International Relations Theory for Globa

IR Theory & Global Policy

This course provides an advanced introduction to core theories of international relations and their application to real-world policymaking in a global context. Students will examine foundational and contemporary analytical frameworks, including realism, liberalism, constructivism, game theory, selectorate theory, decision-making models, two-level game theory, and complex interdependence. Through a structured combination of lectures, discussions, and collaborative group analysis, students will apply these theories to contemporary global issues, with a focus on the U.S.–China relationship. The course culminates in a two-session policy forum, in which students present theory-based policy analyses they have developed over the semester. Emphasis is placed on practical application, clarity of analysis, and professional presentation.

• Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
• T 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Fumiko Sasaki
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• 3 points

Readings in Sufi Texts

This seminar is based entirely on the primary sources of Ṣūfism, including the writings of Qushayrī, Nūrī, Muḥāsibī, Sarrāj, Ghazālī, Hujwīrī, Ibn ʿArabī, Suhrawardī, Shaʿrānī, and al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī. We will explore how the leading Ṣūfīs saw themselves and the ways in which they articulated their identity. This is also articulated in the ways they organized their works and constructed the biographies of their ethical exemplars. We will study their major concepts and descriptions of their own experiences, and then theorize their subjective formations as “hermeneutics of the subject.” Inasmuch as this seminar is about how we study and view Ṣūfism, it is also as much about the various ways this conception of the world can inform a basis of a set of critiques of modernity and its epistemologies and practices.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Wael Hallaq
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• 4 points

ASSET MANAGEMENT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Sara B Queen
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• 1.5 points

Politics & Policy of Urban Sustainabilit

Politics & Policy-Urban S

Instructor permission required. Join the waitlist in Vergil to request registration.
This is a course for thoughtful people who wish to influence actual policy outcomes related to sustainability challenges in major cities. Its objective is not to provide a primer on urban sustainability solutions; this is readily available from textbooks and will change by the time you are in a position to act. Rather, the course’s objective is to prepare you for the kind of challenges that will face you as a policy practitioner in the field of urban sustainability. Cities are increasingly recognized as a key level of government for environmental and sustainability policy. As at all levels, politics and policy are intensely intertwined, and perhaps more so at the local level because the decisions involved often affect constituents directly and intimately --in their neighborhoods, in their homes, in their commutes. This reading-heavy colloquium explores the politics and the policy of urban sustainability from the perspective of someone who wishes to effect change. It culminates in a team project in which students act as a sustainability policy team in a mayoral (or equivalent) office in one of the world’s major cities. The course considers key components of the city itself, with the objective of understanding what shapes the city and its impact on the environment. It mainly uses case studies from the twentieth-century United States, paired with international readings to allow a comparison with other experiences. The focus on deep case studies allows the consideration of the situations, constraints, and political dynamics of specific situations. It is intended to provide students with the ability to recognize patterns in urban political and policy dynamics related to sustainability. These are paired with an overview of leading solutions and how the professor believes practitioners should evaluate them for their own cities. The course also prominently features in-class presentations and discussions of the students’ main project: a team-based memo making a specific recommendation to solve a problem in a specific major world city, which is presented twice, once for a diagnosis of the problem in a given city and a second time with a policy recommendation. This project is the major portion of the overall grade for the class, and is used to allow the students to wrestle with the challenge of turning ideas from past and present into successful urban sustainability policies that can get implemented in a

• Department: MPA-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE POL
• M 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Rohit T Aggarwala
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• 3 points

STORYTELLING & DRAMA

Non-traditional Structure

This course is designed to explore nontraditional structures for the theater and beyond. We will read plays, stories, theories and watch movies that all utilize and explore nontraditional narrative structures. We will then write our own plays. Through small writing in the beginning of the semester, we will be looking at how story and structure work together to make drama. You will also find structure that excite you and you will write a final play using a structure of your choice.  The course will also explore kinds of story, genre, and geometry of story.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: James Ijames
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• 3 points

DIRECTING ACTORS IV

• Department: Film
• 3 points

CAPSTONE: RESOLUTION STRATEGIES

• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• S 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter Dixon
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• Instructor: Beth Fisher-Yoshida
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• 3 points

Foundations of Budgeting

MPA Financial Management I Core. 
This course provides a practical introduction to budgeting as a critical tool for planning, decision-making, and leadership across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Students will develop hands-on skills in budget creation, financial analysis, and cash flow management while exploring how budgets shape organizational strategy and operations.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: John Liu
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• Instructor: Mimi Corcoran
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• Instructor: Sarah M Holloway
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• 1.5 points

THIN FILMS AND LAYERS

Vacuum basics, deposition methods, nucleation and growth, epitaxy, critical thickness, defects properties, effect of deposition procedure, mechanical properties, adhesion, interconnects, and electromigration.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Siu-Wai Chan
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• 3 points

Budgeting & Financial Management for Gov

Gov't Budgeting & Finance

MPA Financial Management II Core. 
This course introduces students to budgeting and financial management in the public sector, with an emphasis on real-world application and analytical skill development. Drawing on current and historical challenges—including the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic—students will explore the political, technical, and managerial dimensions of public budgeting in the United States. 

