LAT LITERATURE OF THE REPUBLIC

Prerequisites: at least two terms of Latin at the 3000-level or higher.
Latin literature from the beginning to early Augustan times.

• Department: Classics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Katharina Volk
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

RELIGION LAB

In their research, scholars of religion employ a variety of methods to analyze "texts" ranging from historical documents to objects of visual culture. This course acquaints students with both the methods and the materials utilized in the field of religious studies. Through guided exercises, they acquire research skills for utilizing sources and become familiarized with dominant modes of scholarly discourse. The class is organized around a series of research "scavenger hunts" that are due at the start of each week's class and assigned during the discussion section (to be scheduled on the first day of class). Additional class meeting on Thursdays.

• Department: Religion
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Gale L Kenny
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

STOCHASTIC MODELS

This graduate course is only for MS&E, IE and OR students. This is also required for students in the Undergraduate Advanced Track.
 Some of the main stochastic models used in engineering and operations research applications: discrete-time Markov chains, Poisson processes, birth-and-death processes, and other continuous Markov chains, renewal reward processes. Applications: queueing, reliability, inventory, and finance.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: David D Yao
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

STOCHASTIC MODELS

INTRO TO OR-STOCHASTIC MODELS

This graduate course is only for MS&E, IE and OR students. This is also required for students in the Undergraduate Advanced Track.
 Some of the main stochastic models used in engineering and operations research applications: discrete-time Markov chains, Poisson processes, birth-and-death processes, and other continuous Markov chains, renewal reward processes. Applications: queueing, reliability, inventory, and finance.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• 0 points

BIOSTATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS

Fundamental concepts of probability and statistics applied to biology and medicine. Probability distributions, hypothesis testing and inference, summarizing data and testing for trends. Signal detection theory and the receiver operator characteristic. Lectures accompanied by data analysis assignments using MATLAB and R as well as discussion of bioethics and case studies in biomedicine.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul Sajda
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 47 Info
• 3 points

TRANSPORT PHENOMENA III

Tensor analysis; kinematics of continua; balance of laws for one-component media; constituitive laws for free energy and stress in one-component media; exact and asymptotic solutions to dynamic problems in fluids and solids; balance laws for mixtures; constitutive laws for free energy, stress and diffusion fluxes in mixtures; solutions to dynamic problems in mixtures.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher J Durning
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ATI ENVIRON IN ARCH

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Shanta Tucker
  Info
• 3 points

UNCERTAIN/RISK-CIVIL INF SYST

Introduction to basic probability; hazard function; reliability function; stochastic models of natural and technological hazards; extreme value distributions; Monte Carlo simulation techniques; fundamentals of integrated risk assessment and risk management; topics in risk-based insurance; case studies involving civil infrastructure systems, environmental systems, mechanical and aerospace systems, construction management. Not open to undergraduate students.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew W Smyth
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) or (COMS W3136) or (COMS W3137) and fluency in Java; or the instructor's permission.
The fundamentals of database design and application development using databases: entity-relationship modeling, logical design of relational databases, relational data definition and manipulation languages, SQL, XML, query processing, physical database tuning, transaction processing, security. Programming projects are required.

• Department: Computer Science
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• M 8:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Alexandros Biliris
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

ECOSYSTM ECOLOGY & GLOBAL CHNG

This course will provide an introduction to ecosystem ecology. Topics include primary production carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem feedbacks to climate change. By the end of the course, students will be well versed in the basics of ecosystem ecology and have exposure to some current areas of research. Topics covered will include some aspects that are well established and others that are hotly debated among scientists. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to think independently and act like research scientists.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Duncan Menge
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 26 Info
• 3 points

OPERATIONS CONSULTING

Prerequisites: Probability and Statistics at the level of SIEO W3600 or SIEO W4150, and Deterministic Models at the level of IEOR E3608 or IEOR E4004, or instructor's permission.

This course is for MS-MS&E students only.
This course aims to develop and harness the modeling, analytical and managerial skills of engineering students and apply them to improve the operations of both service and manufacturing firms. The course is structured as a hands-on laboratory in which students "learn by doing" on real-world consulting projects (October to May). The student teams focus on identifying, modeling and testing (and sometimes implementing) operational improvements and innovations with high potential to enhance the profitability and/or achieve sustainable competitive advantage for their sponsor companies. The course is targeted toward students planning careers in technical consulting (including operations consulting) and management consulting, or pursuing positions as business analysts in operations, logistics, supply chain and revenue management functions, positions in general management and future entrepreneurs.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• R 7:10 p.m.-9:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Soulaymane Kachani
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

LASER PHYSICS

Prerequisites: Recommended but not required: APPH E3100 and APPH E3300 or their equivalents.
Optical resonators, interaction of radiation and atomic systems, theory of laser oscillation, specific laser systems, rate processes, modulation, detection, harmonic generation, and applications.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Nanfang Yu
  h-index: 48 Info
• 3 points

ICHTHYOLOGY

Fish are an incredibly diverse group with upwards of 27,000 named species. They are important ecologically, represent one of the major vertebrate lineages and face numerous conservation threats. This course will provide students with the tools to understand how the evolution, systematics, anatomy, and diversity of fishes influence their conservation status.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Joshua A Drew
  Info
• 3 points

ATIII ENVELOPES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Silvia Prandelli
  Info
• 3 points

