FIELD WORK I

This two-semester sequence supports students through the process of finding a fieldwork site, beginning the field work required to plan for and develop a Masters thesis, and the completion of their Masters thesis.

• Department: Sociology
• F 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Denise Milstein
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 5 Info
• 1 points

THESIS SEMINAR I

This seminar gives you an opportunity to do original sociological research with the support of a faculty member, a teaching assistant, and your fellow classmates.

• Department: Sociology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Denise Milstein
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Adam Reich
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

NATURAL LANG PROCESSING SOCIAL SCIENCES

Social scientists need to engage with natural language processing (NLP) approaches that are found in computer science, engineering, AI, tech and in industry. This course will provide an overview of natural language processing as it is applied in a number of domains. The goal is to gain familiarity with a number of critical topics and techniques that use text as data, and then to see how those NLP techniques can be used to produce social science research and insights. This course will be hands-on, with several large-scale exercises. The course will start with an introduction to Python and associated key NLP packages and github. The course will then cover topics like language modeling; part of speech tagging; parsing; information extraction; tokenizing; topic modeling; machine translation; sentiment analysis; summarization; supervised machine learning; and hidden Markov models. Prerequisites are basic probability and statistics, basic linear algebra and calculus. The course will use Python, and so if students have programmed in at least one software language, that will make it easier to keep up with the course.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Patrick Houlihan
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• 3 points

THE COMPELLING COMMUNICATOR

The ability to communicate effectively is a key competency for professionals. As emerging industry leaders, understanding the audience, framing the message, and using media channels to achieve specified objectives are critical skills, whether written or spoken. Through a variety of written and oral assignments, students learn to apply foundational communication theory to inform and engage stakeholders. The first part of the course focuses on written deliverables, emphasizing audience-framed messaging and developing simple, clear and persuasive content. The second part transitions to enhancing spoken delivery and presentation skills where students gain experience in speechwriting, storytelling and using data visualization to motivate an audience to act.

• Department: Strategic Communication
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Kevin Visconti
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• 3 points

GIS & SPATIAL ANALYSIS-SOC SCI

Prerequisites: Undergraduate Statistics This course introduces students to basic spatial analytic skills. It covers introductory concepts and tools in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and database management. As well, the course introduces students to the process of developing and writing an original spatial research project. Topics to be covered include: social theories involving space, place and reflexive relationships; social demography concepts and databases; visualizing social data using geographic information systems; exploratory spatial data analysis of social data and spatially weighted regression models, spatial regression models of social data, and space-time models. Use of open-source software (primarily the R software package) will be taught as well.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Edwin Y Grimsley
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• 3 points

MODERN DATA STRUCTURES

This course is intended to provide a detailed tour on how to access, clean, “munge” and organize data, both big and small. (It should also give students a flavor of what would be expected of them in a typical data science interview.) Each week will have simple, moderate and complex examples in class, with code to follow. Students will then practice additional exercises at home. The end point of each project would be to get the data organized and cleaned enough so that it is in a data-frame, ready for subsequent analysis and graphing. Therefore, no analysis or visualization (beyond just basic tables and plots to make sure everything was correctly organized) will be taught; and this will free up substantial time for the “nitty-gritty” of all of this data wrangling.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas Brambor
  h-index: 9 Info
• 3 points

MACHINE LEARNING SOC SCI

Prerequisites: basic probability and statistics, basic linear algebra, and calculus This course will provide a comprehensive overview of machine learning as it is applied in a number of domains. Comparisons and contrasts will be drawn between this machine learning approach and more traditional regression-based approaches used in the social sciences. Emphasis will also be placed on opportunities to synthesize these two approaches. The course will start with an introduction to Python, the scikit-learn package and GitHub. After that, there will be some discussion of data exploration, visualization in matplotlib, preprocessing, feature engineering, variable imputation, and feature selection. Supervised learning methods will be considered, including OLS models, linear models for classification, support vector machines, decision trees and random forests, and gradient boosting. Calibration, model evaluation and strategies for dealing with imbalanced datasets, n on-negative matrix factorization, and outlier detection will be considered next. This will be followed by unsupervised techniques: PCA, discriminant analysis, manifold learning, clustering, mixture models, cluster evaluation. Lastly, we will consider neural networks, convolutional neural networks for image classification and recurrent neural networks. This course will primarily us Python. Previous programming experience will be helpful but not requisite. Prerequisites: basic probability and statistics, basic linear algebra, and calculus.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Mazen Asaad
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• Instructor: Hasan Aljabbouli
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• 3 points

