitive grammars, for analyzing phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and larger document structure. Applications range from accurate document classification and sentence parsing by machine to modeling human language acquisition and real-time understanding. Covers both theory and contemporary computational tools and datasets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"(6.100B and (6.3702, 9.40, or 24.900)) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.21[J],Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing,"Integrated overview of the biophysics of cells from prokaryotes to neurons, with a focus on mass transport and electrical signal generation across cell membrane. First third of course focuses on mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Second third focuses on electrical properties of cells: ion transport to action potential generation and propagation in electrically excitable cells. Synaptic transmission. Electrical properties interpreted via kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Final third focuses on biophysics of synaptic transmission and introduction to neural computing. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. Preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-2-5,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.005, 6.2000, 6.3000, 10.301, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","2.791[J], 6.4810[J], 20.370[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.24,Disorders and Diseases of the Nervous System,"Topics examined include regional functional anatomy of the CNS; brain systems and circuits; neurodevelopmental disorders including autism; neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia; neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's; autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis; gliomas. Emphasis on diseases for which a molecular mechanism is understood. Diagnostic criteria, clinical and pathological findings, genetics, model systems, pathophysiology, and treatment are discussed for individual disorders and diseases. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(7.29 and 9.01) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.26[J],Principles and Applications of Genetic Engineering for Biotechnology and Neuroscience,"Covers principles underlying current and future genetic engineering approaches, ranging from single cellular organisms to whole animals. Focuses on development and invention of technologies for engineering biological systems at the genomic level, and applications of engineered biological systems for medical and biotechnological needs, with particular emphasis on genetic manipulation of the nervous system. Design projects by students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR),20.205[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.271[J],Pioneering Technologies for Interrogating Complex Biological Systems,"Introduces pioneering technologies in biology and medicine and discusses their underlying biological/molecular/engineering principles. Topics include emerging sample processing technologies, advanced optical imaging modalities, and next-gen molecular phenotyping techniques. Provides practical experience with optical microscopy and 3D phenotyping techniques. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"10.562[J], HST.562[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.272[J],Topics in Neural Signal Processing,"Presents signal processing and statistical methods used to study neural systems and analyze neurophysiological data. Topics include state-space modeling formulated using the Bayesian Chapman-Kolmogorov system, theory of point processes, EM algorithm, Bayesian and sequential Monte Carlo methods. Applications include dynamic analyses of neural encoding, neural spike train decoding, studies of neural receptive field plasticity, algorithms for neural prosthetic control, EEG and MEG source localization. Students should know introductory probability theory and statistics.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,HST.576[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.285[J],"Audition: Neural Mechanisms, Perception and Cognition","Neural structures and mechanisms mediating the detection, localization and recognition of sounds. General principles are conveyed by theme discussions of auditory masking, sound localization, musical pitch, cochlear implants, cortical plasticity and auditory scene analysis. Follows Harvard FAS calendar.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-6,Permission of instructor,HST.723[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.301[J],Neural Plasticity in Learning and Memory,"Examination of the role of neural plasticity during learning and memory of invertebrates and mammals. Detailed critical analysis of the current literature of molecular, cellular, genetic, electrophysiological, and behavioral studies. Student-directed presentations and discussions of original papers supplemented by introductory lectures. Juniors and seniors require instructor's permission.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,7.98[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.32,"Genes, Circuits, and Behavior","Focuses on understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms of circuitry development, function and plasticity, and their relevance to normal and abnormal behaviors/psychiatric disorders. Highlights cutting-edge technologies for neuroscience research. Students build professional skills through presentations and critical evaluation of original research papers.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"7.29, 9.16, 9.18, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.34[J],Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement,"Presents a quantitative description of how biomechanical and neural factors interact in human sensory-motor behavior. Students survey recent literature on how motor behavior is controlled, comparing biological and robotic approaches to similar tasks. Topics may include a review of relevant neural, muscular and skeletal physiology, neural feedback and ""equilibrium-point"" theories, co-contraction strategies, impedance control, kinematic redundancy, optimization, intermittency, contact tasks and tool use. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,2.004 or permission of instructor,2.183[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.35,Perception,"Studies how the senses work and how physical stimuli are transformed into signals in the nervous system. Examines how the brain uses those signals to make inferences about the world, and uses illusions and demonstrations to gain insight into those inferences. Emphasizes audition and vision, with some discussion of touch, taste, and smell. Provides experience with psychophysical methods.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,9.01 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.357,Current Topics in Perception,Advanced seminar on issues of current interest in human and machine vision. Topics vary from year to year. Participants discuss current literature as well as their ongoing research.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.36,Neurobiology of Self,"Discusses the neurobiological mechanisms that distinguish ""the Self"" from external environment; the neural circuits that enable us to know that ""the Self"" is in pain, or feels hungry, thirsty, and tired; and the neurons and circuits that lead to the emotional and moody Self. Examines brain mechanism that encodes the body schema and the Self in space. This includes the neural computations that allow, for example, the hand to know where the mouth is. Discusses the possibility of making robots develop a sense of Self, as well as disorders and delusions of the Self. Contemporary research — ranging from molecules, cells, circuits, to systems in both animal models and humans — explored. Students in the graduate version do additional classwork or projects.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,9.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.360,Neurobiology of Self,"Discusses the neurobiological mechanisms that distinguish ""the Self"" from external environment; the neural circuits that enable us to know that ""the Self"" is in pain, or feels hungry, thirsty, and tired; and the neurons and circuits that lead to the emotional and moody Self. Examines brain mechanism that encodes the body schema and the Self in space. This includes the neural computations that allow, for example, the hand to know where the mouth is. Discusses the possibility of making robots develop a sense of Self, as well as disorders and delusions of the Self. Contemporary research — ranging from molecules, cells, circuits, to systems in both animal models and humans — explored. Students in the graduate version do additional classwork or projects.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,9.01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.39,Language in the Mind and Brain,"Surveys the core mental abilities — and their neural substrates — that support language, and situates them within the broader landscape of human cognition. Topics explored include: how structured representations are extracted from language; the nature of abstract concepts and how they relate to words; the nature of the brain mechanisms that support language vs. other structured and/or meaningful inputs, like music, mathematical expressions, or pictures; the relationship between language and social cognition; how language is processed in individuals who speak multiple languages; how animal communication systems and artificial neural network language models differ from human language. Draws on evidence from diverse approaches and populations, focusing on cutting-edge research. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"9.00, 9.01, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.390,Language in the Mind and Brain,"Surveys the core mental abilities — and their neural substrates — that support language, and situates them within the broader landscape of human cognition. Topics explored include: how structured representations are extracted from language; the nature of abstract concepts and how they relate to words; the nature of the brain mechanisms that support language vs. other structured and/or meaningful inputs, like music, mathematical expressions, or pictures; the relationship between language and social cognition; how language is processed in individuals who speak multiple languages; how animal communication systems and artificial neural network language models differ from human language. Draws on evidence from diverse approaches and populations, focusing on cutting-edge research. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"9.00, 9.01, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.40,Introduction to Neural Computation,"Introduces quantitative approaches to understanding brain and cognitive functions. Topics include mathematical description of neurons, the response of neurons to sensory stimuli, simple neuronal networks, statistical inference and decision making. Also covers foundational quantitative tools of data analysis in neuroscience: correlation, convolution, spectral analysis, principal components analysis. Mathematical concepts include simple differential equations and linear algebra.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"(Physics II (GIR), 6.100B, and 9.01) or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.401,Tools for Robust Science,"New tools are being developed to improve credibility, facilitate collaboration, accelerate scientific discovery, and expedite translation of results. Students (i) identify obstacles to conducting robust cognitive and neuroscientific research, (ii) practice using current cutting-edge tools designed to overcome these obstacles by improving scientific practices and incentives, and (iii) critically evaluate these tools' potential and limitations. Example tools investigated include shared pre-registration, experimental design, data management plans, meta-data standards, repositories, FAIR code, open-source data processing pipelines, alternatives to scientific paper formats, alternative publishing agreements, citation audits, reformulated incentives for hiring and promotion, and more. ",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.41,Research and Communication in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science,"Emphasizes research and scientific communication. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Based on results of his/her UROP research, each student creates a full-length paper and a poster as part of an oral presentation at the end of the term. Other assignments include peer editing and reading/critiquing published research papers. Prior to starting class, students must have collected enough data from their UROP research projects to write a paper. Limited to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-12-4,9.URG and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.42,The Brain and Its Interface with the Body,"Covers a range of topics, such as brain-immune system interaction, the gut-brain axis, and bioengineering approaches for studying the brain and its interactions with different organs. Explores how these interactions may be involved in nervous system disease processes.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"7.28, 7.29, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.422[J],Principles of Neuroengineering,"Covers how to innovate technologies for brain analysis and engineering, for accelerating the basic understanding of the brain, and leading to new therapeutic insight and inventions. Focuses on using physical, chemical and biological principles to understand technology design criteria governing ability to observe and alter brain structure and function. Topics include optogenetics, noninvasive brain imaging and stimulation, nanotechnologies, stem cells and tissue engineering, and advanced molecular and structural imaging technologies. Includes design projects. Designed for students with engineering maturity who are ready for design. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"20.452[J], MAS.881[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.455[J],Revolutionary Ventures: How to Invent and Deploy Transformative Technologies,"Seminar on envisioning and building ideas and organizations to accelerate engineering revolutions. Focuses on emerging technology domains, such as neurotechnology, imaging, cryotechnology, gerontechnology, and bio-and-nano fabrication. Draws on historical examples as well as live case studies of existing or emerging organizations, including labs, institutes, startups, and companies. Goals range from accelerating basic science to developing transformative products or therapeutics. Each class is devoted to a specific area, often with invited speakers, exploring issues from the deeply technical through the strategic. Individually or in small groups, students prototype new ventures aimed at inventing and deploying revolutionary technologies.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,"15.128[J], 20.454[J], MAS.883[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.48[J],Philosophical Issues in Brain Science,"An introduction to some central philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those intimately connected with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Discussions focus on arguments over innate concepts; 'mental images' as pictures in the head; whether color is in the mind or in the world; and whether there can be a science of consciousness. Explains the relevant parts of psychology and neuroscience as the subject proceeds.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,24.08[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
9.49,Neural Circuits for Cognition,"Takes a computational approach to examine circuits in the brain that perform elemental cognitive tasks: tasks that are neither directly sensory nor directly motor in function, but are essential to bridging from perception to action. Covers circuits and circuit motifs in the brain that underlie computations like integration, decision-making, spatial navigation, inference, and other cognitive elements. Students study empirical results, build dynamical models of neural circuits, and examine the mathematical theory of representations and computation in such circuits. Considers noise, stability, plasticity, and learning rules for these systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"9.40, 18.06, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.490,Neural Circuits for Cognition,"Takes a computational approach to examine circuits in the brain that perform elemental cognitive tasks: tasks that are neither directly sensory nor directly motor in function, but are essential to bridging from perception to action. Covers circuits and circuit motifs in the brain that underlie computations like integration, decision-making, spatial navigation, inference, and other cognitive elements. Students study empirical results, build dynamical models of neural circuits, and examine the mathematical theory of representations and computation in such circuits. Considers noise, stability, plasticity, and learning rules for these systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"9.40, 18.06, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.50,Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,"Laboratory research in brain and cognitive science, using physiological, anatomical, pharmacological, developmental, behavioral, and computational methods. Each student carries out an experimental study under the direction of a member of the faculty. Project must be approved in advance by the faculty advisor and the undergraduate faculty officer. Written presentation of results is required.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-12-0,9.00 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.520[J],Statistical Learning Theory and Applications,"Covers foundations and recent advances in statistical machine learning theory, with the dual goals of providing students with the theoretical knowledge to use machine learning and preparing more advanced students to contribute to progress in the field. The content is roughly divided into three parts. The first part is about classical regularization, margin, stochastic gradient methods, overparametrization, implicit regularization, and stability. The second part is about deep networks: approximation and optimization theory plus roots of generalization. The third part is about the connections between learning theory and the brain. Occasional talks by leading researchers on advanced research topics. Emphasis on current research topics.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 6.7900, 18.06, or permission of instructor",6.7910[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.521[J],Mathematical Statistics: a Non-Asymptotic Approach,"Introduces students to modern non-asymptotic statistical analysis. Topics include high-dimensional models, nonparametric regression, covariance estimation, principal component analysis, oracle inequalities, prediction and margin analysis for classification. Develops a rigorous probabilistic toolkit, including tail bounds and a basic theory of empirical processes",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(6.7700, 18.06, and 18.6501) or permission of instructor","18.656[J], IDS.160[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.522,Statistical Reinforcement Learning,"Focuses on sample complexity and algorithms for online learning and decision-making. Prediction of individual sequences, online regression, and online density estimation. Multi-armed and contextual bandits. Decision-making with structured observations and the decision-estimation coefficient. Frequentist and Bayesian approaches. Reinforcement learning: tabular methods and function approximation. Behavioral and neural mechanisms of reinforcement learning.",True,Fall,Graduate,9-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.53,Emergent Computations Within Distributed Neural Circuits,"Addresses the fundamental scientific question of how the human brain still outperforms the best computer algorithms in most domains of sensory, motor and cognitive function, as well as the parallel and distributed nature of neural processing (as opposed to the serial organization of computer architectures/algorithms) required to answer it. Explores the biologically plausible computational mechanisms and principles that underlie neural computing, such as competitive and unsupervised learning rules, attractor networks, self-organizing feature maps, content-addressable memory, expansion recoding, the stability-plasticity dilemma, the role of lateral and top-down feedback in neural systems, the role of noise in neural computing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,9.40 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.530,Emergent Computations Within Distributed Neural Circuits,"Addresses the fundamental scientific question of how the human brain still outperforms the best computer algorithms in most domains of sensory, motor and cognitive function, as well as the parallel and distributed nature of neural processing (as opposed to the serial organization of computer architectures/algorithms) required to answer it. Explores the biologically plausible computational mechanisms and principles that underlie neural computing, such as competitive and unsupervised learning rules, attractor networks, self-organizing feature maps, content-addressable memory, expansion recoding, the stability-plasticity dilemma, the role of lateral and top-down feedback in neural systems, the role of noise in neural computing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,9.40 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.55[J],Consumer Behavior,"Examines the behavior of consumers through the lens of behavioral economics, cognitive science, and social psychology. Reviews theory and research and brings this knowledge to bear on a wide range of applications in business and public policy. Lectures are combined with cases, guest speakers, and brainstorming sessions where students work in teams to apply concepts to real-world problems. Meets with 15.847 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria may differ for students taking the graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,15.8471[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.550[J],Consumer Behavior,"Examines the behavior of consumers through the lens of behavioral economics, cognitive science, and social psychology. Reviews theory and research and brings this knowledge to bear on a wide range of applications in business and public policy. Lectures are combined with cases, guest speakers, and brainstorming sessions where students work in teams to apply concepts to real-world problems. Meets with 15.8471 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria may differ for students taking the graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,"15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor",15.847[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.58,Projects in the Science of Intelligence,"Provides instruction on the mechanistic basis of intelligence - how the brain produces intelligent behavior and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines. Examines how human intelligence emerges from computations in neural circuits to reproduce similar intelligent behavior in machines. Working in teams, students complete computational projects and exercises that reinforce the theme of collaboration between (computer science + math) and (neuroscience + cognitive science). Culminates with student presentations of their projects. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Limited to 30.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,(6.3900 and (9.40 or 18.06)) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.583[J],Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Data Acquisition and Analysis,"Provides background necessary for designing, conducting, and interpreting fMRI studies in the human brain. Covers in depth the physics of image encoding, mechanisms of anatomical and functional contrasts, the physiological basis of fMRI signals, cerebral hemodynamics, and neurovascular coupling. Also covers design methods for stimulus-, task-driven and resting-state experiments, as well as workflows for model-based and data-driven analysis methods for data. Instruction in brain structure analysis and surface- and region-based analyses. Laboratory sessions include data acquisition sessions at the 3 Tesla MRI scanner at MIT and the Connectom and 7 Tesla scanners at the MGH/HST Martinos Center, as well as hands-on data analysis workshops. Introductory or college-level neurobiology, physics, and signal processing are helpful.",False,Fall,Graduate,2-3-7,18.05 and (18.06 or permission of instructor),HST.583[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.59[J],Laboratory in Psycholinguistics,"Hands-on experience designing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting experiments on the structure and processing of human language. Focuses on constructing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting an original and independent experimental project of publishable quality. Develops skills in reading and writing scientific research reports in cognitive science, including evaluating the methods section of a published paper, reading and understanding graphical displays and statistical claims about data, and evaluating theoretical claims based on experimental data. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,24.905[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
9.60,Machine-Motivated Human Vision,"Explores how studies of human vision can be motivated by, and enhance the capabilities of, machine-based systems. Considers the twin questions of how the performance of state-of-the-art machine vision systems compares with that of humans, and what kinds of strategies the human visual system uses in tasks where human performance exceeds that of machines. Includes presentations by engineers from companies with significant engineering efforts in vision. Based on these presentations, students define and conduct studies to address the two aforementioned questions and present their results to the public at the end of the term. Directed towards students interested in exploring vision from computational, experimental and practical perspectives. Provides instruction and practice in written and oral communication.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-1-9,None,N/A,True,False,False,False,False,False
9.611[J],Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge,"Explores the relationship between the computer representation and acquisition of knowledge and the structure of human language, its acquisition, and hypotheses about its differentiating uniqueness. Emphasizes development of analytical skills necessary to judge the computational implications of grammatical formalisms and their role in connecting human intelligence to computational intelligence. Uses concrete examples to illustrate particular computational issues in this area.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,6.4100 or permission of instructor,"6.8630[J], 24.984[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.66[J],Computational Cognitive Science,"Introduction to computational theories of human cognition. Focus on principles of inductive learning and inference, and the representation of knowledge. Computational frameworks covered include Bayesian and hierarchical Bayesian models; probabilistic graphical models; nonparametric statistical models and the Bayesian Occam's razor; sampling algorithms for approximate learning and inference; and probabilistic models defined over structured representations such as first-order logic, grammars, or relational schemas. Applications to understanding core aspects of cognition, such as concept learning and categorization, causal reasoning, theory formation, language acquisition, and social inference. Graduate students complete a final project.",True,"Fall, Fall",Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 6.3800, 9.40, 18.05, 6.3900, or permission of instructor",6.4120[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.660,Computational Cognitive Science,"Introduction to computational theories of human cognition. Focuses on principles of inductive learning and inference, and the representation of knowledge. Computational frameworks include Bayesian and hierarchical Bayesian models, probabilistic graphical models, nonparametric statistical models and the Bayesian Occam's razor, sampling algorithms for approximate learning and inference, and probabilistic models defined over structured representations such as first-order logic, grammars, or relational schemas. Applications to understanding core aspects of cognition, such as concept learning and categorization, causal reasoning, theory formation, language acquisition, and social inference. Graduate students complete a final project.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.67[J],Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces,"Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials considerations that influence the quality of the signals and longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral final exam consisting of a design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,3.033 or permission of instructor,3.056[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.670[J],Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces,"Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials considerations that influence the quality of the signals and longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral final exam consisting of a design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,3.64[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.72,Vision in Art and Neuroscience,"Introduces and provides practical engagement with core concepts in vision neuroscience. Combination of seminar and studio work fosters interdisciplinary dialogue between visual art and vision neuroscience, culminating in a gallery exhibition of students' individual, semester-long projects. Treats the processes of visual perception and the creation of visual art in parallel, making use of the fact that both are constructive. Through lectures and readings in experimental and computational vision research, explores the hierarchy of visual processing, from the moment that light strikes the retina to the internal experience of a rich visual world. In the studio, students examine how each stage of this process manifests in the experience of art, wherein the perceptual system observes itself. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.720,Vision in Art and Neuroscience,"Introduces and provides practical engagement with core concepts in vision neuroscience. Combination of seminar and studio work fosters interdisciplinary dialogue between visual art and vision neuroscience, culminating in a gallery exhibition of students' individual, semester-long projects. Treats the processes of visual perception and the creation of visual art in parallel, making use of the fact that both are constructive. Through lectures and readings in experimental and computational vision research, explores the hierarchy of visual processing, from the moment that light strikes the retina to the internal experience of a rich visual world. In the studio, students examine how each stage of this process manifests in the experience of art, wherein the perceptual system observes itself. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.822[J],Psychology and Economics,"Examines ""psychology appreciation"" for economics students. Aims to enhance knowledge and intuition about psychological processes in areas relevant to economics. Increases understanding of psychology as an experimental discipline, with its own distinct rules and style of argument. Topics include self-knowledge, cognitive dissonance, self-deception, emotions, social norms, self-control, learning, mental accounting, memory, individual and group behavior, and some personality and psycho-analytic models. Within each of these topics, we showcase effective and central experiments and discuss their role in the development of psychological theory. Term paper required.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,14.137[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
9.830,Graduate Student Internship,"Provides academic credit for BCS graduate students who are engaging an internship opportunity in brain or cognitive sciences. Before enrolling, students must have an offer of employment from a company or organization, and approval from their advisor and the BCS Graduate Officer.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.85,Infant and Early Childhood Cognition,"Introduction to cognitive development focusing on childrens' understanding of objects, agents, and causality. Develops a critical understanding of experimental design. Discusses how developmental research might address philosophical questions about the origins of knowledge, appearance and reality, and the problem of other minds.  Provides instruction and practice in written communication as necessary to research in cognitive science (including critical reviews of journal papers, a literature review and an original research proposal), as well as instruction and practice in oral communication in the form of a poster presentation of a journal paper.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,9.00,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
9.89,Off-Campus Undergraduate Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,"For Brain and Cognitive Sciences undergraduates participating in curriculum-related research off-campus. Before enrolling, students must consult the BCS Academic Office for details on procedures and restrictions, and have approval from their faculty advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Upon completion, the off-campus advisor will provide an evaluation of the student's work.  The student must also submit a write-up of the experience, approved by the MIT advisor. ",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.90,Practical Experience in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,"For Brain and Cognitive Sciences undergraduates participating in curriculum-related off-campus professional experiences. Before enrolling, students must consult the BCS Academic Office for details on procedures and restrictions, and have approval from their faculty advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Upon completion, the student must submit a write-up of the experience, approved by the MIT advisor.",True,Summer,Undergraduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.900,Clinical Connection Module,"Provides students the opportunity to connect their core neuroscience training to clinical experience (pathogenesis, diagnosis, management and therapeutic clinical trials of nervous system diseases). Students attend, along with Harvard faculty, fellows, residents and medical students at Massachusetts General Hospital, clinical seminars at MGH conducted by clinical and basic science faculty of Harvard Medical School. Each clinical experience is one week in length; students have the option to attend up to four seminars in their individual week chosen from: neuroradiology, neuropathology, neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, movement disorders, psychiatry, neuropsychiatric diseases and behavioral neurology, and functional neurosurgery. Seminars are followed by one-on-one discussion with instructor to connect the clinical experience with parallel course material on the neurobiology of disease.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],"None. Coreq: 9.011, 9.012, 9.013, 9.014, or 9.015; permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.901,Responsible Conduct in Science,"Provides instruction and dialogue on practical ethical issues relating to the responsible conduct of human and animal research in the brain and cognitive sciences. Specific emphasis on topics relevant to young researchers including data handling, animal and human subjects, misconduct, mentoring, intellectual property, and publication. Preliminary assigned readings and initial faculty lecture followed by discussion groups of four to five students each. A short written summary of the discussions submitted at the end of each class. See IAP Guide for registration information.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.91,Independent Study in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Individual study of a topic under the direction of a member of the faculty.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,"9.00, two additional subjects in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.918,BCS Grant Writing Workshop,"Fellowship writing workshop to develop applications for predoctoral fellowships, including the NSF and NDSEG programs.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-0,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.919,Teaching Brain and Cognitive Sciences,"For teaching assistants in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, in cases where teaching assignment is approved for academic credit by the department.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.921,Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Guided research under the sponsorship of individual members of the faculty. Ordinarily restricted to candidates for the doctoral degree in Course 9.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.941,Graduate Thesis Proposal,Students submit written proposals for thesis according to stated deadlines.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.980[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part I: Advancing Your Professional Strategies and Skills",Part I (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics include: navigating and charting an academic career with confidence; convincing an audience with clear writing and arguments; mastering public speaking and communications; networking at conferences and building a brand; identifying transferable skills; preparing for a successful job application package and job interviews; understanding group dynamics and different leadership styles; leading a group or team with purpose and confidence. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"5.961[J], 8.396[J], 12.396[J], 18.896[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.981[J],"Leadership and Professional Strategies & Skills Training (LEAPS), Part II: Developing Your Leadership Competencies","Part II (of two parts) of the LEAPS graduate career development and training series. Topics covered include gaining self awareness and awareness of others, and communicating with different personality types; learning about team building practices; strategies for recognizing and resolving conflict and bias; advocating for diversity and inclusion; becoming organizationally savvy; having the courage to be an ethical leader; coaching, mentoring, and developing others; championing, accepting, and implementing change. Postdocs encouraged to attend as non-registered participants. Limited to 80.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,"5.962[J], 8.397[J], 12.397[J], 18.897[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.990,Professional Development (New),"Required for Course 9 students in the doctoral program to gain professional development experience. Options for professional development activities include, but are not limited to: internships, public scientific presentations, clinical experiences, and workshops. Internship experiences must be approved by the department and must adhere to the BCS Internship Policy.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.C20[J],Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering,"Provides an introduction to computational algorithms used throughout engineering and science (natural and social) to simulate time-dependent phenomena; optimize and control systems; and quantify uncertainty in problems involving randomness, including an introduction to probability and statistics. Combination of 6.100A and 16.C20J counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,6.100A; Coreq: 8.01 and 18.01,"16.C20[J], 18.C20[J], CSE.C20[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S51,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,9.00 and any other two subjects in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S52,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,"Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,9.00 and any other two subjects in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S911,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. 9.S911 is graded P/D/F.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S912,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S913,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S914,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S915,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S916,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S917,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S918,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. 9.S918 is graded P/D/F.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S92,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,9.00,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S93,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S94,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences during Independent Activities Period; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. See IAP Guide for details.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S95,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences during Independent Activities Period; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. See IAP Guide for details.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S96,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences during Independent Activities Period; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. See IAP Guide for details.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S97,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences during Independent Activities Period; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. See IAP Guide for details.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S98,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences during Independent Activities Period; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. See IAP Guide for details.,True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.S99,Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences,For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of a Ph.D. thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.THM,Master of Engineering Program Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of an MEng thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Restricted to MEng graduate students.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.UR,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
9.URG,Undergraduate Research,Individual participation in an ongoing research project.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.101,Heritage and Values of the United States Air Force,"Survey course designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force. Provides an overview of the basic characteristics, missions, and organizations of the Air Force. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-1,None. Coreq: AS.111,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.102,Heritage and Values of the United States Air Force,"Survey course designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force. Provides an overview of the basic characteristics, missions, and organizations of the Air Force. AS.102 is a continuation of AS.101.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-1,AS.101 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.112,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.111,Leadership Laboratory,"First-year General Military Course. Includes a study of Air Force customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, and military commands. Also includes studying the environment of an Air Force officer and learning about areas of opportunity available to commissioned officers, as well as interviews, guidance, and information to increase the understanding, motivation, and performance of other cadets.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-2-2 [P/D/F],None. Coreq: AS.101,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.112,Leadership Laboratory,"Includes a study of Air Force customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, and military commands. Also includes studying the environment of an Air Force officer and learning about areas of opportunity available to commissioned officers, as well as interviews, guidance, and information to increase the understanding, motivation, and performance of other cadets. AS.112 is a continuation of AS.111.",True,"Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-2 [P/D/F],AS.111 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.102,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.201,Team and Leadership Fundamentals,Focuses on laying the foundation for teams and leadership. Topics center on skills that allow cadets to improve their leadership on a personal level and within a team. Prepares cadets for their field training experience where they have the opportunity to put the concepts covered in to practice. Aims to instill a leadership mindset and motivate sophomore students to transition from AFROTC cadet to AFROTC officer candidate.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-1,AS.102 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.211,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.202,Team and Leadership Fundamentals,Focuses on laying the foundation for teams and leadership. Topics center on skills that allow cadets to improve their leadership on a personal level and within a team. Prepares cadets for their field training experience where they have the opportunity to put the concepts covered in to practice. Aims to instill a leadership mindset and motivate sophomore students to transition from AFROTC cadet to AFROTC officer candidate.,True,"Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,1-0-1,AS.201 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.212,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.211,Leadership Laboratory,Emphasizes development of techniques used to direct and inform. Students are assigned leadership and management positions in the AS.111 programs. AS.212 is a continuation of AS.211.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-2-2 [P/D/F],AS.112 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.201,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.212,Leadership Laboratory,Emphasizes development of techniques used to direct and inform. Students are assigned leadership and management positions in the AS.111 programs described above. AS.212 is a continuation of AS.211.,True,"Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-2 [P/D/F],AS.211 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.202,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.301,Leading People and Effective Communication,"Covers advanced skills and knowledge in management and leadership, with special emphasis on enhancing cadets' leadership skills and communication. Cadets have an opportunity to try out these leadership and management techniques in a supervised environment as juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,AS.202 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.311,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.302,Leading People and Effective Communication,"Covers advanced skills and knowledge in management and leadership, with special emphasis on enhancing cadets' leadership skills and communication. Cadets have an opportunity to try out these leadership and management techniques in a supervised environment as juniors and seniors.",True,"Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-3,AS.301 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.312,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.311,Leadership Laboratory,"Consists of activities classified as advanced leadership experiences that involve the planning and controlling of military activities of the cadet corps and the preparation and presentation of briefings and other oral and written communications. Also includes interviews, guidance, and information to increase the understanding, motivation, and performance of other cadets. AS.312 is a continuation of AS.311.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],AS.212 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.301,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.312,Leadership Laboratory,"Consists of activities classified as advanced leadership experiences that involve the planning and controlling of military activities of the cadet corps and the preparation and presentation of briefings and other oral and written communications. Also includes interviews, guidance, and information to increase the understanding, motivation, and performance of other cadets. AS.312 is a continuation of AS.311.",True,"Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],AS.311 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.302,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.401,National Security Affairs/Preparation for Active Duty,"Designed for college seniors, providing them the foundation to understand their role as military officers in American society. Includes an overview of the complex social and political issues facing the military profession and requires a measure of sophistication commensurate with the senior college level.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,AS.302 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.411,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.402,National Security Affairs/Preparation for Active Duty,"Designed for college seniors, providing them the foundation to understand their role as military officers in American society. Includes an overview of the complex social and political issues facing the military profession and requires a measure of sophistication commensurate with the senior college level. Provides information that prepares cadets for active duty.",True,"Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-3,AS.401 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.412,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.411,Leadership Laboratory,"Consists of activities classified as advanced leadership experiences that involve the planning and controlling of military activities of the cadet corps, and the preparation and presentation of briefings and other oral and written communications. Also includes interviews, guidance, and information to increase the understanding, motivation, and performance of other cadets. AS.412 is a continuation of AS.411.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],AS.312 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.401,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.412,Leadership Laboratory,"Consists of activities classified as advanced leadership experiences that involve the planning and controlling of military activities of the cadet corps, and the preparation and presentation of briefings and other oral and written communications. Also includes interviews, guidance, and information to increase the understanding, motivation, and performance of other cadets. AS.412 is a continuation of AS.411.",True,"Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],AS.411 or permission of instructor; Coreq: AS.402,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.511,Leadership Laboratory,"Consists of activities classified as advanced leadership experiences to continue developing critical leadership, managerial and communication skills along with maintaining an active, physical lifestyle needed in today's Air Force. AS.512 is a continuation of AS.511.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],AS.412 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.512,Leadership Laboratory,"Consists of activities classified as advanced leadership experiences to continue developing critical leadership, managerial and communication skills along with maintaining an active, physical lifestyle needed in today's Air Force. AS.512 is a continuation of AS.511.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],AS.511 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.811,Leadership Laboratory,"Consists of activities classified as advanced leadership experiences to continue developing critical leadership, managerial and communication skills, along with maintaining an active, physical lifestyle needed in today's Air Force.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],AS.411 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
AS.812,Leadership Laboratory,"Cadets develop critical leadership, managerial and communication skills while maintaining an active, physical lifestyle needed in today's Air Force. Consists of activities classified as advanced leadership experiences that involve mentoring the cadet corps, special projects, and event planning.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.5111,Principles of Chemical Science,Equivalent to 5.111; see 5.111 for description. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None. Coreq: CC.010 or CC.A10,N/A,False,False,False,Chemistry,False,False
CC.512,Organic Chemistry I,Equivalent to 5.12; See 5.12 for description. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,"Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: CC.010, CC.011, or CC.A10",N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
CC.1801,Calculus,Equivalent to 18.01; see 18.01 for description. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 1,False,False
CC.1802,Calculus,Equivalent to 18.02; see 18.02 for description. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,"Calculus I (GIR); Coreq: CC.010, CC.011, or CC.A10",N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 2,False,False
CC.1803,Differential Equations,Equivalent to 18.03; see 18.03 for description. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,"None. Coreq: Calculus II (GIR) and (CC.010, CC.011, or CC.A10)",N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
CC.082,Discovering Electricity and Magnetism,"In this seminar, students discover some of the concepts covered in 8.022 from the perspective of a practicing physicist. Employs vector calculus as an alternative tool for problem solving, and introduces the relativistic origin of magnetism. We will meet twice weekly to discuss these concepts as well as to work together on more advanced kinds of problems. Aims to further engage students already interested in majoring in physics, as well as those who wish simply to discover what physics has to offer. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to students enrolled in Concourse.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.801,Physics I,Equivalent to 8.01; see 8.01 for description. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None. Coreq: CC.010 or CC.A10,N/A,False,False,False,Physics 1,False,False
CC.8012,Physics I,Equivalent to 8.012; see 8.012 for description. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None. Coreq: CC.010 or CC.A10,N/A,False,False,False,Physics 1,False,False
CC.802,Physics II,Equivalent to 8.02; see 8.02 for description. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,"Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR); Coreq: CC.010, CC.011, or CC.A10",N/A,False,False,False,Physics 2,False,False
CC.8022,Physics II,Equivalent to 8.022; see 8.022 for description. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Physics I (GIR); Coreq: Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Physics 2,False,False
CC.110,Becoming Human: Ancient Greek Perspectives on the Good Life,"Explores the question of the good life in the major literary and philosophic thinkers of ancient Greece.  Considers topics such as justice, moral virtue, friendship, love, and the life of the mind both for an individual and as part of society. Students debate the classical Greek answers to these questions and consider ways in which these answers apply to our present lives.  Includes selected works by authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus. Limited to students in Concourse.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: CC.010 or CC.A10,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CC.111[J],Modern Conceptions of Freedom,"Students read early modern political theorists, and trace the growth of the value of freedom.  Examines the modern definition of freedom, and the obligations that people accept in honoring it.  Also investigates how these obligations are captured in the principles of our political association.  Studies how the centrality of freedom plays out in the political thought of such authors as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke and Montesquieu.  Students also debate which notions of freedom inspire and sustain the American experiment by carefully reading the documents and arguments of the founding of the United States. Preference to students in Concourse.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,17.04[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CC.115,Writing About Big Questions: Defending Poetry,"Intensive focus on the reading and writing skills used to analyze a variety of challenging texts. Coverage includes Platonic dialogues and other works of philosophy, poetic treatises (like Sidney's Defense of Poesy, or Wordsworth and Coleridge's ""Preface"" to Lyrical Ballads), and creative works by the same writers, as well as criticism that probes how such texts may relate to, qualify, and inform each other. Students practice various forms of argument, orally and in writing, and consider how purpose and audience may influence one's approach. Designed to prepare students for further work in the liberal arts, as well as to promote increased confidence and enjoyment in reading, writing, and analysis. Students write or revise essays throughout the term. Preference given to Concourse students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-HW
CC.116,"How to Rule the World: The Promises and Pitfalls of Politics, War, and Empire","Explores the ambitions and constraints of political rule in order to understand how transformational leaders have (or should have) managed both in the service of good government. Employs normative and empirical methods to assess effective leadership, with particular attention to trade-offs between justice and security and to competing notions of justice itself. Includes case studies and various foundational texts that address the theme of great political leadership. Drawing on the texts, students discern different criteria for good rule and assess both the adequacy of those criteria and whether case studies support them. Preference to Concourse students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CC.117[J],Humane Warfare: Ancient and Medieval Perspectives on Ethics in War,"Explores questions of justice and ethics in war by focusing on primary texts of pre-modern works of history, philosophy, literature, and Biblical interpretation. Readings from antiquity include Thucydides, Aristophanes, and Cicero.  Examination of the Biblical tradition of just war, itself informed by the classical tradition, includes readings from early and Medieval Christian and Islamic thinkers and proceeds through the early Renaissance, with the beginning of a formalized doctrine of just war theory. Readings about current ethical dilemmas of war are discussed throughout and are given sustained attention at the end of the term. Preference to Concourse students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,17.05[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CC.118[J],"Knowledge, Opinion, and Truth","Seminar subject in political philosophy. Examines what it means for something to be true, how the truth is connected to what we mean by knowledge, and the difference between knowledge and opinion. Students engage in a close reading and discussion of Plato's three epistemological works. Taught as guided discussions of texts and student papers. Preference to students in Concourse.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,24.122[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CC.120[J],Making Books in the Renaissance and Today,Explores the impact of new technology on the recording and distribution of words and images in Europe from 1400-1800. Assignments include essays and online projects. Students participate in the design and printing of an eight-page pamphlet on a hand-set printing press. Limited to 12.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.343[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CC.010,Seminar I,"The key academic integration in which philosophical, historical, and sociological topics are connected with modern science. Combination of outside speakers and Concourse faculty lead weekly luncheon discussion. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students. Limited to Concourse students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.011,Seminar II,"Researchers from across MIT join the Concourse seminar to explore the topic of ""Thinking Across the Disciplines."" Concourse faculty lead weekly luncheon discussions with our guests from the wider MIT faculty. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students. Preference to students in Concourse.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.012,Continuing Conversations,"Close reading and vigorous discussion of an important book or theme, chosen to explore philosophical, ethical, and political questions that span the ages and disciplines.  Readings and themes vary by term.  Past examples include Aristotle's Physics, Plato's dialogue on knowledge, the Theaetetus, and a variety of writings that exemplify liberalism and conservatism in the American tradition. Preference to Concourse students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.200,Concourse Program Undergraduate Teaching,"Tutoring, leadership of study and review groups, seminars and recitations in the Concourse Program, under the supervision of senior Concourse staff. Limited to students in Concourse.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.210,Independent Study,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a staff member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report. Limited to students in Concourse.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.220,Independent Study,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a staff member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report. Limited to students in Concourse.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.UR,Undergraduate Research,For students wishing to pursue undergraduate research opportunities in Concourse. Limited to students in Concourse.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.S10,Special Subject: Concourse,Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in Concourse.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CC.S11,Special Subject: Concourse,Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in Concourse.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"CC.S20,",CC.S21 Special Subject: Concourse,Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in Concourse.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.C01,Machine Learning for Sustainable Systems,"Building on core material in 6.C01, emphasizes the design and operation of sustainable systems. Illustrates how to leverage heterogeneous data from urban services, cities, and the environment, and apply machine learning methods to evaluate and/or improve sustainability solutions. Provides case studies from various domains, such as transportation and urban mobility, energy and water resources, environmental monitoring, infrastructure sensing and control, climate adaptation, and disaster resilience. Projects focus on using machine learning to identify new insights or decisions that can help engineer sustainability in societal-scale systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-1-4,6.C01 and ((1.000 and 1.010) or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.C51,Machine Learning for Sustainable Systems,"Building on core material in 6.C51, emphasizes the design and operation of sustainable systems. Students learn to leverage heterogeneous data from urban services, cities, and the environment, and apply machine learning methods to evaluate and/or improve sustainability solutions. Provides case studies from various domains, such as transportation and mobility, energy and water resources, environment monitoring, infrastructure sensing and control, climate adaptation, and disaster resilience. Projects focus on using machine learning to identify new insights or decisions to help engineer sustainability in societal-scale systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-1-4,6.C51 and ((6.3700 and 18.06) or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.C01,Physical Systems Modeling and Design Using Machine Learning,"Building on core material in 6.C01, encourages open-ended exploration of the increasingly topical intersection between artificial intelligence and the physical sciences. Uses energy and information, and their respective optimality conditions, to define supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms as well as ordinary and partial differential equations. Subsequently, physical systems with complex constitutive relationships are drawn from elasticity, biophysics, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics to illustrate how machine learning-inspired optimization can approximate solutions to forward and inverse problems in these domains. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-3-2,2.086 and 6.C01,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.C51,Physical Systems Modeling and Design Using Machine Learning,"Building on core material in 6.C51, encourages open-ended exploration of the increasingly topical intersection between artificial intelligence and the physical sciences. Uses energy and information, and their respective optimality conditions, to define supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms as well as ordinary and partial differential equations. Subsequently, physical systems with complex constitutive relationships are drawn from elasticity, biophysics, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics to illustrate how machine learning-inspired optimization can approximate solutions to forward and inverse problems in these domains. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-3-2,6.C51 and (18.0751 or 18.0851),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.C01[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C01, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C01","10.C01[J], 20.C01[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.C51[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C51, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C51","10.C51[J], 20.C51[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C01,Modeling with Machine Learning: from Algorithms to Applications,"Focuses on modeling with machine learning methods with an eye towards applications in engineering and sciences. Introduction to modern machine learning methods, from supervised to unsupervised models, with an emphasis on newer neural approaches. Emphasis on the understanding of how and why the methods work from the point of view of modeling, and when they are applicable. Using concrete examples, covers formulation of machine learning tasks, adapting and extending methods to given problems, and how the methods can and should be evaluated. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of a 6-unit disciplinary module in the same semester. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR) and 6.100A; Coreq: 1.C01, 2.C01, 3.C01, 6.C011, 7.C01, or 22.C01",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C06[J],Linear Algebra and Optimization,"Introductory course in linear algebra and optimization, assuming no prior exposure to linear algebra and starting from the basics, including vectors, matrices, eigenvalues, singular values, and least squares. Covers the basics in optimization including convex optimization, linear/quadratic programming, gradient descent, and regularization, building on insights from linear algebra. Explores a variety of applications in science and engineering, where the tools developed give powerful ways to understand complex systems and also extract structure from data.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus II (GIR),18.C06[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
6.C51,Modeling with Machine Learning: from Algorithms to Applications,"Focuses on modeling with machine learning methods with an eye towards applications in engineering and sciences. Introduction to modern machine learning methods, from supervised to unsupervised models, with an emphasis on newer neural approaches. Emphasis on the understanding of how and why the methods work from the point of view of modeling, and when they are applicable. Using concrete examples, covers formulation of machine learning tasks, adapting and extending methods to given problems, and how the methods can and should be evaluated. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of a 6-unit disciplinary module in the same semester. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR) and 6.100A; Coreq: 1.C51, 2.C51, 3.C51, 6.C511, 7.C51, 22.C51, or SCM.C51",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C57[J],Optimization Methods,"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 15.093/6.7200/IDS.200.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,"15.C57[J], IDS.C57[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C571[J],Optimization Methods,"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 6.7201. One section primarily reserved for Sloan students; check syllabus for details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,15.C571[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
7.C01,Machine Learning in Molecular and Cellular Biology,"Introduces machine learning as a tool to understand natural biological systems, with an evolving emphasis on problems in molecular and cellular biology that are being actively advanced using machine learning. Students design, implement, and interpret machine learning approaches to aid in predicting protein structure, probing protein structure/function relationships, and imaging biological systems at scales ranging from the atomic to cellular. Students taking graduate version complete an additional project-based assignment. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Biology (GIR), 6.100A, 6.C01, and 7.05",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
7.C51,Machine Learning in Molecular and Cellular Biology,"Introduces machine learning as a tool to understand natural biological systems, with an evolving emphasis on problems in molecular and cellular biology that are being actively advanced using machine learning. Students design, implement, and interpret machine learning approaches to aid in predicting protein structure, probing protein structure/function relationships, and imaging biological systems at scales ranging from the atomic to cellular. Students taking graduate version complete an additional project-based assignment. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Biology (GIR), 6.100A, 6.C51, and 7.05",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
10.C01[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C01, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C01","3.C01[J], 20.C01[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
10.C51[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C51, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C51","3.C51[J], 20.C51[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.C08[J],Causal Inference,"Provides an accessible overview of modern quantitative methods for causal inference: testing whether an action causes an outcome to occur. Makes heavy use of applied, real-data examples using Python or R and drawn from the participating domains (economics, political science, business, public policy, etc.). Covers topics including potential outcomes, causal graphs, randomized controlled trials, observational studies, instrumental variable estimation, and a contrast with machine learning techniques. Seeks to provide an intuitive understanding of the core concepts and techniques to help students produce and consume evidence of causal claims.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.3800, 6.3900, 6.C01, 14.32, 17.803, 18.05, 18.650, or permission of instructor",17.C08[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
15.C57[J],Optimization Methods,"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 15.093/6.7200/IDS.200.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,"6.C57[J], IDS.C57[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
15.C571[J],Optimization Methods,"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 6.7201. One section primarily reserved for Sloan students; check syllabus for details.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,6.C571[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
17.C08[J],Causal Inference,"Provides an accessible overview of modern quantitative methods for causal inference: testing whether an action causes an outcome to occur. Makes heavy use of applied, real-data examples using Python or R and drawn from the participating domains (economics, political science, business, public policy, etc.). Covers topics including potential outcomes, causal graphs, randomized controlled trials, observational studies, instrumental variable estimation, and a contrast with machine learning techniques. Seeks to provide an intuitive understanding of the core concepts and techniques to help students produce and consume evidence of causal claims.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,"6.3800, 6.3900, 6.C01, 14.32, 17.803, 18.05, 18.650, or permission of instructor",15.C08[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
18.C06[J],Linear Algebra and Optimization,"Introductory course in linear algebra and optimization, assuming no prior exposure to linear algebra and starting from the basics, including vectors, matrices, eigenvalues, singular values, and least squares. Covers the basics in optimization including convex optimization, linear/quadratic programming, gradient descent, and regularization, building on insights from linear algebra. Explores a variety of applications in science and engineering, where the tools developed give powerful ways to understand complex systems and also extract structure from data.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus II (GIR),6.C06[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
