The Industrial Novel
This seminar offers intensive study of “the industrial novel,” a body of mid-Victorian fiction responding to the economic volatility and class conflict that accompanied the rise of industrial production. In little more than a decade, treatments of this broad concern by a number of major novelists converged in a set of distinctive formal strategies, yet the relatively brief prominence of the form underscores an unusually direct connection with contemporary political anxieties. The industrial novel presses against the increasingly domestic preoccupations of mid-Victorian fiction, so familiar in “the marriage plot,” but it thereby throws those preoccupations into sharp relief, and more broadly illuminates the construction of Victorian domesticity. We’ll be especially interested in the intersections of gender and class, the interplay of socio-economic history and narrative form, and the political dimensions of the mid-Victorian novel. Finally, the topic poses large questions about genre and literary history: does “the industrial novel” denote a genre, and why apply that tag to works that rarely depict industrial labor? Why not the “social problem” novel, the “domestic novel in Northern dress,” or even “the novel of insurrection”? Major authors include Disraeli, Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte, Kingsley, Dickens, and George Eliot; we’ll also gather in some of the political economy of John Stuart Mill and Marx, as well as the social commentary of Carlyle and Engels.
- Department: English and Comparative Literature
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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James E Adams
CULPA: 12
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Machine Intelligence
This seminar will survey historical and modern developments in machine intelligence from fields such as psychology, neuroscience, and computer science, and from approaches such as cybernetics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, connectionism, neural networks, and deep learning. The emphasis is on the conceptual understanding of topics. The course does not include, nor require a background in, computer programming and statistics. The overall goal is for students to become informed consumers of applications of artificial intelligence.
- Department: Psychology
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Trenton Jerde
h-index: 11 Info - 4 points
CHINA AND POLITICS OF DESIRE
A recent American newspaper headline announced that China has become “the most materialistic country the world.” Globally circulating narratives often interpret Chinese consumers’ demand for commodities as an attempt to fill a void left by the absence of the Maoist state, traditional religious life, and Western-style democracy. But things aren’t as simple as they appear. This course explores the intertwined questions of “Chinese” desire and the desire for China. Avoiding reductionist understandings of desire as either a universal natural human attribute or a particular Chinese cultural trait, we will track the production and management of desire within a complex global field. Drawing on ethnographies, films, short stories, and psychoanalytic and postcolonial theory, this course will explore the shifting figure of desire across the Maoist and post-Maoist eras by examining how academics, government officials, intellectuals, and artists have represented Chinese needs, wants and fantasies. From state leaders’ attempts to improve the “quality” of the country’s population to citizens’ dreams of home ownership, from sexualized desire to hunger for food, drugs and other commodities, we will attend to the continuities and disjunctures of recent Chinese history by tracking how desire in China has been conceptualized and refracted through local and global encounters.
- Department: Asian and Middle East @Barnard
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Nicholas A Bartlett
CULPA: 5
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BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 Within economics, the standard model of behavior is that of a perfectly rational, self interested utility maximizer with unlimited cognitive resources. In many cases, this provides a good approximation to the types of behavior that economists are interested in. However, over the past 30 years, experimental and behavioral economists have documented ways in which the standard model is not just wrong, but is wrong in ways that are important for economic outcomes. Understanding these behaviors, and their implications, is one of the most exciting areas of current economic inquiry. The aim of this course is to provide a grounding in the main areas of study within behavioral economics, including temptation and self control, fairness and reciprocity, reference dependence, bounded rationality and choice under risk and uncertainty. For each area we will study three things: 1. The evidence that indicates that the standard economic model is missing some important behavior 2. The models that have been developed to capture these behaviors 3. Applications of these models to (for example) finance, labor and development economics As well as the standard lectures, homework assignments, exams and so on, you will be asked to participate in economic experiments, the data from which will be used to illustrate some of the principals in the course. There will also be a certain small degree of classroom ‘flipping’, with a portion of many lectures given over to group problem solving. Finally, an integral part of the course will be a research proposal that you must complete by the end of the course, outlining a novel piece of research that you would be interested in doing.
