Humanities Undergraduate Degrees

...and Andean Weaving, and end with a four-week module on Automobiles and Engines. In addition, there will be a series of hands-on projects that tie theory and practice together...

...Creative writing and MIT go together better than you might imagine. Lectures: 2 hours / session, 1 session / week The Experimental Study Group sponsors... Learn about: Creative Writing...

...seminars each spring on a variety of innovative subjects not covered in the regular curriculum. These seminars are open to all MIT students as well...

...For each option, the student designs a program in consultation with an advisor in order to meet individual interests, abilities, and goals. However... Learn about: French Literature...

...and "belief," and of the innate basis for the acquisition of certain types of knowledge (especially linguistic knowledge). Students have the option... Learn about: Cognitive Science...

...level in an allied field. A relatively large amount of unrestricted elective time is available so that students can devise programs suited to individual needs and interests... Learn about: Cognitive Science...

...science and technical work to broad audiences and members of their professions. Others work collaboratively within the evolving framework of digital media... Learn about: Communication Training...

...of archaeological field methods and analytical techniques including the examination of stone, ceramic, and metal artifacts and bone materials...

...for human evolution from earliest times through the Pleistocene; evolution of tool use and social behavior; modern human variation and concepts of...

...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...