20.C01[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C01, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C01","3.C01[J], 10.C01[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
20.C51[J],Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering,"Building on core material in 6.C51, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C51","3.C51[J], 10.C51[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
22.C01,Modeling with Machine Learning: Nuclear Science and Engineering Applications,"Building on core material in 6.C01, focuses on applying various machine learning techniques to a broad range of topics which are of core value in modern nuclear science and engineering. Relevant topics include machine learning on fusion and plasma diagnosis, reactor physics and nuclear fission, nuclear materials properties, quantum engineering and nuclear materials, and nuclear security. Special components center on the additional machine learning architectures that are most relevant to a certain field, the implementation, and picking up the right problems to solve using a machine learning approach. Final project dedicated to the field-specific applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C01.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C01",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
22.C51,Modeling with Machine Learning: Nuclear Science and Engineering Applications,"Building on core material in 6.C51, focuses on applying various machine learning techniques to a broad range of topics which are of core value in modern nuclear science and engineering. Relevant topics include machine learning on fusion and plasma diagnosis, reactor physics and nuclear fission, nuclear materials properties, quantum engineering and nuclear materials, and nuclear security. Special components center on the additional machine learning architectures that are most relevant to a certain field, the implementation, and picking up the right problems to solve using a machine learning approach. Final project dedicated to the field-specific applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"Calculus II (GIR), 6.100A, and 6.C51",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.C57[J],Optimization Methods,"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 15.093/6.7200/IDS.200.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,"6.C57[J], 15.C57[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.C51,Machine Learning Applications for Supply Chain Management,"Building on core material in 6.C51, applies selected machine learning models to build practical, data-driven implementations addressing key business problems in supply chain management. Discusses challenges that typically arise in these practical implementations. Addresses relevant elements for large scale productionalization and monitoring of machine learning models in practice. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,6.C51 and (SCM.254 or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
1.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","6.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 18.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.C27[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Explores the contemporary computational understanding of imaging: encoding information about a physical object onto a form of radiation, transferring the radiation through an imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. Introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round involves a class project on an imaging system chosen by students. Undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Involves optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","3.C27[J], 6.C27[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
2.C67[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Contemporary understanding of imaging is computational: encoding onto a form of radiation the information about a physical object, transferring the radiation through the imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. This class introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds, instructors describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round, students conduct themselves as the class project on an imaging system of their choice. The undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Throughout the term, we also conduct optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","3.C67[J], 6.C67[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.C27[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Explores the contemporary computational understanding of imaging: encoding information about a physical object onto a form of radiation, transferring the radiation through an imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. Introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round involves a class project on an imaging system chosen by students. Undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Involves optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","2.C27[J], 6.C27[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
3.C67[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Contemporary understanding of imaging is computational: encoding onto a form of radiation the information about a physical object, transferring the radiation through the imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. This class introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds, instructors describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round, students conduct themselves as the class project on an imaging system of their choice. The undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Throughout the term, we also conduct optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","2.C67[J], 6.C67[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 18.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C27[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Explores the contemporary computational understanding of imaging: encoding information about a physical object onto a form of radiation, transferring the radiation through an imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. Introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round involves a class project on an imaging system chosen by students. Undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Involves optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","2.C27[J], 3.C27[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C67[J],Computational Imaging: Physics and Algorithms,"Contemporary understanding of imaging is computational: encoding onto a form of radiation the information about a physical object, transferring the radiation through the imaging system, converting it to a digital signal, and computationally decoding and presenting the information to the user. This class introduces a unified formulation of computational imaging systems as a three-round ""learning spiral"": the first two rounds, instructors describe the physical and algorithmic parts in two exemplary imaging systems. The third round, students conduct themselves as the class project on an imaging system of their choice. The undergraduate and graduate versions share lectures but have different recitations. Throughout the term, we also conduct optional ""clinics"" to even out background knowledge of linear algebra, optimization, and computational imaging-related programming best practices for students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"18.C06 and (1.00, 1.000, 2.086, 3.019, or 6.100A)","2.C67[J], 3.C67[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
12.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 6.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 18.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 6.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 18.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 6.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 22.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
22.C25[J],Real World Computation with Julia,"Focuses on algorithms and techniques for writing and using modern technical software in a job, lab, or research group environment that may consist of interdisciplinary teams, where performance may be critical, and where the software needs to be flexible and adaptable. Topics include automatic differentiation, matrix calculus, scientific machine learning, parallel and GPU computing, and performance optimization with introductory applications to climate science, economics, agent-based modeling, and other areas. Labs and projects focus on performant, readable, composable algorithms, and software. Programming will be in Julia. Expects students to have some familiarity with Python, Matlab, or R. No Julia experience necessary.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 18.03, and 18.06","1.C25[J], 6.C25[J], 12.C25[J], 16.C25[J], 18.C25[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
9.C20[J],Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering,"Provides an introduction to computational algorithms used throughout engineering and science (natural and social) to simulate time-dependent phenomena; optimize and control systems; and quantify uncertainty in problems involving randomness, including an introduction to probability and statistics. Combination of 6.100A and 16.C20J counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,6.100A; Coreq: 8.01 and 18.01,"16.C20[J], 18.C20[J], CSE.C20[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
16.C20[J],Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering,"Provides an introduction to computational algorithms used throughout engineering and science (natural and social) to simulate time-dependent phenomena; optimize and control systems; and quantify uncertainty in problems involving randomness, including an introduction to probability and statistics. Combination of 6.100A and 16.C20J counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,6.100A; Coreq: 8.01 and 18.01,"9.C20[J], 18.C20[J], CSE.C20[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
18.C20[J],Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering,"Provides an introduction to computational algorithms used throughout engineering and science (natural and social) to simulate time-dependent phenomena; optimize and control systems; and quantify uncertainty in problems involving randomness, including an introduction to probability and statistics. Combination of 6.100A and 16.C20J counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,6.100A; Coreq: 8.01 and 18.01,"9.C20[J], 16.C20[J], CSE.C20[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
CSE.C20[J],Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering,"Provides an introduction to computational algorithms used throughout engineering and science (natural and social) to simulate time-dependent phenomena; optimize and control systems; and quantify uncertainty in problems involving randomness, including an introduction to probability and statistics. Combination of 6.100A and 16.C20J counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,6.100A; Coreq: 8.01 and 18.01,"9.C20[J], 16.C20[J], 18.C20[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C35[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society,"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Weekly lab sessions present coding and technical skills. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-8,None,"11.C35[J], CMS.C35[J], IDS.C35[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
6.C40[J],Ethics of Computing,"Explores ethical questions raised by the potentially transformative power of computing technologies. Topics include: lessons from the history of transformative technologies; the status of property and privacy rights in the digital realm; effective accelerationism, AI alignment, and existential risk; algorithmic bias and algorithmic fairness; and free speech, disinformation, and polarization on online platforms.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,24.C40[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
6.C85[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society,"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Students participate in hour-long studio reading sessions. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,None,"11.C85[J], IDS.C85[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.C35[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society,"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Weekly lab sessions present coding and technical skills. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-8,None,"6.C35[J], CMS.C35[J], IDS.C35[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
11.C85[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society,"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Students participate in hour-long studio reading sessions. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,None,"6.C85[J], IDS.C85[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
21H.C30,"Encoding Culture: Computation Methods in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences","Applies computational methods for manipulating and analyzing encoded media, and draws from a wide range of practices including computational linguistics, audio processing, computer vision, and machine learning. Explores what it means to digitally encode and analyze culture. Studies the history and current practice of digitally encoding text, images, audio, and tabular datasets, along with the cultural and social issues implicit in these systems. Confronts the underlying issues of what is lost and gained when we encode culture. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"6.100A, 6.100B, or 6.100L",N/A,False,False,False,False,Elective,False
24.C40[J],Ethics of Computing,"Explores ethical questions raised by the potentially transformative power of computing technologies. Topics include: lessons from the history of transformative technologies; the status of property and privacy rights in the digital realm; effective accelerationism, AI alignment, and existential risk; algorithmic bias and algorithmic fairness; and free speech, disinformation, and polarization on online platforms.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,6.C40[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.100,Introduction to Media Studies,"Offers an overview of the social, cultural, political, and economic impact of mediated communication on modern culture. Combines critical discussions with experiments working with different media. Media covered include radio, television, film, the printed word, and digital technologies. Topics include the nature and function of media, core media institutions, and media in transition. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CMS.125[J],"Liberalism, Toleration, and Freedom of Speech (New)","Examines theories and principles that underlie the concept of free speech in the United States, the historical context in which the values of free speech and toleration emerged, and the philosophical arguments that were and are made for and against them. Students analyze a variety of contexts and communicative practices, including new media technologies, to debate how ""speech"" can be described and when it should be appropriately regulated. Considers current disputes over free speech on college campuses.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.043[J], 24.150[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.150[J],Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies,"Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. Connects the experiences of African-Americans and of other American minorities, focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns. Includes lectures, discussions, workshops, and required field trips that involve minimal cost to students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"24.912[J], 21H.106[J], 21L.008[J], 21W.741[J], WGS.190[J]",False,False,False,False,False,CI-H
CMS.300,Game Studies,"Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of videogames as texts through an examination of their cultural, educational, and social functions in contemporary settings. Students play and analyze videogames while reading current research and theory from a variety of sources in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and industry. Assignments focus on game analysis in the context of the theories discussed in class. Includes regular reading, writing, and presentation exercises. No prior programming experience required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.301,Game Design Methods,"Provides an introduction to the process of designing games and playful experiences. Familiarizes students with concepts, methods, techniques and tools used in the design of a wide variety of games. Focuses on aspects of the process such as rapid prototyping, play testing, and design iteration using a player-centered approach. Students work in project groups where they engage with a series of confined exercises, practice communicating design ideas, and discuss their own and others work in a constructive manner. No prior programming experience required. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.303[J],"DJ History, Technique, and Technology","Students explore a chosen contemporary or historical dance scene from around the world. Lectures examine the evolution of the craft and technologies of the DJ. Presents foundational practices of live DJ mixing; practice equipment is accessible to teams of students. Assignments include writing a report analyzing a book on DJ history or technique, producing a complete mix, and participation in an end-of-term performance. No prior experience is necessary, but students must sustain interest in some form of popular dance music, broadly defined. Graduate students complete additional assignments. Limited to 24.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21M.365[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.306,Making Comics and Sequential Art,"Applied introduction to comics and sequential art production. Builds skills in how to develop storylines; develop and draw characters, panels, and backgrounds; prepare for print production; and comprehend the basics of sequential language, composition, and layout. Students engage with crucial personal and political issues at stake across a range of comics genres: superhero, biographical, and countercultural. Addresses not just how we create comics, but why we create comics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.307,Critical Worldbuilding,"Studies the design and analysis of invented (or constructed) worlds for narrative media, such as television, films, comics, and literary texts.  Provides the practical, historical and critical tools with which to understand the function and structure of imagined worlds.  Examines world-building strategies in the various media and genres in order to develop a critical and creative repertoire.  Participants create their own invented worlds. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 13.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.309[J],Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Science Fiction,"Explores transmedia storytelling by investigating how science fiction stories are told across different media, such as the short story, the novel, the screenplay, moving image, and games. Students consider issues of aesthetics, authorship, and genre, while also contextualizing discussion within the broader framework of the political issues raised by film, TV, and other kinds of science fiction texts. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,21W.763[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.311[J],Media in Weimar and Nazi Germany,"Debates over national and media identity in Weimar and Nazi Germany. Production and use of media under extreme political and social conditions with a focus on films (such as Nosferatu, Berlin, M, and Triumph des Willens) and other media. Media approached as both texts and systems. Considers the legacy of the period, in terms of stylistic influence (e.g. film noir), techniques of persuasion, and media's relationship to social and economic conditions. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-2-8,None,21G.055[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CMS.313,Silent Film,"Examines how the key elements of today's films - composition, continuity editing, lighting, narrative structure - were originally created. Studies the history of cinema, from its origins in the late 19th century to the transition to sound in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Students view a range of films (both mainstream and experimental) from all over the world, with a particular focus on US productions. Emphasis on how color, sound, and other developments paved the way for today's technological innovations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.314[J],Phantasmal Media: Computer-Based Art Theory and Practice,"Engages students in theory and practice of using computational techniques for developing expressive digital media works. Surveys approaches to understanding human imaginative processes, such as constructing concepts, metaphors, and narratives, and applies them to producing and understanding socially, culturally, and critically meaningful works in digital media. Readings engage a variety of theoretical perspectives from cognitive linguistics, literary and cultural theory, semiotics, digital media arts, and computer science. Students produce interactive narratives, games, and related forms of software art. Some programming and/or interactive web scripting experience (e.g., Flash, Javascript) is desirable. Students taking the graduate version complete a project requiring more in-depth theoretical engagement.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.753[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.315[J],Understanding Television,"A cultural approach to television's evolution as a technology and system of representation. Considers television as a system of storytelling and mythmaking, and as a cultural practice studied from anthropological, literary, and cinematic perspectives. Focuses on prime-time commercial broadcasting, the medium's technological and economic history, and theoretical perspectives. Considerable television viewing and readings in media theory and cultural interpretation are required. Previously taught topics include American Television: A Cultural History. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature or Comparative Media Studies,21L.432[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.334[J],"South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History","Examines the history of South Asian immigration, sojourning, and settlement from the 1880s to the present. Focuses on the US as one node in the global circulation, not only of people, but of media, culture and ideas, through a broader South Asian diaspora. Considers the concept of ""global media"" historically; emphasis on how ideas about, and self-representations of, South Asians have circulated via books, political pamphlets, performance, film, video/cassette tapes, and the internet. Students analyze and discuss scholarly writings, archival documents, memoirs, fiction, blogs and films, and write papers drawing on course materials, lectures, and discussions. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.788[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.335[J],Short Attention Span Documentary,"Focuses on the production of short (1- to 5-minute) digital video documentaries: a form of non-fiction filmmaking that has proliferated in recent years due to the ubiquity of palm-sized and mobile phone cameras and the rise of web-based platforms, such as YouTube. Students shoot, edit, workshop and revise a series of short videos meant to engage audiences in a topic, introduce them to new ideas, and/or persuade them. Screenings and discussions cover key principles of documentary film - narrative, style, pace, point of view, argument, character development - examining how they function and change in short format. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.790[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.336[J],Social Justice and The Documentary Film,Explores the history and current state of social-issue documentary. Examines how cultural and political upheaval and technological change have converged at different moments to bring about new waves of activist documentary film production. Particular focus on films and other non-fiction media of the present and recent past. Students screen and analyze a series of key films and work in groups to produce their own short documentary using digital video and computer-based editing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21W.786[J], WGS.287[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.337[J],"Intersectionality, Neurodiversity, and Disability (New)","Examines key theoretical concepts, texts, and other media forms by disabled and neurodivergent writers, theorists, activists, and artists. Investigates medical and social models of disability and their interconnections with race, gender, class, sexuality, age, ethnicity, etc. Uses an intersectional lens to address emerging connections between disability and the environment, investigating issues of accessibility in natural and built environments. Explores themes of visibility/invisibility, community, vulnerability, power, access, and creativity.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.137[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.338,Innovation in Documentary: Technologies and Techniques,"Discusses emerging technologies and techniques available to media-makers (e.g., location-based technologies, transmedia storytelling, crowdsourcing, and interactivity) and their implications on the film and television documentary. Studies the development of these tools and considers the many new directions in which they may take the genre. Includes screenings, meetings with documentary makers, and an experimental component in which students can explore new approaches to documentary production. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,CMS.100 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.339,Virtual Reality and Immersive Media Production,"Provides an overview of historical developments and current innovations in virtual reality (e.g., gear, software, and storytelling techniques) and looks into new trends in augmented, mixed and holographic reality. Includes practical instruction and a step-by-step exploration of the fundamentals of virtual reality creation - from new visual languages and grammars, to storyboarding, scripting, sound design and editing, to new and innovative ways to capture, scan and reproduce 360-degree images. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.340,Immersive Media Studies,"Critical examination of the history, aesthetics, and politics of virtual reality and related media. Focuses on virtual space and embodiment; cultural reception and industry hype; accessibility, surveillance, and data privacy; and debates surrounding the use of immersive media in social, work, art, and entertainment contexts. Projects include experimentation with VR development tools and critical analysis of existing immersive works. Graduate version includes additional research. Enrollment limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.341,Immersive Social Worlds,"Focuses on critical media sociology of immersive social worlds, from digital environments and avatar-based worlds to live action role-play (LARP) and theme parks. Draws on both historical and contemporary cases. Investigates key issues including communication and community; authorship and co-creativity; embodiment and identity; and ownership, governance, and management. Attention given to cultural and socio-technical nature of these environments and their ongoing construction within a broader media system. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.342[J],Designing Virtual Worlds,"Three primary areas of focus are: creating new Virtual Reality experiences; mapping the state of emerging tools; and hosting guests - leaders in the VR/XR community, who serve as coaches for projects. Students have significant leeway to customize their own learning environment. As the field is rapidly evolving, each semester focuses on a new aspect of virtual worlds, based on the current state of innovations. Students work in teams of interdisciplinary peers from Berklee College of Music and Harvard University. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-6 [P/D/F],None,2.177[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.343[J],The Art and Science of Time Travel,"Explores time travel and other physical paradoxes—black holes, wormholes, and the multiverse—in the contexts of human narrative and contemporary scientific understanding. Instruction provided in the fundamental science of time travel in relativity and quantum mechanics. Students read and view classic time travel narratives in visual art and in film, and construct their own original time travel narratives. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.02 and 18.02,2.984[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.351[J],Digital Media in Japan and Korea,"Examines the social, cultural, and political stakes of digital culture in Japan and Korea. Focuses on digital media use (and abuse), including the internet, streaming and mobile media, gaming, robots, and augmented realities; the digital remediation of older media; and methods for the study of online life. By considering how digital media use has developed in each country and reshaped identity, politics, public space, and creative practice, students build a conceptual and critical vocabulary for the comparative study of algorithmic cultures. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.067[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.352[J],Cinema in Japan and Korea,"Focuses on landmark art cinema from both countries while providing a thorough introduction to film style. Each week examines a different component of film form, using the close analysis of specific films in their cultural and historical context. Explores the use of video essays as a form of critical analysis. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.094[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.353[J],The New Latin American Novel,"Students read newly translated, recent fiction from Latin America and consider contemporary issues in, and approaches to, reading and writing literature in the 21st century. Debates the concept of contemporary in these texts and whether we can still talk about a Latin American novel. Reflects on issues of interpretation, authorship, gender, genre, media, ideology and theories of the novel, Latin American literary history, and translation. Authors may include César Aira, Mario Levrero, Samanta Schweblin, Yuri Herrera, Ena Lucía Portela, Valeria Luiselli, Roberto Bolaño, Marlon James, and J. P. Cuenca. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.072[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CMS.354[J],Japanese Media Cultures,"Examines storytelling media in twentieth and twenty-first century Japan, situating emerging media aesthetics and practices alongside broader shifts in cultural and social life. Engages with pivotal works in a wide range of media including film, literature, anime, manga, and video games, as well as critical concepts in Japanese media studies. Taught in English. 21G.593 includes additional work in Japanese. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.065[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CMS.355[J],Latin America and the Global Sixties: Counterculture and Revolution,"Close reading of political issues, cultural artifacts, and social actors of Latin America during and in the wake of the revolutionary 1960s. Examines how culture and politics addressed the need to conceptually organize a series of events that were equally momentous and confusing. Questions the established stereotypes and assumptions about Latin America and the sixties that are portrayed in its contemporary, often nostalgic, revivals. Focuses on the ideas that defined Latin America's participation in a global trend of political upheavals, emerging youth cultures, and demands for social justice. Taught in English. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.070[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CMS.356[J],Advertising and Media: Comparative Perspectives,"Compares modern and contemporary advertising culture in China, the US, and other emerging markets. First half focuses on branding in the old media environment; second half introduces the changing practice of advertising in the new media environment. Topics include branding and positioning, media planning, social media campaigns, cause marketing 2.0, social TV, and mobility marketing. Required lab work includes interactive sessions in branding a team product for the US (or a European country) and China markets. Taught in English and requires no knowledge of Chinese. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.036[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.357[J],"Creation of a Continent: Media Representations of Hispanic America, 1492 to present",Traces the creation of a new literature in Spanish to record and interpret New World experiences. Begins with excerpts from Columbus's diary and ends with writings on the late 19th-century Cuban and Puerto Rican independence movements. Pairs some of these pre-20th-century texts with more recent literary and film interpretations of the first 400 years of Hispanic American history. Conducted in Spanish.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate Spanish subject or permission of instructor,"21G.731[J], 21H.274[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.358[J],The Short Form: Literature and New Media Cultures in the Hispanic World,"Examines the aesthetics of the brief form across a variety of media and genres in Latin America and Spain, from short stories and snapshots to newspapers and Twitter. Explores the history and social significance of four short genres in the Hispanic world: the short story, the crónica, the poem, and the song. Discusses the rich literary and critical tradition that relates narrative length and temporality to the prose and the lyric in Spanish speaking cultures. With an emphasis on the 20th- and 21st-century epistemologies of acceleration and the remediation of literary theories of brevity, analyzes the relationship between temporality, aesthetic form, and media technologies, and the way these topics have taken shape in the imagination of writers, artists, and audiences in historically specific and politically significant contexts. Taught in Spanish. Limited to 18.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor,21G.736[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.359[J],"Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game","Analyzing core chapters of the great Chinese epic novel, Three Kingdoms, and its adaptations across diverse media, considers what underlies the appeal of this classic narrative over the centuries. Through focus on historical events in the period 206 BC to AD 280, examines the representation of power, diplomacy, war, and strategy, and explores the tension among competing models of political authority and legitimacy. Covers basic elements of classical Chinese political and philosophical thought, and literary and cultural history. Final group project involves digital humanities tools. Readings in translation. Films and video in Chinese with English subtitles.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.042[J], 21H.352[J], 21L.492[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.360,Introduction to Civic Media,"Examines civic media in comparative, transnational and historical perspectives. Introduces various theoretical tools, research approaches, and project design methods. Students engage with multimedia texts on concepts such as citizen journalism, transmedia activism, media justice, and civic, public, radical, and tactical media. Case studies explore civic media across platforms (print, radio, broadcast, internet), contexts (from local to global, present-day to historical), and use (dialogic, contentious, hacktivist). As a final project, students develop a case study or project proposal. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.361,Networked Social Movements: Media and Mobilization,"Provides an overview of social movement studies as a body of theoretical and empirical work, with an emphasis on understanding the relationship between social movements and the media. Explores multiple methods of social movement investigation, including textual and media analysis, surveys, interviews, focus groups, participant observation, and co-research. Covers recent innovations in social movement theory, as well as new data sources and tools for research and analysis. Includes short papers, a literature review, and a final research project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.362,Civic Media Collaborative Design Studio,"Project-based studio focusing on collaborative design of civic media provides a service-learning opportunity for students interested in working with community organizations. Multidisciplinary teams create civic media projects based on real-world community needs. Covers co-design methods and best practices to include the user community in iterative stages of project ideation, design, implementation, testing, and evaluation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in CMS or MAS,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.374[J],"Transmedia Art, Extraction, and Environmental Justice","Exploration of today's extractive economies and the role that artists, media-makers, and transmedia producers play in shaping public perception, individual choices, and movement-building towards sustainability. Traces the contingent geological, material, community, and toxic histories of extracted materials used throughout our built environment, as well as civic resistance and reform that could alter extraction practices. Scaffolded workshops with artists and media producers support students' production of creative documentary and other media projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-3-7,None,4.376[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.375,Reading Climate Through Media,"Explores how climate is construed in the contemporary media in order to gain a better understanding of how views of climate change are shaped and received in the public sphere. Studies the pathways that take us from climate science to media content, from the big data of global scale to the particulars and narratives of the human experience. Surveys a variety of media forms--reports, articles, comics, videos, films, photography, poetry and fiction--that reflect on the contemporary human challenges of dealing with a changing natural environment of our own making. Emphasizes the role of media in shaping public opinion, both in the US and globally, and its influence on public (and voter) perceptions on which a vast body of regulation and funding for environmental management is based. Students work individually and in teams to produce a selection of the media forms studied. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.376,History of Media and Technology,"Surveys the interrelated histories of communications media and technological development, from the emergence of 19th-century forms of mass print media and telegraphy, to sound capture and image-based forms (e.g., film, radio, and television), to the shift from analog to digital cultures. Examines how new forms of communication exert social, political, and cultural influences in the global context. Explores how technological innovation and accelerating media affect social values and behaviors in the popular and global adoption of a media device. Includes two papers and a research project on aspects of media history. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
CMS.400,Media Systems and Texts,"Explores theoretical, historical and critical approaches to the comparative study of media. Examines media from three perspectives: the historical evolution of particular media forms (media in transition); the migration of particular narratives across different media forms (trans-media texts); and the ways in which media texts and systems cross cultural and national boundaries (global crossings). Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Comparative Media Studies or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.405,Visual Design,"Examines the process of making and sharing visual artifacts using a trans-cultural, trans-historical, constructionist approach. Explores the relationship between perceived reality and the narrative imagination, how an author's choice of medium and method constrains the work, how desire is integrated into the structure of a work, and how the cultural/economic opportunity for exhibition/distribution affects the realization of a work. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,21L.011 or CMS.100,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.406[J],The Anthropology of Sound (New),"Examines the ways humans experience sound and how perceptions and technologies of sound emerge from cultural, economic, and historical worlds. Consider how the sound/noise/music boundaries have been imagined, created, and modeled across sociocultural and historical contexts. Learn how environmental, linguistic, and musical sounds are construed cross-culturally as well as the rise of telephony, architectural acoustics, sound recording, multi-channel and spatial mix performance, and the globalized travel of these technologies. Questions of sound ownership, property, authorship, remix, and copyright in the digital age are also addressed.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.505[J], STS.065[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.407,Sound Studies,"Explores the ways in which humans experience the realm of sound and how perceptions and technologies of sound emerge from cultural, economic, and historical worlds. Examines how environmental, linguistic, and musical sounds are construed cross-culturally. Describes the rise of telephony, architectural acoustics, and sound recording, and the globalized travel of these technologies. Addresses questions of ownership, property, authorship, and copyright in the age of digital file sharing. Particular focus on how the sound/noise boundary is imagined, created and modeled across diverse sociocultural and scientific contexts. Auditory examples--sound art, environmental recordings, music--will be provided and invited. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.418[J],Gender in the Visual Arts (New),"Explores gender and race through interdisciplinary perspectives from film and visual studies, art history, and performance studies. Provides an overview of methodologies and practices, with an emphasis on contemporary artists working across mediums. Contextualizes artistic output within broader systems of power and cultural institutions. Reflects on the politics of visibility, hypervisibility, and invisibility through an intersectional feminist approach that draws on perspectives from trans*, queer, feminist, dis/ability, and critical race theory. Lectures are supplemented by screenings, discussions, workshops, guest lectures, and optional field trips. Culminates in a final creative project that includes a presentation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.118[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.481[J],Queer Cinema and Visual Culture (New),"Analyzes mainstream, popular films produced in the post-WWII 20th century US as cultural texts that shed light on ongoing historical struggles over gender identity and appropriate sexual behaviors. Traces the history of LGBTQ/queer film through the 20th and into the 21st century. Examines the effect of the Hollywood Production Code and censorship of sexual themes and content, and the subsequent subversion of queer cultural production in embedded codes and metaphors. Also considers the significance of these films as artifacts and examples of various aspects of queer theory.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.181[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.524[J],Thinking on Your Feet: Dance as a Learning Science (New),"Explores the past, present, and future of dance as a learning science. Combines readings and discussion with experiential learning. Readings span the science of movement and learning, studies of educational dance, and research on school reform. Lab exercises led by guest artists introduce the rich possibilities of dance for teaching subjects across the curriculum. For their final project, students choreograph a lesson on a topic of their choosing. This is an introductory class; no dance background is required. Limited to 20 students.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.024[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.586[J],Introduction to Education: Looking Forward and Looking Back on Education,"One of two introductory subjects on teaching and learning science and mathematics in a variety of K-12 settings. Topics include education and media, education reform, the history of education, simulations, games, and the digital divide. Students gain practical experience through weekly visits to schools, classroom discussions, selected readings, and activities to develop a critical and broad understanding of past and current forces that shape the goals and processes of education, and explores the challenges and opportunities of teaching. Students work collaboratively and individually on papers, projects, and in-class presentations. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-6-3,None,11.124[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
CMS.587[J],Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education,"One of two introductory subjects on teaching and learning science and mathematics in a variety of K-12 settings. Topics include student misconceptions, formative assessment, standards and standardized testing, multiple intelligences, and educational technology. Students gain practical experience through weekly visits to schools, classroom discussions, selected readings, and activities to develop a critical and broad understanding of past and current forces that shape the goals and processes of education, and explores the challenges and opportunities of teaching. Students work collaboratively and individually on papers, projects, and in-class presentations. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-6-3,None,11.125[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
CMS.590[J],Design and Development of Games for Learning,"Immerses students in the process of building and testing their own digital and board games in order to better understand how we learn from games. Explores the design and use of games in the classroom in addition to research and development issues associated with computer-based (desktop and handheld) and non-computer-based media. In developing their own games, students examine what and how people learn from them (including field testing of products), as well as how games can be implemented in educational settings. All levels of computer experience welcome. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-6-3,None,11.127[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.591[J],Educational Theory and Practice I,"Concentrates on core set of skills and knowledge necessary for teaching in secondary schools. Topics include classroom management, student behavior and motivation, curriculum design, educational reform, and the teaching profession. Classroom observation is a key component. Assignments include readings from educational literature, written reflections on classroom observations, practice teaching and constructing curriculum. The first of the three-course sequence necessary to complete the Teacher Education Program. Limited to 15; preference to juniors and seniors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None. Coreq: CMS.586,11.129[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.592[J],Educational Theory and Practice II,"Concentrates on the theory and psychology associated with student learning. Topics include educational theory, educational psychology, and theories of learning. Students assume responsibility for full-time teaching of two or more classes at their designated school. Class sessions focus on debriefing and problem-solving. Second of a three-course sequence necessary to complete the Teacher Education Program.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-9,CMS.591,11.130[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.593[J],Educational Theory and Practice III,"Students continue their IAP student teaching through mid March. Topics include educational psychology, theories of learning, and using technology and evaluating its effectiveness to enhance student learning. Assignments include readings from educational literature, written reflections on student teaching, presentations on class topics and creating a project that supports student learning at the school where the MIT student is teaching. This is the third of the three-course sequence necessary to complete the Teacher Education Program.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,CMS.592,11.131[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.594,Education Technology Studio,"Uses media and technology to develop new forms of learning experiences for schools, workplace, and informal settings. Students participate in a range of projects that hone understanding and skills in learning science, instructional design, development, and evaluation. Topics vary but include developing new media and activities for massive open online courses, creating practice spaces for practitioners in the professions and humanities, and developing new approaches to assessment in complex learning environments. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if project content differs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.595,"Learning, Media, and Technology","Addresses new digital technologies that are transforming learning across the lifespan - from reading apps for toddlers, intelligent tutors for school children, and blended learning for college students, to MOOCs for adults and interest-based learning communities for hobbyists. Focuses on how these technologies shape people's lives and learning. Students explore how education technologies operate in complex social-technical systems, and acquire analytic tools and strategies that can be applied to other complex systems. They also refine their thinking about the opportunities, limits, and tradeoffs of educational technology. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.603,Independent Study,Opportunity for individual research in comparative media studies. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.604,Independent Study,Opportunity for individual research in comparative media studies. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.605,Media Internship,Part-time internships arranged in Boston and the wider Northeast for students wishing to develop professional experience in a media production organization or industry. Students work with a CMS faculty advisor to produce a white paper on a research topic of interest based on their intern experience. Students planning to take this subject must contact the instructor before the end of the preceding term.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.606,Media Internship,Part-time internships arranged in Boston and the wider Northeast for students wishing to develop professional experience in a media production organization or industry. Students work with a CMS/W faculty advisor to produce a white paper on a research topic of interest based on their intern experience. Students planning to take this subject must contact the instructor before the end of the preceding term.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.609[J],Computational and Experimental Writing Workshop,"Students study and use innovative compositional techniques, focusing on new writing methods. Using approaches ranging from poetics to computer science, students undertake critical and creative writing, with writing experiments culminating in print or digital projects. Students read, listen to, and create different types of work, including sound poetry, cut-ups, constrained and Oulipian writing, uncreative writing, false translations, artists' books, and digital projects ranging from video games to computer-generated books. Digital art and literature, analyzed and discussed in the contexts of history, culture, and computing platforms, are covered, as well as avant-garde writing methods, situated in their historical contexts. Topics vary by year; may be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.764[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.611[J],Creating Video Games,"Introduces students to the complexities of working in small, multidisciplinary teams to develop video games. Covers creative design and production methods, stressing design iteration and regular testing across all aspects of game development (design, visual arts, music, fiction, and programming). Assumes a familiarity with current video games, and the ability to discuss games critically. Previous experience in audio design, visual arts, or project management recommended. Limited to 36.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,6.100A or CMS.301,6.4570[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.614[J],Critical Internet Studies,"Focuses on the power dynamics in internet-related technologies (including social networking platforms, surveillance technology, entertainment technologies, and emerging media forms). Theories and readings focus on the cultural, social, economic, and political aspects of internet use and design, with a special attention to gender and race. Topics include: online communication and communities, algorithms and search engines, activism and online resistance, surveillance and privacy, content moderation and platform governance, and the spread of dis- and misinformation. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking the graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21W.791[J], WGS.280[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.615,Games for Social Change,"Examines how various movements have tried over time to create games that enable players to enact social change. Students collaborate in teams to design and prototype games for social change and civic engagement. In a workshop setting, teams develop games and showcase them at an end-of-term open house. Features guest speakers from academia and industry as well as the nonprofit sector and the gaming community. Readings explore principals of game design and the social history of games. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.616[J],Games and Culture,"Examines the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of digital games. Topics include the culture of gameplay, gaming styles, communities, spectatorship and performance, gender and race within digital gaming, and the politics and economics of production processes, including co-creation and intellectual property. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21W.768[J], WGS.125[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.618[J],Interactive Narrative,"Provides a workshop environment for understanding interactive narrative (print and digital) through critical writing, narrative theory, and creative practice. Covers important multisequential books, hypertexts, and interactive fictions. Students write critically, and give presentations, about specific works; write a short multisequential fiction; and develop a digital narrative system, which involves significant writing and either programming or the structuring of text. Programming ability helpful.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21L.489[J], 21W.765[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.619[J],Gender and Media Studies,"Examines representations of race, gender, and sexual identity in the media. Considers issues of authorship, spectatorship, and the ways in which various media (film, television, print journalism, advertising) enable, facilitate, and challenge these social constructions in society. Studies the impact of new media and digital media through analysis of gendered and racialized language and embodiment online in blogs and vlogs, avatars, and in the construction of cyberidentities. Provides introduction to feminist approaches to media studies by drawing from work in feminist film theory, cultural studies, gender and politics, and cyberfeminism.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.111[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.621,Fans and Fan Cultures,"Examines media audiences - specifically, fans - and the subcultures that evolve around them. Examines the different historical, contemporary and transnational understandings of fans. Explores products of fan culture, i.e., clubs, fiction, ""vids,"" activism, etc. Readings place these products within the context of various disciplines. Students consider the concept of the ""aca-fan"" and reflect on their own ""fannish"" practices. Requires several short papers. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.627,"Imagination, Computation, and Expression Studio","Aims to help students invent and analyze new forms of computer-based art, gaming, social media, interactive narrative, and related technologies. Students participate in a range of new and ongoing projects that are designed to hone skills in research, development, design, and evaluation. Topics vary from year to year; examples include cognitive science and artificial intelligence-based approaches to the arts; social aspects of game design; computing for social empowerment; and game character, avatar, and online profile design. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.628[J],Advanced Identity Representation,"Studies and develops computational identity systems for games, social media, virtual worlds, and computer-based artwork. An interdisciplinary set of readings (cognitive science, computer science, art, and sociology) looks at both the underlying technology and the social/cultural aspects of identity. Includes topics such as developing improved characters, avatars, agents, social networking profiles, and online accounts. Engages students in on-going research projects. Explores how social categories are formed in digital media, including gender, class, and ethnicity, along with everyday social categories (such as those based on personality or shared media preferences). Experience required in one of the following: computer programming, graphic design, web development, interaction design, or social science research methods. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,WGS.167[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.631,Data Storytelling Studio,"Explores visualization methodologies to conceive and represent systems and data, e.g., financial, media, economic, political, etc. Covers basic methods for research, cleaning, and analysis of datasets. Introduces creative methods of data presentation and storytelling. Considers the emotional, aesthetic, ethical, and practical effects of different presentation methods as well as how to develop metrics for assessing impact. Work centers on readings, visualization exercises, and a final project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.633,"Digital Humanities: Topics, Techniques, and Technologies","Examines theory and practice of using computational methods in the emerging field of digital humanities. Develops a critical understanding of key digital humanities concepts such as data representation, digital curation, information visualization, and user interaction through the study of contemporary research in conjunction with working on real-world projects for scholarly, educational, and public needs. Students create prototypes, write design papers, and conduct user studies. Some programming and design experience is helpful but not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.634,Designing Interactions,"Explores the future of mobile interactions and pervasive computing, taking into consideration design, technological, social and business aspects. Discusses theoretical works on human-computer interaction, mobile media and interaction design, and covers research and design methods. Students work in multidisciplinary teams and participate in user-centric design projects aimed to study, imagine and prototype concepts illustrating the future of mobile applications and ubiquitous computing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Repeatable for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Elective,False
CMS.635,Designing Active Archives,"Investigates the digital archive as an emerging platform for critical inquiry and creative engagement through analysis, conceptualization, and experimentation with user-oriented design. Readings provide theoretical, analytical, and practical perspectives on topics such as participatory digital culture, data curation, visualization, and the archive's role in activism. Students work throughout the term to develop a group project. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.636,Extending the Museum,"Investigates the museum as a participatory public space and rethinks visitor engagement and museum education in light of digital technologies, including extended reality (XR) technologies. Students develop concepts, models, and prototypes that integrate physical and digital spaces in novel ways in close collaboration with partners at local museums. Readings provide theoretical, critical, and analytical foundations for collaborative class projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.701,Current Debates in Media,"Addresses important, current debates in media with in-depth discussion of popular perceptions and policy implications. Students use multiple perspectives to analyze texts emanating from these debates, and present their findings through discussions and reports. Explores emerging topics (e.g., piracy and IP regimes, net neutrality, media effects, social media and social change, and changing literacies) across media forms and from various historical, transcultural, and methodological perspectives. Examines the framing of these issues, their ethical and policy implications, and strategies for repositioning the debate. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,CMS.100,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
CMS.702,Qualitative Research Methods,"Focuses on a number of qualitative social science methods including interviewing, participant observation, focus groups, cultural probes, and visual sociology. Primary emphasis on understanding and learning concrete techniques that can be evaluated and utilized in any given project. Data organization and analysis will be addressed. Several advanced critical thematics are also covered, including ethics, reciprocity, ""studying up,"" and risk. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
CMS.S60[J],Special Subject: Rap Theory and Practice,"To gain a deeper understanding of rap, students engage in the full process of creating rap music, including composing lyrics, recording, performing, and creating an EP length album. Existing rap music is studied, selected lyrics are analyzed, and possible reasons for the structure and success of different songs are presented in case studies. Students analyze rap songs, reflect on their own weekly activities in writing and present their work in class by playing recordings, performing and responding to each other in workshop discussions. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Curricula. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.S60[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
