All Courses
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EPID 640 FA 2018
This course teaches the fundamentals of data management, processing, manipulation, and critical review of data in SAS for epidemiologic and statistical analysis. Students will learn to read in raw data, merge files, recode existing variables, create new parameters, critically review data for errors, create graphics, construct datasets for statistical analysis, and interpret the output of commonly used statistical models. As a hands-on class, students will sharpen their intuition about how to use data, read data, interpret data, and review others' claims about data.
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Angell Hall Astronomy Training
Training and practice for the Angell Hall Student Observatory and Planetarium.
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EARTH 108 002 WN 2019
Every year natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, floods, hurricanes, and tornados, can lead to tens of thousands of deaths and tens of billions of dollars in economic damage. This course will explore the science behind natural disasters, concentrating on our ability, or inability, to predict them. The course will also address how natural disasters can lead to changes in both science and public policy.
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MCDB 452 001 WN 2019
Vision is our most important sense, and nearly half of our cerebral cortex is devoted to vision. This course focuses on understanding how the cellular properties of neurons and the pattern of synaptic connections between neurons allow the visual system to decipher incoming information.