M.PHIL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Prerequisite: instructors permission. Participation in medical informatics educational activities under the direction of a faculty adviser.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Amelia J Averitt
  Info
• 2 points

Inequality in High-skilled Labor Markets

Inqulity Hgh-skilled Labr

The course focuses on the U.S. labor market but will also draw research from other settings. The readings are organized by topic and highlight the extent and urgency of the issue and along the lines of gender, race/ethnicity, nativity, and class. Topics include the patterns and trends of inequality among highly-educated workers, and underlying demand and supply-side mechanisms that explain the observed patterns. Attention will be paid to student pathways through higher education to the labor market, including the school-to-work transition process. The course will also cover topics of intergenerational and intragenerational mobility processes among highly-educated workers.

• Department: Sociology
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Yao Lu
  h-index: 25 Info
• 4 points

EARLY MODERN SOUTH ASIA

This graduate seminar focuses on  the material and political orders from 1500-1800 in South Asia. We pair primary, historical texts (in translation) with recent monographs which demonstrate the intersections between narrative and polity within material and epistemic realms. Our guiding interests will be in understanding the intimate relationship between power, agency and materiality within specific political spaces. Eschewing the center/periphery models, we take globally connective approach incorporating Western Asian, North American and Northern European histories. Some key ideas for the seminar include, “oceanic” perspective of the Indian and Atlantic oceans, role of “agents” (travelers, merchants, bureaucrats etc.), theories of colonization and decolonization, gender and sexuality.

• Department: History
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Manan Ahmed
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 6 Info
• 4 points

S PUB EDUC POLICY SEM & PRACT

• Department: Law
• 5 points

S PUB EDUC POLICY SEM & PRACT

• Department: Law
• 6 points

S PUB EDUC POLICY SEM & PRACT

• Department: Law
• 2 points

CRITICAL TRANSLATION THEORY

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter T Connor
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 4 points

How to Study Clothing?

At a time when courses on clothing draw exceptionally large audiences in the humanities field, and when art museums depend increasingly for audiences and revenue on exhibitions of clothing, accompanying those exhibitions with increasingly ambitious catalogues, it has become pertinent for graduate students in a range of art history sub-fields, as well as in adjacent disciplines such as history, design, or anthropology, to become familiar with the newest options for the study of clothing.  Among the 10 most visited exhibitions in the 150-year history of the Met, for instance, 5 have been devoted entirely or in part to clothing.  The trend toward the incorporation of clothing in temporary exhibitions nominally devoted to painting, or to a period subject, as well as the installation of clothing in permanent galleries, will also be discussed. This seminar reads recent books or museum catalogues, chosen to offer a representative range of approaches, time periods and issues of rank, gender, race, geography, and politics.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Anne Higonnet
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

Sustainability Reporting

Broadly speaking, the goal of this class is to provide students with both the theoretical and practical knowledge to understand the current challenges in accounting for firms’ ESG goals. In this rapidly evolving field, the course will be structured in four modules:

- Module #1 reviews the need for sustainability accounting and provide an overview of the providers of ESG metrics and the limits of current
aggregated ESG data.
- Module #2 present various market-based mechanisms to create ESG standards
- Module #3 discusses regulatory initiatives to create ESG information for listed firms
- Module #4 departs from non-financial disclosure and discuss the limits of current accounting standards and introduce new developments to
incorporate ESG characteristics into traditional financial statements.

While ESG encompasses a vast body of topics, this class will draw examples and discuss about a diverse set of issues ESG, including carbon emissions, employees pay, employees labor-safety, and the role of consumers’ NGO, based on short examples or cases spanning different firms in different industries (e.g., wholesale, aviation) and different countries (e.g., USA, France, Japan).
This half-term course is composed of a mix of lectures, cases and online or in-person interventions by high profile industry guest speakers. The lectures are motivated by (1) rigorous recent academic studies drawing from the accounting literature, but also borrowing from adjacent fields including economics, finance, law and strategy and (2) practitioners notes and examples.

Who should take this course?

Students should take this course if they are interested in ESG in general and/or if they expect to use disclosure of non-financial information in their career. This is particularly relevant for students who want to pursue careers in finance (e.g., investment banking) where firms’ ESG footprint is becoming a scrutinized factor in M&A or investment decisions in general, as well as students going to careers in consulting where corporate decisions will more and more be benchmark against their ESG implications.

Please note that this course does not require students to have pre-existing knowledge about ESG.

