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Social Studies


Visual and Performing Arts

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A14827: Introduction to Bhangra Workshop! Closed!
Difficulty: **

A14732: Folding Fanatics Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Kathy Choi, Jakin Ng

A14768: Quick Maps! Closed!
Difficulty: *

A14848: Calligraphy Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Shorna Alam

A14741: From Swans to Spartacus: Ballet in the Soviet Union Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Jessica Oehrlein

A14738: Runway or Stage?: Fashion & The Performing Arts in the 20th and 21st Centuries Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Steven Faerm

A14737: Designing Design: It’s not just “stuff” Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Steven Faerm

A14727: Gender? Never Heard of Her! Full!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Hasan Khan

A14855: Art Across Cultures: A Crash Course in the Ancient Art Form of Mehendi (Henna) Closed!
Difficulty: **

A14839: Calligraphy for Beginners Closed!
Difficulty: *

A14852: History of Asian American Art + Artists Closed!
Difficulty: *

A14821: Get BOPPIN': Crash Course Songwriting Full/Closed!

A14837: Intro to Photography Full/Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Yeabsira Moges


[Deprecated] Computers and Programming

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C14856: Create your own create-your-own character website! Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Shuli Jones

C14708: TikTok, self-driving cars, and Siri: what can (and can’t) AI do for you? Closed!
Difficulty: *

C14710: Social Media and Data Science Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Derek Lim

C14656: Nano Satellite Arduino Workshop Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: marcelo anjos

C14647: How To Quickly Prototype an AI Chip Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Thierry Tambe

C14762: Who is Bobby Tables? Exploring Security with XKCD Closed!
Difficulty: **

C14666: Introduction to Verification with the Coq Theorem Prover Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: CJ Quines

C14717: Staying Private on the Internet Closed!
Difficulty: **

C14682: Introduction to Web Development Closed!
Difficulty: **

C14798: Introduction to (Simple) Neural Networks Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Tara Sarma


Engineering

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E14794: How does it work?: Physics and Engineering edition Closed!
Difficulty: *

E14825: Would you like to be an engineer? Full!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Lisa Maiocco

E14675: Where does your electricity come from? Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrew Lopreiato

E14723: Space-based Laser Communications Closed!
Difficulty: **

E14754: The Science of Cooking Closed!
Difficulty: **

E14706: Technology and Challenges: Insights into a Major Energy Company Closed!

E14693: How to Build a Solar Car Closed!

E14709: Spacecraft Engineering Closed!
Difficulty: *

E14835: The Magic of Transistors Full!
Difficulty: ***

E14834: Clean & Easy Energy! Closed!

E14722: Crazy About Lasers Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Katia Shtyrkova

E14771: Build A Liquid Rocket Engine With MIT Rocket Team! Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Jacob Rodriguez

E14800: How to Design Aircraft Full!
Difficulty: ***

E14683: How to Stay Healthy in Space Full/Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Michelle Lin


Humanities

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H14868: Fans, Authors, Magic: Intro to Media Studies Through Harry Potter ⚡ Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Tomás Guarna

H14718: What Makes a Hero? Closed!
Difficulty: **

H14726: Queer Rebellion Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Hasan Khan

H14692: The Napoleonic Wars: How and Why? Closed!
Difficulty: *

H14689: Philosophical Hot Takes Closed!
Difficulty: *

H14750: Dancing in Chains: Fixed Forms in Poetry, Part 2 Closed!
Difficulty: **

H14705: Help Solve Climate Change! Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: John Gage

H14730: Regime Change and Global Health: Afghan Women’s Access to Healthcare Closed!
Difficulty: **

H14651: Why is English spelling so weird? Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Caroline Bonnett

H14759: How to Speak Darija: A Glimpse into Moroccan Life Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Nessren Ourdyl

H14704: The painting hanging in the museum, and you Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Kartik Chandra

H14729: Global Health in 2021 Closed!
Difficulty: **

H14749: Dancing in Chains: Fixed Forms in Poetry, Part 1 Closed!
Difficulty: **

H14809: Public Health: Introduction to Epidemiology Closed!
Difficulty: **

H14731: Random Facts about Communist Countries Closed!
Difficulty: **

H14728: James Madison on the Founding of the United States Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Bil Lewis

H14668: Philosophy of Science Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Abe Levitan

H14844: Modern and Post-Modern Philosophy Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Luca Musk, William Yang

H14688: World Between Wars: 1919-39. Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Joshua Hoffman

H14853: The Prisoners Dilemma Closed!
Difficulty: *


Lunch

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L14870: Lunch Period
Difficulty: None
Teachers:

Enjoy a break for lunch with your friends! Please register for at least one lunch period on each day of the program.

L14869: Lunch Period
Difficulty: None
Teachers:

Enjoy a break for lunch with your friends! Please register for at least one lunch period on each day of the program.


Mathematics

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M14755: Art of Solving Problems Closed!
Difficulty: ***

M14753: Really Really Big Numbers Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Renee Ge, Darren Yao

M14842: Calculator Art Closed!
Difficulty: *

M14797: Intro to Trading Closed!

M14681: Fun with Polyhedra Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Yuan Yao

M14820: (Incorrect) Proofs Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Hanna Yang

M14833: Intro to Competitive Mathematics Closed!
Difficulty: ***

M14801: Prove It or Lose It Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Kate Lu, Li Xuan Tan

M14830: What you can't do with math Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Nathan Sheffield

M14782: Building Quantum Circuits Closed!
Difficulty: ***

M14795: pRoPoSiTiOnAL LoGiC Closed!
Difficulty: **

M14785: Elliptic curves Closed!
Difficulty: ***

M14804: Decimal Expansion of Fractions Closed!
Difficulty: **

M14773: Intro to Linear Algebra, or Solve Equations* Quickly Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrii Zahorodnii

M14807: Game Theory Applied to Cat Psychology Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Una Boyle

M14812: Math in Logic Puzzles Closed!
Difficulty: **

M14734: Intro to Combinatorics Closed!
Difficulty: **

M14813: Probability, Statistics, and Understanding the World Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Keith Phuthi, Evan Tey

M14661: Straws Have Two Holes Closed!
Difficulty: **

M14758: Proofs Using Logic Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Wayne Zhao

M14669: The Natural Number Game Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Ritam Nag

M14818: Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell Closed!
Difficulty: ****
Teachers: Sanjay Raman, Tung Tran

M14805: Building numbers from scratch Closed!
Difficulty: ***

M14760: -18.000 MATH WITHOUT NUMBERS Closed!
Difficulty: **


Pop (and not-so-pop) Culture

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P14645: How to be a weeb 101 Closed!
Difficulty: *

P14652: Media Binds or Blinds? Eradicating Algorithmic Bias through Media Education Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: MELDA YILDIZ

P14806: Arctic Monkeys 101 Closed!
Difficulty: **

P14851: Genshin Impact 101 Full!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Qiyang Zhou

P14763: So Bad It's Good: The Art of Fanfiction Closed!
Difficulty: *

P14849: Sequels of the Atom: A Detailed X-ploration of the X-Men Movies Closed!
Difficulty: *


[Deprecated] Science

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S14648: How to Make an Airplane Fly Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Amira Malik

S14799: Population Ecology
Difficulty: *

Was covid-19 completely unexpected? Was it just a once in a lifetime experience? Can we predict such events?
In this class, we will explore the mechanisms used by nature to control population and maintain equilibrium and answer the above questions.


Class Style
Lecture

Prerequisites
none

S14676: Microbiome 101: What's in your poop? Closed!

S14653: Introduction to Bioethics Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Talya Kramer

S14783: How do scientists create medicines? An Introduction to Computational Drug Development Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Rachit Mukkamala

S14715: Human Identification through DNA Typing Closed!
Difficulty: *

S14685: Understanding 4.568 Billion Years in Under 2 Hours Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14701: Next-Generation Drug Design Closed!
Difficulty: ***

S14687: How to build microhouses and how to characterize them? Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Yun Kai, Eric Sung

S14772: Deconstructing Data Visualization Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14846: Sensing temperature and pressure Closed!
Difficulty: *

S14742: Histology Show & Tell : microanatomy and patterns of injury Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrew Thompson

S14658: Environmental Water Science Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: H. Alex Chen

S14824: Mercury to Voyager: A Solar Tour Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14650: Introduction to Organic Chemistry Closed!
Difficulty: ****
Teachers: Vivian Hir

S14672: Anomaly in Physics: Cosmological Axis of Evil Closed!
Difficulty: ***

S14699: Intro to Game Theory and Evolutionary Biology Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14871: Hunger or Satiety, what determines it? Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Xin Gu

S14744: The blood smear: answers by looking at blood Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrew Thompson

S14745: Quaternary ammonium compounds or Positive charges are hard to find in biology Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrew Thompson

S14746: Preventing putrifaction (and autolysis) Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrew Thompson

S14789: Building molecules Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Ygor Moura

S14840: Making Custom Molecules through Evolution Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrew Hennes, David Li

S14670: Molecular Biology: A revolution in the way we understand life Closed!
Difficulty: *

S14865: Exoplanets 101 Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14810: Space Medicine: How to Become an Astronaut Doctor Closed!
Difficulty: *

S14702: The History of the Universe through the Human Lens Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: April Cheng, Albert Qin

S14748: Chemistry behind clean energy Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14743: Histology Show & Tell: special stains and antibodies Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrew Thompson

S14860: How does the nervous system work? What we learned from poisons and psychoactive drugs Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Kate Lu, Wayne Zhao

S14829: From Nano to Light-years: Using Hydrogen to Study Galaxies Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14826: The World of Proteins and Enzymes Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Vivian Hir

S14815: Science and Economics of Climate Change Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Lily Zhang

S14854: Astronomy and Astrophotography for Broke People Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Cruz Soto

S14808: The Nuclear Fusion Future - A Discussion Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Amelia Cavallaro

S14724: Let's Talk about the Weather! Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14814: Treeeeeeeees!! Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Richard Chen

S14793: Interesting Results from Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Keith Phuthi, Evan Tey

S14691: Dirty Business: Root-Ball Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Eldar Urkumbayev

S14838: The Mystery of the Hippocampus Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14757: Hack Your Brain to Productivity: Exploiting Psychological Principles to Getting Things Done Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Zoe Lee

S14703: How Do You Tell Apart Left and Right? Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: CJ Quines

S14823: What in the World is Plasma? Full!
Difficulty: **

S14707: Brain as a computing device Closed!

S14719: Ice Cream and Other Cold Things: Fun with Liquid Nitrogen Closed!

S14784: Physics of laser Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14780: All Things CRISPR! Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrew Hennes, David Li

S14786: 3, 2, 1, Beyblade Physics! Closed!

S14665: From GPS to Black Holes: Einstein's Theory of Relativity Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Lisa Drummond

S14845: Competitive Tetris: How to Play and How to Cope Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14700: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Una Schneck

S14686: Cool Stuff: The Hot Science of Thermal Materials Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Simo Pajovic

S14664: Mission: Climate Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: David Mazumder

S14847: A Biologist's Casebook: World's Strangest Life Forms Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Shorna Alam

S14811: Molecular Biology and Genetics (with Succulent Interlude) Closed!
Difficulty: **

S14872: The Map of Physics
Difficulty: ***


[Deprecated] Walk-in Activity

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W14725: Sporcle! Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Sarah Weidman

W14875: Food War Closed!
Difficulty: **

W14735: Mahjong Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Lumia Neyo

W14876: "T" pool karaoke Closed!
Difficulty: **

W14873: Dominion! Closed!
Difficulty: **

W14878: Extreme sports (~of the mind~) Closed!
Difficulty: **

W14678: Minesweeper Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Lumia Neyo, Frank Wang

W14740: How to Make a Latte
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Leviticus Norman

Come learn how to make your favorite flavored coffees. Pull your own shot of espresso and foam milk hot or cold. Fall flavors include vanilla, pumpkin spice, chai tea, salted caramel, peppermint, and chocolate. Nondairy options will be available.