CMS.S61,Special Subject: Comparative Media Studies,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.S62,Special Subject: Comparative Media Studies,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.S63,Special Subject: Comparative Media Studies,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.THT,Comparative Media Studies Pre-Thesis Tutorial,"Student works with an advisor to define his/her thesis. By the end of the term, student must have a substantial outline and bibilography for thesis and must have selected a three-person thesis committee. Advisor must approve outline and bibliography.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,1-0-5,Permission of advisor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.THU,Undergraduate Thesis in Comparative Media Studies,"The CMS Undergraduate Thesis is a substantial research project or comparable exercise. A written thesis ranges in length from 35 to 50 pages. Digital projects are assessed on the quality of research and argumentation, as well as presentation, and must include a substantial written component. Student gives an oral presentation of his/her thesis at the end of the term. Thesis is not required for CMS majors.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,CMS.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.UR,Research in Comparative Media Studies,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.URG,Research in Comparative Media Studies,Individual participation in an ongoing research project. For students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.790,Media Theories and Methods I,"An advanced introduction to core theoretical and methodological issues in comparative media studies. Topics covered typically include the nature of theory, the gathering and evaluation of evidence, the relationship of media to reality, formal approaches to media analysis, the ethnographic documentation of media audiences, cultural hierarchy and taste, modes of production, models of readership and spectatorship.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.791,Media Theories and Methods II,"An advanced introduction to core theoretical and methodological issues in comparative media studies. Topics covered typically include globalization, propaganda and persuasion, social and political effects of media change, political economy and the institutional analysis of media ownership, online communities, privacy and intellectual property, and the role of news and information within democratic cultures.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,CMS.790,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.796,Major Media Texts,"Intensive close study and analysis of historically significant media ""texts"" that have been considered landmarks or have sustained extensive critical and scholarly discussion. Such texts may include oral epic, story cycles, plays, novels, films, opera, television drama and digital works. Emphasizes close reading from a variety of contextual and aesthetic perspectives. Syllabus varies each year, and may be organized around works that have launched new modes and genres, works that reflect upon their own media practices, or on stories that migrate from one medium to another. At least one of the assigned texts is collaboratively taught, and visiting lectures and discussions are a regular feature of the subject.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.801,Media in Transition,"Centers on historical eras in which the form and function of media technologies were radically transformed. Includes consideration of the ""Gutenberg Revolution,"" the rise of modern mass media, and the ""digital revolution,"" among other case studies of media transformation and cultural change. Readings in cultural and social history and historiographic method.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.802,Qualitative Research Methods,"Focuses on a number of qualitative social science methods including interviewing, participant observation, focus groups, cultural probes, and visual sociology. Primary emphasis on understanding and learning concrete techniques that can be evaluated and utilized  in any given project. Data organization and analysis will be addressed. Several advanced critical thematics are also covered, including ethics, reciprocity, ""studying up,"" and risk. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.803,"DJ History, Technique, and Technology","Students explore a chosen contemporary or historical dance scene from around the world. Lectures examine the evolution of the craft and technologies of the DJ. Presents foundational practices of live DJ mixing; practice equipment is accessible to teams of students. Assignments include writing a report analyzing a book on DJ history or technique, producing a complete mix, and participation in an end-of-term performance. No prior experience is necessary, but students must sustain interest in some form of popular dance music, broadly defined. Graduate students complete additional assignments. Limited to 24.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.806,Making Comics and Sequential Art,"Applied introduction to comics and sequential art production. Builds skills in how to develop storylines; develop and draw characters, panels, and backgrounds; prepare for print production; and comprehend the basics of sequential language, composition, and layout. Students engage with crucial personal and political issues at stake across a range of comics genres: superhero, biographical, and countercultural. Addresses not just how we create comics, but why we create comics. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.807,Critical Worldbuilding,"Studies the design and analysis of invented (or constructed) worlds for narrative media, such as television, films, comics, and literary texts.  Provides the practical, historical and critical tools with which to understand the function and structure of imagined worlds.  Examines world-building strategies in the various media and genres in order to develop a critical and creative repertoire.  Participants create their own invented worlds. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 13.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.809,Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Science Fiction,"Explores transmedia storytelling by investigating how science fiction stories are told across different media, such as the short story, the novel, the screenplay, moving image, and games. Students consider issues of aesthetics, authorship, and genre, while also contextualizing discussion within the broader framework of the political issues raised by film, TV, and other kinds of science fiction texts. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.813,Silent Film,"Examines how the key elements of today's films - composition, continuity editing, lighting, narrative structure - were originally created. Studies the history of cinema, from its origins in the late 19th century to the transition to sound in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Students view a range of films (both mainstream and experimental) from all over the world, with a particular focus on US productions. Emphasis on how color, sound, and other developments paved the way for today's technological innovations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.814,Phantasmal Media: Computer-Based Art Theory and Practice,"Engages students in theory and practice of using computational techniques for developing expressive digital media works. Surveys approaches to understanding human imaginative processes, such as constructing concepts, metaphors, and narratives, and applies them to producing and understanding socially, culturally, and critically meaningful works in digital media. Readings engage a variety of theoretical perspectives from cognitive linguistics, literary and cultural theory, semiotics, digital media arts, and computer science. Students produce interactive narratives, games, and related forms of software art. Some programming and/or interactive web scripting experience (e.g., Flash, Javascript) is desirable. Students taking the graduate version complete a project requiring more in-depth theoretical engagement.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.815,Games for Social Change,"Students will collaborate in teams to design and prototype games for social change and civic engagement. Run as a workshop in which student teams develop their games and showcase them at a semester-end open house. Features guest speakers from academia and industry as well as the non-profit sector and the gaming community. Readings will explore principals of game design, and the social history of games. Graduate students will complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.821,Fans and Fan Cultures,"Examines media audiences - specifically, fans - and the subcultures that evolve around them. Examines the different historical, contemporary and transnational understandings of fans. Explores products of fan culture, i.e., clubs, fiction, ""vids,"" activism, etc. Readings place these products within the context of various disciplines. Students consider the concept of the ""aca-fan"" and reflect on their own ""fannish"" practices. Requires several short papers. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.827,"Imagination, Computation, and Expression Studio","Aims to help students invent and analyze new forms of computer-based art, gaming, social media, interactive narrative, and related technologies. Students participate in a range of new and ongoing projects that are designed to hone skills in research, development, design, and evaluation. Topics vary from year to year; examples include cognitive science and artificial intelligence-based approaches to the arts; social aspects of game design; computing for social empowerment; and game character, avatar, and online profile design. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.828,Advanced Identity Representation,"Studies and develops computational identity systems for games, social media, virtual worlds, and computer-based artwork. An interdisciplinary set of readings (cognitive science, computer science, art, and sociology) looks at both the underlying technology and the social/cultural aspects of identity. Includes topics such as developing improved characters, avatars, agents, social networking profiles, and online accounts. Engages students in on-going research projects. Explores how social categories are formed in digital media, including gender, class, and ethnicity, along with everyday social categories (such as those based on personality or shared media preferences). Experience required in one of the following: computer programming, graphic design, web development, interaction design, or social science research methods. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.830,Studies in Film,"Intensive study of films from particular periods, genres, or directors, or films focusing on specific formal or theoretical problems. Previous topics include The Contemporary Horror Film, Film Remixes, Film Narrative, Heroic Cinema, and Color in Film. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs. Limited to 12.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.831,Data Storytelling Studio,"Explores visualization methodologies to conceive and represent systems and data, e.g., financial, media, economic, political, etc. Covers basic methods for research, cleaning, and analysis of datasets. Introduces creative methods of data presentation and storytelling. Considers the emotional, aesthetic, ethical, and practical effects of different presentation methods as well as how to develop metrics for assessing impact. Work centers on readings, visualization exercises, and a final project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.833,"Digital Humanities: Topics, Techniques, and Technologies","Examines theory and practice of using computational methods in the emerging field of digital humanities. Develops an understanding of key digital humanities concepts such as data representation, digital archives, information visualization, and user interaction through the study of contemporary research in conjunction with working on real-world projects for scholarly, educational, and public needs. Students create prototypes, write design papers, and conduct user studies. Some programming and design experience is helpful but not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.834,Designing Interactions,"Explores the future of mobile interactions and pervasive computing, taking into consideration design, technological, social and business aspects. Discusses theoretical works on human-computer interaction, mobile media and interaction design, and covers research and design methods. Students work in multidisciplinary teams and participate in user-centric design projects aimed to study, imagine and prototype concepts illustrating the future of mobile applications and ubiquitous computing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Repeatable for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.835,Desiging Active Archives,"Investigates the digital archive as an emerging platform for critical inquiry and creative engagement through analysis, conceptualization, and experimentation with user-oriented design. Readings provide theoretical, analytical, and practical perspectives on topics such as participatory digital culture, data curation, visualization, and the archive's role in activism. Students work throughout the term to develop a group project. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.836,Social Justice and The Documentary Film,Explores the history and current state of social-issue documentary. Examines how cultural and political upheaval and technological change have converged at different moments to bring about new waves of activist documentary film production. Particular focus on films and other non-fiction media of the present and recent past. Students screen and analyze a series of key films and work in groups to produce their own short documentary using digital video and computer-based editing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.837,"Film, Music, and Social Change: Intersections of Media and Society","Examines films from the 1950s onward that document music subcultures and moments of social upheaval. Combines screening films about free jazz, glam rock, punk, reggae, hip-hop, and other genres with an examination of critical/scholarly writings to illuminate the connections between film, popular music, and processes of social change. Students critique each film in terms of the social, political, and cultural world it documents, and the historical context and effects of the film's reception. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.838,Innovation in Documentary: Technologies and Techniques,"Discusses emerging technologies and techniques available to media-makers (e.g., location-based technologies, transmedia storytelling, crowdsourcing, and interactivity) and their implications on the film and television documentary. Studies the development of these tools and considers the many new directions in which they may take the genre. Includes screenings, meetings with documentary makers, and an experimental component in which students can explore new approaches to documentary production. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,CMS.100 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.839,Virtual Reality and Immersive Media Production,"Provides an overview of historical developments and current innovations in virtual reality (e.g., gear, software, and storytelling techniques) and looks into new trends in augmented, mixed and holographic reality. Includes practical instruction and a step-by-step exploration of the fundamentals of virtual reality creation - from new visual languages and grammars, to storyboarding, scripting, sound design and editing, to new and innovative ways to capture, scan and reproduce 360-degree images. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.840,Literature and Film,"Investigates relationships between the two media, including film adaptations as well as works linked by genre, topic, and style. Explores how artworks challenge and cross cultural, political, and aesthetic boundaries. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.841,Game Studies,"Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of videogames as texts through an examination of their cultural, educational, and social functions in contemporary settings. Students play and analyze videogames while reading current research and theory from a variety of sources in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and industry. Assignments focus on game analysis in the context of the theories discussed in class. Includes regular reading, writing, and presentation exercises. No prior programming experience required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.844,Exploratory Programming for the Arts and Humanities,"Introduces programming through ""free projects"" in which students choose (or discover) the direction of their project through exploration. Covers the fundamentals of programming and how to develop a programming practice. Students complete analytical and generative projects, using different media. Examines how to think with computation, how computation and media interact, and how computation can be understood as a part of culture. No background in programming required. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.845,Interactive Narrative,"Provides a workshop environment for understanding interactive narrative (print and digital) through critical writing, narrative theory, and creative practice. Covers important multisequential books, hypertexts, and interactive fictions. Students write critically, and give presentations, about specific works; write a short multisequential fiction; and develop a digital narrative system, which involves significant writing and either programming or the structuring of text. Programming ability helpful. Graduate students complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.846,Computational and Experimental Writing Workshop,"Students study and use innovative compositional techniques, focusing on new writing methods. Using approaches ranging from poetics to computer science, students undertake critical and creative writing, with writing experiments culminating in print or digital projects. Students read, listen to, and create different types of work, including sound poetry, cut-ups, constrained and Oulipian writing, uncreative writing, false translations, artists' books, and digital projects ranging from video games to computer-generated books. Digital art and literature, analyzed and discussed in the contexts of history, culture, and computing platforms are covered, as well as avant-garde writing methods, situated in their historical contexts. Topics vary by year; may be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.848,Apocalyptic Storytelling,"Focuses on the critical making of apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic and dystopian stories across various narrative media. Considers the long history of Western apocalypticism as well as the uses and abuses of apocalypticism across time. Examines a wide variety of influential texts in order to enhance students' creative and theoretical repertoires. Students create their own apocalyptic stories and present on selected texts. Investigates conventions such as plague, zombies, nuclear destruction, robot uprising, alien invasion, environmental collapse, and supernatural calamities. Considers questions of race, gender, sexuality, colonialism, trauma, memory, witness, and genocide. Intended for students with prior creative writing experience. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.855,Extending the Museum,"Investigates the museum as a participatory public space and rethinks visitor engagement and museum education in light of digital technologies, including extended reality (XR) technologies. Students develop concepts, models, and prototypes that integrate physical and digital spaces in novel ways in close collaboration with partners at local museums. Readings provide theoretical, critical, and analytical foundations for collaborative class projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.860,Introduction to Civic Media,"Examines civic media in comparative, transnational and historical perspective. Introduces various theoretical tools, research approaches, and project design methods. Students engage with multimedia texts on concepts such as citizen journalism, transmedia activism, media justice, and civic, public, radical, and tactical media. Case studies explore civic media across platforms (print, radio, broadcast, internet), contexts (from local to global, present-day to historical), and use (dialogic, contentious, hacktivist). As a final project, students develop a case study or project proposal. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to20.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.861,Networked Social Movements: Media and Mobilization,"Provides an overview of social movement studies as a body of theoretical and empirical work, with an emphasis on understanding the relationship between social movements and the media. Explores multiple methods of social movement investigation, including textual and media analysis, surveys, interviews, focus groups, participant observation, and co-research. Covers recent innovations in social movement theory, as well as new data sources and tools for research and analysis. Includes short papers, a literature review, and a final research project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.862,Civic Media Collaborative Design Studio,"Project-based studio focusing on collaborative design of civic media provides a service-learning opportunity for students interested in working with community organizations. Multidisciplinary teams create civic media projects based on real-world community needs. Covers co-design methods and best practices to include the user community in iterative stages of project ideation, design, implementation, testing, and evaluation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,One subject in CMS or MAS,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.863[J],Design and Development of Games for Learning,"Immerses students in the process of building and testing their own digital and board games in order to better understand how we learn from games. Explores the design and use of games in the classroom in addition to research and development issues associated with computer-based (desktop and handheld) and non-computer-based media. In developing their own games, students examine what and how people learn from them (including field testing of products), as well as how games can be implemented in educational settings. All levels of computer experience welcome. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,None,11.252[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.864,Game Design,"Practical instruction in the design and analysis of non-digital games. Provides students the texts, tools, references, and historical context to analyze and compare game designs across a variety of genres. In teams, students design, develop, and thoroughly test their original games to better understand the interaction and evolution of game rules. Covers various genres and types of games, including sports, game shows, games of chance, card games, schoolyard games, board games, and role-playing games. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,One subject in Comparative Media Studies or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.865,Immersive Media Studies,"Critical examination of the history, aesthetics, and politics of virtual reality and related media. Focuses on virtual space and embodiment; cultural reception and industry hype; accessibility, surveillance, and data privacy; and debates surrounding the use of immersive media in social, work, art, and entertainment contexts. Projects include experimentation with VR development tools and critical analysis of existing immersive works. Graduate version includes additional research. Enrollment limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.868,Games and Culture,"Examines the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of digital games. Topics include the culture of gameplay, gaming styles, communities, spectatorship and performance, gender and race within digital gaming, and the politics and economics of production processes, including co-creation and intellectual property. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.871,Media in Cultural Context,"Seminar uses case studies to examine specific media or media configurations and the larger social, cultural, economic, political, or technological contexts within which they operate. Organized around recurring themes in media history, as well as specific genres, movements, media, or historical moments. Previously taught topics include Gendered Genres: Horror and Maternal Melodramas; Comics, Cartoons, and Graphic Storytelling; and Exploring Children's Culture. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.875,Reading Climate Through Media,"Explores how climate is construed in the contemporary media in order to gain a better understanding of how views of climate change are shaped and received in the public sphere. Studies the pathways that take us from climate science to media content, from the big data of global scale to the particulars and narratives of the human experience. Surveys a variety of media forms--reports, articles, comics, videos, films, photography, poetry and fiction--that reflect on the contemporary human challenges of dealing with a changing natural environment of our own making. Emphasizes the role of media in shaping public opinion, both in the US and globally, and its influence on public (and voter) perceptions on which a vast body of regulation and funding for environmental management is based. Students work individually and in teams to produce a selection of the media forms studied. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.876,History of Media and Technology,"Surveys the interrelated histories of communications media and technological development, from the emergence of 19th-century forms of mass print media and telegraphy, to sound capture and image-based forms (e.g., film, radio, and television), to the shift from analog to digital cultures. Examines how new forms of communication exert social, political, and cultural influences in the global context. Explores how technological innovation and accelerating media affect social values and behaviors in the popular and global adoption of a media device. Includes two papers and a research project on aspects of media history. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.877,"Transmedia Art, Extraction, and Environmental Justice","Exploration of today's extractive economies and the role that artists, media-makers, and transmedia producers play in shaping public perception, individual choices, and movement-building towards sustainability. Traces the contingent geological, material, community, and toxic histories of extracted materials used throughout our built environment, as well as civic resistance and reform that could alter extraction practices. Scaffolded workshops with artists and media producers support students' production of creative documentary and other media projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-3-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.888,Advertising and Media: Comparative Perspectives,"Compares modern and contemporary advertising culture in China, the US, and other emerging markets. First half focuses on branding in the old media environment; second half introduces the changing practice of advertising in the new media environment. Topics include branding and positioning, media planning, social media campaigns, cause marketing 2.0, social TV, and mobility marketing. Required lab work includes interactive sessions in branding a team product for the US (or a European country) and China markets. Taught in English and requires no knowledge of Chinese. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.894,Education Technology Studio,"Uses media and technology to develop new forms of learning experiences for schools, workplace, and informal settings. Students participate in a range of projects that hone understanding and skills in learning science, instructional design, development, and evaluation. Topics vary but include developing new media and activities for massive open online courses, creating practice spaces for practitioners in the professions and humanities, and developing new approaches to assessment in complex learning environments. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if project content differs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.895,"Learning, Media, and Technology","Addresses new digital technologies that are transforming learning across the lifespan - from reading apps for toddlers, intelligent tutors for school children, and blended learning for college students, to MOOCs for adults and interest-based learning communities for hobbyists. Focuses on how these technologies shape people's lives and learning. Students explore how education technologies operate in complex social-technical systems, and acquire analytic tools and strategies that can be applied to other complex systems. They also refine their thinking about the opportunities, limits, and tradeoffs of educational technology. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.901,Current Debates in Media,"Addresses important, current debates in media with in-depth discussion of popular perceptions and policy implications. Students use multiple perspectives to analyze texts emanating from these debates, and present their findings through discussions and reports. Explores emerging topics (e.g., piracy and IP regimes, net neutrality, media effects, social media and social change, and changing literacies) across media forms and from various historical, transcultural, and methodological perspectives. Examines the framing of these issues, their ethical and policy implications, and strategies for repositioning the debate. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.915,Understanding Television,"A cultural approach to television's evolution as a technology and system of representation. Considers television as a system of storytelling and mythmaking, and as a cultural practice studied from anthropological, literary, and cinematic perspectives. Focuses on prime-time commercial broadcasting, the medium's technological and economic history, and theoretical perspectives. Considerable television viewing and readings in media theory and cultural interpretation are required. Previously taught topics include American Television: A Cultural History. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.920,Popular Culture and Narrative,"Examines relationships between popular culture and art, focusing on problems of evaluation and audience, and the uses of different media within a broader social context. Typically treats a range of narrative and dramatic works as well as films. Previously taught topics include Elements of Style; Gender, Sexuality and Popular Narrative. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Approved for credit in Women's and Gender Studies when content meets the requirements for subjects in that program. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.925,Film Music,"Provides a conceptual foundation and methodology for the study of music created for various types of (mainly) narrative films, from the medium's origins in the early twentieth century to the present. Close attention to select influential scores by composers active in Hollywood from the 1940s to the 1990s (e.g., Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Quincy Jones, John Williams, Philip Glass). Those works are juxtaposed with landmarks of alternative film and musical styles from other countries and centers of production. Subsidiary topics include the history and challenges of live musical accompaniment to silent films, and the evolution of recording and sound-editing technologies from the studio era to the global present. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments. Some background in the study of film and/or music is desirable, but not a prerequisite.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.941,Immersive Social Worlds,"Focuses on critical media sociology of immersive social worlds, from digital environments and avatar-based worlds to live action role-play (LARP) and theme parks. Draws on both historical and contemporary cases. Investigates key issues including communication and community; authorship and co-creativity; embodiment and identity; and ownership, governance, and management. Attention given to cultural and socio-technical nature of these environments and their ongoing construction within a broader media system. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.942[J],Designing Virtual Worlds,"Three primary areas of focus are: creating new Virtual Reality experiences; mapping the state of emerging tools; and hosting guests - leaders in the VR/XR community, who serve as coaches for projects. Students have significant leeway to customize their own learning environment. As the field is rapidly evolving, each semester focuses on a new aspect of virtual worlds, based on the current state of innovations. Students work in teams of interdisciplinary peers from Berklee College of Music and Harvard University. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6 [P/D/F],None,2.178[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.950,Workshop I,Provides an opportunity for direct project development experience and emphasizes intellectual growth as well as the acquisition of technical skills. Students attend regular meetings to present and critique their work and discuss its implications.,True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.990,Colloquium in Comparative Media,"Exposes students to the perspectives of scholars, activists, mediamakers, policymakers, and industry leaders on cutting edge issues in media. Registered CMS graduate students only.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.992,Portfolio in Comparative Media,Students work individually with an advisor to produce a portfolio project which combines technical skills and a substantial intellectual component.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,CMS.950 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.993,Teaching in Comparative Media,For qualified graduate students interested in teaching. Offers experience in classroom and/or tutorial teaching under the supervision of a Comparative Media Studies faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.994,Independent Study,Opportunity for individual research in comparative media studies. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.995,Independent Study,Opportunity for individual research in comparative media studies. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.S96,Special Subject: Rap Theory and Practice,"To gain a deeper understanding of rap, students engage in the full process of creating rap music, including composing lyrics, recording, performing and creating an EP length album. Existing rap music is studied, selected lyrics are analyzed and possible reasons for the structure and success of different songs are presented in case studies. Students analyze rap songs, reflect on their own weekly activities in writing and present their work in class by playing recordings, performing and responding to each other in workshop discussions. Licensed for Fall 2024 by the Committee on Graduate Programs. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.S97,Special Subject: Comparative Media Studies,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.S98,Special Subject: Comparative Media Studies,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.S99,Special Subject: Comparative Media Studies,Seminar or lecture on a topic that is not covered in the regular curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CMS.THG,Master's Thesis,"Completion of a graduate thesis, to be arranged with a faculty member, who becomes the thesis advisor. Required of all CMS students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of advisor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSB.100[J],Topics in Computational and Systems Biology,"Seminar based on research literature. Papers covered are selected to illustrate important problems and varied approaches in the field of computational and systems biology, and to provide students a framework from which to evaluate new developments. Preference to first-year CSB PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,Permission of instructor,7.89[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
CSB.110,Research Rotations in Computational and Systems Biology,Students carry out research rotations with MIT faculty members or principal investigators working in the field of computational and systems biology.  Generally three one-month long rotations are pursued that together span theoretical and experimental approaches. Open only to CSB PhD students.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,0-12-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSB.190,Research Problems in Computational and Systems Biology,Directed research in the field of computational and systems biology. Open only to CSB PhD students.,True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSB.195,Professional Development in Computational and Systems Biology,"Required for CSB students in the doctoral program to fulfill their professional development requirement through self-directed professional activities. Professional development activities include: internships (with industry, government, or academia); attendance at scientific meetings, MIT IAP events, or career fairs;  participation in networking events or an entrepreneurship competition; training in teaching through the MIT Teaching and Learning lab; or the CAPD Path of Professorship. For an internship experience, prior authorization is required prior to enrollment; a report is required within two weeks of completion. Proposals subject to departmental approval. ",True,"IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSB.199,Teaching Experience in Computational Systems Biology,For qualified graduate students in the CSB graduate program interested in teaching.    Classroom or laboratory teaching under the supervision of a faculty member.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSB.930[J],Research Experience in Biopharma (New),"Provides exposure to industrial science and develops skills necessary for success in such an environment. Under the guidance of an industrial mentor, students participate in on-site research at a local biopharmaceutical company where they observe and participate in industrial science. Serves as a real-time case study to internalize the factors that shape R&D in industry, including the purpose and scope of a project, key decision points in the past and future, and strategies for execution. Students utilize company resources and work with a scientific team to contribute to the goals of their assigned project; they then present project results to the company and class, emphasizing the logic that dictated their work and their ideas for future directions. Lecture component focuses on professional development.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-10-0,None,"7.930[J], 20.930[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
CSB.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of PhD thesis; to be arranged by the student and the MIT faculty advisor.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSE.900,Doctoral Seminar in Computational Science and Engineering,"Interdisciplinary seminar explores diverse topics in computational science and engineering (CSE), featuring talks from Institute faculty and external speakers. Surveys current research in CSE methodologies and applications.  Discusses important open research areas, as well as the ethical context and implications of research advances in CSE.  Priority to first-year CSE PhD students.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSE.999,Experiential Learning in Computational Science and Engineering,"For graduate students in Center for Computational Science and Engineering (CCSE) programs participating in curriculum-related off-campus experiential learning opportunities in computational science and engineering and related areas. Students are responsible for arranging the experiential learning opportunity. Prior to enrolling, students must contact the CCSE Academic Administrator for procedures and restrictions and must verify their arrangements by submitting a memo or email from the sponsoring organization along with MIT advisor endorsement to the CCSE Academic Administrator. Upon completion of the training experience students are required to submit a letter from the experiential advisor describing the goals accomplished along with a substantive final report for review and grading by the MIT advisor.",True,Summer,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSE.C20[J],Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering,"Provides an introduction to computational algorithms used throughout engineering and science (natural and social) to simulate time-dependent phenomena; optimize and control systems; and quantify uncertainty in problems involving randomness, including an introduction to probability and statistics. Combination of 6.100A and 16.C20J counts as REST subject.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-4,6.100A; Coreq: 8.01 and 18.01,"9.C20[J], 16.C20[J], 18.C20[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
CSE.IND,Independent Study,"Opportunity for independent study or experiential learning, under regular supervision by a faculty member. Projects require prior approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSE.S99,Special Subject in Computational Science & Engineering (New),Covers subject matter not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult CCSE to learn of offerings for a particular term.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
CSE.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research and writing of thesis for Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) graduate students; to be arranged by the student in conjunction with the faculty advisor, with CCSE approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.050,Re-create Experiments from History: Inform the Future from the Past,"Offers students alternative exploratory experience in teaching, learning, and researching. Through collaborative activities with open-ended experiments from diverse origins, participants re-create historical instruments and discoveries that challenged assumptions and sparked new investigations. Student curiosity and questions shape specific course content. Assignments include observations, experiments, readings, journal writing and sketching, and a final reflective paper. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,1-3-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.074,The Start-up Experience at MIT,"Explores some of the critical actions in starting up a technology-based business, including concept generation, searching prior art and patents, protecting intellectual property, founders agreements, forming and building teams, and work-life balance. Students review case studies and complete exercises that develop practicable knowledge in these areas.  Each student keeps an ""idea log book,"" which includes critical assessments of each case study, to be presented at the end of the term. First in a two-part series (seminars do not have to be taken sequentially; see EC.075 in spring term). Preference to undergraduates; open to graduate students with permission of advisor.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.075,Starting Up New Technology-Based Business Enterprises at MIT,"Seminar participants define and study the development stages of new enterprises at MIT, from the exciting moment a new idea for a tech product or service is realized, through to selling, customer support, and the next new idea. Follows the history of successful MIT spin-off companies with attention to the people (and their ideas) behind the start-up. Students attend MIT technology and science start-up case presentations given by individuals and teams working from zero-stage, and by partners in going concerns of historical relevance to the Institute and the economy.  Second in a two-part series (seminars do not have to be taken sequentially; see EC.074 in fall term).",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.090,Re-create Experiments from History: Inform the Future from the Past,"Offers students alternative exploratory experience in teaching, learning, and researching. Through collaborative activities with open-ended experiments from diverse origins, participants re-create historical instruments and discoveries that challenged assumptions and sparked new investigations. Student curiosity and questions shape specific course content. Assignments include observations, experiments, readings, journal writing and sketching, and a final reflective paper. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,1-3-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.120[J],Electronics Project Laboratory,"Intuition-based introduction to electronics, electronic components, and test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and signal generators. Key components studied and used are op-amps, comparators, bi-polar transistors, and diodes (including LEDs). Students design, build, and debug small electronics projects (often featuring sound and light) to put their new knowledge into practice. Upon completing the class, students can take home a kit of components. Intended for students with little or no previous background in electronics. Enrollment may be limited.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-2-3,None,6.2020[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.305,Digital and Darkroom Imaging,"Students use both film and digital photography to develop a creative imaging project of their own choice. Develops skills in the use of image editing software to enhance, select, and combine images that the student has taken. Uses the darkroom to develop film for scanning and for chemical enlargement. Discusses topics such as the camera, composition, lighting, modes and formats, image compression, and halftone and dye sublimation printing. Students are expected to produce a duplicate set of black and white and/or color prints, along with a writeup and digital copy as the project output.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.310,Creative Imaging,"Focuses on film and digital photography. Develops skill in the use of chemical darkrooms, scanners, digital printers and cameras to create striking still images capable of evoking strong emotional and intellectual responses from a viewer. Emphasizes the interplay between classical chemical and digital techniques and how they can be used to control the use of lighting, color, depth, and composition in an image. Students present their intermediate assignments to the class for critical discussion; at the end of the term, they submit a substantive project presenting their own creative images for critique and evaluation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-1-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Elective,False
EC.700,D-Lab: Field Study,"Provides the opportunity to gain direct fieldwork experience in a global context. Subject spans three-four weeks in which students continue work from a prior D-Lab subject. Students work directly with international community partners to find solutions to real world problems, focusing on one or more issues in education, design, or public service. Group presentations and written reflection required.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged,One D-Lab subject and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.701[J],D-Lab: Development,"Issues in international development, appropriate technology and project implementation addressed through lectures, case studies, guest speakers and laboratory exercises. Students form project teams to partner with community organizations in developing countries, and formulate plans for an optional IAP site visit. (Previous field sites include Ghana, Brazil, Honduras and India.) Recitation sections focus on specific project implementation, and include cultural, social, political, environmental and economic overviews of the target countries as well as an introduction to the local languages. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,11.025[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
EC.703,Entrepreneurship for the Idealist,"Examines the nature of contemporary and historical injustices: their particularities, shared dynamics, tropes, myths, durability, and shape-shifting nature. Studies how innovation, technology, markets, and social enterprises relate to justice. Explores accompaniment — journeying, often literally, with the wronged until right is done — and its success in a broad range of settings. Instruction provided in designing accompaniment-centered approaches by picking a societal challenge, surveying and critiquing past efforts, and proposing a design of their own. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.711[J],Introduction to Energy in Global Development,"Surveys energy technologies including solar, wind, and hydro power; cooking; indoor heating; irrigation; and agricultural productivity through an international development context to impart energy literacy and common-sense applications. Focuses on compact, robust, low-cost systems for meeting the needs of household and small business. Provides an overview of identifying user needs, assessing the suitability of specific technologies, and strategies for implementation in developing countries. Labs reinforce lecture material through activities including system assembly and testing. Team projects involve activities including connecting with pre-selected community partners, product design and analysis, and continuing the development of ongoing projects. Optional summer fieldwork may be available. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,2.651[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.712[J],Applications of Energy in Global Development,"Engages students in project-based learning, in collaboration with D-Lab community partners, to improve access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. Teams work on off-grid energy projects addressing challenges in lighting, cooking, agricultural productivity, or other areas in collaboration with D-Lab community partners in developing countries. Project work includes assessment of user needs, technology identification, product design, prototyping, and development of implementation strategies to continue progress of ongoing projects. Optional IAP field visits may be available to test and implement the solutions developed during the semester. Students enrolled in the graduate version complete additional assignments.  Limited to 20; preference to students who have taken EC.711.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,2.652[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.713[J],D-Lab Schools: Building Technology Laboratory,"Focuses on the design, analysis, and application of technologies that support the construction of less expensive and better performing schools in developing countries. Prepares students to design or retrofit school buildings in partnership with local communities and NGOs. Strategies covered include daylighting, passive heating and cooling, improved indoor air quality via natural ventilation, appropriate material selection, and structural design. Investigations are based on application of engineering fundamentals, experiments and simulations. Case studies illustrate the role of technologies in reducing barriers to improved education. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-3-7,Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),4.411[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
EC.715,"D-Lab: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene","Focuses on disseminating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) innovations in low-income countries and underserved communities worldwide. Structured around project-based learning, lectures, discussions, and student-led tutorials. Emphasizes core WASH principles, appropriate and sustainable technologies at household and community scales, urban challenges worldwide, culture-specific solutions, lessons from start-ups, collaborative partnerships, and social marketing. Mentored term project entails finding and implementing a viable solution focused on education/training; a technology, policy or plan; a marketing approach; and/or behavior change. Guest lecturers present case studies, emphasizing those developed and disseminated by MIT faculty, practitioners, students, and alumni. Field trips scheduled during class time, with optional field trips on weekends. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.  Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.718[J],D-Lab: Gender and Development,"Explores gender roles, illuminates the power dynamics and root causes of inequality, and provides a framework for understanding gender dynamics. Develops skills to conduct a gender analysis and integrate gender-sensitive strategies into large- and small-scale development solutions. Prompts critical discussion about social, economic, and political conditions that shape gender in development. Begins with exploration of international development in the post-colonial era, using a gender lens, then provides students with the tools to integrate gender-sensitive strategies into international development work, with a particular focus on launching, building and scaling women's ventures. Opportunities may be available for international fieldwork over IAP. Meets with 24.234 when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 12; must attend first class session.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.277[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.719,D-Lab: Climate Change and Planetary Health,"Examines the current state and future projections of climate change and its effects on human, ecosystem, and planetary health, and develops solutions for these challenges. Class is project-based, student-focused, experiential, and transdisciplinary. Emphasizes nature- and community-based solutions, both local and global, with a focus on environmental and climate justice. Participation and teamwork are fundamental, as are experiential activities such as field trips to zero-carbon buildings and to sites undergoing rapid transformation. Working individually or in teams, students develop a term project on a climate change or planetary health solution of their choice, applying knowledge and skills to craft innovative, sustainable real-world solutions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.720[J],D-Lab: Design,"Addresses problems faced by underserved communities with a focus on design, experimentation, and prototyping processes. Particular attention placed on constraints faced when designing for developing countries. Multidisciplinary teams work on long-term projects in collaboration with community partners, field practitioners, and experts in relevant fields. Topics covered include design for affordability, manufacture, sustainability, and strategies for working effectively with community partners and customers. Students may continue projects begun in EC.701. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,2.670 or permission of instructor,2.722[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.724,D-Lab: Smallholder Agriculture,"Provides an overview of the scientific, social, and economic context of smallholder farmers in developing countries. Covers the scientific basis and environmental impacts of agriculture, the dynamics of smallholder farming, social and business systems, and the experience of farmers themselves. Lectures, guest experts, experiential activities, and semester projects with community partners contribute to learning objectives. Opportunities for summer fieldwork may be available. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.725,Leadership in Design,"Places special focus on team capacity building and the communication skills critical to design leadership. Multidisciplinary teams work on semester-long projects in collaboration with international organizations, field practitioners, and experts, building team and leadership skills used to address problems faced by underserved communities while implementing design, experimentation, and hands-on prototyping processes. Topics covered include human-centered design, design for affordability and remote manufacturing, sustainability, and strategies for working effectively with international partners. Limited to 20 students in the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.726,D-Lab: Build-Its,"Engages students in the creation of ""build-its,"" hands-on pedagogical tools developed by D-Lab to teach workshop and design skills to a diverse audience around the world. Studies principles of experiential learning and successful examples of teaching in makerspaces and innovation centers. Students develop their own build-it, test and evaluate it with local students, and create instructions for its use. Optional travel opportunities exist over the summer to test the build-it at a D-Lab summit or training abroad. Opportunities for funded travel available. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Opportunities for funded travel available. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.729[J],D-Lab: Design for Scale,"Explores the external factors affecting product development for people in low-resource settings in a project-based context. Students apply existing engineering skills in interdisciplinary teams to identify contextual limitations and develop previously established prototypes towards manufacturing-ready product designs for real-world project sponsors. Topics are presented within the context of the developing world and include technology feasibility and scalability assessment; value chain analysis; product specification; and manufacturing methodologies at various scales. Lessons are experiential and case study-based, taught by instructors with field experience and industry experts from product development consulting firms and the consumer electronics industry. Students taking graduate version complete additional written assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None. Coreq: 2.008; or permission of instructor,2.729[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.731[J],Global Ventures,"Seminar on founding, financing, and building entrepreneurial ventures in developing nations. Challenges students to craft enduring and economically viable solutions to the problems faced by these countries. Cases illustrate examples of both successful and failed businesses, and the difficulties in deploying and diffusing products and services through entrepreneurial action. Explores a range of established and emerging business models, as well as new business opportunities enabled by innovations emerging from MIT labs and beyond. Students develop a business plan executive summary suitable for submission in the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition's Accelerate Contest or MIT IDEAS.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"15.375[J], MAS.665[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.733[J],D-Lab: Supply Chains,"Introduces concepts of supply chain design and planning with a focus on supply chains for products destined to improve quality of life in developing countries. Topics include demand estimation, process analysis and improvement, facility location and capacity planning, inventory management, and supply chain coordination. Also covers issues specific to emerging markets, such as sustainable supply chains, choice of distribution channels, and how to account for the value-adding role of a supply chain. Students conduct D-Lab-based projects on supply chain design or improvement. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,"2.771[J], 15.772[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.735,"Thermal Energy Networks for Rapid Decarbonization of Campus, Neighborhood, and City Buildings (New)",Provides a technical introduction to decarbonizing building energy systems via the fundamentals of thermal energy networks. Introductory lectures with required field trips to three Net Zero sites in the Boston area provide first-hand experience with the technologies and systems involved in building decarbonization (transportation is arranged and free). All field trips take place during class sessions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments related to certified geothermal design training. ,True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.740,D-Lab: Inclusive Economies,"Explores how innovations and market mechanisms can benefit humanity by rallying impact investments, engaging participants cooperatively, boosting equity and resilience, and broadening prosperity. Examines the ideas behind, and actions towards, multiple inclusive economic mechanisms and approaches. Students review and analyze the competing worldviews and historical pathways that led to the current dominant economic modalities, and both theoretical and empirical criticisms. Includes case studies developing alternative opportunities, modifications, and/or improvements to crafting circular economies and reinforcing local economies. Team projects focus on the facilitation of inclusive economy models in partnership with communities in Latin America or Africa. Optional project-focused travel may be available over IAP. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.744,Technologies for Mental Health and Wellness,"Introduction to new technologies used in the practice of psychiatry and psychology, with emphasis on mental health and wellness. Discusses the effect of technology on mental health and the human experience. Topics include social identity and connection, mood and anxiety disorders, sleep and dreams, chronobiology, addiction and substance abuse, behavior medicine, and wellness activities such as meditation. Guest lectures from domain-expert doctors and reading assignments identify current needs and challenges found in clinical practice. Reviews emerging technologies being applied to mental health, including chatbots, social robots, wearable sensors, AI, virtual reality, biofeedback, neuromodulation, and mobile phone phenotyping. Topics of privacy and ethical use discussed. Students complete readings and weekly written assignments and three group design projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.746[J],Design for Complex Environmental Issues,"Working in small teams with real clients, students develop solutions related to the year's Terrascope topic. They have significant autonomy as they follow a full engineering design cycle from client profile through increasingly sophisticated prototypes to final product. Provides opportunities to acquire skills with power tools, workshop practice, design, product testing, and teamwork. Focuses on sustainability and appropriate technology that matches the client's specific situation and constraints. Products are exhibited in the public Bazaar of Ideas and evaluated by an expert panel. Class taught in collaboration with the Edgerton Center, D-Lab, and Beaver Works. Limited to first-year students. Preference given to students who have completed 12.000, but open to students outside Terrascope when space permits.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-2-4,None,"1.016[J], 2.00C[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.750,"Humanitarian Innovation: Design for Relief, Rebuilding, and Recovery","Explores the role innovation can and does play in how humanitarian aid is provided, and how it can impact people, products, and processes. Provides a fundamental background in the history and practice of humanitarian aid. Considers the various ways that design can be used to enhance aid, such as product and system design for affected populations, co-creation with affected populations, and capacity building to promote design by refugees and the displaced. Case studies and projects examine protracted displacement as well as recovery and resettlement, including efforts in Colombia, Lebanon, Nepal, Sudan, and Uganda. Potential for students to travel over the summer to partner communities.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.751,Hardware Design for International Development,"Students explore possibilities of repurposed electronic devices in various sectors of development, including agriculture, education, health, and energy, for positive impact on people living in low-income communities. Guest lecturers provide insight into current trends in information and communication technology for development. Students work in teams to apply principles of participatory and inclusive design to projects developed in collaboration with community innovators in refugee camps in Northern Uganda and rural areas of Tanzania. Optional travel to Uganda and Tanzania during IAP with D-Lab field partners. Graduate students complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.770,D-Lab: Independent Project,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a staff member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and final report.  Students work with international community partners to continue developing projects, focusing on one or more issues in education, design, or public service. Final presentations and written reflection required. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.780,D-Lab: Independent Project,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a staff member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and final report. Students work with international community partners to continue developing projects, focusing on one or more issues in education, design, or public service. Final presentations and written reflection required. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.781[J],D-Lab: Development,"Issues in international development, appropriate technology and project implementation addressed through lectures, case studies, guest speakers and laboratory exercises. Students form project teams to partner with community organizations in developing countries, and formulate plans for an optional IAP site visit. (Previous field sites include Ghana, Brazil, Honduras and India.) Recitation sections focus on specific project implementation, and include cultural, social, political, environmental and economic overviews of the target countries as well as an introduction to the local languages. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,None,11.472[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.782,Applications of Energy in Global Development,"Engages students in project-based learning in collaboration with D-Lab community partners to improve access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. Teams work on off-grid energy projects addressing challenges in lighting, cooking, agricultural productivity, or other areas in collaboration with D-Lab community partners in developing countries. Project work includes assessment of user needs, technology identification, product design, prototyping, and development of implementation strategies to continue progress of ongoing projects. Optional IAP field visits may be available to test and implement the solutions developed during the semester. Students enrolled in the graduate version complete additional assignments.  Limited to 20; preference to students who have taken EC.791.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.783,Entrepreneurship for the Idealist,"Examines the nature of contemporary and historical injustices: their particularities, shared dynamics, tropes, myths, durability, and shape-shifting nature. Studies how innovation, technology, markets, and social enterprises relate to justice. Explores accompaniment — journeying, often literally, with the wronged until right is done — and its success in a broad range of settings. Instruction provided in designing accompaniment-centered approaches by picking a societal challenge, surveying and critiquing past efforts, and proposing a design of their own. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.784,D-Lab: Smallholder Agriculture,"Provides an overview of the scientific, social, and economic context of smallholder farmers in developing countries. Covers the scientific basis and environmental impacts of agriculture, the dynamics of smallholder farming, social and business systems, and the experience of farmers themselves. Lectures, guest experts, experiential activities, and semester projects with community partners contribute to learning objectives. Opportunities for summer fieldwork may be available. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.785,"Humanitarian Innovation: Design for Relief, Rebuilding, and Recovery","Explores the role innovation can and does play in how humanitarian aid is provided, and how it can impact people, products, and processes. Provides a fundamental background in the history and practice of humanitarian aid. Considers the various ways that design can be used to enhance aid, such as product and system design for affected populations, co-creation with affected populations, and capacity building to promote design by refugees and the displaced. Case studies and projects examine protracted displacement as well as recovery and resettlement, including efforts in Colombia, Lebanon, Nepal, Sudan, and Uganda. Potential for students to travel over the summer to partner communities.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.788,D-Lab: Field Research,"Combines hands-on methods for conducting field research with exploration of questions that continue to challenge practitioners, donors, policymakers and researchers in international development. Designed for students preparing to conduct field-based research for theses, product design project, or development ventures. Practices key research skills particularly applicable to conducting research involving people and communities in the context of development. Limited to 16.",True,IAP,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.789,D-Lab: Climate Change and Planetary Health,"Examines the current state and future projections of climate change and its effects on human, ecosystem, and planetary health, and develops solutions for these challenges. Class is project-based, student-focused, experiential, and transdisciplinary. Emphasizes nature- and community-based solutions, both local and global, with a focus on environmental and climate justice. Participation and teamwork are fundamental, as are experiential activities such as field trips to zero-carbon buildings and to sites undergoing rapid transformation. Working individually or in teams, students develop a term project on a climate change or planetary health solution of Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-4-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.790,D-Lab: Field Study,"Provides the opportunity to gain direct fieldwork experience in a global context. Subject spans three-four weeks in which students continue work from a prior D-Lab subject. Students work directly with international community partners to find solutions to real world problems, focusing on one or more issues in education, design, or public service. Group presentations and written reflection required.",True,IAP,Graduate,rranged,One D-Lab subject and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.791,Introduction to Energy in Global Development,"Surveys energy technologies including solar, wind, and hydro power; cooking; indoor heating; irrigation; and agricultural productivity through an international development context to impart energy literacy and common-sense applications. Focuses on compact, robust, low-cost systems for meeting the needs of household and small business. Provides an overview of identifying user needs, assessing the suitability of specific technologies, and strategies for implementation in developing countries. Labs reinforce lecture material through activities including system assembly and testing. Team projects involve activities including connecting with pre-selected community partners, product design and analysis, and continuing the development of ongoing projects. Optional summer fieldwork may be available. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.793,Hardware Design for International Development,"Students explore possibilities of repurposed electronic devices in various sectors of development, including agriculture, education, health, and energy, for positive impact on people living in low-income communities. Guest lecturers provide insight into current trends in information and communication technology for development. Students work in teams to apply principles of participatory and inclusive design to projects developed in collaboration with community innovators in refugee camps in Northern Uganda and rural areas of Tanzania. Optional travel to Uganda and Tanzania during IAP with D-Lab field partners. Graduate students complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.794,Technologies for Mental Health and Wellness,"Introduction to new technologies used in the practice of psychiatry and psychology, with emphasis on mental health wellness. The effect of technology on mental health and the human experience is discussed. Topics include social identity and connection, mood and anxiety disorders, sleep and dreams, chronobiology, addiction and substance abuse, behavior medicine, and wellness activities such as meditation. Guest lectures from domain-expert doctors and reading assignments identify current needs and challenges found in clinical practice. Emerging technologies being applied to mental health are reviewed including chatbots, social robots, wearable sensors, AI, virtual reality, biofeedback, neuromodulation, and mobile phone phenotyping. Topics of privacy and ethical use discussed. Students complete readings and weekly written assignments and three group design projects. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.795,"Thermal Energy Networks for Rapid Decarbonization of Campus, Neighborhood, and City Buildings (New)",Provides a technical introduction to decarbonizing building energy systems via the fundamentals of thermal energy networks. Introductory lectures with required field trips to three Net Zero sites in the Boston area provide first-hand experience with the technologies and systems involved in building decarbonization (transportation is arranged and free). All field trips take place during class sessions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments related to certified geothermal design training. ,True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-0,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.796,D-Lab: Build-Its,"Engages students in the creation of ""build-its,"" hands-on pedagogical tools developed by D-Lab to teach workshop and design skills to a diverse audience around the world. Studies principles of experiential learning and successful examples of teaching in makerspaces and innovation centers. Students develop their own build-it, test and evaluate it with local students, and create instructions for its use. Optional travel opportunities exist over the summer to test the build-it at a D-Lab summit or training abroad. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.797[J],D-Lab: Design for Scale,"Explores the external factors affecting product development for people in low-resource settings in a project-based context. Students apply existing engineering skills in interdisciplinary teams to identify contextual limitations and develop previously established prototypes towards manufacturing-ready product designs for real-world project sponsors. Topics are presented within the context of the developing world and include technology feasibility and scalability assessment; value chain analysis; product specification; and manufacturing methodologies at various scales. Lessons are experiential and case study-based, taught by instructors with field experience and industry experts from product development consulting firms and the consumer electronics industry. Students taking graduate version complete additional written assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-2-7,None. Coreq: 2.008; or permission of instructor,2.789[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.798,D-Lab: Gender and Development,"Explores gender roles, illuminates the power dynamics and root causes of inequality, and provides a framework for understanding gender dynamics. Develops skills to conduct a gender analysis and integrate gender-sensitive strategies into large- and small-scale development solutions. Prompts critical discussion about social, economic, and political conditions that shape gender in development. Begins with exploration of international development in the post-colonial era, using a gender lens, then provides students with the tools to integrate gender-sensitive strategies into international development work, with a particular focus on launching, building and scaling women's ventures. Opportunities may be available for international fieldwork over IAP. Meets with 24.634 when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 12; must attend first class session.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.900,Independent Study,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a staff member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.901,Edgerton Center Independent Study,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a staff member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.910,Edgerton Center Undergraduate Teaching,An opportunity for undergraduates to participate in teaching and tutoring Center subjects and seminars. Students develop one-on-one teaching skills under the supervision of an Edgerton Center instructor.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.980,Edgerton Center Independent Study - Graduate,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a staff member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and final report.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.988,The Social Life of Materials,"Students carry out projects on a material of their choice and study its technical, humanistic, and environmental origins and trajectories of development through historical methods; evaluate its current status within a social and humanistic context; and then imagine and evaluate potential futures. Projects supported by topics and scholarship in sociotechnical systems, social innovation, environmental history and justice, equity-based human-centered design, and futures literacy. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.990,Edgerton Center Graduate Teaching,An opportunity for graduate students to participate in teaching and tutoring Edgerton Center subjects and seminars. Permission of Edgerton Center staff required.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.UR,Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate research opportunities in the Edgerton Center.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.URG,Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate research opportunities in the Edgerton Center.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S00,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S01,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S02,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S03,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S04,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S05,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S06,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S07,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S08,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S09,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S10,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S11,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S12,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EC.S13,Special Subject at the Edgerton Center,"Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.411,Foundations of System Design and Management,"Presents the foundations of systems architecture, systems engineering and project management in an integrated format, through a synchronized combination of in-class discussion, industrial guest speakers, team projects, and individual assignments. Topics include stakeholder analysis, project planning and monitoring, requirements definition, concept generation and selection, complexity management, system integration, verification and validation, cost modeling, systems safety, organizational design and effective teamwork, risk management, and leadership styles. Restricted to students in the SDM program.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.412,Foundations of System Design and Management II,"Deepens the foundations of systems architecture, systems engineering and project management introduced in EM.411 though a synchronized combination of lectures, recitations, opportunity sets, guest speakers, and team projects. Topics emphasize the transition from early conceptual design to detailed design and system integration. Features a technology showcase and project forum where students, faculty and company sponsors meet to discuss and select projects for EM.413. Includes team-based exercises and design challenges. Restricted to students in the SDM program.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-1-3,EM.411,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.413,Foundations of System Design and Management III,"Presents advanced concepts in systems architecture, systems engineering and project management in an integrated manner through lectures, recitations, opportunity sets, guest lectures, and a semester-long team project. Topics emphasize complexity management, systems integration, verification, validation, and lifecycle management. Specific lifecycle properties addressed include quality, safety, robustness, resilience, flexibility and evolvability of systems over time. Additional topics include monitoring and control, the rework cycle, managing portfolios and programs of projects in a multi-cultural and global context, and managing product families and platforms. Restricted to students in the SDM program.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-2-9,EM.412,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.421,SDM Certificate Capstone,"Practical application of systems management problems within a real company. Teams of 1-4 students are matched with a company to work on a project in which they identify systems challenges and devise methods for solving problems utilizing the system architecture, systems engineering and project management methodology covered in the EM core sequence. Mentors and sponsors are identified for each team. Restricted to System Design and Management Certificate students.",True,Summer,Graduate,1-0-8 [P/D/F],EM.413,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.422,System Design and Management for a Changing World: Combined,"Practical-oriented subject that builds upon theory and methods and culminates in extended application. Covers methods to identify, value, and implement flexibility in design (real options). Topics include definition of uncertainties, simulation of performance for scenarios, screening models to identify desirable flexibility, decision analysis, and multidimensional economic evaluation. Students demonstrate proficiency through an extended application to a system design of their choice. Complements research or thesis projects. Class is ""flipped"" to maximize student engagement and learning. Meets with IDS.333 in the first half of term. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.423[J],System Design and Management for a Changing World: Tools,"Focuses on design choices and decisions under uncertainty. Topics include identification and description of uncertainties using probability distributions; the calculation of commensurate measures of value, such as expected net present values; Monte Carlo simulation and risk analysis; and the use of decision analysis to explore alternative strategies and identify optimal initial choices. Presents applied analysis of practical examples from a variety of engineering systems using spreadsheet and decision analysis software. Class is ""flipped"" to maximize student engagement and learning. Meets with IDS.332 first half of term.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,IDS.333[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.424[J],System Design and Management for a Changing World: Projects,"Focuses on implementation of flexibility (real options) in the design of products, start-ups, ongoing management of operations, or policy plans. Applies the methods presented in IDS.333: recognition of uncertainty, identification of best opportunities for flexibility, and valuation of these options and their effective implementation. Students work on their own project concept, for which they develop a dynamic business plan for design, deployment, and most beneficial implementation of their system over time. Useful complement to thesis or research projects. Class is ""flipped"" to maximize student engagement and learning. Subject meets in second half of term in the fall and first half of term in the spring.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,IDS.333 or permission of instructor,IDS.334[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.425,Research Seminar on Engineering Projects and Teamwork,"Review of research on engineering as work and problem-solving by teams, including cases, professional practices, experimental results, and teamwork fundamentals. Topics include: projects structures and dependence; communication, coordination, and concurrency; exception handling, rework, and quality; awareness, attention, and engagement; and information, uncertainty, and learning. Students consider engineering teamwork phenomena which integrate technical and organizational aspects, leading to insights on performance during project shaping, ideation, planning, control, adaptation, and lessons learned. In the second half, students work as small teams to propose an experiment which explores teamwork during engineering. Proposed experiments often become basis for research and thesis activity.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,EM.411 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.426,Model-building and Analysis Lab for Engineering Project Teamwork,"Explores agent-based models and simulation for engineering project management. Students build and validate models of engineered systems and engineering teamwork, which integrate technology and organization useful during project shaping, ideation, planning, control, adaptation, and lessons learned. Models capture phenomena discussed in EM.425 and are simulated to forecast performance such as feasible scope, human activity, interactions, cost, schedule, quality, and risks. In the first half, students build a model and agent-based simulation from scratch. In the second half, students work in small teams on either a case modeled using methods introduced in the first half or an extension of said methods to explore a particular engineering phenomenon introduced in the first half.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-1-4,EM.425 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.427[J],Technology Roadmapping and Development,"Provides a review of the principles, methods and tools of technology management for organizations and technologically-enabled systems including technology forecasting, scouting, roadmapping, strategic planning, R&D project execution, intellectual property management, knowledge management, partnering and acquisition, technology transfer, innovation management, and financial technology valuation. Topics explain the underlying theory and empirical evidence for technology evolution over time and contain a rich set of examples and practical exercises from aerospace and other domains, such as transportation, energy, communications, agriculture, and medicine. Special topics include Moore's law, S-curves, the singularity and fundamental limits to technology. Students develop a comprehensive technology roadmap on a topic of their own choice.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,16.887[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.428[J],Multidisciplinary Design Optimization,"Systems modeling for design and optimization. Selection of design variables, objective functions and constraints. Overview of principles, methods and tools in multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO). Subsystem identification, development and interface design. Design of experiments (DOE). Review of linear (LP) and non-linear (NLP) constrained optimization formulations. Scalar versus vector optimization problems. Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions of optimality, Lagrange multipliers, adjoints, gradient search methods, sensitivity analysis, geometric programming, simulated annealing, genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization. Constraint satisfaction problems and isoperformance. Non-dominance and Pareto frontiers. Surrogate models and multifidelity optimization strategies. System design for value. Students execute a term project in small teams related to their area of interest. ",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,18.085 or permission of instructor,"16.888[J], IDS.338[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.429[J],Systems Architecting Applied to Enterprises,"Focuses on understanding, designing and transforming sociotechnical enterprises using systems principles and practices. Includes discussions and reading on enterprise theory, systems architecting, transformation challenges and case studies of evolving enterprises. Covers frameworks and methods for ecosystem analysis, stakeholder analysis, design thinking, systems architecture and evaluation, and human-centered enterprise design strategies. Students engage in interactive breakout sessions during class and participate in a selected small team project to design a future architecture for a real-world enterprise. Selected projects are based on student interests in enterprises such as small, medium, or large companies, government agencies, academic units, start-ups, and nonprofit organizations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"16.855[J], IDS.336[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.441,Integrated Design Lab I,"Presents fundamentals of the integrated design and product development process. Covers methods relevant at each stage of the process; students apply them in a series of design projects. Topics include stakeholder identification, customer engagement and ethnographic methods, concept generation and selection, project planning, manufacturing methods, supply systems, cost modeling, sustainability, and safety. Restricted to Integrated Design and Management (IDM) students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-5-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.442,Integrated Design Lab II,"Presents advanced topics in integrated design and product development. Students pursue a product development project as a case study for understanding how teams work together to define and test a new product. Provides exposure to the state-of-the-art in product definition, product architectures, market testing, competitive analysis, product planning strategy, business case construction, and life cycle design. Students apply their previously acquired product development knowledge and engage in ongoing reflection in an action-oriented setting. Restricted to Integrated Design and Management (IDM) students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-5-7,EM.441 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.443,Integrated Design Seminar I,"Covers a broad range of topics relevant to integrated design, engineering, and business, including leadership, entrepreneurship, social impact, sustainability, and human centered design. Includes discussion of Integrated Design & Management thesis projects. Features lectures by guest speakers and faculty. Restricted to Integrated Design and Management (IDM) students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.444,Integrated Design Seminar II,"Covers a broad range of topics relevant to integrated design, engineering, and business, including leadership, entrepreneurship, social impact, sustainability, and human centered design. Includes discussion of Integrated Design & Management thesis projects. Features lectures by guest speakers and faculty. Restricted to Integrated Design and Management (IDM) students.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.451,Internship Experience,"Provides insight into the challenges of an organization that develops products or systems. Before enrolling each student must have a department approved internship opportunity. At the end of the internship, students deliver a report, for evaluation by the sponsoring faculty member, documenting ways that the organization addresses product or system development issues and applies the methods taught in the SDM or IDM core. Intended for students who have completed the SDM or IDM core course sequence.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.S20,Special Subject in Engineering Management,Opportunity for study of advanced topics in Engineering Management not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to department approval.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.S21,Special Subject in Engineering Management,Opportunity for study of advanced topics in Engineering Management not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to department approval.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.S22,Special Subject in Engineering Management,Opportunity for study of advanced topics in Engineering Management not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to department approval.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
