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WGS.111 Gender and Media Studies: Women and the Media, Fall 2008
(2008-12)
This course examines representations of race, class, gender, and sexual identity in the media. We will be considering issues of authorship, spectatorship, (audience) and the ways in which various media content (film, ...
17.922 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. IAP Design Seminar, January IAP 2013
(2013)
This seminar facilitates the design and construction of installations and other community projects in conjunction with and beyond MIT's celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. During the first half of the class, MIT and ...
SP.401 / WGS.401 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, Fall 2007
(2007-12)
This course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that asks critical questions about the meaning of gender in society. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize ...
21A.226 Ethnic and National Identity, Fall 2009
(2009-12)
An introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. We examine the concept of social identity, and consider the ways in which gendered, linguistic, religious, and ethno-racial identity components ...
21A.226 Ethnic and National Identity, Spring 2005
(2005-06)
This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. We examine the concept of social identity, consider how gender, religious and racial identity components interact with ethnic and ...
17.042 Citizenship and Pluralism, Fall 2003
(2003-12)
This course will serve as both an introduction to contemporary political philosophy and a way to explore issues of pluralism and multiculturalism. Racial and ethnic groups, national minorities, aboriginals, women, sexual ...
21A.230J / WGS.456J The Contemporary American Family, Spring 2004
(2004-06)
We begin by considering briefly the evolution of the family, its cross-cultural variability, and its history in the West. We next examine how the family is currently defined in the U.S., discussing different views about ...