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• M 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• 1.5 points

Mergers & Acquisitions Transactions

M&A Transactions

The purpose of this course is to provide you with an overview of M&A strategies and an introduction to the structuring and accounting for deals. We will also learn how to model M&A transactions. This is an advanced and technical course. If reviewing arcane accounting and tax rules does not bring you joy, you are forewarned! You will see plenty of both in the course. During the course, we will focus on several themes:
1. Deal strategy
2. Deal valuations
3. Deal structuring – impact of tax and accounting rules
4. Common metrics used to evaluate deals and limitations of those metrics
5. Accounting and modeling of deals

This course is recommended for those who intend to work in the financial services area – it will be helpful for those looking for a career in banking, corporate advisory services, treasury or corporate/financial strategy.

Advising on M&A transactions requires a strong background in accounting and tax. This course will get into the minutiae of various accounting and tax aspects of M&A. I will expect you to be willing to do the deep dive, where required. It is expected that you
have already taken courses in financial accounting and corporate finance and are interested in accounting and tax. If you do not have a prior background in accounting and tax, you are strongly advised to check with the instructor before enrolling in this
course.

This is not a course in excel, excel tools/techniques or about excel add‐ins provided by data providers. There are many services provided by data providers and Wall Street Prep companies for those. This course will focus on the accounting, finance and
economics of evaluating deals and building models. Also, we assume that you are already proficient in Excel, since we will use a lot of Excel models in the course.

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• T 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Radha Radhakrishna
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• 1.5 points

LBO & Bankruptcy Transactions

The purpose of this course is to provide you with an overview of LBO strategies and to introduce you to restructuring and the bankruptcy process. During the course, you will learn how to build a basic financial model and adapt it for LBO transactions. This is an advanced and technical course. If reviewing arcane accounting and legal rules does not bring you joy, you are forewarned! You will see plenty of both in the course. During the course, we will learn to:
1. Build a basic integrated financial models (IS, BS and CFS)
2. Adapt the financial model to study the effect of LBO transactions
3. Study the impact of different deal structures, accounting choices, operating assumptions and financing decisions on firm value, liquidity, profitability, returns and other financial metrics.
4. Learn about alternative exit and restructuring strategies.
5. Understand the bankruptcy process – debt restructuring and fresh start models.

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• T 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Radha Radhakrishna
  Info
• 1.5 points

PRE-MODERN CHINESE FICTION

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Wei Shang
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 96 Info
• 4 points

Oratory, History, and Power: Cicero s

A close analysis of Cicero’s
Brutus
in its many contexts: as a response to Caesar’s dictatorship; as an account of oratory and rhetorical practices in Rome; and as the earliest surviving account of Roman literary history.

• Department: Classics
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: James E Zetzel
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

MS Financial Accounting (Half-Term)

Financial statements are meant to enable the reader to evaluate the performance of an enterprise, analyze its cash flows, and assess its financial position. Recently, widely publicized cases of misleading statements, which were nevertheless attested as to their fairness by outside auditors, resulted in improper revenue recognition, overstatement of income, and misrepresentation of financial position. There is a growing awareness of the importance of honest reporting as the foundation for investors' confidence in the integrity and proper functioning of the financial markets.

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• WF 2 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Amir Ziv
  Info
• 1.5 points

Aesthetics

What is beautiful? What is sublime? What makes a work of art good? What are artworks for? This course will address these and other questions with a focus on Western art and its evaluation by European thinkers from antiquity to more recent times. We will begin with Plato’s discussions of art in the
Ion
and
The Republic
and we will turn next to Aristotle’s defense of art in the
Poetics
. The course will go on to discuss writings on aesthetics by thinkers such as Aquinas, Vasari, and Bellori. We will then devote considerable attention to eighteenth-century contributions to the history of aesthetics and art criticism, as it was in this period that the term “aesthetics” was first coined and that the “philosophy of art” was invented. Many of the most influential and difficult notions in modern aesthetics, such as genius and originality, developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. We will analyze the writings of Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Edmund Burke, Hegel, and others. This course is appropriate for graduate students in art history, visual art, history, philosophy, music, English, and other humanities departments.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Susanna C Berger
  Info
• 4 points

Dissertation Research

Full time research for doctoral students.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Instructor: Richard Slusarczyk
  Info
• 12 points

ART OF LEADING: NEXT PRACTICES FOR SM

As a Stage Manager, collaborative leadership is a both a skill and an art. It is crucial to the success of any production. This involves understanding human behavior, developing effective communication skills, and fostering a holistic workplace environment. Contemporary stage managers need to develop “next practice” skills
in order to actively calibrate their important contribution to the art of creating theater. With practice and refinement, these skills become the foundation for stage managers to lead the people and the production.

The goal of the course is to explore a variety of forward-thinking topics that focus on the process of leading theatrical teams; by the end of the semester, students should have not only a better understanding of next practice theory, but methodologies and competencies that they can deploy in practice.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• R 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Amber White
  Info
• 3 points

GRAD SEM-PREMODERN LITERATURE

Prerequisites: JPNS W4007-W4008 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: David B Lurie
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4 points

GENERAL RELATIVITY

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• Department: Physics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrei Beloborodov
  Info
• 3 points

VISITING ARTISTS

• Department: Theatre Arts
• T 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Mark Russell
  Info
• 0-3 points

QUANTUM FIELD THEORY III

Advanced topics at the discretion of the instructor, including string theory, supersymmetry and other aspects of beyond-standard-model physics.

• Department: Physics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Sebastian Mizera
  Info
• 3 points

THEATRE PRACTICUM II

REIMAGINING AMERICAN THEATRE

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• F 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 3 points

THEATRE PRACTICUM II

ELEVATED & CONTEMPORARY TEXTS

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• TR 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Scott V Whitehurst
  Info
• 3 points

THEATRE PRACTICUM II

PLAYWRIGHT-ACTOR WORKSHOP

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: James Ijames
  Info
• 3 points

THEATRE PRACTICUM II

CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL PLAYS

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• F 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Kate Loewald
  Info
• 3 points

CURRENT ISSUES IN COPYRIGHT

• Department: Law
• Instructor: Jane C Ginsburg
  Wikipedia Info
• 2 points

SEM-SOURCES IN CHINESE HISTORY

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert P Hymes
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

S. Rethinking Globalization

• Department: Law
• Instructor: Charles Sabel
  Wikipedia h-index: 77 Info
• 3 points

PARTICLE PHYSICS I

Prerequisites: PHYS G6037-G6038. Basic aspects of particle physics, focusing on the Standard Model.

• Department: Physics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert D Mawhinney
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 49 Info
• 3 points

COLLABORATION STUDIO

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Timothy A Hess
  Info
• 0 points

COLLABORATION STUDIO

Collaboration Studio is meant to foster and encourage creative relationships between and among the six concentration that comprise the Columbia MFA Theatre Program.

The goal of the class is to celebrate the process and presentation of new work.​
 Success is defined by a desire by all participants for working relationships to extend beyond the class and into the world-at-large.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy A Hess
  Info
• 0-3 points

Public Health Practice Seminar II

PH Practice Seminar II

The internship course provides a substantive opportunity for students to practice applying their expertise and skills in a real world setting. The course allows students to work with practitioners and public health/healthcare experts to explore their interests in more depth and to expand their knowledge of current environments in their fields. Students will reflect on their interests, values, and skills and how their internship, past experiences, and studies align with their goals. The course will provide the opportunity for reflection on work advancement, progress of skill development, connection to current coursework, and exposure to areas within their field. The course includes self-reflection and career interests assessment exercises, and builds on communication skills to train students to respond to challenging questions that they may encounter in the job search process. The seminar provides a supportive framework designed to enhance students’ applied, field-based learning experience by exploring common themes encountered in the fieldwork setting. The seminar will address the public health core competencies of leadership, communication, professionalism, systems thinking, interprofessional education. Learning objectives include: • Describe the Theory of Vocational Choice by John Holland and explain how it can help you choose a career in alignment with your interests. • Prioritize your career interests, values, and mission areas of interest and describe how they relate to your current internship. • Identify three current job descriptions that match your interests, values, and mission areas of interest. • Write at least three effective bullet points for your resume based on your current internship and based on your job market research. • List 3 sources of salary and job market research and information. • Negotiate your salary. • Communicate your short term and long term goals and three steps you plan to take to achieve them. • Describe how your internship has contributed towards your achievement of these goals.