EM.THG,EM Graduate Thesis,"Program of research, leading to the writing of an SM thesis to be arranged by the student with an appropriate member of the MIT faculty.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.7012,Introductory Biology,"Equivalent to 7.012; see 7.012 for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Biology,False,False
ES.7013,Introductory Biology,"Equivalent to 7.013; see 7.013 for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Biology,False,False
ES.5111,Principles of Chemical Science,"Equivalent to 5.111; see 5.111 for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes taught by ESG staff. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Chemistry,False,False
ES.5112,Principles of Chemical Science,"Equivalent to 5.112; see 5.112 for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes taught by ESG staff. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Chemistry,False,False
ES.1801,Calculus,"Equivalent to 18.01; see 18.01 for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 1,False,False
ES.1802,Calculus,"Equivalent to 18.02; see 18.02 for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes. Limited to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 2,False,False
ES.1803,Differential Equations,"Equivalent to 18.03; see 18.03 for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes. Limited to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,None. Coreq: Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
ES.1806,Linear Algebra (New),"Basic subject on matrix theory and linear algebra, emphasizing topics useful in other disciplines, including systems of equations, vector spaces, determinants, eigenvalues, singular value decomposition, and positive definite matrices. Applications to least-squares approximations, stability of differential equations, networks, Fourier transforms, and Markov processes. Uses linear algebra software. Compared with 18.700, more emphasis on matrix algorithms and applications. Enrollment limited to Experimental Study Group (ESG) students only.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,True,False,False,False
ES.181A,Calculus,"Equivalent to 18.01A; see 18.01A for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,Knowledge of differentiation and elementary integration,N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 1,False,False
ES.182A,Calculus,"Equivalent to 18.02A; see 18.02A for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes. Limited to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, IAP",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Calculus I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Calculus 2,False,False
ES.801,Physics I,"Equivalent to 8.01; see 8.01 for description. Instruction provided through small, interactive classes. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-1-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,Physics 1,False,False
ES.8012,Physics I,Equivalent to 8.012; see 8.012 for description. Limited to students in ESG.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,Physics 1,False,False
ES.802,Physics II,"Equivalent to 8.02; see 8.02 for description. Instruction done through small, interactive classes. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,5-1-6,Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Physics 2,False,False
ES.8022,Physics II,Equivalent to 8.022; see 8.022 for description. Students complete group projects. Some content is decided by students. Limited to students in ESG.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,5-0-7,Physics I (GIR); Coreq: Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,Physics 2,False,False
ES.729[J],Engineering Communication in Context,"Introduces writing, graphics, meetings, reading, oral presentation, collaboration, and design as tools for product development. Students work in teams to conceive, design, prototype, and evaluate energy-related mechanical engineering products. Instruction focuses on communication tasks that are integral to the design process, including design notebooks, email, informal and formal presentations, meeting etiquette, literature searches, white papers, proposals, and reports. Other assignments address the cultural situation of engineers and engineering in the world at large. Limited to 18; preference to ESG students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-1-8,None,21W.729[J],False,False,False,False,Elective,CI-H
ES.112,Philosophy of Love,"Explores the nature of love through works of philosophy, literature, film, poetry, and individual experience. Investigates the distinction among eros (desiring or appreciative love), philia (mutuality), and agape (love as pure giving). Students discuss ideas of love as a feeling, an action, a species of 'knowing someone,' or a way to give or take. Authors include Plato, Kant, Buber, D. H. Lawrence, Rumi, and Aristotle. Preference to students in ESG and Concourse.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
ES.113,Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mathematics,"Explores the relationship between ancient Greek philosophy and mathematics. Investigates how ideas of definition, reason, argument and proof, rationality/irrationality, number, quality and quantity, truth, and even the idea of an idea were shaped by the interplay of philosophic and mathematical inquiry. Examines how discovery of the incommensurability of magnitudes challenged the Greek presumption that the cosmos is fully understandable. Explores the influence of mathematics on ancient Greek ethical theories. Authors: Euclid, Plato, Aristotle, Nicomachus, Theon of Smyrna, Bacon, Descartes, Dedekind, and Newton. Preference to students in Concourse and ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
ES.114,Non-violence as a Way of Life,"Addresses the philosophical question of what a non-violent life entails. Investigates its ethical dimensions and challenges, and considers whether we can derive a comprehensive moral theory from the principle of non-violence. Discusses the issues of lying, the duty to forgive, non-violent communication, the ethics of our relationship to anger, the possibility of loving enemies, and the ethics of punishment and rehabilitation.  Includes readings from primary exponents of non-violence, such as Tolstoy, Gandhi and King.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
ES.9112,Philosophy of Love - MIT Prison Initiative,"Explores the nature of love through works of philosophy, literature, film, poetry, and individual experience. Investigates the distinction among eros (desiring or appreciative love), philia (mutuality), and agape (love as pure giving). Students discuss ideas of love as a feeling, an action, a species of 'knowing someone,' or a way to give or take. Authors include Plato, Kant, Buber, D. H. Lawrence, Rumi, and Aristotle. Taught inside a secure Massachusetts correctional facility with a mix of MIT students and incarcerated students. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
ES.9114,Non-violence as a Way of Life - MIT Prison Initiative,"Addresses the philosophical question of what a non-violent life entails. Investigates its ethical dimensions and challenges, and considers whether we can derive a comprehensive moral theory from the principle of non-violence. Discusses the issues of lying, the duty to forgive, non-violent communication, the ethics of our relationship to anger, the possibility of loving enemies, and the ethics of punishment and rehabilitation.  Includes readings from primary exponents of non-violence, such as Tolstoy, Gandhi and King. Taught inside a secure Massachusetts correctional facility with a mix of MIT students and incarcerated students. Limited to 10.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
ES.92,Authenticity - MIT Prison Initiative,"Explores the question of how to live an authentic life, through works of western and eastern philosophy and contemporary psychology. Topics include emotions, anger, honesty, forgiveness, non-violent communication, conflict resolution, kindness and cruelty and compassion. Taught inside a secure Massachusetts correctional facility with a mix of MIT students and incarcerated students. Limited to 12.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.010,Chemistry of Sports: Understanding How Exercise Affects Your Body,"Students apply chemistry knowledge to physical fitness through the study of three sports: swimming, cycling, and running. Classroom component focuses on nutrition, exercise, anatomy, physiology, and the chemistry of supplements and sports equipment. Laboratory component focuses on training for and completion of triathlon competition. Students may earn up to 2 PE points during the term by attending supervised triathlon training workouts. Preference to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-1-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.011,Kitchen Chemistry,"An experimental and ""hands-on"" approach to applied chemistry in cooking. Students perform experiments to illustrate chemical principles, such as extraction, denaturation, and phase changes. Preference to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-1-3 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.100,An Introduction to Maker Skills,"Introduction to making and use of MIT's maker spaces intended to build skills needed for designing, conducting, and completing experiments and design projects, such as may be encountered in undergraduate classwork and research activities. Includes maker space training (i.e., wood shop, digital fabrication, and electronics fabrication) and open-ended design projects, with work evenly divided between class, homework, and maker space activities. Limited to 12 by makerspace training and scheduling; priority given to ESG students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.200,ESG Undergraduate Teaching,"An opportunity to assist in the teaching of subjects in ESG in biology, chemistry, humanities and social sciences, mathematics, and physics. Student instructors may be involved in grading, running problemsolving sessions, or teaching classes depending on experience and interest. Qualified students may also develop and teach undergraduate seminars under the supervision of an appropriate faculty or staff member. Student instructors meet weekly with staff to discuss their teaching and cover a variety of topics related to effective teaching techniques. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.201,ESG Undergraduate Teaching,"An opportunity to assist in the teaching of subjects in ESG in biology, chemistry, humanities and social sciences, mathematics, and physics. Student instructors may be involved in grading, running problem solving sessions, or teaching classes depending on experience and interest. Qualified students may also develop and teach undergraduate seminars under the supervision of an appropriate faculty or staff member. Student instructors meet every other week  with staff to discuss their teaching and cover a variety of topics related to effective teaching techniques. Limited to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.210,ESG Independent Study,"Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a staff member. Projects require prior approval, as well as a written proposal and a final report. Limited to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.UR,Undergraduate Research in ESG,For students wishing to pursue undergraduate research opportunities in the Experimental Study Group. Limited to students in ESG.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S10,Special Seminar in Science,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S11,Special Seminar in Science,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,"Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S20,Special Seminar in Mathematics,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S21,Special Seminar in Mathematics,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Fall, IAP, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S30,Special Seminar in Engineering and Computer Science,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S31,Special Seminar in Engineering and Computer Science,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, IAP, Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S40,Special Seminar in the Humanities,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S41,Special Seminar in the Humanities,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S42,Special Seminar in the Humanities,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S50,Special Seminar in the Arts,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S51,Special Seminar in the Arts,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S60,Special Seminar in Social Science,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S601,Special Topics in Computer Science,Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. Limited to 10. Preference given to ESG students.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S602,Special Topics in Computer Science,Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. Preference given to ESG students.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S61,Special Seminar in Social Science,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,"Spring, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S70,Special Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S71,Special Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies,"Covers topics not included in the permanent curriculum. May not be used for GIR credit, but may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Preference to students in ESG.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S90,Special Studies in the MIT Initiative for Teaching Incarcerated Individuals,Seminar taught inside a secure Massachusetts correctional facility with a mix of MIT students and incarcerated students. Topics vary from year to year. Limited to 10.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S91,Special Studies in the MIT Initiative for Teaching Incarcerated Individuals,Seminar taught inside a secure Massachusetts correctional facility with a mix of MIT students and incarcerated students. Topics vary from year to year. Limited to 10.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S92,Special Studies in the MIT Initiative for Teaching Incarcerated Individuals,Seminar taught inside a secure Massachusetts correctional facility with a mix of MIT students and incarcerated students. Topics vary from year to year. Limited to 10.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
ES.S93,Special Studies in the MIT Initiative for Teaching Incarcerated Individuals (New),Seminar taught inside a secure Massachusetts correctional facility with a mix of MIT students and incarcerated students. Topics vary from year to year. Limited to 10.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.010,Human Functional Anatomy,"Lectures, detailed laboratory dissections, and prosections provide a thorough exploration of the gross structure and function of the human body. Fundamental principles of bioengineering are employed to promote analytical approaches to understanding the body's design. The embryology of major organ systems is presented, together with certain references to phylogenetic development, as a basis for comprehending anatomical complexity. Correlation clinics stress both normal and abnormal functions of the body and present evolving knowledge of genes responsible for normal and abnormal anatomy. Lecturers focus on current problems in organ system research. Only HST students may register under HST.010, graded P/D/F. Lab fee.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-11-10 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.011,Human Functional Anatomy,"Lectures, detailed laboratory dissections, and prosections provide a thorough exploration of the gross structure and function of the human body. Fundamental principles of bioengineering are employed to promote analytical approaches to understanding the body's design. The embryology of major organ systems is presented, together with certain references to phylogenetic development, as a basis for comprehending anatomical complexity. Correlation clinics stress both normal and abnormal functions of the body and present evolving knowledge of genes responsible for normal and abnormal anatomy. Lecturers focus on current problems in organ system research. Only HST students may register under HST.010, graded P/D/F. Lab fee. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-11-10,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.015,MATLAB for Medicine,"Practical introduction to use of quantitative methods in medicine and health research. Each session covers a different topic in quantitative techniques, provides an application to medicine, and includes a modeling activity using MATLAB. Students also complete problem sets. Restricted to first year HST MD students.",True,Summer,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.016,Artificial Intelligence in Health Care I (New),"Introduces fundamental concepts at the core of artificial intelligence (AI), as applied to health care problems. Didactic lectures, problem sets, and review/analyses of seminal papers in the field. Specific topics include: deep learning for clinical risk stratification, explaining complex machine learning models, bias and fairness in clinical machine learning, large language models, and Generative Pretrained Transformers (GPT models). No background in AI or machine learning is required. Only HST students may register under HST.016, which is graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited.",True,Summer,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.017,Artificial Intelligence in Health Care I (New),"Introduces fundamental concepts at the core of artificial intelligence (AI), as applied to health care problems. Didactic lectures, problem sets, and review/analyses of seminal papers in the field. Specific topics include: deep learning for clinical risk stratification, explaining complex machine learning models, bias and fairness in clinical machine learning, large language models, and Generative Pretrained Transformers (GPT models). No background in AI or machine learning is required. Only HST students may register under HST.016, which is graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited.",True,Summer,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.018,Artificial Intelligence in Health Care II (New),"Builds upon on the core concepts covered in HST.017. Student selected projects explore specific clinical problems. Student groups are paired with machine learning experts who provide guidance. Only HST students may register under HST.018, which is graded P/D/F.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],(HST.016 or HST.017) and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.019,Artificial Intelligence in Health Care II (New),"Builds upon on the core concepts covered in HST.017. Student selected projects explore specific clinical problems. Student groups are paired with machine learning experts who provide guidance. Only HST students may register under HST.018, which is graded P/D/F.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-4,(HST.016 or HST.017) and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.020,Musculoskeletal Pathophysiology,"Growth and development of normal bone and joints, the biophysics and biomechanics of bone and response to stress and fracture, calcium and phosphate homeostasis and regulation by parathyroid hormone and vitamin D, and the pathogenesis of metabolic bone diseases and disease of connective tissue, joints, and muscles, with consideration of possible mechanisms and underlying metabolic derangements. Only HST students may register under HST.020, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited; restricted to medical and graduate students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3 [P/D/F],HST.030 and HST.160,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.021,Musculoskeletal Pathophysiology,"Growth and development of normal bone and joints, the biophysics of bone and response to stress and fracture, calcium and phosphate homeostasis and regulation by parathyroid hormone and vitamin D, and the pathogenesis of metabolic bone diseases and disease of connective tissue, joints, and muscles, with consideration of possible mechanisms and underlying metabolic derangements. Only HST students may register under HST.020, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited; restricted to medical and graduate students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,HST.030 and HST.160,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.030,Human Pathology,"Introduction to the functional structure of normal cells and tissues; pathologic principles of cellular adaptation and injury, inflammation, circulatory disorders, immunologic injury, infection, genetic disorders, and neoplasia in humans. Lectures, conferences emphasizing clinical correlations and contemporary experimental biology, laboratories with examination of microscopic and gross specimens, and autopsy case studies emphasizing modern pathology practice. Only HST students may register under HST.030, graded P/D/F. Lab fee. Limited to 60; priority to HST students.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-3-8 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.031,Human Pathology,"Introduction to the functional structure of normal cells and tissues, pathologic principles of cellular adaptation and injury, inflammation, circulatory disorders, immunologic injury, infection, genetic disorders, and neoplasia in humans. Lectures, conferences emphasizing clinical correlations and contemporary experimental biology. Laboratories with examination of microscopic and gross specimens, and autopsy case studies emphasizing modern pathology practice. Only HST students may register under HST.030, graded P/D/F. Lab fee. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-3-8,"Biology (GIR), Physics I (GIR), and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.041,Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis,"Deals with the mechanisms of pathogenesis of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms. Approach spans mechanisms from molecular to clinical aspects of disease. Topics selected for intrinsic interest and cover the demonstrated spectrum of pathophysiologic mechanisms. Only HST students may register under HST.040, graded P/D/F. Lab fee. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-2-6,"Biology (GIR), 7.05, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.060,Endocrinology,"Physiology and pathophysiology of the human endocrine system. Three hours of lecture and section each week concern individual parts of the endocrine system. Topics also include assay techniques, physiological integration, etc. At frequent clinic sessions, patients are presented who demonstrate clinical problems considered in the didactic lectures. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6 [P/D/F],"Biology (GIR), 7.05, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.061,Endocrinology,"Physiology and pathophysiology of the human endocrine system. Three hours of lecture and section each week concern individual parts of the endocrine system. Topics include assay techniques, physiological integration, etc. At frequent clinic sessions, patients are presented who demonstrate clinical problems considered in the didactic lectures. Only HST students may register under HST.060, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,"Biology (GIR), 7.05, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.071,Human Reproductive Biology,"Lectures and clinical case discussions designed to provide the student with a clear understanding of the physiology, endocrinology, and pathology of human reproduction. Emphasis is on the role of technology in reproductive science. Suggestions for future research contributions in the field are probed. Students become involved in the wider aspects of reproduction, such as prenatal diagnosis, in vitro fertilization, abortion, menopause, contraception and ethics relation to reproductive science. Only HST students may register under HST.070, graded P/D/F.",True,"Fall, Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, IAP, Spring",Graduate,4-0-2,7.05 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.081,Hematology,"Intensive survey of the biology, physiology and pathophysiology of blood with systematic consideration of hematopoiesis, white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets, coagulation, plasma proteins, and hematologic malignancies. Emphasis given equally to didactic discussion and analysis of clinical problems. Enrollment limited.",True,"Spring, Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, IAP, Spring",Graduate,2-1-3,7.05 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.090,Cardiovascular Pathophysiology,"Normal and pathologic physiology of the heart and vascular system. Emphasis includes hemodynamics, electrophysiology, gross pathology, and clinical correlates of cardiovascular function in normal and in a variety of disease states. Special attention given to congenital, rheumatic, valvular heart disease and cardiomyopathy. Only HST students may register under HST.090, graded P/D/F.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-10 [P/D/F],HST.030 or HST.031,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.091,Cardiovascular Pathophysiology,"Normal and pathologic physiology of the heart and vascular system. Emphasis includes hemodynamics, electrophysiology, gross pathology, and clinical correlates of cardiovascular function in normal and in a variety of disease states. Special attention given to congenital, rheumatic, valvular heart disease and cardiomyopathy. Only HST students may register under HST.090, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-2-10,(HST.030 or HST.031) and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.100,Respiratory Pathophysiology,"Lectures, seminars, and laboratories cover the histology, cell biology, and physiological function of the lung with multiple examples related to common diseases of the lung. A quantitative approach to the physics of gases, respiratory mechanics, and gas exchange is provided to explain pathological mechanisms. Use of medical ventilators is discussed in lecture and in laboratory experiences. For MD candidates and other students with background in science. Only HST students may register under HST.100, graded P/D/F.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8 [P/D/F],Physics I (GIR) and 7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.101,Respiratory Pathophysiology,"Lectures, seminars, and laboratories cover the histology, cell biology, and physiological function of the lung with multiple examples related to common diseases of the lung. A quantitative approach to the physics of gases, respiratory mechanics, and gas exchange is provided to explain pathological mechanisms. Use of medical ventilators is discussed in lecture and in laboratory experiences. For MD candidates and other students with background in science. Only HST students may register under HST.100, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"Physics I (GIR), 7.05, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.110,Renal Pathophysiology,"Considers the normal physiology of the kidney and the pathophysiology of renal disease. Renal regulation of sodium, potassium, acid, and water balance are emphasized as are the mechanism and consequences of renal failure. Included also are the pathology and pathophysiology of clinical renal disorders such as acute and chronic glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, and vascular disease. New molecular insights into transporter mutations and renal disease are discussed. Only HST students may register under HST.110, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8 [P/D/F],7.05 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.111,Renal Pathophysiology,"Considers the normal physiology of the kidney and the pathophysiology of renal disease. Renal regulation of sodium, potassium, acid, and water balance are emphasized as are the mechanism and consequences of renal failure. Included also are the pathology and pathophysiology of clinical renal disorders such as acute and chronic glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, and vascular disease. New molecular insights into transporter mutations and renal disease are discussed. Only HST students may register under HST.110, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,7.05 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.121,Gastroenterology,"Presents the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering of the gastrointestinal tract and associated pancreatic, liver, and biliary systems. Emphasis on the molecular and pathophysiological basis of disease where known. Covers gross and microscopic pathology and clinical aspects. Formal lectures given by core faculty, with some guest lectures by local experts. Selected seminars conducted by students with supervision of faculty. Only HST students may register under HST.120, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, IAP, Spring",Graduate,3-1-2,"Biology (GIR), Physics I (GIR), 7.05, and permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.130,Neuroscience,"Comprehensive study of neuroscience where students explore the brain on levels ranging from molecules and cells through neural systems, perception, memory, and behavior. Includes some aspects of clinical neuroscience, within neuropharmacology, pathophysiology, and neurology. Lectures supplemented by conferences and labs. Labs review neuroanatomy at the gross and microscopic levels. Limited to 50 HST students.",True,Fall,Graduate,6-3-6 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.131,Neuroscience,"Comprehensive study of neuroscience where students explore the brain on levels ranging from molecules and cells through neural systems, perception, memory, and behavior. Includes some aspects of clinical neuroscience, within neuropharmacology, pathophysiology, and neurology. Lectures supplemented by conferences and labs. Labs review neuroanatomy at the gross and microscopic levels. Only HST students may register under HST.130, graded P/D/F. Limited to 50.",True,Fall,Graduate,6-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.147,Biochemistry and Metabolism,"First-year graduate level intensive subject in human biochemistry and physiological chemistry that focuses on intermediary metabolism, structures of key intermediates and enzymes important in human disease. Subject is divided into four areas: carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and nucleic acids. The importance of these areas is underscored with examples from diseases and clinical correlations. Preparatory sessions meet in August. Only HST students may register under HST.146, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer, IAP, Spring",Graduate,4-0-5,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.151,Principles of Pharmacology,"Covers both general pharmacological principles (pharmacodynamics, toxicology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, drug interactions, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmaco-economics, and the placebo effect), and important clinical pharmacology areas (anti-microbials, general anesthetics, local anesthetics, autonomic modulation, anti-dysrhythmics, hypertension, heart failure, diabetes, anti-inflammatory drugs for rheumatology, immunomodulation for organ transplant, cancer chemotherapy, neuropsychopharmacology, opioids and opioid use disorder, cannabinoids, and drug delivery engineering). In addition, students taking the subject for credit contribute to teaching by presenting and analyzing clinical cases and therapeutic strategies. Highly recommended that students have prior education in human physiology and pathophysiology. Subject follows HMS calendar. Restricted to HST MD & HST PhD students.",True,"IAP, Spring, Summer, IAP, Spring",Graduate,6-0-6,"Biology (GIR), Physics I (GIR), and 7.05",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.160,Genetics in Modern Medicine,"Provides a foundation for understanding the relationship between molecular biology, genetics, and medicine. Starts with an introduction to molecular genetics, and quickly transitions to the genetic basis of diseases, including chromosomal, mitochondrial and epigenetic disease. Translation of clinical understanding into analysis at the level of the gene, chromosome, and molecule; the concepts and techniques of molecular biology and genomics; and the strategies and methods of genetic analysis. Includes diagnostics (prenatal and adult), cancer genetics, and the development of genetic therapies (RNA, viral, and genome editing). The clinical relevance of these areas is underscored with patient presentations. Only HST students may register under HST.160, graded P/D/F.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.161,Genetics in Modern Medicine,"Provides a foundation for understanding the relationship between molecular biology, genetics, and medicine. Starts with an introduction to molecular genetics, and quickly transitions to the genetic basis of diseases, including chromosomal, mitochondrial and epigenetic disease. Translation of clinical understanding into analysis at the level of the gene, chromosome, and molecule; the concepts and techniques of molecular biology and genomics; and the strategies and methods of genetic analysis. Includes diagnostics (prenatal and adult), cancer genetics, and the development of genetic therapies (RNA, viral, and genome editing). The clinical relevance of these areas is underscored with patient presentations. Only HST students may register under HST.160, graded P/D/F.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.162,Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics,"Introduction of molecular diagnostic methods in medicine and relevant bioinformatics methods. Discussion of principles of molecular testing for diagnosis of somatic and germline diseases using FISH, classical genotyping, array CGH, next generation sequencing, and other technologies. Case conferences emphasize clinical correlation and integration of information from multiple diagnostic tests. Bioinformatics lectures, problem sets, and laboratory sessions will introduce key concepts in biological sequence analysis and provide experience with bioinformatics tools. HST.015 and HST.191 recommended. Only HST students may register under HST.162, P/D/F. Enrollment limited, preference to HST students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.163,Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics,"Introduction of molecular diagnostic methods in medicine and relevant bioinformatics methods. Discussion of principles of molecular testing for diagnosis of somatic and germline diseases using FISH, classical genotyping, array CGH, next generation sequencing, and other technologies. Case conferences emphasize clinical correlation and integration of information from multiple diagnostic tests. Bioinformatics lectures, problem sets, and laboratory sessions will introduce key concepts in biological sequence analysis and provide experience with bioinformatics tools. HST.015 and HST.191 recommended. Only HST students may register under HST.162, P/D/F. Enrollment limited, preference to HST students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.164,Principles of Biomedical Imaging,"Reviews fundamental principles and techniques underlying modern biomedical imaging, as well as their application in modern medicine. Particular emphasis on magnetic resonance; also covers ultrasound, computed tomography, positron emission tomography and optical techniques. Didactic lectures accompanied by problem sets and experiments with portable magnetic resonance systems and ultrasound systems. Focuses on the quantitative aspects of biomedical imaging and requires a knowledge of differential equations, MATLAB, and intermediate-level physics. Only HST students may register under HST.164, P/D/F. Restricted to HST students.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.165,Principles of Biomedical Imaging,"Reviews fundamental principles and techniques underlying modern biomedical imaging, as well as their application in modern medicine. Particular emphasis on magnetic resonance; also covers ultrasound, computed tomography, positron emission tomography and optical techniques. Didactic lectures accompanied by problem sets and experiments with portable magnetic resonance systems and ultrasound systems. Focuses on the quantitative aspects of biomedical imaging and requires a knowledge of differential equations, MATLAB, and intermediate-level physics. Only HST students may register under HST.164, P/D/F. Restricted to HST students.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.175,Cellular and Molecular Immunology,"Covers cells and tissues of the immune system, lymphocyte development, the structure and function of antigen receptors, the cell biology of antigen processing and presentation including molecular structure and assembly of MHC molecules, lymphocyte activation, the biology of cytokines, leukocyte-endothelial interactions, and the pathogenesis of immunologically mediated diseases. Consists of lectures and tutorials in which clinical cases are discussed with faculty tutors. Details of each case covering a number of immunological issues in the context of disease are posted on a student website. Limited to 45.",True,Fall,Graduate,6-0-6 [P/D/F],7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.176,Cellular and Molecular Immunology,"Covers cells and tissues of the immune system, lymphocyte development, the structure and function of antigen receptors, the cell biology of antigen processing and presentation including molecular structure and assembly of MHC molecules, lymphocyte activation, the biology of cytokines, leukocyte-endothelial interactions, and the pathogenesis of immunologically mediated diseases. Consists of lectures and tutorials in which clinical cases are discussed with faculty tutors. Details of each case covering a number of immunological issues in the context of disease are posted on a student website. Only HST students may register under HST.175, graded P/D/F. Limited to 45.",True,Fall,Graduate,6-0-6,7.05,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.191,Introduction to Biostatistics,"Provides training in the use of statistics to comprehend, reason about, and communicate findings from the biomedical sciences, with an emphasis on critical reading of studies published in the literature. Considers assessment of the importance of chance in the interpretation of experimental data from randomized studies and clinical trials. Topics surveyed include basic probability theory; approximate and exact inferential methods such as chi-squared and t-tests, ANOVA, and their permutation-based analogues; linear and generalized linear regression models; survival analysis; causal inference; and statistical data analysis using high-level programming languages such as R. Enrollment restricted to students in the HST program.",True,"Summer, IAP, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,Calculus II (GIR),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.192,Medical Decision Analysis and Probabilistic Medical Inference,"Teaches the essentials of quantitative diagnostic reasoning and medical decision analysis. Guides participants through the process of choosing an appropriate contemporary medical problem in which risk-benefit tradeoffs play a prominent role, conducting a decision analysis, and ultimately publishing the results in a medical journal. Topics include decision trees, influence diagrams, Markov decision models and Monte Carlo simulation, methods for quantifying patient values, Bayesian inference, decision thresholds, and the cognitive science of medical decision making. HST.191 recommended. Limited to 8; preference to HST students.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.195,Clinical Epidemiology,"Introduces methods for the generation, analysis, and interpretation of data for clinical research. Major topics include the design of surveys, predictive models, randomized trials, clinical cohorts, and analyses of electronic health records. Prepares students to formulate well-defined research questions, design data collection, evaluate algorithms for clinical prediction, design studies for causal inference, and identify and prevent biases in clinical research. Emphasizes critical thinking and practical applications, including daily assignments based on articles published in major clinical journals and the discussion of a case study each week. Trains students to comprehend, critique, and communicate findings from the biomedical literature. Familiarity with regression modeling and basic statistical theory is a prerequisite. Only HST students may register under HST.194, graded P/D/F. Enrollment limited; restricted to medical and graduate students.",True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,1-0-1,HST.190,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.196,Teaching Health Sciences and Technology,"Provides teaching experience (classroom, laboratory, field, recitation, tutorial) under the direction of faculty member(s). Students may prepare instructional materials, lead discussion groups, provide individualized instruction, monitor students' progress, and gain experience delivering other educational elements. Limited to qualified graduate students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.198,Independent Study in Health Sciences and Technology,"Opportunity for independent study of health sciences and technology under regular supervision by an HST faculty member. Projects require prior approval from the HST Academic Office, as well as a substantive paper. ",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.200,Introduction to Clinical Medicine,"Intensive preparation for clinical clerkships that introduces the basic skills involved in examination of the patient in addition to history taking and the patient interview. Provides exposure to clinical problems in medicine, surgery, and pediatrics. Students report their findings through history taking and oral presentations. Restricted to MD program students.",True,"IAP, Spring",Graduate,9-19-12 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.201,Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Medical Engineering I,"Develop skills in patient interviewing and physical examination; become proficient at organizing and communicating clinical information in both written and oral forms; begin integrating history, physical, and laboratory data with pathophysiologic principles; and become familiar with the clinical decision-making process and broad economic, ethical, and sociological issues involved in patient care. There are two sections: one at Mount Auburn Hospital and one at West Roxbury VA Hospital, subsequent registration into HST.202 must be continued at the same hospital as HST.201. Restricted to MEMP students.",True,Summer,Graduate,0-20-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.202,Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Medical Engineering II,"Strengthens the skills developed in HST.201 through a six-week clerkship in medicine at a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital. Students serve as full-time members of a ward team and participate in longitudinal patient care. In addition, students participate in regularly scheduled teaching conferences focused on principles of patient management. Restricted to MEMP students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-20-0 [P/D/F],HST.201,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.207,Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Medical Engineering,"Introduction to the intricacies of clinical decision-making through broad exposure to how clinicians think and work in teams. Instruction provided in patient interviewing and physical examination; organizing and communicating clinical information in written and oral forms; and integrating history, physical, and laboratory data with pathophysiologic principles. Attention to the economic, ethical, and sociological issues involved in patient care. Consists of immersive clinical experiences at Massachusetts General Hospital, leveraging extensive educational resources across inpatient clinical floors, ambulatory clinics, procedural/surgical suites, diagnostic testing areas, simulation learning lab, and didactic settings, followed by a focused experience in which students develop a proposal to solve an unmet need identified during their clinical experiences. Equivalent to combination of HST.201 and HST.202. Restricted to HST MEMP students.",True,Spring,Graduate,0-30-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.220,Introduction to the Care of Patients,"Provides an introduction to the care of patients through opportunities to observe and participate in doctor-patient interaction in clinical settings and a longitudinal preceptorship experience with HST alumni physicians. Students are exposed to some of the practical realities of providing patient care. Topics include basic interviewing; issues of ethics, bias, and confidentiality; and other aspects of the doctor-patient relationship. The introductory session is held at HMS or Massachusetts General Hospital and the preceptorships are at several Harvard hospitals in Boston. Requirements include attendance at the introductory session and meetings scheduled with the preceptor.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.240,Translational Medicine Preceptorship,"Individually designed preceptorship joins together scientific research and clinical medicine. Students devote approximately half of their time to clinical experiences, and the remaining part to scholarly work in basic or clinical science. The two might run concomitantly or in series. Follow a clinical preceptor's daily activity, including aspects of patient care, attending rounds, conferences, and seminars. Research involves formal investigation of a focused and directed issue related to selected clinical area. Final paper required. Limited to students in the GEMS Program.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-12-0,HST.035,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.420[J],Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology,"Students work closely with people with disabilities to develop assistive and adaptive technologies that help them live more independently. Covers design methods and problem-solving strategies; human factors; human-machine interfaces; community perspectives; social and ethical aspects; and assistive technology for motor, cognitive, perceptual, and age-related impairments. Prior knowledge of one or more of the following areas useful: software; electronics; human-computer interaction; cognitive science; mechanical engineering; control; or MIT hobby shop, MIT PSC, or other relevant independent project experience. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-4-6,Permission of instructor,"2.78[J], 6.4530[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.431[J],Infections and Inequalities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Global Health,"Examines case studies in infectious disease outbreaks to demonstrate how human health is a product of multiple determinants, such as biology, sociocultural and historical factors, politics, economic processes, and the environment. Analyzes how structural inequalities render certain populations vulnerable to illness and explores the moral and ethical dimensions of public health and clinical interventions to promote health. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.134[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
HST.434,Evolution of an Epidemic (Study Abroad),"Examines the medical, scientific, public health and policy responses to a new disease, by focusing on the evolution of the AIDS epidemic. Begins with a review of how this new disease was first detected in the US and Africa, followed by the scientific basis as to how HIV causes profound dysfunction of the body's immune defense mechanisms, the rational development of drugs, the challenge of an HIV vaccine, and how public health and policy decisions have influenced the course of the global epidemic. Class conducted in Johannesburg Durban, South Africa. Open to all majors. Limited to 20. Application required; see class website for eligibility details.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.438[J],"Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity","Covers the history of infectious diseases, basics of virology, immunology, and epidemiology, and ways in which diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies are currently designed and manufactured. Examines the origins of inequities in infection rates in society, and issues pertinent to vaccine safety. Final project explores how to create a more pandemic-resilient world. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Preference to first-year students; all others should take HST.439.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,"5.002[J], 10.380[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.439[J],"Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity","Covers the history of infectious diseases, basics of virology, immunology, and epidemiology, and ways in which diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies are currently designed and manufactured. Examines the origins of inequities in infection rates in society, and issues pertinent to vaccine safety. Final project explores how to create a more pandemic-resilient world. HST.438 intended for first-year students; all others should take HST.439.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1,None,"5.003[J], 8.245[J], 10.382[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.450[J],Biological Physics,"Designed to provide seniors and first-year graduate students with a quantitative, analytical understanding of selected biological phenomena. Topics include experimental and theoretical basis for the phase boundaries and equation of state of concentrated protein solutions, with application to diseases such as sickle cell anemia and cataract. Protein-ligand binding and linkage and the theory of allosteric regulation of protein function, with application to proteins as stores as transporters in respiration, enzymes in metabolic pathways, membrane receptors, regulators of gene expression, and self-assembling scaffolds. The physics of locomotion and chemoreception in bacteria and the biophysics of vision, including the theory of transparency of the eye, molecular basis of photo reception, and the detection of light as a signal-to-noise discrimination.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,8.044 recommended but not necessary,8.593[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.452[J],Statistical Physics in Biology,"A survey of problems at the interface of statistical physics and modern biology: bioinformatic methods for extracting information content of DNA; gene finding, sequence comparison, phylogenetic trees. Physical interactions responsible for structure of biopolymers; DNA double helix, secondary structure of RNA, elements of protein folding. Considerations of force, motion, and packaging; protein motors, membranes. Collective behavior of biological elements; cellular networks, neural networks, and evolution.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,8.333 or permission of instructor,8.592[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.460[J],Statistics for Neuroscience Research,"A survey of statistical methods for neuroscience research. Core topics include introductions to the theory of point processes, the generalized linear model, Monte Carlo methods, Bayesian methods, multivariate methods, time-series analysis, spectral analysis and state-space modeling. Emphasis on developing a firm conceptual understanding of the statistical paradigm and statistical methods primarily through analyses of actual experimental data.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,9.073[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.482[J],Biomedical Signal and Image Processing,"Fundamentals of digital signal processing with emphasis on problems in biomedical research and clinical medicine. Basic principles and algorithms for processing both deterministic and random signals. Topics include data acquisition, imaging, filtering, coding, feature extraction, and modeling. Lab projects, performed in MATLAB, provide practical experience in processing physiological data, with examples from cardiology, speech processing, and medical imaging. Lectures cover signal processing topics relevant to the lab exercises, as well as background on the biological signals processed in the labs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,"(6.3700 or permission of instructor) and (2.004, 6.3000, 16.002, or 18.085)",6.8801[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.500,Frontiers in (Bio)Medical Engineering and Physics,"Provides a framework for mapping research topics at the intersection of medicine and engineering/physics in the Harvard-MIT community and covers the different research areas in MEMP (for example, regenerative biomedical technologies, biomedical imaging and biooptics). Lectures provide fundamental concepts and consider what's hot, and why, in each area. Training in scientific proposal writing (thesis proposals, fellowship applications, or research grant applications) through writing workshops. Topics include how to structure a novel research project, how to position research within the scientific community, how to present preliminary data effectively, and how to give and respond to peer reviews.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.504[J],Topics in Computational Molecular Biology,"Covers current research topics in computational molecular biology. Recent research papers presented from leading conferences such as the International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB) and the Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB). Topics include original research (both theoretical and experimental) in comparative genomics, sequence and structure analysis, molecular evolution, proteomics, gene expression, transcriptional regulation, biological networks, drug discovery, and privacy. Recent research by course participants also covered. Participants will be expected to present individual projects to the class.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.8701, 18.417, or permission of instructor",18.418[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.506[J],Computational Systems Biology: Deep Learning in the Life Sciences,"Presents innovative approaches to computational problems in the life sciences, focusing on deep learning-based approaches with comparisons to conventional methods. Topics include protein-DNA interaction, chromatin accessibility, regulatory variant interpretation, medical image understanding, medical record understanding, therapeutic design, and experiment design (the choice and interpretation of interventions). Focuses on machine learning model selection, robustness, and interpretation. Teams complete a multidisciplinary final research project using TensorFlow or other framework. Provides a comprehensive introduction to each life sciences problem, but relies upon students understanding probabilistic problem formulations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and (6.3700 or 18.600),6.8710[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.507[J],"Advanced Computational Biology: Genomes, Networks, Evolution","See description for 6.8701. Additionally examines recent publications in the areas covered, with research-style assignments. A more substantial final project is expected, which can lead to a thesis and publication.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,"(Biology (GIR), 6.1210, and 6.3700) or permission of instructor",6.8700[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.508[J],Evolutionary and Quantitative Genomics,"Develops deep quantitative understanding of basic forces of evolution, molecular evolution, genetic variations and their dynamics in populations, genetics of complex phenotypes, and genome-wide association studies. Applies these foundational concepts to cutting-edge studies in epigenetics, gene regulation and chromatin; cancer genomics and microbiomes. Modules consist of lectures, journal club discussions of high-impact publications, and guest lectures that provide clinical correlates. Homework assignments and final projects develop practical experience and understanding of genomic data from evolutionary principles.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,1.872[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.515[J],Aerospace Biomedical and Life Support Engineering,"Fundamentals of human performance, physiology, and life support impacting engineering design and aerospace systems. Topics include effects of gravity on the muscle, skeletal, cardiovascular, and neurovestibular systems; human/pilot modeling and human/machine design; flight experiment design; and life support engineering for extravehicular activity (EVA). Case studies of current research are presented. Assignments include a design project, quantitative homework sets, and quizzes emphasizing engineering and systems aspects.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"16.06, 16.400, or permission of instructor","16.423[J], IDS.337[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.518[J],Human Systems Engineering,"Provides a fundamental understanding of human factors that must be taken into account in the design and engineering of complex aviation, space, and medical systems. Focuses primarily on derivation of human engineering design criteria from sensory, motor, and cognitive sources. Includes principles of displays, controls and ergonomics, manual control, the nature of human error, basic experimental design, and human-computer interaction in supervisory control settings. Students taking graduate version complete a research project with a final written report and oral presentation.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"6.3700, 16.09, or permission of instructor",16.453[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.522[J],Biomaterials: Tissue Interactions,"Principles of materials science and cell biology underlying the development and implementation of biomaterials for the fabrication of medical devices/implants, including artificial organs and matrices for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Employs a conceptual model, the ""unit cell process for analysis of the mechanisms underlying wound healing and tissue remodeling following implantation of biomaterials/devices in various organs, including matrix synthesis, degradation, and contraction. Methodology of tissue and organ regeneration. Discusses methods for biomaterials surface characterization and analysis of protein adsorption on biomaterials. Design of implants and prostheses based on control of biomaterials-tissue interactions. Comparative analysis of intact, biodegradable, and bioreplaceable implants by reference to case studies. Criteria for restoration of physiological function for tissues and organs.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor",2.79[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.523[J],Cell-Matrix Mechanics,"Mechanical forces play a decisive role during development of tissues and organs, during remodeling following injury as well as in normal function. A stress field influences cell function primarily through deformation of the extracellular matrix to which cells are attached. Deformed cells express different biosynthetic activity relative to undeformed cells. The unit cell process paradigm combined with topics in connective tissue mechanics form the basis for discussions of several topics from cell biology, physiology, and medicine.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and 2.001) or permission of instructor",2.785[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.524[J],Design of Medical Devices and Implants,"Solution of clinical problems by use of implants and other medical devices. Systematic use of cell-matrix control volumes. The role of stress analysis in the design process. Anatomic fit: shape and size of implants. Selection of biomaterials. Instrumentation for surgical implantation procedures. Preclinical testing for safety and efficacy: risk/benefit ratio assessment. Evaluation of clinical performance: design of clinical trials. Project materials drawn from orthopedic devices, soft tissue implants, artificial organs, and dental implants.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor",2.782[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.525[J],Tumor Microenvironment and Immuno-Oncology: A Systems Biology Approach,"Provides theoretical background to analyze and synthesize the most up-to-date findings from both laboratory and clinical investigations into solid tumor pathophysiology. Covers different topics centered on the critical role that the tumor microenvironment plays in the growth, invasion, metastasis and treatment of solid tumors. Develops a systems-level, quantitative understanding of angiogenesis, extracellular matrix, metastatic process, delivery of drugs and immune cells, and response to conventional and novel therapies, including immunotherapies. Discussions provide critical comments on the challenges and the future opportunities in research on cancer and in establishment of novel therapeutic approaches and biomarkers to guide treatment.",False,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,10.548[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.526[J],"Future Medicine: Drug Delivery, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics","Aims to describe the direction and future of medical technology. Introduces pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and conventional medical devices, then transitions to drug delivery systems, mechanical/electric-based and biological/cell-based therapies, and sensors. Covers nano- and micro drug delivery systems, including polymer-drug conjugates, protein therapeutics, liposomes and polymer nanoparticles, viral and non-viral genetic therapy, and tissue engineering. Previous coursework in cell biology and organic chemistry recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 40.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,5.12 or permission of instructor,10.643[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.531,Medical Physics of Proton Radiation Therapy,"Acceleration of protons for radiation therapy; introduction into advanced techniques such as laser acceleration and dielectric wall acceleration. Topics include the interactions of protons with the patient, Monte Carlo simulation, and dose calculation methods; biological aspects of proton therapy, relative biological effectiveness (RBE), and the role of contaminating neutrons; treatment planning and treatment optimization methods, and intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT); the effect of organ motion and its compensation by use of image-guided treatment techniques; general dosimetry and advanced in-vivo dosimetry methods, including PET/CT and prompt gamma measurements. Outlook into therapy with heavier ions. Includes practical demonstrations at the Proton Therapy Center of the Massachusetts General Hospital.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.533,Medical Imaging in Radiation Therapy,"Introduces imaging concepts and applications used throughout radiation therapy workflows, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and computed tomography (CT). Advanced topics include proton imaging modalities, such as prompt gamma imaging and proton radiography/CT. Includes lectures regarding image reconstruction and image registration. Introduces students to open-source medical image computing software (3D Slicer, RTK, and Plastimatch). Includes imaging demonstrations at Massachusetts General Hospital.",False,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,18.06,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.535[J],Tissue Engineering and Organ Regeneration,"Principles and practice of tissue engineering (TE) and organ regeneration (OR). Topics include factors that prevent the spontaneous regeneration of tissues/organs in the adult (following traumatic injury, surgical excision, disease, and aging), and molecular and cell-biological mechanisms that can be harnessed for induced regeneration. Presents the basic science of organ regeneration. Principles underlying engineering strategies for employing select biomaterial scaffolds, exogenous cells, soluble regulators, and physical stimuli, for the formation of tissue in vitro (TE) and regeneration of tissues/organs in vivo (OR). Describes the technologies for producing biomaterial scaffolds and for incorporating cells and regulatory molecules into workable devices. Examples of clinical successes and failures of regenerative devices are analyzed as case studies.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,"(Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor",2.787[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.537[J],Fluids and Diseases,"Designed for students in engineering and the quantitative sciences who want to explore applications of mathematics, physics and fluid dynamics to infectious diseases and health; and for students in epidemiology, environmental health, ecology, medicine, and systems modeling seeking to understand physical and spatial modeling, and the role of fluid dynamics and physical constraints on infectious diseases and pathologies. The first part of the class reviews modeling in epidemiology and data collection, and highlights concepts of spatial modeling and heterogeneity. The remainder highlights multi-scale dynamics, the role of fluids and fluid dynamics in physiology, and pathology in a range of infectious diseases. The laboratory portion entails activities aimed at integrating applied learning with theoretical concepts discussed in lectures and covered in problem sets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,"1.631[J], 2.250[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.538[J],Genomics and Evolution of Infectious Disease,"Provides a thorough introduction to the forces driving infectious disease evolution, practical experience with bioinformatics and computational tools, and discussions of current topics relevant to public health. Topics include mechanisms of genome variation in bacteria and viruses, population genetics, outbreak detection and tracking, strategies to impede the evolution of drug resistance, emergence of new disease, and microbiomes and metagenomics. Discusses primary literature and computational assignments. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Biology (GIR) and (1.000 or 6.100B),1.881[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.539[J],Advances in Interdisciplinary Science in Human Health and Disease,"Introduces major principles, concepts, and clinical applications of biophysics, biophysical chemistry, and systems biology. Emphasizes biological macromolecular interactions, biochemical reaction dynamics, and genomics. Discusses current technological frontiers and areas of active research at the interface of basic and clinical science. Provides integrated, interdisciplinary training and core experimental and computational methods in molecular biochemistry and genomics.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"5.13, 5.601, 5.602, and (5.07 or 7.05)",5.64[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.540[J],Human Physiology,"Comprehensive exploration of human physiology, emphasizing the molecular basis and applied aspects of organ function and regulation in health and disease. Includes a review of cell structure and function, as well as the mechanisms by which the endocrine and nervous systems integrate cellular metabolism. Special emphasis on examining the cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and renal systems, as well as liver function, drug metabolism, and pharmacogenetics.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,5-0-7,7.05,7.20[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.541[J],Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing,"Integrated overview of the biophysics of cells from prokaryotes to neurons, with a focus on mass transport and electrical signal generation across cell membrane. First third of course focuses on mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Second third focuses on electrical properties of cells: ion transport to action potential generation and propagation in electrically excitable cells. Synaptic transmission. Electrical properties interpreted via kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Final third focuses on biophysics of synaptic transmission and introduction to neural computing. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-2-5,"(Physics II (GIR), 18.03, and (2.005, 6.2000, 6.3000, 10.301, or 20.110)) or permission of instructor","2.794[J], 6.4812[J], 9.021[J], 20.470[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.542[J],Quantitative and Clinical Physiology,"Application of the principles of energy and mass flow to major human organ systems. Anatomical, physiological and clinical features of the cardiovascular, respiratory and renal systems. Mechanisms of regulation and homeostasis. Systems, features and devices that are most illuminated by the methods of physical sciences and engineering models. Required laboratory work includes animal studies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-2-6,"Physics II (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor","2.792[J], 6.4820[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.552[J],Medical Device Design,"Provides an intense project-based learning experience around the design of medical devices with foci ranging from mechanical to electro mechanical to electronics. Projects motivated by real-world clinical challenges provided by sponsors and clinicians who also help mentor teams. Covers the design process, project management, and fundamentals of mechanical and electrical circuit and sensor design. Students work in small teams to execute a substantial term project, with emphasis placed upon developing creative designs — via a deterministic design process — that are developed and optimized using analytical techniques. Includes mandatory lab. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,"2.008, 6.2040, 6.2050, 6.2060, 22.071, or permission of instructor","2.75[J], 6.4861[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.560[J],Radiation Biophysics,"Provides a background in sources of radiation with an emphasis on terrestrial and space environments and on industrial production. Discusses experimental approaches to evaluating biological effects resulting from irradiation regimes differing in radiation type, dose and dose-rate.  Effects at the molecular, cellular, organism, and population level are examined.  Literature is reviewed identifying gaps in our understanding of the health effects of radiation, and responses of regulatory bodies to these gaps is discussed. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,22.55[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.562[J],Pioneering Technologies for Interrogating Complex Biological Systems,"Introduces pioneering technologies in biology and medicine and discusses their underlying biological/molecular/engineering principles. Topics include emerging sample processing technologies, advanced optical imaging modalities, and next-gen molecular phenotyping techniques. Provides practical experience with optical microscopy and 3D phenotyping techniques. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"9.271[J], 10.562[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.563,Imaging Biophysics and Clinical Applications,"Introduction to the connections and distinctions among  various imaging modalities (x-ray, optical, ultrasound, MRI, PET, SPECT, EEG), common goals of biomedical imaging, broadly defined target of biomedical imaging, and the current practical and economic landscape of biomedical imaging research. Emphasis on applications of imaging research.  Final project consists of student groups writing mock grant applications for  biomedical imaging research project, modeled after an exploratory National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant application.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-1-9,(8.03 and 18.03) or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.565,Medical Imaging Sciences and Applications,"Covers biophysical, biomedical, mathematical and instrumentation basics of positron emission tomography (PET), x-ray and computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), single photon emission tomography (SPECT), optical Imaging and ultrasound. Topics include particles and photon interactions, nuclear counting statistics, gamma cameras, and computed tomography as it pertains to SPECT and PET (PET-CT, PET-MR, time-of-flight PET), MR physics and various sequences, optical and ultrasound physics foundations for imaging. Discusses clinical applications of PET and MR in molecular imaging of the brain, the heart, cancer and the role of AI in medical imaging. Includes medical demonstration lectures of SPECT, PET-CT and PET-MR imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. Considers the ways imaging techniques are rooted in physics, engineering, and mathematics, and their respective role in anatomic and physiologic/molecular imaging.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.576[J],Topics in Neural Signal Processing,"Presents signal processing and statistical methods used to study neural systems and analyze neurophysiological data. Topics include state-space modeling formulated using the Bayesian Chapman-Kolmogorov system, theory of point processes, EM algorithm, Bayesian and sequential Monte Carlo methods. Applications include dynamic analyses of neural encoding, neural spike train decoding, studies of neural receptive field plasticity, algorithms for neural prosthetic control, EEG and MEG source localization. Students should know introductory probability theory and statistics.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,9.272[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.580[J],Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction in MRI,"Applies analysis of signals and noise in linear systems, sampling, and Fourier properties to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging acquisition and reconstruction. Provides adequate foundation for MR physics to enable study of RF excitation design, efficient Fourier sampling, parallel encoding, reconstruction of non-uniformly sampled data, and the impact of hardware imperfections on reconstruction performance. Surveys active areas of MR research. Assignments include Matlab-based work with real data. Includes visit to a scan site for human MR studies.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3010,6.8810[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.582[J],Biomedical Signal and Image Processing,"Fundamentals of digital signal processing with emphasis on problems in biomedical research and clinical medicine. Basic principles and algorithms for processing both deterministic and random signals. Topics include data acquisition, imaging, filtering, coding, feature extraction, and modeling. Lab projects, performed in MATLAB, provide practical experience in processing physiological data, with examples from cardiology, speech processing, and medical imaging. Lectures cover signal processing topics relevant to the lab exercises, as well as background on the biological signals processed in the labs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,"(6.3700 and (2.004, 6.3000, 16.002, or 18.085)) or permission of instructor","6.8800[J], 16.456[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.583[J],Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Data Acquisition and Analysis,"Provides background necessary for designing, conducting, and interpreting fMRI studies in the human brain. Covers in depth the physics of image encoding, mechanisms of anatomical and functional contrasts, the physiological basis of fMRI signals, cerebral hemodynamics, and neurovascular coupling. Also covers design methods for stimulus-, task-driven and resting-state experiments, as well as workflows for model-based and data-driven analysis methods for data. Instruction in brain structure analysis and surface- and region-based analyses. Laboratory sessions include data acquisition sessions at the 3 Tesla MRI scanner at MIT and the Connectom and 7 Tesla scanners at the MGH/HST Martinos Center, as well as hands-on data analysis workshops. Introductory or college-level neurobiology, physics, and signal processing are helpful.",False,Fall,Graduate,2-3-7,18.05 and (18.06 or permission of instructor),9.583[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.584[J],"Magnetic Resonance Analytic, Biochemical, and Imaging Techniques","Introduction to basic NMR theory. Examples of biochemical data obtained using NMR summarized along with other related experiments. Detailed study of NMR imaging techniques includes discussions of basic cross-sectional image reconstruction, image contrast, flow and real-time imaging, and hardware design considerations. Exposure to laboratory NMR spectroscopic and imaging equipment included.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-12,Permission of instructor,22.561[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.590,Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series,"Seminars focused on the development of professional skills for biomedical engineers and scientists. Each term focuses on a different topic, resulting in a repeating cycle that covers biomedical and research ethics, business and entrepreneurship, global health and biomedical innovation, and health systems and policy. Includes guest lectures, case studies, interactive small group discussions, and role-playing simulations.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.599,Research in Health Sciences and Technology,"For students conducting pre-thesis research or lab rotations in HST, in cases where the assigned research is approved for academic credit by the department. Hours arranged with research advisor. Restricted to HST students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.714[J],"Introduction to Sound, Speech, and Hearing","Introduces students to the acoustics, anatomy, physiology, and mechanics related to speech and hearing. Focuses on how humans generate and perceive speech. Topics related to speech, explored through applications and challenges involving acoustics, speech recognition, and speech disorders, include acoustic theory of speech production, basic digital speech processing, control mechanisms of speech production and basic elements of speech and voice perception. Topics related to hearing include acoustics and mechanics of the outer ear, middle ear, and cochlea, how pathologies affect their function, and methods for clinical diagnosis. Surgical treatments and medical devices such as hearing aids, bone conduction devices, and implants are also covered.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,(6.3000 and 8.03) or permission of instructor,9.016[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.716[J],Signal Processing by the Auditory System: Perception,"Studies information processing performance of the human auditory system in relation to current physiological knowledge. Examines mathematical models for the quantification of auditory-based behavior and the relation between behavior and peripheral physiology, reflecting the tono-topic organization and stochastic responses of the auditory system. Mathematical models of psychophysical relations, incorporating quantitative knowledge of physiological transformations by the peripheral auditory system.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.3000 and (6.3700 or 6.3702)) or permission of instructor,6.8830[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.723[J],"Audition: Neural Mechanisms, Perception and Cognition","Neural structures and mechanisms mediating the detection, localization and recognition of sounds. General principles are conveyed by theme discussions of auditory masking, sound localization, musical pitch, cochlear implants, cortical plasticity and auditory scene analysis. Follows Harvard FAS calendar.",True,Spring,Graduate,6-0-6,Permission of instructor,9.285[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.728[J],Spoken Language Processing,"Introduces the rapidly developing field of spoken language processing including automatic speech recognition. Topics include acoustic theory of speech production, acoustic-phonetics, signal representation, acoustic and language modeling, search, hidden Markov modeling, neural networks models, end-to-end deep learning models, and other machine learning techniques applied to speech and language processing topics. Lecture material intersperses theory with practice. Includes problem sets, laboratory exercises, and open-ended term project.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,6.3000 and 6.3900,6.8620[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.916[J],Case Studies and Strategies in Drug Discovery and Development,"Aims to develop appreciation for the stages of drug discovery and development, from target identification, to the submission of preclinical and clinical data to regulatory authorities for marketing approval. Following introductory lectures on the process of drug development, students working in small teams analyze how one of four new drugs or drug candidates traversed the discovery/development landscape. For each case, an outside expert from the sponsoring drug company or pivotal clinical trial principal investigator provides guidance and critiques the teams' presentations to the class.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"7.549[J], 15.137[J], 20.486[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.918[J],Economics of Health Care Industries,"Uses economics as a framework to consider healthcare issues, including differences between health care and other industries, the role of health insurance, regulatory issues and incentives for innovation, data analytics to measure value, personalized/stratified medicines, strategic issues in pricing and marketing, use of e-commerce and information technology, and formation and management of various alliances. Provides a better understanding of the US healthcare landscape, and considers incentives for global health investments. Visiting speakers from industry and academia provide multiple expert viewpoints on these topics. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking the graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,15.141[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.920[J],Principles and Practice of Drug Development,"Description and critical assessment of the major issues and stages of developing a pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical. Drug discovery, preclinical development, clinical investigation, manufacturing and regulatory issues considered for small and large molecules. Economic and financial considerations of the drug development process. Multidisciplinary perspective from faculty in clinical; life; and management sciences; as well as industry guests.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,"10.547[J], 15.136[J], IDS.620[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.936,Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care,"Addresses issues related to how health information systems can improve the quality of care in resource poor settings.  Discusses key challenges and real problems; design paradigms and approaches; and system evaluation and the challenges of measuring impact.  Weekly lectures led by internationally recognized experts in the field. Students taking HST.936, HST.937 and HST.938 attend common lectures; assignments and laboratory time differ.  HST.936 has no laboratory.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.937,Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care,"Addresses issues related to how health information systems can improve the quality of care in resource poor settings. Discusses key challenges and real problems; design paradigms and approaches; and system evaluation and the challenges of measuring impact. Weekly lectures led by internationally recognized experts in the field. Students taking HST.936, HST.937 and HST.938 attend common lectures; assignments and laboratory time differ.  HST.936 has no laboratory.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-2,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.938,Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care,"Addresses issues related to how health information systems can improve the quality of care in resource poor settings. Discusses key challenges and real problems; design paradigms and approaches; and system evaluation and the challenges of measuring impact. Weekly lectures led by internationally recognized experts in the field. Students taking HST.936, HST.937 and HST.938 attend common lectures; assignments and laboratory time differ.  HST.936 has no laboratory.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-8,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.940[J],"Bioinformatics: Principles, Methods and Applications","Introduction to bioinformatics, the collection of principles and computational methods used to upgrade the information content of biological data generated by genome sequencing, proteomics, and cell-wide physiological measurements of gene expression and metabolic fluxes. Fundamentals from systems theory presented to define modeling philosophies and simulation methodologies for the integration of genomic and physiological data in the analysis of complex biological processes. Various computational methods address a broad spectrum of problems in functional genomics and cell physiology. Application of bioinformatics to metabolic engineering, drug design, and biotechnology also discussed.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,10.555[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.953[J],"Clinical Data Learning, Visualization, and Deployments","Examines the practical considerations for operationalizing machine learning in healthcare settings, with a focus on robust, private, and fair modeling using real retrospective healthcare data. Explores the pre-modeling creation of dataset pipeline to the post-modeling ""implementation science,"" which addresses how models are incorporated at the point of care. Students complete three homework assignments (one each in machine learning, visualization, and implementation), followed by a project proposal and presentation. Students gain experience in dataset creation and curation, machine learning training, visualization, and deployment considerations that target utility and clinical value. Students partner with computer scientists, engineers, social scientists, and clinicians to better appreciate the multidisciplinary nature of data science.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.7900 and 6.7930) or permission of instructor,6.8850[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.956[J],Machine Learning for Healthcare,"Introduces students to machine learning in healthcare, including the nature of clinical data and the use of machine learning for risk stratification, disease progression modeling, precision medicine, diagnosis, subtype discovery, and improving clinical workflows. Topics include causality, interpretability, algorithmic fairness, time-series analysis, graphical models, deep learning and transfer learning. Guest lectures by clinicians from the Boston area, and projects with real clinical data, emphasize subtleties of working with clinical data and translating machine learning into clinical practice.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,"6.3900, 6.4100, 6.7810, 6.7900, 6.8611, or 9.520",6.7930[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.962,Medical Product Development and Translational Biomedical Research,"Explores the translation of basic biomedical science into therapies. Topics span pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics development. Exposes students to strategic assessment of clinical areas, product comparison, regulatory risk assessment by indication, and rational safety program design. Develops quantitative understanding of statistics and trial design.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.971[J],Strategic Decision Making in Life Science Ventures,"Surveys key strategic decisions faced by managers, investors and scientists at each stage in the value chain of the life science industry. Aims to develop students' ability to understand and effectively assess these strategic challenges. Focuses on the biotech sector, with additional examples from the digital health and precision medicine industries. Includes case studies, analytical models, and detailed quantitative analysis. Intended for students interested in building a life science company or working in the sector as a manager, consultant, analyst, or investor. Provides analytical background to the industry for biological and biomedical scientists, engineers and physicians with an interest in understanding the commercial dynamics of the life sciences or the commercial potential of their research.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,15.363[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.974,Innovating for Mission Impact in Medicine and Healthcare,"Through a mentored experience, and in conjunction with the MIT Catalyst program, participants develop and validate a small portfolio of research opportunities/proposals. Provides experience with critical professional skills (interfacing with diverse experts, research strategy, critically evaluating the landscape and potential to add value, proposal development, communication, etc.) that heightens the potential to have meaningful impact through their work and career. Restricted to MIT Catalyst Fellows.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.978[J],Healthcare Ventures,"Addresses healthcare entrepreneurship with an emphasis on startups bridging care re-design, digital health, medical devices, and new healthcare business models. Includes prominent speakers and experts from key domains across venture capital, medicine, pharma, med devices, regulatory, insurance, software, design thinking, entrepreneurship, including many alumni from the class sharing their journeys. Provides practical experiences in venture validation/creation through team-based work around themes. Illustrates best practices in identifying and validating health venture opportunities amid challenges of navigating healthcare complexity, team dynamics, and venture capital raising process. Intended for students from engineering, medicine, public health, and MBA programs. Video conference facilities provided to facilitate remote participation by Executive MBA and traveling students.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,15.367[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.980,Emerging Problems in Infectious Diseases,"Introduces contemporary challenges in preventing, detecting, diagnosing and treating emerging and newly emerging pathogens. Provides students with team-based opportunities to brainstorm, propose and present innovative solutions to such challenges. Expert lecturers discuss emerging problems in infectious diseases. Includes brainstorming sessions in which student teams identify problems in infectious diseases and propose innovative solutions. The teams then prepare and deliver short presentations, outlining identified problems and solutions.",True,IAP,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.999,Practical Experience in Health Sciences and Technology,"Required for HST PhD students to gain professional perspective in research experiences, academic experiences, or internships related to health sciences and technology. Professional perspective options include: internships (with industry, government, medicine or academia), industrial or medical colloquia or seminars, research collaboration with industry or government, and professional development for entry into academia or entrepreneurial engagement. For an internship experience, an offer of employment from a company or organization is required prior to enrollment. Upon completion of the activity, student must submit a letter from the employer describing the work accomplished, along with a substantive final report written by the student. Consult HST's Academic Office for details on procedures and restrictions.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of a PhD or ScD thesis or an HST SM thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate faculty advisor.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.UR,Undergraduate Research in Health Sciences and Technology,"Extended participation in the work of a faculty member or research group. Research is arranged by mutual agreement between the student and a member of the faculty of the Harvard-MIT Program Health Sciences and Technology, and may continue over several terms. Registration requires submission of a written proposal to the MIT UROP, signed by the faculty advisor and approved by the department. A summary report must be submitted at the end of each term.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.URG,Undergraduate Research in Health Sciences and Technology,"Extended participation in the work of a faculty member or research group. Research is arranged by mutual agreement between the student and a member of the faculty of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, and may continue over several terms. Registration requires submission of a written proposal to the MIT UROP Office; signed by the faculty advisor and approved by the department. A summary report must be submitted at the end of each term.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S16,Special Graduate Subject: Health Sciences and Technology,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to Health Sciences and Technology not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by IMES/HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S17,Special Graduate Subject: Health Sciences and Technology,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to Health Sciences and Technology not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by IMES/HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S18,Special Graduate Subject: Health Sciences and Technology,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to Health Sciences and Technology not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by IMES/HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S19,Special Graduate Subject: Health Sciences and Technology,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to Health Sciences and Technology not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by IMES/HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S46,Special Undergraduate Subject: Health Sciences and Technology,Group study of subjects related to health sciences and technology not otherwise included in the curriculum. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S47,Special Undergraduate Subject: Health Sciences and Technology,Group study of subjects related to health sciences and technology not otherwise included in the curriculum. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S48,Special Undergraduate Subject: Health Sciences and Technology,Group study of subjects related to health sciences and technology not otherwise included in the curriculum. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S49,Special Undergraduate Subject: Health Sciences and Technology,Group study of subjects related to health sciences and technology not otherwise included in the curriculum. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S56,Special Graduate Subject: Medical Engineering and Medical Physics,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to the Medical Engineering and Medical Physics Program not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by IMES/HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S57,Special Graduate Subject: Medical Engineering and Medical Physics,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to the Medical Engineering and Medical Physics Program not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by IMES/HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S58,Special Subject: Medical Engineering and Medical Physics,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to the Medical Engineering and Medical Physics Program not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S59,Special Graduate Subject: Medical Engineering and Medical Physics,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to the Medical Engineering and Medical Physics Program not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by IMES/HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S78,Special Subject: Speech and Hearing Sciences,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to the Speech and Hearing Sciences not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings initiated by members of the SHS faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic; consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S96,Special Graduate Subject: Biomedical Entrepreneurship,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects relating to biomedical entrepreneurship not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by HST/IMES faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic. Consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S97,Special Graduate Subject: Biomedical Entrepreneurship,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects relating to biomedical entrepreneurship not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic. Consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S98,Special Graduate Subject: Biomedical Entrepreneurship,Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects relating to biomedical entrepreneurship not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic. Consult faculty at time of offering.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
HST.S99,Special Graduate Subject: Biomedical Entrepreneurship,"Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects relating to biomedical entrepreneurship not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by HST faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to program approval. Prerequisites may vary by topic. Consult faculty at time of offering.
HST/IMES Faculty",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.012[J],"Statistics, Computation and Applications","Hands-on analysis of data demonstrates the interplay between statistics and computation. Includes four modules, each centered on a specific data set, and introduced by a domain expert. Provides instruction in specific, relevant analysis methods and corresponding algorithmic aspects. Potential modules may include medical data, gene regulation, social networks, finance data (time series), traffic, transportation, weather forecasting, policy, or industrial web applications. Projects address a large-scale data analysis question. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited; priority to Statistics and Data Science minors, and to juniors and seniors.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,"(6.100B, (18.03, 18.06, or 18.C06), and (6.3700, 6.3800, 14.30, 16.09, or 18.05)) or permission of instructor",6.3730[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.013[J],Statistical Thinking and Data Analysis,"Introduces a rigorous treatment of statistical data analysis while helping students develop a strong intuition for the strengths and limitations of various methods. Topics include statistical sampling and uncertainty, estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression, classification, analysis of variation, and elements of data mining. Involves empirical use of hypothesis testing and other statistical methodologies in several domains, including the assessment of A-B experiments on the web and the identification of genes correlated with diseases.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,6.3700 or 15.069,15.075[J],True,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.014[J],Fundamentals of Statistics,"A rapid introduction to the theoretical foundations of statistical methods that are useful in many applications. Covers a broad range of topics in a short amount of time with the goal of providing a rigorous and cohesive understanding of the modern statistical landscape. Mathematical language is used for intuition and basic derivations but not proofs. Main topics include: parametric estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, Bayesian inference, and linear and logistic regression. Additional topics may include: causal inference, nonparametric estimation, and classification.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or 18.600,18.650[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.045[J],System Safety,"Introduces the concepts of system safety and how to analyze and design safer systems. Topics include the causes of accidents in general, and recent major accidents in particular; hazard analysis, safety-driven design techniques; design of human-automation interaction; integrating safety into the system engineering process; and managing and operating safety-critical systems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,16.63[J],False,False,True,False,False,False
IDS.050[J],Cybersecurity,"Focuses on the complexity of cybersecurity in a changing world. Examines national and international aspects of overall cyber ecology. Explores sources and consequences of cyber threats and different types of damages. Considers impacts for and of various aspects of cybersecurity in diverse geostrategic, political, business and economic contexts. Addresses national and international policy responses as well as formal and informal strategies and mechanisms for responding to cyber insecurity and enhancing conditions of cybersecurity. Students taking graduate version expected to pursue subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.447[J], MAS.460[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
IDS.055[J],"Science, Technology, and Public Policy","Analysis of issues at the intersection of science, technology, public policy, and business. Cases drawn from antitrust and intellectual property rights; health and environmental policy; defense procurement and strategy; strategic trade and industrial policy; and R&D funding. Structured around theories of political economy, modified to take into account integration of uncertain technical information into public and private decision-making. Meets with 17.310 when offered concurrently.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,"17.309[J], STS.082[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
IDS.057[J],Data and Society,"Introduces students to the social, political, and ethical aspects of data science work. Designed to create reflective practitioners who are able to think critically about how collecting, aggregating, and analyzing data are social processes and processes that affect people.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.155[J], STS.005[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
IDS.060[J],"Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control","Analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution, hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and production/use of toxic chemicals. Analyzes pollution/climate change as economic problems and failure of markets. Explores the role of science and economics in legal decisions. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (i.e., economic incentives, voluntary approaches) to control pollution and encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on major federal legislation, underlying administrative system, and common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, greenhouse gas emissions, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Develops basic legal skills: how to read/understand cases, regulations, and statutes. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"1.801[J], 11.021[J], 17.393[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
IDS.061[J],"Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology","Focuses on policy design and evaluation in the regulation of hazardous substances and processes. Includes risk assessment, industrial chemicals, pesticides, food contaminants, pharmaceuticals, radiation and radioactive wastes, product safety, workplace hazards, indoor air pollution, biotechnology, victims' compensation, and administrative law. Health and economic consequences of regulation, as well as its potential to spur technological change, are discussed for each regulatory regime. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,IDS.060 or permission of instructor,"1.802[J], 11.022[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.062[J],Global Environmental Negotiations,"Practical introduction to global environmental negotiations designed for science and engineering students. Covers basic issues in international negotiations, such as North-South conflict, implementation and compliance, trade, and historical perspective on global environmental treaties. Offers hands-on practice in developing and interpreting international agreements through role-play simulations and observation of ongoing climate change negotiating processes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,12.346[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.063[J],People and the Planet: Environmental Governance and Science,"Introduces governance and science aspects of complex environmental problems and approaches to solutions. Introduces quantitative analyses and methodological tools to analyze environmental issues that have human and natural components. Demonstrates concepts through a series of in-depth case studies of environmental governance and science problems. Students develop writing, quantitative modeling, and analytical skills in assessing environmental systems problems and developing solutions. Through experiential activities, such as modeling and policy exercises, students engage with the challenges and possibilities of governance in complex, interacting systems, including biogeophysical processes and societal and stakeholder interactions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,"12.387[J], 15.874[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.065[J],Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation,"Reviews the contributions of energy systems to global greenhouse gas emissions, and the levers for reducing those emissions. Lectures and projects focus on evaluating energy systems against climate policy goals, using performance metrics such as cost, carbon intensity, and others. Student projects explore pathways for realizing emissions reduction scenarios. Projects address the climate change mitigation potential of energy technologies (hardware and software), technological and behavioral change trajectories, and technology and policy portfolios. Background in energy systems strongly recommended. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments and explore the subject in greater depth. Preference to students in the Energy Studies or Environment and Sustainability minors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,"(Calculus I (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), and Physics I (GIR)) or permission of instructor","1.067[J], 10.421[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.066[J],"Law, Technology, and Public Policy","Examines how law, economics, and technological change shape public policy, and how law can sway technological change; how the legal system responds to environmental, safety, energy, social, and ethical problems; how law and markets interact to influence technological development; and how law can affect wealth distribution, employment, and social justice. Covers energy/climate change; genetic engineering; telecommunications and role of misinformation; industrial automation; effect of regulation on technological innovation; impacts of antitrust law on innovation and equity; pharmaceuticals; nanotechnology; cost/benefit analysis as a decision tool; public participation in governmental decisions affecting science and technology; corporate influence on technology and welfare; and law and economics as competing paradigms to encourage sustainability. Students taking graduate version explore subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.122[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
IDS.075[J],Transportation: Foundations and Methods,"Covers core analytical and numerical methods for modeling, planning, operations, and control of transportation systems. Traffic flow theory, vehicle dynamics and behavior, numerical integration and simulation, graphical analysis. Properties of delays, queueing theory. Resource allocation, optimization models, linear and integer programming. Autonomy in transport, Markov Decision Processes, reinforcement learning, deep learning. Applications drawn broadly from land, air, and sea transport; private and public sector; transport of passengers and goods; futuristic, modern, and historical. Hands-on computational labs. Linear algebra background is encouraged but not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-8,(1.010A and (1.00 or 1.000)) or permission of instructor,1.041[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.131[J],"Statistics, Computation and Applications","Hands-on analysis of data demonstrates the interplay between statistics and computation. Includes four modules, each centered on a specific data set, and introduced by a domain expert. Provides instruction in specific, relevant analysis methods and corresponding algorithmic aspects. Potential modules may include medical data, gene regulation, social networks, finance data (time series), traffic, transportation, weather forecasting, policy, or industrial web applications. Projects address a large-scale data analysis question. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited enrollment; priority to Statistics and Data Science minors and to juniors and seniors.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,"(6.100B, (18.03, 18.06, or 18.C06), and (6.3700, 6.3800, 14.30, 16.09, or 18.05)) or permission of instructor",6.3732[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.136[J],"Graphical Models: A Geometric, Algebraic, and Combinatorial Perspective","Provides instruction in the geometric, algebraic and combinatorial perspective on graphical models. Presents methods for learning the underlying graph and inferring its parameters. Topics include exponential families, duality theory, conic duality, polyhedral geometry, undirected graphical models, Bayesian networks, Markov properties, total positivity of distributions, hidden variables, and tensor decompositions.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3702 and 18.06,6.7820[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.140[J],Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Methods,"Examines reinforcement learning (RL) as a methodology for approximately solving sequential decision-making under uncertainty, with foundations in optimal control and machine learning. Provides a mathematical introduction to RL, including dynamic programming, statistical, and empirical perspectives, and special topics. Core topics include: dynamic programming, special structures, finite and infinite horizon Markov Decision Processes, value and policy iteration, Monte Carlo methods, temporal differences, Q-learning, stochastic approximation, and bandits. Also covers approximate dynamic programming, including value-based methods and policy space methods. Applications and examples drawn from diverse domains. Focus is mathematical, but is supplemented with computational exercises. An analysis prerequisite is suggested but not required; mathematical maturity is necessary.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,6.3700 or permission of instructor,"1.127[J], 6.7920[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.145[J],Data Mining: Finding the Models and Predictions that Create Value,"Introduction to data mining, data science, and machine learning for recognizing patterns, developing models and predictive analytics, and making intelligent use of massive amounts of data collected via the internet, e-commerce, electronic banking, medical databases, etc. Topics include logistic regression, association rules, tree-structured classification and regression, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and neural network methods. Presents examples of successful applications in credit ratings, fraud detection, marketing, customer relationship management, investments, and synthetic clinical trials. Introduces data-mining software (R and Python). Grading based on homework, cases, and a term project. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking the undergraduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.060, 15.075, or permission of instructor",15.062[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.147[J],Statistical Machine Learning and Data Science,"Advanced introduction to theory and application of statistics, data-mining and machine learning using techniques from management science, marketing, finance, consulting, and bioinformatics. Covers bootstrap theory of estimation, testing, nonparametric statistics, analysis of variance, experimental design, categorical data analysis, regression analysis, MCMC, and Bayesian methods. Focuses on data mining, supervised learning, and multivariate analysis. Topics chosen from logistic regression, principal components and dimension reduction; discrimination and classification analysis, trees (CART), partial least squares, nearest neighbors, regularized methods, support vector machines, boosting and bagging, clustering, independent component analysis, and nonparametric regression. Uses statistics software R, Python, and MATLAB. Grading based on homework, cases, and a term project.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,15.077[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.160[J],Mathematical Statistics: a Non-Asymptotic Approach,"Introduces students to modern non-asymptotic statistical analysis. Topics include high-dimensional models, nonparametric regression, covariance estimation, principal component analysis, oracle inequalities, prediction and margin analysis for classification. Develops a rigorous probabilistic toolkit, including tail bounds and a basic theory of empirical processes",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"(6.7700, 18.06, and 18.6501) or permission of instructor","9.521[J], 18.656[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.190,Doctoral Seminar in Statistics and Data Science,Interdisciplinary seminar explores diverse topics in statistics and data science. Restricted to students in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Statistics.,True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.250[J],The Theory of Operations Management,"Provides mathematical foundations underlying the theory of operations management. Covers both classic and state-of-the-art results in various application domains, including inventory management, supply chain management and logistics, behavioral operations, healthcare management, service industries, pricing and revenue management, and auctions. Studies a wide range of mathematical and analytical techniques, such as dynamic programming, stochastic orders, principal-agent models and contract design, behavioral and experimental economics, algorithms and approximations, data-driven and learning models, and mechanism design. Also provides practical experience in how to apply the theoretical models to solve OM problems in business settings. Specific topics vary from year to year.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,(6.7210 and 6.7700) or permission of instructor,"1.271[J], 15.764[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.305[J],Business and Operations Analytics,"Provides instruction on identifying, evaluating, and capturing business analytics opportunities that create value. Also provides basic instruction in analytics methods and case study analysis of organizations that successfully deployed these techniques.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,1.275[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.332,System Design and Management for a Changing World: Combined,"Practical-oriented subject that builds upon theory and methods and culminates in extended application. Covers methods to identify, value, and implement flexibility in design (real options). Topics include definition of uncertainties, simulation of performance for scenarios, screening models to identify desirable flexibility, decision analysis, and multidimensional economic evaluation. Students demonstrate proficiency through an extended application to a system design of their choice. Complements research or thesis projects. Class is ""flipped"" to maximize student engagement and learning. Meets with IDS.333 in the first half of term. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.333[J],System Design and Management for a Changing World: Tools,"Focuses on design choices and decisions under uncertainty. Topics include identification and description of uncertainties using probability distributions; the calculation of commensurate measures of value, such as expected net present values; Monte Carlo simulation and risk analysis; and the use of decision analysis to explore alternative strategies and identify optimal initial choices. Presents applied analysis of practical examples from a variety of engineering systems using spreadsheet and decision analysis software. Class is ""flipped"" to maximize student engagement and learning. Meets with IDS.332 first half of term.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,EM.423[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.334[J],System Design and Management for a Changing World: Projects (IDS.330),"Focuses on implementation of flexibility (real options) in the design of products, start-ups, ongoing management of operations, or policy plans. Applies the methods presented in IDS.333: recognition of uncertainty, identification of best opportunities for flexibility, and valuation of these options and their effective implementation. Students work on their own project concept, for which they develop a dynamic business plan for design, deployment, and most beneficial implementation of their system over time. Useful complement to thesis or research projects. Class is ""flipped"" to maximize student engagement and learning. Subject meets in second half of term in the fall and first half of term in the spring.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-3,IDS.333 or permission of instructor,EM.424[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.336[J],Systems Architecting Applied to Enterprises,"Focuses on understanding, designing and transforming sociotechnical enterprises using systems principles and practices. Includes discussions and reading on enterprise theory, systems architecting, transformation challenges and case studies of evolving enterprises. Covers frameworks and methods for ecosystem analysis, stakeholder analysis, design thinking, systems architecture and evaluation, and human-centered enterprise design strategies. Students engage in interactive breakout sessions during class and participate in a selected small team project to design a future architecture for a real-world enterprise. Selected projects are based on student interests in enterprises such as small, medium, or large companies, government agencies, academic units, start-ups, and nonprofit organizations.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"16.855[J], EM.429[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.337[J],Aerospace Biomedical and Life Support Engineering,"Fundamentals of human performance, physiology, and life support impacting engineering design and aerospace systems. Topics include effects of gravity on the muscle, skeletal, cardiovascular, and neurovestibular systems; human/pilot modeling and human/machine design; flight experiment design; and life support engineering for extravehicular activity (EVA). Case studies of current research are presented. Assignments include a design project, quantitative homework sets, and quizzes emphasizing engineering and systems aspects.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"16.06, 16.400, or permission of instructor","16.423[J], HST.515[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.338[J],Multidisciplinary Design Optimization,"Systems modeling for design and optimization. Selection of design variables, objective functions and constraints. Overview of principles, methods and tools in multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO). Subsystem identification, development and interface design. Design of experiments (DOE). Review of linear (LP) and non-linear (NLP) constrained optimization formulations. Scalar versus vector optimization problems. Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions of optimality, Lagrange multipliers, adjoints, gradient search methods, sensitivity analysis, geometric programming, simulated annealing, genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization. Constraint satisfaction problems and isoperformance. Non-dominance and Pareto frontiers. Surrogate models and multifidelity optimization strategies. System design for value. Students execute a term project in small teams related to their area of interest. ",True,Fall,Graduate,3-1-8,18.085 or permission of instructor,"16.888[J], EM.428[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.339[J],Space Systems Engineering,"Focus on developing space system architectures. Applies subsystem knowledge gained in 16.851 to examine interactions between subsystems in the context of a space system design. Principles and processes of systems engineering including developing space architectures, developing and writing requirements, and concepts of risk are explored and applied to the project. Subject develops, documents, and presents a conceptual design of a space system including a preliminary spacecraft design.",True,Spring,Graduate,4-2-6,"16.842, 16.851, or permission of instructor",16.89[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.340[J],System Safety Concepts,"Covers important concepts and techniques in designing and operating safety-critical systems. Topics include the nature of risk, formal accident and human error models, causes of accidents, fundamental concepts of system safety engineering, system and software hazard analysis, designing for safety, fault tolerance, safety issues in the design of human-machine interaction, verification of safety, creating a safety culture, and management of safety-critical projects. Includes a class project involving the high-level system design and analysis of a safety-critical system. Enrollment may be limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,16.863[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.341[J],Concepts in the Engineering of Software,"Reading and discussion on issues in the engineering of software systems and software development project design. Includes the present state of software engineering, what has been tried in the past, what worked, what did not, and why. Topics may differ in each offering, but are chosen from the software process and life cycle; requirements and specifications; design principles; testing, formal analysis, and reviews; quality management and assessment; product and process metrics; COTS and reuse; evolution and maintenance; team organization and people management; and software engineering aspects of programming languages.  Enrollment may be limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,16.355[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.350[J],Cybersecurity,"Focuses on the complexity of cybersecurity in a changing world. Examines national and international aspects of overall cyber ecology. Explores sources and consequences of cyber threats and different types of damages. Considers impacts for and of various aspects of cybersecurity in diverse geostrategic, political, business and economic contexts. Addresses national and international policy responses as well as formal and informal strategies and mechanisms for responding to cyber insecurity and enhancing conditions of cybersecurity. Students taking graduate version expected to pursue subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"17.448[J], MAS.660[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.405,Critical Internet Studies (CMS.867),"Focuses on the power dynamics in internet-related technologies (including social networking platforms, surveillance technology, entertainment technologies, and emerging media forms). Theories and readings focus on the cultural, social, economic, and political aspects of internet use and design, with a special attention to gender and race. Topics include: online communication and communities, algorithms and search engines, activism and online resistance, surveillance and privacy, content moderation and platform governance, and the spread of dis- and misinformation. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking the graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.410,Modeling and Assessment for Policy,"Explores how scientific information and quantitative models can be used to inform policy decision-making. Develops an understanding of quantitative modeling techniques and their role in the policy process through case studies and interactive activities. Addresses issues such as analysis of scientific assessment processes, uses of integrated assessment models, public perception of quantitative information, methods for dealing with uncertainties, and design choices in building policy-relevant models.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.411,Concepts and Research in Technology and Policy,"Core integrative subject, with substantive participation from a series of guest faculty lecturers, examines key technology-policy concepts. Explores alternative framings of roles of technology in policy, emphasizing the implications of these alternatives upon problem-solving in the area. Exercises prepare students to apply these concepts in the framing of their thesis research. Preference to first-year students in the Technology and Policy Program.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.412[J],"Science, Technology, and Public Policy","Analysis of issues at the intersection of science, technology, public policy, and business. Cases drawn from antitrust and intellectual property rights; health and environmental policy; defense procurement and strategy; strategic trade and industrial policy; and R&D funding. Structured around theories of political economy, modified to take account of integration of uncertain technical information into public and private decision-making. Meets with 17.309 when offered concurrently.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,"17.310[J], STS.482[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.435[J],"Law, Technology, and Public Policy","Examines how law, economics, and technological change shape public policy, and how law can sway technological change; how the legal system responds to environmental, safety, energy, social, and ethical problems; how law and markets interact to influence technological development; and how law can affect wealth distribution, employment, and social justice. Covers energy/climate change; genetic engineering; telecommunications and the role of misinformation; industrial automation; effect of regulation on technological innovation; impacts of antitrust law on innovation and equity; pharmaceuticals; nanotechnology; cost/benefit analysis as a decision tool; public participation in governmental decisions affecting science and technology; corporate influence on technology and welfare; and law and economics as competing paradigms to encourage sustainability. Students taking graduate version explore subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"11.422[J], 15.655[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.436[J],"Technology, Law, and the Working Environment","Addresses relationship between technology-related problems and the law applicable to work environment. National Labor Relations Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act. Toxic Substances Control Act, state worker's compensation, and suits by workers in the courts discussed. Problems related to occupational health and safety, collective bargaining as a mechanism for altering technology in the workplace, job alienation, productivity, and the organization of work addressed. Prior courses or experience in the environmental, public health, or law-related areas.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,10.805[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.437[J],"Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development","Investigates sustainable development, taking a broad view to include not only a healthy economic base, but also a sound environment, stable and rewarding employment, adequate purchasing power and earning capacity, distributional equity, national self-reliance, and maintenance of cultural integrity. Explores national, multinational, and international political and legal mechanisms to further sustainable development through transformation of the industrial state. Addresses the importance of technological innovation and the financial crisis of 2008 and the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and inflation, as well as governmental interventions to reduce inequality.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.813[J], 11.466[J], 15.657[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.448,Professional Development: Policy Hackathon,"Bridges knowledge to action for student organizers of the MIT Policy Hackathon. Students work with stakeholders to define needs for information and analysis, identify appropriate data sets, and craft problem statements that aim to provide actionable outputs for decision-making. Builds competence in management and organization, networking, presentation, and fundraising. Restricted to the student organizers for the MIT Policy Hackathon.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.449,Technology Policy Internship and Professional Perspectives Seminar,"Seminar examines what technology policy is in practice. Considers the question of ""Who achieves what, when, how, and why?"" regarding technology and policy. Students who completed summer internships present and dissect their experiences with special reference to specific cases in which they participated. Develops perspectives on practice in the field through sessions with alumni, other practitioners, and development professionals within MIT.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],IDS.411 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.505[J],"Engineering, Economics and Regulation of the Electric Power Sector","Presents an in-depth interdisciplinary look at the electric power sector, with regulation providing the link among engineering, economic, legal and environmental viewpoints. Topics include electricity markets, incentive regulation of networks, service reliability, renewable energy sources, network issues, retail competition, tariff design, distributed generation, rural electrification, multinational electricity markets, environmental impacts, and the future of utilities and strategic sustainability issues under traditional and competitive regulatory frameworks. Covers engineering, economic and legal basis to evaluate worldwide regulatory instruments. Regulatory approaches apply in other industrial sectors such as fuel gases, telecoms, transportation, water supply. Provides the basis for research or professional activities in energy sectors in industry, government, and consulting. Permission of instructor required for undergraduates wishing to take the class.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,15.032[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.521[J],Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation,"Reviews the contributions of energy systems to global greenhouse gas emissions, and the levers for reducing those emissions. Lectures and projects focus on evaluating energy systems against climate policy goals, using performance metrics such as cost, carbon intensity, and others. Student projects explore pathways for realizing emissions reduction scenarios. Projects address the climate change mitigation potential of energy technologies (hardware and software), technological and behavioral change trajectories, and technology and policy portfolios. Background in energy systems strongly recommended. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments and explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.670[J], 10.621[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.522,Mapping and Evaluating New Energy Technologies,"Project-based seminar reviews recent developments in energy conversion and storage technologies. Merits of alternative technologies are debated based on their environmental performance and cost, and their potential improvement and scalability. Project teams develop qualitative insights, quantitative models, and interactive visualization tools to inform the future development of technologies. Models may probe how the impact of a technology depends on assumptions about future advancements in performance, and how quantitative performance targets can be estimated to inform investment and design decisions. Other projects may develop models to inform rational investments in a portfolio of technologies based on economic and environmental performance and scalability constraints. Both information-based (e.g., software and codified practices) and physical technologies will be discussed.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.524[J],People and the Planet: Environmental Histories and Engineering,"Explores historical and cultural aspects of complex environmental problems and engineering approaches to sustainable solutions. Introduces quantitative analyses and methodological tools to understand environmental issues that have human and natural components. Demonstrates concepts through a series of historical and cultural analyses of environmental challenges and their engineering responses. Builds writing, quantitative modeling, and analytical skills in assessing environmental systems problems and developing engineering solutions. Through environmental data gathering and analysis, students engage with the challenges and possibilities of engineering in complex, interacting systems, and investigate plausible, symbiotic, systems-oriented solutions. Students taking graduate version complete additional analysis of reading assignments and a more in-depth and longer final paper.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,None,11.204[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.526[J],Sustainability Science and Engineering,"Introduces and develops core ideas and concepts in the field of sustainability science and engineering from an engineering systems perspective. Takes an interdisciplinary approach to discuss case studies of sustainability systems research. Exposes students to techniques for sustainability research across engineering, natural and social science disciplines. Term projects focus on applying techniques.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,12.845[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.540[J],"Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control","Analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution, hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and production/use of toxic chemicals. Analyzes pollution/climate change as economic problems and failure of markets. Explores the role of science and economics in legal decisions. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (i.e., economic incentives, voluntary approaches) to control pollution and encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on major federal legislation, underlying administrative system, and common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, greenhouse gas emissions, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Develops basic legal skills: how to read/understand cases, regulations, and statutes. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.811[J], 11.630[J], 15.663[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.541[J],"Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology","Focuses on policy design and evaluation in the regulation of hazardous substances and processes. Includes risk assessment, industrial chemicals, pesticides, food contaminants, pharmaceuticals, radiation and radioactive wastes, product safety, workplace hazards, indoor air pollution, biotechnology, victims' compensation, and administrative law. Health and economic consequences of regulation, as well as its potential to spur technological change, are discussed for each regulator regime. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,IDS.540 or permission of instructor,"1.812[J], 11.631[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.620[J],Principles and Practice of Drug Development,"Description and critical assessment of the major issues and stages of developing a pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical. Drug discovery, preclinical development, clinical investigation, manufacturing and regulatory issues considered for small and large molecules. Economic and financial considerations of the drug development process. Multidisciplinary perspective from faculty in clinical; life; and management sciences; as well as industry guests.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,"10.547[J], 15.136[J], HST.920[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.670[J],Planning and Design of Airport Systems,"Focuses on current practice, developing trends, and advanced concepts in airport design and planning. Considers economic, environmental, and other trade-offs related to airport location, as well as the impacts of emphasizing ""green"" measures. Includes an analysis of the effect of airline operations on airports. Topics include demand prediction, determination of airfield capacity, and estimation of levels of congestion; terminal design; the role of airports in the aviation and transportation system; access problems; optimal configuration of air transport networks and implications for airport development; and economics, financing, and institutional aspects. Special attention to international practice and developments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,"1.231[J], 16.781[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.675[J],Transportation: Foundations and Methods,"Covers core analytical and numerical methods for modeling, planning, operations, and control of transportation systems. Traffic flow theory, vehicle dynamics and behavior, numerical integration and simulation, graphical analysis. Properties of delays, queueing theory. Resource allocation, optimization models, linear and integer programming. Autonomy in transport, Markov Decision Processes, reinforcement learning, deep learning. Applications drawn broadly from land, air, and sea transport; private and public sector; transport of passengers and goods; futuristic, modern, and historical. Hands-on computational labs. Linear algebra background is encouraged but not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,(1.010A and (1.00 or 1.000)) or permission of instructor,"1.200[J], 11.544[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.700[J],Applied Probability and Stochastic Models,"A vigorous use of probabilistic models to approximate real-life situations in Finance, Operations Management, Economics, and Operations Research. Emphasis on how to develop a suitable probabilistic model in a given setting and, merging probability with statistics, and on how to validate a proposed model against empirical evidence. Extensive treatment of Monte Carlo simulation for modeling random processes when analytic solutions are unattainable.