PROJECTS IN ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING

ADV MACHINE LEARNING

Machine learning algorithms continue to advance in their capacity to predict outcomes and rival human judgment in a variety of settings.  This course is designed to offer insight into advanced machine learning models, including Deep Learning, Recurrent Neural Networks, Adversarial Neural Networks, Time Series models and others.  Students are expected to have familiarity with using Python, the scikit-learn package, and github.  The other half of the course will be devoted to students working in key substantive areas, where advanced machine learning will prove helpful -- areas like computer vision and images, text and natural language processing, and tabular data.  Students will be tasked to develop team projects in these areas and they will develop a public portfolio of three (or four) meaningful projects.  By the end of the course, students will be able to show their work by launching their models in live REST APIs and web-applications.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Peterhansl
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• 3 points

ORAL HISTORY INTERNSHIP

• Department: Oral History
• R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy A Starecheski
  h-index: 5 Info
• 2-4 points

VIDEO PRODUCTION FOR VISUAL STORYTELLING

VIDEO PRO FOR VISUAL STOR

Students will have hands-on learning experiences using camera controls and techniques and optics to accentuate psychological and atmospheric aspects surrounding the subject. Additionally, through visual storytelling, composition and basic color theory students will understand how to incorporate theories of cinematic language to emphasize the mood and perception of the story. This course will cover basic lighting techniques for the interview in a hands-on practical experience that will strengthen participants’ camera, cinematography and storytelling skills. Students will complete the course by creating a final short video, having collaboratively conceptualized, filmed, interviewed and shot the necessary B-roll to structure a basic visual storytelling piece with the use of image, sound and basic editing.

• Department: Oral History
• W 3:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Oscar Frasser
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• 4 points

APPLIED ANALYTICS IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONT

APP AN IN ORG CONTEXT

• Department: Applied Analytics
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• S 10:10 a.m.-noon
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer Tsao
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• Instructor: Lori Cenci
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• Instructor: Anjana Bhattacharyya
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• Instructor: Huan Liu
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• Instructor: Panagiotis Tarhanidis
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• Instructor: Mani Vannan
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• Instructor: Joseph R Schlosser
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• Instructor: Jisang Pack
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• Instructor: David Kreutter
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• 3 points

ESTIMATING PROJECT COSTS

• Department: Construction Administration
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jason I Levine
  Info
• 3 points

VALUE-BASED ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT

VALUE-BASED ERM

Foundational ERM course. Addresses all major ERM activities: risk framework; risk governance; risk identification; risk quantification; risk decision making; and risk messaging. Introduces an advanced yet practical ERM approach based on the integration of ERM and value-based management that supports integration of ERM into decision making. Provides a context to understand the differences between (a) value-based ERM; (b) traditional ERM; and (c) traditional "silo" risk management.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Duncan Campbell
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• Instructor: David A. Bartholomew
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• 3 points

ELEMENTS OF DRAMATIC NARRATIVE

A lecture and discussion course on the basics of feature-length screenwriting. Using written texts and films screened for class, the course explores the nature of storytelling in the feature-length film and the ways in which it is an extension and an evolution of other dramatic and narrative forms. A basic part of Film’s first year program, the course guides students in developing the plot, characters, conflict and theme of a feature-length story that they will write, as a treatment, by the end of the semester.

• Department: Film
• M 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew S Bienen
  Info
• 3 points

Diagnostic Readings in Greek Language

Diagnostic Readings Greek

This course is designed to provide incoming first-year graduate students in Classics with a small reading class that will allow a faculty instructor to assess students’ needs before they advance further into the graduate program.

• Department: Classics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 2 points

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

• Department: Human Capital Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 8:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven I Safier
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• Instructor: Aaron S Wallen
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

PRODUCT, PRICING & DISTRIBUTION

PRODUCT, PRICING & DISTRB

The insurance business is an outward facing business built around selling products to individual and business consumers. Therefore, insurance service providers, like all sophisticated consumer-driven businesses, must carefully and constantly assess their markets and strategies to remain relevant in a highly competitive environment.  From consumer data analytics, to proper risk pricing, to efficient distribution channels, to navigating social media, to managing the highly regulated nature of insurance sales and distribution, insurance providers operate in a highly competitive environment that rewards discipline as well as innovation.  Successful companies identify and make tough decisions to correct underperforming parts of their portfolios and they temper their approaches to new products where loss costs and pricing requirements are uncertain.  They innovate by thinking first about new and evolving loss exposures their customers face and develop insurance products and services that respond.  They focus on the client experience through the entire insurance process and create specialized/differentiated products and services to either avoid commoditization or leverage it, depending on the needs of that market and the strengths of that insurer.

The focus of this core course, in MSIM’s Insurance Rotation area of study, will include the history and the evolution of the insurance industry across the three main insurance sectors, i.e. property/casualty, life and health.  The course will address factors that drive company investment in and/or withdrawal from specific products and markets and the complexities around developing, pricing and selling a product for which costs are determined only after claims have been paid – something that often occurs many years after the policy was sold.   The course will consider how providers are expanding beyond traditional products into related services and how technology is increasing innovation around product design and marketing.

• Department: Insurance Management
• Instructor: Louis Weltmann
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• 3 points

Diagnostic Readings in Latin Language

This course is designed to provide incoming first-year graduate students in Classics with a small reading class that will allow a faculty instructor to assess students’ needs before they advance further into the graduate program.

• Department: Classics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Gareth Williams
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 2 points

SELF & OTHER IN CLIN ENCOUNTER

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• Department: Narrative Medicine
• M 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael E Davidovits
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• 4 points

PAINTING I

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• F 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenny Rivero
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• Instructor: Dana J Lok
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• 3 points

THE WEALTH MANAGEMENT LANDSCAPE

This course will provide an overview of the wealth management profession,
including various business models and the role of the advisor within each. Guest
speakers from across the wealth management profession will discuss the various
business models, key trends, including the intersection of technology and wealth
management and the unique nature of each client planner relationship. This course
will also highlight additional services that advisors are offering clients in order to
provide a full suite of solutions. In addition, students will discuss the role and
function of family offices, the scope of services they offer and best practices to
managing a family office.

• Department: Wealth Management
• Instructor: William Woodson
  Info
• 3 points

FICTION WORKSHOP

• Department: Writing
• F 1:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• M 1:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• W 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• M 1:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Hannah L Assadi
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• Instructor: Nicholas Christopher
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Dennard T Dayle
  Info
• Instructor: Sophie M Dess
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• Instructor: Joanna B Hershon
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Heidi S Julavits
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Victor D Lavalle
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Hilary J Leichter
  Info
• Instructor: Madelaine Lucas
  Info
• Instructor: Darcey Steinke
  Wikipedia Info
• 6 points

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING FOR THE CONSTRUCT

FIN & ACCTG CONSTRCTN INDUSTRY

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• Department: Construction Administration
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: William Fischer
  Info
• 3 points

Insurance Management Student Community C

IMGT SCC

Insurance Management Student Community Center helps facilitate remote pre-residency requirements and preparatory activities to preserve the limited in-person time we have during the residency for other activities. Given that we are a remote program, this is the most effective way to introduce, assign, inform and track new student activity prior to starting the core courses. The use of a dedicated site helps the students practice using the LMS, in addition to acclimating to Columbia, the faculty and the resources. The activities in which the students participate for the residency are critical to their success in the 16-months of remote learning in which they engage. Recordings and other materials are provided to students in continuity with completed activities and the site is also used as a general communications tool with the students outside of the dedicated Canvas courses.

• Department: Insurance Management
• 0 points

UNDERSTAND CONFLICT & COOPERATION

UNDERSTAND CONFL & COOPER

• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• W 5:10 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter T Coleman
  h-index: 35 Info
• 3 points

PAINTING II

• Department: Visual Arts
• W 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Esteban Cabeza de Baca
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Wealth Management Student Community Cent

WMGT Student Community Ce

The Wealth Management Student Community Center helps facilitate remote pre-residency requirements and preparatory activities to preserve the limited in-person time we have during the residency for other activities. Given that we are a remote program, this is the most effective way to introduce, assign, inform and track new student activity prior to starting the core courses. The use of a dedicated site helps them practice using the LMS, in addition to acclimating to Columbia, the faculty and the resources. The activities in which the students participate for the residency are critical to their success in the 16-months of remote learning in which they engage. Recordings and other materials are provided to students in continuity with completed activities and the site is also used as a general communications tool with the students outside of the dedicated Canvas courses.

• Department: Wealth Management
• 0 points

SAFETY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

SAFETY IN THE CONSTR IND

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• Department: Construction Administration
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph Schwed
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• 3 points

LEGAL ISSUES IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

LEGAL ISSUES-BLDG CONSTR

• Department: Construction Administration
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Tim Hegarty
  Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO NEGOTIATION

• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• S 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Bodi Regan
  Info
• 3 points

Organizational Conflict and Mediation

Org. Conflict & Meditatio

This required NECR course will introduce the concepts and skills of mediation, a type of third-party conflict intervention. This course will provide students with theory, research, and practice to effectively use mediation skills in a wide variety of contexts. Mediation practices are frequently applied to a variety of conflicts and are employed in conflict resolution strategies. Thus it is imperative for a conflict resolution practitioner to develop knowledge and skills of this practice. In this course students will be introduced to mediation philosophies, approaches, applications, and skills through readings, scholarly reflections, role-plays, a collaborative group project, and a term paper. This course will provide a deeper understanding of problem-solving and relational styles of mediation and the goals aligned with each. Students will learn to identify when mediation is appropriate, prepare for a mediation, employ communication skills, deal with negative emotions, address ethical dilemmas, and consider the cultural influences surrounding the parties and conflict.
Prerequisite: NECR 5105 Introduction to Negotiation
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• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• S 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Michele Riley
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• 3 points

Negotiation for Everyday Use

In this course, we will explore negotiation from several points of view and approaches. We will also look at characteristics that impact the quality of our negotiations and the outcomes, such as the role of emotions, cultural considerations, effectiveness of our communication, and opportunities to seek out negotiation to transform relationships. The course will be a blend of concepts and skills, theory and practice. On some occasions, you will be introduced to a concept and then asked to apply those concepts in an experiential activity. At other times, you will be asked to engage the activity or simulation and then the concepts will be elicited based on your experience. You will have several opportunities to practice developing your skills throughout the course, in terms of enhancing your practice and honing your analytical and conceptual understanding.

• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Yxa J Bazan
  Info
• 3 points

Fieldwork Course in Economics

This course provides an opportunity for students in the Economics Master of Arts Program to engage in off-campus internships for academic credit that will count towards their requirements for the degree. The internships will facilitate the application of economic skills that students have developed in the program and prepare them for future work in the field.

• Department: Economics
• 1 points

Campaign Finance & Fundraising Analytics

Campaign Fin & Fund Analy

Billions of dollars are raised and spent during U.S. presidential and congressional races each election cycle. Campaign expenditures play a critical role in election outcomes and political donations are used by corporations, unions, advocacy groups, and individuals to influence elected officials and public policy. Whether they are working for campaigns, advocacy groups, or consultants, political analysts need to have a sound understanding of campaign finance law and regulations, the chief strategies that contributors and recipients use to pursue their interests, and the incredibly rich data that is available to analyze and study campaign giving in the United States.

In this course, students will learn about the history and current state of campaign finance regulation, what motivates donors to give and what they may (or may not) receive in return, and how campaigns themselves fundraise and spend their billions. Students will become familiar with the ways data analytics have influenced how modern campaigns approach fundraising and the strategies used by candidates to finance a run for office. Finally, students will engage with the potential benefits and pitfalls of campaign finance reforms which, along with technological change, promise to keep political fundraising in a state of flux.

• Department: Political Analytics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sara Yeganeh
  Info
• 3 points

Practices in Design and Innovation

Pract in Design and Innov

Design is at the core of every innovation. It’s the visual, experiential, and strategic medium through which ideas transform into tangible and digital products, service platforms, experiences, and consequences. This course is a comprehensive exploration of the methods, vocabulary, challenges, and opportunities of design-led innovation. It demystifies how business and design intersect through the lens of innovation, and is foundational for anyone seeking to generate positive social and economic outcomes.

Students experience the course through interconnected paths—interrogating contemporary issues in design and business while simultaneously moving a chosen project through a sequence of hands-on design sprints. These sprints cover everything from ideation and visualization to journey mapping, prototyping, user testing, and branding of their own unique ideas. Participants will emerge with a critical and reusable toolkit for both understanding the innovation process and effectively leading creative teams.

Topics include: Design Thinking; User-Centered Design; Business Value of Design; Problem Framing; Systems Mapping; User Journey Mapping; Ambiguity and Complexity; Liberatory Design Practices; The Impact of AI; Design Ethics; Sustainability, Wicked Problems; Design Futuring and speculative design.

• Department: Technology Management
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Allan Chochinov
  Info
• 3 points

Political Human-Animal Studies

In a number of academic disciplines the concern with relationships between humans and non-humans has recently resulted in a radical revision of the ways in which we think people and animals construct their social worlds. This course addresses how humans and animals enter into, and interact within, each other's worlds. It draws upon perspectives from anthropology, geography, (political) philosophy, ethics, literary theory, and the sciences, placing current debates within the context of the deep history of human-animal relations. Topics to be discussed include "wildness", domestication, classification, animal rights, biotechnology, "nature/culture", food/cooking, fabulous/mythical animals, the portrayal of animals in popular culture, and human-animal sexualities.

• Department: Anthropology
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

Finance for Technology Leaders

An exploration of the central concepts of corporate finance for those who already have some basic knowledge of finance and accounting. This case-based course considers project valuation; cost of capital; capital structure; firm valuation; the interplay between financial decisions, strategic consideration, and economic analyses; and the provision and acquisition of funds. These concepts are analyzed in relation to agency problems: market domination, risk profile, and risk resolution; and market efficiency or the lack thereof. The validity of analytic tools is tested on issues such as highly leveraged transactions, hybrid securities, volatility in initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, acquisition and control premiums, corporate restructurings, and sustainable and unsustainable market inefficiencies.

• Department: Technology Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Hsing-Hsing Li
  Info
• 3 points

The Technology Edge: Edge Compute for AI

Tech Edge: Edge Compute f

This class is a journey into the “fat edge” of technological innovations that could transform our economy and society over the coming years. We will tackle big questions: How do innovations redefine jobs and industries? What is the real impact of these changes from the C-suite to citizens? This course is about igniting a passion for change, a realization of its risks, and equipping you to lead with vision and principle.

• Department: Technology Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Christy Fernandez-Cull
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• 3 points

Full-Stack Products and Practices

Full-Stack Products & Pra

This course provides a comprehensive examination of modern software product development, focusing on creating solutions that address clear user needs and challenges. A “product” in this context refers to a software program that instructs computer hardware to operate, solve problems, and manage tasks effectively.

Modern product development benefits from systematic practices that enhance efficiency, sustainability, and continuity. These practices, including flexibility, iterative development, customer feedback, and efficient project management, are essential for adapting quickly to rapidly evolving market and technology landscapes.

• Department: Technology Management
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Wunsch
  Info
• 3 points

SCHEDULNG FOR MODERN CONSTRUCTION

A comprehensive introduction to the principles, methods and tools required for the development and implementation of scheduling in the construction industry. Topics covered include: the crucial role of the scheduling development plans, budgeting and its impact on project timelines, identification and analysis of critical paths (CPM), resource and cost loading, schedule updating, and schedule management. Coursework is integrated with hands‐on utilization of Oracle Primavera P3 and P6 scheduling and Microsoft Project 2007 software. Students may need to bring their own laptops/notebooks for some class sessions. Guest lecturers may be featured for certain topics.


OBJECTIVE:
 This course should prepare the student to prepare a CPM schedule, calculate the schedule manually or by use of computer software, evaluate the output of such software, and present such analysis both to field personnel for implementation and to upper management for overview.

• Department: Construction Administration
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sadia I Janjua
  Info
• 3 points

Research in Economics

This is a required course that facilitates the capstone research paper writing process for second-year students enrolled in the M.A. Program in Economics. The research paper provides an opportunity to write a substantial piece of academic work in which the student is expected to demonstrate mastery of a field, along with the ability to think originally and to convey results clearly in writing.

• Department: Economics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Seyhan Erden
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 1 points

METHODS: CLOSE READING & CREATIVE WRITIN

METHODS: CLOSE RDNG & CRT

TBA

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• 3 points

METHODS: CLOSE READING & CREATIVE WRITIN

METHODS: CLOSE RDNG & CRT

TBA

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• 3 points

THE TECHNOLOGY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

Students are expected to have completed a year of high school physics and chemistry.  It would be best to have also taken college level physics and chemistry.

Renewable energy is generated from natural processes that are continuously replenished.  Aside from geothermal and tidal power, solar radiation is the ultimate source of renewable energy.  In order to have a sustainable environment and economy, CO2 emissions must be reduced (and eventually stopped).  This requires that the fossil fuel based technologies underlying our present electricity generation and transportation systems be replaced by renewable energy.  In addition, the transition to renewable technologies will move nations closer to energy independence and thereby reduce geopolitical tensions associated with energy trading. This course begins with a review of the basics of electricity generation and the heat engines that are the foundation of our current energy systems.  This course will emphasize the inherent inefficiency associated with the conversion of thermal energy to electrical and mechanical energy. The course then covers the most important technologies employed to generate renewable energy.  These are hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, geothermal, biomass/biofuel, tidal and wave power. The course ends with a description of energy storage technologies, energy markets and possible pathways to a renewable energy future.

• Department: Sustainability Science
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Hollander
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• 3 points

Technology for Good and Civic Technology

Tech for Good and Civic T

This course equips the next generation of technologists with the skills, strategies, and savvy needed to secure systemic and lasting change for social good. These topics are examined in three units: 1. Intrapreneurship: how to guide responsible technology within and by multinationals and other large-scale, risk-averse institutions; 2. Entrepreneurship & Nonprofits: how to balance market pressures with values-based missions within startups, nonprofits, and other social-good tech enterprises; and 3. Civic Tech: how to navigate policy, politics, and bureaucracies in delivering citizen-facing technologies within local, regional, and national government bodies.

• Department: Technology Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexis Wichowski
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

POPULAR & HISTORICAL GESTURES: FIGURE DR

POP. & HIST. GESTURES: FI

Popular and Historical Gestures explores the fundamental properties of figure drawing and portraiture through the lens of pop culture and historical gestures and poses. Students examine the figure in painting, documentary photography, art history, and literature, and then use these examples as sources for live model sessions, studio practice, and discussions. Students will work on self-directed projects and from live models. There are one-on-one and group discussions, as well as individual critiques with the instructor. Class time will include image presentations, discussions, museum trips, individual and group critiques, and in-class independent work time. Each class will begin with a homework critique and a discussion, lecture, or demonstration structured around a specific goal. Students will then work individually. Each class will end with brief individual and group critiques to allow students to see and discuss each other's work.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: David A Cruz
  Info
• 3 points

INTRAPERSONAL DYNAMICS & CONFLICT

• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• SUSU 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Barry Sommer
  Info
• 3 points

IMPRV HLTH THRU ENV MSR IN H20 & SOIL

This course will lead participants through a series of case studies of environmental contamination of water and soil, both natural and man-made, from a perspective of their contribution to the global burden of disease. Participants will critically examine datasets documenting toxic exposure in developing countries and around New York City. Participants will have the opportunity to deploy some field kits and compare their results to laboratory measurements. An emphasis on empowerment through measurement, mapping, and sharing of information will lead to a discussion of regulation, policies, and mitigation.

• Department: Sustainability Science
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lex Van Geen
  Info
• 3 points

Special Topics: Technology Marketing

This class provides students with a deep dive into marketing and communication strategies and channels for tech company, product, and services launches. Students will work on customer personas for B2B and B2C technologies and reflect upon sustainability guidelines to shape their marketing strategy. They will analyze the different elements that make a soft and hard launch successful, such customer testimonials and industry analyst relations. The course will also discuss how AI is changing the marketing of  companies, products and services.

• Department: Technology Management
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Katja Schroeder
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• 3 points

American Film: Cult & Exploitation

Amer Film: Cult & Exploit

Once associated with images of fishnet-costumed fans of
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
, the concept of the “cult film” has gone increasingly mainstream in recent years. This course seeks to assess the popularization of the phenomenon, asking: what exactly
is
a cult film? And what does the mainstreaming of the concept suggest about our changing relation to today’s media environment?

Whereas most types of film can be defined through widely recognized elements of story and setting (tumbleweed, deserts, gunfights: it’s a western), this is far from being the case with cult. Some have defined the cult film as “created” by audiences (again,
Rocky Horror
); others in terms of nonclassical or aberrant modes of textuality (e.g., various forms of “bad taste” cinema). This course, however, seeks to go beyond audience- and text-based definitions, instead placing cult within a series of historical contexts:


as an outgrowth of film industry practices that sustained the
low cultural status
of certain movie types during the classical Hollywood cinema (e.g., B movies, exploitation, etc.);

as the product of
audience reception
practices, shaped by the politics of cultural taste and “camp” viewing practices that first coalesced during the “midnight movie” phenomenon of the late 1960s/1970s;

as sustained by the
transnational flow
of media content, offering new frameworks for understanding “national” cinemas.


In offering such an approach, this course seeks to isolate the different uses to which “cult” has been put, in order to indicate how pervasive and adaptable the idea has recently become. As we will see, the cult phenomenon implies both a perspective on the past, hence inseparable from the experience of nostalgia, as well as an engagement with our media-driven present.

• Department: Film
• R 10:10 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert King
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION: PROCESS & PR

DEV & CONSTR: PROC & PRAC

• Department: Construction Administration
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: John B Parkinson
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• 3 points

ANALYSIS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Energy Management is the cornerstone of any sustainability initiative. The generation, distribution, and use of energy has a profound, continuous, and global impact on natural resources, societal structure, and geopolitics. How energy is used has significant repercussions on an organizations cash flow and profitability. For these reasons, energy issues tend to be the fulcrum upon which sustainability programs hinge.

The ability to identify and articulate organizational benefits from energy savings tied to efficiency improvements and renewable energy projects is a requisite skill set for all sustainability managers.

This course will provide real-world information on energy management issues from a practitioner's perspective. Through lectures, problem sets, and readings students will learn how to manage energy audits, analyze building energy performance, and evaluate the energy use and financial impacts of potential capital and operations improvements to building systems. The class will focus on understanding energy issues from a building owner’s perspective, with discussions also examining energy issues from the perspective of utility companies, energy generators, and policy makers.

Best practice in energy management will always involve some level of complex engineering to survey existing conditions and predict energy savings from various improvement options. Sustainability managers need to understand how to manage and quality control these analyses and to translate to decision makers the opportunity they reveal. This course seeks to empower students to do that by providing an understanding of building systems and methods for quantitatively analyzing the potential benefit of various energy improvements.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas Sahagian
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• 3 points

AIR POLLUTION & MEASURING THE ENVIRONMEN

AIR POLL & MSR THE ENV BU

In this course, students will first be provided with a global perspective on the current status of environmental problems and the leading environmental contributors to the burden of diseases. Students will then introduce how air pollutants are produced, transported, and what are their environmental fates. This course will cover how air pollutants are measured and monitored, including government monitoring networks, NASA remote sensing techniques, and research tools for fixed site monitoring (indoor and outdoor) and personal level monitoring. Students will be able to learn basic concepts about the toxicity and target organs of different pollutants, both of which are important to understand dose-response and health outcomes. Building on knowledge of exposure and toxicity, Students will then introduce risk assessment and the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) associated with air pollution. Their usage in evaluating sustainability as well as their limitations will be introduced.

The course will provide students with the methods and tools to understand, monitor, and analyze current environmental health threats in air, and explore strategies for policy interventions for solving these at times complex challenges. Students will leave the course with a stronger sense of the power, and limitations, of environmental data and better equipped to evaluate and communicate the effectiveness of new interventions. After completing the course, students will more confidently be able to apply core scientific concepts to evaluating and addressing public health challenges posed by, for instance, fine particulate (PM2.5) contamination.

• Department: Sustainability Science
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven N Chillrud
  h-index: 48 Info
• 3 points

Medieval to Contemporary Painting Techni

Medieval to Contemporary Painting Techniques explores the fundamental properties of paint materials by studying the paint-making techniques used by old masters of the late Medieval and Renaissance periods up through the contemporary era. Through hands-on work and experimentation, including preparing paint materials themselves, students will gain experience making and working with egg tempera, oil paint, and synthetic materials such as acrylics. They will develop a stronger understanding of how these materials function and how their uses fit into historical traditions and cultural contexts.

Students will participate in weekly material and technique-building workshops. They will be given select open-ended assignments for which they can choose a particular approach to explore. Students will learn how to handle traditional and contemporary materials in compliance with high material safety standards.

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Naomi Safran-Hon
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• 3 points

IT ADVANTAGES IN CONSTRUCTION

This course provides students with a solid hands-on foundation in BIM (Building Information Modeling) and other technologies that are revolutionizing the way 21st century construction projects are delivered. Starting from the Owner’s perspective, the class sessions will explore the benefits of BIM tools/methods as used by design teams, construction managers and sub-contractors. Students work with actual industry tools to create BIM Models that extract quantities for estimation purposes, link models to construction schedules (4D simulations), generate clash reports, and effectively communicate 3D site logistics plans. Once a BIM backbone is established, discussions will lead into and highlight: advanced applications, integration opportunities, responsibilities/contractual theories and the introduction of other 3rd Party Software. This course is a recommended companion course to CNAD PS5500, the Capstone Project. Students enrolling in the course are required to have their own notebook PC meeting the noted specifications.

• Department: Construction Administration
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: James Ward
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• 3 points

American Film: Film Noir

This course surveys the American film genre known as 
film noir
, focusing primarily on the genre’s heyday in the 1940s and early 1950s, taking into account some of its antecedents in the hard-boiled detective novel, German Expressionism, and the gangster film, among other sources. We will consider a wide variety of critical and theoretical approaches to the genre, and will also study a number of film noir adaptations and their literary sources.

• Department: Film
• M 10:10 a.m.-1:55 p.m.
• Instructor: James A Schamus
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Cybersecurity

With the advent of generative AI and the impending arrival of quantum computing, risks to organizations and individuals have grown exponentially. Innovation in offensive and defensive tools and technologies continues to increase. How does a leader keep up? Leaders must know how to work with internal experts and to manage these issues internally, with Boards, and for the public. Proficiency in strategies and principles, some of which date back to the ancient Greeks and Chinese, prevail over tools.

• Department: Technology Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Shahryar Shaghaghi
  Info
• Instructor: Joseph Steinberg
  Info
• 3 points

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MGMT

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• Department: Construction Administration
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

ELEMENTS OF GREEK PROSE STYLE

Prerequisites: at least four terms of Greek, or the equivalent. An intensive review of Greek syntax with translation of English sentences and paragraphs into Attic Greek.

