Understanding Memory: Explaining the Psychology of Memory through Movies
An introduction to the scientific study of human memory by focusing on a select group of topics that hold widespread appeal, especially in the movie industry. Even if entertaining films are not always scientifically accurate, they can still learn us some things.
Design : Creation of Artifacts in Society
This is a course aimed at making you a better designer. The course marries theory and practice, as both are valuable in improving design performance. You, the student, bring to the course your particular interests and expertise related to, for instance, engineering, furniture, fashion, architecture, or products.
Asian Environmental Humanities: Landscapes in Transition
This is an introduction to some of the most vibrant cultural trends addressing landscape appreciation, degradation, protection, and rehabilitation that currently circulate in the Asian hemisphere. You will learn about concepts of landscape in Asian religions, philosophy, social sciences, history and the arts and their reverberation in selected environmental projects in China, India and Japan.
Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound
Students of this course may try their hand at their own sound interventions and musical compositions, or simply focus on learning more about diverse musical traditions, sonic experimentation, and acoustic phenomena in everyday life. As the ‘ART of the MOOC’ title implies, learners and participants are encouraged to treat the MOOC itself as a public art medium.
Model Thinking
We live in a complex world with diverse people, firms, and governments whose behaviors aggregate to produce novel, unexpected phenomena. We see political uprisings, market crashes, and a never ending array of social trends. How do we make sense of it? Models.