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An introduction to philosophy of mind, exploring consciousness, reality, AI, and more. The most in-depth philosophy course available online. Skiptomaincontent MITxOnline OnlineCoursesfromMIT FeaturedCourses DesigningandRunningRandomizedEvaluations Thiscourseequipsstudentswiththepracticalskillsforrunningevaluationsinthefield.Studentswilllearnthefoundationsofrandomizationsandresearchdesign,aswellaspracticaltipsandskillsforcollectinghighquality,reliabledatainthefield. Startdate:September6,2022 PoliticalEconomyandEconomicDevelopment Explorewhyandhowpoliticalinstitutionsaffecteconomicdevelopment,andapplykeytheoriesandempiricaltechniquestoreal-worldexamplesrangingfromvotingandcorruptiontotheroleofthemedia. Startdate:September6,2022 TheChallengesofGlobalPoverty Acourseforthosewhoareinterestedinthechallengeposedbymassiveandpersistentworldpoverty. Startdate:September6,2022 ParadoxandInfinity Thisisaclassaboutawe-inspiringissuesattheintersectionbetweenphilosophyandmathematics. MindsandMachines Anintroductiontophilosophyofmind,exploringconsciousness,reality,AI,andmore.Themostin-depthphilosophycourseavailableonline. Startdate:June8,2022 DataAnalysisforSocialScientists Learnmethodsforharnessingandanalyzingdatatoanswerquestionsofcultural,social,economic,andpolicyinterest. Startdate:May31,2022 FoundationsofDevelopmentPolicy Thiscourseprovidesadeeperdiveintohowtodesignandevaluateeffectivepoliciestoimprovethelivesofthepoor.Inthisclass,studentswilldelveintocutting-edgeresearchandlearnmoreabouthowtodesigneffectiveexperiments. Startdate:May31,2022 Microeconomics Useeconomicmodelstolearnhowpricesandmarketsbenefitsocietyinthefaceofscarcity. Startdate:May31,2022 GoodEconomicsforHardTimes Learnhowcurrentappliedeconomicsusesdatatotacklesomeofthetoughestproblemsfacingsociety.TaughtbyNobel-prizewinningMITprofessorsAbhijitBanerjeeandEstherDufloandbasedontheirbookGoodEconomicsforHardTimes,thecoursespecificallyaddressestoday’smostpressingissuesintheUnitedStatesandotheradvancedeconomies. Startdate:May31,2022 CellularSolids Learnhowtomodelthemechanicalpropertiesofhoneycombsandfoamsandtoapplythemodelstomaterialselectioninengineeringdesign. Startdate:May4,2022 QualitativeResearchMethods:InterviewProcess Ashortcoursethatwillteachyouhowtoprepareforandconductconversationalinterviews,thatwillproducerichqualitativedata. Startdate:November17,2021 QualitativeResearchMethods:DataCodingandAnalysis Ashortcoursethatwillteachyouhowtoanalyzequalitativedata. Startdate:November17,2021