New Courses

• 1.201J Transportation Systems Analysis: Demand and Economic
• 4.696 A Global History of Architecture Writing Seminar
• 6.868J The Society of Mind
• 11.337J Urban Design Policy and Action
• 11.941 Learning by Comparison: First World/Third World Cities
• 14.282 Organizational Economics
• 16.982 Bio-Inspired Structures
• 18.726 Algebraic Geometry
• 21A.355J The Anthropology of Biology
• SP.269 Passing: Flexibility in Race and Gender
• SP.691 Studies in Women's Life Narratives: Feminist Inquiry

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Updated Courses

• 5.74 Introductory Quantum Mechanics II
• 8.512 Theory of Solids II
• 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming
• 9.71 Functional MRI of High-Level Vision
• 11.125 Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education
• 14.30 Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics
• 14.74 Foundations of Development Policy
• 18.336 Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
• 21W.777 The Science Essay

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Highlights for High School

The basic mission of Highlights for High School is to feature exciting materials in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We, of course, do feature hundreds of STEM resources, but we also have a great deal of materials in the humanities and social sciences.

We recently published two courses as part of the Educational Studies Program. Check them out!

• Europe in Crisis: The World Wars in Europe
• Leadership Training Institute

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Current Events in Context: How to Improve the World's Energy Systems

Wind turbines at Tehachapi, California. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy, from their Digital Archive.)

Developing new technologies to make current global energy systems more efficient requires skills in a number of disciplines.

Energy courses based in engineering, technology, natural and social sciences are a good start to tackle this issue:

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

• 10.391J Sustainable Energy
• 5.60 Thermodynamics & Kinetics

Mechanical Engineering

• 2.57 Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes
• 2.60 Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion
• 2.58J Radiative Transfer

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• 1.033 Mechanics of Material Systems: An Energy Approach
• 1.044J Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings

Economics and Sloan School of Management

• 14.44 Energy Economics
• 15.023J Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• 6.061 Introduction to Electric Power Systems
• 6.685 Electric Machines
• 6.691 Seminar in Electric Power Systems

Engineering Systems Division

• ESD.126 Energy Systems and Economic Development
• ESD.04J Frameworks and Models in Engineering Systems / Engineering System Design

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OCW Staff Picks

OCW staffers love our courses! This month, Publication Manager Curtis Newton talks about SP.722 D-Lab: Development, Design and Dissemination.

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- Nikolai, Self Learner, USA

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