MIT Anthropology Subjects

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Core Subjects

21A.00	Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures (HASS-D)	Jones
21A.01	How Culture Works (HASS-D)	Buyandelger Paxson

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Culture and Identity

21A.101	Identity and Difference (CI-H)	Jackson
21A.102	Ethnic and National Identity (CI-H)	Jackson
21A.103	The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender	Helmreich Sur
21A.104/21A.119	Memory, Culture, and Forgetting (U/G)	Buyandelger
21A.111	Rethinking the Family, Sex, and Gender	Paxson
21A.120	American Dream: Exploring Class in the US	Walley
21A.125	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies
21A.126	Introduction to Disability in Local and Global Contexts
21A.130	Introduction to Latin American Studies (HASS-D, CI-H)
21A.140	Cultures of East Asia	Buyandelger
21A.141	Images of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus Blossoms	Buyandelger
21A.142	Japanese Literature and Cinema (CI-H)	Condry
21A.143	Japanese Popular Culture	Condry
21A.150	Teaching and Learning: Cross-Cultural Perspectives	Jones
21A.155	Food, Culture, and Politics	Paxson

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Religion and Belief

21A.200	Magic, Science, and Religion	Jones
21A.201	The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture (HASS-D, CI-H)
21A.202	Religion, Violence, and Media	Buyandelger
21A.203	Anthropology through Speculative Fiction	James Helmreich

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Global Health

21A.300/21A.329	Practicum in Global Health and Development	James
21A.301	Disease and Health: Culture, Society, and Ethics	Jackson
21A.302	Dilemmas in Biomedical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?	James
21A.303	The Anthropology of Biology	Helmreich
21A.304	Reproductive Politics and Technologies	Paxson
21A.305	Drugs, Politics, and Culture
21A.306	Culture, Embodiment, and the Senses	James
21A.319	History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology (G)	Helmreich

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Environment, Development, and Conflict

21A.400	The Stakes of International Development (CI-H)	Walley
21A.409	Ethics of Intervention (G)	James
21A.410	Environmental Struggles	Walley
21A.411/21A.419	People and Other Animals (U/G)
21A.415	Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies	Silbey Schmalensee Lessard Warshaw
21A.429	Environmental Conflict and Social Change (G)	Walley
21A.439	Food and Power (G)	Paxson
21A.442	Violence, Human Rights, and Justice	James
21A.445	Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century	Buyandelger
21A.449	Monitoring the Rights of Native Peoples (G)	Howe
21A.450	Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions	Silbey
21A.455	Law and Society	Silbey
21A.459	Seminar in Readings on Law and Society (G)	Silbey
21A.461	What is Capitalism? (CI-H)	Walley

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Science, Technology, and Media

21A.500	Technology and Culture	Helmreich Paxson
21A.501/21A.509	Art, Craft, Science (U/G)	Paxson
21A.502	Fun and Games: Cross-Cultural Perspectives	Jones
21A.503	Language and Technology (CI-H)	Jones
21A.504	Cultures of Computing	Helmreich
21A.505	The Anthropology of Sound	Helmreich
21A.550	DV Lab: Documenting Science through Video and New Media	Walley Boebel
21A.551	Advanced DV Lab: Documenting Science through Video and New Media	Walley Boebel

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Cross-Cultural Dialog and Investigations

21A.801/21A.839	Cross-Cultural Investigations: Technology and Development (U/G)	Walley
21A.802	Seminar in Ethnography and Fieldwork	Silbey Jones
21A.809	Designing Empirical Research in the Social Sciences (G)	Silbey
21A.819	Qualitative Research Methods (G)	Silbey James
21A.829	Ethnography (G)	Fischer
21A.852	Seminar in Anthropological Theory	Jackson
21A.859	Social Theory and Analysis (G)	Fischer

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Independent Study, Thesis, and Special Subjects

21A.901	Independent Study (Undergrad)
21A.902	Independent Study (Undergrad)
21A.929	Independent Study (Grad)
21A.939	Independent Study (Grad)
21A.THT	Pre-thesis Tutorial (Undergrad)
21A.THU	Thesis (Undergrad)
21A.UR	Research (Undergrad)
21A.URG	Research (Grad)