PREREQUISITES AND PERMISSION: Students must submit a letter from their employer following the guidelines at https://isso.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/sampleletters/CPTemploymentsample.pdf  to
hk2778@cumc.columbia.edu
in order to obtain permission to enroll in this course. If you are continuing an internship with the same organization where you completed your required APEx or internship,

• Department: Public Health
• F 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Heather Krasna
  h-index: 5 Info
• 0.5 points

ATHENIAN DRAMA: GENRE, PERFORMANCE, POLI

This course examines the three dramatic genres of fifth-century BCE Athens – tragedy, comedy, and satyr play – alongside one another. Even though these genres were often performed on the same stage and sometimes at the same festival, modern scholars have tended to treat them separately. Each week we will instead allow these distinct forms of drama to intersect by close reading substantial selections from a tragedy, a comedy, and a satyr play under a particular theme or topic. This will allow us to explore the insights and resonances that emerge at the intersection between these genres, as we consider commonalities and differences between dramatic genres, as well as how Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Cratinus, Eupolis, Euripides, Sophocles and others handled dramatic structures, myth, politics, religion, and staging. Our aim is to gain insight into the intricacies of ancient Greek theater and the boundaries that modern scholars have drawn between these sibling genres. Because most satyr play – as well as the comedies of Cratinus and Eupolis – survives in fragments we will additionally explore the challenges and opportunities of working with fragmentary drama. While our focus will be on the primary texts, the assigned secondary reading will also introduce students to a range of key areas of focus such as the city, the chorus, and gods as well as to various recent approaches related to theories of embodiment, materiality, and cognition. This broad-ranging approach is designed not only to familiarize students with the theoretical landscape of Greek drama of the last twenty-five years but also to encourage advanced exploration of ancient Greek theater through a range of critical approaches and methodologies.

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 3 points

Communicating Health Risks to the Public

This course explores health risk communication approaches and strategies, focusing on their practical application in real-world scenarios. Students learn how to use the power of effective communication to advance informed decision-making about public health issues. With a keen eye on the dynamics of interpersonal, organizational, and mediated channels, students delve into the nuances of crafting impactful messages that evoke predictable effects and facilitate positive outcomes. Students gain insights into how communication shapes the public’s experience of health risks, as well as how to manage emotions and conflicts and address contemporary communication issues, including infodemics and misinformation.

Additionally, a trauma-informed approach is utilized to gain insights into the prevalence and consequences of trauma, how it influences behaviors and decision-making, and the intersection with crisis communication. One of the highlights of this course is its focus on cultivating public speaking skills. Students learn to navigate complex public health topics with confidence, empathy, and a commitment to clear, authentic, and trustworthy communication.

This course is highly experiential, offering ample opportunities to put theory into practice. A diverse range of communication materials will be produced, encompassing written documents and multimedia presentations. Students will gain the skills necessary to create compelling, evidence-based, and accessible content tailored to diverse stakeholders.

• Department: General Public Health
• R 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Carina Schmid
  Info
• 1.5 points

ADV MPH Online Integrative Learning Expe

Integrative Learning Exp.

The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), the institution that accredits public health schools and programs in the United States, requires that all students complete an Integrated Learning Experience (ILE) to earn an MPH degree. The ILE, submitted as students near completion of their degree, is considered the culminating experience providing students the opportunity to highlight proficiencies and to make connections between significant elements of the MPH education. As students progress towards fulfilling degree requirements, they, in consultation with their advisors, identify foundational and program specific competencies to support their education and career goals. The ILE requirement stipulates students demonstrate the acquisition and synthesis of competencies they have identified with their faculty advisors through the submission of a high-quality written document.

• Department: General Public Health
• Instructor: Stephanie A Grilo
  Info
• 0 points

INDIV PROJECTS IN MUSICOLOGY

Sec. 1: Ethnomusicology; Sec. 2: Historical Musicology; Sec. 3: Music Theory; Sec. 4: Music Cognition; Sec. 5: Music Philosophy.

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Alessandra M Ciucci
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Julia Doe
  Info
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Giuseppe Gerbino
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Knar Abrahamyan
  Info
• Instructor: Mariusz Kozak
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Georg Friedrich Haas
  Info
• Instructor: Elaine Sisman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Benjamin A Steege
  Info
• Instructor: Ruth Opara
  Info
• Instructor: Marcos Balter
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Applied Regression I

APPLIED REGRESSION I

This course will provide an introduction to the basics of regression analysis. The class will proceed systematically from the examination of the distributional qualities of the measures of interest, to assessing the appropriateness of the assumption of linearity, to issues related to variable inclusion, model fit, interpretation, and regression diagnostics. We will primarily use scalar notation (i.e. we will use limited matrix notation, and will only briefly present the use of matrix algebra).

• Department: Biostatistics
• R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Martina Pavlicova
  h-index: 30 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED TOPICS IN IEOR

Selected topics in IEOR. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Lily Xu
  Info
• Instructor: Daniel Lacker
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED TOPICS IN IEOR

High-dimensional Prob w/Applic

Selected topics in IEOR. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Kaizheng Wang
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED TOPICS IN IEOR

Selected topics in IEOR. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Vineet Goyal
  h-index: 21 Info
• Instructor: Wenpin Tang
  h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

Introduction to Health Data Science

Intro to Health Data Scie

This course will introduce students to core data science skills and concepts through the exploration of applied biostatistics. The course will begin with an introduction to the R programming language and the RStudio IDE, focusing on contemporary tidyverse functions and reproducible programming methods. Then, the course will instruct students in contemporary data manipulation and visualization tools while systematically covering core applied biostatistics topics, including confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, permutation tests, and logistic and linear regression. Finally, the semester will end with an introduction to machine learning concepts, including terminology, best practices in test/training sets, cross-validation, and a survey of contemporary classification and regression algorithms.

• Department: Biostatistics
• MW 4 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
• 3 points

Ex. In-House Counsel

• Department: Law
• 2 points

Ex. In-House Counsel

• Department: Law
• 2 points

Ex. In-House Counsel

• Department: Law
• 2 points

Ex. In-House Counsel

• Department: Law
• 2 points

Ex. In-House Counsel

• Department: Law
• 2 points

Ex. In-House Counsel

• Department: Law
• 2 points

TOPICS IN APPLIED STATISTICS

Applied Causality

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• Department: Statistics
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: David Blei
  Wikipedia h-index: 98 Info
• 3 points

Process Improvement and Growth

This class brings business operations and management science classes to the field with real-world experience. Through experiential learning, we will bridge the gap between theory and practice with international case discussions, conversations with guest speakers and hands-on company sponsored projects. Different to most classes in the school, in this class students will be exposed to a series of international cases and examples based on medium-sized, fast-growing entrepreneurial ventures. Each session will also include a guest speaker, often times the protagonist of the case studied, giving the students the opportunity to learn directly from successful entrepreneurs and senior executives.
Additionally, students will put into practice the concept of process improvement by working on a company-sponsored applied project. Teams of 4-5 people, 3-4 MBA/EMBA students and 1-2 engineering (SEAS) students, will work hand in hand with the instructors and company representatives to achieve company goals. For example, teams may be tasked with re-designing the logistical strategy of distribution of the company to get rid of inefficiencies, or identify and find strategies to eliminate areas of waste within the companies’ processes, or analyze customer feedback and design operational solutions to increase customer satisfaction, etc.
Enrollment in this course is by application only. To apply, please follow this link: https://forms.gle/EG6buNZqQYEgN2EH9

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• 3 points

VISUAL ART LAB, SPRING

VISUAL ART LAB SPRING

Students meet with the professor and pave the transition from graduate students to seeing themselves as artists with a long term working creative perspective beyond academia. The professor will work to contextualize the students body of work in the arena of an international art conversation. VISUAL ART LAB will be led by Sarah Sze in the Spring.

Schedule:
Priority will be given to all second-year students who submit a short presentation of their work. Should there be remaining room for first year students they will be admitted upon review. To apply please submit a brief description of work, current research and interest in taking the seminar, along with 5 - 10 images. There will be one half hour meeting for each student with professor Sze throughout the Spring Semester.

Requirements:
Rigorous development of students' own body of work.

• Department: Visual Arts
• Instructor: Sarah M Sze
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Patient Oriented Research Career Develop

POR CAREER DEVELOPMENT CO

The main objective of this course is to provide Columbia University's Clinical & Translational Science award trainees, students, and scholars with skills and knowledge that will optimize their chances of entering into a satisfying academic career. The course will emphasize several methodological and practical issues related to the development of a science career. The course will also offer support and incentives by facilitating timely use of CTSA resources, obtaining expert reviews on writing and curriculum vitae, and providing knowledge and resources for the successful achievement of career goals.

• Department: Biostatistics
• T 3 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Marisa N Spann
  Info
• 0.5 points

Business Analytics II: Foundations of AI

Business Analytics II: AI

Business analytics refers to the ways in which enterprises such as businesses, non-profits, and governments use data to gain insights and make better decisions. Business analytics is applied in operations, marketing, finance, and strategic planning among other functions. Modern data collection methods – arising in bioinformatics, mobile platforms, and previously unanalyzable data like text and images – are leading an explosive growth in the volume of data available for decision making. The ability to use data effectively to drive rapid, precise, and profitable decisions has been a critical strategic advantage for companies as diverse as Walmart, Google, Capital One, and Disney. Many startups are based on the application of AI & analytics to large databases. With the increasing availability of broad and deep sources of information – so-called “Big Data” – business analytics are becoming an even more critical capability for enterprises of all types and all sizes. AI is beginning to impact every dimension of business and society. In many industries, you will need to be literate in AI to be a successful business leader. The Business Analytics sequence is designed to prepare you to play an active role in shaping the future of AI and business. You will develop a critical understanding of modern analytics methodology, studying its foundations, potential applications, and – perhaps most importantly – limitations.

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• T 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• W 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Hongseok Namkoong
  h-index: 11 Info
• 1.5 points

Data Science II

DATA SCIENCE II

With the explosion of “Big Data” problems, statistical learning has become a very hot field in many scientific areas. The goal of this course is to provide the training in practical statistical learning. It is targeted to MS students with some data analysis experience.

• Department: Biostatistics
• TR 4 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Yifei Sun
  h-index: 7 Info
• 3 points

Operations Strategy

A firm's operations encompass all the activities that are performed in order to produce and deliver a product or a service. An operations strategy refers to a set of operational decisions that a firm makes to achieve a long-term competitive advantage. These decisions may be about the firms facilities, its technology/process choices, its relationships with both upstream and downstream business partners etc. The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how and why operational decisions are integral to a firms success. The course builds on concepts from the core Operations Management course and the core Strategy Formulation course. It is highly relevant to anyone whose work requires the strategic analysis of a firms operations, including those interested in consulting, entrepreneurship, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, investment analysis, and general management. The course consists of four modules. The first module, Strategic Alignment," explores the question of how a firms operations should be structured so as to be consistent with the firms chosen way to compete. The second module, "Firm Boundaries," considers the question of what operational activities should remain in house and what should be done by a business partner and the long-term implications of these decisions on competitive advantage. This module also addresses the issue of managing the business relationships with supply chain partners. The third module, "Internal Operations," considers key decision categories in operations, e.g., capacity decisions, process choices, IT implementation, and managing networks, and shows how these decisions can lead to distinctive capabilities. The final module, "New Challenges," is set aside to address new topics that reflect the current trends in the business environment."

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• M 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• T 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• T 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• W 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• R 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• R 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• F 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Medini Singh
  Info
• 3 points

Statistical Inference

STATISTICAL INFERENCE

This course covers a review of mathematical statistics and probability theory at the Masters level. Students will be exposed to theory of estimation and hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and Bayesian inference. Topics include population parameters, sufficient statistics, basic distribution theory, point and interval estimation, introduction to the theory of hypothesis testing, and nonparametric procedures.

• Department: Biostatistics
• F 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Bin Cheng
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• 3 points

CONCISE ORGANOMETALLIC CHEM

Main group and transition metal organometallic chemistry: bonding, structure, reactions, kinetics, and mechanisms.

The only prerequisites needed include General Chemistry II Lectures (specifically, kinetics, and at the level of UN1404 or UN1604) and Organic Chemistry II Lectures (at the level of UN2046 or UN2444).  Advanced knowledge from classes, including but not limited to physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, advanced organic chemistry, and synthetic methods, is NOT required.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Jack R Norton
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• 2.5 points

Applied Regression II

APPLIED REGRESSION II

This course will introduce the statistical methods for analyzing censored data, non-normally distributed response data, and repeated measurements data that are commonly encountered in medical and public health research. Topics include estimation and comparison of survival curves, regression models for survival data, logit models, log-linear models, and generalized estimating equations. Examples are drawn from the health sciences.

• Department: Biostatistics
• M 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• 3 points

SCENE STUDY

SELF TO PERFORMANCE

• Department: Theatre Arts
• F 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter Fernandez
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• 3 points

SCENE STUDY

SCENE STUDY: THE GREEKS

• Department: Theatre Arts
• F 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Kulick
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• 3 points

Sustainable Operations

The importance of designing, building, and leading sustainable organizations is indisputable. Sustainability encompasses not only the environmental footprint of an organization but also the way in which firms treat workers and customers both within their firm and supply chain network. Understanding the role of operational excellence and strategic supply chain management in achieving sustainability is critical for effective leadership.

This course examines a variety of approaches to designing sustainability into an organization’s operations and how to measure and reduce a firm’s operational environmental impact. We also explore themes of risk, accountability, and sustainability within global supply chains. What challenges do firms face in being socially responsible when managing globally distributed supply chains? Three themes comprise this course: (1) designing sustainable operations, (2) drivers and consequences of sustainability, and (3) global sourcing and social responsibility.

• Designing Sustainable Operations. Sample cases include – REI Rentals, All Birds, IndigoAg, Supply Chain Hubs in Humanitarian Logistics.
• Drivers and Consequences of Sustainability. Sample cases include – Fiji Water, Aspen Ski Company.
• Global Sourcing & Social Responsibility. Sample cases include – IKEA, Ready Made Garment Industry, Roche & Tamiflu.

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• T 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicole Dehoratius
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• 1.5 points

SEM-NEGOTIATION WORKSHOP

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• Instructor: Mavis K Fowler
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• Instructor: Jay A Hewlin
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• Instructor: Katerina M Yiannibas
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• 3 points

SEM-NEGOTIATION WORKSHOP

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• Instructor: Katerina M Yiannibas
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• Instructor: Edward C Frischling
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• 3 points

SEM-NEGOTIATION WORKSHOP

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• 3 points

SEM-NEGOTIATION WORKSHOP

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• Instructor: Avery W Katz
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• 3 points

Risk Management

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• MW 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Evan C Picoult
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• 3 points

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• Department: Law
• Instructor: David S Ross
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• 3 points

Advanced Statistical and Computational M

ADV STAT/COMPUT MTHD-GEN/

This course introduces students to advanced computational and statistical methods used in the design and analysis of high-dimensional genetic data, an area of critical importance in the current era of BIG DATA. The course starts with a brief background in genetics, followed by in depth discussion of topics in genome-wide linkage and association studies, and next-generation sequencing studies. Additional topics such as network genetics will also be covered. Examples from recent and ongoing applications to complex traits will be used to illustrate methods and concepts. Students are required to read relevant papers as assigned by the instructor, and each student is required to present a paper during class. Students are also required to work on a project related to the course material, with midterm evaluation of the progress.
We will use one main textbook: The fundamentals of Modern Statistical Genetics by Laird and Lange (Springer, 2012). For further reading, an excellent book is also Handbook of Statistical Genetics, Volume 1 (Wiley, 2007). Another good book is Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis by Ken Lange (Springer 2002).

• Department: Biostatistics
• F 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Iuliana Ionita-Laza
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• 3 points

Analysis of Categorical Data

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A comprehensive overview of methods of analysis for binary and other discrete response data, with applications to epidemiological and clinical studies. It is a second level course that presumes some knowledge of applied statistics and epidemiology. Topics discussed include 2 × 2 tables, m × 2 tables, tests of independence, measures of association, power and sample size determination, stratification and matching in design and analysis, interrater agreement, logistic regression analysis.

• Department: Biostatistics
• MR 4 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
• 3 points

Accounting for Consultants

This elective course covers accounting tools useful to consultants, as well as for students with an interest in a firm’s finance function, general management, or private equity.
There will be a particular focus on performance measurement and management.
Performance measurement is a key determinant of success for today’s companies that sell a wide range of products and services to a wide range of customers differentiated in their needs. While financial accounting (GAAP) information is a useful shortcut toward gaining some understanding of a firm’s financial health, consultants and managers need a more solid understanding of the firm’s strategy and mission, as well as disaggregated information that helps assess how the firm is performing along its strategic objectives.
There is overlap between this course and the half-semester course “Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)” course. This course expands on many of the concepts taught in FP&A and supplements them with industry insights and guest speakers. For this reason, this course is mutually exclusive with the elective course “B8007 – Financial Planning & Analysis”. If you have taken FP&A, you will not be able to enroll in this course for credit. Please contact me immediately in case of such a conflict.
The following specific topics will be addressed:
• Profitability analysis to assess individual products
• Customer relationship management using customer lifetime value (CLV)
• Budgeting and variances
• Performance evaluation for profit centers and investment centers
• Performance-based pay: team incentives, relative performance evaluation, etc.
• Corporate governance: the C-suite and the role of compensation consultants
• The “War of Metrics”: Cash Flow, EVA, Balanced Scorecards, etc.
• Innovative ways to deviate from GAAP rules to better measure value creation
• Issues specific to multinational enterprises (MNEs), e.g., taxation
• Industry-specific insights: performance measurement in key industries

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Tim Baldenius
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• 3 points

Intro to Biology Course (T3ST)