Topics include the structure and function of operating and capital budgets, principles of revenue generation, deficit spending, and debt financing. Students will work with actual federal, state, and local budgets, gaining experience in constructing, analyzing, and presenting budgets in a government context. By the end of the course, students will be able to evaluate budget proposals and make data-informed recommendations grounded in public policy goals and financial feasibility.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: John Liu
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• 1.5 points

INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION II

Prerequisites: ECON G6211 and ECON G6212. This course provides an overview of topics in industrial organization (IO) economics. Its goals are to survey the main outlines of modern IO, to develop key theoretical ideas, to demonstrate important techniques, to link theory to empirical work, and to relate theoretical and empirical results to policy issues. Empirical two-period models. Empirical single-agent and multiple-agent dynamic models.

• Department: Economics
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Gautam Gowrisankaran
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• 3 points

INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION III

Prerequisites: ECON G6211 and ECON G6212. This is an empirical course comprised of two parts. The first part examines single agent dynamics, and multi-agent dynamics (dynamic games). Both methodological advances and empirical applications will be discussed. Some of the topics that will be covered include: investment and replacement problems, durable goods, consumer learning, price dispersion and search costs, learning by doing, and networks and switching costs. There will be a strong focus on estimation details of dynamic oligopoly models. The second part of the course will review empirical models of imperfect information including auctions, moral hazard, and adverse selection.

• Department: Economics
• M 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Andrey Simonov
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• 3 points

Financial Management for Nonprofits & So

Fin Mgmt for Nonprofits &

MPA Financial Management II Core. 
This course introduces nonprofit and social enterprise finance, financial management, and budgeting. The course is practical and hands-on.  The course will examine how financial management principles assist nonprofit and social enterprise leaders make operating, program, and long-term financial and strategic decisions. Students will learn underlying concepts and practical skills through readings, discussions, Case Studies, and assignments.  The course is designed to give students a range of core financial and managerial skills that are especially relevant to students who want to go on to establish, manage, or work in nonprofit organizations or social enterprises.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Sarah M Holloway
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• 1.5 points

Topics in Organizational Economics

This course introduces the students to the field of Organizational Economics. We combine theoretical and empirical methods to study the nature, design, and performance of organizations. Organizations, such as firms, bureaucracies, and political parties, live in a second-best world, where inefficiencies are inevitable. Our goal is to understand and measure these inefficiencies, study their causes and how to minimize them. This course is divided in two parts of equal length. The first part introduces a few of the main theoretical models and findings from the organizational-economics literature. The second part focuses on how to bring the models to the data. By design, the course is intended for a broad set of students: those who are theoretically inclined, those who are empirically inclined, and those who are both. Many of the tools and skills that are developed in this course will be useful not only within organizational economics but, more broadly, to other fields such as industrial organization, political economy, development economics. Our ultimate goal is to accelerate the students' transition toward conducting their own independent research.

• Department: Economics
• F 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• 3 points

Accounting Fundamentals

MPA Financial Management Core II. 
This course provides students with a foundational understanding of financial accounting, with an emphasis on interpreting financial statements. Students will study the three core financial statements—the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows—and learn the accounting principles and rules that shape how financial data is recorded and presented.

Through hands-on exercises and case examples from service, manufacturing, and retail operations, students will learn to apply double-entry bookkeeping, distinguish between key accounting treatments such as capitalizing and expensing, and evaluate how management’s assumptions and estimates influence reported outcomes. The course aims to build financial fluency for policy professionals and prepare students to critically assess financial information to support evidence-based decision-making.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Norman Bartczak
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• 1.5 points

ARITH & ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY

Affine and projective varieties; schemes; morphisms; sheaves; divisors; cohomology theory; curves; Riemann-Roch theorem.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Aise Johan de Jong
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• 4.5 points

TOPICS IN ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert D Friedman
  CULPA: 44 Info
• 4.5 points

SPECTERS OF ORGANIZED SUBVERSION

Ruling powers of various shapes and sizes tend to prosecute those people whom they fear because of their identity, class, craft, or convictions. Often, the object of accusation, inquiry, prosecution, and persecution includes not just one (or more) individual persons, but a set of relationships that these ruling powers see as anathema to the social order they seek to establish or maintain, and on which their power depends. Specters can personify residuals of antediluvian political or cosmological order (heretics and witches, officers of toppled regime, Catholics after the reformation, idolatry trials in the new world, mafiosi after their criminalization, Bundists in Soviet Russia) or emergent forms (emancipated Jews, dissidents, or anarchists). All share that role in social dramas that cast them as enemies of The State, The Church, The People, or Humanity. In this seminar we will begin to explore the array of social rituals, routinized practices (like rumors and media-oriented lynching) and institutions that have been developed specifically in order to name such specters and summon them publicly. We will examine, among others: trials, conspiracy theories (as a mode of recounting a presence that is constantly putting the specter back in), investigative committees, inquisitorial tribunals. We will examine how such social rituals and routinized practices and institutions give us unique opportunities to examine what conceptions of society, of relationships good and evil, and of justice underlie political orders, how they codify and pursue them, and what historical processes these enactments trigger or shape. We’ll focus on cases from early modern and modern societies, with an eye towards the emergence and stabilization of republican order.