FUND-LARGE-SCALE DIST SYSTEMS

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) and (COMS W3136) or (COMS W3137) and (COMS W3157) or (COMS W4118) or (CSEE W4119) or
COMS W3134
,
W3136
, or
W3137
.
COMS W3157
or good working knowledge of C and C++.
COMS W4118
or
CSEE W4119
.
Design and implementation of large-scale distributed and cloud systems.  Teaches abstractions, design and implementation techniques that enable the building of fast, scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems. Topics include distributed communication models (e.g., sockets, remote procedure calls, distributed shared memory), distributed synchronization (clock synchronization, logical clocks, distributed mutex), distributed file systems, replication, consistency models, fault tolerance, distributed transactions, agreement and commitment, Paxos-based consensus, MapReduce infrastructures, scalable distributed databases. Combines concepts and algorithms with descriptions of real-world implementations at Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, LinkedIn, etc.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Roxana Geambasu
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 20 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO MINERALOGY I

Prerequisites: introductory geology or the equivalent, elementary college physics and chemistry, or the instructor's permission.
Elementary crystallography and crystal structures, optical properties of minerals, mineral associations, and economic minerals. Laboratory: identification of minerals in hand specimens and use of the petrographic microscope.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Cornelia Class
  h-index: 28 Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

Stress and deformation formulation in two-and three-dimensional solids; viscoelastic and plastic material in one and two dimensions energy methods.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Huiming Yin
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

YIDDISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

• Department: Germanic Languages
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Miriam Schulz
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

ATIV BLDG SYSTM INTEG

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sarrah Khan
  Info
• 3 points

PROGRAMMING LANG & TRANSLATORS

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) and (COMS W3136) or (COMS W3137) or (COMS W3261) and (CSEE W3827) or equivalent, or the instructor's permission.
Modern programming languages and compiler design. Imperative, object-oriented, declarative, functional, and scripting languages. Language syntax, control structures, data types, procedures and parameters, binding, scope, run-time organization, and exception handling. Implementation of language translation tools including compilers and interpreters. Lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis; code generation; introduction to code optimization. Teams implement a language and its compiler.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Stephen A Edwards
  CULPA: 21 h-index: 35 Info
• 3 points

OPERATING SYSTEMS I

Prerequisites: (CSEE W3827) and knowledge of C and programming tools as covered in COMS W3136, W3157, or W3101, or the instructor's permission.
Design and implementation of operating systems. Topics include process management, process synchronization and interprocess communication, memory management, virtual memory, interrupt handling, processor scheduling, device management, I/O, and file systems. Case study of the UNIX operating system. A programming project is required.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jason Nieh
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTER NETWORKS

Corequisites: IEOR E3658,IEOR E4150
Introduction to computer networks and the technical foundations of the Internet, including applications, protocols, local area networks, algorithms for routing and congestion control, security, elementary performance evaluation. Several written and programming assignments required.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ethan Katz-Bassett
  h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

STATISTICAL MECHANICS

Prerequisites: (CHEN E3210) or equivalent thermodynamics course, or instructor's permission.
Fundamental principles and underlying assumptions of statistical mechanics. Boltzmann's entropy hypothesis and its restatement in terms of Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies and for open systems. Correlation times and lengths. Exploration of phase space and observation timescale. Correlation functions. Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Fluctuation-response theory. Applications to ideal gases, interfaces, liquid crystals, microemulsions and other complex fluids, polymers, Coulomb gas, interactions between charged polymers and charged interfaces, ordering transitions.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Ben O'Shaughnessy
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

MAPPING-ARCH,URBNSM,HUMANITIES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 3 points

MANAGING ENG & CONST PROCESSES

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Civil Engineering, or instructor's permission.
Introduction to the principles, methods and tools necessary to manage design and construction processes. Elements of planning, estimating, scheduling, bidding and contractual relationships. Valuation of project cash flows. Critical path method. Survey of construction procedures. Cost control and effectiveness. Field supervision.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ibrahim Odeh
  Info
• 3 points

PHYSICS/SOLAR ENERGY

Prerequisites: (PHYS UN1403) or (PHYS UN1602) and (MATH UN1202) or (MATH UN2030) or instructor's permission.
The physics of solar energy including solar radiation, the analemma, atmospheric efforts, thermodynamics of solar energy, physics of solar cells, energy storage and transmission, and physics and economics in the solar era.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Chengjun J Chen
  Info
• 3 points

ADV CHEM ENGI THERMODYNAMICS

Prerequisites: Successful completion of an undergraduate chemical engineering thermodynamics course.
The course provides a rigorous and advanced foundation in chemical engineering thermodynamics suitable for chemical engineering Ph.D. students expected to undertake diverse research projects. Topics include intermolecular interactions, non-ideal systems, mixtures, phase equilibria and phase transitions and interfacial thermodynamics.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Ben O'Shaughnessy
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

DESIGN OF CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS

Prerequisites: (CIEN E3125) equivalent, or the instructor's permission.
Introduction to the design of systems that support construction activities and operations. Determination of design loads during construction. Design of excavation support systems, earth retaining systems, temporary supports and underpinning, concrete formwork and shoring systems. Cranes and erection systems. Tunneling systems. Instrumentation and monitoring. Students prepare and present term projects.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Vincent Tirolo
  Info
• 3 points

