MIT Department of Anthropology

MIT Anthropology Subjects

MIT Anthropology


Core Subjects

21A.00Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human CulturesJones
Stoetzer
21A.01How Culture WorksBuyandelger
21A.157The Meaning of LifeBuyandelger
Helmreich
Jones
Paxson
 

Culture, Politics, and Identities

21A.103JThe Science of Race, Sex, and GenderSur
21A.104Memory, Culture, and ForgettingBuyandelger
21A.111JFor Love and Money: Rethinking the FamilyPaxson
21A.120American Dream: Exploring Class in the USWalley
21A.127J/
11.045J/
15.302J/
17.045J
(meets with
21A.129)
Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions (U/G)Silbey
21A.130J/
17.55J/
21G.084J/
21H.170J
(meets with
21G.784)
CI-H
Introduction to Latin American StudiesPadilla
21A.131J/
21H.270J
Latinx in the Age of EmpireBeltrán
Padilla
21A.132J/
21G.058J
(meets with
21G.418)
CI-H
Race and Migration in EuropeStoetzer
21A.133Latin American MigrationsBeltrán
21A.135J/
21G.025J
Africa and the Politics of KnowledgeStaff
21A.136JGlobal Africa: Creative CulturesStaff
21A.137J/
21G.028J
African MigrationsStaff
21A.141JImages of Asian Women: Dragon Ladies and Lotus BlossomsBuyandelger
21A.143JGender and Japanese Popular CultureCondry
21A.150Teaching and Learning: Cross-Cultural PerspectivesJones
21A.155
CI-M
Food, Culture, and PoliticsPaxson
21A.461
CI-H
What is Capitalism?Walley

Bodies, Health, and Environment

21A.301Disease and Health: Culture, Society, and EthicsBonilla
21A.302J/
11.133J/
WGS.271J
Dilemmas in Biomedical Ethics: Playing God or Doing GoodStaff
21A.303J/
STS.060J
The Anthropology of BiologyHelmreich
21A.311The Social Lives of Medical ObjectsMoran-Thomas
21A.312Planetary Change and Human HealthMoran-Thomas
21A.319J/
STS.330J
History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology (G)Moran-Thomas
Scheffler
21A.400The Stakes of International DevelopmentWalley
21A.402JCity Living: Ethnographies of Urban WorldsStoetzer
21A.404Living Through Climate ChangeStaff
21A.407J/
21G.057J/
STS.022J/
WGS.275J/
Gender, Race, and Environmental JusticeStoetzer
21A.409J/
11.238J
Ethics of Intervention (G)James
21A.410Environmental StrugglesWalley
21A.411J/
21H.380J
(meets with
21A.419J/
21H.980J)
People and Other AnimalsStaff
21A.429JEnvironmental Conflict (G)Walley


Science, Technology, and Media

21A.151Language, Communication, and CultureStaff
21A.500J/
STS.075J
Technology and CultureStaff
21A.501J/
STS.074J
(meets with
21A.509J/
STS.474J)
Art, Craft, Science (U/G)Paxson
21A.502Fun and Games: Cross-Cultural PerspectivesJones
21A.504J/
STS.086J/
WGS.276J
Cultures of ComputingBeltrán
21A.505J/
STS.065J
The Anthropology of SoundHelmreich
Condry
21A.506The Anthropology of Politics: Persuasion and PowerStaff
21A.507J/
4.648J
(meets with
21A.519J/
4.649J)
Resonance: Sonic Experience, Science, and Art (U/G)Staff
21A.508Culture and Ethics in Science Fiction WorldsMoran-Thomas
21A.509JArt, Craft, SciencePaxson
21A.511
(meets with
21A.539)
Hacking from the SouthBeltrán
21A.513Drawing Human ExperienceJones
21A.520Magic, Science, and ReligionJones
21A.525JOceans and UsHelmreich
21A.529Virtual and Other Realities (G)Buyandelger
21A.539Hacking from the South (G)Beltrán
21A.550J/
STS.064J
(meets with
21A.559)
DV Lab: Documenting Science through Video and New Media (U/G)
 
Walley
Boebel

Research Methods in Anthropology

21A.802
CI-M
Seminar in Ethnography and FieldworkJones
21A.809
(meets with
15.347)
Designing Empirical Research in the Social Sciences (G)Silbey
21A.819Ethnographic Research Methods (G)Jones
21A.829J/
STS.360J
Ethnography (G)Fischer
21A.859J/
STS.250J
Social Theory and Analysis (G)Helmreich

Independent Study, Special Subjects, and Thesis

21A.901Independent Study (Undergrad) 
21A.902Independent Study (Undergrad) 
21A.929Independent Study (Grad) 
21A.939Independent Study (Grad) 
21A.949Independent Study (Grad) 
21A.989Dissertation Writing Seminar (Grad) 
21A.S01Special Topic: Anthro-Engineering Decarbonization at the Million-Person Scale 
21A.S02Special Subject in Anthropology 
21A.S10Special Graduate Subject in Anthropology 
21A.S11Special Graduate Subject in Anthropology 
21A.THTPre-thesis Tutorial (Undergrad) 
21A.THUThesis (Undergrad) 
21A.URResearch (Undergrad) 
21A.URGResearch (Undergrad)