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12.493[J] Microbial Genetics and Evolution

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(Same subject as 1.87[J], 7.493[J], 20.446[J])
Prereq: 7.03, 7.05, or permission of instructor
Units: 4-0-8
Lecture: TR12.30-2.30 (66-160) Recitation: F11 (2-142)

Covers aspects of microbial genetic and genomic analyses, central dogma, horizontal gene transfer, and evolution.
A. Grossman, O. Cordero
No required or recommended textbooks

11.964 Independent Study: Real Estate

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units arranged [P/D/F]
TBA.

Opportunity for independent study under regular supervision by a faculty member.
M. Hughes
No textbook information available (Summer 2024); No required or recommended textbooks (Fall 2024)

12.525 Mechanisms of Faulting and Earthquakes

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(Subject meets with 12.225)
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR11-12.30 (54-824)

Explores the fundamental mechanics of faulting and earthquakes from four related perspectives: seismology, geodesy, geodynamics, and rheology. Topics to be covered include (1) the physical processes that control the rheology of faults, including friction and fracture, (2) how these rheological processes are manifest in faulting and earthquakes in the earth from a geodynamics perspective, and (3) how the mechanics of faulting and earthquakes are constrained by seismological and geodetic observations. Features both continental and oceanic examples of faulting and earthquakes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
C. Cattania
No textbook information available

11.S940-11.S944 Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units arranged
11.S944: TBA.

For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.
Catherine D'Ignazio
11.S940: No textbook information available
11.S941: No textbook information available
11.S942: No required or recommended textbooks
11.S943: No textbook information available
11.S944: No textbook information available

11.903 Supervised Readings in Urban Studies

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units arranged [P/D/F]
TBA.

Reading and discussion of topics in urban studies and planning.
S. Elliott
No required or recommended textbooks

11.422[J] Law, Technology, and Public Policy

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(Same subject as 15.655[J], IDS.435[J])
(Subject meets with 11.122[J], IDS.066[J])
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR3.30-5 (E51-057)

Examines how law, economics, and technological change shape public policy, and how law can sway technological change; how the legal system responds to environmental, safety, energy, social, and ethical problems; how law and markets interact to influence technological development; and how law can affect wealth distribution, employment, and social justice. Covers energy/climate change; genetic engineering; telecommunications and the role of misinformation; industrial automation; effect of regulation on technological innovation; impacts of antitrust law on innovation and equity; pharmaceuticals; nanotechnology; cost/benefit analysis as a decision tool; public participation in governmental decisions affecting science and technology; corporate influence on technology and welfare; and law and economics as competing paradigms to encourage sustainability. Students taking graduate version explore subject in greater depth.
N. Ashford, C. Caldart
No textbook information available

11.523 Fundamentals of Spatial Database Management

(); first half of term
Prereq: 11.205 or permission of instructor
Units: 2-2-2
Ends Oct 18. Lecture: TR10.30-12.30 (10-401)

Develops technical skills necessary to design, build, and interact with spatial databases using the Structured Query Language (SQL) and its spatial extensions. Provides instruction in writing highly contextual metadata (data biographies). Prepares students to perform database maintenance, modeling, and digitizing tasks, and to critically evaluate and document data sources. Databases are implemented in PostgreSQL and PostGIS; students interface with these using QGIS.
E. Huntley 
No textbook information available

11.409 The Institutions of Modern Capitalism: States and Markets

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Prereq: None
Units: 2-0-10
Lecture: T2-4 (9-451)

Investigates the relationship between states and markets in the evolution of modern capitalism. Critically assesses the rise of what Karl Polanyi and Albert Hirschman have referred to as "market society:" a powerful conceptual framework that views the development of modern capitalism not as an outcome of deterministic economic and technological forces, but rather as the result of contingent social and political processes. Exposes students to a range of conceptual tools and analytic frameworks through which to understand the politics of economic governance and to consider the extent to which societal actors can challenge its limits and imagine alternative possibilities. Sub-themes vary from year to year and have focused on racial capitalism, markets and morality, urban futures, and the global financial crisis. Limited to 25.
J. Jackson
No required or recommended textbooks

Total units: 54+

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