INTRO TO OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC

An introduction to the structure of Old Church Slavonic followed by readings of texts, with attention to the cultural history of Church Slavonic and its texts.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• R 2:05 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Timberlake
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED STUDIO SEMESTER VI

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 9 points

FLD METHODS FOR ENVIRON ENGIN

Prerequisites: equivalent or instructor's permission.
Principles and methods for designing, building and testing systems to sense the environment. Monitoring the atmosphere, water bodies and boundary interfaces between the two. Sensor systems for monitoring heat and mass flows, chemicals, and biota. Measurements of velocity, temperature, flux and concentration in the field. The class will involve planning and execution of a study to sense a local environmental system.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Wade McGillis
  h-index: 44 Info
• 3 points

TOPOLOGICAL DATA-GENOMICS-APP TO CANCER

GENOMICS&APPLICATIONS; CANCER

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• M 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Raul Rabadan
  Wikipedia h-index: 72 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO COMP SCIENCE/PROG IN JAVA

PROGRAMMING IN JAVA

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• WF 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Samuel Sultan
  Info
• 3 points

ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY

Prequsite: <i>MATH UN3007</i>. A one semeser course covering the theory of modular forms, zeta functions, L -functions, and the Riemann hypothesis. Particular topics covered include the Riemann zeta function, the prime number theorem, Dirichlet characters, Dirichlet L-functions, Siegel zeros, prime number theorem for arithmetic progressions, SL (2, Z) and subgroups, quotients of the upper half-plane and cusps, modular forms, Fourier expansions of modular forms, Hecke operators, L-functions of modular forms.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Dorian Goldfeld
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Prerequisites: one 3000-level course in Cell Biology or Biochemistry or the instructor's permission.
Corequisites: BIOL GU4009
This course will present a quantitative description of the cellular physiology of excitable cells (mostly nerve and muscle). While the course will focus on examining basic mechanisms in cell physiology, there will be a thread of discussion of disease mechanisms throughout. The end of each lecture will include a discussion of the molecular mechanisms of selected diseases that relate to the topics covered in the lecture. The course will consist of two lectures per week. This course will be of interest to advanced (3000-4000 level) undergraduates that aim to pursue careers in medicine as well as those that will pursue careers in biomedical research. This course will also be of interest to graduate students desiring an introduction to the cellular physiology of nerve and muscle.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Julio Fernandez
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 90 Info
• 3 points

READINGS IN CLASSICAL JAPANESE

BUNGO II: from Heian to Meiji

Close readings of specific texts, as well as methods, skills, and tools.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Tomi Suzuki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

READINGS IN CLASSICAL JAPANESE

KUZUSHIJI & EARLY JAPANESE DRM

Close readings of specific texts, as well as methods, skills, and tools.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mo Li
  Info
• 4 points

HISTORY & THEORY OF PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Hiba Bou Akar
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

CELLULAR PHYS OF DISEASES LAB

See department for details

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Julio Fernandez
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 90 Info
• 1 points

GIS-RES,ENVIR,INFRASTRUCTR MGT

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
Basic concepts of geomatics, spatial data representation and organization, and analytical tools that comprise GIS are introduced and applied to a variety of problems including watershed protection, environmental risk assessment, material mass balance, flooding, asset management, and emergency response to natural or man-made hazards. Technical content includes geography and map projections, spatial statistics, database design and use, interpolation and visualization of spatial surfaces and volumes from irregularly spaced data, and decision analysis in an applied setting. Taught in a laboratory setting using ArcGIS. Access to New York City and other standard databases. Term projects emphasize information synthesis towards the solution of a specific problem.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• M 7:10 p.m.-8:25 p.m.
• MW 8:40 p.m.-9:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Yuri Gorokhovich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Donald Goldfarb
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 55 Info
• 3 points

MATH METHODS IN CHEMICAL ENGIN

Prerequisites: equivalent, or instructor's permission.
Mathematical description of chemical engineering problems and the application of selected methods for their solution. General modeling principles, including model hierarchies. Linear and nonlinear ordinary differential equations and their systems, including those with variable coefficients. Partial differential equations in Cartesian and curvilinear coordinates for the solution of chemical engineering problems.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Venkat Venkatasubramanian
  h-index: 58 Info
• 3 points

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

An overview of the planning, design, operation, and construction of urban highways and mass transportation systems. Transportation planning and traffic studies; traffic and highway engineering; rapid transit and railroad engineering.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Peterson
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Responsible Conduct of Research and Related Policy Issues

