Made-Up Courses
Speculative courses that don't exist — but probably should. Topics range from mathematics and computer science to philosophy, sociology, and the arts.
Applied Mathematics 13
AMATH 464: Solid Mechanics
Study time: 1 hr 58 min
AMATH 496: AI and Scientific Discovery
Study time: 1 hr 9 min
AMATH 791: Inverse Problems and Data Assimilation
Study time: 2 hr 7 min
AMATH 843: Integral Equation Methods for PDEs
Study time: 2 hr 22 min
AMATH 844: Homogenization and Multiscale Methods
Study time: 2 hr 11 min
AMATH 845: Combustion Theory and Reactive Flows
Study time: 2 hr 26 min
AMATH 848: Biological Fluid Dynamics
Study time: 2 hr 21 min
AMATH 852: Mathematical Geophysics and Seismic Wave Propagation
Study time: 2 hr 18 min
AMATH 858: Free Boundary Problems and Phase Transitions
Study time: 2 hr 25 min
AMATH 860: Kinetic Theory and Transport Equations
Study time: 2 hr 3 min
AMATH 865: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Study time: 1 hr 57 min
AMATH 866: Magnetohydrodynamics and Plasma Physics
Study time: 2 hr 5 min
AMATH 883: Mathematical Epidemiology and Population Dynamics
Study time: 2 hr 5 min
Biomedical Engineering 1
Combinatorics and Optimization 10
CO 739: Topics in Combinatorics
Study time: 38 minutes
CO 740: Additive Combinatorics
Study time: 2 hr 24 min
CO 741: Extremal Combinatorics and Ramsey Theory
Study time: 1 hr 32 min
CO 743: Discrete and Computational Geometry
Study time: 1 hr 43 min
CO 749: Topics in Graph Theory
Study time: 14 minutes
CO 759: Topics in Discrete Optimization
Study time: 35 minutes
CO 760: Online Algorithms and Competitive Analysis
Study time: 1 hr 45 min
CO 769: Topics in Continuous Optimization
Study time: 33 minutes
CO 770: Polynomial Optimization and Sum-of-Squares
Study time: 1 hr 34 min
CO 781: Topics in Quantum Information
Study time: 34 minutes
Computer Science 3
Environment and Sustainability 1
History 3
Music 20
MUSIC 141: Popular Music After 1980
Study time: 4 hr 38 min
MUSIC 142: Popular Music in Other Cultures
Study time: 2 hr 54 min
MUSIC 143: The Other Side of the Record
Study time: 8 hr 31 min
MUSIC 144: History of Musical Theatre
Study time: 1 hr 58 min
MUSIC 272: Counterpoint and Fugue
Study time: 3 hr 22 min
MUSIC 273: Jazz Theory and Harmony
Study time: 2 hr 20 min
MUSIC 276: Psychoacoustics and the Science of Musical Sound
Study time: 2 hr 34 min
MUSIC 277: Popular Music Theory and Analysis
Study time: 1 hr 15 min
MUSIC 278: Electronic Music: History and Aesthetics
Study time: 3 hr 19 min
MUSIC 279: Sound Synthesis and Music Production
Study time: 2 hr 30 min
MUSIC 373: Form and Musical Analysis
Study time: 3 hr 31 min
MUSIC 375: Songwriting: Analysis and Craft
Study time: 3 hr 4 min
MUSIC 377: Post-Tonal Music Theory
Study time: 2 hr 24 min
MUSIC 388: Performance Hermeneutics and Concert Criticism
Study time: 1 hr 54 min
MUSIC 670: Musicology Research Methods and Scholarly Writing
Study time: 1 hr 37 min
MUSIC 672: Schenkerian Analysis
Study time: 1 hr 35 min
MUSIC 674: History of Music Theory
Study time: 2 hr 3 min
MUSIC 675: Critical Musicology and Cultural Theory
Study time: 1 hr 12 min
MUSIC 676: Ethnomusicological Methods and Fieldwork
Study time: 1 hr 6 min
MUSIC 678: Music Theory Pedagogy
Study time: 2 hr 8 min
Philosophy 5
Psychology 13
PSYCH 099: The Algorithmic Self — Popular Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Existentialism on Chinese Short-Video Platforms
Study time: 12 hr 6 min
PSYCH 190: 内在小孩、依恋与主体性——华语大众精神分析的临床化重写
Study time: 19 hr 10 min
PSYCH 191: 成事心法——目的论心理学、战略哲学与历史中的成事智慧
Study time: 14 hr 30 min
PSYCH 192: 潜意识、全能自恋与深度关系——武志红心理学的学院化重建
Study time: 1 day 7 hr
PSYCH 254: Psychology of Persuasion
Study time: 52 minutes
PSYCH 255: 说服心理学二——实践与方法
Study time: 8 hr 16 min
PSYCH 258: Parent-Child Communication — A Developmental Approach to Family Discourse
Study time: 11 hr 17 min
PSYCH 313: 心理抚养——早期养育、人格形成与终身轨迹
Study time: 6 hr 6 min
PSYCH 358: Psychology of Dating
Study time: 1 hr 54 min
PSYCH 359: The Psychology of Romantic Love
Study time: 1 hr 18 min
PSYCH 360: Criminal Psychology
Study time: 1 hr 20 min
PSYCH 455: The Psychology of Human–AI Interaction
Study time: 53 minutes
PSYCH 460: 中国犯罪心理学——李玫瑾传统的学院化重建
Study time: 6 hr 43 min
Pure Mathematics 16
PMATH 833: Harmonic Analysis
Study time: 9 hr 12 min
PMATH 841: Class Field Theory
Study time: 2 hr 21 min
PMATH 842: Automorphic Forms and the Langlands Program
Study time: 2 hr 2 min
PMATH 847: Geometric Representation Theory
Study time: 1 hr 52 min
PMATH 852: Several Complex Variables and Hodge Theory
Study time: 2 hr 20 min
PMATH 855: Microlocal Analysis
Study time: 1 hr 54 min
PMATH 856: Geometric Measure Theory
Study time: 2 hr 3 min
PMATH 864: Infinite-Dimensional Lie Algebras and Vertex Algebras
Study time: 1 hr 56 min
PMATH 867: Geometric Group Theory
Study time: 1 hr 58 min
PMATH 869: Knot Theory and Low-Dimensional Topology
Study time: 1 hr 41 min
PMATH 930: Topics in Logic
Study time: 24 minutes
PMATH 940: Topics in Number Theory
Study time: 39 minutes
PMATH 945: Topics in Algebra
Study time: 34 minutes
PMATH 950: Topics in Analysis
Study time: 38 minutes
PMATH 965: Topics in Geometry and Topology
Study time: 51 minutes
PMATH 990: Topics in Pure Mathematics
Study time: 31 minutes
Sexuality, Relationships, and Family 4
Management Sciences 1
Sociology 7
SOC 333: 爱情脚本与亲密关系的个体化——晚期现代中国的爱情社会学
Study time: 10 hr 41 min
SOC 340: 婚姻与夫妻生活——晚期现代中国的伴侣社会学
Study time: 15 hr 59 min
SOC 350: 当代中国育儿与"内驱力"的政治——松弛父母时代的家庭教育社会学
Study time: 22 hr 6 min
SOC 360: 性教育的社会学——欲望、同意与性脚本的建构
Study time: 8 hr
SOC 418: Gender Conflict, Sexual Politics, and Online Public Discourse
Study time: 2 hr 4 min
SOC 431: Education, Credentialism, and Social Mobility
Study time: 2 hr 5 min
SOC 435: The Sociology of Artificial Intelligence
Study time: 54 minutes
