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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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Geometry and Quantum Field Theory, designed for mathematicians, is a rigorous introduction to perturbative quantum field theory, using the language of functional integrals. It covers the basics of classical field theory, free quantum theories and Feynman diagrams. The goal is to discuss, using mathematical language, a number of basic notion
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- mathematics
- perturbative quantum field theory
- classical field theory
- free quantum theories
- feynman diagrams
- renormalization theory
- local operators
- operator product expansion
- renormalization group equation
- classical
- field
- theory
- feynman
- diagrams
- free
- quantum
- theories
- local
- operators
- product
- expansion
- perturbative
- renormalization
- gr
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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Political Economy I explores the major social science paradigms for analyzing relations among state, economy, and society. Through readings, lectures and discussion of original texts in political liberalism and individualism, neo-classical economics, Marxism, sociological and cultural theories, and neo-institutionalism, the seminar examines
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- political science
- political science
- theories
- liberal
- neoclassical
- marxist
- modern society
- economic growth
- historical change
- state
- classes
- ideology
- political economy
- political liberalism
- individualism
- neo-classical economics
- marxism
- neo-institutionalism
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course is designed to provide students with a broad overview of the major theories on the relationship between ethnicity and politics. The course is divided into three sections. The first covers general theory and discusses the social construction of ethnicity as well as the limits of construction. The second section discusses ethnicit
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- political science
- political science
- ethinic
- politics
- theories
- ethnicity
- dependent variable
- ethnic identities
- motivating power
- independent variable
- political
- economic
- outcomes
- graduate students
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This subject, required of all first-year PhD students in political science, introduces fundamental ideas, theories, and methods in contemporary political science through the study of a small number of major books and articles that are intrinsically good and have been influential in the field. The first semester focuses principally on issues
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- political science
- political science
- fundamental ideas
- theories
- methods
- contemporary
- major books
- articles
- political theory
- international relations
- american
- comparative politics
- rawls
- a theory of justice
- hayek
- the constitution of liberty
- arrow
- social choice and individual values
- olson
- the logic of collective action
- waltz
- theory of internati
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course surveys canonical and recent theories and methods in science studies. We will organize our discussions around the concept of "reproduction," referring variously to:
Scientific reproduction (how results are replicated in lab, field, disciplinary contexts)
Social reproduction (how social knowledge and relations are regene
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- science technology and society
- social
- study
- science
- technology
- interdisciplinary field
- social practice
- history
- philosophy
- sociology
- scientific institutions
- knowledge
- anthropology
- feminism
- critical race theory
- post-colonial studies
- queer theory
- human culture
- politics
- theories
- methods
- reproduction
- social reproduction
- biological reproduction
- electroni
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course develops skills in research design for policy analysis and planning. The emphasis is on the logic of the research process and its constituent elements. The course relies on a seminar format so students are expected to read all of the assigned materials and come to class prepared to discuss key themes, ideas, and controversies. Since the materials draw broadly on the social sciences, and since students have diverse interests and methodological preferences, ongoing themes in our discussions will be linking concepts to planning scholarship in general and considering how different epistemological orientations and methodological techniques map on to planning specializations.
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- urban studies and planning
- policy and planning research
- theories
- research questions
- research proposals
- research design
- experimental designs
- research ethics
- sampling
- surveys
- questionnaires
- interviewing
- case studies
- field research
- participatory research
- action research
- unobtrusive measures
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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The seminar is designed to provide advanced graduate students with a thorough understanding of selected regional economic theories and techniques and with experience in using alternative socioeconomic impact assessment models and related regional techniques on microcomputers. Discussions will be held on particular theoretical modeling and economic issues; linkages among theories, accounts, and policies; relationships between national and regional economic structures; and methods of adjusting and estimating regional input-output accounts and tables. Examples from the Boston area and other U.S. cities/regions will be used to illustrate points throughout the seminar. We will also examine how such models are used in other countries. New material on analyzing regional development issues will be covered.
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- urban studies and planning
- regional economic theories
- alternative socioeconomic impact assessment models
- theoretical modeling
- economics
- urban planning
- linkages
- theories
- accounts
- policies
- national and regional economic structures
- regional input-output accounts and tables
- international employment outsourcing
- economic impact
- local economy
- regional-developm
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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The seminar is designed to provide advanced graduate students with a thorough understanding of selected regional economic theories and techniques and with experience in using alternative socioeconomic impact assessment models and related regional techniques on microcomputers. Discussions will be held on particular theoretical modeling and economic issues; linkages among theories, accounts, and policies; relationships between national and regional economic structures; and methods of adjusting and estimating regional input-output accounts and tables. Examples from the Boston area and other U.S. cities/regions will be used to illustrate points throughout the seminar. We will also examine how such models are used in other countries. New material on analyzing regional development issues will be covered.
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- urban studies and planning
- regional economic theories
- alternative socioeconomic impact assessment models
- theoretical modeling
- economics
- urban planning
- linkages
- theories
- accounts
- policies
- national and regional economic structures
- regional input-output accounts and tables
- international employment outsourcing
- economic impact
- local economy
- regional-developm
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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The course is an introduction to the approach of Reflective Practice developed by Donald Schön. It is an approach that enables professionals to understand how they use their knowledge in practical situations and how they can combine practice and learning in a more effective way. Through greater awareness of how they deploy their knowledge in practical situations, professionals can increase their capacities of learning in a more timely way. Understanding how they frame situations and ideas helps professionals to achieve greater flexibility and increase their capacity of conceptual innovation.
The objective of the course is to introduce students to the approach and methods of reflective practice by raising their awareness about their own cognitive resources and how they use them in their practice. The course will introduce theories of learning, knowledge generation, framing and reframing, theories of action, reflection-in-practice, and conceptual innovation, and provide students with opportunities to experiment with these theories in real life through practical exercises in which they reflect on real situations that they have faced in their past professional experience. Through these practical exercises, students will have the opportunity to reflect on their thinking capacities in the context of their practice.
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- urban studies and planning
- reflective practice
- donald schon
- chris argyris
- conceptual innovation
- knowledge generation
- espoused theory
- theory in use
- reflection
- tacit knowledge
- explicit knowledge
- learning cycles
- reframing
- conceptual frameworks
- critical moments
- experimentation
- speculation
- modeling
- dialogue
- theories
- action
- thinking
- virtual worlds
- men
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Published by: Tufts University | Language: English
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This course examines the application of basic biological ideas to modern social problems in America, in particular, the intersection of biological theories and social beliefs. Among the major issues examined are the ideological uses of science, the biological basis of sex roles and homosexuality, behavioral genetics, evolutionary psychology, and the meaning of race in medical practice. This course will stress the analysis of evidence in the original scientific literature and a critical reading of how science is reported in the press.
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