LANG,CULTR,SOCIETY-RUSS TODAY

Prerequisites: Six semesters of college Russian and the instructor’s permission.
The course is designed to provide advanced and highly-motivated undergraduate and graduate students of various majors with an opportunity to develop professional vocabulary and discourse devices that will help them to discuss their professional fields in Russian with fluency and accuracy. The course targets all four language competencies: speaking, listening, reading and writing, as well as cultural understanding. Conducted in Russian.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

AMER DIVA:RACE,GDNDR&PERFMNC;

AMERICAN DIVA: GENDER & PERFOR

• Department: Ethnicity and Race, Center for
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Deborah Paredez
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

POWER ELECTRONICS

Prerequisites: (ELEN E3331) and (ELEN E3801)
Introduction to power electronics; power semiconductor devices: power diodes, thyristors, commutation techniques, power transistors, power MOSFETs, Triac, IGBTs, etc. and switch selection; non-sinusoidal power definitions and computations, modeling, and simulation; half-wave rectifiers; single-phase, full-wave rectifiers; three-phase rectifiers; AC voltage controllers; DC/DC buck, boost, and buck-boost converters; discontinuous conduction mode of operation; DC power supplies: Flyback, Forward converter; DC/AC inverters, PWM techniques; three-phase inverters.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthias Preindl
  h-index: 26 Info
• 3 points

POLITICAL ECONOMY

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
,
W3213
,
STAT 1201
(or
POLS 4710
for those who declared prior to Spring 2014).
The course studies the interaction between government and markets. The first part discusses market failures and the scope and limits of government intervention, including the use of modified market-type tools (for example, cap-and-trade regulations for pollution). The second part discusses collective decision-making, in particular voting and its properties and pathologies. The final part discusses economic inequality and government's role in addressing it.

• Department: Economics
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: John Marshall
  h-index: 20 Info
• 3 points

PROC OF STRATIFICTN/INEQUALITY

The nature of opportunity in American society; the measurement of inequality; trends in income and wealth inequality; issues of poverty and poverty policy; international comparisons.

• Department: Sociology
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Seymour Spilerman
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

PUB/PRIV PARTNERSHIPS NYC

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Moshe Adler
  h-index: 9 Info
• 3 points

CHEMICAL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: equivalent, or instructor's permission.
Process development for new compounds, including fine and specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biologicals and agrochemicals. Experimental strategy and methods for process scale-up from bench to pilot plant. Evaluation of process economics. Hazard and risk evaluation for environmental and industrial hygiene safety. Capture and use of process know-how for process and plant design, regulatory approvals, and technology transfer to first manufacture.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Elias C Mattas
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

DYN-CLIMATE VAR & CLIMATE CHG

Prerequisites: undergraduate course in climate or physics; undergraduate calculus.
An overview of how the climate system works on large scales of space and time, with particular attention to the science and methods underlying forecasts of climate variability and climate change. This course serves as the basic physical science course for the M.A. Program in Climate and Society.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 3 points

MODELS-CLIM-SENS NAT/HUM SYST

Prerequisites: undergraduate-level coursework in introductory statistics or data analysis; knowledge of calculus.
An overview of how climate-societal and intra-societal relationships can be evaluated and quantified using relevant data sets, statistical tools, and dynamical models. Concepts and methods in quantitative modeling, data organization, and statistical analysis, with applications to climate and climate impacts. Students will also do some simple model experiments and evaluate the results.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• M 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 4 points

ETHNO FIELD METHODS/TECHNIQUES

The goals of this course are practice-oriented. The end result will be short fieldwork-based project of approxiamtely 20 pages in length. In order to complete the paper, students will conduct fieldwork, read and synthesize relevant literatures, and think carefully about the questions in which they are interested and methods of addressing them through ethnographic inquiry.