This course explores a variety of ethical and policy issues that arise during the conduct of basic, translational, epidemiological, and clinical biomedical research. Location: Vagelos Education Center (VEC), Room 401. Jan 20, 2017: Mentorship; Jan 27, 2017: Conflict of Interest/Research with Industrial Partners; Feb 3, 2017: Humane and Responsible Use of Laboratory Animals in Scientific Research�; Feb 10, 2017: Science at a Crossroads: Time for Reform?; Feb 17, 2017 and Feb 24, 2017: Research with Human Subjects/Participants; Mar 3, 2017: Issues in Genetics Research/Precision Medicine; Mar 10, 2017: Responsible Conduct of Research - What Is It?; Mar 24, 2017: Authorship, Publications, and Peer Review; Mar 31, 2017: Data Management, Sharing, and Reproducibility; Apr 21, 2017: Strategies for a Successful Research Career

• Department: Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies
• F 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 1 points

SELECTIONS FROM GREEK LIT

Prerequisites:
GREK V1201-V1202
or the equivalent.
Since the content of this course changes each year, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Classics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Seth R Schwartz
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SELECTIONS FROM LATIN LITERATURE

ROMAN ELEGY

Prerequisites:
LATN UN3012
or the equivalent.
Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit.

• Department: Classics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Gareth Williams
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

PLANNING FOR URBAN ENERGY SYSTEMS

PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Peter J Marcotullio
  Info
• 3 points

EXCEL FUNDAMENTALS

This introductory course surveys fundamental Microsoft Excel concepts and functionality applicable to SIPA courses and in professional settings. Topics include understanding references and functions, writing formulas, interacting with spreadsheets, building basic models, controlling formatting and presentation and creating basic charts. The course is targeted at students with limited or no prior Excel experience. The course is open to SIPA students only. Note: A laptop is required for the two-day accelerated section of this course

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• SU noon-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenyon S Saverance
  Info
• 0 points

ACCULTURATN TO MED & CLIN INFO

Overview of the field of medicine for informaticians.  Medical language and terminology, introduction to pathology and pathophysiology, the process of medical decision making, and an understanding of how information flows in the practice of medicine.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• M 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Sivan Kinberg
  Info
• 3 points

RESP COND-RES/REL PLCY ISS-DIS

• Department: Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies
• T 5 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ai Yamamoto
  h-index: 30 Info
• 1 points

Scholarly Editing

SCHOLARLY EDTIING

Introduction to scholarly editing.  Please see department for full description.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: David M Yerkes
  CULPA: 41 Info
• 3 points

MTHDS IN HLTH INFORMATION TECH

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Virginia G Lorenzi
  Info
• 3 points

MODELING TECHNIQUES IN EXCEL

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES EXCEL

Prerequisites: SIPA U4010 or equivalent experience
This course explores skills needed for more sophisticated spreadsheet development and problem solving in Microsoft Excel. Topics include implementing advanced logic using complex formulas and intermediate calculations, managing complexity with Excel's auditing features, pulling data together using lookup functions and leveraging calculated references. The course does not focus on specific models or applications, but instead explores general concepts and techniques that can be flexibly applied to different solutions in Excel. The course is open to SIPA students only. Instructor approval is required: students will be waitlisted in SSOL and contacted by the instructor. Part of the Excel at SIPA course series.
Deadline to drop this course is one week prior to the start date of the course. A notation of "W" will be assigned if requests to drop are not made by this deadline.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenyon S Saverance
  Info
• 0 points

STRING THEORY

This course is intended as an introduction to string theory for undergraduates. No advanced graduate-level preparation is assumed, and the material will be covered at (no higher than) the advanced undergraduate level. Advanced topics such as supersymmetry, T-duality, and covariant quantization will not be covered. The focus will be on the dynamics of classical and quantum mechanical strings, with an emphasis on integrating undergraduate material in classical mechanics, relativity, electrodynamics and quantum mechanics.

• Department: Physics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: William A Zajc
  CULPA: 16 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

BEST PRACTICES FINANCL MODELING IN EXCEL

BEST PRACT FIN MODELING EXCEL

This one-day seminar, conducted by reputable training firm Training the Street, explores best practices and highly practical techniques employed in building finance-related spreadsheets. Best suited for students with exposure to basic accounting and corporate finance concepts, the course stresses efficiency in using Excel and awareness of common pitfalls when developing financial models. Topics include using keyboard shortcuts, applying meaningful and consistent formatting, structuring cash flow and other business problems, handling errors and controlling calculations.  Part of the Excel at SIPA course series. Course fee: $30

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• S 10:15 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenyon S Saverance
  Info
• 0 points

BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• W 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Richard A Friedman
  Info
• 3 points

DATA MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS IN EXCEL

DATA MGMT & ANALYSIS IN EXCEL

Prerequisites: SIPA U4010 or equivalent experience
This course focuses on using Microsoft Excel to collect, explore and derive actionable information from structured and semi-structured data. Topics include importing data from external sources, parsing and cleaning raw data, refining data structure, and constructing and leveraging PivotTables. Thecourse aims to develop highly sought-after skills that allow for direct and sophisticated analysis of sizable and disparate data sets. The course is open to SIPA students only. Instructor approval is required: students will be waitlisted in SSOL and contacted by the instructor. Part of the Excel at SIPA course series. 
Deadline to drop this course is one week prior to the start date of the course. A notation of "W" will be assigned if requests to drop are not made by this deadline.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenyon S Saverance
  Info
• 0 points

WRITING THE WAR

What, how, and to what ends have we written creatively about war and violence?  How have literary ideas of genre and point of view and voice as well as cultural ideas of gender and nation and citizenship been shaped and challenged by writing about war, violence, and/or trauma?  This course considers a range of genres - poetry, fiction and plays --from a range of perspectives - veterans, victims of war crimes and other forms of violence and trauma, anti-war activists, children of war and domestic violence survivors - within the capacious category of war literature.

