MITx Online Courses

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials

Explore the quantum mechanical origins of materials properties, from electronic bands in semiconductors to the operation of solar cells, LEDs, and optical and magnetic behavior.

• MITx Online
• 15 weeks, 11-13 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Evaluating Social Programs

Learn when and how to run randomized evaluations of social programs: build a theory of change, measure outcomes, set sample size, and counter threats to validity.

• MITx Online
• 6 weeks, 3-5 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Foundations of Development Policy

Examine human development with empirical economics and real data: undernutrition, schooling decisions, household bargaining, microcredit, savings behavior, taxation, and corruption.

• MITx Online
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Global Shakespeares: Re-Creating the Merchant of Venice

Study performances of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice to examine language and theatricality, gender relations and religious prejudice, responding in oral and written form.

• MITx Online
• 8 weeks, 3-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Good Economics for Hard Times

Explore how applied economics uses data to address migration, trade, economic growth, climate change, inequality and social policy, through case studies from high income countries.

• MITx Online
• 14 weeks, 12-14 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Differential Equations

Model physical systems with linear differential equations using input/system response, solve constant-coefficient equations, build intuition for the damped harmonic oscillator, and analyze nonlinear equations qualitatively.

• MITx Online
• 14 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Mechanics: Kinematics and Dynamics

Analyze motion using calculus-based physics: kinematics, Newton's laws, circular motion, and resistive forces with constraints and massive ropes.

• MITx Online
• 5 weeks, 10-12 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Mechanics: Momentum and Energy

Apply calculus to momentum and impulse, continuous mass flow, work and kinetic energy, potential and mechanical energy, and collisions.

• MITx Online
• 6 weeks, 10-12 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Mechanics: Rotational Dynamics

Analyze rotational motion with calculus: moment of inertia of rigid bodies, torque, angular momentum, combined translation and rotation, and gyroscopes.

• MITx Online
• 4 weeks, 10-12 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Mechanics: Simple Harmonic Motion and Non-Inertial Reference Frames

Solve and understand simple harmonic motion with calculus-based physics, working through kinematics, Newton's laws, circular motion, resistive forces, constraints, massive ropes, and non-inertial reference frames.

• MITx Online
• 4 weeks, 10-12 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Philosophy: God, Knowledge and Consciousness

Learn to construct and analyze philosophical arguments about God's existence, theories of knowledge, physicalist and non-physicalist consciousness, free will and determinism, and personal identity.

• MITx Online
• 12 weeks, 4-6 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered

Explore how banks can deploy capital for social and environmental wellbeing: principles of just banking, its impact on societal well-being, ongoing challenges, and emerging financial technologies.

• MITx Online
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Linear Algebra and NxN Systems

Solve large systems of differential equations with linear algebra and MATLAB: find bases and dimension of vector spaces, formulate eigenvalue and eigenvector problems, and model phenomena.

• MITx Online
• 11 weeks, 5-8 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Math Boot Camp for Engineers

Review undergraduate engineering mathematics: single- and multivariable calculus, ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, series, and probability and statistics.

• MITx Online
• 8 weeks, 4-8 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 2: Stress Transformations, Beams, Columns, and Cellular Solids

Solve stress transformation problems with Mohr's circle, analyze beam bending and column buckling, and link cellular solids' stiffness and strength to their deformation and failure mechanisms.

• MITx Online
• 4 weeks, 11-13 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course