• Department: Music
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

ROMANTIC POETRY

(Lecture). This course examines major British poets of the period 1789-1830. We will be focusing especially on the poetry and poetic theory of William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and John Keats. We will also be reading essays, reviews, and journal entries by such figures as Robert Southey, William Hazlitt, and Dorothy Wordsworth.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Erik Gray
  CULPA: 35 Info
• 3 points

MANAGING & ADAPTING CLIMATE II

Prerequisites: EESC W4400; previous social science course or experience in policy and administration.
This integrating seminar on science and policy-making deals with climate and environment-development issues, and helps investigate ideas and methods for analyzing problems to reduce societal vulnerability and build resilience to climate variability and climate change. In order to integrate learning, the course is structured around modules that bridge several "divides": the social and natural sciences, temporal scales of variability and change impacting various sectors, the developing and industrialized regions, across local, national and international spatial levels, as well as socio-political, economic and ecological dimensions of development. The lectures and discussions move back and forth between theory and practice, required for the effective management of risks from a changing climate. The seminar modules will be led by outstanding researchers and professionals, with deep experience in the praxis of climate risk management and will include the economics & politics of sustainable development and climate risks; climate phenomena, societal responses and impacts; poverty, agriculture and food security; managing climate risks for health; managing competing claims over water; urban disaster risk management; climate risks & decision-making under uncertainty; media and climate. Practicum sessions, in addition, are designed to help integrate learning.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Erin R Coughlan
  Info
• 3 points

QUANTITATIVE CORPORATE FINANCE

Prerequisites: Probability theory and linear programming.

This course is required for students in the Undergraduate Advanced Track.
 Key measures and analytical tools to assess the financial performance of a firm and perform the economic evaluation of industrial projects and businesses. Deterministic mathematical programming models for capital budgeting. Concepts in utility theory, game theory and real options analysis.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Rodney Sunada-Wong
  Info
• 3 points

SIMULATION

Prerequisites: (SIEO W3600) or (STAT GU4001) and computer programming.
Corequisites: IEOR E3106,IEOR E4106

This course is required for all undergraduate students majoring in IE, OR:EMS, OR:FE and OR. This course is also required for MSIE and MSOR. Graduate students must register for 3 points. Undergraduate students must register for 4 points.
Generation of random numbers from given distributions; variance reduction; statistical output analysis; introduction to simulation languages; application to financial, telecommunications, computer, and production systems.
Students who have taken IEOR E4703 Monte Carlo simulation may not register for this course for credit. 
Recitation section required.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Soumyadip Ghosh
  Info
• 3 points

MASS VIOLENCE AND ITS AFT IN SE ASIA

This course covers select topics on violence in modern Southeast Asia. The focus is on large scale violence such as war and genocide but also includes cases of communal or political violence. The media and texts selected draw from a variety of disciplines and sources with the aim of providing students with a variety of perspectives and understandings of select cases of Southeast Asian violence and its aftermaths. In addition to covering regional cases such as the Cambodian genocide and Vietnam War, the course also focuses on special topics for comparison such as gender and perpetrators of violence. Students will compare the causes, types of violence and aftermaths including the effects on collective memory and recovery.  The seminar ends with a survey of current state of violence or the potential for violence in the future and examines the outcomes of local means of recovery, transitional justice mechanisms, and peacebuilding efforts.

• Department: Anthropology
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Eve M Zucker
  Info
• 3 points

GAME THEOR MODELS OF OPERATION

Prerequisites: familiarity with differential equations and computer programming; or instructor's permission.

This course is required for undergraduate students majoring in OR:FE and OR.
 A mathematically rigorous study of game theory and auctions, and their application to operations management. Topics include introductory game theory, private value auction, revenue equivalence, mechanism design, optimal auction, multiple-unit auctions, combinatorial auctions, incentives, and supply chain coordination with contracts. No previous knowledge of game theory is required.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Vineet Goyal
  h-index: 21 Info
• 3 points

NINE THOUGHT TRENDS IN CHINA

Prerequisites: fluency in Chinese (the course will be taught in Chinese, and a large number of readings will be in Chinese).
This is an elective course designed for both undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in the contemporary politics in China. The course focuses on nine major thought trends in China today that include 1) the Liberalism; 2) the New Authoritarianism; 3) the New Left; 4) Mao Left; 5) the Democratic Group within the Communist Party; 6) Governing through Confucian Theory; 7) Constitutional Socialism; 8) the so-called " Neither-Left and Nor-Right " Governing Theory; and 9) the New Nationalism Calling Tough Foreign Policies. China is deep in the social and political transition process, and the thoughts and actions of intellects themself have formed an important part in this transition. In this sense, the course not only helps understand the thoughts of intellects, but also better help understand today's China affairs as a whole.

