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Undergraduate

  • Problem Set 6

    Problem set from the course Energy Economics.

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  • Problem Set 5

    Problem set from the course Energy Economics.

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  • Problem Set 4

    Problem set for the cousre Energy Economics

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  • Problem Set 3

    Problem set for the course Energy Economics

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  • Problem Set 2

    This problem set reviews your knowledge of multivariate regression analysis. 

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  • Week 6: Reading Guide

    Each week’s readings will be accompanied by a set of guiding questions. As you read the materials, take notes about key messages as well as questions you have. Class discussions will center around these.

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  • Week 5: Reading Guide

    Each week’s readings will be accompanied by a set of guiding questions. As you read the materials, take notes about key messages as well as questions you have. Class discussions will center around these.

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  • Final Paper

    The final paper must be between 4000 and 5000 words and should either address in greater depth one of the case studies explored in class or develop a different case defined by an activist, movement, or event involving science activism after 1945 anywhere around the world.

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  • Week 4: Reading Guide

    Each week’s readings will be accompanied by a set of guiding questions. As you read the materials, take notes about key messages as well as questions you have. Class discussions will center around these.

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  • Week 3 Reading Guide: The Nuclear Freeze Campaign and the role of organizers

    We start the first day with a brief discussion of Gusterson’s second article, building on the previous long discussion of the first one. The second part of this discussion is based largely on television interviews of two activist leaders of the campaign for nuclear disarmament. We conclude with Beckwith’s chapter and its relevance to current events at MIT.

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