Social Science Degrees in the USA

...Learn more at Get Started with MIT OpenCourseWare... Learn about: Urban Sociology...

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...Examples from the Boston area and other U.S. cities/regions will be used to illustrate points throughout the seminar. We will also examine how such models...

...and whether a special theory is required to understand them are questions with which the course will be centrally concerned. In general, students are encouraged...

...This readings-based course analyzes the structure and operation of government systems in developing countries, with particular emphasis on regional and local governments...

..."The Rest": Challenges to the West from Late-Industrializing Economies. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780195170597. Don't show...

...therefore the students are expected to read all the assigned readings carefully and prepare to be called upon in class. Late submissions will not be graded... Learn about: Social Movements, IT Law, Social Change...

...the historical origin and character of the modern idea of human rights, the debate between universality and cultural relativism, between civil and human rights... Learn about: Human Rights, IT Law...

...reflect and assess course readings in small group discussions. To facilitate discussion, class participation also includes the requirement that before... Learn about: Land Use, IT risk...

...In following sessions, students will analyze and discuss cases that involved or that should have involved Joint Fact Finding of various kinds. Lectures... Learn about: Decision Making...

...All reading responses are due on Friday before class meets. Late submissions will be graded with a penalty. If you would like to take this course for a grade... Learn about: Professor Training...

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...Students will collaborate with the client to undertake field research and hold a session to present their existing conditions findings and get feedback... Learn about: Team Training...

...hours a week in reading for this course, and you should realistically assess the workload of this course before deciding to take it. You are expected...

..."teaching cases" present real-world events and decision problems and challenge you, with help from supplementary concept readings and other materials...

...Development Planning (11.438) and Revitalizing Urban Main Streets (11.439). Consequently, it omits many aspects of economic development planning and...

...Four sessions / day, 1.5 hours / session The Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution, sponsored by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard... Learn about: IT Law, Dispute Resolution...

...mobility/logistics and economic development. In addition, students will use lessons learned from this exercise to inform UTB's "Agenda Against Poverty"... Learn about: Team Training...

...No enrollment or registration. Freely browse and use OCW materials at your own pace. There's no signup, and no start or end dates. Knowledge is your reward... Learn about: Public Health...

...emerging market and financial crises by examining their causes and considering how best to address them and prevent them from recurring in the future... Learn about: International Economics, Financial Training...