Social Science Degrees

...with emphasis on the process and outcomes of policymaking. Students benefit from increased engagement with and understanding of emerging real-world issues... Learn about: Political Science...

...and computer science to resolve theoretical issues such as wholes vs. parts, structural vs. functional descriptions, declarative vs. procedural representations...

...personalized medicine, genetically modified organisms, and stem cells. Interplays of economic, ethical, ecological, and biophysical modeling will be explored... Learn about: Decision Making...

...the role of qualitative and quantitative research methods, and the use of various data collection techniques. Coursework focuses on students' thesis proposals... Learn about: Team Training...

...manufacturing economics modeling methods, and life-cycle environmental evaluation. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session 3.012, 3...

...markets, technologies, and national policies, and introduces the concepts of national income accounts, sustainability, and intergenerational equity...

...from scientific laboratories to Christian mega-churches. This course will provide a framework for analyzing diverse facets of human experience such as gender...

...Students conduct empirical research on cultural differences through the systematic observation of human interaction, employ methods of interpretative analysis... Learn about: Ms Word...

...for understanding identity components such as gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, language, social class, and bodily difference...

...as well as ethnic conflict, globalization, identity politics, and human rights. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session This subject looks...

...of memory are more "truthful" and "real." Other topics include how memory works in the human brain, memory and trauma, amnesia, memory practices in the sciences...

...Over the course of the semester, we will investigate a range of theoretical propositions concerning such topics as agency, structure, subjectivity...

...Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session There are no prerequisites for this course. Through investigating cross-cultural case studies... Learn about: Cross Cultural...

...Students are required to give two seminar presentations, in which they offer a critical evaluation of positions represented in readings for their chosen...

...science and art. Great works of art by Shakespeare, Verdi, Goethe (in translation), Gounod, Henry James and Benjamin Britten are explored, as well as readings...

...of memory are more "truthful" and "real." Other topics include how memory works in the human brain, memory and trauma, amnesia, memory practices in the sciences...

...in daily life and how it intersects with other forms of social difference such as race and gender. Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session There...

...focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns. Lecture/discussion: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session None © Velvet Film...

...especially Mexico, Chile, and Brazil. Includes a heavy oral participation component, with regular breakout groups, formal class presentations on pressing social issues...

...Directors include Akira Kurosawa and Hiroshi Teshigahara. Authors include Kobo Abe and Yukio Mishima. Films shown have subtitles in English...