[bioundgrd] Fwd: Spring 2015 ESG seminars - open to all students

[Janice Chang]

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From: Paola Rebusco <pao at mit.edu<mailto:pao at mit.edu>>
Subject: Spring 2015 seminars - open to all students
Date: November 24, 2014 at 2:40:10 PM EST


Good afternoon!

ESG is sponsoring a number of innovative six unit pass/fail seminars this coming spring, open to all MIT and Wellesley students. These seminars are listed below.

Thank you,
Paola
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Spring 2015 Undergraduate Seminars sponsored by ESG. All seminars are 6 pass/fail units and open to all MIT and Wellesley students

These seminars are designed to be highly interactive, hands-on, and based on material not typically found in standard MIT classes. For more information about each seminar, contact the instructors.

* ES.010: Chemistry of Sports: Understanding how exercise affects your body chemistry
* ES.S11: From Farm to table ?How MIT and you deal with food
* ES.S40 Law and Technology Seminar
* ES.S70 Programming Physics: E&M with Python

ES.010: Chemistry of Sports: Understanding how exercise affects your body chemistry
Instructors:  Dr. Patti Christie (patti at MIT.EDU<mailto:patti at MIT.EDU>), Steve Lyons (sjlyons at MIT. EDU)
Time and location: Wednesdays 3-5 pm in 24-619
Workout session:  Thursdays  4-5 pm (potential 2 extra PE points)

The seminar is designed to look at the science of a triathlon/sports from a molecular/chemical/biological point of view. We will be able to use our own bodies to see how exercise affects the system, through observations written in a training journal. We will also improve the overall fitness of the class through maintaining a physical fitness program over the course of the term. The end of the term will have us all participate in a mini-triathlon in the Z center pool/Mac court/Charles River Esplanade on Wednesday May 9th.

ES.S11: From Farm to table ?How MIT and you deal with food
Instructors: Dr. Patti Christie (patti at MIT.EDU<mailto:patti at MIT.EDU>), Naomi Carton (naomic at MIT.EDU<mailto:naomic at MIT.EDU>)
Time and location: Tuesdays 3-5 pm in 24-619

Ever wonder where the food on your plate comes from? What the difference between an organic farm and a conventional farm? What sustainable food really means? What about your dining hall? Do you know that MIT composts? This seminar is going to explore food from the farm, through grocery stores and produce suppliers, to your plate, at both home and dorm. We will examine what MIT is doing to support local farms and deal with food preparation, serving and waste disposal. We will be taking field trips to a farm, grocery stores, and campus dining facilities. We will be inviting speakers from around campus and outside to come and speak to us about sustainable food. We will also be participating in the MIT Dining's iron chef competition to learn more about how food gets to your plate and attending the Earth Day festivities on campus.


ES.S40 MIT Law and Technology Seminar
Instructor: Steve Lyons (sjlyons at MIT. EDU)
Time and Location: Mondays 3-5pm in 24-619

This course is designed to make students conversant with how the law and technology interface. The syllabus and readings incorporate discussions of current events such as WikiLeaks, NSA Surveillance, Bitcoin, the Aaron Schwartz case. The seminar includes readings and discussion of landmark Supreme Court decisions in the areas of privacy, intellectual property, cyber law and piracy. Students are not required to have a background in law to comprehend the material or enjoy the subject. The seminar will feature guest speakers who are experts from the legal community, offering interesting perspectives on a variety of topics.


ES.S70 Programming Physics: E&M with Python
Instructor: Dr. Paola Rebusco, Joe C Griffin
Time and Location: Wednesdays 3-5pm in 24-611A

This seminar is designed for freshmen that are taking, or have just taken, a class in Electricity and Magnetism (8.02, 8.022 or equivalent). Through this seminar, students will reinforce their understanding of E&M by writing codes in Python and VPython to model and visualize physical systems. In the modeling process, students will learn how to program in Python and use computational techniques to solve problems. The seminar is aimed at students with little or no programming experience.  Class is limited to 10 participants.



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Paola Rebusco, Ph.D.

MIT - Experimental Study Group
Phone: 617-324-7773

http://space.mit.edu/home/pao

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