At MIT, diversity and inclusion are core values. In MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences these values strengthen our teaching and research, and are embodied in the backgrounds and perspectives of our faculty and students. The MIT SHASS faculty teach a large number of classes on diversity-related issues, including classes with a focus on:
• Race or ethnicity in the United States
• Cultures outside the United States
• Gender and/or sexuality
• Globalization or transnationalism
See below for a list of diversity-related classes, organized around these four themes. And please refer to the official subject listings for updated schedules and locations.
For more information about MIT’s diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, visit: http://diversity.mit.edu/
Race or Ethnicity in the United States
| Making Public Policy | 11.002J / 17.30J |
| Justice | 17.01J / 24.04J |
| US Social Policy | 17.317 |
| Introduction to Latin American Studies | 17.55J / 21A.130J / 21G.084J |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. IAP Design Seminar | 17.922 |
| Conversations You Can’t Have on Campus | 17.S914 |
| Images of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus Blossoms | 21A.141J / 21G.048J / WGS.274J |
| Visualizing Japan in the Modern World | 21G.027J / 21G.590 / CMS.874J |
| Introduction to East Asian Cultures: From Zen to K-Pop | 21G.030J / 21G.193 / WGS.236J |
| Introduction to Asian American Studies: Historical and Contemporary Issues | 21G.043J / 21H.107J |
| Global Chinese Food | 21G.045 |
| Migration, Race and Ethnicity in the New Europe and Germany | 21G.058 / 21G.418 |
| Introduction to Japanese Culture | 21G.064 / 21G.592 |
| The Global Chinese: Chinese Migration, 1567-Present | 21G.075J / 21H.253J |
| Frenchness in an Era of Globalization | 21G.322J / 21H.242J |
| Cultural Geographies of Germany: Nature, Culture, and Politics | 21G.417 |
| The Black Radical Tradition in America | 21H.229 |
| Race, Crime and Citizenship in American Law | 21H.319 |
| The Ghetto: From Venice to Harlem | 21H.385J / 11.152J |
| American Literature | 21L.006 |
| Race and Identity in American Literature | 21L.504J / WGS.140J |
| Introduction to Hispanic Culture | 21L.617J / 21G.717J |
| Writing About Race | 21W.742J / WGS.231J |
| Philosophy of Law | 24.235J / 17.021J |
| Topics in Social Theory and Practice | 24.236 / 24.636 |
| Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies | 24.912J / 21H.106J / 21L.008J / 21W.741J / WGS.190J |
| Advanced Identity Representation | CMS.628 / CMS.828 |
| Evolution and Society | STS.009 |
| Quantifying People: A History of Social Science | STS.047 |
| African Americans in Science, Technology, and Medicine | STS.048 |
| Youth Political Participation | STS.080J / 11.151J |
| Technocracy (G) | STS.463J / 11.461J |
| Gender and Media Studies | WGS.111J / CMS.619J |
| The Science of Race, Sex and Gender | WGS.225J / 21A.103J / STS.046J |
| The Latina Experience in Literature, Film and Popular Culture | WGS.242 |
Cultures Outside the United States
| Literature and Social Conflict: Perspectives on the Hispanic World | 21L.638J / 21G.738J |
| The New Spain: 1977-Present | 21L.640J / 21G.740J |
| Introduction to World Music | 21M.030 |
| Music of India | 21M.291 |
| Music of Indonesia | 21M.292 |
| Music of Africa | 21M.293 |
| Popular Musics of the World | 21M.294 |
| MIT Balinese Gamelan | 21M.450 |
| MIT Senegalese Drum Ensemble | 21M.460 |
| China on Stage | 21M.700 |
| Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in Dialogue | 4.307 / 4.308 |
| Advanced Studio on the Production of Space | 4.312 / 4.313 |
| Advanced Workshop in Artistic Practice and Transdisciplinary Research | 4.314 / 4.315 |
| Studio Seminar in Art and Public Sphere | 4.368 / 4.369 |
| Architecture in the Islamic World | 4.614 |
| Africa for Engineers | STS.088 |
| Technology and Innovation in Africa | STS.089 |
| Science and Technology in South Asia: Perspectives from History and Anthropology (G) | STS.418 |
| Women and Global Activism and Politics | WGS.109 |
| The Science of Race, Sex and Gender | WGS.225J / 21A.103J / STS.046J |
| Science, Caste and Gender in India | WGS.226J / STS.023J |
| The Latina Experience in Literature, Film and Popular Culture | WGS.242 |
Gender and/or Sexuality
| Identity and Difference | 21A.101J / WGS.170J |
| For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family | 21A.111J / WGS.172J |
| Images of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus Blossoms | 21A.141J / 21G.048J / WGS.274J |
| Dilemmas in Biomedical Ethics | 21A.302J / WGS.271J |
| Violence, Human Rights, and Justice | 21A.442J / WGS.270J |
| Gender and Japanese Popular Culture | 21G.039J / 21G.591 / 21A.143J / WGS.154J |
| A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society | 21G.040 |
| The Invention of French Theory: A History of Transatlantic Intellectual Life since 1945 | 21G.068J / WGS.234J |
| New Culture of Gender: Queer France | 21G.325J / WGS.233J |
| Contemporary French Film and Social Issues | 21G.341 |
| Social and Literary Trends in Contemporary Short French Fiction | 21G.347 |
