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ArchitectureOCW Architecture |
| 4.440 Basic Structural Theory, Spring 2003 | Books |
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| This is an introductory building technology course. Topics covered include: reactions, truss analysis, stability of structures, stress and strain at a point, shear and bending moment diagrams, stresses in beams, Mohr's Circle, column buckling, and deflection of beams. |
| 4.462 / 4.441 Building Technologies II: Building Structural Systems I, Spring 2003 | Books |
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| Graduate Course. The subject introduces fundamental energy topics including thermodynamics, psychrometrics, and comfort, as they relate to building design and construction. |
| 4.463 / 4.442 Building Technologies III: Building Structural Systems II, Fall 2002 | Books |
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| This follow-up to 4.441 and 4.440 deals especially with large sructures using reinforced concrete and steel.
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| 4.651 20th Century Art, Fall 2002 | Books |
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| This class highlights selected major points in art over the last sixty years.
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| 4.661 Theory and Method in the Study of Architecture and Art, Fall 2002 | Books |
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| From revisionism in the 1970s to visual studies versus normative art history in the 1990s, the course studies this confusion surrounding the art connoisseur as itself worthy of study. New methodologies are also discussed.
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| 4.297 Special Problems in Architecture Studies, Fall 2000 | Books |
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| Note: This deals with information architecture, not buildings. Students will learn to describe information architecturesusing the Unified Modeling Language (used to specify, design and structure web applications) and XML (to designate meaningful content). |