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,6.3700 or 18.600,"1.203[J], 15.073[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.730[J],Logistics Systems,"Provides an introduction to supply chain management from both analytical and practical perspectives. Taking a unified approach, students develop a framework for making intelligent decisions within the supply chain. Covers key logistics functions, such as demand planning, procurement, inventory theory and control, transportation planning and execution, reverse logistics, and flexible contracting. Explores concepts such as postponement, portfolio management, and dual sourcing. Emphasizes skills necessary to recognize and manage risk, analyze various tradeoffs, and model logistics systems. SCM.271 meets with SCM.260, but has fewer assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.260[J], 15.770[J], SCM.260[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.735[J],Supply Chain Analytics,"Focuses on effective supply chain strategies for companies that operate globally, with emphasis on how to plan and integrate supply chain components into a coordinated system. Students are exposed to concepts and models important in supply chain planning with emphasis on key tradeoffs and phenomena. Introduces and utilizes key tactics such as risk pooling and inventory placement, integrated planning and collaboration, and information sharing. Lectures, computer exercises, and case discussions introduce various models and methods for supply chain analysis and optimization.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,15.761 or SCM.260,"1.273[J], 15.762[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.736[J],Supply Chain: Capacity Analytics,"Focuses on decision making for system design, as it arises in manufacturing systems and supply chains. Students exposed to frameworks and models for structuring the key issues and trade-offs. Presents and discusses new opportunities, issues and concepts introduced by the internet and e-commerce. Introduces various models, methods and software tools for logistics network design, capacity planning and flexibility, make-buy, and integration with product development. Industry applications and cases illustrate concepts and challenges. Recommended for Operations Management concentrators. Second half-term subject.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.761, 15.778, or SCM.260","1.274[J], 15.763[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.900,Doctoral Seminar in Social and Engineering Systems,Introduces doctoral students to IDSS research areas. Preference to first-year students in SES.,True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.910,Leadership Development,"Seminar environment created to develop leadership capabilities, and to take advantage of leadership opportunities. An initial Outward Bound experience builds trust, teamwork and communications. Readings and assignments emphasize the characteristics of desired leadership skills. Global leaders participate in the Leadership Lunch series to share their experiences and recommendations. Discussions explore leadership development. Culminates in a personal leadership plan. Restricted to entering students in the Technology and Policy program or instructor permission.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.950,"Independent Study in Data, Systems, and Society","For graduate students in IDSS. Individual study in data, systems, and society. Intended to expose student to expert-level domain material. Supervised by a member of MIT's teaching staff.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of IDSS Academic Office,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.951,Independent Study in Technology and Policy,For graduate students in TPP. Individual study in technology and policy. Intended to expose student to expert-level domain material. Supervised by a member of MIT's teaching staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of TPP Education Office,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.955,"Practical Experience in Data, Systems, and Society","For IDSS doctoral students participating in off-campus practical experiences in data, systems, and society. Before registering for this subject students must have a training offer from a company or organization, must identify a research advisor, and must receive prior approval from the IDSS Academic Office. Upon completion of the experience students must submit a letter from the company or organization describing the goals accomplished and a substantive final report to the MIT advisor.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.956,Practical Experience in Technology and Policy,"For TPP students participating in off-campus internship experiences in technology and policy. Before registering for this subject, students must have an employment offer from a company or organization, must identify a research advisor, and must receive prior approval from the TPP Education Office. Upon completion of the internship, student must submit a letter from the employer describing the work accomplished, along with a substantive final report from the student approved by the MIT advisor.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.957,Practical Experience in Data Analysis,"For doctoral students in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Statistics participating in off-campus practical experiences in data analysis in programs where practical experience is accepted. Before registering for this subject students must have a training offer from a company or organization, must identify a research advisor, and must receive prior approval from the IDSS Academic Office. Upon completion of the experience, students must submit a letter from the company or organization describing the goals accomplished and a substantive final report to the MIT advisor discussing how data science and statistical tools were used during their experience and any interesting problems, applications, or results.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.960,"Teaching in Data, Systems, and Society","For Teaching Trainees in IDSS. Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under supervision of a faculty member. Restricted to doctoral students in IDSS who have completed requisite modules and training.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.961,Teaching in Technology and Policy,"For Teaching Assistants in TPP, in cases where teaching assignment is approved for academic credit. Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under supervision of a faculty member. Credit for this subject may not be used for any degree granted by IDSS.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.970,"Pre-Thesis Research in Data, Systems, and Society","For doctoral students defining their dissertation topic in IDSS. Covers all activities leading to an acceptable thesis proposal and approved for academic credit by the student's academic program. Includes identifying a research advisor and program planning. Culminates in a thesis proposal, approved by a complete doctoral committee, with working title, abstract, problem summary, significance, literature review, approach, timeline, and references. Academic advisor monitors student progress until a research advisor is identified. Restricted to doctoral students in IDSS.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.971,Research in Technology and Policy,"For research assistants in TPP when assigned research is not used for thesis, but is approved for academic credit. Credit for this subject may not be used for any degree granted by IDSS.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.C35[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society (New),"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Weekly lab sessions present coding and technical skills. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-4-8,None,"6.C35[J], 11.C35[J], CMS.C35[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.C57[J],Optimization Methods (New),"Introduction to the methods and applications of optimization. Topics include linear optimization, duality, non-linear optimization, integer optimization, and optimization under uncertainty. Instruction provided in modeling techniques to address problems arising in practice, mathematical theory to understand the structure of optimization problems, computational algorithms to solve complex optimization problems, and practical applications. Covers several examples and in-depth case studies based on real-world data to showcase impactful applications of optimization across management and engineering. Computational exercises based on the Julia-based programming language JuMP. Includes a term project. Basic competency in computational programming and linear algebra recommended. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. This subject was previously listed as 15.093/6.7200/IDS.200.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,18.C06 or permission of instructor,"6.C57[J], 15.C57[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.C85[J],Interactive Data Visualization and Society (New),"Covers the design, ethical, and technical skills for creating effective visualizations. Short assignments build familiarity with the data analysis and visualization design process. Students participate in hour-long studio reading sessions. A final project provides experience working with real-world big data, provided by external partners, in order to expose and communicate insights about societal issues. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-1-8,None,"6.C85[J], 11.C85[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S00,"Special Undergraduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings initiated by faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S01,"Special Undergraduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S10,"Special Undergraduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S11,"Special Undergraduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings initiated by faculty on an ad hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S20,"Special Graduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of advanced topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S21,"Special Graduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of advanced topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S22,"Special Graduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of advanced topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S23,"Special Graduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of advanced topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S24,"Special Graduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of advanced topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S30,"Special Graduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for study of advanced topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,Summer,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S31,"Special Graduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for individual or group study of advanced topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.S32,"Special Graduate Subject in Data, Systems, and Society","Opportunity for individual or group study of advanced topics in Data, Systems, and Society not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to IDSS approval.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of research, leading to the writing of an SM or PhD thesis to be arranged by the student with a member of the IDSS faculty. A minimum of 24 thesis units are required for the SM degree. Doctoral students must first complete IDS.970.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,IDS.970 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.UR,Undergraduate Research,"Undergraduate research opportunities in Data, Systems, and Society.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
IDS.URG,Undergraduate Research,"Undergraduate research opportunities in Data, Systems, and Society.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.131,Computational Camera and Photography,"Covers the complete pipeline of computational cameras that attempt to digitally capture the essence of visual information by exploiting the synergistic combination of task-specific optics, illumination, sensors, and processing. Students discuss and use thermal, multi-spectral, high-speed and 3-D range-sensing cameras, as well as camera arrays. Presents opportunities in scientific and medical imaging, and mobile phone-based photography. Also covers cameras for human computer interaction (HCI) and sensors that mimic animal eyes. Intended for students with interest in algorithmic and technical aspects of imaging and photography. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.132,Mathematical Methods in Imaging,"Surveys the landscape of imaging techniques and develops skills for conducting imaging research. Reviews technical and social aspects of the evolving camera culture and considers its role in transforming social interactions, reshaping businesses, and influencing communities worldwide. Explores innovative protocols for sharing and consumption of visual media, as well as novel hardware and software tools based on advanced lenses, digital illumination, modern sensors, and emerging image-analysis algorithms. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.240,Black Mobility and Safety: From Birth to Walking in the US,"One of two related subjects which explore physical, mental, socio-economic, political, and other issues related to mobility and safety for Black Americans through words, images, and sounds that reference social science and anti-racist research. Topics include birth, breathing, sleeping, eating, and walking while Black. Weekly meetings include private group discussions on assigned materials, public lectures from guests ranging from designers and urban planners to activists and social scientists, and private individual presentations for the group. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 10.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
MAS.241,Black Mobility and Safety: From Loving to Learning in the US,"One of two related subjects which explore physical, mental, socio-economic, political, and other issues related to mobility and safety for Black Americans through words, images, and sounds that reference social science and anti-racist research. Topics include learning, voting, driving, working, and loving while Black. Weekly meetings include private group discussions on assigned materials, public lectures from guests ranging from designers and urban planners to activists and social scientists, and private individual presentations for the group. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
MAS.342,Safeguarding the Future,"Leading experts guide discussions of how to safeguard the world against the greatest threats to our future. Topics range from the overt perils of pandemic and nuclear proliferation to the underlying coordination failures responsible for climate change, and from technological stagnation to transformative AI. Draws on the history of invention and science communication to explore which technologies are most likely to shape the future and how inventors and developers can influence outcomes, with the goal of determining how to accomplish as much good as possible. Emphasizes science writing and communication. Students write three op-eds on key issues and participate in a group project aiming to coordinate effective action. Students taking the graduate version complete additional work.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.453[J],Mobile and Sensor Computing,"Focuses on ""Internet of Things"" (IoT) systems and technologies, sensing, computing, and communication. Explores fundamental design and implementation issues in the engineering of mobile and sensor computing systems. Topics include battery-free sensors, seeing through wall, robotic sensors, vital sign sensors (breathing, heartbeats, emotions), sensing in cars and autonomous vehicles, subsea IoT, sensor security, positioning technologies (including GPS and indoor WiFi), inertial sensing (accelerometers, gyroscopes, inertial measurement units, dead-reckoning), embedded and distributed system architectures, sensing with radio signals, sensing with microphones and cameras, wireless sensor networks, embedded and distributed system architectures, mobile libraries and APIs to sensors, and application case studies. Includes readings from research literature, as well as laboratory assignments and a significant term project.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,6.1800 or permission of instructor,6.1820[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.460[J],Cybersecurity,"Focuses on the complexity of cybersecurity in a changing world. Examines national and international aspects of overall cyber ecology. Explores sources and consequences of cyber threats and different types of damages. Considers impacts for and of various aspects of cybersecurity in diverse geostrategic, political, business and economic contexts. Addresses national and international policy responses as well as formal and informal strategies and mechanisms for responding to cyber insecurity and enhancing conditions of cybersecurity. Students taking graduate version expected to pursue subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.447[J], IDS.050[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
MAS.490,Independent Study in Media Arts and Sciences,Special projects on group or individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement of subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.491,Independent Study in Media Arts and Sciences,Special projects on group or individual basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement of subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, Spring, Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.UR,Undergraduate Research in Media Arts and Sciences,"Individual or group study, research, or laboratory investigations under faculty supervision, including individual participation in an ongoing research project. See UROP coordinator for further information",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.URG,Undergraduate Research in Media Arts and Sciences,"Individual or group study, research, or laboratory investigations under faculty supervision, including individual participation in an ongoing research project. See UROP coordinator for further information.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.531,Computational Camera and Photography,"Covers the complete pipeline of computational cameras that attempt to digitally capture the essence of visual information by exploiting the synergistic combination of task-specific optics, illumination, sensors, and processing. Students discuss and use thermal, multi-spectral, high-speed and 3-D range-sensing cameras, as well as camera arrays. Presents opportunities in scientific and medical imaging, and mobile phone-based photography. Also covers cameras for human computer interaction (HCI) and sensors that mimic animal eyes. Intended for students with interest in algorithmic and technical aspects of imaging and photography. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.532,Mathematical Methods in Imaging,"Surveys the landscape of imaging techniques and develops skills for conducting imaging research. Reviews technical and social aspects of the evolving camera culture and considers its role in transforming social interactions, reshaping businesses, and influencing communities worldwide. Explores innovative protocols for sharing and consumption of visual media, as well as novel hardware and software tools based on advanced lenses, digital illumination, modern sensors, and emerging image-analysis algorithms. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.552[J],City Science,"Focuses on innovative propositions for shaping the cities of tomorrow, responding to emerging trends, technologies, and ecological imperatives. Students take part in ""what-if?"" scenarios to tackle real-world challenges. Through collaborative, project-based learning in small teams, students are mentored by researchers from the City Science group. Projects focus on the application of these ideas to case study cities and may include travel. Invited guests from academia and industry participate. Repeatable for credit with permission of instructor.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,4.557[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.600,Human 2.0,"Covers principles underlying current and future technologies for cognitive, emotional and physical augmentation. Focuses on using anatomical, biomechanical, neuromechanical, biochemical and neurological models of the human body to guide the designs of augmentation technology for persons with either unusual or normal physiologies that wish to extend their cognitive, emotion, social or physical capability to new levels.   Topics include robotic exoskeletons and powered orthoses, external limb prostheses, neural implant technology, social-emotional prostheses, and cognitive prostheses. Requires student presentations, critiques of class readings, and a final project including a publication-quality paper. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,0-9-0,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.630,Advanced Seminar: Affective Computing and Ethics,"Instructs students on how to develop artificial intelligence technologies that help people measure and communicate emotion, that respectfully read and that intelligently respond to emotion, and that have internal mechanisms inspired by the useful roles emotions play in humans.  Students will also discuss ethical questions that arise with the use of emotion-AI technologies and how to prevent misuse.  Topics vary from year to year, and may include the interaction of emotion with cognition and perception; the communication of human emotion via face, voice, physiology, and behavior; construction of computers, agents, and robots having skills of emotional intelligence; the role of emotion in decision-making and learning; and ethical uses of affective technologies for education, autism, health, and market research applications. Weekly reading, discussion, and a term project required. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.660[J],Cybersecurity,"Focuses on the complexity of cybersecurity in a changing world. Examines national and international aspects of overall cyber ecology. Explores sources and consequences of cyber threats and different types of damages. Considers impacts for and of various aspects of cybersecurity in diverse geostrategic, political, business and economic contexts. Addresses national and international policy responses as well as formal and informal strategies and mechanisms for responding to cyber insecurity and enhancing conditions of cybersecurity. Students taking graduate version expected to pursue subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"17.448[J], IDS.350[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.664[J],AI for Impact: Solving Societal-Scale Problems,"Examines internal and external entrepreneurship driven by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, aiming to utilize digital innovations that lead to societal change. Probes a range of AI-generated business models and opportunities, exploring challenges in key sectors such as digital health, sustainability, fintech, and the decentralization of society and commerce by developing sustainable and economically viable solutions. Content includes blockchain, privacy technology, data markets, and AI advancements like Web3 and distributed machine learning. Cases illustrate examples of both successful and failed businesses, as well as difficulties in deploying and diffusing products. Guest speakers provide real-world insights into entrepreneurship. As a final project, students work in teams to develop a business plan executive summary for one of the featured technologies. Enrollment is limited; please see subject website for details.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,None,15.376[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.665[J],Global Ventures,"Seminar on founding, financing, and building entrepreneurial ventures in developing nations. Challenges students to craft enduring and economically viable solutions to the problems faced by these countries. Cases illustrate examples of both successful and failed businesses, and the difficulties in deploying and diffusing products and services through entrepreneurial action. Explores a range of established and emerging business models, as well as new business opportunities enabled by innovations emerging from MIT labs and beyond. Students develop a business plan executive summary suitable for submission in the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition's Accelerate Contest or MIT IDEAS.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"15.375[J], EC.731[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.690,Independent Study in Media Arts and Sciences,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member. Registration subject to prior arrangement of subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.712,Learning Creative Learning,"An introduction to the design of technologies, activities, and communities to support young people in creative learning experiences. Through readings, activities, and group discussions, explores the four P's of creative learning: projects, passion, peers, and play. Draws on examples from the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, including the Scratch programming language and online community. Special focus on how to engage learners from many different backgrounds, with many different interests.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.740,Black Mobility and Safety: From Birth to Walking in the US,"One of two related subjects which explore physical, mental, socio-economic, political, and other issues related to mobility and safety for Black Americans through words, images, and sounds that reference social science and anti-racist research. Topics include birth, breathing, sleeping, eating, and walking while Black. Weekly meetings include private group discussions on assigned materials, public lectures from guests ranging from designers and urban planners to activists and social scientists, and private individual presentations for the group. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 10.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.741,Black Mobility and Safety: From Loving to Learning in the US,"One of two related subjects which explore physical, mental, socio-economic, political, and other issues related to mobility and safety for Black Americans through words, images, and sounds that reference social science and anti-racist research. Topics include learning, voting, driving, working, and loving while Black. Weekly meetings include private group discussions on assigned materials, public lectures from guests ranging from designers and urban planners to activists and social scientists, and private individual presentations for the group. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.750,Human-Robot Interaction,"In-depth exploration of the leading research, design principles, and technical challenges in human-robot interaction (HRI), with an emphasis on socially interactive robots. Topics include mixed-initiative interaction, multi-modal interfaces, face-to-face communication, human-robot teamwork, social learning, aspects of social cognition, and long-term interaction. Applications of these topics to the development of personal robots for health, education, elder care, domestic assistance, and other domains will be surveyed. Requires student presentations, critiques of class readings, student projects, and a final project including a publication quality paper.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.771,Autism Theory and Technology,"Illuminates current theories about autism together with challenges faced by people on the autism spectrum. Theories in communicating, interacting socially, managing cognitive and affective overload, and achieving independent lifestyles are covered. In parallel, the course presents state-of-the-art technologies being developed for helping improve both theoretical understanding and practical outcomes.  Participants expected to meet and interact with people on the autism spectrum. Weekly reading, discussion, and a term project required. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-10,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.772,AI for Mental Health,"Provides instruction about behaviors and technologies that promote good mental health and foster resilience to stress and anxiety. Covers AI and smart technologies used in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating mental disorders. Students develop a project of their choosing on the topic, which may include novel technology design and evaluation, human subjects studies, machine learning and data analysis, or other investigations that propose and evaluate new ways to use AI for improving mental health. Enrollment limited; preference to MAS and other MIT students in their final year.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.790,Independent Study in Media Arts and Sciences,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member. Registration subject to prior arrangement of subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.808,Decoders 2.0: Microfabricated Devices,"Explores various microfabricated device layouts and their impacts on the world through guest lectures. Follows with literature review wherein students compose a summary paper based on representative papers published by the guest lecturers. As a final project, students write and publish on the class website a comprehensive perspective article based on guest lectures. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Limited to 10; preference to Media Arts and Sciences students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.809,Decoders 1.9: Introduction to Microfabrication,"Lectures along with cleanroom lab sessions (in Conformable Decoders' YellowBox) provide exposure to cleanroom processes and microfabrication techniques. Builds practical experience with all five components of the microfabrication techniques, including cleaning, deposition, patterning, etching, and testing. Working in small teams, students complete a midterm project in which they create a video of a microfabrication process demonstrated in the cleanroom. As a final project, students identify a problem that would be tackled with a collective device fabricated in the cleanroom in following semester. Students work throughout the term to develop a class booklet of microfabrication terms. Limited to 10 students, no listeners.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-6-3,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.810,Decoders 1.8: Project Realization in Cleanroom,"Builds on the combination of knowledge and skills learned in D1.0 and D1.7, respectively to guide students to develop their own mechanically adaptive (i.e., stretchable & flexible) piezoelectric systems. Students write an article about their research findings that will be published on the course website by the end of term. Instructs how to do literature review, to compose clear and concise sentences to describe findings, and to write a perspective article in a collective manner. Limited to 10; no listeners.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-6-3,MAS.809 and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.825[J],Musical Aesthetics and Media Technology,"In-depth exploration of contemporary concepts in music and media. Studies recent music that uses advanced technology, and the artistic motivations and concerns implied by the new media. Practical experience with computer music technology, including MIDI and post-MIDI systems. Special emphasis on the interactive systems for professionals as well as amateurs. Midterm paper and term project required.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,21M.580[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.826[J],Projects in Media and Music,"Current computer music concepts and practice. Project-based work on research or production projects using the Media Lab's computer music, interactive, and media resources. Requires significant studio work and a term project. Projects based on class interests and skills, and may be individually or group-based. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,MAS.825,21M.581[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.834,Tangible Interfaces,"Explores design issues surrounding tangible user interfaces, a new form of human-computer interaction. Tangible user interfaces seek to realize seamless interfaces between humans, digital information, and the physical environment by giving physical form to digital information and computation, making bits directly manipulable with hands and perceptible at the periphery of human awareness. In the design studio environment, students explore experimental tangible interface designs, theories, applications, and underlying technologies, using concept sketches, posters, physical mockups, and working prototypes.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.836,Sensor Technologies for Interactive Environments,"A broad introduction to a host of sensor technologies, illustrated by applications drawn from human-computer interfaces and ubiquitous computing.  After extensively reviewing electronics for sensor signal conditioning, the lectures cover the principles and operation of a variety of sensor architectures and modalities, including pressure, strain, displacement, proximity, thermal, electric and magnetic field, optical, acoustic, RF, inertial, and bioelectric.  Simple sensor processing algorithms and wired and wireless network standards are also discussed. Students are required to complete written assignments, a set of laboratories, and a final project.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-3-6,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.837,Principles of Electronic Music Interfaces,"Explores the ways in which electronic music is controlled and performed. A solid historical perspective is presented, tracing the development of various families of electronic musical controllers and instruments from their genesis in the late 1800s onwards. Design principles and engineering detail are also given for various current and classic controllers. Evolving issues in the control of computer music for live performance and interactive installations are discussed, including computer mapping of sensor signals and transduced gesture onto sound, music, and other media. Weekly reading assignments are given, and a final project or paper is required.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.838[J],Prototyping our Sci-Fi Space Future: Designing & Deploying Projects for Zero Gravity Flights,"Instruction in project development, prototyping, and deployment readiness for parabolic flights. Admitted student teams are offered flyer and project-deployment slots on the Space Exploration Initiative's spring parabolic flight, upon successful completion of the course in the fall and integration with the flight provider. Covers three main topic areas: 1) rapid prototyping and engineering skills to prepare projects for operation in microgravity; 2) logistics, training, and safety pre-approval steps to meet flight readiness requirements and pass a Technical Readiness Review (TRR); and 3) creative and technical lenses for the future of space exploration, examining the MIT Space Exploration Initiative's design and prototyping approach, and MIT parabolic flight research examples across Science, Engineering, Art, and Design, and across departments. Enrollment limited; admission by application.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-2-8,Permission of instructor,16.88[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.839[J],Operating in the Lunar Environment,"Explores in detail the design and engineering challenges posed by operating in the lunar environment. Students work in teams to design a payload to address strategic objectives associated with NASA's Artemis program, aiming to enable near-term sustainable settlements on the lunar surface. Lectures and associated recitations explore varying mission goals and operating environments, from lunar-class launch, to orbiters, landers, rovers, and habitats. Guest lecturers include prominent engineers, scientists, industry players, and policymakers with direct experience in lunar mission design and development. Enrollment limited; admission by application.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-2-8,Permission of instructor,16.839[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.841,Evolution: Natural and Directed,"Covers topics in molecular evolution, including mutation, recombination, evolvability, sexual reproduction and substitutes, experimental and directed evolution, genomic conflict, and gene drive. Features discussion-based critical analyses of the primary literature. At the end of the term, students prepare short research proposals emphasizing research strategy, experimental design, presentation, and writing. They also write a short grant proposal or manuscript intended for publication.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.842,Safeguarding the Future,"Leading experts guide discussions of how to safeguard the world against the greatest threats to our future. Topics range from the overt perils of pandemic and nuclear proliferation to the underlying coordination failures responsible for climate change, and from technological stagnation to transformative AI. Draws on the history of invention and science communication to explore which technologies are most likely to shape the future and how inventors and developers can influence outcomes, with the goal of determining how to accomplish as much good as possible. Emphasizes science writing and communication. Students write three op-eds on key issues and participate in a group project aiming to coordinate effective action. Students taking the graduate version complete additional work.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.858[J],Asking How Space Enabled Designs Advance Justice and Development,"Examines theoretical and practical challenges of applying complex technology, such as space systems, to advance justice and development within human society. Proposes and critiques a concept of justice and development based on attainment of the US Sustainable Development Goals. Analyzes text by historians and economists around global patterns of uneven technology access. Teaches systems engineering tools to analyze the context, stakeholders, functions and forms of complex systems that impact society. Presents six space technologies used for specific Sustainable Development Goal. Students read several text, discuss key themes, write reflective responses, and write a research proposal on a topic of their choice. Part of two-class series on space technology and sustainable development. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,16.857[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.859[J],Space Technology for the Development Leader,"Follow on to MAS.858. Introduces intersections between space technology and sustainable development by examining technical, policy and social aspects of seven space technologies: satellite earth observation; satellite communication; satellite positioning; human space flight and micro gravity research; space technology transfer; fundamental scientific space research; and small satellites. Lectures introduce the UN Sustainable Development Goals and show linkages to seven space technologies from the perspective of development practitioners. Students read scholarly papers, write weekly responses, give presentations, and write a research paper.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-3,None,16.859[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.862,The Physics of Information Technology,"Self-contained introduction to the governing equations for devices that collect, store, manipulate, transmit and present information. Provides an understanding of how operational device principles work, their uses, the limits on their performance, and how they might be improved. Students review the foundations of thermodynamics and noise, electromagnetics, and the quantum description of materials, and then study their application in areas such as semiconductor logic, magnetic storage, wireless and optical communications, and quantum information and computation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.863[J],How to Make (Almost) Anything,"Provides a practical hands-on introduction to digital fabrication, including CAD/CAM/CAE, NC machining, 3-D printing and scanning, molding and casting, composites, laser and waterjet cutting, PCB design and fabrication; sensors and actuators; mixed-signal instrumentation, embedded processing, and wired and wireless communications. Develops an understanding of these capabilities through projects using them individually and jointly to create functional systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-9-6,Permission of instructor,"4.140[J], 6.9020[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.864,The Nature of Mathematical Modeling,"Surveys the range of levels of description for mathematical modeling, including analytical solutions and approximations for difference and differential equations; finite difference, finite element, and discrete element numerical models; stochastic processes, nonlinear function fitting, constrained optimization, and machine learning architectures. Emphasis is on how these methods relate, and on their efficient practical implementation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.865,Rapid-Prototyping of Rapid-Prototyping Machines: How to Make Something that Makes (Almost) Anything,Studies rapid-prototyping machines and covers the theory and practice of digital fabrication processes. Weekly lectures supported by readings from research literature. Students work on machine development projects throughout the term.,True,Spring,Graduate,3-9-0,MAS.863 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.881[J],Principles of Neuroengineering,"Covers how to innovate technologies for brain analysis and engineering, for accelerating the basic understanding of the brain, and leading to new therapeutic insight and inventions. Focuses on using physical, chemical and biological principles to understand technology design criteria governing ability to observe and alter brain structure and function. Topics include optogenetics, noninvasive brain imaging and stimulation, nanotechnologies, stem cells and tissue engineering, and advanced molecular and structural imaging technologies. Includes design projects. Designed for students with engineering maturity who are ready for design. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"9.422[J], 20.452[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.883[J],Revolutionary Ventures: How to Invent and Deploy Transformative Technologies,"Seminar on envisioning and building ideas and organizations to accelerate engineering revolutions. Focuses on emerging technology domains, such as neurotechnology, imaging, cryotechnology, gerontechnology, and bio-and-nano fabrication. Draws on historical examples as well as live case studies of existing or emerging organizations, including labs, institutes, startups, and companies. Goals range from accelerating basic science to developing transformative products or therapeutics. Each class is devoted to a specific area, often with invited speakers, exploring issues from the deeply technical through the strategic. Individually or in small groups, students prototype new ventures aimed at inventing and deploying revolutionary technologies.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,"9.455[J], 15.128[J], 20.454[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.885,How To Grow (Almost) Anything,"Teaches skills at the cutting edge of bioengineering and synthetic biology. Taught in three major modules: synthetic biology bootcamp, biofabrication and imaging, and genome engineering. Guest lecturers provide expertise in their respective domains and wet lab skills development. Topics include bio design, next generation synthesis, bio production, protein design, synthetic minimal cells, engineering the gut microbiome, 3D bio printing & biofabrication, expansion microscopy, and DNA nanostructures. Students should have experience or background in at least one of the following areas: synthetic biology, molecular, cell, or micro-biology, digital fabrication, design, or art. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.890,Independent Study in Media Arts and Sciences,Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member. Registration subject to prior arrangement of subject matter and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.910,Research in Media Technology,"Research for Media Arts and Sciences students, where the assigned research is approved for academic credit by the department.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.912,Teaching in Media Arts and Sciences,"Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of a Media Arts and Sciences faculty member.  Students selected by interview. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.914,Practical Experience in Media Arts and Sciences,"For Media Arts and Sciences masters students participating in curriculum-related off-campus professional internship experiences. Before enrolling, students must have an employment offer from a company or organization and approval from their advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Upon completion of the activity the student must submit a write-up of the experience, approved by the MIT advisor. Consult the MAS Office for details on procedures and restrictions.",True,"Fall, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.915,Practical Experience in Media Arts and Sciences,"For Media Arts and Sciences doctoral students participating in curriculum-related off-campus professional internship experiences. Before enrolling, students must have an employment offer from a company or organization and approval from their advisor. Subject to departmental approval. Upon completion of the activity the student must submit a write-up of the experience, approved by the MIT advisor. Consult the MAS Office for details on procedures and restrictions.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.921,Proseminar in Media Arts and Sciences,"Designed specifically for new doctoral students in the Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) program. Explores intellectual foundations of MAS, unifying themes connecting MAS research, and working practices of MAS researchers. Restricted to MAS doctoral students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.940,Preparation for SM Thesis I,"For first-year master's students in the MAS program. Features faculty-led discussions on best practices for conducting and evaluating research in diverse disciplines, ways of assessing the consequences of new technologies, and strategies for mitigating unintended outcomes. Working in small groups, students share and critique research ideas to catalyze and refine projects and collaborations. By the end of the course, students will have identified potential committee members to help guide their thesis research.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.941,Preparation for SM Thesis II,"Guides students in the selection of thesis topic, definition of method of approach, and preparation for Crit Day and thesis proposal.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6 [P/D/F],MAS.940 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.945,Media Arts and Sciences General Exam,"Required subject for Media Arts and Sciences doctoral students working on the general exam, from preparation of the proposal through completion of the oral and written components of the exam.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-12-0 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.950,Preparation for Ph.D. Thesis,"Selects thesis subject, defines method of approach, and prepares preliminary thesis outline. Independent study, supplemented by frequent individual conferences with staff members. Restricted to doctoral candidates.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S10,Special Subject in Media Technology,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S60-MAS.S64,Special Subject in Media Technology,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S65-MAS.S69,Special Subject in Media Technology,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S70,Special Subject in Media Technology,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum.  Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S71,Special Subject in Media Technology,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S72,Special Subject in Media Technology,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S73,Special Subject in Media Technology,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S74,Special Subject in Media Technology,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S75,Special Subject in Media Technology,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S76,Special Subject in Media Arts and Sciences,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,IAP,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.S90,Special Subject in Media Arts and Sciences,Supplementary work in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. Registration subject to prior arrangement.,True,Fall,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MAS.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research and writing of thesis; to be arranged by the student with supervising committee.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MS.101,Introduction to the Army and Critical Thinking,"Introduces students to the personal challenges and competencies that are critical for effective leadership and communication. Explores how the personal development of cultural understanding, goal setting, time management, stress management and comprehensive fitness relate to leadership, officership, and the Army profession.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-3-2,None. Coreq: MS.102,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MS.102,Introduction to the Profession of Arms,"Introduces students to the professional challenges and competencies that are needed for effective execution of the profession of arms and Army communication. Explores how Army ethics and values shape the Army and the specific ways they are inculcated into Army culture. Investigates the Army leadership dimensions, attributes, and core competencies and gain practical experience using critical communication skills.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,1-3-2,None. Coreq: MS.101,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MS.110,American Military History,"Develops an understanding of the effects the US military and American society have on each other through thematic exploration of American military history in the context of broader US history, and military strategy and global involvement. Through readings, oral and written presentations, and exams, students describe the role of the US military, its evolution, and its impact on society and technology; and critically analyze an armed conflict using the principles of war.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MS.201,Leadership and Decision Making,"Familiarizes students with the professional practice of ethics within the Army by exploring Army values and ethics along with the fundamentals of leadership, personal development, and tactics at the small unit level. Explores ethical and tactical decision-making case studies. Students required to demonstrate writing skills and present information briefings as preparation for development in becoming successful future officers.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-3-1,MS.102 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MS.202,Army Doctrine and Team Development,"Students practice and apply fundamentals of Army leadership, officership, Army values and ethics, personal development, and small unit tactics at the squad level. Provides systematic and specific feedback on individual leader attributes, values, and core leader competencies. Students demonstrate writing skills and present information briefings as preparation for development in becoming successful future officers.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-3-1,MS.201 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MS.301,Applied Team Leadership,"Develops student proficiency in planning and executing complex operations, functioning as a leader of small and medium sized teams, assessing operational environments, accepting prudent risk, and leading fellow students. Through assignment to leadership positions in the ROTC Battalion, students are directly responsible for the training, development, and well-being of underclass students assigned to their charge. Students learn how the Army operates and how to integrate the warfighting functions.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-6-3,MS.202 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MS.302,Applied Leadership in Small Unit Operations,"Familiarizes students with group dynamics and how personal identity influences leadership. Students explore bases of power, influence tactics, and leadership self-assessments. Through assignment to leadership positions in the ROTC Battalion, students are responsible for the training, development, and well-being of underclass students. Students experiment with counseling, receive peer feedback, and explore elements of the Army Profession. Students build competence with the basics of maneuvering a platoon, the principles of patrolling including raids, recons, and ambushes.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-6-3,MS.301 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MS.401,Officership: Mission Command and the Army Officer,"Develops proficiency in planning and executing complex operations, functioning as a member of an organizational staff, assessing risk, making ethical decisions, and leading fellow students. Through assignment to leadership positions in the ROTC Battalion, students plan and lead the execution of labs, directing and controlling the corps of cadets, enhancing their oral and written communications, and improving their application of troop-leading procedures and problem solving.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-6-3,MS.302,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
MS.402,Officership: Mission Command and Company Grade Leadership,"Examines the US National Security Structure and how the Army operates as part of the joint force in a whole of government approach. Studies how various operational variables affect military operations. Through assignment to leadership positions, students actively plan and execute training within the program, direct and control an organization, enhance oral and written communications, and apply troop-leading procedures. Students also examine past leaders through a staff ride to the battlefields of Lexington and Concord.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-6-3,MS.401,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.100,Naval Science Leadership Seminar,"Leadership seminar addresses professional issues of military leadership, ethics, foreign policy, internal affairs and naval warfare doctrine. Subject matter centers on preparation for commissioned service in the US Naval Forces by examining the role of the junior officer in the employment of naval power. Mostly student originated, the periods include panel discussions, practical applications, guest lecturers from academia, and speakers currently serving in deployed naval forces.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.11,Introduction to Naval Science,"Introduction to Naval Science. General introduction to the US Navy and Marine Corps. Emphasizes organizational structure, warfare components, and assigned roles/missions of US Navy/USMC. Covers all aspects of naval service from its relative position within DOD, to specific warfare communities/career paths. Also includes basic elements of leadership/Navy core values. Designed to give student initial exposure to many elements of naval culture. Provides students with conceptual framework and working vocabulary. Completion of MIT NROTC Orientation Program strongly recommended.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-3,None. Coreq: NS.100,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.12,Seapower and Maritime Affairs,"A study of the US Navy and the influence of sea power upon history. Incorporates both a historical and political science process to explore the major events, attitudes, personalities, and circumstances which have imbued the US Navy with its proud history and rich tradition. Deals with issues of national imperatives in peacetime as well as war, varying maritime philosophies which were interpreted into naval strategies/doctrines, budgetary concerns which shaped force realities, and the pursuit of American diplomatic objectives, concluding with the current search for direction in the post-Cold War era and beyond.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.200,Naval Science Leadership Seminar,"Leadership seminar addresses professional issues of military leadership, ethics, foreign policy, internal affairs and naval warfare doctrine. Subject matter centers on preparation for commissioned service in the US Naval Forces by examining the role of the junior officer in the employment of naval power. Mostly student originated, the periods include panel discussions, practical applications, guest lecturers from academia, and speakers currently serving in deployed naval forces.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.21,Leadership and Management,"Explores leadership from the military perspective taught by professors of military science from the Army, Navy and Air Force. Survey of basic principles for successfully managing and leading people, particularly in public service and the military. Develops skills in topics such as oral and written communication techniques, planning, team building, motivation, ethics, decision-making, and managing change. Relies heavily on interactive experiential classes with case studies, student presentations, role plays, and discussion. Also appropriate for non-management science majors.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.22,Navigation,"Comprehensive study of the theory, principles, and procedures of piloting and maritime navigation, including mathematics of navigation, practical work involving navigational instruments, sight reduction by <em>pro forma</em> and computerized methods, charts, publications, and voyage planning. CORTRAMID cruise recommended.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,NS.11 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.300,Naval Science Leadership Seminar,"Leadership seminar addresses professional issues of military leadership, ethics, foreign policy, internal affairs and naval warfare doctrine. Subject matter centers on preparation for commissioned service in the US Naval Forces by examining the role of the junior officer in the employment of naval power. Mostly student originated, the periods include panel discussions, practical applications, guest lecturers from academia, and speakers currently serving in deployed naval forces.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.31,Naval Ships Systems I: Engineering,"Lecture series on technological fundamentals of applied and planned naval ships Systems from an engineering viewpoint. Topics include stability, propulsion, ship control and systems.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.32,Naval Ship Systems II Weapons,"Overview of the properties and behavior of electromagnetic radiation pertaining to maritime applications. Topics include communications, radar detection, electro-optics, tracking and guidance systems. Sonar and underwater sound propagation also discussed. Examples taken from systems found on naval ships and aircraft. Selected readings on naval weapons and fire control systems. Physics I (GIR) and Calculus II (GIR) recommended.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,NS.31 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.33,Evolution of Warfare,"Traces development of warfare from dawn of recorded history to present, focusing on the impact of major military theorists, strategists, tacticians, and technological developments. Seeks to understand the relationships between military training, weaponry, strategies and tactics, and the societies and cultures that produce and then are defended by those military structures. By examining the association between a society and its military, students acquire basic sense of strategy, develop an understanding of military alternatives, and see the impact of historical precedents on military thoughts and actions.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.400,Naval Science Leadership Seminar,"Leadership seminar addresses professional issues of military leadership, ethics, foreign policy, internal affairs and naval warfare doctrine. Subject matter centers on preparation for commissioned service in the US Naval Forces by examining the role of the junior officer in the employment of naval power. Mostly student originated, the periods include panel discussions, practical applications, guest lecturers from academia, and speakers currently serving in deployed naval forces.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,0-2-4 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.41,Navigation and Naval Operations,"Comprehensive study of tactical and strategic considerations to the employment of naval forces, including communications, tactical formations and dispositions, relative motion, maneuvering board, and nautical rules of the road.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-6,NS.22 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.42,Leadership and Ethics,"Analyzes ethical decision-making and leadership principles. Students read and discuss texts written by such philosophers as Aristotle, Kant, and Mill to gain familiarity with the realm of ethical theory. Students then move on to case studies in which they apply these theories to resolve moral dilemmas. Provides a basic background in the duties and responsibilities of a junior division and watch officer; strong emphasis on the junior officer's responsibilities in training, counseling, and career development. Student familiarization with equal opportunity and drug/alcohol rehabilitation programs. Principles of leadership reinforced through leadership case studies.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,NS.21,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
NS.43,Fundamentals of Maneuver Warfare,"Introduces the United States Marine Corps' historical operating concepts as well as the employment of current doctrine known as ""maneuver warfare."" Utilizes historical examples from past military campaigns, as well as the current Marine Corps' doctrine and philosophy, to increase the student's critical thinking and decision-making ability. Aims to create future leaders capable of identifying and solving complex problems in future operating environments across the spectrum of conflict. Module one outlines the fundamental concepts, themes, and historical conflicts involving and relating to maneuver warfare. Module two articulates and describes the Marine Corps' current warfighting doctrine. Module three describes the Marine Corps' future operating concept and advancement of warfighting doctrine.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.00A,"Fundamentals of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea and Earth","Student teams formulate and complete space/earth/ocean exploration-based design projects with weekly milestones. Introduces core engineering themes, principles, and modes of thinking. Specialized learning modules enable teams to focus on the knowledge required to complete their projects, such as machine elements, electronics, design process, visualization and communication. Includes exercises in written and oral communication and team building. Examples of projects include surveying a lake for millfoil, from a remote controlled aircraft, and then sending out robotic harvesters to clear the invasive growth; and exploration to search for the evidence of life on a moon of Jupiter, with scientists participating through teleoperation and supervisory control of robots. Enrollment limited; preference to freshmen.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-3,"Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
2.00B,Toy Product Design,"Provides students with an overview of design for entertainment and play, as well as opportunities in creative product design and community service. Students develop ideas for new toys that serve clients in the community, and work in teams with local sponsors and with experienced mentors on a themed toy design project. Students enhance creativity and experience fundamental aspects of the product development process, including determining customer needs, brainstorming, estimation, sketching, sketch modeling, concept development, design aesthetics, detailed design, and prototyping. Includes written, visual, and oral communication. Enrollment limited; preference to freshmen.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-5-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
3.003,Principles of Engineering Practice,"Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st century engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem-based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic, and technological challenges of engineering practice by participating in actual engineering projects involving public transportation and information infrastructure with faculty and industry. Student teams create prototypes and mixed media reports with exercises in project planning, analysis, design, optimization, demonstration, reporting and team building. Preference to freshmen.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-2-6,"Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
12.000,Solving Complex Problems,"Provides an opportunity for entering freshmen to gain first-hand experience in integrating the work of small teams to develop effective solutions to complex problems in Earth system science and engineering. Each year's class explores a different problem in detail through the study of complementary case histories and the development of creative solution strategies. Includes exercises in website development, written and oral communication, and team building. Subject required for students in the Terrascope freshman program, but participation in Terrascope is not required of all 12.000 students. Students who pass 12.000 are eligible to participate in the Terrascope field trip the following spring. Limited to freshmen.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-2-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.00,Introduction to Aerospace and Design,"The fundamental concepts and approaches of aerospace engineering are highlighted through lectures on aeronautics, astronautics, and design. Active learning aerospace modules make use of information technology. Student teams are immersed in a hands-on, lighter-than-air (LTA) vehicle design project where they design, build, and fly radio-controlled LTA vehicles. The connections between theory and practice are realized in the design exercises. Required design reviews precede the LTA race competition. The performance, weight, and principle characteristics of the LTA vehicles are estimated and illustrated using physics, mathematics, and chemistry known to freshmen, the emphasis being on the application of this knowledge to aerospace engineering and design rather than on exposure to new science and mathematics. Includes exercises in written and oral communication and team building.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-1-5,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
16.00A,"Fundamentals of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea and Earth","Student teams formulate and complete space/earth/ocean exploration-based design projects with weekly milestones. Introduces core engineering themes, principles, and modes of thinking. Specialized learning modules enable teams to focus on the knowledge required to complete their projects, such as machine elements, electronics, design process, visualization and communication. Includes exercises in written and oral communication and team building. Examples of projects include surveying a lake for millfoil, from a remote controlled aircraft, and then sending out robotic harvesters to clear the invasive growth; and exploration to search for the evidence of life on a moon of Jupiter, with scientists participating through teleoperation and supervisory control of robots. Enrollment limited; preference to freshmen.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-3,"Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR)",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
