The world is rich in data and our ability to process, manipulate, analyze, and visualize that data is growing in power. This course discusses how to understand and solve real-world problems using modern programming techniques.

The world is rich in data and our ability to process, manipulate, analyze, and visualize that data is growing in power. This course discusses how to understand and solve real-world problems using modern programming techniques.

The social context of U.S. schools and the myriad issues that underlie the call to "leave no child behind" are examined. Reform efforts, instructional approaches, curriculum materials, school structures, and educational practices and their influences on students' education and learning are explored.

In this class, students will become explorers, arbiters and communicators of culture. That includes a wide variety of journalistic beats, such as music, food, film, television, art, travel and fashion. By developing cultural journalism skills, students will learn how to assess and diagnose what art is worth consuming and what is not, what audiences need to know and what they do not and how best to communicate all of the above. And they will learn how to cover culture in a variety of ways, including reporting, criticism and first-person essay writing.

This course examines the complex relationships between the process of economic development and gender inequality. Students will be introduced to the theoretical frameworks and debates that have shaped the analysis of gender and economic development. This will be followed by an exploration of the interactions between economic development policy and gender relations in the global South.

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