Making and Design (MAD)
MAD.002 DesignPlus Exploration
Prereq: None
U (Spring)
2-1-0 units
Supports first-year students in designing and making individual exploratory projects. Through experimentation, iteration, and reflection, students develop ideas of personal interest while building skills in prototyping and communicating design intent. Structure is flexible to account for diverse student interests within the field of design. Presents a broad perspective on designing and making across MIT. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Limited to 12; preference to students in the DesignPlus First Year Learning Community.
J. Ochsendorf
MAD.298[J] Sports Technology: Engineering & Innovation
Same subject as 2.98[J]
Subject meets with 2.980[J], MAD.2980J
Prereq: None
G (Spring)
2-2-2 units
See description under subject 2.98[J].
A. Hosoi, C. Chase
MAD.2980[J] Sports Technology: Engineering & Innovation
Same subject as 2.980[J]
Subject meets with 2.98[J], MAD.298[J]
Prereq: None
U (Spring)
2-2-8 units
See description under subject 2.980[J].
A. Hosoi, C. Chase
MAD.501 MAD Fellows Seminar I
Prereq: None
G (Fall)
3-0-3 units
Explores design methodologies in graduate research as well as contemporary issues in design practices. Guest lecturers present themes of common interest and share sources of design inspiration. Limited to graduate student fellows supported by the Morningside Academy for Design.
J. Ochsendorf
MAD.502 MAD Fellows Seminar II
Prereq: None
G (Spring)
2-1-0 units
Features presentations and discussions with guest lecturers and faculty on contemporary issues in design practice. Students engage with a cohort of graduate peers conducting design-related research and with faculty exploring shared themes of interest, and share sources of design inspiration. Limited to graduate student fellows supported by the Morningside Academy for Design.
J. Ochsendorf
MAD.701[J] D-Lab: Development
Same subject as 11.025[J], EC.701[J]
Subject meets with 11.472[J], EC.781[J], MAD.781[J]
Prereq: None
U (Fall)
3-2-7 units. HASS-S
See description under subject EC.701[J]. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.
S. L. Hsu, B. Sanyal
MAD.711[J] Introduction to Energy in Global Development
Same subject as 2.651[J], EC.711[J]
Subject meets with EC.791[J], MAD.791[J]
Prereq: None
U (Spring)
3-2-7 units
See description under subject EC.711[J]. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.
Staff
MAD.712[J] Applications of Energy in Global Development
Same subject as 2.652[J], EC.712[J]
Subject meets with EC.782[J], MAD.792[J]
Prereq: None
U (Fall)
4-0-8 units
See description under subject EC.712[J]. Limited to 20; preference to students who have taken EC.711[J].
Staff
MAD.714[J] D-Lab: Smallholder Agriculture
Same subject as EC.724[J]
Subject meets with EC.784[J], MAD.784[J]
Prereq: None
U (Spring)
3-0-9 units
See description under subject EC.724[J]. Limited to 12.
E. McDonald, K. Zheng, G. Sixt
MAD.715[J] D-Lab: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Same subject as EC.715[J]
Subject meets with 11.474
Prereq: None
U (Spring)
3-0-9 units
See description under subject EC.715[J]. Limited to 20.
S. L. Hsu
MAD.719[J] D-Lab: Climate Change and Planetary Health
Same subject as EC.719[J]
Subject meets with EC.789[J], MAD.789[J]
Prereq: None
U (Spring)
3-4-5 units
See description under subject EC.719[J].
S. Murcott, J. Simpson, A. Chandrahas
MAD.720[J] D-Lab: Design
Same subject as 2.722[J], EC.720[J]
Prereq: None
U (Spring)
5-0-7 units
See description under subject EC.720[J]. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.
E. Squibb
MAD.725[J] Leadership in Design
Same subject as EC.725[J]
Prereq: None
U (Spring)
5-0-1 units
See description under subject EC.725[J]. Limited to 20 students in the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program.
E. Squibb
MAD.729[J] D-Lab: Design for Scale
Same subject as 2.729[J], EC.729[J]
Subject meets with 2.789[J], EC.797[J], MAD.799[J]
Prereq: None. Coreq: 2.008; or permission of instructor
U (Fall)
3-2-7 units
See description under subject EC.729[J].
M. Yang, M. Kenney
MAD.750[J] Humanitarian Innovation: Design for Relief, Rebuilding, and Recovery
Same subject as EC.750[J]
Subject meets with EC.785[J], MAD.785[J]
Prereq: None
U (Fall)
4-0-8 units
See description under subject EC.750[J].
A. Smith, M. Thompson
MAD.768[J] D-Lab: Gender and Development
Same subject as EC.718[J], WGS.277[J]
Subject meets with EC.798[J], MAD.798[J]
Prereq: None
U (Fall)
3-0-9 units
See description under subject EC.718[J]. Limited to 12; must attend first class session.
E. McDonald, S. Haslanger
MAD.770[J] D-Lab: Independent Project
Same subject as EC.770[J]
Prereq: Permission of instructor
U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)
Units arranged [P/D/F]
Can be repeated for credit.
See description under subject EC.770[J].
S. L. Hsu
MAD.771[J] D-Lab: Field Study
Same subject as EC.700[J]
Prereq: One D-Lab subject and permission of instructor
U (IAP)
Units arranged
Can be repeated for credit.
See description under subject EC.700[J].
S. L. Hsu
MAD.780[J] D-Lab: Independent Project
Same subject as EC.780[J]
Prereq: None
G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)
Units arranged
Can be repeated for credit.
See description under subject EC.780[J].
S. L. Hsu
MAD.781[J] D-Lab: Development
Same subject as 11.472[J], EC.781[J]
Subject meets with 11.025[J], EC.701[J], MAD.701[J]
Prereq: None
G (Fall)
3-2-7 units
See description under subject EC.781[J]. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.
S. L. Hsu, A. B. Smith, B. Sanyal
MAD.784[J] D-Lab: Smallholder Agriculture
Same subject as EC.784[J]
Subject meets with EC.724[J], MAD.714[J]
Prereq: None
G (Spring)
3-0-9 units
See description under subject EC.784[J]. Limited to 12.
E. McDonald, K. Zheng, G. Sixt
MAD.785[J] Humanitarian Innovation: Design for Relief, Rebuilding, and Recovery
Same subject as EC.785[J]
Subject meets with EC.750[J], MAD.750[J]
Prereq: None
G (Fall)
4-0-8 units
See description under subject EC.785[J].
A. Smith, M. Thompson
MAD.789[J] D-Lab: Climate Change and Planetary Health
Same subject as EC.789[J]
Subject meets with EC.719[J], MAD.719[J]
Prereq: None
G (Spring)
3-4-5 units
See description under subject EC.789[J].
S. Murcott, J. Simpson, A. Chandrahas
MAD.790[J] D-Lab: Field Study
Same subject as EC.790[J]
Prereq: One D-Lab subject and permission of instructor
G (IAP)
Units arranged
Can be repeated for credit.
See description under subject EC.790[J].
S. L. Hsu
MAD.791[J] Introduction to Energy in Global Development
Same subject as EC.791[J]
Subject meets with 2.651[J], EC.711[J], MAD.711[J]
Prereq: None
G (Spring)
3-2-7 units
See description under subject EC.791[J]. Enrollment limited by lottery; must attend first class session.
Staff
MAD.792[J] Applications of Energy in Global Development
Same subject as EC.782[J]
Subject meets with 2.652[J], EC.712[J], MAD.712[J]
Prereq: None
G (Fall)
4-0-8 units
See description under subject EC.782[J]. Limited to 20; preference to students who have taken EC.791[J].
Staff
MAD.798[J] D-Lab: Gender and Development
Same subject as EC.798[J]
Subject meets with EC.718[J], MAD.768[J], WGS.277[J]
Prereq: None
G (Fall)
3-0-9 units
See description under subject EC.798[J]. Limited to 12; must attend first class session.
E. McDonald, S. Haslanger
MAD.799[J] D-Lab: Design for Scale
Same subject as 2.789[J], EC.797[J]
Subject meets with 2.729[J], EC.729[J], MAD.729[J]
Prereq: None. Coreq: 2.008; or permission of instructor
G (Fall)
3-2-7 units
See description under subject EC.797[J].
M. Yang, M. Kenney
MAD.800[J] DesignX Bootcamp
Same subject as 4.245[J], 11.245[J]
Prereq: Permission of instructor
G (IAP)
4-0-2 units
See description under subject 11.245[J]. Registration limited to students accepted to the MITdesignX accelerator in the fall.
S. Gronfeldt
MAD.801[J] DesignX Accelerator
Same subject as 4.246[J], 11.246[J]
Prereq: Permission of instructor
G (Spring)
2-4-6 units
See description under subject 11.246[J]. Registration limited to students accepted to the MITdesignX accelerator in the fall.
S. Gronfeldt
MAD.802[J] Entrepreneurship in the Built Environment
Same subject as 1.462[J], 11.345[J]
Prereq: None
G (Fall; first half of term)
2-0-4 units
See description under subject 11.345[J].
S. Gronfeldt
MAD.803[J] Transversal Design for Social Impact
Same subject as 4.360[J]
Prereq: None
G (Spring; first half of term)
2-0-4 units
See description under subject 4.360[J]. Limited to 20.
Consult Y. Kong
MAD.804 Systems Change for Social Impact
Prereq: None
G (Fall)
3-2-7 units
Explores the difference between innovation, social innovation, and systems change for social impact. Presents frameworks and case studies from real systems change innovators to develop a more comprehensive view of complex problems and the systems they are part of ¿ systems that often keep those problems in place. Using experiential tools, students explore problem framing from the impact target's perspective and innovative, scalable approaches to systems change. Final deliverable is a written case study on systems change based on detailed actor mapping and interviews where students share their deeper understanding of a system they care about.
Y. Jimenez, S. Gronfeldt
MAD.805 Designing Creative Ventures
Prereq: None
G (Spring; first half of term)
2-0-4 units
Explores professional pathways in design, arts, and cultural practice through strategic, organizational, and economic lenses. Through lectures and labs, students engage with cultural management, international frameworks, and entrepreneurial tools while experimenting in crossovers where creative practice generates new forms of value for society and industry. Combines a value-based reading of cultural production with practical methods, preparing students to position their work in professional and market contexts with positive human impact.
S. Gronfeldt, G. Picchi