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    Number Theory II: Class Field Theory

    Number Theory II: Class Field Theory

    This course is the continuation of 18.785 Number Theory I. It begins with an analysis of the quadratic case of Class Field Theory via Hilbert symbols, in order to give a more hands-on introduction to the ideas of Class Field Theory. More advanced topics in number theory are discussed in this course, such as Galois cohomology, proofs of class field theory, modular forms and automorphic forms, Galois representations, and quadratic forms.

    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Galois cohomology Algebraic number theory Class field theory
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    Network Cultures

    Network Cultures

    This course focuses on the social and cultural aspects of networked life through internet-related technologies (including computers, mobile devices, entertainment technologies, and emerging media forms).

    Subjects:
    Anthropology and Sociology
    Keywords:
    Internet -- Social aspects
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    Courseware
     
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    Nationalism, Internationalism, and Globalism in Modern Art

    Nationalism, Internationalism, and Globalism in Modern Art

    This course studies how international modernism interacted with the concept of "nation" and how contemporary discourses concerning globalism changes that dynamic. This course also looks at how art uses and critiques globalization on various levels.

    Keywords:
    Art globalization Nationalism art
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    Courseware
     
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    Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy

    Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy

    This course applies microeconomic theory to analysis of public policy. It builds from the microeconomic model of consumer behavior and extends to operation of single and multiple markets and analysis of why markets sometimes fail. We will study empirical examples to evaluate theory, focusing on the casual effects of policy interventions on economic outcomes. Topics include minimum wages and employment, food stamps and consumer welfare, economics of risk and safety regulation, the value of education, and gains from international trade.

    Subjects:
    Economics and Political Science
    Keywords:
    Microeconomics Policy sciences Political planning
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    Courseware
     
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    Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory

    Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory

    This course encourages creative thinking through hands-on experience via building, observing and manipulating micro-and nano-scale structures. Students learn about underlying science and engineering principles and possible applications.

    Subjects:
    Mechanical Engineering
    Keywords:
    Microtechnology Nanotechnology
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    Methods of Policy Analysis

    Methods of Policy Analysis

    This course provides an introduction to public policy analysis. It is designed for students who may be planning a career in public or non-profit sectors. The primary goal is to help students understand the implications of public policy for different pursuits. The class examines various approaches to policy analysis by considering the concepts, tools, and methods used in economics, political science, and other disciplines. Students apply and critique these approaches through case studies of current public policy problems.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Political planning Policy sciences
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    Courseware
     
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    Memory, Culture, Forgetting

    Memory, Culture, Forgetting

    This course introduces scholarly debates about the sociocultural practices through which individuals and societies create, sustain, recall, and erase memories. Emphasis is given to the history of knowledge, construction of memory, the role of authorities in shaping memory, and how societies decide on whose versions of memory are more "truthful" and "real." Other topics include how memory works in the human brain, memory and trauma, amnesia, memory practices in the sciences, false memory, sites of memory, and the commodification of memory. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.

    Subjects:
    Anthropology
    Keywords:
    Memory Memory -- social aspects
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    Mathematical Statistics

    Mathematical Statistics

    This course provides students with decision theory, estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. It introduces large sample theory, asymptotic efficiency of estimates, exponential families, and sequential analysis.

    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Mathematical statistics
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    Courseware
     
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    MBA Study Tour: Innovation Islands - How New Zealand Became a Global Player in the Race to Innovate

    MBA Study Tour: Innovation Islands - How New Zealand Became a Global Player in the Race to Innovate

    This International Study Tour went to New Zealand during the first half of the 2016 Spring semester and travel during the Sloan Innovation Period. International Study Tours provide students with a course credit opportunity to identify and address issues about which they feel particularly passionate. After classroom sessions featuring faculty, industry, and cultural experts, students embark on site visits to their destination of choice, meeting with industry and government leaders, as well as local alumni. Through these visits, students are able to build on the preparatory course work with an in-depth exploration of industries, companies, and countries they have visited.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Management Technological innovations New zeal
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    Landscape Experience: Seminar in Land/Art

    Landscape Experience: Seminar in Land/Art

    This seminar explores “land” as a genre, theme, and medium of art and architecture of the last five decades. Focusing largely on work within the boundaries of the United States, the course seeks to understand how the use of land in art and architecture is bound into complicated entanglements of property and power, the inheritances of non-U.S. traditions, and the violence of colonial ambitions. The term “landscape” is variously deployed in the service of a range of political and philosophical positions.

    Keywords:
    Lscapes in art
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    Courseware