Conversations you can't have on campus: race, ethnicity, gender and identity
Bachelor's degree
In Maynard (USA)
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Bachelor's degree
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Maynard (USA)
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Different dates available
What is race? What is ethnicity? How can communication and relationships between men and women be improved? What causes segregation in our society? How do stereotypes develop and why do they persist? How do an individual's racial, ethnic, and sexual identities form and develop? This course explores these topics and more.
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Seminars: 1 session / week, 2 hours / session
There are no prerequisites for this course.
What if you could get together with a diverse group of students on campus and communicate openly about difficult issues? Despite the increasingly diverse student population at MIT, students are often separated from each other by differences in race, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. They have little interaction with individuals who are different from themselves and are unable to benefit from the rich and diverse student population that exists on campus.
The goal of this seminar is to have fun conversations about serious issues in a non-stressful, informal setting. Here's a chance for cultural exploration—both your own culture and the cultures of others. We hope to create a relaxed atmosphere in which people feel free to ask questions about "touchy" issues, flame about discrimination and stereotypes, and argue and intelligently discuss difficult issues.
Each semester of the class is different because the students in the class will choose many of the seminar themes.
There are two versions of this seminar: one that gives six credits, and one that gives nine.
Requirements for both versions are:
To receive nine credits, a student also has to lead one class session. This includes research on the topic, selecting the readings, having an appropriate icebreaker, and making the discussion plan.
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Conversations you can't have on campus: race, ethnicity, gender and identity