Humanities Degrees

...the other to struggles between the government of Panama and the Kuna between 1900 and 1925-students examine primary documents such as letters...

...anti-terrorist policies and other judicial attempts to redress state-sponsored wrongs. It also considers whether the human rights framework effectively... Learn about: Human Rights...

...of the phenomena in both past and present contexts. It examines the wide range of factors and agents that enable these practices, such as technology...

...East and North Africa. Starting with the history of the ways in which the West has discovered, translated and written about the Orient, we will consider...

...rationality, kinship, gender, and sexuality. It also analyzes whether contemporary western bio-medical interventions reinforce colonial or imperial power... Learn about: Medical training...

...George Orwell, Rachel Carson, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., who have used the power of the pen to inspire social change. Lectures... Learn about: Social Change...

...In this introductory writing class we consider the role of sports in our own lives and explore the cultural meanings of sports in America. Sports...

...informed rhetorical choices as we design our own texts. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 2 hours / session There are no prequisites for this course...

...1.5 hours / session There are no prerequisites for this course. Acting as participant-observers, students will chronicle their MIT experiences and investigate...

...personal experience and comment on larger issues in society. Seminars: 2 seminars / 1 week, 1.5 hours / seminar None. "If you want readers to breathe life into your writing...

...We will also explore the effects of new media as avenues for communicating about science. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session There are... Learn about: New Media...

...A surprising number of physicians write for less utilitarian reasons as well, choosing the narrative essay as a means of exploring the non-technical issues... Learn about: New Media, Medical training, Public Health...

...1.5 hours / session None This class is an introduction to writing about science—including nature, medicine, and technology—for general readers... Learn about: New Media...

...Each assignment will focus on a different popular form, such as news articles, interviews, essays, and short features. Lectures: 2 sessions /... Learn about: New Media, Communication Training...

...Robert Coles, Charles Dickens, Barbara Ehrenreich, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jonathan Kozol, and Alice Walker, we will explore different perspectives... Learn about: Communication Training, Maya training...

...behavior of their contemporaries. John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, evoked the wonders of California's Hetch Hetchy Valley in the hope that he could stop a dam with words...

..."A Sketch of the Past" by Virginia Woolf, Notes of A Native Son by James Baldwin, "The Achievement of Desire" by Richard Rodriguez, The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston...

...what are you? Food is at once the stuff of life and a potent symbol; it binds us to the earth, to our families, and to our cultures. The aroma of turkey...

...media in shaping our ideas of self, family and community and in defining social issues. Throughout the semester, students will focus on writing as a process... Learn about: Communication Training...

...That is, you will write essays that critically engage elements and aspects of contemporary American popular culture and that do so via a vivid personal voice and presence...