• Department: Political Science
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Boshu Zhang
  Info
• 4 points

POL, SOC & ECON DEVP-BRAZIL I

This course is a practicum, which has been designed to enable you to discuss major problems of contemporary Brazil with important political figures, business representatives, activists and analysts. Normally the guest speaker will make an opening statement of approximately 40 minutes and the rest of the time will be devoted to a discussion. Guest speakers may recommend one or two articles or documents they have written, or that they think are particularly relevant, for the policy issues they will discuss.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sidney N Nakahodo
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1.5 points

FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTONICS

Prerequisites: (ELEN E3401) or equivalent.
Planar resonators. Photons and photon streams. Photons and atoms: energy levels and band structure; interactions of photons with matter; absorption, stimulated and spontaneous emission; thermal light, luminescence light. Laser amplifiers: gain, saturation, and phase shift; rate equations; pumping. Lasers: theory of oscillation; laser output characteristics. Photons in semiconductors: generation, recombination, and injection; heterostructures; absorption and gain coefficients. Semiconductor photon sources: LEDs; semiconductor optical amplifiers; homojunction and heterojunction laser diodes. Semiconductor photon detectors: p-n, p-i-n, and heterostructure photo diodes; avalanche photodiodes.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Michal Lipson
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 114 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
,
ECON W3213
,
ECON W3412
,
MATH V2010
.
The linear regression model will be presented in matrix form and basic asymptotic theory will be introduced. The course will also introduce students to basic time series methods for forecasting and analyzing economic data. Students will be expected to apply the tools to real data.

• Department: Economics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Seyhan Erden
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

GAME THEORY

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
W3213
.
Introduction to the systematic treatment of game theory and its applications in economic analysis.

• Department: Economics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin Ho
  h-index: None Info
• 3 points

PUERTO RICO UNDER U.S. RULE

Christopher Columbus was the first European to visit Puerto Rico in 1493 claiming it for Spain. Four centuries later, in 1898, Spain ceded it to the United States as war bounty of the Spanish American War. The course will review Puerto Rico before the US invasion and its unique culture
integrated by the native Indian, Negro and white races. It will also address why the United States was interested in controlling the Caribbean. Once the US invaded Puerto Rico, were the US soldiers welcomed by the local citizens? Was Puerto Rico destined to become a State of the Union, like other acquired territories? Were Puerto Ricans eager to become a State? How was the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States during the first decades of the Twentieth Century? Why was the US citizenship imposed on Puerto Ricans in 1917 and what was the reception in Puerto Rico?

• Department: Latin-American & Carib RS
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Angel Collado-Schwarz
  Info
• 3 points

SPANISH AMERICAN POETRY

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gustavo Perez-Firmat
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

COMP CRIT ANALYSIS-BUILT FORM

Comparative critical team analysis used as a device for revealing both explicit and implicit intent in the design of built form, the analytical process predicated on typological categories in which buildings of the same type are compared as embodiments and expressions of differing conceptions of nature, use, production, and value. Apart from their typological arrangement, buildings are usually ordered so as to reveal also a particular historical development. The aim is threefold: (1) to reveal through analysis the capacity of built form to carry meaning, (2) to sensitize the student designer to subtle significances in spatial sequence, adjacency, detailing, etc., and (3) to see design as cultural discourse. Analytical materials drawn from either the 19th or the 20th century.

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenneth Frampton
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

READINGS-YIDDISH LITERATURE

GENDER&SEXULAITY; IN YIDDISH LT

• Department: Germanic Languages
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Agnieszka Legutko
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MPA-DP: GETTING STARTED

Prior to the fall semester, MPA-DP students participate in an intensive program called "Getting Started." This program incorporates aspects of the broader SIPA orientation and refresher courses, while providing an introductory overview of development practice. There are formal classes and field visits that lay the foundation for a successful learning experience.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• Instructor: Glenn Denning
  h-index: 14 Info
• 0 points

MODAL LOGIC

• Department: Philosophy
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamar A Lando
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

ARCH APROPOS ART

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven M Holl
  Info
• 3 points

STUDIES IN TECTONIC CULTURE

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

AUTOMOTIVE DYNAMICS

Prerequisites: equivalent
Automobile dynamic behavior is divided into three subjects: vehicle subsystems, ride, and handling. Vehicle subsystems include: tire, steering, mechanisms, suspensions, gearbox, engine, clutch, etc.  Regarding ride, vibrations and ride comfort are analyzed, and suspension optimization of a quarter car model is treated.  Regarding handling, vehicle dynamic behavior on the road is analyzed, with emphasis on numerical simulations using planar as well as roll models.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Joshua B Browne
  Info
• 3 points

