The Department offers many subjects for undergraduates and graduates alike. These are broken down into core, specialized and research subjects. Each year the Department offers 25 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate subjects of instruction from which each student designs, with faculty guidance, an individual program of study that matches his or her interests and experiences. 

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3-0-9
U

11.001J / 4.250J Introduction to Urban Design and Development

Instructor: Lawrence Vale
MW (11:00-12:30)
4-145
4-0-8
U

11.002J / 17.30J Making Public Policy

Instructor: Judith Layzer, Andrea Campbell
TR (11:00-12:30)
56-114
2-0-7
U

11.006 Poverty and Economic Security

Instructor: Philip Clay
T (11:00-1:00)
9-450B
3-0-9
U

11.012J / 21H.405J The Ancient City

Instructor: William Broadhead
MW (2:30-4:00)
12-122
2-0-7
U

11.014J / 21H.218J American Urban History II

Instructor: Robert Fogelson
W (2:00-4:00)
10-401
3-0-9
U

11.015J / 21H.226J Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History

Instructor: Robert Fogelson
TR (2:00-3:30)
4-253
3-0-9
U

11.021J / 1.801J / 17.393J / 1.811J, 11.630J, ESD.133J) Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control

Instructor: Nicholas Ashford
TR (3:30-5:00)
E51-057
3-2-7
U/G

11.025J / EC.781J / 11.472J D-Lab: Development

Instructor: Amy Smith
MWF (3:30-5:00)
N51-315M
3-0-9
U

11.124 Introduction to Education: Looking Forward & Looking Back on Education

Instructor: Justin Reich
MW (2:30-4:00)
4-257
3-0-9
U

11.129 Educational Theory & Practice I

Instructor: Reen Gibb
4:00-5:30
1-134
3-0-9
U/G

11.137 / 11.437 Financing Economic Development

Instructor: Karl Seidman
MW (9:30-11:00)
9-450A
4-0-8
U

11.161J / 14.43J / 15.031J / 21A.415J Energy Decisions, Markets, & Policies

Instructor: Susan Silbey, Donald Lessard
MWF (2:30-4:00)
E51-149
3-0-9
U/G

11.165J / 11.477, 1.286J Energy and Infrastructure Technologies

Instructor: Karen R. Polenske
MW (11:00-12:30)
10-401
4-0-8
U/H

11.168J / 11.379J / 15.231 Enabling Energy Efficiency: Practice and Innovation

Instructor: Harvey Michaels
WF (2:00-3:30)
9-354
4-1-7
G

11.201 Gateway: Planning Action

Instructor: Xavier de Souza Briggs
MW (11:00-12:30)
9-354
2-0-2
G

11.202 Gateway: Planning Economics

Instructor: Albert Saiz
TR (11:00-12:30)
9-354
3-0-5
G

11.203 Microeconomics

Instructor: Albert Saiz
TR (11:00-12:30)
9-354
2-2-2
G
H1

11.205 Introduction to Spatial Analysis

Instructor: Sarah Williams
M (2:30-4:00) Lecture, T,W,R (4:00-6:00) Lab
3-133, 37-312, Lab
2-0-4
G

11.225 Argumentation & Communication

Instructor: Cherie Abbanat
T (12:30-2:00)
9-450A
3-0-9
G

11.233 Research Design for Policy Analysis & Planning

Instructor: JoAnn Carmin
T (2:00-5:00)
5-231
3-0-9
G

11.301J / 4.252J Introduction to Urban Design and Development

Instructor: Jota Samper Escobar
TR (9:30-11:00)
9-354
3-0-9
H

11.308J / 4.213J Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature & City

Instructor: Anne Whiston Spirn
M (2:00-5:00)
10-401
3-0-9
G

11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry

Instructor: Anne Whiston Spirn
W (2:00-6:00)
10-485
3-0-6
H

11.311J / 4.262J Ideals Forms of Contemporary Urbanism

Instructor: Alexander D'Hooghe
T (7:00-10:00)
10-401
3-3-6
H

11.314J / 4.214J Water, Landscape, & Urban Design

Instructor: James Wescoat
MW (9:00-12:00)
9-255
3-0-6
H

11.315J / 4.217J Disaster Resilient Design

Instructor: James Wescoat
T (9:00-12:00)
5-232
4-2-9
G

11.328J / 4.240J Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting and Representing the City

Instructor: Staff
W (6:00-8:00), F (9:00-1:00)
10-485
2-0-4
H
H1

11.345J / 1.462J Entrepreneurship in Construction & Real Estate Development

Instructor: John Kennedy
M (3:00-5:00)
9-354
3-0-6

11.351 Real Estate Ventures I: Negotiating Development-Phase Agreements

Instructor: Tod McGrath
R (6:00-9:00)
9-354
3-0-9
H
PRACTICUM

11.360 Community Growth and Land Use Planning

Instructor: Terry Szold, Susan Silberberg
TR (2:30-4:00)
10-401
3-1-8
H

11.371J / 1.818J Sustainable Energy

Instructor: Michael Golay
TR (3:00-5:00)
32-155
3-0-9
H

11.373 Science, Politics and Environmental Policy

Instructor: Judith Layzer
M (3:00-6:00)
9-450A
4-0-8
H

11.379 / 11.168 Enabling Energy Efficiency: Practice and Innovation

Instructor: Harvey Michaels
WF (2:00-3:30)
9-354
3-0-9
G

11.401 Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development

Instructor: Xavier de Souza Briggs, J. Phillip Thompson
TR (9:30-11:00)
9-450A
3-0-9
G