- Department: Economics
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mark Dean
CULPA: 2 h-index: 26 Info - 3 points
GENERATIVE DESIGN
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- T 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Danil Nagy
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NAT SECURITY STRAT OF MID EAST
At the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East is home to many diverse peoples, with ancient and proud cultures, in varying stages of political and socio-economic development, often in conflict. Following the Arab Spring and subsequent upheaval in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and more, the region is in a state of historic flux. The Sunni-Shia rivalry, especially between Saudi Arabia and Iran, growing Iranian-Israeli conflict, population explosion, poverty and authoritarian control, Russian ascendance and US retrenchment, are the primary regional drivers today. Together, these factors have transformed the Middle Eastern landscape, with great consequence for the national security of the countries of the region and their foreign relations. The primary source of the worlds energy resources, the Middle East remains the locus of the terror-WMD-fundamentalist nexus, which continues to pose a significant threat to both regional and international security. The course surveys the national security challenges facing the regions primary players (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinians and Turkey,) and how the convolutions of recent years have affected them. Unlike many Middle East courses, which focus on US policy in the region, the course concentrates on the regional players perceptions of the threats and opportunities they face and the strategies they have adopted to deal with them. It thus provides an essential vantage point for those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of a region, which stands at the center of many of the foreign policy issues of our era. The course is designed for those with a general interest in the Middle East, especially those interested in national security issues, students of comparative politics and future practitioners, with an interest in real world international relations and national security.
- Department: Political Science
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Charles D Freilich
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
MODERN JAPAN
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Isaac C K Tan
Info - 4 points
NMR BIOSOFTENG
This course is for junior/senior undergraduates and graduate (MS) students. The course focuses on the fundamentals of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and imaging in fields ranging from biomedical engineering to electrochemical energy storage. Course material covers basic NMR theory, instrumentation (including in situ/operando setup), data interpretation, and experimental design to couple with other materials characterization strategies. Course grade based on problem sets, quizzes, and final project presentation.
- Department: Chemical Engineering
- MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lauren E Marbella
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SOC OF CHOSON KOREA 1392-1910
Major cultural, political, social, economic and literary issues in the history of this 500-year long period. Reading and discussion of primary texts (in translation) and major scholarly works. All readings will be in English.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jungwon Kim
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
This course explores key frameworks and issue areas within international political economy. It examines the history and key characteristics of (economic) globalization, the theories of international cooperation, as well as the nature and role of international organizations (such as the World Trade Organization) in fostering trade and international economic cooperation. Furthermore, the course discusses the pros and cons of globalization and its implications on domestic policies of nation-states, with a particular focus on the tensions globalization creates and the lines of cleavages between winners and losers from globalization. Finally, the course reflects on the future of globalization and international trade and the challenges faced by national and supranational policy makers.
- Department: Political Science
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Davit Sahakyan
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
MODERNISM + THE VERNACULAR
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mary C McLeod
Info - 3 points
INT'L POLITICAL ECONOMY-DISC
This is the required discussion section for
POLS GU4865.
- Department: Political Science
- T 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
- W 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Aleksandra Gracheva
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Seowoo Chung
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Aleksandra Gracheva
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SYSTEM-ON-CHIP PLATFORMS
Design and programming of System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms. Topics include: overview of technology and economic trends, methodologies and supporting CAD tools for system-level design, models of computation, the SystemC language, transaction-level modeling, software simulation and virtual platforms, hardware-software partitioning, high-level synthesis, system programming and device drivers, on-chip communication, memory organization, power management and optimization, integration of programmable processor cores and specialized accelerators. Case studies of modern SoC platforms for various classes of applications.
- Department: Computer Science
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Luca Carloni
CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 45 Info - 3 points
JAPAN BEFORE 1600
Spend a semester in Ancient Japan! This tour of premodern places and spaces introduces the history of the Japanese archipelago, from the Stone Age to the 16th century C.E., through various primary source materials in translation, including archaeological sites, literary works, and the anime Princess Mononoke. No prior knowledge of Japanese history required, and all course readings are in English.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
David B Lurie
CULPA: 17
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CONSTRUCTION ECOLOGIES
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- M 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Thomas Schaperkotter
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HISTORY OF MODERN CHINA I
China’s transformation under its last imperial rulers, with special emphasis on economic, legal, political, and cultural change.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Palden Gyal Palden
Info - 3 points
ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY IN EARTH & ENVIRONM
ORGANIC GEOCHEM EARTH&ENV
This course explores the fundamentals of organic geochemistry and its applications to the study of Earth History. The course will examine the structure of organic molecules and their fate in the Earth System, and will provide students with a theoretical grounding as well as hands-on training in analytical methods in organic geochemistry. The objective of the course is to prepare students to critically evaluate the ways in which organic geochemical approaches are applied to a variety of Earth Science topics, industrial applications, and organo-pollutant and environmental health research. The course is aimed at students with interests in a wide range of Earth Science disciplines, including paleoclimate, carbon cycling, cell metabolism, petroleum geology, astrobiology, and environmental science.
Pre-requisites: One year of Chemistry is required. Organic Chemistry is recommended, but not required. Recommended: EESC2100 (Climate System), EESC2200 (Solid Earth).
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
William D'Andrea
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DATA VIS 4 ARCH, URB, HUM
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Jia Zhang
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SPATIAL UX
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- R 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Violet Whitney
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Research Training
Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.
- Department: Biomedical Engineering
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Instructor:
Gerard A Ateshian
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Tal Danino
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X. Edward Guo
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Henry Hess
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Elizabeth Hillman
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Lance Kam
CULPA: 7
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Elisa Konofagou
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Instructor:
Kam W Leong
h-index: 126 Info - 0 points
Research Training
Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
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Instructor:
Xuan Di
h-index: 15 Info - 0 points
Research Training
Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.
- Department: Chemical Engineering
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Instructor:
Christopher S Chen
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Research Training
Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Chaoqun Dong
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Matei T Ciocarlie
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Michael Burke
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Homayoon Beigi
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Gerard A Ateshian
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Sinisa Vukelic
CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info - 0 points
TOPICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- Department: Chemical Engineering
- R 5:40 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Oleg Gang
h-index: 45 Info - 3 points
MASTERS RESEARCH OR PROJECT
Prerequisite(s): Approval by a faculty member who agrees to supervise the work. Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.
- Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
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Anish Agarwal
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Shipra Agrawal
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Eric Balkanski
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Daniel Bienstock
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Agostino Capponi
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Rachel Cummings
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Antonius B Dieker
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Adam N Elmachtoub
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Yuri Faenza
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Vineet Goyal
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Ali Hirsa
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Anran Hu
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Garud Iyengar
CULPA: 6
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Hardeep Johar
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Cedric Josz
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Soulaymane Kachani
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Yaren Kaya
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Christian Kroer
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Daniel Lacker
CULPA: 4
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Henry Lam
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Fabrizio Lecci
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Tianyi Lin
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Uday Menon
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Bento Natura
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Jay Sethuraman
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Karl Sigman
CULPA: 15
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Clifford Stein
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Wenpin Tang
h-index: 6 Info - 1-3 points
MASTERS RESEARCH OR PROJECT
Prerequisite(s): Approval by a faculty member who agrees to supervise the work. Independent work involving experiments, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.
- Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
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Wenpin Tang
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Kaizheng Wang
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Lily Xu
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David D Yao
CULPA: 5
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Yi Zhang
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Xunyu Zhou
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Winsor Yang
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Eric Stratman
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SEM-PROBLEMS IN APPLIED MATH
Required for, and can be taken only by, all applied mathematics majors in the junior year. Introductory seminars on problems and techniques in applied mathematics. Typical topics are nonlinear dynamics, scientific computation, economics, operation research, etc.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
chris wiggins
CULPA: 12 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info - 0-1 points
SEM-PROBLMS IN APPLIED PHYSICS
Required for, and can be taken only by, all applied physics majors and minors in the junior year. Discussion of specific and self-contained problems in areas such as applied electrodynamics, physics of solids, and plasma physics. Topics change yearly.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- 1 points
DIRECTED READINGS
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Topics chosen in consultation between members of the staff and students.
- Department: Classics @Barnard
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Instructor:
Nancy Worman
CULPA: 23
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Kristina Milnor
CULPA: 21
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Elizabeth K Irwin
CULPA: 7
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Lien Van Geel
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Georgios Spiliotopoulos
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Gareth Williams
CULPA: 7
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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Basic microbiological principles; microbial metabolism; identification and interactions of microbial populations responsible for the biotransformation of pollutants; mathematical modeling of microbially mediated processes; biotechnology and engineering applications using microbial systems for pollution control.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Preom Sarkar
Info - 3 points
DIRECTED READINGS
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Topics chosen in consultation between members of the staff and students.
- Department: Classics @Barnard
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Instructor:
Nancy Worman
CULPA: 23
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SEM-PROBLEMS IN APPLIED MATH
Required for all applied mathematics majors in the senior year. Term paper required. Examples of problem areas are nonlinear dynamics, asymptotics, approximation theory, numerical methods, etc. Approximately three problem areas are studied per term.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
chris wiggins
CULPA: 12 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info - 3-4 points
SEM-PROBLMS IN APPLIED PHYSICS
Required for, and can be taken only by, all applied physics majors in the senior year. Discussion of specific and self-contained problems in areas such as applied electrodynamics, physics of solids, and plasma physics. Formal presentation of a term paper required. Topics change yearly.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- 2 points
FIELD BOTANY/PLANT SYSTEMATICS
Prerequisites: introductory biology sequence, including organismal biology. A survey of vascular plants with emphasis on features of greatest utility in identifying plants in the field to the family level. This will be coupled with a survey of the major plant communities of northeastern North America and the characteristic species found in each. The course will consist of one lecture and one laboratory per week with several lab sessions extended to accommodate field trips to local and regional natural areas.
- Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
- F 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Matthew I Palmer
CULPA: 5
h-index: 14
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ADVANCED TURKISH I
Advanced Turkish I is designed to use authentic Turkish materials around projects that are chosen by the student in a research seminar format where students conduct their own research and share it in class in a friendly atmosphere. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Zuleyha M Fikret
Info - 3 points
MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 Selected topics in microeconomics.
- Department: Economics
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Instructor:
Susan M Elmes
CULPA: 44
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MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR
SPORTS ECONOMIS
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 Selected topics in microeconomics.
- Department: Economics
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sunil K Gulati
CULPA: 113
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MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR
ECONOMICS OF THE ARTS
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 Selected topics in microeconomics.
- Department: Economics
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Prajit K Dutta
CULPA: 20 Info - 4 points
MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR
HEDGE FUND INVESTING
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 Selected topics in microeconomics.
- Department: Economics
- T 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Tri Vi Dang
CULPA: 9
h-index: 10
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MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR
SEMINAR-MICROECONOMIC THY
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 Selected topics in microeconomics.
- Department: Economics
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Neal Masia
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Waldo Ojeda
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Jonathan I Dingel
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MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR
ECONOMICS & ANTITRUST
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 Selected topics in microeconomics.
- Department: Economics
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew E Abere
Info - 4 points
MACROECONOMICS SEMINAR
INT'L MONETARY ECONOMICS
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 Registration information is posted on the departments Seminar Sign-up webpage. Selected topics in macroeconomics. Selected topics will be posted on the departments webpage.
- Department: Economics
- R 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
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Instructor:
Richard H Clarida
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
MACROECONOMICS SEMINAR
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 Registration information is posted on the departments Seminar Sign-up webpage. Selected topics in macroeconomics. Selected topics will be posted on the departments webpage.
- Department: Economics
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Richard Robb
Info - 4 points
Seeing Narrative
An advanced film theory "workshop" in which we shall avoid reading film theory in favor of a selection of other texts, taken mainly from the domains of art history, philosophy, and literature. Our central question will be: What can we, who have grown up in the age of cinema and digital media, learn from discourses about vision and its relation to narrative that pre-date the cinema, or that consider the cinema only marginally? In this course, we shall begin to approach some of the major topics of contemporary film theory -- narrativity, subject-construction, the relation of words to images -- through the lens of texts that have remained largely outside the network of citations and references we normally associate with the work of professional media theory. We might begin the groundwork for an "opening up" or critique of some of the blind spots of current theory; at the very least, we shall be reading works that challenge our usual ways of theorizing.
- Department: Film
- M 6:10 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
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James A Schamus
CULPA: 8
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