• Department: Writing
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Deborah Paredez
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ITALIAN FOOD/GLOBALIZED WORLD

This seminar examines the many meanings of food in Italian culture and tradition; how values and peculiarities are transmitted, preserved, reinvented and rethought through a lens that is internationally known as “Made in Italy”; how the symbolic meanings and ideological interpretations are connected to creation, production, presentation, distribution, and consumption of food. Based on an anthropological perspective and framework, this interdisciplinary course will analyze ways in which we can understand the ‘Italian taste’ through the intersections of many different levels: political, economic, aesthetic, symbolic, religious, etc. The course will study how food can help us understand the ways in which tradition and innovation, creativity and technology, localism and globalization, identity and diversity, power and body, are elaborated and interpreted in contemporary Italian society, in relation to the European context and a globalized world. Short videos that can be watched on the computer and alternative readings for those fluent in Italian will be assigned. In English.

• Department: Italian
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara Faedda
  Info
• 3 points

DATA ANALYSIS FOR THE SOC SCI

Prerequisites: One semester of undergraduate statistics
The data analysis course covers specific statistical tools used in social science research using the statistical program R. Topics to be covered include statistical data structures, and basic descriptives, regression models, multiple regression analysis, interactions, polynomials, Gauss-Markov assumptions and asymptotics, heteroskedasticity and diagnostics, models for binary outcomes, naive Bayes classifiers, models for ordered data, models for nominal data, first difference analysis, factor analysis, and a review of models that build upon OLS. Prerequisite: introductory statistics course that includes linear regression.  There is a statistical computer lab session with this course: QMSS G4017 -001 -DATA ANALYSIS FOR SOC SCI

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena B Krumova
  Info
• 4 points

FOURTH YEAR CHINESE II

Prerequisites:
CHNS G4015
or the equivalent.
Implements a wide range of reading materials to enhance the student’s speaking and writing as well as reading skills. Supplemented by television broadcast news, also provides students with strategies to increase their comprehension of formal style of modern Chinese. CC GS EN CE

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTWR 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• MWR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Wenlian Zhang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Ling Yan
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 4 points

SKILLS/MTHDS IN HLTH INFO TECHNIQUES

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Virginia G Lorenzi
  Info
• 3 points

APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY

Typical experiments are in the areas of plasma physics, microwaves, laser applications, optical spectroscopy physics, and superconductivity.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Francesco Volpe
  Info
• 2 points

FOURTH YEAR CHINESE ADV II

Prerequisites:
CHNS W4017
or the equivalent.
This is a non-consecutive reading course designed for those whose proficiency is above 4th level. See Admission to Language Courses. Selections from contemporary Chinese authors in both traditional and simplified characters with attention to expository, journalistic, and literary styles.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Chen Wu
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 22 Info
• 4 points

FOURTH YEAR JAPANESE II

Prerequisites:
JPNS W4017
or the equivalent.
Sections 1 & 2: Readings of advanced modern literary, historical, political, and journalistic texts, and class discussions about current issues and videos. Exercises in scanning, comprehension, and English translation. Section 3: Designed for advanced students interested in developing skills for reading and comprehending modern Japanese scholarship.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Shigeru Eguchi
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 4 points

SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Introduction to solid-state physics: crystal structures, properties of periodic lattices, electrons in metals, band structure, transport properties, semiconductors, magnetism, and superconductivity.

• Department: Physics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Aron Pinczuk
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ADV ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES

This course is meant to train students in advanced quantitative techniques in the social sciences. Statistical computing will be carried out in R.  Topics include: review of multiple/linear regression, review of logistic regression, generalized linear models, models with limited dependent variables, first differences analysis, fixed effects, random effects, lagged dependent variables, growth curve analysis, instrumental variable and two stage least squares, natural experiments, regression discontinuity, propensity score matching, multilevel models or hierarchical linear models, and text-based quantitative analysis.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

HISTORY OF CHINESE LANGUAGE

HISTORY OF THE CHINESE LANGUAG

Introduces the evolution of Chinese language. It reveals the major changes in Chinese sound, writing and grammar systems, and social and linguistic factors which caused these changes. CC GS EN CE GSAS

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Zhirong Wang
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 3 points

BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

• Department: Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies
• W 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Richard A Friedman
  Info
• 3 points

GRADUATE IMMUNOLOGY

Survey of the major topics in basic immunology with an emphasis on the molecular basis for immune recognition and regulation.

• Department: Microbiology
• TR 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Christian W Schindler
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

MOLECULR/CELL BIO OF NUTRIENTS

Second Term. 
Explores molecular and cellular mechanisms of nutrient action.  Six major foci of modern nutritional science.  These include the actions of nutrients in transcriptional regulation, in signaling pathways, on intra- and extracellular trafficking, in assuring normal development, in the maintance of antioxidant defences and nutrient/gene interations.

• Department: Human Nutrition, Institute of
• T 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Lori M Zeltser
  Info
• 3 points

MA THESIS: REG STUDIES

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• F 1 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Elise Giuliano
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 1 points

RES SEM IN QUANT MTHS-SOC SCI

This course is designed to expose students in the QMSS degree program to different methods and practices of social science research. Seminar presentations are given on a wide range of topics by faculty from Columbia and other New York City universities, as well as researchers from private, government, and non-profit settings. QMSS students participate in a weekly seminar. Speakers include faculty from Columbia and other universities, and researchers from the numerous corporate, government, and non-profit settings where quantitative research tools are used. Topics have included: Now-Casting and the Real-Time Data-Flow; Art, Design & Science in Data Visualization; Educational Attainment and School Desegregation: Evidence from Randomized Lotteries; Practical Data Science: North American Oil and Gas Drilling Data.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 2 points

BRIDGE DESIGN & MANAGEMENT

Prerequisites: equivalent.
Bridge design history, methods of analysis, loads: static, live, dynamic. Design: allowable stress, ultimate strength, load resistance factor, supply/demand. Steel and concrete superstructures: suspension, cable stayed, prestressed, arches. Management of the assets, life-cycle cost, expected useful life, inspection, maintenance, repair, reconstruction. Bridge inventories, condition assessments, data acquisition and analysis, forecasts. Selected case histories and field visits.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 7:10 p.m.-9:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Bojidar S Yanev
  Info
• 3 points

QUANTUM MECHANICS II

Prerequisites:PHYS UN4021.Formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of state vectors and linear operators, three-dimensional spherically symmetric potentials, the theory of angular momentum and spin, time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, scattering theory, and identical particles.Selected phenomena from atomic physics, nuclear physics, and elementary particle physics are described and then interpreted using quantum mechanical models.

• Department: Physics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Emlyn W Hughes
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 3 points

FUNDAMNTLS OF URB DIGITAL DES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Alejandro de Castro Mazarro
  Info
• 3 points

RES SEM IN QUANT MTHS-SOC SCI

This seminar is free and open to the public. Please contact qmss@columbia.edu to rsvp if you are not QMSS and interested in attending. This course is designed to expose students in the QMSS degree program to different methods and practices of social science research. Seminar presentations are given on a wide range of topics by faculty from Columbia and other New York City universities, as well as researchers from private, government, and non-profit settings. QMSS students participate in a weekly seminar. Speakers include faculty from Columbia and other universities, and researchers from the numerous corporate, government, and non-profit settings where quantitative research tools are used. Topics have included: Now-Casting and the Real-Time Data-Flow; Art, Design & Science in Data Visualization; Educational Attainment and School Desegregation: Evidence from Randomized Lotteries; Practical Data Science: North American Oil and Gas Drilling Data.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 2 points

RESEARCH, DESIGN & PROTOTYPE MOBILE APP

RESEARCH,DESIGN&PROTOTYPE; APP

In this one-day weekend workshop, students will research, design, prototype and test a mobile app for the public good. You'll learn about user-centered design, and how to quickly test your ideas to hone and refine them. At the end of the day, you'll have a clickable prototype and a case study that documents your process, and demonstrably contributes to a mission-based cause.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• S 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Weber
  Info
• 0 points

ARCHITECTURAL DRWG & REP II

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 10 a.m.-noon
• 3 points

APPLIED QUANTUM PHYSICS

In this course, we will learn how the concepts of quantum mechanics are applied to real physical systems, and how they enable novel applications in quantum optics and quantum information. We will start with microscopic, elementary quantum systems – electrons, atoms, and ions - and understand how light interacts with atoms. Equipped with these foundations, we will discuss fundamental quantum applications, such as atomic clocks, laser cooling and ultracold quantum gases - a synthetic form of matter, cooled down to just a sliver above absolute zero temperature. This leads us to manybody quantum systems. We will introduce the quantum physics of insulating and metallic behavior, superfluidity and quantum magnetism – and demonstrate how the corresponding concepts apply both to real condensed matter systems and ultracold quantum gases. The course will conclude with a discussion of the basics of quantum information science - bringing us to the forefront of today’s quantum applications.

• Department: Physics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Sebastian Will
  h-index: 18 Info
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMNTL BIOL

Required for first-year Genetics and Development students.  Open to students from all departments, but students from outside the Genetics Department should consult the instructor before registering.  The course emphasizes the molecular control of vertebrate embryogenesis.  Divided into three main areas:  early embryogenesis, developmental neurobiology, and the development and differentiation of specialized organs or lineages.  A combination of faculty lectures and presentations by participating students.

• Department: Genetics and Development
• R 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• 3 points

LITERATURES OF THE SOUTH SLAVS

IN THE SHADOW OF EMPIRES

Readings and discussion of the most important works of the South Slavic writers from the second half of the 19th Century to the present,

• Department: Slavic Languages
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Aleksandar Boskovic
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

DEVELOPMENT OF PARIS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Danielle S Smoller
  Info
• 3 points

GENETICS

Prerequisites:
BIOL C2005-C2006
or the equivalent. Recommended: one term of organic chemistry.
Corequisites: Recommended: one term of organic chemistry.
Students may receive credit for
UN3031
or
UN3032
, but not both due to overlap in course content. General course in genetics dealing with principles of gene structure, function, and transmission. Historical development and experimental basis of current knowledge are stressed. SPS and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. 
http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 3 points

FOURIER ANALYSIS

Prerequisite: three terms of calculus and linear algebra or four terms of calculus. Fourier series and integrals, discrete analogues, inversion and Poisson summation formulae, convolution. Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Stress on the application of Fourier analysis to a wide range of disciplines.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter G Woit
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

CCCP ARCH COLLOQUIUM II

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Felicity Scott
  Info
• 3 points

CRIM JUSTICE/CARCERL ST-20C US

This course provides an introduction to historical and contemporary concepts and issues in the U.S. criminal justice system, including state violence; the evolution of modern policing; inequality and criminal justice policy; drug policy as urban policy; and the development of mass incarceration and the “carceral continuum.” The writing component to this course is a 20-25 page research paper on a topic to be developed in consultation with the instructor. This course has been approved for inclusion in the African-American Studies and History undergraduate curricula.

• Department: African-American Studies, Institute for Research in
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Samuel K Jr Roberts
  Info
• 4 points

NEGOTIATIONS FOR PLANNERS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 6 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Lee Miller
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

NABOKOV & GLOBAL CULTURE

In 1955, an American writer of Russian descent published in Paris a thin book that forever shaped English language, American culture, and the international literary scene.  That book, of course, was Vladimir Nabokov's
Lolita
.
We will speak of exile, memory and nostalgia, of hybrid cultural identities and cosmopolitan elites, of language, translation and multilingualism.  All readings will be in English.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Valentina Izmirlieva
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

THE RUSSIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

In recent decades, Russian immigrant identity has changed. Immigrants and children of immigrants are much more involved with their home country. Fiction by Russian-speaking writers shows and also establishes relationship to geographies of their birth, usually Soviet successor nations such as Russia. The focus of this class is an analysis of works by Russian-speaking writers, filmmakers, and artists who create and also trace deepening forms of dialogue between the former Soviet Republics and North America.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Anna Katsnelson
  Info
• 3 points

THE AURA-SOV UKRAINIAN MODRNSM

This course studies the renaissance in Ukrainian culture of the 1920s - a period of revolution, experimentation, vibrant expression and polemics. Focusing on the most important developments in literature, as well as on the intellectual debates they inspired, the course will also examine the major achievements in Ukrainian theater, visual art and film as integral components of the cultural spirit that defined the era. Additionally, the course also looks at the subsequent implementation of the socialist realism and its impact on Ukrainian culture and on the cultural leaders of the renaissance. The course treats one of the most important periods of Ukrainian culture and examines it lasting impact on today's Ukraine. This period produced several world-renowned cultural figures, whose connections with the 1920s Ukraine have only recently begun to be discussed. The course will be complemented by film screenings, presentations of visual art and rare publications from this period. Entirely in English with a parallel reading list for those who read Ukrainian.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Andryczyk
  Info
• 3 points

PRAGUE-SPRING 1968-FILM & LIT

The course explores the unique period in Czech film and literature during the 1960s that emerged as a reaction to the imposed socialist realism. The new generation of writers (Kundera, Skvorecky, Havel, Hrabal) in turn had an influence on young emerging film makers, all of whom were part of the Czech new wave.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher W Harwood
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

BIOHIST OF ANC MEDITERRANEAN

We will study the biological standard of living in the ancient Mediterranean with particular reference to the factors that most influenced population growth in the pre-modern world. The class is divided into three parts. To begin, students will explore the human body as historical evidence, learning how to identify evidence of violence and disease in the archaeological and historical records. Next, we will explore the epidemic diseases of antiquity in more detail with special attention given to the three great plagues of the period. Finally, we will consider formal demography and the integration of historical evidence into parametric models of ancient populations.

• Department: History
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Nathan L Pilkington
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN IA

The Professional Development (PD) Conference is a half-credit course offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS).  It is a requirement for all students in the MIA, MPA and MPA-DP programs, and should be completed during the first year of study.  The PD Conference is designed to help students clarify career goals, shape viable strategies for pursuing internship and job opportunities, and develop skills to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. The course is taught as a professional development clinic, and provides many opportunities for in-class, workshop-style interaction. Professional Development is offered with four interest areas: public sector/nonprofit; private sector; media; and introduction to US job search. These interest areas reflect the professional background of the instructor for each section.  The content of the course is very similar across all sections, with nuances that address the interest areas and highlight the expertise and experience of the instructors. Students may attend only the classes that correspond to their registered section.  Professional attire is strongly recommended.
,
Spring 2017 Course Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17 & Mar 3
,
Intro to US Job Search:
,Sections 004 & 006
,
Private Sector:
,Sections 001, 003, & 007
,
Public Sector/Nonprofit:
,Sections 002, 005, & 008

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• 0.5 points

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN IA

The Professional Development (PD) Conference is a half-credit course offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS).  It is a requirement for all students in the MIA, MPA and MPA-DP programs, and should be completed during the first year of study.  The PD Conference is designed to help students clarify career goals, shape viable strategies for pursuing internship and job opportunities, and develop skills to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. The course is taught as a professional development clinic, and provides many opportunities for in-class, workshop-style interaction. Professional Development is offered with four interest areas: public sector/nonprofit; private sector; media; and introduction to US job search. These interest areas reflect the professional background of the instructor for each section.  The content of the course is very similar across all sections, with nuances that address the interest areas and highlight the expertise and experience of the instructors. Students may attend only the classes that correspond to their registered section.  Professional attire is strongly recommended.
,
Spring 2017 Course Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17 & Mar 3
,
Intro to US Job Search:
,Sections 004 & 006
,
Private Sector:
,Sections 001, 003, & 007
,
Public Sector/Nonprofit:
,Sections 002, 005, & 008

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• 0.5 points

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN IA

The Professional Development (PD) Conference is a half-credit course offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS).  It is a requirement for all students in the MIA, MPA and MPA-DP programs, and should be completed during the first year of study.  The PD Conference is designed to help students clarify career goals, shape viable strategies for pursuing internship and job opportunities, and develop skills to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. The course is taught as a professional development clinic, and provides many opportunities for in-class, workshop-style interaction. Professional Development is offered with four interest areas: public sector/nonprofit; private sector; media; and introduction to US job search. These interest areas reflect the professional background of the instructor for each section.  The content of the course is very similar across all sections, with nuances that address the interest areas and highlight the expertise and experience of the instructors. Students may attend only the classes that correspond to their registered section.  Professional attire is strongly recommended.
,
Spring 2017 Course Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17 & Mar 3
,
Intro to US Job Search:
,Sections 004 & 006
,
Private Sector:
,Sections 001, 003, & 007
,
Public Sector/Nonprofit:
,Sections 002, 005, & 008

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• 0.5 points

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN IA

The Professional Development (PD) Conference is a half-credit course offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS).  It is a requirement for all students in the MIA, MPA and MPA-DP programs, and should be completed during the first year of study.  The PD Conference is designed to help students clarify career goals, shape viable strategies for pursuing internship and job opportunities, and develop skills to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. The course is taught as a professional development clinic, and provides many opportunities for in-class, workshop-style interaction. Professional Development is offered with four interest areas: public sector/nonprofit; private sector; media; and introduction to US job search. These interest areas reflect the professional background of the instructor for each section.  The content of the course is very similar across all sections, with nuances that address the interest areas and highlight the expertise and experience of the instructors. Students may attend only the classes that correspond to their registered section.  Professional attire is strongly recommended.
,
Spring 2017 Course Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17 & Mar 3
,
Intro to US Job Search:
,Sections 004 & 006
,
Private Sector:
,Sections 001, 003, & 007
,
Public Sector/Nonprofit:
,Sections 002, 005, & 008

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 0.5 points

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN IA

The Professional Development (PD) Conference is a half-credit course offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS).  It is a requirement for all students in the MIA, MPA and MPA-DP programs, and should be completed during the first year of study.  The PD Conference is designed to help students clarify career goals, shape viable strategies for pursuing internship and job opportunities, and develop skills to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. The course is taught as a professional development clinic, and provides many opportunities for in-class, workshop-style interaction. Professional Development is offered with four interest areas: public sector/nonprofit; private sector; media; and introduction to US job search. These interest areas reflect the professional background of the instructor for each section.  The content of the course is very similar across all sections, with nuances that address the interest areas and highlight the expertise and experience of the instructors. Students may attend only the classes that correspond to their registered section.  Professional attire is strongly recommended.
,
Spring 2017 Course Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17 & Mar 3
,
Intro to US Job Search:
,Sections 004 & 006
,
Private Sector:
,Sections 001, 003, & 007
,
Public Sector/Nonprofit:
,Sections 002, 005, & 008

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 0.5 points

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN IA

The Professional Development (PD) Conference is a half-credit course offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS).  It is a requirement for all students in the MIA, MPA and MPA-DP programs, and should be completed during the first year of study.  The PD Conference is designed to help students clarify career goals, shape viable strategies for pursuing internship and job opportunities, and develop skills to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. The course is taught as a professional development clinic, and provides many opportunities for in-class, workshop-style interaction. Professional Development is offered with four interest areas: public sector/nonprofit; private sector; media; and introduction to US job search. These interest areas reflect the professional background of the instructor for each section.  The content of the course is very similar across all sections, with nuances that address the interest areas and highlight the expertise and experience of the instructors. Students may attend only the classes that correspond to their registered section.  Professional attire is strongly recommended.
,
Spring 2017 Course Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17 & Mar 3
,
Intro to US Job Search:
,Sections 004 & 006
,
Private Sector:
,Sections 001, 003, & 007
,
Public Sector/Nonprofit:
,Sections 002, 005, & 008

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 0.5 points

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN IA

The Professional Development (PD) Conference is a half-credit course offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS).  It is a requirement for all students in the MIA, MPA and MPA-DP programs, and should be completed during the first year of study.  The PD Conference is designed to help students clarify career goals, shape viable strategies for pursuing internship and job opportunities, and develop skills to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. The course is taught as a professional development clinic, and provides many opportunities for in-class, workshop-style interaction. Professional Development is offered with four interest areas: public sector/nonprofit; private sector; media; and introduction to US job search. These interest areas reflect the professional background of the instructor for each section.  The content of the course is very similar across all sections, with nuances that address the interest areas and highlight the expertise and experience of the instructors. Students may attend only the classes that correspond to their registered section.  Professional attire is strongly recommended.
,
Spring 2017 Course Dates: Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17 & Mar 3
,
Intro to US Job Search:
,Sections 004 & 006
,
Private Sector:
,Sections 001, 003, & 007
,
Public Sector/Nonprofit:
,Sections 002, 005, & 008

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 0.5 points

CCCP ARCH THESIS II

CCCP THESIS II

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam M Bandler
  Info
• 9 points

INTRO TO MODERN ALGEBRA I

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 - MATH UN1202 and MATH UN2010, or the equivalent. 
The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Groups, homomorphisms, rings, ideals, fields, polynomials, field extensions, Galois theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Mikhail Khovanov
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

CLT HERITAGE: A GEOR CASE STUDY

This seminar brings anthropological perspectives to bear on the practices and ideologies of "cultural heritage" in the Republic of Georgia today, whee culture has proven a key political and economic pawn in a context of ongoing postsocialist struggle.......

• Department: Slavic Languages
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lauren E Ninoshvili
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO MOD ALGEBRA II

INTRO TO MODERN ALGEBRA II

Prerequisites:
MATH V1102-MATH V1202
and
MATH V2010
, or the equivalent.
The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Groups, homomorphisms, rings, ideals, fields, polynomials, field extensions, Galois theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Thaddeus
  CULPA: 24 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

WORKSHP ON WEALTH & INEQUALITY

This Workshop is linked to the Workshop on Wealth & Inequality Meetings.

• Department: Sociology
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas DiPrete
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia Info
• 1 points

REPRESENTATNS OF FINITE GROUPS

Prerequisites: <i>MATH UN2010</i> and <i>MATH UN4041</i> or the equivalent. Finite groups acting on finite sets and finite dimensional vector spaces. Group characters. Relations with subgroups and factor groups. Arithmetic properties of character values. Applications to the theory of finite groups: Frobenius groups, Hall subgroups and solvable groups. Characters of the symmetric groups. Spherical functions on finite groups.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Patrick X Gallagher
  CULPA: 46 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

COLLECTING

• Department: Art History @Barnard
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Higonnet
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ARCH ELECTIVE INTERSHIP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Francesca Fanelli
  Info
• 1.5 points

ELECTROPHYS OF HUM MEMORY * NAVIGATION

ELECTROPHYS OF HUM MEM&NV;

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Joshua Jacobs
  Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

UP ELECT INTERNSHIP

UP/HP ELECTIVE INTERNSHIP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 1.5 points

ADVANCED LABORATORY WORK

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
The laboratory has 13 available individual experiments, of which two are required per 2 points. Each experiment requires two (four-hour) laboratory sessions. Registration is limited by the laboratory capacity. May be repeated for credit with different experiment selection. Experiments (classical and modern) cover topics in electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.

• Department: Physics
• R 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena Aprile
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Morgan May
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 2 points

INTERNSHIP IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 2 points

SENIOR ESSAY

A substantial paper, developing from an Autumn workshop and continuing into the Spring under the direction of an individual  adviser.   Open only to Barnard senior philosophy majors.

• Department: Philosophy @Barnard
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: John Morrison
  CULPA: 12 h-index: 7 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY

Prerequisites: <i>MATH UN2010</i>, <i>MATH GU4041</i>, <i>MATH GU4051</i>. The study of topological spaces from algebraic properties, including the essentials of homology and the fundamental group. The Brouwer fixed point theorem. The homology of surfaces. Covering spaces.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Akram Alishahi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MECHATRONICS & EMBEDDED MICRO

Prerequisites: RECOMMENDED: ELEN E3000
Enrollment limited to 12 students. Mechatronics is the application of electronics and microcomputers to control mechanical systems. Systems explored include on/off systems, solenoids, stepper motors, DC motors, thermal systems, magnetic levitation. Use of analog and digital electronics and various sensors for control. Programming microcomputers in Assembly and C. A lab fee of $75.00 is collected. Lab required.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Fred R Stolfi
  Info
• 3 points

MECHATRONICS & EMBEDDED MICRO

MECHATRONCS-EMBEDDED MICRO LAB

Prerequisites: RECOMMENDED: ELEN E3000
Enrollment limited to 12 students. Mechatronics is the application of electronics and microcomputers to control mechanical systems. Systems explored include on/off systems, solenoids, stepper motors, DC motors, thermal systems, magnetic levitation. Use of analog and digital electronics and various sensors for control. Programming microcomputers in Assembly and C. A lab fee of $75.00 is collected. Lab required.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Fred R Stolfi
  Info
• 3 points

DATA MINING FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE

The class is roughly divided into three parts: 1) programming best practices and exploratory data analysis (EDA); 2) supervised learning including regression and classification methods and 3) unsupervised learning and clustering methods. In the first part of the course we will focus writing R programs in the context of simulations, data wrangling, and EDA. Supervised learning deals with prediction problems where the outcome variable is known such as predicting a price of a house in a certain neighborhood or an outcome of a congressional race. The section on unsupervised learning is focused on problems where the outcome variable is not known and the goal of the analysis is to find hidden structure in data such as different market segments from buying patterns or human population structure from genetics data.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin K Goodrich
  Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO MISSING DATA

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• F 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin K Goodrich
  Info
• 4 points

INTRO-MODERN ANALYSIS I

INTRO MODERN ANALYSIS I

Prerequisites:
MATH V1202
or the equivalent, and
MATH V2010
. The second term of this course may not be taken without the first.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1202 or the equivalent and MATH UN2010. 
The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Real numbers, metric spaces, elements of general topology. Continuous and differential functions. Implicit functions. Integration; change of variables. Function spaces.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Bin Guo
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-MODERN ANALYSIS II

Prerequisites:
MATH V1202
or the equivalent, and
MATH V2010
. The second term of this course may not be taken without the first.

Prerequisites: MATH UN1202 or the equivalent and MATH UN2010. 
The second term of this course may not be taken without the first. Real numbers, metric spaces, elements of general topology. Continuous and differential functions. Implicit functions. Integration; change of variables. Function spaces.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Hector A Chang-Lara
  Info
• 3 points

SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS

The course is designed to teach students the foundations of network analysis including how to manipulate, analyze and visualize network data themselves using statistical software. We will focus on using the statistical program R for most of the work. Topics will include measures of network size, density, and tie strength, measures of network diversity, sampling issues, making ego-nets from whole networks, distance, dyads, homophily, balance and transitivity, structural holes, brokerage, measures of centrality (degree, betweenness, closeness, eigenvector, beta/Bonacich), statistical inference using network data, community detection, affiliation/bipartite networks, clustering and small worlds; positions, roles and equivalence; visualization, simulation, and network evolution over time.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

DATA VISUALIZATION

This course is designed to the interdisciplinary and emerging field of data science. It will cover techniques and algorithms for creating effective visualizations based on principles from graphic design, visual art, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science to enhance the understanding of complex data. Students will be required to complete several scripting, data analysis and visualization design assignments as well as a final project. Topics include: data and image models, social and interactive visualizations, principles and designs, perception and attention, mapping and cartography, network visualization. Computational methods are emphasized and students will be expected to program in R, Javascript, D3, HTML and CSS and will be expected to submit and peer review work through Github. Students will be expected to write up the results of the project in the form of a conference paper submission.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas Brambor
  h-index: 9 Info
• 4 points

BAYESIAN STATS FOR THE SOC SCI

An introduction to Bayesian statistical methods with applications to the social sciences.  Considerable emphasis will be placed on regression modeling and model checking. The primary software used will be Stan, which students do not need to be familiar with in advance. Student in the course will access the Stan library via R, so some experience with R would be helpful but not required.  Any QMSS student is presumed to have sufficient background. Any non-QMSS students interested in taking this course should have a comparable background to a QMSS student in basic probability.  Topics to be covered are a review of calculus and probability, Bayesian principles, prediction and model checking, linear regression models, Bayesian data collection, Bayesian calculations, Stan, the BUGS language and JAGS, hierarchical linear models, nonlinear regression models, missing data, stochastic processes, and decision theory.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin K Goodrich
  Info
• 3 points