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STS.036 Industrial Landscapes, Fall 2004
(2004-12)
Subject considers how the visual and material world of "nature" has been reshaped by industrial practices, beliefs, structures, and activities. Readings in historical geography, aesthetics, American history, environmental ...
STS.003 The Rise of Modern Science, Spring 2008
(2008-06)
This course studies the development of modern science from the seventeenth century to the present, focusing on Europe and the United States. Key questions include: What is science, and how is it done? How are discoveries ...
STS.003 The Rise of Modern Science, Spring 2005
(2005-06)
This course will study the development of modern science from the seventeenth century to the present, focusing on Europe and the United States. It will not focus on discoveries and their discoverers. Instead, it will ...
21W.785 Communicating in Cyberspace, Fall 2003
(2003-12)
This class covers the analysis, design, implementation and testing of various forms of digital communication based on group collaboration. Students are encouraged to think about the Web and other new digital interactive ...
21W.784 Becoming Digital: Writing about Media Change, Fall 2009
(2009-12)
"Becoming Digital" traces the change in practice, theory and possibility as mechanical and chemical media are augmented or supplanted by digital media. These changes will be grounded in a semester length study ...
11.123 Big Plans, Spring 2003
(2003-06)
This course explores social, technological, political, economic, and cultural implications of "Big Plans" in the urban context. Local and international case studies (such as Boston's Central Artery and Curitiba, Brazil's ...
21W.732-2 Introduction to Technical Communication: Ethics in Science and Technology, Fall 2006
(2006-12)
This section of Introduction to Technical Communication deals with ethical issues associated with the design, use, and propagation of technology. At virtually all stages of development and use, any technology can carry ...
17.315 Comparative Health Policy, Fall 2004
(2004-12)
This course examines in comparative prospective the health care policy problems facing the United States including providing adequate access to medical services for all, the control of rising health care costs, and the ...
14.771 Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models, Fall 2008
(2008-12)
Topics include productivity effects of health, private and social returns to education, education quality, education policy and market equilibrium, gender discrimination, public finance, decision making within families, ...