• Department: Anthropology
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Naor H Ben-Yehoyada
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• 3 points

Writing for the Biological Sciences

Writing for the Bio Scien

Throughout their careers, scientists are expected to communicate their ideas and report their results in writing to the scientific community. Researchers who can make themselves understood tend to get funded, get published, and have more successful careers. PhD graduates who decide to go into STEM fields outside academic research often find scientific communication skills among the most sought after in industry, foundation work, and other areas. In this course, we will explore the choices a writer can make to achieve clarity of thought and clear prose style while communicating complex scientific ideas to other scientists. To that end, we will read examples of scientific writing from the recent literature, consider the strategies used by successful writers, and workshop student writing. All the writing you do in this course will be geared toward producing your written Qualifying Exam in Biological Sciences. By the end of the semester, you will have a complete, revised draft of your written Qualifying Exam.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Meehan J Crist
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• 2 points

Black Radicalism & the Archive

This seminar will focus on theorizing the particular contours of knowledge production among politically radical African diasporic intellectuals in the twentieth century. We will read some of the key texts of the Black Radical Tradition with particular attention to the relations between politics and poesis, and to the ways that the exigencies of revolutionary social transformation have provoked methodological innovation in historiography. The course is not only meant to serve as an introduction to that tradition of thought, however, but more pointedly as a consideration of the implications of black radicalism for theories of the archive. To this end the class will meet in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and students will be expected to pursue their own hands-on research in some of the relevant holdings at Columbia, including the papers of Hubert Harrison, Alexander Gumby, C. L. R. James, Yuri Kochiyama, and Amiri Baraka. While we will use a variety of archival materials (including scrapbooks, manuscript drafts, typescripts, handwritten notes and outlines, diaries, correspondence, audio and video recordings, photographs, etc.) to contextualize these authors’ published work, our main aim in turning to the collections will be to approach these intellectuals as collectors and archivists themselves, in a manner that highlights their archival practice—their own commitment to historical documentation, classification, and preservation—as integral to their political radicalism.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Brent H Edwards
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• 4 points

RESEARCH SEMINAR

RSEARCH SEMINAR

Prerequisites: degree in biological sciences. Lectures by visiting scientists, faculty, and students; specific biological research projects; with emphasis on evolution, ecology, and conservation biology.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• T 4 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Kira Delmore
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• 1 points

Third Year Proseminar

This proseminar, which meets alternate weeks for the full academic year, is required for third-year PhD students in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. The seminar will help you prepare for orals, develop your dissertation ideas, expand your research skills, produce articles for publication, and generally extend your professional skills. While we will read some practical “how to” literature and models, the focus will be on writing, workshopping material, and discussing process (time-management, organization, etc). Both out-of-class assignments and in-class writing exercises should serve to extend your ideas—or shake them loose—and bring you closer to a dissertation that represents your vision, makes others want to read your work, and reminds you why you care. By the end of the year, you will have a polished dissertation prospectus and should have submitted at least one article for publication (or have one close-to-ready for submission). Above all, the seminar offers a supportive community, an opportunity to try out ideas (cooked or still raw), and encouragement from your fellow scholar-writer-thinkers as you progress toward your orals and dissertation.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Julie S Peters
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• 1 points

Foundations of Valuation

• Department: Finance
• MW 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Haran Segram
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• Instructor: Kairong Xiao
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• 1.5 points

Corporate Finance (Half-Term)

• Department: Finance
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
• MW 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• MW 2:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• MW 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Sorin Maruster
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• Instructor: Kairong Xiao
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• Instructor: Sorin Maruster
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• 1.5 points

The Political Economy of Europe

Instructor: Michael Broening.
This seminar provides a bird’s eye view of Europe's political economy in the "poly-crisis" of overlapping global challenges ranging from the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions to migration and authoritarianism. Students will analyze patterns, responses, and repercussions of these challenges, with a critical focus on overcoming existing economic policy dilemmas. The course aims to equip students with the necessary tools to analyze the complex parameters of European integration and study the global implications of European politics at the intersection of economics and politics in times of crisis.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Stella Ladi
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• 1.5 points

