MIT SHASS courses on diversity-related issues
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 |
| American Urban History | 11.013J / 21H.217J |
| Race, History, and the Built Environment (G) | 11.244J / STS.424 |
| Justice | 17.01J / 24.04J |
| Race, Ethnicity, and American Politics | 17.269 |
| Mass Incarceration in the United States | 17.271 |
| US Social Policy | 17.317 |
| Introduction to Latin American Studies | 17.55J / 21A.130J / 21G.084J |
| American Dream: Exploring Class in the US | 21A.120 |
| Introduction to Asian American Studies: Historical and Contemporary Issues | 21G.043J / 21H.107J |
| Latin America and the Global Sixties: Counterculture and Revolution | 21G.070 / CMS.355 |
| Libertarianism in History | 21H.181J / 17.035J |
| Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History | 21H.226J / 11.015J |
| Constitutional Law in US History | 21H.227 |
| The Black Radical Tradition in America | 21H.229 |
| MIT and Slavery: Research | 21H.281 |
| MIT and Slavery: Publication | 21H.282 |
| 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 |
| Social Justice and The Documentary Film | 21W.786J / CMS.336J |
| Film, Music, and Social Change: Intersections of Media and Society | 21W.787 |
| South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History | 21W.788J / CMS.334J |
| Philosophy of Law | 24.235J / 17.021J |
| Topics in Social Theory and Practice | 24.236 / 24.636 |
| Language and Power | 24.252 |
| Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies | 24.912J / 21H.106J / 21L.008J / 21W.741J / CMS.150J / WGS.190J |
| Games and Culture | CMS.616J / 21W.768J / WGS.125J / CMS.868 |
| 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 |
| The Global History of Medicine and Public Health (G) | STS.450 |
| Technocracy (G) | STS.463J / 11.461J |
| Gender and Media Studies | WGS.111J / CMS.619J |
| Science Activism: Gender, Race, and Power | WGS.160J / STS.021J |
| Race, Gender and Social Inequality: Reproductive Health Care in the United States | WGS.224 |
| The Science of Race, Sex and Gender | WGS.225J / 21A.103J / STS.046J |
| Race, Culture, and Gender in the US and Beyond: A Psychological Perspective | WGS.229 |
| Intersectional Feminist Memoir | WGS.238J / 21W.738J |
Cultures Outside the United States
| Introduction to Latin American Studies | 17.55J / 21A.130J / 21G.084J / 21H.170J |
| European Politics | 17.561 |
| Israel: History, Politics, Culture, and Identity | 17.565 / 17.567 |
| Engineering Democratic Development in Africa | 17.571 |
| Africa and the Politics of Knowledge | 21A.135J / 21G.025J |
| Images of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus Blossoms | 21A.141J / 21G.048J / WGS.274J |
| Introduction to East Asian Cultures: From Zen to K-Pop | 21G.030J / WGS.236J |
| Gender and Japanese Popular Culture | 21G.039J / 21A.143J / WGS.154J |
| Global Chinese Food | 21G.045 |
| Race and Migration in Europe | 21G.058J / 21A.132J / 21G.418 |
| Introduction to Japanese Culture | 21G.064 / 21G.592 |
| Latin America and the Global Sixties: Counterculture and Revolution | 21G.070 / CMS.355 |
| Introduction to Russian Studies | 21G.087J / 21H.144J |
| Cultural Geographies of Germany: Nature, Culture, and Politics | 21G.417 |
| Creation of a Continent: Representations of Hispanic America, 1492-1898, in Literature and Film | 21G.731J / 21H.274J |
| Advanced Topics in Hispanic Literature and Film | 21G.735 |
| The Short Form: Literature and New Media Cultures in the Hispanic World | 21G.736 / CMS.358 |
| Pre-Modern China | 21H.151 |
| Modern China | 21H.152 |
| Modern Japan: 1600 to Present | 21H.155 |
| Modern South Asia | 21H.157 |
| Islam, the Middle East, and the West | 21H.160 |
| The Modern Middle East | 21H.161 |
| A Survey of Modern African History | 21H.165 |
| Latin America Through Film | 21H.172J / 21G.078J |
| Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chávez | 21H.173 |
| Environment and History | 21H.185J / 12.386J / STS.031J |
| Frenchness in an Era of Globalization | 21H.242J / 21G.322J |
| Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917 | 21H.244J / 21G.085J |
| Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present | 21H.245J / 17.57J / 21G.086J |
| Modern Iran: A Century of Revolution | 21H.261 |