• Department: Classics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

SOCIAL PURPOSE BUSINESSES: AT THE INTERS

• Department: Non Profit Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard T Feiner
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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• Department: Construction Administration
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Patrick Askew
  Info
• 3 points

SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

• Department: Sustainability Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Bruce Kahn
  Info
• 3 points

FAMILY BUSINESS AND CONFLICT

Conflicts that arise in family businesses are informed by long family histories and patterns of behavior, multiple identities, and are often characterized by communication breakdowns and emotional upheaval.  Conflicts in these contexts are costly emotionally, financially and relationally to family members and also to non-family employees and ultimately to the longevity of the business organization itself.  When conflict arises within these contexts it can be difficult to separate the personal relationships from the business relationships.  Because these types of business disputes can be especially emotional, how can we most effectively engage with this type of conflict?  

This course builds theoretical knowledge by introducing some context specific theories, models, and frameworks. We will build on existing NECR coursework introducing the Three Circle Model of Family Business (Tagiuri and Davis); Founders’s Value Categories Framework (Liebowitz);  Dynamical Systems Theory (Coleman, et.al.) as it applies to a family businesses; Family Systems Theory (Bowen; Minuchin) and family dynamics as a subsystem; Sustaining Cycles of Trust Model (Sundaramurthy)  and communications in family businesses (Astrachan and McMillan); discuss EQi-2.0 360 version (MHS) and its usefulness in the family business workplace; introduce and administer the Neethling Brain Instrument (Dr. Kobus Neethling & Paul Torrance) (NBI) as a tool for understanding more about individual thinking styles and how this knowledge informs group dynamics.  

Case studies will be a primary focus throughout the course, providing examples that address a spectrum of classic family business conflicts. We will use tools to analyze and develop intervention strategies in small and large group activities. This elective course is designed for NECR degree candidates, or any SPS graduate student with an interest in the topic, space permitting.  If you are a student outside the NECR program, please contact instructors for additional readings to inform course materials.  NECR students will be required to have taken Introduction to Mediation NECR PS5107, Understanding Conflict and Cooperation NECR PS5101, Skills Practicum: Self as Instrument NECR PS5880, Intrapersonal Dynamics NECR PS5124.

• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• SUSU 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• 3 points

ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ENERGY AND SUST DEVELOPMENT

• Department: Sustainability Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT OF NONPROFITS

LEADERSHIP&MGMT OF NONPRO

Leadership & Management of Nonprofits is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of how nonprofit organizations function, including ways in which the various functional areas of a nonprofit interconnect to achieve its mission and vision. We will address the skills and knowledge needed to lead and manage the operations and programs of an organization as well as work effectively with organizational stakeholders including governing boards, staff, partners and program recipients.

• Department: Non Profit Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Kimberly A McCall
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• 3 points

SUMA PS5157 Carbon Markets and Global Cl

Carbon markets have become a central tool in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This course explores the economics, institutions, and pricing mechanisms that shape these markets, providing students with a fundamental description and analysis of emissions trading systems (ETS), carbon taxes, voluntary carbon markets, internal carbon transfer pricing and emerging financial instruments. Beginning with microeconomic foundations such as externalities and market-based climate policies, students will analyze the role of international organizations and regulatory frameworks, including the Paris Agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, and regional policies like the EU Green Deal, the California carbon market and RGGI. Through real-world case studies, students will evaluate carbon pricing mechanisms across jurisdictions and industries, gaining the analytical skills necessary to assess policy effectiveness and market integrity. Designed for graduate students in environmental economics, public policy, sustainability, and finance, this course is particularly relevant for those pursuing careers in climate policy, carbon finance, and international development.

This course serves as a critical component of the environmental policy and sustainability curriculum, bridging economic theory with practical policy implementation. By integrating key concepts from environmental economics, climate governance, and financial markets, it reinforces students’ understanding of how carbon pricing aligns with broader sustainability goals. Additionally, the course supports programmatic objectives by equipping students with the technical expertise and policy fluency needed to navigate and shape carbon markets. Whether students aim to work in governmental agencies, international organizations, or private-sector sustainability roles, this course provides the necessary foundation to engage with one of the most dynamic areas of climate policy.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou
  Info
• 3 points

DATA MODELING

DATA MODELING ONLINE

• Department: Applied Analytics
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven Hoberman
  Info
• 3 points

PROJECT CONTROLS IN CONSTRUCTION

• Department: Construction Administration
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sadia I Janjua
  Info
• 3 points

POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS

This course is designed either for students who wish to embark on or further careers in politics and for those interested in exploring the dynamic field of political communication. Three themes anchor the course material: 1.) strategic communication, or deliberate and goal-oriented communication, which enables professionals to analyze and execute political strategy; 2.) message, which enables the crafting and critique of more or less effective political communication; and 3,) research, which political professionals use to formulate, shift and optimize their strategies.

• Department: Strategic Communication
• W 5:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew Whitehouse
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• 3 points