PROBABILITY THEORY II

Prerequisites: STAT GR6301. Conditional distributions and expectations. Martingales; inequalities, convergence and closure properties, optimal stopping theorems, Burkholder-Gundy inequalities, Doob-Meyer decomposition, stochastic integration, Itos rule. Brownian motion: construction, invariance principles and random walks, study of sample paths, martingale representation results Girsanov Theorem. The heat equation, Feynman-Kac formula. Dirichlet problem, connections with potential theory. Introduction to Markov processes: semigroups and infinitesimal generators, diffusions, stochastic differential equations.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ioannis Karatzas
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• 4 points

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: ECON G6211, ECON G6212 or the instructor's permission. Survey of recent microeconomic work on firm behavior in developing countries, with a primarily empirical focus. Topics include: credit constraints, contracting frictions, reputations and networks, learning and technology adoption, agency issues within firms, productivity estimation, international dimensions of firms behavior, and debates around industrial policy.

• Department: Economics
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Eric A Verhoogen
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• 3 points

PUB ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: (ECON GR6211) and (ECON GR6212) and (ECON GR6215) and (ECON GR6216) and (ECON GR6411) and (ECON GR6412) and This course covers a range of challenges faced by governments in low- and middle-income countries. The course will cover both applied theory papers and empirical papers applying the latest empirical methods.

• Department: Economics
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael C Best
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY II

Continuation of MATH GR6307x (see Fall listing).

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Francesco Lin
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• 4.5 points

European Union Human Rights: Law & Polic

EU Human Rights: Law & Po

The European Union (EU) has a deep and broad commitment to the respect and promotion of human rights, both in its internal and its external policies. However, it often faces difficulties in living up to this commitment. In this course we will study the EU’s commitment to human rights as outlined in its founding Treaties, the role of its institutional actors in following up on this commitment, and the EU’s internal and external actions and policies in this respect. For the EU’s internal policies we will focus in particular on its non-discrimination policies as well as its migration policy. In the area of the EU’s external relations we will explore the role of human rights in the EU’s development cooperation, trade policy and humanitarian aid, as well as in the EU’s multilateral relations with other international organizations, both global (e.g. the United Nations) and regional (e.g. Organization of American States; African Union; Council of Europe; OSCE).

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• SU 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jan Wouters
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• 1.5 points

Political Economy II

The course provides an overview of the field of empirical political economy. While students will be expected to familiarize themselves with the most prevalent models in the field, the emphasis in this course will be on applied work. The goal is for students to attain a working knowledge of the literature, to learn to critically evaluate that literature and most importantly to develop the skills to come up with interesting, workable and theoretically grounded research questions that will push that literature forward.

• Department: Economics
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Ebonya L Washington
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• 3 points

Quantitative Techniques

This course equips mid-career professionals with the statistical tools needed to make data-informed decisions in public management and policy contexts. The course begins with foundational concepts in probability and statistics and advances through hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and applied data interpretation. Emphasis is placed on practical application, allowing students to critically evaluate research and apply quantitative findings to real-world policy and business challenges.

Designed for students with basic mathematics and high school algebra, the course does not require prior statistical knowledge. It includes hands-on training in STATA, a widely used statistical software package, to streamline analysis and enhance decision-making capabilities. By the end of the semester, students will be prepared to use statistical reasoning in managerial settings and interpret quantitative analysis produced by professional researchers.

• Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
• S 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Stuart E Ward
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• 3 points

Diplomacy in Practice: the EU & the Worl

Diplomacy in Practice:EU/

This course introduces students to the practice of modern diplomacy through case studies of global and regional crises and the European Union’s responses to them. Students will examine how foreign policy is developed and implemented from the perspective of a professional diplomat.

The course begins with an overview of the history of EU foreign policy, followed by an introduction to the key institutions and instruments involved in external relations. Subsequent sessions will focus on case studies that illustrate the EU’s approach to various international partners: allies (including the transatlantic partnership and the UN system), neighboring regions (such as the Southern Neighborhood policy, the Eastern Partnership, and the European Political Community), and other global powers (including Russia, China, India, and Turkey). Additional topics include the war in Ukraine, conflicts in the Middle East (Libya, Syria, and the Middle East peace process), the Iran nuclear agreement, and the migration crisis.

Each case will explore the interplay among the EU’s foreign policy tools, including crisis management, defense and security, trade, financial aid, humanitarian assistance, and public diplomacy. The course concludes with a reflection on lessons learned and potential future directions for the EU’s foreign policy agenda and institutional framework.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Pierre Vimont
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• 1.5 points

DIRECTING II

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Kulick
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• 3 points

Issues in US-EU Economic Relations

A short course on selected issues in current US-EU economic relations. Topics covered include: US-EU trade relations; US-EU differences in relations with China; climate policy and trade; the digital economy and data privacy; European competition policy toward U.S. high tech firms; dollar-euro diplomacy and the international roles of the dollar and euro; the economic dimension to transatlantic security after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Seamus C O'Cleireacain
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• 1.5 points

ADVANCED HEAT TRANSFER

Application of analytical techniques to the solution of multidimensional steady and transient problems in heat conduction and convection. Lumped, integral, and differential formulations. Topics include use of sources and sinks, laminar/turbulent forced convection, and natural convection in internal and external geometries.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Arvind Narayanaswamy
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 26 Info
• 3 points

Governing Digital Europe

This course examines how the European Union governs digital technologies through its most significant regulatory and policy initiatives. Students analyse how the EU seeks to govern and secure the digital domain through the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA), cloud sovereignty initiatives such as GAIA-X, the AI Act, and cybersecurity certification. The course situates these policies within broader scholarly debates on European market integration, security, and sovereignty. Through this interdisciplinary approach, students critically assess the political, normative, and geopolitical stakes of Europe’s digital transformation and its ambition to regulate a contested global digital order. Assignments allow students to specialize in a specific domain of EU digital policy or member state, and examine how particular regulatory initiatives reflect broader normative tensions in the European governance of its digital future.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• 1.5 points

CLIN NUCLEAR MEDICINE PHYSICS

Introduction to the instrumentation and physics used in clinical nuclear medicine and PET with an emphasis on detector systems, tomography and quality control. Problem sets, papers and term project.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• T 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Pat Zanzonico
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• 3 points

FEATURE FILM FINANCING

• Department: Film
• R 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Mynette Louie
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• 3 points

ADV DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT

Advanced topics in the design of digital integrated circuits. Clocked and non-clocked combinational logic styles. Timing circuits: latches and flip-flops, phase-locked loops, delay-locked loops. SRAM and DRAM memory circuits. Modeling and analysis of on-chip interconnect. Power distribution and power-supply noise. Clocking, timing, and synchronization issues. Circuits for chip-to-chip electrical communication. Advanced technology issues that affect circuit design. The class may include a team circuit design project.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mingoo Seok
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• 3 points

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY PHYSICS

Physics of medical imaging. Imaging techniques: radiography, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance. Includes conceptual, mathematical/theoretical, and practical clinical physics aspects.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• W 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Boyu Peng
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• 3 points

WRIT/SCRIPT ANALYSIS-PRODUCERS

This is a specialized course designed to provide prospective producers with a nuanced framework for understanding the screenwriting process.  The course will explore all the ways a producer might interact with screenwriters and screenplays, including coverage, script analysis, notes, treatments, and rewrites.  Each student will complete a series of writing and rewriting assignments over the course of the semester. Required for all second-year Creative Producing students and only open to students in that concentration.

• Department: Film
• T 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 3 points

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PHYSICS

Physics and properties of semiconductors. Transport and recombination of excess carriers. Schottky, P-N, MOS, and heterojunction diodes. Field effect and bipolar junction transistors. Dielectric and optical properties. Optical devices including semiconductor lamps, lasers, and detectors.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
  h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

FINITE ELEM ANALYSIS II

FE formulation for beams and plates. Generalized eigenvalue problems (vibrations and buckling). FE formulation for time-dependent parabolic and hyperbolic problems. Nonlinear problems, linearization, and solution algorithms. Geometric and material nonlinearities. Introduction to continuum mechanics. Total and updated Lagrangian formulations. Hyperelasticity and plasticity. Special topics: fracture and damage mechanics, extended finite element method.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Haim Waisman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 29 Info
• 3 points

RADIATION THERAPY PHYSICS

Review of X-ray production and fundamentals of nuclear physics and radioactivity. Detailed analysis of radiation absorption and interactions in biological materials as specifically related to radiation therapy and radiation therapy dosimetry. Surveys of use of teletherapy isotopes and X-ray generators in radiation therapy plus the clinical use of interstitial and intracavitary isotopes. Principles of radiation therapy treatment planning and isodose calculations. Problem sets taken from actual clinical examples are assigned.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• R 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Cheng S Wuu
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• 3 points

DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDIES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 9 a.m.-noon
• 3 points

PRE-PROD OF A MOTION PICTURE

Pre-Production of the Motion Picture teaches Creative Producing students how to breakdown, schedule and prep all aspects of a low budget independent feature film.  Using one shooting script as a case study, the class will learn to think critically and master each step of the pre-production process. Students will prepare script breakdowns, production strip boards, call sheets and a full production binder.  Topics will include state tax incentives, payroll services, union contracts, deal memos/hiring paperwork, casting, labor laws, hiring BTL crew, legal, insurance and deliverables. Additionally, students will become proficient in Movie Magic Scheduling. Required for all second-year Creative Producing students and only open to students in that concentration.

• Department: Film
• M 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Valerie C Martinez
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• 3 points

INT'L REAL ESTATE REGIONS

INT REAL ESTATE REG-ASIA

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Johnny C Din
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• 1.5 points

INT'L REAL ESTATE REGIONS

INT'L RE REGIONS: BRAZIL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Shawn T Amsler
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• 1.5 points

LIE GROUPS & REPRESENTATIONS

Continuation of MATH GR6343x (see Fall listing).

