New courses in Special Programshttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/index.htm2009-11-19MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmIntroduces 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. Topic: Theory and Use of Figurative Language.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-701Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmBrouillette, Sarah2009-09-10T01:48:17-04:0021L.701WGS.510JSP.510Jen-USLiteratureEnglish Literature (British and Commonwealth)the gunny sackpostmodernismmetropolismodernismmodernmodernityThe Lonely LondonersRipley BogleBelfast ConfettiMrs. DallowayThe Waste Landcityurban experienceliteratureurbanWomen's and Gender StudiesSpecial ProgramsMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmSupplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Media-Arts-and-Sciences/MAS-965Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmRotberg, JhonatanSarmenta, Luis2009-07-08T11:25:19-04:00MAS.965SP.7166.976en-USElectrical Engineering and Computer ScienceCommunications Systems Installation and Repair Technologycan you make a cellphone change the world?ICT4DICTpovertybottom of the pyramidcivic engagementeducationeconomic empowermenthealth careinnovationmobile technologymobile phoneSMScellular technologycell phonecommunications technologysocial venturesocial entrepreneurshipmicro-financeinternational developmentsustainable developmentappropriate technologySpecial ProgramsMedia Arts and SciencesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis 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, television, print journalism, advertising) enables, facilitates, and challenges these social constructions in society. In addition, we will examine how gender and race affects the production of media, and discuss the impact of new media and digital media and how it has transformed access and participation, moving contemporary media users from a traditional position of “readers” to “writers” and/or commentators. Students will analyze gendered and racialized language and embodiment as it is produced online in blogs and vlogs, avatars, and in the construction of cyberidentities. The course provides an introduction to feminist approaches to media studies by drawing from work in feminist film theory, journalism, cultural studies, gender and politics, and cyberfeminism. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-414Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmSurkan, Kim 2009-07-14T05:14:12-04:00SP.414WGS.414en-USSpecial ProgramsPublic Relations, Advertising and Applied Communication, OtherblogsYouTubeInternetnewspapersSaturday Night Liveconsumer culturepoliticsethnicityfandomfashionadvertisingsportsfilmtelevisionsexualitymusic videosHillary ClintonSarah Palinelection coveragemedia studiesracegenderWomen's and Gender StudiesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis seminar explores experiments in education and discusses how education and learning might be done, through reading and discussion. This seminar is not to be a survey of experiments in education. Its goal is to determine how learning should happen and what kinds of contexts allow it to happen.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-291Spring-2003/CourseHome/index.htmRising, James2009-07-01T01:14:57-04:00SP.291ESG.SP291en-USExperimental Study GroupPhilosophyphilosophyISPproblem solvingcreativityhomeschoolingpedagogyseminarESGEducationSpecial ProgramsMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThe issue of race and racial identity have preoccupied many writers throughout the history of the U.S. In this subject, students read Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Louise Erdrich, William Faulkner, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and Judson Mitcham, among others, as we 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.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-742JSpring-2007/CourseHome/index.htmFaery, Rebecca Blevins2009-06-25T10:59:10-04:0021W.742JWGS.575JSP.575Jen-USSpecial ProgramsWritingmestizomulatomixed heritagemulticulturalheritageselfidentityethnicityintegrationassimilationracemixed ancestryhybrid populationsmultiple descentmultiracialitymixed-racemulti-racemultiracialwritingraceWriting and Humanistic StudiesWomen's and Gender StudiesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmFrom Abilify to Zyrtec, the world is full of interesting drugs. Such substances have cured diseases, started wars, and ended careers. This seminar will explain how drugs can elicit a range of medicinal and recreational effects. Planned topics include over-the-counter drugs and "dietary supplements," drugs of abuse, treatments for neurological disorders, psychiatric medications, and many more. Prior experience is neither expected nor required, but student participation is essential.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-236Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmGusman, MariyaFallows, Zak2009-06-24T03:45:18-04:00SP.236ESG.SP236en-USExperimental Study GroupSubstance Abuse/Addiction Counselingopioidsnorepinephrineendocrine systemsendocannabinoidsacetylcholineLSDbarbituatesalcoholserotoninschizophreniaADHDParkinson'sdopamineneurotransmitterscentral nervous systempharmacologySpecial ProgramsMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmIn this course we will read essays, novels, memoirs, and graphic texts, and view documentary and experimental films and videos which explore race from the standpoint of the multiracial. Examining the varied work of multiracial authors and filmmakers such as Danzy Senna, Ruth Ozeki, Kip Fulbeck, James McBride and others, we will focus not on how multiracial people are seen or imagined by the dominant culture, but instead on how they represent themselves. How do these authors approach issues of family, community, nation, language and history? What can their work tell us about the complex interconnections between race, gender, class, sexuality, and citizenship? Is there a relationship between their experiences of multiraciality and a willingness to experiment with form and genre? In addressing these and other questions, we will endeavor to think and write more critically and creatively about race as a social category and a lived experience. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-742JFall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmRagusa, Kym2009-05-26T05:26:25-04:0021W.742JWGS.575JSP.575Jen-USSpecial ProgramsWritingHumanities/Humanistic Studiescultural studiesfamilysterotyperacismdiasporaimmigrationoppressionmestizomulatomixed heritagemulticulturalheritageselfidentityethnicityintegrationassimilationracemixed ancestryhybrid populationsmultiple descentmultiracialitymixed-racemulti-racemultiracialWriting and Humanistic StudiesWomen's and Gender StudiesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmClose examination of women's life narratives. Syllabi vary.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-691Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmBergland, ReneeMaher, Frinde2009-10-08T11:32:47-04:00SP.691WGS.691en-USSpecial ProgramsWomen's Studiesthird wave feminismidentityreproductionproductionrepresentation of the bodynarrationpoststructuralismpoliticsmethodsresearchinterdisciplineIslamglobalizationfeminist inquiryinquiryfeministfeminismWomen's and Gender StudiesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course is primarily a literature seminar. We will use American literature as a lens through which to examine different passing tropes. It will provide an introduction to queer, gender, and critical race theories for science and math majors. We will read such works as Running A Thousand Miles for Freedom, Incognegro, and Focault's A History of Sexuality , to name just a few.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-269Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmDillon, Rachel2009-10-08T11:26:29-04:00SP.269ESG.SP269en-USExperimental Study GroupAmerican Literature (Canadian)post-modernismmodernismEllen CraftWilliam CrafttranssexualJudith ButlersexualityMichel FoucaultNella LarsentransgendergenderqueerqueerAmerican literatureliteracyclassgenderracepassingSpecial ProgramsMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmSpecial topic seminars and independent study projects. Seminars are run by a staff member or supervised undergraduate instructor and meet weekly. Independent study projects require approval and regular supervision by a staff member, as well as a written proposal and a final report.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-287Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmChristie, Patricia2009-10-21T12:40:44-04:00SP.287ESG.SP2875.S15en-USChemistryCooking and Related Culinary Arts, Generalmicrobiologybiologybiochemistryice creamliquid nitrogenstabilitycolloidsaltmolecular gastronomydairyenzymepectinjamrecipeyeastcheesechocolatebiochemistrycapsicumphase changedenaturationextractionexperimentchemistryfoodcookingSpecial ProgramsExperimental Study GroupMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm