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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Scott Alessandro <<a href="mailto:salessan@mit.edu">salessan@mit.edu</a>><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Spring H4 Course. 15.S40, Tackling Big Policy Issues Through Literature and Film (begins Tuesday, April 3rd)</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">March 5, 2018 at 2:52:48 PM EST<br>
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Could you forward this course announcement to your students? The course is offered in H4 starting after Spring Break, and may be especially helpful for students needing to add a course.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">15. S40<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">TACKLING BIG POLICY ISSUES THROUGH LITERATURE AND FILM<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Tuesday/Thursday. 2:30-4.00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Instructor: Robert B McKersie<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">6 units. Pass/Fail Grading.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Class begins April 3, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Syllabus posted on the Stellar Course site:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/15/sp18/15.S40/index.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/15/sp18/15.S40/index.html</a>.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;">COURSE OVERVIEW<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Big problems are everywhere. By studying literature that depicts human beings coping with tough issues in a variety of settings, we can gain understanding and new perspectives that will
inform our consideration of policies and managerial issues presented by these major challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Each week we will address a new topic. The first session of the week is devoted to an in-depth discussion of a story or film, where we identify major dilemmas and issues present in these
pieces of literature. The second session of the week analyzes the “big picture.” We will draw on the expertise of MIT faculty to help us understand the latest thinking about these problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> For some stories, we will use video segments to dramatize the challenges confronting the main characters. These are drawn from movies that are available for the stories we will study
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