| Humanitarianism and Africa: A Critical History | 21H.265 |
| South Africa and Apartheid | 21H.266 |
| Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East | 21H.365 |
| 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 |
| A Global History of Commodities | STS.040 |
| Africa for Engineers | STS.088 |
| STS Seminar on the Global South (G) | STS.417 |
| 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, Gender and Social Inequality in the Developing World | WGS.226J / STS.023J |
Gender and/or Sexuality
| Violence, Human Rights, and Justice | 11.135J / WGS.270J |
| 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 |
| Gender, Race, and Environmental Justice | 21A.407J / 21G.057J / STS.022J / WGS.275J |
| 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 |
| Advanced Topics in Hispanic Literature and Film | 21G.735 |
| The Short Form: Literature and New Media Cultures in the Hispanic World | 21G.736 / CMS.358 |
| Gender and the Law in US History | 21H.320J / WGS.161J |
| Women and War | 21H.381J / WGS.222J |
| Gender: Historical Perspectives | 21H.983J / WGS.310J |
| 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 |
| Language and Power | 24.252 |
| D-Lab: Gender and Development | EC.718J / WGS.277J |
| 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 |
| The Long War Against Cancer | STS.049 |
| Introduction to the History of Technology (G) | STS.340 |
| The Global History of Medicine and Public Health (G) | STS.450 |
| 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 |
| Science Activism: Gender, Race, and Power | WGS.160J / STS.021J |
| Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa | WGS.220J / 21H.263J |
| Race, Gender and Social Inequality: Reproductive Health Care in the United States | WGS.224 |
| The Science of Race, Sex and Gender | WGS.225J / 21A.103J / STS.046J |
| Psychology of Sex and Gender | WGS.228 |
| Race, Culture, and Gender in the US and Beyond: A Psychological Perspective | WGS.229 |
| Intersectional Feminist Memoir | WGS.238J / 21W.738J |
| Identities and Intersections: Queer Literatures | WGS.245J / 21L.480J |
| HIV/AIDS in American Culture | WGS.250J / 21L.481J |
| Feminist Thought | WGS.301J / 17.006J / 17.007J / 24.237J / 24.637J |
Globalization or Transnationalism
| Violence, Human Rights, and Justice | 11.135J / WGS.270J |
| Human Rights at Home and Abroad | 11.164J / 17.391J |
| The Challenge of World Poverty | 14.73 |
| Political Economy and Economic Development | 14.75 |
| Firms, Markets, Trade and Growth | 14.76 |
| International Political Economy | 17.115 |
| 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 |
| Health Policy | 17.315 |
| Introduction to International Relations | 17.41 |
| International Relations Theory in the Cyber Age | 17.445 / 17.446 |
| The Rise of Asia | 17.53 |
| Riots, Rebellions, Revolutions | 17.581 |
| Cultures of East Asia | 21A.140J / 21G.047J |
| Global Mental Health | 21A.308 |
| The Stakes of International Development | 21A.400 |
| Gender, Race, and Environmental Justice | 21A.407J / 21G.057J / STS.022J / WGS.275J |
| Ethics of Intervention (G) | 21A.409J / 11.238J |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Environment and History | 21H.185J / 12.386J / STS.031J |
| Frenchness in an Era of Globalization | 21H.242J / 21G.322J |
| Business in China Since 1800 | 21H.350 |
| Shanghai and China’s Modernization | 21H.351J / 11.153J |
| South Asian Migrations | 21H.357 |
| Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance | 21H.358 |
| Women and War | 21H.381J / WGS.222J |
| Capitalism in the Age of Revolution | 21H.382 |
| Technology and the Global Economy, 1000-2000 | 21H.383 / 21H.982 |
| The Ghetto: From Venice to Harlem | 21H.385J / 11.152J |
| 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 |
| D-Lab: Gender and Development | EC.718J / WGS.277J |
| Finance and Society | STS.002 |
| Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective | STS.025J / 21H.285J |
| Energy, Environment, and Society | STS.032 |
| A Global History of Commodities | STS.040 |
| Computers and Social Change | STS.083 |
| STS Seminar on the Global South (G) | STS.417 |
| Food and Power (G) | STS.429 |
| Women and Global Activism and Politics | WGS.109 |
| The Science of Race, Sex and Gender | WGS.225J / 21A.103J / STS.046J |