SUSTAINABLE CITIES

This course prepares students to understand, analyze, and develop policies and procedures to address sustainability issues faced by urban centers in the developed and developing world, their decision-makers, and inhabitants. Enrolled students are assumed to have had no previous in-depth exposure to sustainable urban development and urban planning. By the end of the course, students will have learned the following skills necessary to develop strategies and related actions to enhance sustainability of cities: identify and support good practices in green and efficient urban development and planning; develop policies and foster technologies used to promote energy efficiency and reduced GHG emissions from buildings and transportation; develop policies and foster technologies necessary to ensure access to clean water; develop policies and foster technologies necessary for the effective collection, disposal, and possible re-use of waste; create approaches to climate change adaptation measures undertaken by cities; develop, track, and analyze sustainability metrics and indicators for urban centers. This course can also be counted toward Area 1: Integrative Sustainability Management.

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jitendra Bajpai
  Info
• 3 points

PRIN OF CONSTRUCTN TECHNIQUES

Prerequisites: equivalent.
Current methods of construction, cost-effective designs, maintenance, safe work environment. Design functions, constructability, site and environmental issues.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: William M Hart
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

PREV&RESOL; OF CONSTR DISPUTES

Prerequisites: equivalent.
Contractual relationships in the engineering and construction industry and the actions that result in disputes. Emphasis on procedures required to prevent disputes and resolve them quickly and cost-effectively. Case studies requiring oral and written presentations.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Philip White
  Info
• 3 points

CAPITAL FACILITY PLANNING/FIN

Prerequisites: equivalent.
Planning and financing of capital facilities with a strong emphasis upon civil infrastructure systems. Project feasibility and evaluation. Design of project delivery systems to encourage best value, innovation and private sector participation. Fundamentals of engineering economy and project finance. Elements of life cycle cost estimation and decision analysis. Environmental, institutional, social and political factors. Case studies from transportation, water supply and wastewater treatment.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Julius Chang
  Info
• 3 points

TOPICS THROUGH GREEK FILM

This course explores issues of memory and trauma, public history and testimony, colonialism and biopolitics, neoliberalism and governmentality, and crisis and kinship, all through the medium of Greek film. It brings the Greek cinema canon (Angelopoulos, Gavras, Cacoyiannis, Koundouros, et al.) into conversation with the work of contemporary artists, documentary filmmakers, and the recent “weird wave” and asks: what kind of lens does film offer onto the study of a society’s history and contemporary predicament? The viewing and discussion of films is facilitated through a consideration of a wide range of materials, including novels, criticism, archival footage, and interviews with directors. The course does not assume any background knowledge and all films will have English subtitles. An additional 1-credit bilingual option (meeting once per week at a time TBD) is offered for students who wish to read, view, and discuss materials in Greek.

• Department: Classics
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Dimitrios Antoniou
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3-4 points

ENGINEERING SEPARATIONS

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher J Durning
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ENGINEERING SEPARATIONS

Prerequisites: instructor's permission.
Design and analysis of unit operations employed in chemical engineering separations. Fundamental aspects of single and multistaged operations using both equilibrium and rate-based methods. Examples include distillation, absorption and stripping, extraction, membranes, crystallization, bioseparations, and environmental applications.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher J Durning
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

NETWORKING LABORATORY

Prerequisites: (CSEE W4119) or equivalent.
In this course, students will learn how to put "principles into practice," in a hands-on-networking lab course. The course will cover the technologies and protocols of the Internet using equipment currently available to large internet service providers such as CISCO routers and end systems. A set of laboratory experiments will provide hands-on experience with engineering wide-area networks and will familiarize students with the Internet Protocol (IP), Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the Domain Name System (DNS), routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP), network management protocols (SNMP, and application-level protocols (FTP, TELNET, SMTP).

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• W 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Gil Zussman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 39 Info
• 3 points

AFR:MODERNTY/POST COLONIAL EXP

This 4000 level seminar course is organized around weekly readings that represent substantial contributions to the debate about both 'modernity' and 'postcolonial experience' in Africa, from a range of interrelated disciplinary perspectives. In readings and discussions, we will keep the relationship between the two main discursive fields in view, and also (re-)consider the ongoing relevance of colonialism and colonial experiences in relation to them. Conceptual reflections on modernity and postcolonial experience(s) need to be based upon empirical research, and underpinned by regional socio-historical knowledge of the settings and scenarios discussed - there is no 'modernity' per se and no 'postcolonial experience' as such. We will involve comparative, historical and contemporary angles of discussion, and pursue an interest in critical conceptualization in relation to social and political realities in Africa, and with a view to African thinkers.

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

ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

Prerequisites: elementary organic and physical chemistry.
The mechanisms of organic reactions, structure of organic molecules, and theories of reactivity. How reactive intermediates are recognized and mechanisms are deduced using kinetics, stereochemistry, isotopes, and physical measurements.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 4.5 points

SYNTHETIC METHDS-ORGANC CHEM

This course is intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students. The main purpose of the course is to introduce students to modern synthetic chemistry via the selected series of topics (synthetic planning and the logic of organic assembly, classical and new reactions/methods and their use in complex target synthesis). Mechanistic underpinning of the discussed reaction processes will also be briefly discussed. For each module (see the content below), specific examples of syntheses of natural products and/or synthetic materials will be provided. In addition to lectures by Prof. Sames, students will select and present relevant papers in the class (the number of student symposia will depend on the final enrollment in this course). The basic knowledge of transition metal chemistry is recommended for the cross-coupling reactions (i.e., structure, electron counting, and elemental reaction types of transition metals).

