Open Access Course Materials - Social Sciences and Humanities - 2019 and earlier

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  • Publication
    American Literature
    ( 2013)
    Wyn Kelley
    This course studies the national literature of the United States since the early 19th century. It considers a range of texts - including, novels, essays, and poetry - and their efforts to define the notion of American identity. Readings usually include works by such authors as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Emily Dickinson, and Toni Morrison
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    Modern Art And Mass Culture
    ( 2012)
    Caroline Jones
    This class provides an introduction to modern art and theories of modernism and postmodernism. It focuses on the way artists use the tension between fine art and mass culture to mobilize a critique of both. We will examine objects of visual art, including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints, performance and video. These objects will be viewed in their interaction with advertising, caricature, comics, graffiti, television, fashion, folk art, and “primitive” art
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    Introduction To Linguistics
    ( 2012)
    David Pesetsky
    This course studies what is language and what does knowledge of a language consist of. It asks how do children learn languages and is language unique to humans; why are there many languages; how do languages change; is any language or dialect superior to another; and how are speech and writing related. Context for these and similar questions is provided by basic examination of internal organization of sentences, words, and sound systems. No prior training in linguistics is assumed
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    Introduction To Statistical Methods In Economics
    ( 2009)
    Konrad Menzel
    This course will provide a solid foundation in probability and statistics for economists and other social scientists. We will emphasize topics needed for further study of econometrics and provide basic preparation for 14.32 Econometrics. Topics include elements of probability theory, sampling theory, statistical estimation, and hypothesis testing
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    Language and Its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics
    ( 2005)
    Kai von Fintel
    This course gives an introduction to the science of linguistic meaning. There are two branches to this discipline: semantics, the study of conventional, “compositional meaning”, and pragmatics, the study of interactional meaning. There are other contributaries: philosophy, logic, syntax, and psychology. We will try to give you an understanding of the concepts of semantics and pragmatics and of some of the technical tools that we use