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11.373[J] Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy

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(Same subject as 12.885[J])
(Subject meets with 12.385)
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-6
Lecture: F2-5 (14E-310)

Examines the role of science in US and international environmental policymaking. Surveys the methods by which scientists learn about the natural world; the treatment of science by experts, advocates, the media, and the public and the way science is used in legislative, administrative and judicial decision making. Through lectures, group discussions, and written essays, students develop a critical understanding of the role of science in environmental policy. Potential case studies include fisheries management, ozone depletion, global warming, smog, and endangered species. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.
S. Solomon, J. Knox-Hayes
No textbook information available

11.919 PhD Workshop

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Prereq: None
Units: 0-1-0 [P/D/F]
Lecture: T12.30 (9-450)

The workshop features doctoral student progress on dissertation formulation and findings across all years, panels of particular interest to doctoral students as identified by their representatives on the PhD Committee, and an intellectual space for the sharing of ideas and initiatives within the doctoral community and across the department, including faculty.  Limited to all doctoral students in residence.
Fall: G. Carolini
Spring: G. Carolini
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11.478 Behavioral Science, AI, and Urban Mobility

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(Subject meets with 11.158)
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: MW9.30-11 (4-149)

Integrates behavioral science, artificial intelligence, and transportation technology to shape travel behavior, design mobility systems and business, and reform transportation policies. Introduces methods to sense travel behavior with new technology and measurements; nudge behavior through perception and preference shaping; design mobility systems and ventures that integrate autonomous vehicles, shared mobility, and public transit; and regulate travel with behavior-sensitive transport policies. Challenges students to pilot behavioral experiments and design creative mobility systems, business and policies. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
Staff
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11.497 Human Rights at Home and Abroad

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(Subject meets with 11.164[J], 17.391[J])
Prereq: None
Units: 2-0-10
Lecture: W3-5 (9-450)

Provides a rigorous and critical introduction to the history, foundation, structure, and operation of the human rights movement. Focuses on key ideas, actors, methods and sources, and critically evaluates the field. Addresses current debates in human rights, including the relationship with security, democracy, development and globalization, urbanization, equality (in housing and other economic and social rights; women's rights; ethnic, religious and racial discrimination; and policing/conflict), post-conflict rebuilding and transitional justice, and technology in human rights activism. Students taking graduate version expected to write a research paper.
B. Rajagopal
No textbook information available

11.526[J] Comparative Land Use and Transportation Planning

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(Same subject as 1.251[J])
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: M9-12 (9-450A)

Focuses on the integration of land use and transportation planning, drawing from cases in both industrialized and developing countries. Highlights how land use and transportation influence the social organization of cities, assigning privileges to certain groups and segregating or negating access to the city to other groups. Covers topics such as accessibility; the use of data, algorithms, and bias; travel demand and travel behavior; governance; transit-oriented development; autonomous vehicles; transportation and real estate; and social, environmental, and health implications of land use and transportation. Develops students' skills to assess relevant policies, interventions, and impacts.
Fall: F. Duarte
Spring: F. Duarte
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11.S959 Special Seminar: Urban Studies and Planning

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units arranged [P/D/F]
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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.
E. Glenn
No textbook information available

Total units: 46+

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