20.020,Introduction to Biological Engineering Design Using Synthetic Biology,"Project-based introduction to the engineering of synthetic biological systems. Throughout the term, students develop projects that are responsive to real-world problems of their choosing, and whose solutions depend on biological technologies. Lectures, discussions, and studio exercises will introduce components and control of prokaryotic and eukaryotic behavior; DNA synthesis, standards, and abstraction in biological engineering; and issues of human practice, including biological safety, security, ethics, and ownership, sharing, and innovation. Preference to freshmen.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.250,Analytical Methods for Supply Chain Management I,"Covers the primary methods of analysis required for supply chain management planning. The class solves various practical problems using simulation, linear programming, integer programming, regression, and other techniques. The work is primarily team based with a final exam. Restricted to SCM students.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-1,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.251,Supply Chain Financial Analysis,"Explores the linkages between supply chain management and corporate finance. Emphasizes how the supply chain creates value for both the shareholders of the company and for the stakeholders affected by the company's operations. Sessions combine lectures and data-rich cases from the manufacturer, distributor, and retailer perspective. Topics include accounting fundamentals, financial analysis, activity-based costing, working capital management, cash flow projections, capital budgeting, and sustainability.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-6,None. Coreq: SCM.260; or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.253,Case Studies in Supply Chain Financial Analysis,"Students explore and discuss case studies that focus on financial analysis in real supply chains. Cases provide the opportunity for students to apply the theory and quantitative methods that they have studied in addressing actual supply chain challenges. These include decision making around sourcing, capital investments, inventory strategy, and new product introduction. Students present and defend their solutions to their peers.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.254,Analytical Methods for Supply Chain Management II,"Introduces tools needed to analyze data to solve supply chain and logistics problems. Topics include principal component analysis and clustering, regression and prediction for continuous and discrete variables, experimental design and causal inference, and geospatial visualization and analysis. Instruction provided in Python programming in the context of data analysis applications for supply chain management. Restricted to SCM students.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-1,"SCM.250, SCM.500, or permission of instructor",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.256,Data Science and Machine Learning for Supply Chain Management,"Introduces data science and machine learning topics in both theory and application. Data science topics include database and API connections, data preparation and manipulation, and data structures. Machine learning topics include model fitting, tuning and prediction, end-to-end problem solving, feature engineering and feature selection, overfitting, generalization, classification, regression, neural networks, dimensionality reduction and clustering. Covers software packages for statistical analysis, data visualization and machine learning. Introduces best practices related to source control, system architecture, cloud computing frameworks and modules, security, emerging financial technologies and software process. Applies teaching examples to logistics, transportation, and supply chain problems. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Graduate,5-0-7,SCM.254 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.258,Written Communication Topics for Supply Chain Management,"Provides an overview of the expectations for the capstone project and thesis. Explores techniques for developing and organizing ideas and for writing concise, fluid prose. Covers how to find and work with source materials.  Restricted to SCM students.",True,"Fall, IAP",Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.259,Written Communication for Supply Chain Management,"Provides an overview of the expectations for the capstone project/thesis. Explores techniques for developing and organizing ideas and for writing concise, fluid prose. Covers how to find and use source materials. Also touches upon principles of good poster design. Restricted to SCM students.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.260[J],Logistics Systems,"Provides an introduction to supply chain management from both analytical and practical perspectives. Taking a unified approach, students develop a framework for making intelligent decisions within the supply chain. Covers key logistics functions, such as demand planning, procurement, inventory theory and control, transportation planning and execution, reverse logistics, and flexible contracting. Explores concepts such as postponement, portfolio management, and dual sourcing. Emphasizes skills necessary to recognize and manage risk, analyze various tradeoffs, and model logistics systems. SCM.271 meets with SCM.260, but has fewer assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,"1.260[J], 15.770[J], IDS.730[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.261[J],Case Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management,"A combination of case studies and industry speakers covering the strategic and operating issues in supply chain transformation. Focuses on the pragmatic creation of supply chain capabilities, including resilience, omnichannel, E2E visibility, entrepreneurship, servitization, E2E automation, and AI.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,"1.261[J], 15.771[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.262,Leading Global Teams,"Reinforces supply chain concepts and develops management and teamwork skills. Focuses on practical, rather than theoretical tools, methodologies, and approaches that students will use throughout their supply chain career. Includes guest lectures, a case competition, and several large-scale, team-based simulation learning games. Restricted to SCM students.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],SCM.260 or permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.263,Advanced Writing Workshop for SCM,"Designed to help students write an excellent capstone/thesis. Lectures cover conventions of academic writing and the expectations for each chapter of the capstone/thesis. Small team coaching sessions provide in-depth feedback on each project, helping students present their ideas in cogent, concise prose. Restricted to SCM students.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.264,Databases and Data Analysis for Supply Chain Management,"Introduces databases, data analysis, and machine learning topics. Covers data modeling, relational databases, SQL queries, data mining, non-relational databases, and data warehouses. Introduces data analysis tools for visualization, regression, supervised and unsupervised techniques including principal component analysis and clustering. Term project includes implementation of data model, database, visualization and data analysis. SCM.274 meets with SCM.264 but requires fewer assignments and lectures. Restricted to SCM students.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-3,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.265[J],Global Supply Chain Management,"Focuses on the planning, processes, and activities of supply chain management for companies involved in international commerce. Students examine the end-to-end processes and operational challenges in managing global supply chains, such as the basics of global trade, international transportation, duty, taxes, trade finance and hedging, currency issues, outsourcing, cultural differences, risks and security, and green supply chains issues. Highly interactive format features student-led discussions, staged debates, and a mock trial. Includes assignments on case studies and sourcing analysis, as well as projects and a final exam.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,"15.761, 15.778, SCM.260, SCM.261, or permission of instructor","1.265[J], 2.965[J], 15.765[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.266,Freight Transportation,"Provides an in-depth introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques related to the design, procurement, and management of freight transportation. Examines freight transportation as a bridging function for a firm, considering the physical flow of raw materials and finished goods as well as connections to suppliers and customers. Also covers how freight transportation insulates a firm's core operations from external disruptions and variability of supply and demand.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,SCM.260,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.270,Current Challenges in Supply Chain Management,Each week students study and then discuss a case and/or article(s) related to a current challenge in supply chain management. Led by faculty and researchers in the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) along with invited guest speakers from industry. Topics highlight the current areas of research at CTL as well as other challenging issues from industry. Includes several required case write-ups or research papers.,True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.271,Logistics Systems Topics,"Provides an introduction to supply chain management from both analytical and practical perspectives. Taking a unified approach, students develop a framework for making intelligent decisions within the supply chain. Covers key logistics functions, such as demand planning, procurement, inventory theory and control, transportation planning and execution, reverse logistics, and flexible contracting. Explores concepts such as postponement, portfolio management, and dual sourcing. Emphasizes skills necessary to recognize and manage risk, analyze various tradeoffs, and model logistics systems. SCM.271 meets with SCM.260, but has fewer assignments. Restricted to students who previously completed the edX course SC1x Supply Chain Fundamentals.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.274,Databases and Data Analysis Topics for Supply Chain Management,"Introduces databases, data analysis, and machine learning topics. Covers data modeling, relational databases, SQL queries, data mining, non-relational databases, and data warehouses. Introduces data analysis tools for visualization, regression, supervised and unsupervised techniques including principal component analysis and clustering. Term project includes implementation of data model, database, visualization and data analysis. SCM.274 meets with SCM.264 but requires fewer assignments and lectures. Restricted to SCM students.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.275,Advanced Supply Chain Systems Planning and Network Design,"Explores the challenges of supply chain design in the dynamic and uncertain context of the contemporary supply chains. Introduces students to the most common decisions in supply chain design, the main trade-offs associated with those decisions, and the fundamental quantitative methods for used in supply chain design. Helps students translate a real-life business decision-making problem into a formal supply chain network design mathematical model.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.281,Supply Chain Public Speaking Workshop,"Further develops and refines public speaking skills through engaging interactive workshops. Techniques learned will help students become dynamic and authentic speakers. Includes speaking preparation, practice sessions, tactics related to content and delivery, storytelling, and crafting presentations, always in relation to concepts and fundamentals of supply chain management. Restricted to SCM students.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.282,Supply Chain Leadership Workshop,"Designed to enhance your ability to manage and lead in challenging times through a series of self assessment instruments, case studies, and workshops. The objectives are to increase awareness of your strengths and weaknesses as a leader, provide a battery of instruments and surveys to help one understand the way one operates in an organizational setting, and offer strategies and tips on how to leverage one's strengths and work on areas in need of development. Restricted to SCM students.",True,IAP,Graduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.283,Humanitarian Logistics,"Explores how logistics management improves response to humanitarian crises stemming from natural disasters, armed conflicts, epidemics, and famine. Class sessions combine online and class lectures, practical exercises, case discussions, and guest speakers. Provides students from various backgrounds with knowledge of the humanitarian context and fundamental supply chain concepts, as well as practice applying new knowledge in developing and communicating plans and policies to address realistic problems.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.284,Humanitarian Logistics Project,"Students completing SCM.283 may enroll for an independent study project, to be completed individually or in a small group, during the second half of the semester. Projects aim to drive innovation and improvement in humanitarian action, utilizing data and information directly from sources such as the UN, Red Cross, national government agencies, NGOs, and/or the private sector. Most projects include direct engagement with leaders from the humanitarian organizations.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-5,SCM.283,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.287[J],Global Aging & the Built Environment,"Combines classroom lectures/discussion, readings, site visits, and field study to provide students with experience in various research techniques including stakeholder analysis, interviewing, photography and image analysis, focus groups, etc. Students examine the impacts of global demographic transition, when there are more older than younger people in a population, and explore emerging challenges in the built environment (e.g., age-friendly community planning, public transportation access, acceptance of driverless cars, social wellbeing and connectivity, housing and community design, design and use of public and private spaces, and the public health implications of climate change and aging).",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,11.547[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.289,E-Commerce and Omnichannel Fulfillment Strategies,"Explores supply chain challenges when implementing omnichannel strategies. Develops an in-depth understanding of how customers' expectations and e-commerce is transforming warehouses operations. Discusses the most relevant traditional warehouses operations and the most innovating fulfillment models in e-commerce and omnichannel. Includes presentations, guest speakers, team projects, and case discussions.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.290,Sustainable Supply Chain Management,"Focuses on analyzing the environmental implications of logistics decisions in the supply chain, with special focus on the effect of green transportation, and the new trends in logistics sustainability within the context of growing urbanization and e-commerce. Studies practical alternatives on how to optimize CO2 emissions during last-mile operations by using geo-spatial analysis, and data analytics. Examines the delivery of ""fast"" and ""green"" in the new digital era, consumer relationship to sustainable products and services, and environmental costs of fast-shipping e-commerce. Covers supply chain carbon footprint, sustainable transportation, green vehicle routing, fleet assignment, truck consolidation, closed-loop supply chains, reverse logistics, green inventory management, and green consumer behavior.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.291,Procurement Fundamentals,"Introduces strategic procurement fundamentals to enhance both competitive advantage and resilience to supply chains. Covers frameworks and tools that managers use to elevate purchasing from an operational function to a strategic one. Includes both classic resilience- and cost-based portfolios, as well as modern perspectives, which consider sustainability and power. Combines theoretical and applied perspectives and is designed for students with or without previous procurement experience. Assessment based on case analysis and a final project.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.293[J],Urban Last-Mile Logistics,"Explores specific challenges of urban last-mile B2C and B2B distribution in both industrialized and emerging economies. Develops an in-depth understanding of the perspectives, roles, and decisions of all relevant stakeholder groups, from consumers to private sector decision makers and public policy makers. Discusses the most relevant traditional and the most promising innovating operating models for urban last-mile distribution. Introduces applications of the essential quantitative methods for the strategic design and tactical planning of urban last-mile distribution systems, including optimization and simulation. Covers basic facility location problems, network design problems, single- and multi-echelon vehicle routing problems, as well as associated approximation techniques. Requires intermediate coding skills in Python and independent quantitative analyses Python.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,SCM.254 or permission of instructor,"1.263[J], 11.263[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.294,Digital Supply Chain Transformation,"Analyzes the factors involved in the digital transformation of supply chain relationships. Develops an in-depth understanding of the perspectives, roles, and decisions of relevant stakeholders in transforming supply chains in the digital era. Covers digital supply chain capabilities, the role of technology, processes and organizations, as well as digital platforms and performance. Discusses relevant case studies of digitally transformed supply chains, covering topics of long-term competitive advantage through operations and digital enhanced value generation. Includes presentations, guest speakers, team projects and case discussions, under experiential learning complementary approaches.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.295,Supply Chain Study Trek,"Focuses on real world application of logistics and supply chain. Includes travel to on-site locations, company visits, facility operation tours, and partner presentations. Requires prior approval, detailed proposal, and final report.",True,Spring,Graduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.301,Independent Study: Supply Chain Management,Opportunity for research in Supply Chain Management and Logistics on an individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.302,Independent Study: Supply Chain Management,Opportunity for research in Supply Chain Management and Logistics on an individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement and supervision by staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.500,Studies in Supply Chain Management,"Introduction to supply chain management in a series of online subjects followed by a comprehensive examination. Analytics: analysis and modeling, statistics, regression, optimization and probability. Fundamentals: concepts for logistics, demand forecasting, inventory planning, control, transportation planning, and execution. Design: network design, finance, supplier management, demand planning, and organization design. Dynamics: global supply chain management, system dynamics, risk management, case studies and simulations. Technology and systems: IT concepts, core systems, and data analysis. Restricted to students who successfully receive the MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management and enroll in the SCM blended master's program.",True,IAP,Graduate,0-0-42 [P/D/F],Permission of department,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.800,Capstone Project in Supply Chain Management,"Provides an opportunity for students to synthesize their coursework and professional experience in supply chain management. Students conduct research on a real-world problem of interest to supply chain practitioners. Projects may include site visits, in-person interviews and quantitative analysis of data provided by a sponsoring company, agency, or NGO. Students present their research results in both a report and to an audience of sponsors and supply chain executives. Restricted to SCM students.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.C51,Machine Learning Applications for Supply Chain Management,"Building on core material in 6.C51, applies selected machine learning models to build practical, data-driven implementations addressing key business problems in supply chain management. Discusses challenges that typically arise in these practical implementations. Addresses relevant elements for large scale productionalization and monitoring of machine learning models in practice. Students cannot receive credit without completion of the core subject 6.C51.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-4,6.C51 and (SCM.254 or permission of instructor),N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.S90,Special Subject: Supply Chain Management,Opportunity for study of topics in Supply Chain Management not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.S91,Special Subject: Supply Chain Management,Opportunity for study of topics in Supply Chain Management not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,Spring,Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.S92,Special Subject: Supply Chain Management,Opportunity for study of topics in Supply Chain Management not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.S93,Special Subject: Supply Chain Management,Opportunity for study of topics in Supply Chain Management not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.S94,Special Subject: Supply Chain Management,Opportunity for study of topics in Supply Chain Management not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.S95,Special Subject: Supply Chain Management,Opportunity for study of topics in Supply Chain Management not otherwise included in the curriculum.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.THG,Graduate Thesis,Program of research leading to the writing of a master's thesis on a relevant supply chain management topic. Arranged by the student with a member of the Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) research staff.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.UR,Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate research opportunities in Supply Chain Management.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SCM.URG,Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate research opportunities in Supply Chain Management.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.100,Interphase,"Interphase is a seven-week program designed to enhance the academic success of students entering MIT. The program has a dual focus: it gives students an introduction to the MIT experience by exposing them to the rigors of a full subject load while simultaneously preparing them for academic success beyond MIT. The program includes calculus; chemistry; physical education; physics; writing, oral presentation and teamwork skills; and supporting academic activities, including small-group learning. Students can earn transcript credit for subjects taken in the program, sometimes resulting in advanced placement in corresponding subjects taken in the Fall. Activities include day trips to area cultural, recreational, and business sites. Students participate in a range of personal and educational development seminars and activities designed to ensure their smooth transition to college life.",True,Summer,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Commitment to register as a first-year student in the Fall,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.200,Teaching Development Fellows Network: Experience Designing and Facilitating Educational Development,"Project-based subject. Students design teaching-development programs and resources that support graduate student teaching in their departments. Instruction provided in advanced topics in teaching and learning, workshop design and facilitation, peer observation, and other topics in educational development under the supervision of the Teaching + Learning Lab staff. Students are selected by an application process and require permission from their department and concurrent appointment as a Teaching Development Fellow. Fellows register for this subject in the spring and fall. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable Teaching Development Fellow positions.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.245,The Sum of All Courses,"Provides an overview of the wide variety of majors and joint majors as well as minors and concentrations at MIT. At each lecture, faculty from two to three departments describe their fields. One-hour seminars and panels are given on informative and engaging topics such as, ""The Rationale Behind the MIT Curriculum,"" ""The Purpose of an Education,"" ""Integrating by Parts and Other Life Hacks,"" ""Etiquette and Why it Is Important,"" ""So, Darwin, Shakespeare, and Newton Walk into a Bar,"" ""How to Avoid Burnout,"" ""What is your Implicit Bias?,"" ""How to be a Good Human,"" ""Social Impact, Unintended Consequences, and Moral Hazards,"" and include panel discussions with MIT Administration and MIT's Distinguished Professors. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students. Limited to 1132; preference to first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.246,The Future: Global Challenges and Questions,Explores global challenges through the perspective of an array of majors / disciplines at MIT. Generative and creative questioning activities and reflective discussions introduce the intellectual breadth at the Institute and provide students with tools to develop their ability to question the world and their place in it. Aims to inspire and guide students to consider how they will shape and become a part of the future they want. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.247,"Exploring Majors at the Intersection of Engineering, Life Sciences, and Medicine","Interactive introduction to the several majors at MIT that offer curricula bridging engineering and life sciences, through presentations by faculty, current students, and alumni. Representatives of these departments (Courses 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6-7, 7, 9, 10, and 20, as well as the BME minor) cover aptitudes of typical students, culture, class offerings and roadmaps, and unique opportunities. Provides first-year students practical advice about how to select, prepare for and thrive in each major. Students taking 3-unit version of SP.247 complete reflection papers outside of class. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-2 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.247A,"Exploring Majors at the Intersection of Engineering, Life Sciences, and Medicine","Interactive introduction to the several majors at MIT that offer curricula bridging engineering and life sciences, through presentations by faculty, current students, and alumni. Representatives of these departments (Courses 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6-7, 7, 9, 10, and 20, as well as the BME minor) cover aptitudes of typical students, culture, class offerings and roadmaps, and unique opportunities. Provides first-year students practical advice about how to select, prepare for and thrive in each major. One-unit version of SP.247 does not include work outside of class. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year students.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-0 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.248,The NEET Experience,"Gives first-year students an opportunity to explore various interdisciplinary domains, or threads — Autonomous Machines, Climate and Sustainability Systems, Digital Cities, and Living Machines — all of which are a part of the New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program. Students gain knowledge and skills in those domains through interactions with NEET faculty, instructors, and students and exercise their algorithmic, creative, and systems thinking through team-based challenges. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.250,Transforming Good Intentions into Good Outcomes,"Explores hard choices, ethical dilemmas, and the risk of failure in the humanitarian, tech, climate change, and health sectors. Students examine case studies based on challenges faced by MIT alums, faculty, staff, students or community practitioners, and engage in simulations and facilitated discussions. Exposes students to ethical frameworks and standards for social engagement and intervention. Considers the choices faced, stakeholders involved, possible impact, and relevant MIT resources. Students produce a set of guiding questions to ask of themselves and others as they embark on social change work. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 20; preference to first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.251,How to Change the World: Experiences from Social Entrepreneurs,"Every week, students meet a new role model who demonstrates what it means to change the world through social entrepreneurship, technology, or policy. Each session covers an aspect of social entrepreneurship, from identifying opportunities for change to innovation within specific topic areas to impact investing. Through these speakers, students gain a greater understanding of how technology-based, impactful solutions can address global challenges. Students learn to identify and address social and environmental problems and understand the relevance of this work for their time at MIT. By the end of the term, students identify what problems are of personal interest, and are connected to resources to continue their journey of social impact during their time at MIT. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first year-students. Limited to 25; preference to first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.252,Careers in Medicine,"Explores careers in medicine and health care. Additionally, explores potential majors for students looking to go into these different careers, which include physicians, physician-scientists, research scientists, biomedical engineers, bioinformatics analysts, computational biologists, health data scientists, health system managers, and health economists. Majors could include biological engineering, biology, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, and more. Allows students to explore how they can have an impact in the field of medicine in a variety of different ways. Exposes students to career paths that are patient-facing (clinical) as well as career paths that are behind the scenes. Includes field trips to nearby labs and companies. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 25; preference to first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.253,Challenge Your Self-Identity to Grow and Achieve Life and Career Happiness,"Are your goals your own? Or do they represent what others wish for you to achieve? Have the evil tendrils of imposter syndrome ever plagued you? We are our own worst enemies when it comes to our success in our lives and careers. Throughout our lives, we absorb labels, identities, and imposed goals from those around us. Reflecting, and broadening these goals can help one break out of fixed thinking and start focusing on how to communicate their ideas and goals to others. This course seeks to challenge students to shift from a static mindset into one of growth, seek contentedness through purpose, and gain skills to better present themselves and their ideas. Instructional activities will include self-reflection (written/oral), interviews, alum panels, and short assignments outside the classroom. Outside assignments include individual and group work. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 25; preference for first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.254,Low Carbon Energy in Research and Application,"One of the major challenges of our time is to provide more energy to a growing world population while simultaneously reducing carbon emissions to combat climate change. Climate science shows that it is urgent to accomplish this soon, as the residence times of most greenhouse gasses are large. Subject offers exposure to relevant research that is being done in this context at MIT. Students review short papers on low carbon technologies and climate change; hear from faculty, researchers, and industry representatives associated with the MITEI Low Carbon Energy Centers; and create a digital story exploring the connections between the challenges, research, and current deployment of technologies. Offers context to students' future academic work and exposes students to ways in which many MIT majors apply to energy. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.255,Eating Culture: An Exploration of Cultures around the World through Food,"Introduces students to different cultures around the world via the culinary dishes they enjoy. Examines the varying histories, climates, migration patterns and religions that shape a culture. Each class, students explore and--of course!--taste one dish from one country. Work outside of class includes readings and films which reveal the cultural meanings of food. May include field trips to restaurants or neighborhoods in Boston and Cambridge. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 15.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.256,Informed Philanthropy in Theory and Action,"Explores the potential and pitfalls of philanthropy as a mechanism for social change. Students assess the work of community agencies to address challenges and opportunities facing MIT's neighboring communities, with particular focus on community representation, equity, and social justice. Class culminates with students making a group decision on how the Learning by Giving Foundation (which is partnering with the class) will disperse $10,000 to local community agencies. Each session includes a presentation by a local community agency, grant-making foundation, and/or individual philanthropist. Through class discussion and supporting materials, students examine the interaction between philanthropy and social change, including the role of philanthropists past and present in shaping social change and social conservatism. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 20.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.257,MISTI Career Connections: Energy,"Provides students with an opportunity to network and think strategically about their global careers in the energy sector. Content is international, drawing from MISTI's global network of companies and institutions, and professionals, with attention to energy research and skills necessary to work in the energy field. Through weekly discussion-based sessions, students learn from numerous sources: MISTI hosts, MITEI, alumni, and more. As a First-Year Discovery subject, focuses on career goals and skills, providing both a global and local perspective on energy topics. Open to students of all levels and disciplines, students can learn from each other and consider personal and professional goals in a multidisciplinary and international capacity. This subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.258,MISTI: Middle East Cross-Border Development and Leadership,"Provides opportunities to network and think strategically about challenges facing the Middle East and how situations can benefit from multi-disciplinary, cross-border solutions. Focus is international, with students working alongside peers from Israeli-Palestinian organizations. Through monthly professional development sessions with guest lecturers, weekly discussion-based sessions focused on the culture and history of the Middle East, and a group project, students explore what challenges face the Middle East and what skills are needed to address them. Networking opportunities with industry leaders and peers in the region provided. Open to students of all levels and disciplines. This subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.259,Pathways to Social Justice at MIT and Beyond,"This course explores student pathways to support social change and social justice efforts within the greater Boston region and how students can be agents of change throughout their lives. Students are introduced to ethical, reciprocal, and community-informed approaches to creating social change through readings, lectures, class discussions, critical reflection, and direct service experiences with local community organizations. This course also aims to create a supportive community for undergraduate students to build a network of thoughtful MIT stakeholders dedicated to creating social good in the world. Subject offered by the PKG Public Service Center. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.310,Engagement and Discovery Through the Terrascope Field Experience,"Each spring, first-year students in the Terrascope Learning Community spend a week exploring a sustainability-related problem in an off-campus site. During the trip, students engage with communities affected by the problem and people taking a wide range of approaches to address it. In this course, students will integrate and communicate their experience from the trip, with the aim of deepening their consideration of the year's problem and how the field experience impacts their thoughts about their own pathways through MIT and beyond. Students will learn about best practices and opportunities for civic engagement related to the year's topic, and they will explore ways of communicating their learnings from the field experience. Limited to first-year students participating in the Terrascope spring break field experience.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,1-1-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.35UR,Undergraduate Research in Terrascope,Undergraduate research opportunities in Terrascope.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.360,Terrascope Radio,"An exploration of radio as a medium of expression and communication, particularly the communication of complex scientific or technical information to general audiences. Examines the ingredients of effective radio programming, drawing extensively on examples from both commercial and public radio. Student teams produce, assemble, narrate, record and broadcast/webcast radio programs on topics related to the complex environmental issue that is the focus of the year's Terrascope subjects. Includes multiple individual writing assignments that explore the constraints and opportunities in radio as a medium. Limited to 15 first-year students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
SP.361,Majors and Careers Through a Terrascope Lens,"MIT alumni pursuing sustainability-oriented careers describe ways in which their major and career choices have provided them with the lenses through which they see the problems they work to solve. Students participate in guided reflection, focused on making the discussion relevant to their own personal situations and affinities. Students strengthen their ability to think deeply about their goals, for MIT and for the world beyond, and come into direct contact with alumni who can continue to mentor them through this process. Open to all undergraduates, regardless of Terrascope affiliation.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,1-0-1 [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
SP.3S50,Special Subject: Terrascope,Covers areas of study not included in the regular Terrascope curriculum. Preference to students in Terrascope.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.001,Technology in American History,"A survey of America's transition from a rural, agrarian, and artisan society to one of the world's leading industrial powers. Treats the emergence of industrial capitalism: the rise of the factory system; new forms of power, transport, and communication; the advent of the large industrial corporation; the social relations of production; and the hallmarks of science-based industry. Views technology as part of the larger culture and reveals innovation as a process consisting of a range of possibilities that are chosen or rejected according to the social criteria of the time.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.002,Finance and Society,"Examines finance as a social technology intended to improve economic opportunity by moving capital to where it is most needed. Surveys the history of modern finance, from medieval Italy to the Great Depression, while addressing credit, finance and state (and imperial) power, global financial interconnection, and financial crises. Explores modern finance (since about 1950) from a variety of historical and social-scientific perspectives, covering quant finance, financialization, the crisis of 2007-2008, and finance in the digital age. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
STS.003,Ancient Greeks to Modern Geeks: A History of Science,"Covers the development of major fields in the physical and life sciences, from 18th-century Europe through 20th-century America. Examines ideas, institutions, and the social settings of the sciences, with emphasis on how cultural contexts influence scientific concepts and practices.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
STS.004,"Intersections: Science, Technology, and the World","Exposes students to multidisciplinary studies in Science, Technology, and Society (STS), using four case studies to illustrate a broad range of approaches to basic principles of STS studies. Case studies vary from year to year, but always include a current MIT event. Other topics are drawn from legal and political conflicts, and arts and communication media. Includes guest presenters, discussion groups, field activities, visual media, and a practicum style of learning. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.005[J],Data and Society,"Introduces students to the social, political, and ethical aspects of data science work. Designed to create reflective practitioners who are able to think critically about how collecting, aggregating, and analyzing data are social processes and processes that affect people.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.155[J], IDS.057[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.006[J],Bioethics,"Considers ethical questions that have arisen from the growth of biomedical research and the health-care industry since World War II. Should doctors be allowed to help patients end their lives? If so, when and how? Should embryos be cloned for research and/or reproduction? Should parents be given control over the genetic make-up of their children? What types of living things are appropriate to use as research subjects? How should we distribute scarce and expensive medical resources? Draws on philosophy, history, and anthropology to show how problems in bioethics can be approached from a variety of perspectives.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,24.06[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
STS.008,Technology and Experience,"Introduces the ""inner history"" of technology: how it affects intimate aspects of human experience from sociological, psychological and anthropological perspectives. Topics vary, but may include how the internet transforms our experience of time, space, privacy, and social engagement; how entertainment media affects attention, creativity, aesthetics and emotion; how innovations in wearable and textile technologies reshape notions of history and identity; how pharmaceuticals reshape identity, mood, pain, and pleasure. Includes in-class discussion of readings, short written and multimedia assignments, final project. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
STS.009,Evolution and Society,"Provides a broad conceptual and historical introduction to scientific theories of evolution and their place in the wider culture.  Embraces historical, scientific and anthropological/cultural perspectives grounded in relevant developments in the biological sciences since 1800 that are largely responsible for the development of the modern theory of evolution by natural selection.  Students read key texts, analyze key debates (e.g. Darwinian debates in the 19th century, and the creation controversies in the 20th century) and give class presentations.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
STS.011,Engineering Life: Biotechnology and Society,"Provides instruction in the history of humanity's efforts to control and shape life through biotechnology, from agriculture to gene editing. Examines the technologies, individuals and socio-economic systems that are associated with such efforts, as well as the impact that these efforts have on society and science as a whole. Explores these issues with particular attention to the development of the modern biotechnology industry in the Greater Boston area. Includes a field trip.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.012[J],Science in Action: Technologies and Controversies in Everyday Life,"Explores a range of controversies about the role of technology, the nature of scientific research and the place of politics in science: debates about digital piracy and privacy, the role of activism in science, the increasingly unclear boundaries between human and non-human, the role of MRIs as courtroom evidence, the potential influence of gender on scientific research, etc. Provides exposure to science in a dynamic relation with social life and cultural ideas. Materials draw from humanities and social science research, ethnographic fieldwork, films and science podcasts, as well as from experimental multimedia. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.120[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.014,"Embodied Education: Past, Present, Future",Discusses recent scientific and educational research that finds that the human body in motion is a medium for learning. Explores how and why physical education was integrated into the US educational system while remaining separate from academic subjects — and how and why 21st-century institutions might combine the two. Weekly in-lecture labs demonstrate how exercise can inform academic instruction and invite students to create future curricula. Students who enroll in this class may receive both HASS-S credit for it and may enroll to earn two Physical Education and Wellness (PE&W) points. Limited to 20.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.021[J],"Science Activism: Gender, Race, and Power","Examines the role scientists have played as activists in social movements in the US following World War II. Themes include scientific responsibility and social justice, the motivation of individual scientists, strategies for organizing, the significance of race and gender, and scientists' impact within social movements. Case studies include atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons and the nuclear freeze campaign, climate science and environmental justice, the civil rights movement, Vietnam War protests, the March 4 movement at MIT, and concerns about genetic engineering, gender equality, intersectional feminism, and student activism at MIT.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.160[J],False,False,False,False,Elective,False
STS.022[J],"Gender, Race, and Environmental Justice","Provides an introduction to the analysis of gender in science, technology, and environmental politics from a global perspective. Familiarizes students with central objects, questions, and methods in the field. Examines existent critiques of the racial, sexual and environmental politics at stake in techno-scientific cultures. Draws on material from popular culture, media, fiction, film, and ethnography. Addressing specific examples from across the globe, students also explore different approaches to build more livable environments that promote social justice. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.407[J], 21G.057[J], WGS.275[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.023[J],"Science, Gender and Social Inequality in the Developing World","Examines the influence of social and cultural determinants (colonialism, nationalism,  class, and gender) on modern science and technology. Discusses the relationship of scientific progress to colonial expansions and nationalist aspirations. Explores the nature of scientific institutions within a social, cultural, and political context, and how science and technology have impacted developing societies",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,WGS.226[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.024[J],Thinking on Your Feet: Dance as a Learning Science (New),"Explores the past, present, and future of dance as a learning science. Combines readings and discussion with experiential learning. Readings span the science of movement and learning, studies of educational dance, and research on school reform. Lab exercises led by guest artists introduce the rich possibilities of dance for teaching subjects across the curriculum. For their final project, students choreograph a lesson on a topic of their choosing. This is an introductory class; no dance background is required. Limited to 20 students.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.524[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
STS.025[J],Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective,"Global survey of the great transformation in history known as the ""Industrial Revolution."" Topics include origins of mechanized production, the factory system, steam propulsion, electrification, mass communications, mass production and automation. Emphasis on the transfer of technology and its many adaptations around the world. Countries treated include Great Britain, France, Germany, the US, Sweden, Russia, Japan, China, and India. Includes brief reflection papers and a final paper.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.285[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.026,History of Manufacturing in America,"Introductory survey of fundamental innovations and transitions in American manufacturing from the colonial period to the mid-twentieth century. Primary emphasis on textiles and metalworking, with particular attention to the role of the machine tool industry in the American manufacturing economy. Students taking graduate version are expected to explore the material in greater depth.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.027[J],The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America: 1861-1890,"Using the American Civil War as a baseline, considers what it means to become ""modern"" by exploring the war's material and manpower needs, associated key technologies, and how both influenced the United States' entrance into the age of ""Big Business."" Readings include material on steam transportation, telegraphic communications, arms production, naval innovation, food processing, medicine, public health, management methods, and the mass production of everything from underwear to uniforms – all essential ingredients of modernity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,21H.205[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.028,Seven Wonders of the Engineering World,"Uses case studies to take a broad-ranging look at seven major engineering achievements in world history. Examines the nature of engineering as a source of knowledge production/application, how it reflects the cultural settings in which it emerges, and how it changes as it enters different cultural and economic settings. Includes weekly reflection papers. Achievements covered vary from term to term. Limited to 20.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.030,Forensic History: Problem Solving into the Past,"Explores new pathways to use the latest science and technologies to understand the past. Working like detectives, students draw on research methods from such fields as climate science, geology, molecular biology, proteomics, DNA testing, carbon dating and big data analysis to invent their own forensic historical research techniques. They also study new narrative forms to accompany novel research techniques. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.031[J],Environment and History,"Focusing on the period from 1500 to the present, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and microorganisms on human history and the reciprocal influence of people on the environment. Topics include the European encounter with the Americas, the impact of modern technology, and the current environmental crisis. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"12.386[J], 21H.185[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
STS.032,"Energy, Environment, and Society","Uses a problem-solving, multi-disciplinary, and multicultural approach that takes energy beyond the complex circuits, grids, and kilojoules to the realm of everyday life, with ordinary people as practitioners and producers of energy knowledge, infrastructures, and technologies. The three main objectives are to immerse students in the historical, cultural, multi-cultural, and entrepreneurial aspects of energy across the world to make them better energy engineers; to introduce them to research and analytical methods; and to deploy these methods and their various skills to solve/design a solution, in groups, to a specific energy problem chosen by the students. Each cohort tackles a different energy problem. Provides instruction on how to be active shapers of the world and to bring students' various disciplinary skills and cultural diversity into dialogue as conceptual tools for problem-solving. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.033[J],People and the Planet: Environmental Histories and Engineering,"Explores historical and cultural aspects of complex environmental problems and engineering approaches to sustainable solutions. Introduces quantitative analyses and methodological tools to understand environmental issues that have human and natural components. Demonstrates concepts through a series of historical and cultural analyses of environmental challenges and their engineering responses. Builds writing, quantitative modeling, and analytical skills in assessing environmental systems problems and developing engineering solutions. Through environmental data gathering and analysis, students engage with the challenges and possibilities of engineering in complex, interacting systems, and investigate plausible, symbiotic, systems-oriented solutions. Students taking graduate version complete additional analysis of reading assignments and a more in-depth and longer final paper. ",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,11.004[J],False,False,False,False,Elective,False
STS.034,Science Communication: A Practical Guide,"Develops students' abilities to communicate about science and technology effectively and to analyze science communication in a variety of real-world contexts. Considers tools, media, and strategies to engage polarized publics, audiences, and communities traditionally excluded from scientific discussions. Provides a theoretical and practical background in science communication — from citizen science, podcasts, and AI to art, science slams, and exhibitions — culminating in the development of a final science communication project to be presented in the MIT Museum. Enrollment limited.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
STS.035,Exhibiting Science,"Project-based seminar covers key topics in museum communication, including science learning in informal settings, the role of artifacts and interactives, and exhibit evaluation. Students work on a term-long project, organized around the design, fabrication, and installation of an original multimedia exhibit about current scientific research at MIT. Culminates with the project's installation in the MIT Museum's Mark Epstein Innovation Gallery. Limited to 20; preference to students who have taken STS.034.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-2-8,One CI-H/CI-HW subject and permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,Arts,False
STS.036,Science in American Life: 1920-2020,"Assesses the place of science in American public life from the 1920s to the present. Takes a historically inflected approach to examine the social relations of science in the modern United States. Examines science and (in turn) religion, warfare, health, education, the environment, and human rights to explore how an international leader in science is also home to some of the developed world's most persistent forms of ""science denialism."" Examples include the denial of evolution, human-induced climate change, and particular medical-scientific aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.038,"Risky Business: Food Production, Environment, and Health","Follows the shifts in food production between small-holder, local production to large-scale industries and back again to ""localvore"" food production in the 19th and 20th centuries. Tracks how people grew anxious about health risks associated with modern food over time. In a weekly lab, students build a compost production facility and/or a segment of a perennial food forest. Discusses food politics, food security and justice, food sustainability and safety, and first steps in growing one's own food. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-1-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.039,History of Native Science,"Tracks the history of Indigenous knowledge and engagements with colonial US and settler science. Explores traditional ecological knowledge, naturalized knowledge systems, and decolonized research methods — among other frameworks — and how the field of Native science came to be. Introduces critical STS and Indigenous methods for translating and engaging Indigenous knowledge and history, and traces how science and indignity have been entangled through colonial and decolonial practice. Presents how Native science has been a galvanizing force for international research and policy on everything from climate science to genetics.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.040,A Global History of Commodities,"Inspires students to think about production chains in ways that reflect their impact on the environment, labor practices, and human health. Examines how commodities connect distant places through a chain of relationships, and link people, e.g., enslaved African producers with middle-class American consumers, and Asian factory workers with Europeans taking a holiday on the beach. Studies how mass production and mass demand for commodities, such as real estate, bananas, rubber, corn, and beef, in the 20th century changed the way people worked, lived, and saw themselves as they adopted new technologies to produce and consume in radically different ways from their parents and grandparents. Assignments include creation of a board game for buying and selling real estate in Boston, a two-minute mini-documentary, and an article on a commodity and country. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
STS.041,Exercise is Medicine: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Health Care Systems,Explores the history of exercise in preventing and curing physical and mental illness. Combines readings and discussion with experiential learning. Doing Yoga and Qigong alongside readings on Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine enables students to viscerally experience concepts in medical history such as prana and chi; activities including Pilates and High Intensity Interval Training deepen students' understanding of the challenges integrating scientific discovery into everyday life. Students who enroll in this class may receive both HASS-S credit for it and may enroll to earn two Physical Education and Wellness (PE&W) points. Enrollment limited.,False,Spring,Undergraduate,2-1-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.042[J],"Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century","Explores the changing roles of physics and physicists during the 20th century. Topics range from relativity theory and quantum mechanics to high-energy physics and cosmology. Examines the development of modern physics within shifting institutional, cultural, and political contexts, such as physics in Imperial Britain, Nazi Germany, US efforts during World War II, and physicists' roles during the Cold War. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,8.225[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.043,"Technology and Self: Science, Technology, and Memoir","Focuses on the memoir as a window onto the relationship of creative people (scientists, engineers, designers, and others) to their work. Examines how class, race, ethnicity, family history, and trauma shape the person who shapes artifacts, experiments, and ideas. Readings explore the connection between material culture, identity, and personal development. Offers the opportunity, if desired, to examine personal experiences and write memoir fragments. Students taking graduate version write a longer final paper. Limited to 15; no listeners.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.044,Technology and Self: Things and Thinking,"Explores emotional and intellectual impact of objects. The growing literature on cognition and ""things"" cuts across anthropology, history, social theory, literature, sociology, and psychology and is of great relevance to science students.  Examines the range of theories, from Mary Douglas in anthropology to D. W. Winnicott in psychoanalytic thinking, that underlies ""thing"" or ""object"" analysis. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15; no listeners.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.046[J],"The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender","Examines the role of science and medicine in the origins and evolution of the concepts of race, sex, and gender from the 17th century to the present. Focus on how biological, anthropological, and medical concepts intersect with social, cultural, and political ideas about racial, sexual, and gender difference in the US and globally. Approach is historical and comparative across disciplines emphasizing the different modes of explanation and use of evidence in each field.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.103[J], WGS.225[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.047,Quantifying People: A History of Social Science,"Historical examination of the quest to understand human society scientifically. Focuses on quantification, including its central role in the historical development of social science and its importance in the 21st-century data age. Covers the political arithmetic of the 17th century to the present. Emphasizes intensive reading of primary sources, which represent past attempts to count, calculate, measure, and model many dimensions of human social life (population, wealth, health, happiness, intelligence, crime, deviance, race). Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.048,"African Americans in Science, Technology, and Medicine","A survey of the contributions of African Americans to science, technology, and medicine from colonial times to the present. Explores the impact of concepts, trends, and developments in science, technology, and medicine on the lives of African Americans. Examples include the eugenics movement, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, the debate surrounding racial inheritance, and IQ testing.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.049,The Long War Against Cancer,"Examines anticancer efforts as a critical area for the formation of contemporary biomedical explanations for health and disease. Begins with the premise that the most significant implications of these efforts extend far beyond the success or failure of individual cancer therapies. Considers developments in the epidemiology, therapy, and politics of cancer. Uses the history of cancer to connect the history of biology and medicine to larger social and cultural developments, including those in bioethics, race, gender, activism, markets, and governance.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
STS.050,The History of MIT,"Examines the history of MIT, from its founding to the present, through the lens of the history of science and technology. Topics include William Barton Rogers; the modern research university and educational philosophy; campus, intellectual, and organizational development; changing laboratories and practices; MIT's relationship with Boston, the federal government, and industry; and notable activities and achievements of students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Includes guest lecturers, on-campus field trips, and interactive exercises. Enrollment limited.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.051,Documenting MIT Communities,"Researches the history and culture of an MIT community to contribute to its documentation and preservation. Through the practice of doing original research, students learn about the history of an MIT community. Provides instruction in the methods historians use to document the past, as well as methods from related fields. Enrollment limited.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.053,Multidisciplinary Interactive Learning Through Problem-Solving,"Interdisciplinary problem-solving at the intersection of humanities, science, engineering, and business. Team-taught face-to-face classes at multiple US and African universities connected live via Zoom. Divided into four sections/assessments: US and African histories, cultures, politics, and development relations; HASS as a problem-solving tool; STEM applications to real-life problem-solving; and introduction to summer field-class sites or exchange programs. Goal is to equip students with skills for team-based trans-disciplinary and cross-cultural problem-solving.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Elective,False
STS.055[J],Living Dangerously: Environmental Problems from 1900 to Today,"Historical overview of the interactions between people and their environments in the past 100 years. Focuses on the accelerating human impact on Earth, starting in the late 19th century and continuing to the present day. Covers case studies showing how people have become aware of their impacts on the environment, and, in turn, the environment's impacts upon human society and what humans have done to mitigate damages. Topics include: food safety and security, industrial agriculture, pesticides, nuclear energy and warfare, lead, smog, ozone depletion, and climate change. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,12.384[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
STS.060[J],The Anthropology of Biology,"Applies the tools of anthropology to examine biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological enterprise, biodiversity conservation, pharmaceutical bioprospecting, and synthetic biology. Examines such social concerns such as bioterrorism, genetic modification, and cloning. Offers an anthropological inquiry into how the substances and explanations of biology — ecological, organismic, cellular, molecular, genetic, informatic — are changing. Examines such artifacts as cell lines, biodiversity databases, and artificial life models, and using primary sources in biology, social studies of the life sciences, and literary and cinematic materials, asks how we might answer Erwin Schrodinger's 1944 question, ""What Is Life?"", today.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.303[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.064[J],DV Lab: Documenting Science through Video and New Media,"Uses documentary video making as a tool to explore everyday social worlds (including those of science and engineering), and for thinking analytically about media itself. Students make videos and engage in critical analysis. Provides students with instruction on how to communicate effectively and creatively in a visual medium, and how to articulate their own analyses of documentary images in writing and spoken word. Readings drawn from documentary film theory, anthropology, and social studies of science. Students view a wide variety of classic documentaries and explore different styles. Lab component devoted to digital video production. Includes a final video project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 12.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-3-6,None,21A.550[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,CI-H
STS.065[J],The Anthropology of Sound,"Examines the ways humans experience sound and how perceptions and technologies of sound emerge from cultural, economic, and historical worlds. Consider how the sound/noise/music boundaries have been imagined, created, and modeled across sociocultural and historical contexts. Learn how environmental, linguistic, and musical sounds are construed cross-culturally as well as the rise of telephony, architectural acoustics, sound recording, multi-channel and spatial mix performance, and the globalized travel of these technologies. Questions of sound ownership, property, authorship, remix, and copyright in the digital age are also addressed.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.505[J], CMS.406[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.074[J],"Art, Craft, Science","Examines how people learn, practice, and evaluate traditional and contemporary craft techniques. Social science theories of design, embodiment, apprenticeship learning, skill, labor, expertise, and tacit knowledge are used to explore distinctions among art, craft, and science. Also discusses the commoditization of craft into market goods, collectible art, and tourism industries. Ethnographic and historical case studies include textiles, Shaker furniture, glassblowing, quilting, cheesemaking, industrial design, home and professional cooking, factory and laboratory work, CAD/CAM. Demonstrations, optional field trips, and/or hands-on craft projects may be included. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.501[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.075[J],Technology and Culture,"Examines the intersections of technology, culture, and politics in a variety of social and historical settings ranging from 19th-century factories to 21st-century techno dance floors, from Victorian London to anything-goes Las Vegas. Discussions and readings organized around three questions: what cultural effects and risks follow from treating biology as technology; how computers have changed the way we think about ourselves and others; and how politics are built into our infrastructures. Explores the forces behind technological and cultural change; how technological and cultural artifacts are understood and used by different communities; and whether, in what ways, and for whom technology has produced a better world. Limited to 50.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,21A.500[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.080[J],Youth Political Participation,"Surveys youth political participation in the US since the early 1800s. Investigates trends in youth political activism during specific historical periods, as well as what difference youth media production and technology use (e.g., radio, music, automobiles, ready-made clothing) made in determining the course of events. Explores what is truly new about ""new media"" and reviews lessons from history for present-day activists based on patterns of past failure and success. Some mandatory field trips may occur during class time. Limited to 40.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,11.151[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.081[J],"Innovation Systems for Science, Technology, Energy, Manufacturing, and Health","Examines science and technology innovation systems, including case studies on energy, computing, advanced manufacturing, and health sectors. Emphasizes public policy and the federal government's role in that system. Focuses on the US but uses international examples. Reviews foundations of economic growth theory, innovation systems theory, and the basic approaches to science and technology policy. Explores the organization and role of energy and medical science R&D agencies, as well as gaps in those innovation systems. Also addresses the science and technology talent base as a factor in growth, and educational approaches to better support it. Class meets for nine weeks; in the remaining weeks, students work on a final paper due at the end of the term. Limited to 25.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,2-0-7,None,17.395[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.082[J],"Science, Technology, and Public Policy","Analysis of issues at the intersection of science, technology, public policy, and business. Cases drawn from antitrust and intellectual property rights; health and environmental policy; defense procurement and strategy; strategic trade and industrial policy; and R&D funding. Structured around theories of political economy, modified to take into account integration of uncertain technical information into public and private decision-making. Meets with 17.310 when offered concurrently.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,4-0-8,None,"17.309[J], IDS.055[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,CI-H
STS.083,Computers and Social Change,"Provides instruction on how people have historically connected computers to ideas on social, economic, and political change and how these ideas have changed over time. Based on a series of case studies from different parts of the world. Explores topics such as how computers have intertwined with ideas on work, freedom, governance, and access to knowledge. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.084[J],Social Problems of Nuclear Energy,"Surveys the major social challenges for nuclear energy.     Topics include the ability of nuclear power to help mitigate climate change; challenges associated with ensuring nuclear safety; the effects of nuclear accidents; the management of nuclear waste; the linkages between nuclear power and nuclear weapons, the consequences of nuclear war; and political challenges to the safe and economic regulation of the nuclear industry.  Weekly readings presented from both sides of the debate, followed by in-class discussions. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,22.04[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.085[J],Foundations of Information Policy,"Studies the growth of computer and communications technology and the new legal and ethical challenges that reflect tensions between individual rights and societal needs. Topics include computer crime; intellectual property restrictions on software; encryption, privacy, and national security; academic freedom and free speech. Students meet and question technologists, activists, law enforcement agents, journalists, and legal experts. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,6.4590[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.086[J],Cultures of Computing,"Examines computers anthropologically, as artifacts revealing the social orders and cultural practices that create them. Students read classic texts in computer science along with cultural analyses of computing history and contemporary configurations. Explores the history of automata, automation and capitalist manufacturing; cybernetics and WWII operations research; artificial intelligence and gendered subjectivity; robots, cyborgs, and artificial life; creation and commoditization of the personal computer; the growth of the Internet as a military, academic, and commercial project; hackers and gamers; technobodies and virtual sociality. Emphasis is placed on how ideas about gender and other social differences shape labor practices, models of cognition, hacking culture, and social media.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.504[J], WGS.276[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
STS.087,Biography in Science,"An examination of biography as a literary genre to be employed in the history of science. The use of biography in different historical periods to illuminate aspects of the development of science. A critical analysis of autobiography, archival sources, and the oral tradition as materials in the construction of biographies of scientists. Published biographies of scientists constitute the major reading, but attention is given to unpublished biographical sources as well. Comparison is drawn between biography as a literary form in the history of science and in other disciplines.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
STS.088,Africa for Engineers,"Covers historical, cultural, and ethical dimensions of engineering in Africa. Focuses on construction of big projects like cities, hydroelectricity dams, roads, railway lines, ports and harbors, transport and communication, mines, industrial processing plant, and plantations. Explores the contributions of big capital, engineers, politicians, and ordinary people. Emphasizes how local culture, politics, labor, and knowledge affect engineering.  Also focuses on environmental and cultural impact assessment. Prepares students who wish to work or study in Africa and the Global South. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
"STS.095,","STS.096 Independent Study in Science, Technology, and Society","For students who wish to pursue special studies or projects with a member of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. STS.095 is letter-graded; STS.096 is P/D/F.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.S20,"Special Subject: Science, Technology and Society","Addresses subject matter in Science, Technology and Society that is not offered in the regular curriculum.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.S21,"Special Subject: Science, Technology and Society","Addresses subject matter in Science, Technology and Society that is not offered in the regular curriculum.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.S22,"Special Subject: Science, Technology and Society (New)","Addresses subject matter in Science, Technology and Society that is not offered in the regular curriculum.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.S23,"Special Subject: Science, Technology and Society (New)","Addresses subject matter in Science, Technology and Society that is not offered in the regular curriculum.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
