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This course introduces students to some of the major social theories and debates that inspire and inform anthropological analysis. Over the course of the semester, we will investigate a range of theoretical propositions concerning such topics as agency, structure, subjectivity, history, social change, power, culture, and the politics of rep
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- anthropology
- anthropology
- anthropological theory
- anthropological method
- frameworks
- analysis
- integration
- cultural anthropology
- classic texts
- contemporary critiques
- analyses of texts
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Laboratory Chemistry (5.310)Â introduces experimental chemistry for students requiring a chemistry laboratory who are not majoring in chemistry. Students must have completed general chemistry (5.111) and have completed or be concurrently enrolled in the first semester of organic chemistry (5.12). The course covers principles and applications
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- chemistry
- lab
- chemistry
- laboratory
- experiment
- ph
- gas chromatography
- liquid chromatography
- visible-ultraviolet spectrophotometry
- infrared spectroscopy
- kinetics
- data analysis
- elementary synthesis
- amino acid
- ferrocene
- essential oil
- potentiometric titration
- techniques
- measurement
- materials
- data
- analysis
- elementary
- synthesis
- amino
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This course aims at providing students with a solid background on the principles of structural engineering design. Students will be exposed to the theories and concepts of both concrete and steel design and analysis both at the element and system levels. Hands-on design experience and skills will be gained and learned through problem sets a
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- civil and environmental engineering
- structural engineering design
- concrete design
- steel design
- analysis
- element level
- system levels
- design experience
- real-world
- open-ended
- design issues
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This course introduces students to basic properties of structural materials and behavior of simple structural elements and systems through a series of experiments. Students learn experimental technique, data collection, reduction and analysis, and presentation of results. Students generally take this subject during the same semester as 1.05
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- civil and environmental engineering
- properties of structural materials
- structural elements
- structural systems
- experimental technique
- data collection
- reduction
- analysis
- presentation
- properties
- structural materials
- structural behavior
- simple structural elements
- simple structural systems
- laboratory experiments
- data reduction
- data analysis
- solid mechanics
- loading
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This is a foundation subject in modern software development techniques for engineering and information technology. The design and development of component-based software (using C# and .NET) is covered; data structures and algorithms for modeling, analysis, and visualization; basic problem-solving techniques; web services; and the management
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- civil and environmental engineering
- modern software development
- engineering and information technology
- component-based software
- c#
- .net
- data structures
- algorithms for modeling
- analysis
- visualization
- basic problem-solving techniques
- web services
- management and maintenance of software
- sorting
- searching
- algorithms
- numerical simulation techniques
- image processing
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This introductory course teaches the fundamentals of microeconomics. Topics include consumer theory, producer theory, the behavior of firms, market equilibrium, monopoly, and the role of the government in the economy. 14.01 is a Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) elective and is offered both terms.
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Chen, Chia-Hui
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Zhang, Hongliang
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Migueis, Marco
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Martinez-Bravo, Monica
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Schnabl, Peter
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Ke, Rongzhu
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Wheaton, William
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- economics
- market
- optimization
- allocation
- economic measurement
- analysis
- microeconomics
- demand
- supply
- equilibrium
- general equilibrium
- government interventions
- price elasticity of demand
- income elasticity of demand
- cross price elasticity of demand
- price elasticity of supply
- consumer behavior
- consumer preference
- utility functions
- margin
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This course will guide students through the process of forming economic hypotheses, gathering the appropriate data, analyzing them, and effectively communicating their results. All students will be expected to have successfully completed Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics and Econometrics (or their equivalents) as well as cour
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- economics
- empirical economics
- econometrics
- mathematical economics
- statistics
- economics
- research
- communication
- hypotheses
- data
- analysis
- results
- stata
- data sets
- writing
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This course presents micro-econometric models, including large sample theory for estimation and hypothesis testing, generalized method of moments (GMM), estimation of censored and truncated specifications, quantile regression, structural estimation, nonparametric and semiparametric estimation, treatment effects, panel data, bootstrapping, s
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- economics
- nonlinear
- econometric
- analysis
- generalized method of moments
- gmm
- maximum likelihood estimation
- mle
- minimum distance