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 4.5 points

APPLIED FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: Advanced calculus and course in basic analysis, or instructor's permission.
Introduction to modern tools in functional analysis that are used in the analysis of deterministic and stochastic partial differential equations and in the analysis of numerical methods: metric and normed spaces. Banach space of continuous functions, measurable spaces, the contraction mapping theorem, Banach and Hilbert spaces bounded linear operators on Hilbert spaces and their spectral decomposition, and time permitting distributions and Fourier transforms.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael I Weinstein
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 47 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Antonius B Dieker
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 19 Info
• 3 points

POLITICS OF PERFORMANCE

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Center for
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Hana Worthen
  Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Prerequisites: (COMS W3157) or equivalent.
Software lifecycle from the viewpoint of designing and implementing N-tier applications (typically utilizing web browser, web server, application server, database). Major emphasis on quality assurance (code inspection, unit and integration testing, security and stress testing). Centers on a student-designed team project that leverages component services (e.g., transactions, resource pooling, publish/subscribe) for an interactive multi-user application such as a simple game.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Gail E Kaiser
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW

Prerequisites: at least 4 college-level biology or biotechnology courses.
This course will introduce students to the interrelated fields of patent law, regulatory law, and contract law that are vital to the biotech and biopharmaceutical sectors. The course will present core concepts in a way that permits students to use them throughout their corporate, academic, and government careers. SCE 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
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan J Morrison
  Info
• 3 points

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) or (COMS W3136) or (COMS W3137) COMS W4156 is recommended. Strong programming background and some mathematical familiarity including linear algebra is required.
Introduction to computer graphics. Topics include 3D viewing and projections, geometric modeling using spline curves, graphics systems such as OpenGL, lighting and shading, and global illumination. Significant implementation is required: the final project involves writing an interactive 3D video game in OpenGL.

• Department: Computer Science
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael K. Reed
  Info
• 3 points

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Prerequisites: Introductory background in ecology (EEEB UN2001, EEEB UN2002 or similar course, e.g. EEEB GU 4110, or BIOL BC2272) or permission from the instructor. Basic knowledge of R statistical software.
Landscape ecology is a sub-discipline of ecology that examines the development, causes and attributes of spatial patterns of landscapes and their implications for ecological processes.  By its nature, landscape ecology draws from many other areas within ecology. The course will consider ecological processes at the individual, population, community, and ecosystem level. The ecology of landscapes is also critical to the development of management and restoration schemes that take into account biodiversity conservation, provision of ecosystem services, and human land use.  The course will cover the conceptual underpinnings of landscape ecology and will introduce students to some of the tools used to analyze the structure and dynamics of landscapes.  Students will also examine consequences of landscape patterns and dynamics for organisms and for the management and sustainability of landscapes.  These skills prepare students to ask questions from a landscape perspective. The weekly two-hour lab will provide students will skills and confidence in the use of mapping and analysis tools in landscape ecology.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• T 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Maria Uriarte
  Wikipedia h-index: 56 Info
• 5 points

SUSTAINABLE WATER TREAT/REUSE

Prerequisites: Introductory chemistry (with laboratory) and fluid mechanics.
Fundamentals of water pollution and wastewater characteristics. Chemistry, microbiology, and reaction kinetics. Design of primary, secondary, and advanced treatment systems. Small community and residential systems.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: William Becker
  Info
• 3 points

COMPUTER ANIMATION

Prerequisites: Multivariable calculus, linear algebra, C++ programming proficiency. COMS W4156 recommended.
Theory and practice of physics-based animation algorithms, including animated clothing, hair, smoke, water, collisions, impact, and kitchen sinks. Topics covered: Integration of ordinary differential equations, formulation of physical models, treatment of discontinuities including collisions/contact, animation control, constrained Lagrangian Mechanics, friction/dissipation, continuum mechanics, finite elements, rigid bodies, thin shells, discretization of Navier-Stokes equations. General education requirement: quantitative and deductive reasoning (QUA).

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Changxi Zheng
  h-index: 30 Info
• 3 points

USER INTERFACE DESIGN

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) and (COMS W3136) or (COMS W3137)
COMS W3134
,
W3136
, or
W3137
.
Introduction to the theory and practice of computer user interface design, emphasizing the software design of graphical user interfaces. Topics include basic interaction devices and techniques, human factors, interaction styles, dialogue design, and software infrastructure. Design and programming projects are required.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven K Feiner
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MAKING OF ITALY: THE RISORGIMENTO

THE MAKING OF ITALY

Prerequisites: Knowledge of Italian is necessary for this course.
This course will examine the history of the Italian Risorgimento by following the major historiographical trends of the recent decades. First, it will approach the Risorgimento through the prism of cultural and intellectual history by investigating a series of topics, such as the discursive  patterns of the ‘Risorgimento canon’, the gendered tropes of nationalism, the creation of a new public sphere through operas, festivals and  plebiscites, the connection of nationalism with religion, and the relation of empire to nation and liberalism. Second, it will look at the  Risorgimento through the eyes of local and regional history by examining local patriotisms, revolutions and civil wars and the division between North and South. Finally, it will offer a new topography of Italian history by placing the Risorgimento in its Mediterranean and global context and by exploring its international aspects: the global icons that it produced (i.e. Garibaldi, Mazzini); the networks of exiles in other Mediterranean and European countries; the war volunteers; and the connection of Italian patriots with the wave of liberalism and revolution that swept the globe from India to Latin America.

• Department: Italian
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Konstantia Zanou
  Info
• 3 points

SECURITY ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING

This class will teach you different concepts and tools for building secure systems. We will start from the fundamentals of computer security and cryptography. Next, we will examine how these concepts are implemented in modern systems and the common mistakes made by the developers.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Suman Jana
  h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS ENGIN

Prerequisites: Senior standing or instructor's permission
A systems approach for intermittent renewable energy involving the study of resources, generation, demand, storage, transmission, economics and politic. Study of current and emerging photovoltaic technologies, with focus on basic sustainability metrics (e.g., cost, resource availability, and life-cycle environmental impacts). The status and potential of 1st and 2nd generation photovoltaic technologies (e.g., crystalline and amorphous Si, CdTe, CIGS) and emerging 3rd generation ones. Storage options to overcome the intermittency constraint. Large scales of renewable energy technologies and plug-in hybrid electric cars.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Vasilis Fthenakis
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 55 Info
• 3 points

ECON OF SUSTAINABILITY MGMT

This course builds on core economics courses and addresses issues of environmental, resource and sustainable economics. It focuses on the interaction between markets and the environment; policy issues related to optimal extraction and pricing; property rights in industrial and developing countries and how they affect international trade in goods such as timber, wood pulp, and oil. An important goal of the class is to have students work in groups to apply economic concepts to current public policy issues having to do with urban environmental and earth systems. The use of the world's water bodies and the atmosphere as economic inputs to production are also examined. The economics of renewable resources is described and sustainable economic development models are discussed and analyzed. Some time will also be devoted to international trade and regulation, and industrial organization issues. Students not only learn economic concepts, but they will also learn how to explain them to decision-makers. The instructor will tailor this course to the skill level of the students in order to most effectively suit the needs of the class.

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Kitty K Chan
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• 3 points

MOD DISPLAY SCI & TECHNOLOGY

Prerequisites: Linear algebra, differential equations, and basic semiconductor physics.
Introduction to modern display systems in an engineering context. The basis for visual perception, image representation, color space, metrics of illumination. Physics of luminescence, propagation and manipulation of light in anisotropic media, emissive displays, and spatial light modulators.  Fundamentals of display addressing, the Alt-Pleshko theorem, multiple line addressing. Large area electronics, fabrication, and device integration of commercially important display types. A series of short laboratories will reinforce material from the lectures. Enrollment may be limited.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ioannis Kymissis
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 48 Info
• 3 points

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Prerequisites: Course in ordinary differential equations.
Techniques of solution of partial differential equations. Separation of the variables. Orthogonality and characteristic functions, nonhomogeneous boundary value problems. Solutions in orthogonal curvilinear coordinate systems. Applications of Fourier integrals, Fourier and Laplace transforms. Problems from the fields of vibrations, heat conduction, electricity, fluid dynamics, and wave propagation are considered.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Donsub Rim
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• 3 points

PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Prerequisites: (APMA E3102) or (PHYS UN1401) or (PHYS UN1601) or or equivalent.
 An introduction to the physical behavior of fluids for science and engineering students. Derivation of basic equations of fluid dynamics: conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. Dimensional analysis. Vorticity. Laminar boundary layers. Potential flow. Effects of compressibility, stratification, and rotation. Waves on a free surface; shallow water equations. Turbulence.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Francesco Volpe
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• 3 points

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL DEV & REG

The program aims to provide current life sciences students with an understanding of what drives the regulatory strategies that surround the development decision making process, and how the regulatory professional may best contribute to the goals of product development and approval. To effect this, we will examine operational, strategic, and commercial aspects of the regulatory approval process for new drug, biologic, and biotechnology products both in the United States and worldwide. The topics are designed to provide a chronological review of the requirements needed to obtain marketing approval. Regulatory strategic, operational, and marketing considerations will be addressed throughout the course. We will examine and analyze the regulatory process as a product candidates are advanced from Research and Development, through pre-clinical and clinical testing, to marketing approval, product launch and the post-marketing phase. The goal of this course is to introduce and familiarize students with the terminology, timelines, and actual steps followed by Regulatory Affairs professionals employed in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. Worked examples will be explored to illustrate complex topics and illustrate interpretation of regulations.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ron Guido
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

FREUD

Because of advances in feminist theory, infant research, clinical practice attachment theory and historical scholarship, a consensus has emerged concerning Freud's oeuvre over the past fifty years: the figure of the mother is largely absent from all aspects of his thinking. This includes his self-self analysis, case histories, theory of development and account of religion and civilization. This fact will provide our point of reference for examining the development of Freud's thought. We will first explore the biographical roots of this lacuna in Freud's thinking. We will then see how it played itself out as his long and abundant career unfolded. We will examine texts regarding all the aspects of his thinking and from the different periods of his life.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan House
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• 4 points

THEORY OF CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL

Prerequisites: (MSAE E4100) or MSAE E4100 or instructor’s permission.
Electronic and vibrational properties of crystalline materials from the atomic scale using classical and quantum mechanics. Introduction to the theory of groups: irreducible representations, Great Orthogonality Theorem, Character tables, degeneration, and product groups. Use of translational and point symmetry to block diagonalize the Hamiltonian, including Bloch’s Theorem. Covers band structures and the concept of band gap formation. Derive elastic constants from vibrational spectra. Tight binding and nearly free electron limits. Survey of electronic and phonon band structures in real materials.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Simon Billinge
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 75 Info
• 3 points

POETRY OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

This course will focus on twentieth century poetry written by authors of African descent in Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. The readings will allow us to cover some of the most significant poetry written during the major black literary movements of the century, including the Harlem Renaissance, Negritude, and the Black Arts movement. In particular, the course will be designed around a selection of books of poetry by black writers, such as Langston Hughes's 
Fine Clothes to the Jew
, Aimé Césaire's 
Notebook of a Return to My Native Land
, Audre Lorde's 
The Black Unicorn
, Rita Dove's 
Thomas and Beulah
, and Claudia Rankine's 
Citizen.
 We will thus spend a substantial amount of time reading each poet in depth, as well as discussing various strategies for constructing a book of poetry: thematic or chronological arrangements, extended formal structures (suites, series, or montages), historical poetry, attempts to imitate another medium (particularly black music) in writing, etc. We will use the readings to consider approaches to the theorization of a diasporic poetics, as well as to discuss the key issues at stake in the tradition including innovation, the vernacular, and political critique. Other authors covered may include Gwendolyn Brooks, Nicolás Guillén, Christopher Okigbo, Amiri Baraka, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Nathaniel Mackey, and Harryette Mullen. Requirements: weekly response papers, a 5-7 pg. midterm paper and a 9-12 pg. final paper.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Brent H Edwards
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

FOURTH YEAR MODERN ARABIC I

Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Through reading articles and essays by Arab thinkers and intellectuals, students will be able to increase their fluency and accuracy in Arabic while working on reading text and being exposed to the main themes in Arab thought The course works with all four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Arabic is the language of instruction. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Taoufik Ben-Amor
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 4 points

TIME,MODERNITY,DEATH

The notion of modernity in the West implies a distinctive interpretation of temporality and subjectivity, which grows out of theological and philosophical traditions.  Lutheran Protestantism, as developed by Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Heidegger, created the conditions for both the construction and the deconstruction of modernism and its extension in postmodernism.  The course will examine these two trajectories by considering their contrasting interpretations of the relationship of human selfhood to time and death.  On the one hand, the death of God leads to a radical immanence in which human subjectivity either is absolutized as the will to power or mastery that dominates or negates all difference and otherness, or is repressed by universal structures and infrastructues for which individual subjects are unknowing and unwitting vehicles.  On the other hand, human subjectivity appears to be finite because its irreducible singularity is always given by an other that can be neither known nor controlled.  The course will conclude by considering the alternative psychological, political, and ethical implications of these two contrasting positions.

• Department: Religion
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Mark C Taylor
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

PROBABILITY THEORY

Prerequisites: At least one semester, and preferably two, of calculus. An introductory course (STAT UN1201, preferably) is strongly recommended.
A calculus-based introduction to probability theory. A quick review of multivariate calculus is provided. Topics covered include random variables, conditional probability, expectation, independence, Bayes’ rule, important distributions, joint distributions, moment generating functions, central limit theorem, laws of large numbers and Markov’s inequality.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Shaw-Hwa Lo
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Victor H de la Pena
  h-index: 20 Info
• Instructor: Dan Wang
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

FUNCTNS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE

Prerequisites: (MATH UN1202) or the equivalent.
Complex numbers, functions of a complex variable, differentiation and integration in the complex plane. Analytic functions, Cauchy integral theorem and formula, Taylor and Laurent series, poles and residues, branch points, evaluation of contour integrals. Conformal mapping, Schwarz-Christoffel transformation. Applications to physical problems.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Maxence Cassier
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• 3 points

STATISTICAL INFERENCE

Prerequisites: STAT GU4203. At least one semester of calculus is required; two or three semesters are strongly recommended.
Calculus-based introduction to the theory of statistics. Useful distributions, law of large numbers and central limit theorem, point estimation, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals maximum likelihood, likelihood ratio tests, nonparametric procedures, theory of least squares and analysis of variance.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Abolfazal Safikhani
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• Instructor: Michael Sobel
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 35 Info
• 3 points

LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS

Prerequisites: STAT GU4204 or the equivalent, and a course in linear algebra.
Theory and practice of regression analysis. Simple and multiple regression, testing, estimation, prediction, and confidence procedures, modeling, regression diagnostics and plots, polynomial regression, colinearity and confounding, model selection, geometry of least squares. Extensive use of the computer to analyse data.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Pawel Polak
  Info
• Instructor: Jingchen Liu
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Rongning Wu
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Ronald Neath
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

ELEC & MAGNETIC PROP OF SOLIDS

Prerequisites: (PHYS UN1401) and (PHYS UN1402) and (PHYS UN1403) or equivalent.
A survey course on the electronic and magnetic properties of materials, oriented towards materials for solid state devices. Dielectric and magnetic properties, ferroelectrics and ferromagnets. Conductivity and superconductivity. Electronic band theory of solids: classification of metals, insulators, and semiconductors. Materials in devices: examples from semiconductor lasers, cellular telephones, integrated circuits, and magnetic storage devices. Topics from physics are introduced as necessary.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: William Bailey
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

STAT COMP & INTRO DATA SCIENCE

Prerequisites: STAT GU4204 and GU4205 or the equivalent.
Introduction to programming in the R statistical package: functions, objects, data structures, flow control, input and output, debugging, logical design, and abstraction.  Writing code for numerical and graphical statistical analyses.  Writing maintainable code and testing, stochastic simulations, paralleizing data analyses, and working with large data sets.  Examples from data science will be used for demonstration.

• Department: Statistics
• F 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gabriel Young
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

HUMAN FACTORS: PERFORMANCE

This course is required for undergraduate students majoring in IE.
Sensory and cognitive (brain) processing considerations in the design, development, and operations of systems, products, and tools. User or operator limits and potential in sensing, perceiving decision making, movement coordination, memory, and motivation.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Leon S Gold
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY STOCHASTIC PROCESS

Prerequisites: STAT GU4203 and two, preferably three, semesters of calculus.
Review of elements of probability theory. Poisson processes. Renewal theory. Wald's equation. Introduction to discrete and continuous time Markov chains. Applications to queueing theory, inventory models, branching processes.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Brown
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PLANNING METHODS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 3 points

PLANNING METHODS LAB

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 0 points

FORENSIC STRUCTURL ENGINEERING

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of structural analysis and design; graduate student standing or instructor's permission.
Review of significant failures, civil/structural engineering design and construction practices, ethical standards and the legal positions as necessary background to forensic engineering. Discussion of standard-of-care. Study of the process of engineering evaluation of structural defects and failures in construction and in service. Examination of the roles, activities, conduct and ethics of the forensic consultant and expert witness. Students are assigned projects of actual cases of non-performance or failure of steel, concrete, masonry, geotechnical and temporary structures, in order to perform, discuss and report their own investigations under the guidance of the instructor.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert T Ratay
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• 3 points

THERMAL TREATMNT-WASTE/BIO MAT

Prerequisites: (CHEE E3010) or equivalent or instructor's permission.
Origins, quantities generated, and characterization of solid wastes. Chemical and physical phenomena in the combustion or gasification of wastes. Application of thermal conversion technologies, ranging from combustion to gasification and pyrolysis. Quantitative description of the dominant waste to energy processes used worldwide, including feedstock preparation, moving grate and fluid bed combustion, heat transfer from combustion gases to steam, mitigation of high temperature corrosion, electricity generation, district heating, metal recovery, emission control, and beneficial use of ash residues.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Athanasios Bourtsalas
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• 3 points

WRITING EARLY MODERN LONDON

(Lecture) This course explores the literature that represented, was created for, and was inspired by the city of London in the early modern period.  It will encourage students to analyze the ways in which literature relates to its geographical, social, cultural, religious and political contexts -- in this case, the very specific contexts provided by a single city in the period from 1500 to 1700. It will cover such topics as London's experience in the Reformation; London's suburban expansion; the Civil War and Restoration; the Great Fire and the subsequent rebuilding; London's government, and relations with the Crown; social issues including immigration, unrest, the place of women, the place of strangers, the plague and prostitution.  The course will highlight the importance of London as the hub of print publication, and as the site for the public theatre -- it will therefore deal predominantly with drama but also draw on prose pamphlets, entries, maps, diaries, prospects and poetic mock-will.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Alan Stewart
  CULPA: 14 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR ARABIC I

NOTE: There are 2 sections of Third Year Arabic I. Section 001 follows the standard curriculum building all 4 language skills, as described below. Section 002 follows a reading-intensive curriculum, with less emphasis on listening and writing while still conducted in Arabic, and is intended for those preparing for advanced research in modern or classical Arabic texts. Students in the regular third-year Arabic track improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through close reading, compositions, class discussions, and presentations in Arabic on topics such as cultures of the Arab world, classical and modern Arabic literature, and contemporary Arabic media. Review of grammatical and syntactic rules as needed. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 1:10 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Reem Faraj
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Ouijdane Absi
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

MILTON IN CONTEXT

(Lecture). This course will look at the major works of John Milton in the context of 17th-century English religious, political and social events. In addition to reading Milton's poems, major prose (including The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, Areopagitica, and The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth), and the full texts of Paradise Lost and Sampson Agonistes (the course text will be Orgel and Goldberg, eds. John Milton), we will look at the authors and radicals whose activities and writings helped to provide the contexts for Milton's own: poets and polemicists, sectarians and prophets, revolutionaries and regicides, Diggers and Levelers. Requirements for this course include two short primary research papers (3 pp.) and an exam. Graduate students will also be required to write a seminar paper.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Julie Crawford
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

ENERGY SOURCES AND CONVERSION

Prerequisites: .
Energy sources such as oil, gas, coal, gas hydrates, hydrogen, solar, and wind.  Energy conversion systems for electrical power generation, automobiles, propulsion and refrigeration. Engines, steam and gas turbines, wind turbines; devices such as fuel cells, thermoelectric converters, and photovoltaic cells. Specialized topics may include carbon-dioxide sequestration, cogeneration, hybrid vehicles and energy storage devices.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Vijay Modi
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 40 Info
• 3 points