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrei Okounkov
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 55 Info
• 4.5 points

Economic Fundamentals for International

MIA Economics Core. 
This course provides a thorough introduction to the principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics, equipping students with the analytical tools to understand how individuals, firms, and governments make decisions and how they interact in local and global markets. By combining theory with applied learning, the course builds a foundation for critical thinking about real-world economic challenges and policy-making in an increasingly interconnected world.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• MW 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• MW 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Martsella Davitaia
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• 3 points

Introduction to Network Science

Intro to Network Science

As a methodological tool and a theoretical paradigm, network analysis has been increasingly used in public health. This course introduces fundamental concepts in network science and complex systems, applications in public health, and quantitative skills in analyzing network data. The course centers around two themes – the structure and function of networked systems. We will delve into a variety of public health applications including climate and health, transmission of infectious diseases, diffusion of health behaviors, social networks, and exposome and health. Over the course, students will have hands-on excises and group projects to perform analysis on network data. Students are expected to gain an overview of current research topics on network analysis in public health and develop practical quantitative skills to analyze network data.

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Sen Pei
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• 3 points

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY

CONSTRUCTN MGT & TECH

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Instructor: John W Lyons
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• 1.5 points

Analysis of Environmental Health Data

ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL

Working with data is a fundamental skill for all EHS MPH graduates, irrespective of their area of concentration. Data is the foundation of all research and becoming comfortable describing, analyzing, interpreting, summarizing and presenting is critical for the success of all environmental health scientists. This course will teach students how to work with data at a fundamental level. We will use a large, publicly available dataset (e.g., New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NYC NHANES)) data to illustrate analytic techniques and approaches. This course is required for all students in the EHS MPH department, regardless of certificate selection and should be taken prior to certificate based required courses.

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• M 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Haotian Wu
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• 3 points

NONLINEAR COMPUTATIONAL MECH

The formulations and solution strategies for finite element analysis of nonlinear problems are developed. Topics include the sources of nonlinear behavior (geometric, constitutive, boundary condition), derivation of the governing discrete equations for nonlinear systems such as large displacement, nonlinear elasticity, rate independent and dependent plasticity and other nonlinear constitutive laws, solution strategies for nonlinear problems (e.g. incrementation, iteration), and computational procedures for large systems of nonlinear algebraic equations.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Jacob Fish
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 54 Info
• 3 points

EXHIBITION CULTURES

Laurel Kendall. This course is a continuation of Museum Anthropology G6352 (not a prerequisite). Through the study of museum exhibitions, this course explores a series of debates about the representation of culture in museums, the politics of identity, and the significance of objects. We will consider the museum as a contemporary and variable form, as a site for the expression of national, group, and individual identity and as a site of performance and consumption. We will consider how exhibits are developed, what they aim to convey, what makes them effective (or not), and how they sometimes become flashpoints of controversy. Because the work of museums is visual, enacted through the display of material forms, we will also consider the transformation of objects into artifacts and as part of exhibitions, addressing questions of meaning, ownership, value, and magic. We will look at this range of issues from the point of view of practitioners, critics, and audiences. G6365 works in tandem with the exhibition project that will be developed in “Exhibition Practice in Global Culture” to produce a small exhibit at AMNH.

• Department: Anthropology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurel Kendall
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• 3 points

Journal Club in Molecular Epidemiology a

JOURNAL CLUB-MOL EPI&TOXI

The primary objectives in this course are to learn to systematically review and summarize primary research in molecular epidemiology and toxicology, to synthesize scientific evidence from both disciplines to establish weight-of-evidence, and to understand how this evidence relates to scientific decision making for improving health outcomes. In this course, we will evaluate 6 topics in environmental health, each for a 2 week (2 session) block. During the first week of each block, we will review and critique the human and experimental literature separately. During the second week of each block, we will integrate and synthesize this literature to describe the weight of evidence. By the end of the semester, students will improve their ability to formulate the weight of scientific evidence about current topics in environmental health and will be able to evaluate how this weight of evidence can inform environmental health decision making.

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• R 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• 0 points

TURBULENCE THEORY & MODELING

Ordinary and partial differential equations. Turbulence phenomenology; spatial and temporal scales in turbulent flows; statistical description, filtering and Reynolds decomposition, equations governing the resolved flow, fluctuations and their energetics; turbulence closure problem for RANS and LES; two equation turbulence models and second moment closures.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Marco Giometto
  h-index: 9 Info
• 3 points

TAX ISSUES IN ACQ + DEV

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Crowley
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• 1.5 points

Principles of Genetics & the Environment

PRIN-GENETICS & ENVIRONME

Our fundamental understanding of genetics is constantly being challenged with new discoveries. This course will provide students with a deep knowledge of the principles of genetics, while exploring how new discoveries are changing our understanding of some basic principles. In addition, students will learn to appreciate how our underlying genetic makeup influences the effects of environmental exposures on human health. The course follows a logical progression: We will start with molecular genetics, describing the structure and function of genes and how gene expression is regulated. Next we will cover classical genetics, focused on modes of inheritance, both Mendelian and non-Mendelian. This will be followed by an overview of human genetics. We will end the course by learning about gene environment interactions, with a focus on some of the most common complex genetic diseases. For the most part students will learn basic principles through an understanding of the experiments that lead to their discovery. The format of the course is meant to be interactive. It will include didactic lectures, group work and critical evaluation of primary papers.

