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11.129 Educational Theory and Practice I, Fall 2006
(2006-12)
This course concentrates on a core set of skills and knowledge necessary for teaching in secondary schools. Topics covered in the class include educational reform, student behavior and motivation, curriculum design, and ...
21H.912 The World Since 1492, Spring 2003
(2003-06)
This course explores the last 500 years of world history. Rather than trying to cover all regions for all periods of time, we will focus on four related themes: the struggles between Europeans and colonized peoples; the ...
21H.912 The World Since 1492, Fall 2004
(2004-12)
This class offers a look into the last five hundred years of world history. Rather than attempt an exhaustive chronology of everything that has occurred on the globe since 1492 - an impossible task for a lifetime, let alone ...
21H.466 Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, Fall 2008
(2008-12)
At the beginning of the eighteenth century Russia began to come into its own as a major European power. Members of the Russian intellectual classes increasingly compared themselves and their autocratic order to states and ...
21H.346 The French Revolution and Napoleonic France, Spring 2000
(2000-06)
Examines the origins, course, and consequences of the revolution which arose in France at the end of the eighteenth century and its Napoleonic sequel. Particular attention given to the interplay of politics, culture, and ...
18.152 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, Fall 2004
(2004-12)
This course analyzes initial and boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations and the wave and heat equation in one space dimension. It also covers the Sturm-Liouville theory and eigenfunction expansions, ...
21A.750J / STS.250J Social Theory and Analysis, Fall 2004
(2004-12)
This course presents a survey of social theory from the 19th century to the present. The focus is on (a) the social grounds from which the theory arises; (b) the utility and limitations of older theories for current ...
21H.433 The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Spring 2005
(2005-06)
Has there ever been an "Age of Reason?" In the western tradition, one might make claims for various moments during Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. In this class, however, we will focus on the two and a ...
21H.153J / SP.421J / WMN.421J Race and Gender in Asian America, Fall 2002
(2002-12)
An interdisciplinary examination of the Asian-American experience with particular emphasis on gender and race from mid-nineteenth century to present. Topics include: Asian American women's history, Asian American feminisms, ...
21H.802 Modern Latin America, 1808-Present: Revolution, Dictatorship, Democracy, Fall 2002
(2002-12)
Selective survey of Latin American history from the wars of independence at the start of the nineteenth century to the present. Issues studied include: independence and its aftermath, slavery and its abolition, Latin America ...