Massachusetts Institute of Technology Courses

COVID-19 in Slums & Informal Settlements: Guidelines & Responses

Explore how COVID-19 impacts vulnerable populations in the Global South and understand responses in self-organized urban poor communities.

• MITx Online
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Effective Field Theory

Master the fundamental framework of Effective Field Theory (EFT) for describing physical systems with quantum field theory, from Standard Model to HQET and SCET.

• MITx Online
• 18 weeks, 10-14 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Electricity and Magnetism: Electrostatics

Master the principles of electrostatics, including electric fields, dipoles, Gauss's law, electric potential, and capacitors, using calculus-based physics concepts.

• MITx Online
• 5 weeks, 8-14 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Electricity and Magnetism: Maxwell’s Equations

Master Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic radiation, Faraday's Law, and circuits with inductors in this calculus-based physics course covering the fundamentals of electromagnetism.

• MITx Online
• 6 weeks, 8-14 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Evaluación de Impacto de Programas Sociales

Aprende a diseñar e implementar programas sociales efectivos mediante evaluaciones de impacto, dominando metodologías rigurosas y aplicando resultados para mejorar políticas públicas.

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

Evaluating Social Programs

Discover how randomized evaluations measure social program impact, from theory of change to sample sizing, and how findings can inform evidence-based policy design.

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

Global Shakespeares: Re-Creating the Merchant of Venice

Explore how Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice creates opportunities for communication across boundaries on topics like language, gender, and religious prejudice.

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

Introduction to Philosophy: God, Knowledge and Consciousness

Explore philosophical arguments, theories of knowledge, consciousness, God's existence, free will, and personal identity in this thought-provoking journey.

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

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

Explore stress transformations, beam mechanics, and cellular solids from atomic to continuum level, applying concepts to engineering problems and understanding material behavior.

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

Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 3: Time Dependent Behavior and Failure

Explore materials from atomic to continuum level, applying concepts of viscoelasticity, plasticity, creep, fracture, and fatigue to mechanics and engineering problems.

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

Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy

Gain a comprehensive understanding of microeconomic theory and its application to public policy, with examples from high-income countries including consumer theory, competitive analysis, and market dynamics.

• MITx Online
• 14 weeks, 10-14 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Defects and Diffusion

Discover the principles of point defect evolution, microscopic diffusion mechanisms, ion exchange for glass strengthening, and charge carrier concentration prediction using the Brouwer approximation.

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

Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Phase Transformations

Explore the kinetics of phase transformations and their impact on material microstructure, from crystal nucleation to dendritic growth and nanowire formation.

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

Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Statistical Mechanics

Discover the principles of statistical mechanics that explain materials science phenomena, from solid solution entropy to heat capacity trends and the canonical distribution.

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

Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Surfaces & Surface-Driven Reactions

Discover the principles of surfaces and surface-driven reactions in materials science, predicting surface energy, exploiting it in nanoparticle synthesis, and understanding Ostwald ripening.

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