New courses in Special Programs http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/index.htm 2008-01-18 MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm Explore where the prohibitions and permissions that occur in every day life come from, why they exist, and what gives them force. For example: food- you are only willing and able to eat a subset of the world's edible substances. Marriage- some marriages are prohibited by law or by custom. Addresses questions of prohibition and permission using psychological sources and literary works from ancient to modern. Includes texts by Shakespeare, Melville, Mary Rowlandson, and Anita Desai. Students give group and individual oral presentations. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-322Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm Wolfe, Jeremy Kelley, Wyn 2007-09-18T09:26:40-04:00 SP.322 en-US Special Programs Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General metamorphosis social practices food culture permission sanction family gender feasting fasting dietary laws kafka typee melville twelfth night shakespeare mary rowlandson bible disgust eating MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm Toy Product Design is a MIT Public Service Center learning design course offered in the Spring semester. This course is an introduction to the product design process with a focus on designing for play and entertainment. At the end of the course, students present their toy products at the Playsentations to toy designers, engineers, elementary school children and the MIT community. In this course, students work in small teams of 5-6 members to design and prototype new toys. Students work closely with a local sponsor and experienced mentors on a themed toy design project. Students will be introduced to the product development process, including: determining customer needs; brainstorming; estimation; sketching; sketch modeling; concept development; design aesthetics; detailed design; prototyping; and written, visual, and oral communication. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-778Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm Kudrowitz, Barry Wallace, David 2007-12-05T05:22:26-05:00 SP.778 en-US Special Programs Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs dental hygeine toy design toy prototype entertainment children product design MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm Humanitarian Demining is the process of detecting, removing and disposing of landmines. Millions of landmines are buried in more than 80 countries resulting in 20,000 civilian victims every year. MIT Design for Demining is a design course that spans the entire product design and development process from identification of needs and idea generation to prototyping and blast testing to manufacture and deployment. Technical, business and customer aspects are addressed. Students learn about demining while they design, develop and deliver devices to aid the demining community. Past students have invented or improved hand tools, protective gear, safety equipment, educational graphics and teaching materials. Some tools designed in previous years are in use worldwide in the thousands. Course work is informed by a class field trip to a US Army base for demining training and guest expert speakers. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-776Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm Heafitz, Andrew 2007-11-20T12:04:44-05:00 SP.776 en-US Special Programs Mining and Mineral Engineering demining training US Army base field trip teaching materials educational graphics safety equipment protective gear hand tools demining community deployment manufacture blast testing prototyping idea generation identification of needs development process product design MIT Design for Demining 20,000 civilian victims per year landmines in 80 countries landmine disposal landmine removal landmine detection landmines humanitarian demining SP.786 MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-784Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm Winter V, Amos Smith Amy 2007-11-13T07:55:29-05:00 SP.784 en-US Special Programs MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm Subject examines several theoretical perspectives on human identity and focuses on processes of creating categories of acceptable and deviant identities; how identities are formed, how behaviors are labelled, and how people enter deviant roles and worlds; and responses to differences and strategies for coping with these responses. Subject material describes how identity and difference are inescapably linked. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Anthropology/21A-218JSpring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm Paxson, Heather 2007-10-31T12:55:49-04:00 21A.218J WMN.454J SP.454J en-US Anthropology Women's and Gender Studies Special Programs MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm This course explores the ways in which various American artists view race and class as performed or performable identities. Discussions will focus on some of the following questions: What does it mean to act black, white, privileged, or underprivileged? What do these artists suggest are the implications of performing (indeed playing at or with) racial identity, ethnicity, gender, and class status? How and why are race and class status often conflated in these performances? http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-504JSpring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm Alexandre, Sandy 2007-10-03T04:26:10-04:00 21L.504J WMN.518J SP.518J en-US Literature American Literature (United States) philip roth toi derricotte suzan-lori parks black no more george schuyler black like me nella Larsen charles chestnut james weldon johnson toni Morrison bell hooks mark twain passing performance privilege class status gender ethnicity racial identity class race Women's and Gender Studies Special Programs MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm In this new seminar, we will be focusing on three sports, swimming, cycling and running. There will be two components to the seminar, a classroom and a laboratory. The classroom component will introduce the students to the chemistry of their own biological system. Since we are looking at swimming, running and cycling as our sample sports, we will apply the classroom knowledge to complete a triathlon. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-235Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm Christie, Patricia 2007-10-25T12:53:49-04:00 SP.235 en-US Special Programs Athletic Training/Trainer steroids race sports triathlon tapering scandals erythropoietin EPO strength endurance competition exercise alcohol caffeine sports drinks shoes bike bicycle cycling running swimming maintenance repair fueling nutrition training muscles cardiovascular organs MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm Exploration of the changes and continuities in the lives of South Asian women. Using gender as a lens, examine how politics of race, class, caste, and religion have affected women in South Asian countries, primarily in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Current debates within South Asian women's history illustrate the issues and problems that arise in re-writing the past from a gendered perspective. Primary documents, secondary readings, films, newspaper articles, and the Internet. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-575JFall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm Roy, Haimanti 2007-10-17T01:06:34-04:00 21H.575J WMN.459J SP.459J en-US History South Asian Studies Women's Studies south asian women feminism globalization popular culture sexualty religious fundamentalism civil code sati rape dowry partition activism public health gandhi birth control empower women's work political participation harem good wife mother british empire colonial india law gender religion education india social reform devotee divinities concubine courtesan wive in-law daughter mother Women's and Gender Studies Special Programs MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-258Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm Speer, Robert 2007-10-16T01:02:40-04:00 SP.258 ESG.SP258 en-US Experimental Study Group Special Programs MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm