Required course for first-year PhD Students in the Art History Department.
Independent Study with Faculty Advisor must be registered for every semester after first academic year
Independent Study with Faculty Advisor must be registered for every semester after first academic year
This is a course is oriented to graduate students who are thinking about issues in teaching in the near and distant future and want to explore forms of pedagogy. The course will ask what it means to teach “as a feminist” and will explore how to create a classroom receptive to feminist and queer methodologies and theories regardless of course theme/content. Topics include: participatory pedagogy, the role of political engagement, the gender dynamics of the classroom, modes of critical thought and disagreement. Discussions will be oriented around student interest. The course will meet 4-5 times per SEMESTER (dates TBD) and the final assignment is to develop and workshop a syllabus for a new gender/sexuality course in your field. Because this course is required for graduate students choosing to fulfill Option 2 for the Graduate Certificate in Feminist Studies at IRWGS, priority will be given to graduate students completing the certificate.
The dissertation colloquium is a non-credit course open to MESAAS doctoral students who have completed the M.Phil. degree. It provides a forum in which the entire community of dissertation writers meets, bridging the departments different fields and regions of research. It complements workshops outside the department focused on one area or theme. Through an encounter with the diversity of research underway in MESAAS, participants learn to engage with work anchored in different regions and disciplines and discover or develop what is common in the departments post-disciplinary methods of inquiry. Since the community is relatively small, it is expected that all post-M.Phil. students in residence will join the colloquium. Post M.Phil. students from other departments may request permission to join the colloquium, but places for non-MESAAS students will be limited. The colloquium convenes every semester, meeting once every two weeks. Each meeting is devoted to the discussion of one or two pre-circulated pieces of work (a draft prospectus or dissertation chapter). Every participant contributes at least one piece of work each year.
Prerequisite: instructors permission. Participation in medical informatics educational activities under the direction of a faculty adviser.
This course is designed to provide both M.A. and Ph.D. students in Korean studies with the necessary skills for reading and understanding Korean mixed script and to provide them with reading materials focusing on period from the late-19th century to the mid-20th century. Readings from this period feature a strong mixture of Chinese and Korean characters, so a wide choice of materials is available which represents all subject areas. This course will be part of the graduate program in Korean studies.
Prerequisites: JPNS W4017-W4018 and the instructors permission. Selected works in modern Japanese fiction and criticism.
A reading of Homer’s Odyssey with a focus on seminal episodes having to do with the
construction of the plot, and the intricate relationship between the Homeric narrator, his
characters, and internal and external audiences.
The Odyssey famously contains comparisons of its polytropos character (var.
reading polykrotos) to a poet, both explicitly (11.363ff.) and implicitly (19.203 with Hesiod,
Theogony 26-9). We will consider how the quality of being polytropos (including a tendency
towards ambiguity and indirection) factors into the ethics of narration in the poem, at every level
of the narrative. We will also consider the ethics of narration in the poem in relation to its
importance in the subsequent Greek rhetorical tradition. Archaic poetry, and the Homeric
poems, often suffer from the implicit bias associated with being the earliest extant Greek
literature, leading to the view that their content is naïve when compared against the literary
developments of the fifth century and the Hellenistic period. This seminar will approach
the Odyssey as a foundational text for Greek rhetorical culture, with particular attention to what it
offered the rhetorical culture of classical Athens.
This seminar aims to introduce students to the range and complexity of the tragedies composed by the eminent philosopher-politician, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (
c
. 2 BCE-65 CE). The course will combine intensive linguistic analysis of individual dramas with a focus on their political, philosophical and cultural meanings in the 1st century CE. Beyond our shared study of these highly allusive texts, a main goal will be to demonstrate that Seneca does not just write within a received tradition, but also uses remarkable artistic strategies by which to give new life to that tradition.
Full time research for doctoral students.
Conflict Resilience. Developing the comfort and skills necessary to respond to disagreements and mis-alignments is essential for leaders and stage managers. Through a series of discussions, experienced guests, reading, role-playing, and in-class exercises, this workshop style class will present an overview of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Restorative Process theory and techniques with a practical focus on building our skills and comfort level to be able to reframe conflict as a chance for learning, understanding, and change.
Exceeding EDI. The impact of incorporating Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging into the commercial theater industry in a post George Floyd era. As stage managers, it is crucial that there is a framework for supporting the evolving identities and needs of the many populations present in a theater setting. Through a series of articles, in-class discussions, written reflections and conversations with working professionals, we will develop an understanding of a variety of social issues that currently exist in the industry while building a toolkit on how to navigate them.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging (DEIAB) is more than a series of practices; it incorporates values and principles that run counter to the traditional, exclusionary power dynamics that have impacted the commercial theatre industry for decades. With a focus on creating or re-establishing positive relationships amongst all community members, Critical Issues in Stage Management considers real-world proficiencies in diversity, equity, inclusion and consent-forward practices that have direct application to our work as Stage Managers.
During this course we will examine the impact of incorporating Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging into the commercial theater industry in a post George Floyd era. As stage managers, it is crucial that there is a framework for supporting the evolving identities and needs of the many populations present in a theater setting. Through a series of articles, group projects, in-class discussions, written reflections and conversations with working professionals, we will develop an understanding of a variety of social issues that currently exist in the industry while building a toolkit on how to navigate them.
Prerequisites: PHYS G6037-G6038. Relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.
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This seminar is designed to provide an in-depth experiential learning experience concurrent with students’ public health or healthcare management internship. The seminar provides a supportive framework designed to enhance students’ professional and leadership experience by exploring common themes encountered in the fieldwork setting. The seminar will address the public health core competencies of leadership, communications, cultural competence, and professionalism.
The semester will begin with discussion of students’ project sites including project overview, goals for the field work experience and anticipated challenges. Focusing on professionalism in the workplace, students will assess how the internship aligns with their overarching learning goals. Students will also gain insights into successful leadership styles and skills through the design and implementation of an in-depth interview of a professional in their chosen field, a panel discussion of alumni in the field, and by developing and practicing oral and written communication and negotiation skills.
Throughout the course, students will develop a presentation that both demonstrates and reflects upon knowledge acquired through the internship experience. The semester culminates with students presenting the highlights of their project work.
This course is only open to students who either: (a) are required to complete a practicum as part of their degree, and have already completed their required practicum experience, and who have an internship (in a different setting or with different learning goals than their practicum) during the fall semester of their final year of school; OR (b) are enrolled in a Master’s program which does not require a practicum, and would like to take part in an optional internship during the fall semester of their final year of school."
Course pre-requisites: Completion of APeX (if required) and have an internship (in a different setting or with different learning goals than their practicum or APeX) during the semester.
Required permissions: This course is only open to students who have already completed their required practicum/APeX experience (if required), and who have an internship (in a different setting or with different learning goals than their practicum) during the fall semester. Students must submit a letter from their employer to join the waitlist for this course.
Sec. 1: Ethnomusicology; Sec. 2: Historical Musicology; Sec. 3: Music Theory; Sec. 4: Music Cognition; Sec. 5: Music Philosophy.
Sec. 1: Ethnomusicology; Sec. 2: Historical Musicology; Sec. 3: Music Theory; Sec. 4: Music Cognition; Sec. 5: Music Philosophy.
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).
This course will provide students with a thorough introduction to applied regression analysis, which has been a commonly used and almost standard method for analyzing continuous response data in Public Health research. Topics covered include simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, analysis of variance, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, interpretation of estimates, interaction terms, variable recoding, examination of validity of underlying assumptions, regression diagnostics, model selection, logistic regression analysis, generalized linear models as well as discussions on relationships of variables in research and using regression results for either prediction or estimation purposes. Real data are emphasized and analyzed using SAS.
Selected topics in IEOR. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.
Selected topics in IEOR. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.
This course is open to Ph.D. students and advanced M.A. students conducting research on
aspects of the modern, culture, politics, and history of the Middle East and adjacent regions. Its
temporal focus is the three centuries from roughly the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth
century, but those whose research deals with other periods are welcome to participate.
The course has three aims. The first is to provide an opportunity to read and engage with some
of the more recent scholarship in the field, especially work published in the last ten years,
organized around several current academic debates. The second is to provide a seminar in
which those preparing a master’s paper, M.Phil. examination list, or Ph.D. prospectus, or a term
paper intended for conference presentation or publication, can develop and present a draft of
their work. We will choose readings to accompany each paper, focusing on recent scholarship
that informs or extends the issues addressed in the research. The course will enable students to
clarify and test the questions that shape their work and better situate them within current
scholarship. The third aim is to train students in the art of framing questions and shaping
debate for an advanced, reading-intensive graduate-level seminar.
The course is intended primarily for MESAAS students. Those from other departments are
welcome but require the permission of the instructor to enroll.
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.
The course aims to present the fundamental principles behind probability theory and lay the foundations for various kinds of statistical/biostatistical courses such as statistical inference, multivariate analysis, regression analysis, clinical trials, asymptotics, and so on. Students will learn how to implement probability methods in various types of applications.
Contemporary biostatistics and data analysis depends on the mastery of tools for computation, visualization, dissemination, and reproducibility in addition to proficiency in traditional statistical techniques. The goal of this course is to provide training in the elements of a complete pipeline for data analysis. It is targeted to MS, MPH, and PhD students with some data analysis experience.
The first portion of this course provides an introductory-level mathematical treatment of the fundamental principles of probability theory, providing the foundations for statistical inference. Students will learn how to apply these principles to solve a range of applications. The second portion of this course provides a mathematical treatment of (a) point estimation, including evaluation of estimators and methods of estimation; (b) interval estimation; and (c) hypothesis testing, including power calculations and likelihood ratio testing.
This course focuses on methods for the analysis of survival data, or time-to-event data. Survival analysis is a method for analyzing survival data or failure (death) time data, that is time-to-event data, which arises in a number of applied fields, such as medicine, biology, public health, epidemiology, engineering, economics, and demography. A special course of difficulty in the analysis of survival data is the possibility that some individual may not be observed for the full time to failure. Instead of knowing the failure time t, all we know about these individuals is that their time-to-failure exceeds some value y where y is the follow-up time of these individuals in the study. Students in this class will learn how to make inference for the event times with censored. Topics to be covered include survivor functions and hazard rates, parametric inference, life-table analysis, the Kaplan-Meier estimator, k-sample nonparametric test for the equality of survivor distributions, the proportional hazards regression model, analysis of competing risks and bivariate failure-time data.
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.
With the pilot as a focal point, this course explores the opportunities and challenges of telling and sustaining a serialized story over a protracted period of time with an emphasis on the creation, borne out of character, of the quintessential premise and the ongoing conflict, be it thematic or literal, behind a successful series.
Early in the semester, students may be required to present/pitch their series idea. During the subsequent weeks, students will learn the process of pitching, outlining, and writing a television pilot, that may include story breaking, beat-sheets or story outline, full outlines, and the execution of either a thirty-minute or hour-long teleplay. This seminar may include reading pages and giving notes based on the instructor but may also solely focus on the individual process of the writer.
Students may only enroll in one TV Writing workshop per semester.
Before capitalism, there was commercial society. This course examines European debates about commerce, luxury, and social organization from the late seventeenth through the late eighteenth centuries. We will survey a range of theoretical perspectives on the new forms of commercial sociability and political life emerging in Europe, whether triumphant, despairing, or ambivalent.
This course covers the fundamental principles and techniques of experimental designs in clinical studies. This is a required course for MS, DrPH and Ph.D. in Biostatistics. Topics include reliability of measurement, linear regression analysis, parallel groups design, analysis of variance (ANOVA), multiple comparison, blocking, stratification, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), repeated measures studies; Latin squares design, crossover study, randomized incomplete block design, and factorial design.
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).
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.