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

MEMS markets and applications; scaling laws; silicon as a mechanical material; Sensors and actuators; micromechanical analysis and design; substrate (bulk) and surface micromachining; computer aided design; packaging; testing and characterization; microfluidics.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter J. Schuck
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• 3 points

BUCKLING OF STRUCTURES

Stability of framed structures in the elastic and inelastic ranges. Lateral buckling of beams. Torsional buckling of compression members. Buckling of plates of plate-stiffener combinations. Linear stability analysis of cylindrical shells and discussion of its limitations. Discussion of the semi-empirical nature of the elastoplastic relations used in the case of plates and shells.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Mario Valenti
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• 3 points

ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
,
W3213
,
W3412
and
MATH V2010
.
An introduction to the dynamic models used in the study of modern macroeconomics. Applications of the models will include theoretical issues such as optimal lifetime consumption decisions and policy issues such as inflation targeting. This course is strongly recommended for students considering graduate work in economics.

• Department: Economics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andres Drenik
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• 3 points

FOURTH YEAR CLASSICAL ARABIC I

Prerequisites: Students should have completed Third Year Arabic
Through reading excerpts from thirteen essential works, starting with Jabarti's history of the French Campaign in Egypt to a chapter from al-Qur'an, students will be able to increase their fluency and accuracy in Arabic while working on reading text and being exposed to the main themes in Classical Arabic literature, acquire a sense of literary style over a period of fourteen centuries as well as literary analytical terminology and concepts. The texts are selections from essential works that the students will read in detail, write critical pieces, engage in discussion and have assignments which will expand their vocabulary, manipulation of advanced grammar concepts, and employing stylistic devices in their writing. This course will enable students to start doing research in classical Arabic sources and complements MESAAS's graduate seminar Readings in Classical Arabic. The course works with all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Arabic is the language of instruction. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Taoufik Ben-Amor
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 4 points

THEORY OF VIBRATIONS

Frequencies and modes of discrete and continuous elastic systems. Forced vibrations-steady-state and transient motion. Effect of damping. Exact and approximate methods. Applications.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Raimondo Betti
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

NGOs & THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT

NGOs & THE HUMAN RIGHTS MVMNT

This class takes a social movement perspective to analyze and understand the international human rights movement. The course will address the evolution of the international human rights movement and focus on the NGOs that drive the movement on the international, regional and domestic levels. Sessions will highlight the experiences of major human rights NGOs and will address topics including strategy development, institutional representation, research methodologies, partnerships, networks, venues of engagement, campaigning, fundraising and, perhaps most importantly, the fraught and complex debates about adaptation to changing global circumstances, starting with the pre-Cold War period and including some of the most up-to-date issues and questions going on in this field today.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Louis Bickford
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

WOMEN AS COLD WAR WEAPONS

Cold War ideological campaigns for the “hearts and minds” abutted “hot war” confrontations between 1945 and 1991, and women engaged with both. This course has three purposes: (i) to examine the role of women in the United States as a reflection and enactment of Cold War politics; (ii) to provide an understanding of cultural forces in building ideas in foreign markets; (iii) to reframe the understanding of power as a strategy of United States Cold War battles. To this end, the class will open with a history and examination of women and the traditional narratives of the nation at “wars,” and then continue to explore the political power of women, cultural diplomacy, military operations, and conclude with two case studies. This seminar examines the history of government and private sector mechanisms used to export national ideals by and about women in order to enact American foreign policy agendas in the Cold War. To build their knowledge, students will be asked to parse primary materials in the context of secondary readings. They will do class presentations and present at a conference, and will have the opportunity to discuss their interests with leading scholars of the Cold War. The requirements include significant weekly readings, postings, attendance at discussions, a class presentation, and participation in the class conference at the conclusion of the semester.

• Department: History
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Victoria Phillips
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• 4 points

PSYCHOANALYSIS & WRITING

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Center for
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 4 points

NARRATIVE,HEALTH & SOC JUSTICE

Narrative medicine - its practice and scholarship - is necessarily concerned with issues of trauma, body, memory, voice, and intersubjectivity. However, to grapple with these issues, we must locate them in their social, cultural, political, and historical contexts. Narrative understanding helps unpack the complex power relations between North and South, state and worker, disabled body and able-body, bread-earner and child-bearer, as well as self and the Other (or, even, selves and others). If disease, violence, terror, war, poverty and oppression manifest themselves narratively, then resistance, justice, healing, activism, and collectivity can equally be products of a narrative based approach to ourselves and the world.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Sayantani T Dasgupta
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

POLITICAL THEOLOGY

Prerequisites: Prior coursework in Religion, MESAAS, political theory, or related field is advised.
This reading-intensive course will engage the notion of “political theology,” a phrase that emerges within the Western tradition (Varro, Augustine) and has become instrumental in thinking and institutionalizing the distinction between religion and politics over the course of the twentieth century.  We will take as our point of departure the key texts that have revived this notion (Schmitt, Kantorowicz), and engage their interpretation of the Bible and of Augustine and medieval followers. We will then examine the role of Spinoza and Moses Mendelsohn, the extension of the notion of religion to “the East” (Said, Grosrichard, Asad), and conclude with some of the current debates over secularization in the colonizing and colonized world.
The main part of the course will be dedicated to the question of religion as it informs our thinking of disciplinary divisions.  Is religion a sphere than can be isolated? How did it become so? What are the effects of this isolation?

• Department: Religion
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Gil Anidjar
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points