Class Style
Activity


[Deprecated] Miscellaneous

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X14751: How to tie a tie (and wear a suit)! Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Isabel Anderson

X14831: Restful Alertness with Yoga Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Pallavi Bharadwaj

X14857: How to Run a Cooking Co-op Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Alena Culbertson

X14671: So, What's Next?: Existential Risk Closed!
Difficulty: *

X14792: Yoga For Beginners. Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Manju Jain, ANIL SHARMA

X14850: Expression Through Appearance Closed!
Difficulty: *

X14774: How to Sweep Mines Closed!
Difficulty: **

X14752: Europe Does Not Exist: learn the art of making conspiracy theories Closed!
Difficulty: **

X14874: Locked Doors Aren't As Secure As You Think Full!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Grace Cai, Matthew Cox

X14769: Creative Naming Full!
Difficulty: *

X14781: Ethical Chocolate Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Margaret Wang

X14756: Bad bananas 101 Closed!
Difficulty: *

X14736: Introduction to Logic Puzzles Closed!
Difficulty: ***

X14644: Marketing Simulation Closed!
Difficulty: **

X14673: How to Save a Life 101 Closed!

X14747: Introduction to toki pona Full!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Jonathan Huang

X14770: Candy-Making Science Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Alfonso Restrepo

X14817: Interesting Conversations?!?! Full!
Difficulty: **

X14802: Make Your Own Language!: Intro to Conlanging and Linguistics Closed!
Difficulty: **

X14864: Coming up with Poker Plays Closed!
Difficulty: *

X14739: Geoguessr! Closed!
Difficulty: *

X14796: How to Run a Splash Closed!
Difficulty: **

X14843: Scrabble Tactics, Strategy, and Endgame Closed!
Difficulty: ***
Teachers: Alex Jiang

X14659: Intro to Business and Finance Closed!

X14733: Puzzle Workshop Closed!
Difficulty: **

X14787: The History of Soccer Tactics Closed!
Difficulty: **

X14832: Things You Should Know About Life Closed!
Difficulty: *

X14788: The Magic of Macaron Making Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Alice Lam, Grace Smith


Social Studies

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Z14695: Good and Evil in Superhero Comics Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Clio Macrakis

Z14657: The Judiciary Branch Through the Lens of Environmental Law Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: H. Alex Chen

Z14684: Introduction to Economics workshop Closed!
Difficulty: *

Z14836: Tyneside Neighbourhoods: Rich vs. Poor Closed!
Difficulty: *

Z14766: I thought geography didn't matter? Closed!
Difficulty: **

Z14803: Star Wars and International Relations Closed!
Difficulty: *

Z14649: Even War Has Rules Closed!
Difficulty: **

Z14861: What Stops Gentrification? Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Alena Culbertson

Z14690: How to Build a Nation Full!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Eldar Urkumbayev

Z14697: Comics as Cultural History Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Clio Macrakis

Z14696: What's the Deal with Capitalism? Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Andrew Lopreiato

Z14858: A brief history of memes Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Vincent Bian, Tung Tran

Z14694: Supercharging Your Learning Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: James Koppel, Tony Wang

Z14660: History of the English Alphabet Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Daina Neithardt

Z14841: The Economics Surrounding Intellectual Property Regimes Closed!
Difficulty: **
Teachers: Bryant Xia

Z14859: Avalon Closed!
Difficulty: *

Z14663: (Virtual) Walking Tours of the Greater Boston Area Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Samantha Webster

Z14674: China's Economic Leap: when communisim meets capitalism Closed!
Difficulty: *
Teachers: Michelle He, Lin Hou

Z14819: Effective Altruism (Doing the most good) Closed!
Difficulty: *