"STS.095,","STS.096 Independent Study in Science, Technology, and Society","For students who wish to pursue special studies or projects with a member of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. STS.095 is letter-graded; STS.096 is P/D/F.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.UR,Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate research opportunities in the STS Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.URG,Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate research opportunities in the STS Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.THT,Undergraduate Thesis Tutorial,Definition and early-stage work on thesis project leading to STS.THU. Taken during first term of student's two-term commitment to thesis project. Student works closely with STS faculty tutor. Required of all candidates for an STS degree.,True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.THU,Undergraduate Thesis,"Completion of work of the senior major thesis under the supervision of a faculty tutor. Includes gathering materials, preparing draft chapters, giving an oral presentation of thesis progress to faculty evaluators early in the term, and writing and revising the final text. Students meet at the end of the term with faculty evaluators to discuss the successes and limitations of the project. Required of all candidates for an STS degree.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,STS.THT,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.250[J],Social Theory and Analysis,"Major theorists and theoretical schools since the late 19th century. Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Bourdieu, Levi-Strauss, Geertz, Foucault, Gramsci, and others. Key terms, concepts, and debates.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,21A.859[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.260,"Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society","Intensive reading and analysis of major works in historical and social studies of science and technology. Introduction to current methodological approaches, centered around two primary questions: how have science and technology evolved as human activities, and what roles do they play in society? Preparation for graduate work in the field of science and technology studies and introduction to research resources and professional standards.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.310,History of Science,"Intensive reading and analysis of key works in the history and historiography of science. Introduces students to basic interpretive issues, bibliographic sources, and professional standards. Topics change from year to year.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.320[J],Environmental Conflict,"Explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western parts of the world in addition to Europe and the United States. Use of environmental conflict to draw attention to competing understandings and uses of ""nature"" as well as the local, national and transnational power relationships in which environmental interactions are embedded.  In addition to utilizing a range of theoretical perspectives, subject draws upon a series of ethnographic case studies of environmental conflicts in various parts of the world.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,21A.429[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.330[J],History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology,"Explores recent historical and anthropological approaches to the study of medicine and biology. Topics might include interaction of disease and society; science, colonialism, and international health; impact of new technologies on medicine and the life sciences; neuroscience and psychiatry; race, biology and medicine. Specific emphasis varies from year to year.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,21A.319[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.340,Introduction to the History of Technology,"Introduction to the consideration of technology as the outcome of particular technical, historical, cultural, and political efforts, especially in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include industrialization of production and consumption, development of engineering professions, the emergence of management and its role in shaping technological forms, the technological construction of gender roles, and the relationship between humans and machines.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.360[J],Ethnography,"Practicum style course introduces students to ethnographic methods and writing in global health research. Organized around interviewing and observational assignments. Students develop a bibliography of  anthropological and ethnographic writing relevant to their project, and write a short paper about integrating ethnographic methods into a future research project. Preference to HASTS students; open to others with permission of instructor.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,21A.829[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.412,Quantification,"Surveys research on quantification, the practice of using numerical data and calculation to analyze, order, and control. Begins by examining historical accounts of the rise of quantitative methods and values since c. 1600. Goes on to explore the dynamics and consequences of quantification across a range of modern domains, including science, politics, governance, health, education, crime, law, economic development, finance, and environmental regulation. Readings drawn from STS, history, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.414[J],"Risk, Fortune, and Futurity","Exploration of interdisciplinary scholarship on risk, chance, and fortune. Begins with a survey of theoretical approaches to the field, then proceeds chronologically to explore the emergence of risk and its impacts on human life in multiple arenas including economics, politics, culture, environment, science, and technology from the 16th century to the present. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor; consult department for details.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,21H.984[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.417,STS Seminar on the Global South,"Covers Africa and its diaspora, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Asia, and Oceania. Seeks to explore meanings of science and technology from traditions, experiences, and literatures of these regions; to understand encounters and outcomes of endogenous and inbound ideas, artifacts, and practice; and to engage European and North American science, technology, and society (STS) in dialogue with these literatures. Provides a global view of STS in an increasingly interconnected world. Focuses on peoples of the Global South as innovative intellectual agents, not just victims of technology or its appropriators.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.421,Graduate Super-Seminar on Global South Cosmologies and Epistemologies,"Team-taught subject that centers Global South cosmologies and epistemologies marginalized by colonization, slavery, and racism across the world. Explores how different societies make sense of and develop knowledges of the physical and animate world, and what it means to be human(e) within it. Opens up trans-hemispheric conversations between constituencies that seldom talk to each other, each bringing its ways of seeing, thinking, knowing, and doing to the matrix to mutually inform one another. Goal is to build qualitative — not just quantitative — diversity (i.e., diversity as method of learning and thinking).",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.424[J],"Race, History, and the Built Environment","Examines how the development of the built environment produces and reproduces conceptions of race - sociobiological theories of human difference. Using historical and cross-cultural cases, tracks the social and political lives of material objects, infrastructures, technologies, and architectures using projects of settler colonialism, nation-building, community development and planning, and in post-conflict and post-disaster settings. Analyzes social theories of race, place, space, and materiality; power, identity, and embodiment; and memory, death, and haunting. Explores how conceptions of belonging, citizenship, and exclusion are represented and designed spatially through analysis of examples, such as the appropriation of land for infrastructure programs, the erasure and commemoration of heritage in public spaces, and the use of the built environment to impose colonial ideologies. Limited to 14 students.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,11.244[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.425,History of Manufacturing in America,"Introductory survey of fundamental innovations and transitions in American manufacturing from the colonial period to the mid-twentieth century. Primary emphasis on textiles and metalworking, with particular attention to the role of the machine tool industry in the American manufacturing economy. Students taking graduate version are expected to explore the material in greater depth.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.427,The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America: 1861-1890,"Using the American Civil War as a baseline, considers what it means to become ""modern"" by exploring the war's material and manpower needs, associated key technologies, and how both influenced the United States' entrance into the age of ""Big Business."" Readings include material on steam transportation, telegraphic communications, arms production, naval innovation, food processing, medicine, public health, management methods, and the mass production of everything from underwear to uniforms – all essential ingredients of modernity. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.430,"Multi-Species Histories of Plant People, Wild and Cultivated","Examines how centering plants changes our understanding of what it means to be human. Considers how, in response to the naming of the Anthropocene and anxieties over ecological crises, researchers in various fields have turned to plants as central players. Using this as a starting point, explores how researchers have described and re-calibrated relations among plants, humans, and environment, between life and non-life, action and being, subjectivity and autonomy in ways that radically altered ruling epistemologies in a range of disciplines. Looks at how philosophers, farmers, foresters, eco-critics, geographers, botanists, and popular science writers adapted research questions and narratives to incorporate not only plant uses, but plant intelligence and sentience.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.432[J],Narrating the Anthropocene: Understanding a Multi-Species Universe,"Examines human concern about the planet and how that fixation shapes concepts of time & space, knowledge-production, understandings of what it means to be human and non-human, as well as trends in scholarship, art, culture & politics. Indexes the way numerous actors and institutions came to understand, debate & narrate the Anthropocene, a geological epoch defined by human-induced climate change. Explores how it as a concept has opened up new ways of understanding relations within the planet, including care, accountability & multi-species mutualism. Considers narrative registers as well, how scholars, writers, artists & working people narrate the Anthropocene. Students undertake an original project in research &/or experimental narrative forms inspired by the reading. Limited to 12.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,21H.990[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.434,Postapocalyptic Science and Technology Studies,"Examines how science fiction is deployed as a political tool for enacting change in the present and how it has emerged as a privileged symbolic field for the expression of hopes and anxieties that drive both culture and tech industries. Explores how societies around the globe — both mainstream and in the periphery — are confronting a triple crisis that threatens not only civil order but also the very existence of certain forms of life: financial collapse which increased the awareness of mass inequality; climate change and loss of biodiversity; and the rise of ethno-nationalisms, which threaten representative democracies.",False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.436,Cold War Science,"Examines the history and legacy of the Cold War on science and the environment in the US and the world. Explores scientists' new political roles after World War II, ranging from elite policy makers in the nuclear age to victims of domestic anti-Communism. Also examines the changing institutions in which various scientific fields were conducted during the postwar decades, investigating possible epistemic effects on forms of knowledge. Subject closes by considering the places of science in the US during the post-Cold War era.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.441,Technology and Self: Technology and Conversation,"Explores the relationship between technology and conversation, with an emphasis on conversation in our digital age when so many say they would rather text than talk. Topics center on the psychology of online life, such as the way in which we both share and withhold information about the self. Discussion about the ways new kinds of online conversation are playing out in education, the workplace, and in families and what the changes in conversation mean for collaboration, innovation, and leadership. Readings include works in history, literature, anthropology, psychology, and linguistics. Open to undergraduates by permission of instructor. Limited to 15; no listeners.",True,Fall,Graduate,2-0-10,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.443,"Technology and Self: Science, Technology, and Memoir","Focuses on the memoir as a window onto the relationship of creative people (scientists, engineers, designers, and others) to their work. Examines how class, race, ethnicity, family history, and trauma shape the person who shapes artifacts, experiments, and ideas. Readings explore the connection between material culture, identity, and personal development. Offers the opportunity, if desired, to examine personal experiences and write memoir fragments. Students taking graduate version write a longer final paper. Limited to 15; no listeners.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.444,Technology and Self: Things and Thinking,"Explores emotional and intellectual impact of objects. The growing literature on cognition and “things” cuts across anthropology, history, social theory, literature, sociology, and psychology and is of great relevance to science students. Examines the range of theories, from Mary Douglas in anthropology to D.W. Winnicott in psychoanalytic thinking, that underlies “thing” or “object” analysis. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 15; no listeners.",True,Spring,Graduate,2-0-7,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.454,"Museums, Science and Technology","Examines science, technology and museums. Includes regular readings and discussions about the evolution of museums of science and technology from (roughly) 1800 to the present. Students undertake special projects linked to the MIT Museum's re-location to a new building under construction in Kendall Square. Students act as informal consultants to the MIT Museum, offering proposals for innovative elements that will be seriously considered for inclusion in the new Museum.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.456,"Waste, Discard, Remainder, Trace","Engages with the emerging interdisciplinary field of waste and discard studies that center ""discards"" and their cognates to provide novel approaches to the study of social life and material and technological cultures. Examines the dynamics of wasting, discarding, remaindering, and tracing as fundamental logics of contemporary life and knowledge production. Explores these dynamics to reformulate the study of labor value and property, built environments and urban ecologies, reckoning and futurity, statecraft and warcraft, design repair and maintenance, sensory experience and knowledge making, political and creative action, identity and exclusion, and colonial and postcolonial power.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.457,"Legacies of Scientific Racism: Race, Science, and Technology Today (New)","Examines how race is made, upheld, or challenged through contemporary technoscientific practices. Draws on readings from the social, humanistic, and biological sciences to understand how modern scientific racism works today and debate the potential for an anti-racist science of the future. Topics include biomedical experimentation; DNA forensics and law; genetic ancestry testing and identity; neuroscience and mental health; and algorithms, AI, and robots.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.458,"Science, Technology, and Human Rights","Explores the relationship of science and technology to ideas about human rights over time, including how science and technology have been mobilized historically in the defense of human rights and to assist in the pursuit of truth and justice after atrocity. Discusses literature in history, anthropology, law, and related fields to address how science and technology have historically shaped understandings of human rights and the ways that human rights frameworks have shaped the creation and use of scientific and technological capabilities.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.461,History and Social Study of Computing,Examines the history and social study of computers. Introduces students to the core and canonical literature in this area while also providing the opportunity to read and discuss more recent works from multiple disciplines.      ,False,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.464,Computing from the Global South,"Examines the rise and development of computing technologies in the global south. Surveys the effects of decolonization in the mid-twentieth century on the imagination of computational technologies in places such as South America, Africa, and Asia. Covers the failures and defeats of postcolonial projects when faced with the challenge of asymmetric access to global markets and capital. Identifies contemporary forms of resistance and imaginations of innovation that still endure and flourish in the global south, challenging perspectives from the global north.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.465[J],Research Seminar on Technology and the Work of the Future,"Examines the past, present and future of work from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing from the humanities, social sciences, and cognitive science and engineering. Integrates perspectives from history, philosophy, sociology, economics, management, political science, brain and cognitive science and other relevant literatures, creating a solid foundation from which to interpret current public discourse on the subject. Discussion focuses primarily on the US; comparative perspectives from other countries incorporated into discussions and analysis. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,11.652[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.468[J],Entrepreneurship in Aerospace and Mobility Systems,"Examines concepts and procedures for new venture creation in aerospace and mobility systems, and other arenas where safety, regulation, and infrastructure are significant components. Includes space systems, aviation, autonomous vehicles, urban aerial mobility, transit, and similar arenas. Includes preparation for entrepreneurship, founders' dilemmas, venture finance, financial modeling and unit economics, fundraising and pitching, recruiting, problem definition, organizational creation, value proposition, go-to-market, and product development. Includes team-based final projects on problem definition, technical innovation, and pitch preparation.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,16.445[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.471[J],Engineering Apollo: The Moon Project as a Complex System,"Detailed technical and historical exploration of the Apollo project to fly humans to the moon and return them safely to Earth as an example of a complex engineering system. Emphasizes how the systems worked, the technical and social processes that produced them, mission operations, and historical significance. Guest lectures by MIT-affiliated engineers who contributed to and participated in the Apollo missions. Students work in teams on a final project analyzing an aspect of the historical project to articulate and synthesize ideas in engineering systems.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,None,16.895[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.474[J],"Art, Craft, Science","Examines how people learn, practice, and evaluate traditional and contemporary craft techniques. Social science theories of design, embodiment, apprenticeship learning, skill, labor, expertise, and tacit knowledge are used to explore distinctions among art, craft, and science. Also discusses the commoditization of craft into market goods, collectible art, and tourism industries. Ethnographic and historical case studies include textiles, Shaker furniture, glassblowing, quilting, cheesemaking, industrial design, home and professional cooking, factory and laboratory work, CAD/CAM. Demonstrations, optional field trips, and/or hands-on craft projects may be included. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,21A.509[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.477[J],"Writing: Science, Technology, and Society","Examination of different ""voices"" used to consider issues of scientific, technological, and social concern. Students write frequently and choose among a variety of non-fiction forms: historical writing, social analysis, political criticism, and policy reports. Instruction in expressing ideas clearly and in organizing a thesis-length work. Reading and writing on three case studies drawn from the history of science; the cultural study of technology and science; and policy issues.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,21H.991,21W.820[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.482[J],"Science, Technology, and Public Policy","Analysis of issues at the intersection of science, technology, public policy, and business. Cases drawn from antitrust and intellectual property rights; health and environmental policy; defense procurement and strategy; strategic trade and industrial policy; and R&D funding. Structured around theories of political economy, modified to take account of integration of uncertain technical information into public and private decision-making. Meets with 17.309 when offered concurrently.",True,Fall,Graduate,4-0-8,Permission of instructor,"17.310[J], IDS.412[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.487,Foundations of Information Policy,"Studies the growth of computer and communications technology and the new legal and ethical challenges that reflect tensions between individual rights and societal needs. Topics include computer crime; intellectual property restrictions on software; encryption, privacy, and national security; academic freedom and free speech. Students meet and question technologists, activists, law enforcement agents, journalists, and legal experts. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.S91,"Special Subject: Science, Technology and Society","Addresses a special topic in Science, Technology and Society which is not offered in the regular curriculum.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.S92,"Special Subject: Science, Technology and Society","Addresses subject matter in Science, Technology and Society that is not offered in the regular curriculum.",True,Spring,Graduate,rranged,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.800,"Teaching Science, Technology and Society","For qualified graduate students serving as either a teaching assistant or instructor for subjects in Science, Technology and Society (STS). Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.840,HASTS Professional Perspective,"Required for doctoral students in the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) to explore and gain professional perspective through academic, non-profit, government, or industry experiences. Professional perspective options include, but are not limited to, internships, teacher training, professional development for entry into academia, or public academic engagement. For an internship experience, an offer from a company or organization is required prior to enrollment. A written narrative or report is required upon completion of the experience. Proposals subject to departmental approval in consultation with advisor.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,0-1-0 [P/D/F],Permission of advisor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.850,Practical Experience in HASTS Fields,"For HASTS students participating in curriculum-related off-campus professional internship experiences. Before registering for this subject, students must have an offer letter from a company or organization and must receive written prior approval from their advisor.  Upon completion of the experience, students must submit a substantive final report, approved by their advisor.  Subject to departmental approval. Consult departmental graduate office. Permission of advisor.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.860[J],HASTS Dissertation Writing Workshop (New),"Bi-weekly seminar for students in the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology & Society (HASTS) who have completed research and are in the process of writing their dissertations. Each class focuses on a particular element of the writing: organizing chapters, engaging the secondary literature, the art of the vignette, etc. Depending on student needs, some classes may be tailored to anthropological writing or to historical writing. Students are given ample opportunity to workshop draft passages and chapters. For PhD students only. PhD students outside the HASTS program require permission of instructor.",True,Fall,Graduate,1-0-5,None,"21A.989[J], 21H.960[J]",False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.880,Proposal Writing in HASTS,"For students in the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) who are working on their dissertation proposal and/or research grant proposal program requirement. Work is done in consultation with the student's advisor, in accordance with the guidelines in the HASTS Student Handbook. Restricted to HASTS PhD students.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.901-STS.904,"Independent Study in Science, Technology, and Society","For students who wish to pursue special studies or projects at an advanced level with a faculty member of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
STS.THG,Graduate Thesis,"Program of graduate research leading to the writing of a PhD thesis, to be arranged by the student with an appropriate MIT faculty member, who is the thesis advisor.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.101,Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies,"Drawing on multiple disciplines - such as literature, history, economics, psychology, philosophy, political science, anthropology, media studies and the arts - to examine cultural assumptions about sex, gender, and sexuality. Integrates analysis of current events through student presentations, aiming to increase awareness of contemporary and historical experiences of women, and of the ways sex and gender interact with race, class, nationality, and other social identities. Students are introduced to recent scholarship on gender and its implications for traditional disciplines.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
WGS.109,Women and Global Activism in Media and Politics,"An interdisciplinary subject that examines questions of feminism, international women's issues, and globalization through the study of novels, films, critical essays, painting and music. Considers how women redefine the notions of community and nation, how development affects their lives, and how access to the internet and to the production industry impacts women's lives. Primary topics of interest include transformations of traditional values, social change, gender role distribution, identity formation, migration flows, globalization and development, popular culture, urban life, cyber-culture, activism, and human rights. Limited to 25 when Writing Tutor is assigned to the class. Otherwise, limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
WGS.110[J],Sexual and Gender Identities in the Modern United States,"Provides an introduction to the history of gender, sex, and sexuality in the modern United States, from the end of the 19th century to the present. Surveys historical approaches to the field, emphasizing the changing nature of sexual and gender identities over time. Traces attempts to control, construct, and contain sexual and gender identities. Examines the efforts of those who worked to resist, reject, and reform institutionalized heterosexuality and mainstream configurations of gendered power.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.108[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.111[J],Gender and Media Studies,"Examines representations of race, gender, and sexual identity in the media. Considers issues of authorship, spectatorship, and the ways in which various media (film, television, print journalism, advertising) enable, facilitate, and challenge these social constructions in society. Studies the impact of new media and digital media through analysis of gendered and racialized language and embodiment online in blogs and vlogs, avatars, and in the construction of cyberidentities. Provides introduction to feminist approaches to media studies by drawing from work in feminist film theory, cultural studies, gender and politics, and cyberfeminism.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.619[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.115,Gender and Technology,"Considers a wide range of issues related to the contemporary and historical use of technology, the development of new technologies, and the cultural representation of technology, including the role women have played in the development of technology and the effect of technological change on the roles of women and ideas of gender. Discusses the social implications of technology and its understanding and deployment in different cultural contexts. Investigates the relationships between technology and identity categories, such as gender, race, class, and sexuality. Examines how technology offers possibilities for new social relations and how to evaluate them.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.118[J],Gender in the Visual Arts,"Explores gender and race through interdisciplinary perspectives from film and visual studies, art history, and performance studies. Provides an overview of methodologies and practices, with an emphasis on contemporary artists working across mediums. Contextualizes artistic output within broader systems of power and cultural institutions. Reflects on the politics of visibility, hypervisibility, and invisibility through an intersectional feminist approach that draws on perspectives from trans*, queer, feminist, dis/ability, and critical race theory. Lectures are supplemented by screenings, discussions, workshops, guest lectures, and optional field trips. Culminates in a final creative project that includes a presentation.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.418[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
WGS.120[J],Science in Action: Technologies and Controversies in Everyday Life (New),"Explores a range of controversies about the role of technology, the nature of scientific research and the place of politics in science: debates about digital piracy and privacy, the role of activism in science, the increasingly unclear boundaries between human and non-human, the role of MRIs as courtroom evidence, the potential influence of gender on scientific research, etc. Provides exposure to science in a dynamic relation with social life and cultural ideas. Materials draw from humanities and social science research, ethnographic fieldwork, films and science podcasts, as well as from experimental multimedia. Enrollment limited.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.012[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.123,History of Women in Science and Engineering,"Provides a basic overview of the history of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Students discuss specific contributions of women across a variety of disciplines to form a broad perspective on how these contributions played a larger role in the advancement of human knowledge and technological achievement. Also grapples with how both historic and modern biases within the STEM disciplines, as well as in representations of women and girls in media and popular culture, can affect outcomes in these areas.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.125[J],Games and Culture,"Examines the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of digital games. Topics include the culture of gameplay, gaming styles, communities, spectatorship and performance, gender and race within digital gaming, and the politics and economics of production processes, including co-creation and intellectual property. Students taking graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21W.768[J], CMS.616[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.130[J],"Afrofuturism, Magical Realism, and Other Otherwise Worlds (New)","Examines Afrofuturism, magical realism, and other forms of the fantastic in literary texts, film, and other media. Through close reading and attention to historical, cultural, and sociopolitical context, students consider how these works reinterpret the past, diagnose modernity, and posit alternative futures. Particular attention given to the roles race, gender, class, and sexuality play within these radically imaginative worlds. Topics vary from term to term but might include work by Octavia Butler, Gabriel García Márquez, Samuel Delany, Toni Morrison, N.K. Jemisin, José María Arguedas, and Janelle Monáe. Limited to 18.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.032[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
WGS.137[J],"Intersectionality, Neurodiversity, and Disability (New)","Examines key theoretical concepts, texts, and other media forms by disabled and neurodivergent writers, theorists, activists, and artists. Investigates medical and social models of disability and their interconnections with race, gender, class, sexuality, age, ethnicity, etc. Uses an intersectional lens to address emerging connections between disability and the environment, investigating issues of accessibility in natural and built environments. Explores themes of visibility/invisibility, community, vulnerability, power, access, and creativity.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.337[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.140[J],Race and Identity in American Literature,"Questions posed by the literature of the Americas about the relationship of race and gender to authorship, audience, culture, ethnicity, and aesthetics. Social conditions and literary histories that shape the politics of identity in American literature. Specific focus varies each term. Previously taught topics include Immigrant Stories, African American Literature, and Asian American Literature. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if the content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.504[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.141[J],International Women's Voices,"Introduces students to a variety of fictional works by contemporary women writers. International perspective emphasizes the extent to which each author's work reflects her distinct cultural heritage and to what extent, if any, there is an identifiable female voice that transcends national boundaries. Uses a variety of interpretive perspectives, including sociohistorical, psychoanalytic, and feminist criticism, to examine texts. Authors include Mariama Ba, Isabel Allende, Anita Desai, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Doris Lessing, Alifa Riyaat, Yang Jiang, Nawal Al-Saadawi, and Sawako Ariyoshi. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.022[J], 21L.522[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.142[J],Narrative and Identity: Writing and Film by Contemporary Women of Color,"Explores the diverse voices and experiences reflected in writing and film by and about women of color. Examines the roles that culture, community, and kinship play in the development of the writer's individual voice, and compares the similarities and differences of the writer experience across texts and genres. Discussion and assignments, including an independent research presentation, consider the social and political contexts that inform each work, with an emphasis on gender, race, and economic status. Includes works by a variety of novelists, poets, and filmmakers.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.429[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.145[J],"Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between","Examines the cultural paradoxes of contemporary globalization. Studies the cultural, artistic, social and political impact of globalization across international borders. Students analyze contending definitions of globalization and principal agents of change, and why some of them engender backlash; identify the agents, costs and benefits of global networks; and explore how world citizens preserve cultural specificity. Case studies on global health, human trafficking and labor migration illuminate the shaping influence of contemporary globalization on gender, race, ethnicity, and class. Develops cultural literacy through analysis of fiction and film. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.020[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
WGS.150[J],"Cultures of Popular Music in East Asia: Japan, Korea, China (New)","Explores a variety of music cultures in contemporary East Asia. Emphasizes examples from Japan, but forays elsewhere, including South Korea and China. Uses writings, videos, and recordings of musical performances, events, and objects in a variety of contexts to better understand how the concept of culture gives insight into gender, class, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationhood, and individual identities. Explores ethnographic approaches to musical cultures with a focus on the last thirty years. Topics include Japanese hip-hop, K-Pop idols, Vocaloids (virtual idols), Chinese popular music and protest, street music, streaming and online distribution for global music, and experimental music. Students conduct ethnographic fieldwork and produce sonic presentations. No music experience nor technical expertise required. Taught in English.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.095[J], 21M.297[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
WGS.151,Gender and Public Health,"Draws on different disciplines, conceptual frameworks, and methodological approaches to examine gender in relation to health, including public health practice, epidemiologic research, health policy, and clinical application. Discusses a variety of health-related issues that illustrate global, international, domestic, and historical perspectives. Considers other social determinants of health as well, including social class and race. Limited to 15.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.154[J],Gender and Japanese Popular Culture,"Examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities, and culture. Emphasizes contemporary popular culture and theories of gender, sexuality, race, and the workings of power and value in global culture industries. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music, anime and feature films, video games, contemporary literature, and online communication. Students present analyses and develop a final project based on a particular aspect of gender and popular culture. Several films screened outside of regular class meeting times. Taught in English.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.143[J], 21G.039[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.160[J],"Science Activism: Gender, Race, and Power","Examines the role scientists have played as activists in social movements in the US following World War II. Themes include scientific responsibility and social justice, the motivation of individual scientists, strategies for organizing, the significance of race and gender, and scientists' impact within social movements. Case studies include atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons and the nuclear freeze campaign, climate science and environmental justice, the civil rights movement, Vietnam War protests, the March 4 movement at MIT, and concerns about genetic engineering, gender equality, intersectional feminism, and student activism at MIT.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.021[J],False,False,False,False,Elective,False
WGS.161[J],Gender and the Law in US History,"Explores the legal history of the US as a gendered system. Examines how women have shaped the meanings of American citizenship through pursuit of political rights such as suffrage, jury duty, and military service, as well as how the legal system has shaped gender relations through regulation of such issues as marriage, divorce, work, reproduction, and the family. Readings draw from primary and secondary materials, focusing on the broad historical relationship between law and society. No legal knowledge is required or assumed.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.320[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.167[J],Advanced Identity Representation (New),"Studies and develops computational identity systems for games, social media, virtual worlds, and computer-based artwork. An interdisciplinary set of readings (cognitive science, computer science, art, and sociology) looks at both the underlying technology and the social/cultural aspects of identity. Includes topics such as developing improved characters, avatars, agents, social networking profiles, and online accounts. Engages students in on-going research projects. Explores how social categories are formed in digital media, including gender, class, and ethnicity, along with everyday social categories (such as those based on personality or shared media preferences). Experience required in one of the following: computer programming, graphic design, web development, interaction design, or social science research methods. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,Permission of instructor,CMS.628[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
WGS.172[J],For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family,"Cross-cultural case studies introduce students to the anthropological study of the social institutions and symbolic meanings of family, gender, and sexuality. Investigates the different forms families and households take and considers their social, emotional, and economic dynamics. Analyzes how various expectations for, and experiences of, family life are rooted in or challenged by particular conceptions of gender and sexuality. Addresses questions surrounding what it means to be a ""man"" or a ""woman,"" as well as a family member, in different social contexts.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21A.111[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.181[J],Queer Cinema and Visual Culture,"Analyzes mainstream, popular films produced in the post-WWII 20th century US as cultural texts that shed light on ongoing historical struggles over gender identity and appropriate sexual behaviors. Traces the history of LGBTQ/queer film through the 20th and into the 21st century. Examines the effect of the Hollywood Production Code and censorship of sexual themes and content, and the subsequent subversion of queer cultural production in embedded codes and metaphors. Also considers the significance of these films as artifacts and examples of various aspects of queer theory.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,CMS.481[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.183,Feminism and Data,"Considers the implications of new technologies and their impact on how we receive and transmit various types of data: medical, genetic, financial, personal. Data is being generated in many ways from our physical bodies, and this form of ""datafication"" has far-reaching implications, particularly for historically marginalized and/or oppressed bodies, which are often subject to sexual objectification, surveillance, and other forms of control.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.190[J],Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies,"Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. Connects the experiences of African-Americans and of other American minorities, focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns. Includes lectures, discussions, workshops, and required field trips that involve minimal cost to students.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"24.912[J], 21H.106[J], 21L.008[J], 21W.741[J], CMS.150[J]",False,False,False,False,False,CI-H
WGS.220[J],Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa,"Provides an overview of key issues and themes in the study of women and gender relations in the Middle East and North Africa. Includes readings from a variety of disciplines, e.g., history, anthropology, sociology, literature, religious studies, and media studies. Addresses themes such as the relationship between the concepts of nation and gender; women's citizenship; Middle Eastern women's activism and the involvement of their Western ""sisters"" to this movement; gendered interpretations of the Qur'an and the example of the Prophet Muhammad; and the three H's of Orientalism (hijab, harem, and hamam).",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.138[J], 21H.263[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.222[J],Women and War,"Examines women's experiences during and after war and genocide, covering the first half of the 20th century in Europe and the Middle East. Addresses ways in which women's wartime suffering has been used to further a variety of political and social agendas. Discussions focus on a different topic each week, such as sexual violence, women survivors, female perpetrators of genocide, nurses, children of genocidal rape, and the memory of war.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.381[J],False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.224,"Race, Gender and Social Inequality in Reproductive Health Care","Explores the politics of reproductive health care delivery in the United States and beyond, with a particular focus on how clinical care is shaped by--and, in turn, shapes--social inequality along axes of race and gender. Considers a variety of reproductive health issues from multiple perspectives, drawing on readings from the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, medicine, epidemiology, and law. Develops skills to interrogate how each field conceptualizes and values reproductive health, both explicitly and implicitly. Introduces major conceptual issues foundational to understanding the politics of reproduction. Goes on to cover topics such as the human biofemale reproductive lifecycle and social movements explicitly organized around reproductive health. Limited to 40.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.225[J],"The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender","Examines the role of science and medicine in the origins and evolution of the concepts of race, sex, and gender from the 17th century to the present. Focus on how biological, anthropological, and medical concepts intersect with social, cultural, and political ideas about racial, sexual, and gender difference in the US and globally. Approach is historical and comparative across disciplines emphasizing the different modes of explanation and use of evidence in each field.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.103[J], STS.046[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.226[J],"Science, Gender and Social Inequality in the Developing World","Examines the influence of social and cultural determinants (colonialism, nationalism,  class, and gender) on modern science and technology. Discusses the relationship of scientific progress to colonial expansions and nationalist aspirations. Explores the nature of scientific institutions within a social, cultural, and political context, and how science and technology have impacted developing societies",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,STS.023[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.228,Psychology of Sex and Gender,"Examines evidence (and lack thereof) regarding when and how an individual's thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by sex and gender. Using a biopsychosocial model, reviews the following topics: gender identity development across the lifespan, implicit and explicit bias, achievement, stereotypes, physical and mental health, sexuality, interpersonal relationships, work, and violence. Limited to 20.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.229,"Race, Culture, and Gender in the US and Beyond: A Psychological Perspective","Examines the biopsychosocial factors which impact racial-ethnic identity, racial and cultural socialization, and experiences of prejudice, bias, discrimination, and racial microaggressions across gender identities. Reviews topics in multicultural psychology from the lens of challenging ethnocentric biases in the field. Critically evaluates the intersection of race with other social identities (e.g., gender, sexual identity, and socioeconomic status) and how it impacts human behavior. Using a case study approach, students integrate empirical evidence from international psychosocial research on oppression in order to provide more breadth in understanding the influence of race and gender upon human behavior. Develops multicultural competency skills essential for practice in clinical and non-clinical organizational settings. Limited to 25.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.231[J],Writing about Race,"The issue of race and racial identity have preoccupied many writers throughout the history of the US. Students read Jessica Abel, Diana Abu-Jaber, Lynda Barry, Felicia Luna Lemus, James McBride, Sigrid Nunez, Ruth Ozeki, Danzy Senna, Gloria Anzaldua, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Carmit Delman, Stefanie Dunning, Cherrie Moraga, Hiram Perez and others, and consider the story of race in its peculiarly American dimensions. The reading, along with the writing of members of the class, is the focus of class discussions. Oral presentations on subjects of individual interest are also part of the class activities. Students explore race and ethnicity in personal essays, pieces of cultural criticism or analysis, or (with permission of instructor) fiction. All written work is read and responded to in class workshops and subsequently revised. Enrollment limited.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.742[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,CI-H
WGS.233[J],New Culture of Gender: Queer France,"Addresses the place of contemporary queer identities in French discourse. Discusses the new generation of queer authors and their principal concerns. Introduces students to the main classical references of queer subcultures, from Proust and Vivien to Hocquenghem and Wittig. Examines current debates on post-colonial and globalized queer identities through essays, songs, movies, and novels. Authors include Didier Eribon, Anne Garréta, Abdellah Taïa, Anne Scott, and Nina Bouraoui. Taught in French.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French,"21G.325[J], 21L.324[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.235[J],Classics of Chinese Literature in Translation,"Introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, as well as to introduce students to the classic works of the Chinese literary tradition. Works read include Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Margin, Dream of the Red Chamber, and the poetry of the major Tang dynasty poets. Literature read in translation. Taught in English.",False,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21G.044[J], 21L.494[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.236[J],Introduction to East Asian Cultures: From Zen to K-Pop,"Examines traditional forms of East Asian culture (including literature, art, performance, food, and religion) as well as contemporary forms of popular culture (film, pop music, karaoke, and manga). Covers China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with an emphasis on China. Considers women's culture, as well as the influence and presence of Asian cultural expressions in the US. Uses resources in the Boston area, including the MFA, the Children's Museum, and the Sackler collection at Harvard. Taught in English.",False,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21G.030[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.238[J],Intersectional Feminist Memoir,"Explores the memoir genre through a feminist intersectional lens, looking at the ways in which feminist writers ground personal experience within a complex understanding of race, gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, immigration status/nationality, and dis/ablity. Gives particular attention to the relationships between the personal and the political; form and content; fact, truth, and imagination; self and community; trauma and healing; coming to voice and breaking silence. Readings include books by Audre Lorde, Janet Mock, Daisy Hernandez, Jessica Valenti, and Ariel Gore, and shorter pieces by Meena Alexander and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Drawing on lessons taken from these works, students write a short memoir of their own.",False,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21L.438[J], 21W.738[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.240[J],Jane Austen,"An examination of Jane Austen's satire in her seven complete novels, several fragments, and juvenilia. Students read these texts in relation to her letters and other biographical and historical information.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,21L.473[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.242,"The Latina Experience in Literature, Film and Popular Culture","Explores the rich diversity of Latina and Latino voices and experiences as reflected in various media. Studies cross-cultural expressions of solidarity and examines the Latina experience as it relates to both other women of color and Latino men. Considers how Latinas are represented by mainstream Hollywood and independent filmmakers, and explores the intersections of popular culture and feminism in productions such as music videos and Latina-centered television series. Limited to 30.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.243,"Topics in Gender, Data, and Design (New)","Explores how city design and planning impact communities, through the lens of data activism. Students develop, implement, and evaluate digital tools that support community-based organizations, addressing diverse domains such as housing, violence prevention, and environmental health. Through interactions with relevant organizations, students interpret data and explore how issues of gender, race, sexuality, disability, and other identities impact how policies, technology, and activism are employed. Specific topics vary but may include data activism in social change, production of activist data, potential pitfalls of AI, and machine learning. Prior experience with coding, visualization, mapping/GIS, or data analysis helpful but not required. May be repeated once for credit if specific topics studied differ.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.245[J],Identities and Intersections: Queer Literatures,"Focuses on LGBT literature from the mid-19 century to the present, with an emphasis on fiction and poetry. In particular, analyzes how LGBT identities and their literary representations have changed over time. Covers authors such as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Cherrie Moraga, Melvin Dixon, Leslie Feinberg, and Luis Negron.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.480[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.247[J],"Race, Place, and Modernity in the Americas","Students travel to São Paulo for three weeks. Examines the relationship between race and place in the formation of modern Brazil and the US through comparative analysis and interdisciplinary study. In addition to participating in class discussions on literature, film, and visual art, students visit key cultural and historical sites; interact with archives and museum collections; and, most importantly, engage in dialogue with local activists, religious leaders, community organizers, and scholars. Focusing on the work of Black and Indigenous people, particularly women, places a strong emphasis on the ways in which art and cultural activism can have an impact on racial justice issues. Taught in English; no Portuguese needed. Contact Women's and Gender Studies about travel fee, possible funding opportunities, and other details. Enrollment limited to 20. Application required.",True,IAP,Undergraduate,3-3-3,None,"11.047[J], 21L.592[J], 21W.781[J]",False,False,False,False,Elective,False
WGS.250[J],HIV/AIDS in American Culture,"Examines cultural responses to HIV/AIDS in the US during the first fifteen years of the epidemic, prior to the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Students consider how sexuality, race, gender, class, and geography shaped the experience of HIV/AIDS and the cultural production surrounding it, as well as the legacy of this cultural production as it pertains to the communities most at risk today. Materials include mainstream press coverage, film, theater, television, popular music, comic books, literature, and visual art.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.481[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.255[J],"Gender, Myth, and Magic (New)","Explores ways contemporary writers re-imagine myth and fairy tales through lens of gender and sexuality. Examines how old stories can be retold to resonate with issues of power, violence, courage, resistance, identity, community, silence, and voice. Students complete writing project where they re-imagine a myth or fairy tale.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21W.725[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
WGS.260[J],Topics in Queer Studies (New),"Develops critical understanding of queer theory through foundational and contemporary texts and other media forms. Examines relationships between queer theory and other social and cultural theories that probe and critique power, privilege, and normativity including critical race theory, transgender studies, feminist theory, and disability theory. Topics may include social movements, queer of color critiques, transnational activisms, and transgender politics. ",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21L.482[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.264[J],Sport as Performance (New),"Seminar investigates the aesthetics of sport as theatrical performance and explores the performance of race, gender, class, nation, and sexuality in sport. Readings drawn from theatre/performance studies, anthropology, sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, and kinesiology. Topics include barnstorming, Olympics, Title IX, Native American mascots, and a variety of sports ranging from football to figure skating. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21T.240[J],False,False,False,False,Arts,False
WGS.271[J],Dilemmas in Biomedical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?,"An introduction to the cross-cultural study of biomedical ethics. Examines moral foundations of the science and practice of western biomedicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, organ transplantation and other issues. Evaluates challenges that new medical technologies pose to the practice and availability of medical services around the globe, and to cross-cultural ideas of kinship and personhood. Discusses critiques of the biomedical tradition from anthropological, feminist, legal, religious, and cross-cultural theorists.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"11.133[J], 21A.302[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.274[J],Images of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus Blossoms,"Explores some of the forces and mechanisms through which stereotypes are built and perpetuated. In particular, examines stereotypes associated with Asian women in colonial, nationalist, state-authoritarian, and global/diasporic narratives about gender and power. Students read ethnography, fiction, and history, and view films to examine the politics and circumstances that create and perpetuate the representation of Asian women as dragon ladies, lotus blossoms, despotic tyrants, desexualized servants, and docile subordinates.  Students are introduced to debates about Orientalism, gender, and power.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.141[J], 21G.048[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.275[J],"Gender, Race, and Environmental Justice","Provides an introduction to the analysis of gender in science, technology, and environmental politics from a global perspective. Familiarizes students with central objects, questions, and methods in the field. Examines existent critiques of the racial, sexual and environmental politics at stake in techno-scientific cultures. Draws on material from popular culture, media, fiction, film, and ethnography. Addressing specific examples from across the globe, students also explore different approaches to build more livable environments that promote social justice. Taught in English. Limited to 18.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.407[J], 21G.057[J], STS.022[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.276[J],Cultures of Computing,"Examines computers anthropologically, as artifacts revealing the social orders and cultural practices that create them. Students read classic texts in computer science along with cultural analyses of computing history and contemporary configurations. Explores the history of automata, automation and capitalist manufacturing; cybernetics and WWII operations research; artificial intelligence and gendered subjectivity; robots, cyborgs, and artificial life; creation and commoditization of the personal computer; the growth of the Internet as a military, academic, and commercial project; hackers and gamers; technobodies and virtual sociality. Emphasis is placed on how ideas about gender and other social differences shape labor practices, models of cognition, hacking culture, and social media.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21A.504[J], STS.086[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.277[J],D-Lab: Gender and Development,"Explores gender roles, illuminates the power dynamics and root causes of inequality, and provides a framework for understanding gender dynamics. Develops skills to conduct a gender analysis and integrate gender-sensitive strategies into large- and small-scale development solutions. Prompts critical discussion about social, economic, and political conditions that shape gender in development. Begins with exploration of international development in the post-colonial era, using a gender lens, then provides students with the tools to integrate gender-sensitive strategies into international development work, with a particular focus on launching, building and scaling women's ventures. Opportunities may be available for international fieldwork over IAP. Meets with 24.234 when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 12; must attend first class session.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,EC.718[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.278,Topics in Critical Disability Studies (New),"Examines various intersections of health and disability studies within a framework of gender and sexuality studies, critical race theory, geography, decolonized psychology, and cultural studies. Topics vary each year; examples include carceral states, social categorizations of populations, historical and literary studies, and healthcare.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.280[J],Critical Internet Studies,"Focuses on the power dynamics in internet-related technologies (including social networking platforms, surveillance technology, entertainment technologies, and emerging media forms). Theories and readings focus on the cultural, social, economic, and political aspects of internet use and design, with a special attention to gender and race. Topics include: online communication and communities, algorithms and search engines, activism and online resistance, surveillance and privacy, content moderation and platform governance, and the spread of dis- and misinformation. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Students taking the graduate version complete additional readings and assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21W.791[J], CMS.614[J]",False,False,False,False,Social Sciences,False
WGS.285[J],Modern Drama (New),"Explores major modern plays with special attention to performance, sociopolitical and aesthetic contexts, and the role of theater in the contemporary multimedial landscape. Includes analysis of class, gender, and race as modes of performance. Typically features Beckett and Brecht, as well as some of the following playwrights: Chekov, Churchill, Deavere Smith, Ibsen, Fornes, Friel, Kushner, O'Neill, Shaw, Stoppard, Soyinka, Williams, Wilson. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor if content differs.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One subject in Literature,"21L.486[J], 21T.244[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
WGS.287[J],Social Justice and The Documentary Film (New),Explores the history and current state of social-issue documentary. Examines how cultural and political upheaval and technological change have converged at different moments to bring about new waves of activist documentary film production. Particular focus on films and other non-fiction media of the present and recent past. Students screen and analyze a series of key films and work in groups to produce their own short documentary using digital video and computer-based editing. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 18.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"21W.786[J], CMS.336[J]",False,False,False,False,Arts,False
WGS.301[J],Feminist Thought,"Analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction; definitions of public and private spheres; gender issues in citizenship, the development of the welfare state, experiences of war and revolution, class formation, and the politics of sexuality. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,"Fall, Spring",Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,"17.007[J], 24.137[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.303[J],Gender: Historical Perspectives,"Examines the definition of gender in scientific, societal, and historical contexts. Explores how gender influences state formation and the work of the state, what role gender plays in imperialism and in the welfare state, the ever-present relationship between gender and war, and different states' regulation of the body in gendered ways at different times. Investigates new directions in the study of gender as historians, anthropologists and others have taken on this fascinating set of problems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.109[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.310[J],Gender: Historical Perspectives,"Examines the definition of gender in scientific, societal, and historical contexts. Explores how gender influences state formation and the work of the state, what role gender plays in imperialism and in the welfare state, the ever-present relationship between gender and war, and different states' regulation of the body in gendered ways at different times. Investigates new directions in the study of gender as historians, anthropologists and others have taken on this fascinating set of problems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",False,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,None,21H.983[J],False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.315[J],"Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance (New)","Provides a comparative perspective on the history of colonialism in India and Africa. Explores the political, social, and economic changes brought about by colonial rule. Discusses the international context for the emergence of European Imperialism in the 19th century; the nature of early colonial expansion and consolidation; the re-invention of tradition in colonial societies, especially with regard to racial and ethnic identity, gender, religion, and caste; and expressions of anti-colonial resistance. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,2-0-10,None,21H.358[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.321[J],French Feminist Literature: Yesterday and Today,"Explores feminist literary voices in France throughout the ages. Discusses the theory that the power of feminist writing lies in its ability to translate dominant language into a language of one's own. Studies lifestyles, family norms, political representation, social movements, as well as the perception of the body. Investigates how feminist genealogies redefine the relationship between belonging and knowledge through a dialogue between several generations of women writers. Taught in French. Limited to 18.",True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,One intermediate subject in French or permission of instructor,"21G.344[J], 21L.621[J]",False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.330[J],Abortion: Global and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (New),"Addresses topics such as the development of abortion law in the US and around the world, ethics of abortion and forcible pregnancy, pro- and anti-abortion activism, economics of abortion, and terms related to abortion, including reproductive justice, reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, and fetal politics. Tackles questions including how different societies at different times have approached the question of the removal of a fetus from a human body, who are (or should be) stakeholders in making the decision to deliberately terminate a pregnancy or ban such a decision, and whether abortion was always a ""question"" that different groups and individuals discussed, evaluated, and regulated. Encourages students to think about this issue in historical context to help them form analytically sound arguments.",True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,21H.363[J],False,False,False,False,Humanities,False
WGS.400,WGS Undergraduate Independent Study,"Individual supervised work for undergraduate students who wish to study topics not covered in the regular Women's and Gender Studies curriculum. Before registering for this subject, students must plan a course of study with a member of the WGS faculty and secure the Director's approval. Normal maximum credit is 6 units, but exceptional 9-unit projects occasionally approved.",True,"Fall, IAP, Spring",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.UR,Undergraduate Research in Women's and Gender Studies,Undergraduate research opportunities in the Women's and Gender Studies Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged [P/D/F],Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.URG,Undergraduate Research in Women's and Gender Studies,Undergraduate research opportunities in the Women's and Gender Studies Program.,True,"Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer",Undergraduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.S10,Special Subject in Women's and Gender Studies,Covers topics not included in regular curriculum; taught in seminar format. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.S20,Special Subject in Women's and Gender Studies,Covers topics not included in regular curriculum; taught in seminar format. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.,True,Spring,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.S30,Special Subject in Women's and Gender Studies,Covers topics not included in regular curriculum; taught in seminar format. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.,True,Fall,Undergraduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.600,Workshop for Dissertation Writers in Women's and Gender Studies,"Addresses the main challenges faced by dissertation writers: isolation, writing schedules, and cogent arguments. Opportunity for members to exchange ideas and experiences, learn general principles of academic argument, and receive feedback. Open to graduate students in all phases of dissertation writing. Meets bi-weekly, spans Fall and Spring terms. Limited to 10.",True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"Must apply to the Graduate Consortium in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.605,WGS Graduate Independent Study,"Individual supervised work for graduate students who wish to study topics not covered in the regular Women's and Gender Studies offerings. Before registering for this subject, students must plan a course of study with a member of the Women's and Gender Studies faculty and secure the Director's approval. Normal maximum is 6 units; exceptional 9-unit projects occasionally approved.",True,Fall,Graduate,rranged,Permission of instructor,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.610,"Special Topics in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality Studies",Syllabi vary depending on instructors. Limited to 10.,True,"Fall, Summer",Graduate,3-0-9,"Must apply to the Graduate Consortium in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality ",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.615,Feminist and Queer Methods of Inquiry,"<p class=""p1"">This interdisciplinary course covers queer and feminist approaches to methodology (approaches to knowledge production) and methods (specific strategies such as interviews or archives) across the humanities and social sciences. Syllabi vary depending on instructors.",True,"Spring, Summer",Graduate,3-0-9,"Must apply to the Graduate Consortium in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.640,Topics in Transnational and Multicultural Feminisms,"<p class=""p1"">An examination of topics in transnational and multicultural feminisms. Topics vary<p class=""p1"">from term to term. Limited to 10.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"Must apply to the Graduate Consortium in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.645,"Topics in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality Studies","An examination of various topics in gender, culture, women, and sexuality studies. Syllabi vary depending on instructors.",True,Spring,Graduate,3-0-9,"Application to the Graduate Consortium in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.680,The Economic History of Work and the Family,"Explores the changing map of the public and the private in pre-industrial and modern societies and examines how that map affected men's and women's production and consumption of goods and leisure. The reproductive strategies of women, either in conjunction with or in opposition to their families, is another major theme. Subject asks how an ideal of the ""domestic"" arose in the early modern west, and to what extent did it limit the economic position of women; and how has that idea been challenged, and with what success in the post-industrial period. Focuses on western Europe since the Middle Ages and on the United States, but also examines how these issues have played themselves out in non-Western cultures. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.",True,Fall,Graduate,3-0-9,None,N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False
WGS.700,Feminist and Queer Theories,An interdisciplinary seminar aiming to familiarize students with the core texts and key debates that have shaped feminist and queer theories. Syllabi vary depending on instructors.,True,"Fall, Spring",Graduate,3-0-9,"Must apply to the Graduate Consortium in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality",N/A,False,False,False,False,False,False