ISRAEL 20 YEARS AFTER RABIN

• Department: Political Science
• M 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Ehud N Sommer
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

MODELING & ID OF DYNAMIC SYST

Prerequisites: instructor's permission.
Corequisites: EEME E3601
Generalized dynamic system modeling and simulation. Fluid, thermal, mechanical, diffusive, electrical, and hybrid systems are considered. Nonlinear and high order systems. System identification problem and Linear Least Squares method. State-space and noise representation. Kalman filter. Parameter estimation via prediction-error and subspace approaches. Iterative and bootstrap methods. Fit criteria. Wide applicability: medical, energy, others. MATLAB and Simulink environments.

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

TOPICS-NEUROBIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Examines current topics in neurobiology and behavior.

• Department: Psychology
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Svetlana Rosis
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Helen C Brew
  Info
• 3 points

PROGRAMMING & PROBLEM SOLVING

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) and (COMS W3136) or (COMS W3137) and (CSEE W3827)
COMS W3134
,
W3136
, or
W3137
and
CSEE W3827
.
Hands-on introduction to solving open-ended computational problems. Emphasis on creativity, cooperation, and collaboration. Projects spanning a variety of areas within computer science, typically requiring the development of computer programs. Generalization of solutions to broader problems, and specialization of complex problems to make them manageable. Team-oriented projects, student presentations, and in-class participation required.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenneth A Ross
  Info
• 3 points

POLITICS IN RUSSIA

This course begins by studying the late Soviet era—the 1970s through the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991--in order to understand what kind of political system and political culture Russia inherited. We spend some time analyzing why and how the Soviet Union—a superpower for 75 years—disintegrated suddenly and for the most part, peacefully. Then, the bulk of the course focuses on state-building in the Russian Federation. Russia’s effort to construct new political institutions, a functioning economy, and a healthy society represents one of the greatest political dramas of our time. Beginning with Yeltsin’s presidency in 1991 and continuing through the current eras of Putin, Medvedev, and Putin again, we consider phenomena such as economic reform, nationalism, separatism, federalism, war, legal reform, civil society, and democratization. The third part of the course addresses Russia’s foreign relations. Like its predecessor states, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, Russia is concerned with what kind of state it is (or should be) and where it stands in the international order. We will study how Russian elites make sense of Russia’s identity, as well as Russia’s policies toward the US, Europe, its “near abroad,” the Middle East, and China.

• Department: Political Science
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elise Giuliano
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

POLITICAL SYSTMS OF SOUTH ASIA

POLITICL SYSTEMS OF SOUTH ASIA

This course first compares the post-independence political histories of South Asian countries, particularly India and Pakistan.  It then explores selected topics across countries: social and cultural dimensions of politics; structures of power; and political behavior.  The underlying theme is to explain the development and durability of the particular political regimes – democratic or authoritarian – in each country.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Philip K Oldenburg
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 4 points

PRIN-INNOVATN/ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) and (COMS W3136) or (COMS W3137) or
COMS W3134
,
W3136
, or
W3137
(or equivalent), or the instructor's permission.
Team project centered course focused on principles of planning, creating, and growing a technology venture. Topics include: indentifying and analyzing opportunities created by technology paradigm shifts, designing innovative products, protecting intellectual property, engineering innovative business models.

• Department: Computer Science
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: William Reinisch
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS

This is a lecture class that seeks to introduce students to social scientific analysis while discuss the shifting dynamics of political representation in Latin America. In analyzing political representation in the region, it focuses on demands for political inclusion by different actors and how they were resisted or accepted by established elites in a process that moved from regime change to electoral rotation in power. The course covers these political dynamics and their institutional consequences since the onset of the twentieth century, starting with the Mexican Revolution, until the contemporary period where democracy is the predominant form of government and elections a crucial tool for social and political change. While analyzing the politics of Latin America, we will cover important political science concepts associated with democratic representation, social inclusion and the rule of the law, such as social movement mobilization, political regime change, presidentialism, political party systems, political identities, state capacity, and institutional weakness.

• Department: Political Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Maria Victoria Murillo
  h-index: 37 Info
• 4 points

PUBLIC ECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
W3213
.
Types of market failures and rationales for government intervention in the economy. Benefit-cost analysis and the theory of public goods. