[bioundgrd] FW: SHASS Introductory-Level Subjects

Fri Apr 26 14:03:42 EDT 2019

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From: Andrea J Wirth <awirth at mit.edu<mailto:awirth at mit.edu>>
Subject: Re: SHASS Introductory-Level Subjects
Date: April 26, 2019 at 2:00:48 PM EDT

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Dear Faculty Advisers and Students,

Want to explore fields for your HASS Requirement but don’t know where to start?  Here are some recommended first subjects in fields in the School of HASS for Fall 2019.  The full list of course offerings is available at http://student.mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi.

Anthropology

21A.01 How Culture Works; HASS-S  | Staff
21A.500J/STS.075J  Technology and Culture; HASS-S  |  F. Rossi
21A.502  Fun and Games: Cross-Cultural Perspectives; HASS-S  |  G. Jones

Comparative Media Studies (CMS)

CMS.100 Introduction to Media Studies; HASS-H, CI-H  | J. Reich, J. Picker
CMS.300 Introduction to Videogame Theory; HASS-H  | M. Jakobsson
CMS.376 History of Media and Technology; HASS-H, CI-H  | J. Paradis

Economics

14.01 Principles of Microeconomics; HASS-S  | J. Gruber
14.02 Principles of Macroeconomics; HASS-S  | M. Beraja
14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty; HASS-S, CI-H  |  D. Atkin, E. Duflo, F. Schilbach

Global Studies and Languages (GSL)

21G.058J/21A.132J  Race and Migration in Europe; HASS-H, CI-H  | B. Stoetzer
21G.067  Digital Media in Japan and Korea; HASS-H  | P. Roquet
21G.237  MIT Out Loud: Public Speaking for Bilingual Students (proposed); HASS-H | A.C. Kemp

GSL offers language instruction courses at a variety of levels to suit your skills. All but ELS provide subjects for complete beginners:  Chinese, English Language Studies, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

History

21H.001 How to Stage a Revolution; HASS-H, CI-H | Staff
21H.130 The Ancient World: Greece; HASS-H, CI-H | Staff
21H.185J/12.386J Environment and History; HASS-S, CI-H | H. Ritvo, S. Solomon

Linguistics

24.900 Introduction to Linguistics; HASS-S, CI-H | A. Albright
24.917 ConLangs: How to Construct a Language; HASS-S  |  N. Richards

Literature

21L.007 World Literatures; HASS-H, CI-H | J. Terrones
21L.020J/WGS.145J Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between; HASS-H, CI-H | M. Resnick
21L.021 Comedy; HASS-H, CI-H  |  W. Kelley

Music

21M.011 Introduction to Western Music; HASS-A, CI-H | M. Marks, T. Neff
21M.030 Introduction to World Music ; HASS-A, CI-H | P. Tang, G. Dempsey
21M.053 Rhythms of the World (NEW); HASS-A |  L. Tilley

Philosophy

24.00 Problems of Philosophy; HASS-H, CI-H | M. Schoenfield
24.02 Moral Problems and the Good Life; HASS-H, CI-H | K. Setiya
24.05 Philosophy of Religion; HASS-H, CI-H  | J. Spencer

Political Science

17.20 Introduction to the American Political Process; HASS-S, CI-H  | D. Caughey
17.40 American Foreign Policy; HASS-S, CI-H | J. Hayes
17.42 Causes and Prevention of War; HASS-S, CI-H | S. Van Evera

Science, Technology, and Society (STS)

STS.004 Intersections: Science, Technology, and the World; HASS-H  | D. Fitzgerald
STS.006J/24.06J Bioethics; HASS-H, CI-H  | A. Chaudhuri, Q. White
STS.083 Computers and Social Change (NEW); HASS-H  |  E. Medina

Theater Arts

21M.600 Introduction to Acting; HASS-A  | A. Kohler
21M.603 Introduction to Design for the Theater; HASS-A  |  S. Brown
21M.604J/21W.754J Playwriting I; HASS-A  |  K. Urban

Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)

WGS.101 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies; HASS-H, CI-H  | A. Walsh
WGS.161J/21H.320J  Gender and the Law in US History; HASS-H  | C. Capozzola
WGS.160J/STS.021J  Science Activism: Gender, Race and Power; HASS-E  | E. Bertschinger

Writing

21W.742J/WGS.231J Writing About Race; HASS-H, CI-H  |  K. Ragusa
21W.747 Rhetoric; HASS-H, CI-H  | S. Strang, A. Karatsolis,
21W.755 Writing and Reading Short Stories; HASS-A  | S. Lewitt, M. Nathan

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Andrea Wirth
Academic Administrator
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Mass. Ave., Bldg. 4-240
Cambridge, MA 02139
phone: (617) 253-4441
awirth at mit.edu<mailto:awirth at mit.edu>
(pronoun: she<https://www.mypronouns.org/sharing/> )

great ideas change the world<http://shass.mit.edu/>

On Apr 26, 2019, at 9:52 AM, Andrea J Wirth <awirth at mit.edu<mailto:awirth at mit.edu>> wrote:

Hello, Lovely UAAs,

Just in time for pre-registration, we have once again put together a short list of suggested introductory subjects for students looking to fulfill their HASS GIRs.  SHASS faculty feel these subjects are particularly appropriate for students without any previous experience in our fields. You can find the Fall 2019 list here: http://shass.mit.edu/undergraduate/classes. Students are more than welcome to take subjects not listed here, but this should be a helpful starting point for students who aren't sure where their interests lie. Please circulate this list to your majors, advisors, and anyone else you think might benefit from a short list of recommended, introductory-level HASS subjects within the School of HASS.

Best wishes,
-Andrea Wirth

***************************************************
Andrea Wirth
Academic Administrator
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Mass. Ave., Bldg. 4-240
Cambridge, MA 02139
phone: (617) 253-4441
awirth at mit.edu<mailto:awirth at mit.edu>
(pronoun: she<https://www.mypronouns.org/sharing/> )

great ideas change the world<http://shass.mit.edu/>

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