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Greg A Freyer
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• 3 points

CRIT APPRO TO E ASIAN STUDIES

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Allison E Bernard
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

COMMUNICATING EARTH & ENVIR SCI

Communicating science well in the context of the earth and environmental sciences is critical. This science communication course will transect specific earth and environmental science disciplines to provide a foundational understanding of what it means to communicate science and how to do so effectively. Within this overarching theme of science communication, students will gain a comprehensive and holistic understanding of how to communicate earth and environmental science across a variety of formats and to a diversity of audiences. Practical outcomes include but are not limited to students learning 1) how to rationalize a research topic, 2) write a hypothesis driven proposal, 3) evaluate proposals, 4) produce clear and compelling graphics, 5) adopt the latest pedagogical approaches, and 6) present science findings to a diversity of audiences.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Sonya Dyhrman
  Wikipedia h-index: 47 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED MACHINE DYNAMICS

Advanced Machine Dynamics

Review of classical dynamics, including Lagrange’s equations. Analysis of dynamic response of high-speed machine elements and systems, including mass-spring systems, cam-follower systems, and gearing; shock isolation; introduction to gyrodynamics.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• F 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Anthony Genova
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• 3 points

Microeconomic Analysis for International

MPA and MIA-Track II Economics Core. 
This course introduces the fundamental tools of microeconomic analysis used to understand individual decision-making, market behavior, and policy outcomes. It equips students with the analytical frameworks and terminology of the economics profession, fostering both critical and open-minded engagement with economic issues. Emphasis is placed on the motivations and consequences of microeconomic policies in international and public affairs contexts. Through problem-solving and collaborative work, students will build practical skills in applying economic models to real-world challenges.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• TR 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Emanuele Gerratana
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

LIT/RES-LAT AMER/CARIB STUD II

• Department: Latin-American & Carib RS
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gustavo S Azenha
  h-index: 6 Info
• 4 points

Macroeconomic Analysis for International

MPA and MIA-Track II Economics Core. 
This course continues the one-year sequence initiated with SIPA IA6400 and focuses on macroeconomics. The goal of this course is to provide students with the analytical framework to examine and interpret observed economic events in the global economy. The causal relationships between macroeconomic aggregates is based upon microeconomic principles. The subject matter always refers to concrete situations with a particular focus on the causes and effects of the current global financial crisis. The controversial nature of macroeconomic policies is central.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• MW 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• MW 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
• TR 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• TR 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
• TR 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Sigridur Benediktsdottir
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• 3 points

MODERN GEOMETRY

Continuation of Mathematics GR6402x (see Fall listing).

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Simon Brendle
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 4.5 points

INTRO TO ECONOMETRICS II-DISC

• Department: Economics
• 0 points

ORIGINS OF MOD VISUAL CULTURE

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• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan K Crary
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MAJOR DEBATES IN THE STUDY-AFR

• Department: Anthropology
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia h-index: 57 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTN TO ECONOMETRICS II

Corequisites: ECON G6410 and the director of graduate studies permission. Introduction to the general linear model and its use in econometrics, including the consequences of departures from the standard assumptions.

• Department: Economics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• 4 points

PROSEM-ETHNOMUSICOLOGY II

Introduction to Ethnomusicology: the history of the discipline and the evolution of theories and methods. G6412, Proseminar in Ethnomusicology II: Contemporary Ethnography is offered Fall 2012.

• Department: Music
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

COMPARATV POLITICS SURVEY II

GR6412 is one of two survey courses in comparative politics offered by the Political Science Department. The two courses complement each other, but need not be taken in any particular order. The course includes a great deal of student involvement and is designed to help you educate yourselves about the major themes in comparative politics and develop the analytic skills need to conduct research at a high level.

• Department: Political Science
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Timothy M Frye
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info
• 4 points

The Wisdom of Art Roland Barthes Pr

Barthes Practice of Sign

The postwar analysis of contemporary art has jettisoned many of the fields of the discipline of art history: iconography; workshop; style, in favor of a reading based on the semiology of the sign. This has transformed the discourse on contemporary art, especially as that concerns Cubism and Abstraction. The course will focus on semiology and Barthes’ practice of it, with recourse to his major works:
Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes
,
S/Z
,
Mythologies,
and
Camera Lucida.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Rosalind Krauss
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

DIG HERTITAGE DOCUMENTATI

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Bilge Kose
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• 3 points

ECONOMETRICS IV

This is the second course of the second year PhD econometrics sequence with emphasis on both economic applications and computationally intense methods for analysis of large and/or complex models. Students can attend the whole sequence or only one of them. While the details of the econometric techniques will be discussed extensively, the core and focus of the course is on the applications of these techniques to the study of actual data. Students will be practiced in econometric methods through computer-based exercises. Prerequisites: Students should have a good understanding of graduate econometrics and should have taken ECON G6411 and G6412.

