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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">John Congdon <<a href="mailto:congdon@mit.edu">congdon@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: Opportunities for Undergraduate Students Completing HASS-S Requirements</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">January 14, 2020</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For undergraduate students looking to complete the HASS-S requirements as well as engage with and learn from renowned foreign policy experts, please consider the following courses for spring.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please note these courses also fulfill course requirements for MISTI, and Minors in foreign languages and international studies.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Register now for </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=17.53&style=verbatim&when=*&termleng=4&days_offered=*&start_time=*&duration=*&total_units=*"><b><span style="color:#713C56">The
Rise of Asia 17.53 HASS-S HEX</span></b></a><b> taught by Professors </b><a href="https://polisci.mit.edu/people/richard-samuels"><b><span style="color:#713C56">Richard Samuels</span></b></a><b> and </b><a href="https://polisci.mit.edu/people/vipin-narang"><b><span style="color:#713C56">Vipin
Narang</span></b></a><b>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The focus will be on the <span style="color:black;background:white">social, economic, political, and national security problems of India and Japan--two of the largest economies in a dynamic region with
the potential to shape global affairs.</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Each topic and country will be examined from the perspectives of history, contemporary issues, and their relations with one another and the United States. </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This course meets the </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://registrar.mit.edu/registration-academics/academic-requirements/hass-requirement"><b><span style="color:#713C56">HASS-S requirement</span></b></a><b> for
all undergraduates. It also may be applied as a </b><a href="https://misti.mit.edu/"><b><span style="color:#713C56">MISTI</span></b></a><b> course requirement and toward a </b><a href="http://catalog.mit.edu/interdisciplinary/undergraduate-programs/minors/applied-international-studies/"><b><span style="color:#713C56">minor
in applied international studies</span></b></a><b>. It also counts toward a 21G minor in Japanese.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Register now for </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m17b.html"><b><span style="color:#044A91">Chinese Foreign Policy 17.407 HASS-S HEX</span></b></a><b> taught by
Professor </b><a href="https://polisci.mit.edu/people/m-taylor-fravel"><b><span style="color:#044A91">Taylor Fravel</span></b></a><b>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The course will explore China’s international ambitions; whether Xi Jinping has changed the country’s diplomacy; if the US and China are rivals or enemies, and more.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The course counts toward the HASS-S requirement, a </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://polisci.mit.edu/undergraduate/minor-applied-international-studies"><b><span style="color:#044A91">minor
in applied international Studies</span></b></a><b>, and as a course requirement for MISTI programs.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">John Congdon<br>
Administrative Officer, Center for International Studies<br>
Massachusetts Institute for Technology<br>
1 Amherst Street, E40-435<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
617-253-8998<br>
<a href="mailto:congdon@mit.edu">congdon@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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