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15.389 G-Lab: Global Entrepreneurship Lab, Fall 2007
(2007-12)Entrepreneurship in the 21st century is evolving. Because of global changes in technology, communications, and capital markets, today's innovative startups are building successful companies in countries around the globe, ... -
17.100J / 14.781J / 15.678J Political Economy I: Theories of the State and the Economy, Fall 2002
(2002-12)Critical analysis of liberal, neoclassical, and Marxist perspectives on modern society. Alternative theories of economic growth, historical change, the state, classes, and ideology. Description from course home page: ... -
17.100J / 14.781J / 15.678J Political Economy I: Theories of the State and the Economy, Fall 2005
(2005-12)Political Economy I explores the major social science paradigms for analyzing relations among state, economy, and society. Through readings, lectures and discussion of original texts in political liberalism and individualism, ... -
17.100J / 15.678J / 14.781J Political Economy I, Fall 2010
(2010-12)Political Economy I explores the major social science paradigms for analyzing relations among state, economy, and society. Through readings, lectures and discussion of original texts in political liberalism and individualism, ... -
17.812J / 14.296J Collective Choice I, Fall 2008
(2008-12)This is an applied theory course covering topics in the political economy of democratic countries. This course examines political institutions from a rational choice perspective. The now burgeoning rational choice literature ... -
17.884J / 14.296J Collective Choice I, Fall 2005
(2005-12)Examines political institutions from a rational choice perspective. The now burgeoning rational choice literature on legislatures, bureaucracies, courts, and elections constitutes the chief focus. Some focus on institutions ... -
21A.215 Medical Anthropology: Culture, Society, and Ethics in Disease and Health, Fall 2008
(2008-12)This course looks at medicine from a cross-cultural perspective, focusing on the human, as opposed to biological, side of things. Students learn how to analyze various kinds of medical practice as cultural systems. Particular ... -
21H.416J / 14.70J Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective, Spring 2006
(2006-06)This course will survey the conditions of material life and the changing social and economic relations in medieval Europe with reference to the comparative context of contemporary Islamic, Chinese, and central Asian ... -
21L.011 The Film Experience, Fall 2007
(2007-12)This course is an introduction to narrative film, emphasizing the unique properties of the movie house and the motion picture camera, the historical evolution of the film medium, and the intrinsic artistic qualities of ... -
4.430 Daylighting, Fall 2006
(2006-12)This class provides the tools necessary for an efficient integration of daylighting issues in the overall design of a building. The fundamentals of daylighting and electric lighting are introduced and their relevance to ... -
6.436J / 15.085J Fundamentals of Probability, Fall 2005
(2005-12)This is a course on the fundamentals of probability geared towards first or second-year graduate students who are interested in a rigorous development of the subject. The course covers most of the topics in MIT course 6.431 ... -
6.972 Game Theory and Mechanism Design, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course is offered to graduates and is an introduction to fundamentals of game theory and mechanism design with motivations drawn from various applications including distributed control of wireline and wireless ... -
STS.010 Neuroscience and Society, Fall 2008
(2008-12)This class explores the social relevance of neuroscience, considering how emerging areas of brain research reflect and reshape social attitudes and agendas. Topics include brain imaging and popular media; neuroscience of ... -
STS.042J / 8.225J Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century, Spring 2006
(2006-06)This class 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. The course also examines the development ...