| Topics in Medicine and Public Health in the Hispanic World | 21G.715 |
| Gender and the Law in US History | 21H.320J / WGS.161J |
| Women and War | 21H.381J / WGS.222J |
| International Women’s Voices | 21L.048J / 21G.022J / WGS.141J |
| Literature and Social Conflict: Perspectives on the Hispanic World | 21L.638J / 21G.738J |
| Advanced Essay Workshop | 21W.745 |
| Topics in Social Theory and Practice | 24.236 / 24.636 |
| Games and Culture | CMS.616J / 21W.768J / WGS.125J / CMS.868 |
| Advanced Identity Representation | CMS.628 / CMS.828 |
| Science in Action: Technologies and Controversies in Everyday Life | STS.012 |
| Gender in Science, Technology, and Environment | STS.022J / 21G.057J / WGS.275J |
| The Long War Against Cancer | STS.049 |
| Introduction to the History of Technology (G) | STS.340 |
| Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies | WGS.101 |
| Women and Global Activism and Politics | WGS.109 |
| Sexual and Gender Identities | WGS.110J / 21H.108J |
| Gender and Media Studies | WGS.111J / CMS.619J |
| Gender, Health and Society | WGS.151 |
| The Science of Race, Sex and Gender | WGS.225J / 21A.103J / STS.046J |
| Psychology of Sex and Gender | WGS.228 |
| The Latina Experience in Literature, Film and Popular Culture | WGS.242 |
| Feminist Thought | WGS.301J / 17.006J /17.007 / 24.237J / 24.637 |
Globalization or Transnationalism
| Foundations of Development Policy | 14.74 |
| Political Economy and Economic Development | 14.75 |
| International Political Economy | 17.115 |
| Political Economy of Technology and Development in Latin America | 17.145 |
| Building a Better World | 17.33 |
| Social Movements in Comparative Perspective | 17.509 |
| Ethnic Conflict in World Politics | 17.523 |
| Human Rights at Home and Abroad | 11.164J / 17.391J |
| Political Economy I: Theories of the State and the Economy (G) | 17.100J / 14.781J / 15.678J |
| Varieties of Capitalism and Social Inequality (G) | 17.154 |
| Political Economy of Institutions and Development (G) | 17.178 |
| Globalization | 17.195 / 17.196 |
| Health Policy | 17.315 |
| History of International Politics in the Modern World | 17.401 |
| Introduction to International Relations | 17.41 |
| Globalization, Migration, and International Relations | 17.411 / 17.410 |
| International Relations Theory in the Cyber Age | 17.445 / 17.446 |
| Cultures of East Asia | 21A.140J / 21G.047J |
| Global Mental Health | 21A.308 |
| Ethics of Intervention (G) | 21A.409J / 11.238J |
| Violence, Human Rights, and Justice | 21A.442J / WGS.270J |
| Cross-Cultural Investigations: Technology and Development | 21A.801J / EC.702J / STS.071J |
| Communicating Across Cultures | 21G.019 |
| Introduction to East Asian Cultures: From Zen to K-Pop | 21G.030J / 21G.193 / WGS.236J |
| Advertising and Popular Culture: East Asian Perspectives | 21G.036J / 21G.190 / CMS.356J / CMS.888 |
| Migration, Race and Ethnicity in the New Europe and Germany | 21G.058 / 21G.418 |
| Anime: Transnational Media and Culture | 21G.063 / 21G.596 |
| The Invention of French Theory: A History of Transatlantic Intellectual Life since 1945 | 21G.068J / WGS.234J |
| The Global Chinese: Chinese Migration, 1567-Present | 21G.075J / 21H.253J |
| Frenchness in an Era of Globalization | 21G.322J / 21H.242J |
| Contemporary French Film and Social Issues | 21G.341 |
| Social and Literary Trends in Contemporary Short French Fiction | 21G.347 |
| Creation of a Continent: Representations of Hispanic America, 1492-1898, in Literature and Film | 21G.731 |
| The World: 1400-Present | 21H.009 |
| Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective | 21H.134J / 14.70J |
| Business in China Since 1800 | 21H.350 |
| Shanghai and China’s Modernization | 21H.351J / 11.153J |
| South Asian Migrations | 21H.357 |
| Women and War | 21H.381J / WGS.222J |
| Technology and the Global Economy, 1000-2000 | 21H.383 / 21H.982 |
| World Literatures | 21L.007 |
| Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-between | 21L.020J / WGS.145J |
| International Women’s Voices | 21L.048J / 21G.022J / WGS.141J |
| Globalization and its Discontents: Spanish Speaking Nations | 21L.639J / 21G.739J |
| All the World’s A Stage: Socio-Political Perspectives in Global Performance | 21M.800 |
| South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History | 21W.788J / CMS.334J |
| The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism | 24.906J / 21G.024J |
| Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in Dialogue | 4.307 / 4.308 |
| Advanced Studio on the Production of Space | 4.312 / 4.313 |
| Advanced Workshop in Artistic Practice and Transdisciplinary Research | 4.314 / 4.315 |
| Studio Seminar in Art and Public Sphere | 4.368 / 4.369 |
| Finance and Society | STS.002 |
| Gender in Science, Technology, and Environment | STS.022J / 21G.057J / WGS.275J |
| Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective | STS.025J / 21H.285J |
| Energy, Environment, and Society | STS.032 |
| Food and Power (G) | STS.429J / 21A.439J |
| Women and Global Activism and Politics | WGS.109 |
| The Science of Race, Sex and Gender | WGS.225J / 21A.103J / STS.046J |
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