Test Course for Vergil Launch Demonstration

• Department: OFFC OF THE REGISTRAR
• 3 points

DIGITAL LITERACY-DECISION MKRS

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Unrelenting technological progress demands entrepreneurs, executives, and managers to continually upgrade their skills in the pursuit of emerging opportunities. As “software eats the world”, executives from all industries are increasingly called upon to be “Full Stack”: capable of making competent decisions across domains as diverse as digital technology, design, product, and marketing.
In this course, we begin with primers on code, design, and product management. Once the foundation is laid, we examine the best practices for building great products and exceptional teams. We conclude with an overview of how technology is changing the way products are marketed, distributed, and monetized. Our goal is to equip “non-technical” executives with the terminology, tools, and context required to effect change in a software­ and internet-driven world.
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To provide an understanding of the technologies that we encounter everyday, and how history can inform the technology decisions executives face today.
To become familiar the concepts that underpin modern computer programming, empowering managers to engage with engineers credibly and confidently.
To shed light on the processes and tools designers use to solve user-facing design and architecture challenges.
To clarify what product managers do, walk through the nitty-gritty of managing software development, and equip executives with the best practices for evaluating and improving their products.
To prepare managers to identify, recruit, and nurture the technical talent they will need to succeed in today’s highly competitive labor market.
To familiarize students with the dynamic context in which technology products live, ensuring the profitable and widespread delivery of those products.

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• T 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Marco A Morales Barba
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• 1.5 points

Programming Generative AI Applications

Generative Artificial Intelligence is a type of AI that learns patterns from data to create new content in various types of media (text, images, audio, video). At its heart a generative AI system has a large language model (LLM) that is essentially a large (trillions of parameters) neural network that has been trained on a mix of vast amounts of data as well as human input. Applying generative AI to actual problems in business often requires that the LLM underlying the AI be customized to the business problem, either by attaching a data source (e.g., operating procedures, 10k reports, marketing plans, balance sheets, etc.) to the LLM (a process known as Retrieval-Augmented Generation or RAG) or by retraining the neural net with additional data (a process known as fine tuning). adjusting the parameters of the underlying LLM. Embedding generative AI into organizational processes requires
that we gather appropriate data and reprogram the LLM to use the data either through RAG or fine tuning.

The focus of this course is to give you a working knowledge of what it takes to customize and assemble a customized generative AI application. We will use OpenAI’s GPT as our base model and learn how to build a RAG and how to customize using simple fine tuning. About 50% of the class time will be devoted to a group project where you will, in small groups, build your own customized AI application. All programming will be in Python and we will use libraries like tensorflow, langchain and faiss.

STUDENTS WILL NEED TO COMPLETE AN INTRODUCTORY PYTHON CLASS (https://courseworks2.columbia.edu/courses/152704) OR PASS THE BASIC PYTHON QUALIFICATION EXAM (https://cbs-python.com/) BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS. SEE https://academics.gsb.columbia.edu/python FOR DETAILS

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• TWRFS 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
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• 3 points

Healthcare Venture Capital And Private E

Healthcare Venture Cap &

This course analyzes the unique characteristics and strategies of investing in the healthcare sector from the perspectives of venture capital firms investing in early-stage healthcare enterprises, entrepreneurs creating and managing such business entities, and private equity firms seeking to build value-creating health care platforms. The course is focused on innovative business models of early to mid-stage healthcare services companies (payers, providers, HCIT firms) that improve quality of patient care, lower costs, and facilitate access to such services, as well as the opportunities and challenges of early-stage biotechnology companies discovering and developing novel compounds. It considers how investors and entrepreneurs can assess, value and manage the inherent risks to succeed in this large, complex, and dynamic sector. This course will address these issues through a mixture of lectures, case studies, and guest speakers (investors and entrepreneurs) from the healthcare sector. Note: Some understanding and prior experience in the healthcare/pharma industry will be highly useful. Students need to attend the first class session to understand material covered later in the course. Evaluation is 25% class participation, 25% mid-term assignment (short paper on questions or case study), and 50% final (individual) paper. "

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• M 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• 1.5 points

Biostatistical Methods II

BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS II

Regression analysis is widely used in biomedical research. Non-continuous (e.g., binary or count-valued) responses, correlated observations, and censored data are frequently encountered in regression analysis. This course will introduce advanced statistical methods to address these practical problems. Topics include generalized linear models (GLM) for non-Gaussian response, mixed-effects models and generalized estimating equations (GEE) for correlated observations, and Cox proportional hazards models for survival data analysis. Examples are drawn from biomedical sciences.

• Department: Biostatistics
• WF 10 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• Instructor: Bin Cheng
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• 3 points