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- global health delivery, with possible linkages to projects connected to GHD at Harvard University
- working with startups addressing international development or poverty alleviation that have emerged from MIT classes, projects, and research
- scaling up and developing the enterprises built around international development innovations that have emerged from MIT's DLab
The class design is as follows: You'll work with other students from the class in teams on your project all semester long. We'll use class sessions to map out questions, concerns, and issues that arise at each stage of your project, and will examine readings and research that can help, turning to very practical, applied tools and exercises at every step of the way. Each team will post weekly blog entries that document its learning journey. Class clinics, where you ask for help from the entire group, are designed to let you tap into the collective intelligence of the class. And students vote on specific topics to examine in some of the class sessions.
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Students can sign up for an IAP workshop in which they work with the instructor and others to scope and shape a project for this class. Please email shiba@mit.edu to be added to our mailing list for updates as we develop the class and the opportunities.