2020 Courses

Humans are deeply social creatures, and as such we depend on each other for survival. A lot of what causes...

We live in a golden age of surgical innovation. New knowledge and techniques allow us to develop and evaluate interventions...

This course provides students with an intensive introduction to core business disciplines, addressing a wide range of topics including business...

In recent years, mental health has become a hot topic of conversation in the media, following reports of a "mental...

This intensive three-week course is an exploration into the craft of writing creatively. Students will read a variety of works...

This class is designed to serve as a first foray into the wondrous domain of learning and memory. We will...

Remarkable advancements in experimental techniques, development of observational telescopes, and powerful computer algorithms are making the detection of complex molecules...

How can two people communicate secrets back and forth, even when a third party can eavesdrop on everything they say...

Symmetry plays an important role throughout mathematics and the sciences, and this course will lead students on an exploration of...

Genetics is the scientific study of heredity. The field of genetics has rapidly progressed within this last century, effectively changing...

This course is intended for students who have had exposure to physics but yearn to discover more about the modern...

Materials science and engineering (MSE) is one of the newer engineering fields, stemming primarily from a need to understand how...

What are the key business strategy issues facing companies today? What can entrepreneurs do now to out-perform their competitors in...

This course will draw in a range of topics in biology, medicine, history, technology, and bioinformatics as it asks students...

With the global reach of the internet and the prevalence of mobile devices, it is a challenge to imagine a...

This course is an introduction to the physics of the smallest building blocks of matter. We will discuss developments in...

How can a computer scientist help archaeologists study Neolithic China? How can studying literature help neuroscientists understand the human brain...

Frontiers of Physics will launch students into an exploration of the groundbreaking discoveries in physics in the early 20th century...

Data science has revolutionized the way our world works and how we understand it. Technology enables us to ask more...

Developed a little more than a hundred years ago, Einstein's Theory of Relativity is a groundbreaking scientific breakthrough that revolutionized...

Chemical engineers are multi-disciplinarians who apply principles of chemistry, physics, biology and engineering to solve a range of practical real-life...

Poems and stories have the power to haunt us, guide us, and help us remember. We write to make sense...

The internet has dramatically increased access to political information and perspectives. With the rise of Facebook, Twitter, WeChat, and Weibo...

This course introduces students to methodological and theoretical aspects of the field of psychology through in-depth study of some of...

This intensive creative writing course will challenge students to take themselves seriously as artists and guide them as they develop...

We have personified computers for generations: memory, processing, and thinking are terms used to describe what a computer is doing...

Social justice is often marked as the goal to be achieved by those aiming to reform society to be more...

Books, magazines, newspapers, TED talks, political speeches--a great deal of writing and speech is persuasive. Persuasion is not only a...

Welcome to the multidisciplinary field of Robotics. Students will be introduced to the primary subsystems of robotic solutions starting with...

Problem solving is both an art and science; it is a most intellectually entertaining activity. In this course, we will...

What is music? Why do people make music? What can it mean? And why, in the layered political contexts of...

During this course, students will explore a range of fields of study that focus on the environment and oceanography, tackling...

This course will introduce students to the inspiring field of architecture. We will practice a process of creative problem-solving which...

This course explores how language and writing can enable historically marginalized individuals to articulate traumatic experiences, protest unjust conditions, and...

Businesses around the world--profit and non-profit--are tasked with driving awareness and consideration for their products or services. The challenge is...

Number theory, the study of properties of integers, has attracted the interest of mathematicians for over 4000 years. This branch...

Contemporary journalists are reporters, commentators, cultural critics, photographers, captioners, reviewers, essayists, and more. They write pieces from 280 to tens...

Good writing can change the world—even, perhaps, a world that is already changing. The writer that aspires to alter the...

This class will challenge students to view themselves not just as writers, but as authors. Through group workshops and instructor...

The goal of this course is to ignite students' curiosity and interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)...

Who are we? How do we know what we know? How does our context change us? In this course, we'll...

This course is an introduction to computer programming with a look into the fundamental skills of web design and development...

Of the four types of interactions that control how matter, energy, space, and time produce our physical world, electromagnetism is...

This course examines the theory and practice of democracy—in particular, deliberative democracy—and engages in a dialogue with critics. The course...

How does the brain allow us to think, sense, behave, and feel? In this course, we will begin by learning...

Symbolic logic undergirds a vast range of contemporary sciences. From Mathematics and Computer Science, to Engineering, Law, Philosophy and Game...

What are the key business strategy issues facing companies today? What can entrepreneurs do now to out-perform their competitors in...

When we say "urban systems," we might mean anything from the planning of entire cities, to building design, to the...

Discrete mathematics encompasses a broad range of mathematical fields centered on discrete (non-continuous) mathematical structures with an eye toward applications...

Whether you are the last one standing in your favorite Battle Royale game or clicking "like" on Facebook or Instagram...

The top qualities companies seek in people they hire are critical thinking, problem solving and communication prowess. This skill set...

The goal of this course is to help students better understand what artificial intelligence is, and how intelligent systems learn...

A robust portfolio demonstrating creativity, sensitivity to materials, and a coherent vision is the key to a successful design career...

This course aims to provide a solid foundation of the fundamental principles of modern cosmology, while also exposing students to...

In the 1990s, many political writers and commentators hailed the end of the Cold War as the inauguration of a...

Physics seeks to discover and understand the how of nature. With its tools, we can reveal the order beneath apparent...

To many people, embedded systems are mysterious because the way they function is often hidden from our eyes. The reality...