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11.S943 Development, Planning, and Implementation: The Dialectic of Theory and Practice (New Course) This advanced graduate-level seminar will analyze the effectiveness of development and planning theories from the perspective of practitioners who implement projects and policies based on such theories.

17.801 Political Science Scope and Methods (Updated Course) Designed to provide an introduction to a variety of empirical research methods used by political scientists, the primary aims of the course are to make you a more sophisticated consumer of diverse empirical research and to allow you to conduct advanced independent work in junior and senior years.

2.61 Internal Combustion Engines (New Course) This course studies the fundamentals of how the design and operation of internal combustion engines affect their performance, efficiency, fuel requirements, and environmental impact. Topics include fluid flow, thermodynamics, combustion, heat transfer and friction phenomena, and fuel properties, with reference to engine power, efficiency, and emissions.

14.770 Introduction to Political Economy (New Course) Intended as an introduction to the field of political economy, this is the first part of a two-part sequence in political economy, along with 14.773 Political Economy: Institutions and Development. Combined, the purpose of the two classes is to give you both a sense of the frontier research topics and a good command of the tools in the area.

STS.032 Energy, Environment, and Society: Global Politics, Technologies, and Ecologies of the Water-Energy-Food Crises (New Course) With increasing public awareness of the multiple effects of global environmental change, the terms water, energy, and food crisis have become widely used in scientific and political debates on sustainable development and environmental policy. Although each of these crises has distinct drivers and consequences, providing sustainable supplies of water, energy, and food are deeply interrelated challenges and require a profound understanding of the political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors that have historically shaped these interrelations at a local and global scale.

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