11.404 Housing Policy & Planning in the United States

Instructor: Philip Clay
T (2:00-5:00)
9-450A
3-0-3
H1

11.407 Economic Development Tools

Instructor: Amy Glasmeier
MW (1:00-2:30)
9-451, 9-251 (Lab)
3-0-3
H
H2

11.408 Economic Development Techniques

Instructor: Amy Glasmeier
MW (1:00-2:30)
9-451, 9-251 (Lab)
3-0-3
G
H1

11.430 Leadership in Real Estate

Instructor: Gloria Schuck
MW (10:30-12:00)
9-357
4-0-8
H

11.431J / 15.426J Real Estate Finance & Investment

Instructor: David Geltner
TR (4:00-5:30)
9-354
2-0-4
H

11.432J / 15.427J Real Estate Capital Markets

Instructor: David Geltner
TR (2:30-4:00) First half of the term
9-354
4-0-8
H

11.433J / 15.021J Real Estate Economics

Instructor: William Wheaton
TR (12:30-2:00)
9-354
3-0-9
G

11.435 Mixed Income Housing Development

Instructor: Peter Roth
MW (9:30-11:00)
9-354
3-0-9
H

11.437 / 11.137 Financing Economic Development

Instructor: Karl Seidman
MW (9:30-11:00)
9-450A
3-0-9
H

11.463J / 4.236J Structuring Low-Income Housing Projects in Developing Countries

Instructor: Reinhard Goethert
MW (11:00-12:30)
1-371
3-0-9
H

11.466J / ESD.137J / 1.813J Sustainability, Trade & the Environment

Instructor: Nicholas Ashford
W (4:00-6:00)
E51-376
3-0-9
H

11.469 Urban Sociology in Theory & Practice

Instructor: Xavier de Souza Briggs
W (5:30-8:30)
10-401
3-0-9
H

11.475 Navigating Power in Water and Sanitation Planning

Instructor: Gabriella Carolini
R (9:00-12:00)
10-401
3-0-9
H

11.477J / 1.286J / 11.165 Energy and Infrastructure Technologies

Instructor: Karen R. Polenske
MW (11:00-12:30)
10-401
2-1-9
H

11.482J / 1.285J / ESD.193J Regional Socioeconomic Impact Analyses and Modeling

Instructor: Karen R. Polenske
W (3:00-6:00)
1-136
3-0-9
H

11.483 Housing & Land Use in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions

Instructor: Annette M. Kim
W (5:00-7:00)
9-450B
3-0-9
G

11.493 Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use

Instructor: Balakrishnan Rajagopal
W (2:00-5:00)
9-450B
2-2-2
H
H2

11.520 Workshop on Geographic Information Systems

Instructor: Sarah Williams
M (2:30-4:00) Lecture, T,W,R (4:00-6:00) Lab
3-0-9
H

11.540J / 1.252J / ESD.225J Urban Transportation Planning

Instructor: Frederick Salvucci, Michael Murga
F (2:00-5:00)
5-217
3-1-8
H

11.544 Transportation Systems Analysis: Performance and Optimization

Instructor: Carolina Osorio
TR (10:30-12:00)
3-442
3-1-8
H

11.545J / 1.201J / ESD.210J Transportation Systems Analysis: Demand & Economics

Instructor: Moshe Ben-Akiva
TR (2:30-4:00)
9-354
3-0-9
G

11.601 Introduction to Environmental Policy & Planning

Instructor: Lawrence Susskind
TR (9:30-11:00)
66-148
3-0-9
H

11.630J / 1.811, ESD.133J Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control

Instructor: Nicholas Ashford
TR (3:30-5:00)
E51-057
3-0-9
G

11.701 Introduction to International Development

Instructor: Balakrishnan Rajagopal
TR (9:30-11:00)
9-450B
2-0-4

11.A14 Data & the City: Understanding Urban Complexity

Instructor: Ezra Glenn
T (3:00-5:00)
9-450B
3-0-12
H
PRACTICUM

11.S940 BRT Corridor Design Workshop

Instructor: P. Christopher Zegras, Jan Wampler
TR (11:00-12:30)

11.S941 Understanding MIT

Instructor: Bob Simha, Joost Bonsen
T (4:00-6:00)
10-401
3-0-12
H
PRACTICUM

11.S942 MATI Mozambique Workshop

Instructor: Gabriella Carolini
R (3:30-5:00)
9-450A
3-0-9
H

11.S943 The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative's (DSNI) Design and Planning Workshop

Instructor: Ceasar McDowell
R (2:00-5:00)
9-451
3-0-3
H

11.S944 The Theory of Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Instructor: Lawrence Susskind, Dayna Cunnigham
MW (4:30-6:00)
9-451
3-0-0
G
H1

11.S966 Special Seminar: Real Estate Building Systems

Instructor: Yanni Tsipsis
W (3:30-5:00)
9-354
3-0-3
G

11.THG Master's Thesis Preparation (HCED/EPP)

Instructor: JoAnn Carmin
M (11:00-1:00)
9-450A
3-0-3

11.THG-CDD Master's Thesis Preparation

Instructor: Staff
MW (11:00-1:00)
10-485