- extremum
- large sample theory
- asymptotic theory
- discrete choice
- censoring
- sample selection
- bootstrap
- subsampling
- finite-sample methods
- quantile regression
- qr
- distributional methods
- bayesian methods
- quasi-ba
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6.334 examines the application of electronics to energy conversion and control. Topics covered include: modeling, analysis, and control techniques; design of power circuits including inverters, rectifiers, and DC-DC converters; analysis and design of magnetic components and filters; and characteristics of power semiconductor devices. Numero
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- electrical engineering and computer science
- power electronics
- energy conversion and control
- modeling
- analysis
- control techniques
- power circuit design
- inverters
- rectifiers
- dc-dc converters
- magnetic components;filters
- power semiconductor devices
- motion control systems
- power supplies
- radio-frequency power amplifiers
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This intensive micro-subject provides the necessary skills in Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet modeling for ESD.71 Engineering Systems Analysis for Design. Its purpose is to bring entering students up to speed on some of the advanced techniques that we routinely use in analysis. It is motivated by our experience that many students only have an
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- engineering systems division
- excel
- spreadsheet
- modeling
- dynamic modeling
- analysis
- data table
- goal seek
- sensitivity analysis
- simulation
- random number generator
- counting
- modeling uncertainties
- random variables
- statistical package
- flexibility
- contingency rules
- excel solver
- solver
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This course is designed to introduce students to fundamental issues and debates in the writing of history. It will feature innovative historical accounts written in recent years. The class will consider such questions as the words historians use, their language, sources, methods, organization, framing, and style. How does the choice of each
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- history
- history
- methodology
- historian
- analysis
- oral history
- comparative history
- memory
- narrative
- language
- sources
- methods
- organization
- framing
- and style
- historical writing
- political history
- social history
- cultural history
- demographics
- biographical writing
- biography
- auto-biography
- historical films
- fiction
- memoirs
- conventiona
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This course will acquaint the student with some of the ancient Greek contributions to the Western philosophical and scientific tradition. We will examine a broad range of central philosophical themes concerning: nature, law, justice, knowledge, virtue, happiness, and death. There will be a strong emphasis on analyses of arguments found in t
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- linguistics and philosophy
- philosophy
- ancient
- greek western
- philosophical
- scientific
- tradition
- themes
- nature
- law
- justice
- knowledge
- virtue
- happiness
- death
- analysis
- arguments
- text
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This course is a seminar on the philosophical analysis of film art, with an emphasis on the ways in which it creates meaning through techniques that define a formal structure. There is a particular focus on aesthetic problems about appearance and reality, literary and visual effects, communication and alienation through film technology.
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- linguistics and philosophy
- philosophy
- seminar
- analysis
- film
- art
- meaning
- formal structure
- aesthetic
- problems
- appearance
- reality
- literary
- visual effects
- communication
- alienation
- technology
- beauty and the beast
- welles
- orson
- citizen kane
- allen
- woody
- the purple rose of cairo
- visconti
- luchino
- death in venice
- renoir
- jean
- the rules of the game
- hi
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This course is a seminar on the nature of love and sex, approached as topics both in philosophy and in literature. Readings from recent philosophy as well as classic myths of love that occur in works of literature and lend themselves to philosophical analysis.
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- linguistics and philosophy
- philosophy
- seminar
- love
- sex
- literature
- film
- readings
- classic myths
- analysis
- marriage
- romance
- tragedy
- don juan
- shaw
- george bernard
- pygmalion.
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This course is the first of a two term sequence in modeling, analysis and control of dynamic systems. The various topics covered are as follows: mechanical translation, uniaxial rotation, electrical circuits and their coupling via levers, gears and electro-mechanical devices, analytical and computational solution of linear differential equa
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- mechanical engineering
- modeling
- analysis
- dynamic
- systems
- mechanical
- translation
- uniaxial
- rotation
- electrical
- circuits
- coupling
- levers
- gears
- electro-mechanical
- devices
- linear
- differential
- equations
- state-determined
- laplace
- transforms
- transfer
- functions
- frequency
- response
- bode
- vibrations
- modal
- open-loop
- closed-loop
- control
- instability
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Welcome to 2.007! This course is a first subject in engineering design. With your help, this course will be a great learning experience exposing you to interesting material, challenging you to think deeply, and providing skills useful in professional practice. A major element of the course is design of a robot to participate in a challenge
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- mechanical engineering
- engineering design
- synthesis
- analysis
- robustness
- manufacturability
- active learning
- idea generation
- estimation
- materials selection
- visual thinking
- kinematics
- machine elements
- robotics
- mechanical engineering
- student work
- contest
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