courses

Foreign Cultures 48. The Cultural Revolution
Roderick MacFarquhar
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 10, and a weekly section to be arranged.
From 1966 to 1976, the People’s Republic of China was wracked by civil strife, student violence, political intrigue, and military plots. What had once seemed the best disciplined and most stable of dictatorial states seemed about to dissolve into disunity, even anarchy, and as a result of the actions of the man who had done more than anyone else to create it: Chairman Mao Zedong. The Cultural Revolution is traced to pinpoint Mao’s aims and to explore the deeper political, social, economic, and cultural issues that his actions raised for the Chinese, and for the rest of us as well.

Social Analysis 10. Principles of Economics
N. Gregory Mankiw, Silvia Ardagna, and members of the Economics Department
Full course (indivisible). M., W., F., at 12. Sections also meet at 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, or 2.
Introduction to economic issues and basic principles and methods of economics. Fall term focuses on microeconomics: how markets work, market efficiency and market failure, firm and consumer behavior, and policy issues such as taxation, international trade, the environment, and the distribution of income. Spring term focuses on macroeconomics: economic growth, inflation, unemployment, the business cycle, the financial system, international capital flows and trade imbalances, and the impact of monetary and fiscal policy.

MCB 192. Principles of Drug Discovery and Development
Mark C. Fishman (Medical School), Vicki L. Sato, and Gregory L. Verdine
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 11:30–1, and a 1.5-hour weekly section to be arranged.
How is new medicine created? What steps are taken to go from observed medical need to efficacious treatment with minimal side effects? Case-study based introduction to the process of Drug Discovery co-taught by Harvard faculty and researchers from the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. Topics include: identifying possible drug targets, chemical screening and lead discovery, medicinal chemistry, drug formulation, preclinical safety and clinical trials. Readings and assignments drawn from primary scientific literature and drug study reports.

Physics 11b. Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves
Masahiro Morii and Jennifer E. Hoffman
Half course (spring term). Lectures, Tu., Th., 10–11:30, weekly ninety-minute discussion sections, and one three-hour laboratory session every two weeks.
Physics 11b is the second half of a one-year physics sequence. It covers the basic phenomena of electricity and magnetism, elements of circuits with selected applications, Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves, and a brief introduction to quantum physics.