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- global health delivery, with possible linkages to projects connected to with 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 for the entire spring 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, at every step of the way 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. Teams in clusters will also design their own process for learning about the domain they are working in, with guidance from the instructor.
Projects for Change is a class that puts you in charge of your learning!
We use projects as the domain for your learning. Our goal is to build your skills and abilities in turning ideas into action. With projects as your learning lab, we will of course look at what it takes for you to make your project success, but this is not a class on project management per se. And with clusters of projects addressing development needs, we will of course examine the challenges in this area, but this is not a class that looks at international development, public health, or social entrepreneurship comprehensively. Instead, this is a class designed to help you to be more effective in what you do, to test your ideas, to build collaboration, and to know when to adapt and change your plans as needed.
How to get started.
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First, you need a project. We have some of thesealready, or you may be able to bring your own if they fit with the class themes.
Have an idea that you'd like to work on?
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Work with us to sort it out.
Would you like to get in on the ground floor
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Please talk to us over IAP to figure out how you can help define and shape one of the many possibilities we already have.
Busy during IAP?
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Let us know of your interest and join the class in the spring when you'll be able to sign up for a project.
Stay tuned for more
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.