Conversations You Can't Have on Campus: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Identity

Four students having a discussion in a hallway.

Students having a discussion outside of the classroom. (Image courtesy of Sydney Uni on Flickr.)

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MIT Course Number

17.S914

As Taught In

Spring 2012

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

Course Features

Course Description

What is race? What is ethnicity? How can communication and relationships between men and women be improved? What causes segregation in our society? How do stereotypes develop and why do they persist? How do an individual's racial, ethnic, and sexual identities form and develop? This course explores these topics and more.

Related Content

Tobie Weiner. 17.S914 Conversations You Can't Have on Campus: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Identity. Spring 2012. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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