• Department: Economics
• F 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Haoge Chang
  Info
• 3 points

CREATING A PLAY II

The Spring Semester will provide the opportunity for each student to hone their play through further drafts into a finished work.  Students will serve as dramaturges for each other.  The semester will end with presentations of the completed plays.  Each presentation is the responsibility of the author and their dramaturge.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Leslie Ayvazian
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

GAME THRY WITH ECONMC APPLICTN

• Department: Economics
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Qingmin Liu
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 14 Info
• 3 points

INTL ISSUES IN HIST PRESERV

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Anna Gasha
  Info
• 3 points

RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE

There is no shortage of spilled ink, popular media coverage, scholarly inquiry, and academic institutes—including right here at Columbia University—dedicated to examining the intersection of religion and public life. From narratives of religion’s predicted decline during the twentieth century to its much-discussed global resurgence at the turn of the twenty-first, the concept of public religion continues to occupy popular imagination. Through the lens of public religion, we are able to examine pressing issues such as the revitalization of, or disillusionment toward, institutional forms and political establishments in our questionably secular age. What happens when religion “goes public”? Correspondingly, what assumptions about the category of religion and its role in public places do discussions of public religion promote?  Over the course of the semester, we will investigate the possibilities, pitfalls, and practicalities of understanding religion in terms of public life.  

The coursework will draw from scholarship, policy documents, and real-world case studies on issues ranging from climate crisis to conspiracy. Focusing on examples of advocacy, considerations of democratic renewal and decline, and competing claims of power and authority, this seminar considers the ways in which our definitions of religion impact lived, embodied, and practiced forms of religion and secularism in our current moment.

• Department: Religion
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Justine E Ellis
  Info
• 4 points

INTRO-THEORY OF ELASTICITY II

Analysis of stress and strain. Formulation of the problem of elastic equilibrium. Torsion and flexure of prismatic bars. Problems in stress concentration, rotating disks, shrink fits, and curved beams; pressure vessels, contact and impact of elastic bodies, thermal stresses, propagation of elastic waves.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

HARDWARE SECURITY

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Simha Sethumadhavan
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

Communicating in Organizations

Communicating in Organizations is a survey course that explores aspects of day-to-day managerial communication relating to presentations and other high-profile moments and more familiar elements of interpersonal communication. The course uses many teaching techniques: short lectures, individual and group exercises, video-recorded presentations, role plays, case discussions, video clips, and writing assignments. It is highly experiential, with exercises or presentations scheduled in most sessions. Initially, we’ll focus on the communication skills and strategies that help you present your ideas to others.  I’ll ask you to do two benchmark assignments―a letter and a brief presentation―to assess the abilities you bring to the course. In several of our class sessions, you’ll be the one “in front of the room,” delivering either a prepared talk or brief, impromptu comments. Such assignments will allow you to develop your skills as a presenter.  I’ll also discuss the link between listening and speaking, showing you how developing your listening skills will improve your effectiveness as a speaker.  And we’ll explore several elements of visual communication, including how to design effective visual aids and written documents. To communicate effectively in such roles as coach, interviewer, negotiator, or facilitator, you need to be skilled at listening, questioning, observing behavior, and giving feedback.  We’ll practice each of these skills in-class exercises and assignments. The Social Style instrument will provide detailed feedback about how others view your communication style. You’ll discover how style differences may lead to miscommunication, missed opportunities, or mishandled conflict.

• Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
• R 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Joann P Baney
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• 3 points

CRITICAL WRITING FOR THEATRE

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Vinson Cunningham
  Info
• 3 points

RECOMBINANT RENAISSANCE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Rakatansky
  Info
• 3 points

Social Justice Movements and Coalition-B

This course is an introduction to how emerging hybrid models of traditional and digital organizing and advocacy are building unprecedented social justice movements in the United States. During the first half of the course, students will examine the theory and practice of successful traditional offline organizing and advocacy campaigns as well as principles and characteristics of successful digital activism. In the second half of the course, students w2ill analyze contemporary social movements that have fused offline and online organizing and advocacy tactics, including ongoing activism for racial equity, drug policy reform, LGBTQ rights, criminal justice reform, gender equity, and immigration reform. Using a blend of book and journal readings, case studies, videos, and hands-on group project, and guest speaker practitioners, this course will paint a vivid picture of how social change happens in our age of social media coexisting within the practical realities of longstanding power dynamics.

• Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
• W 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard F Greenberg
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• 3 points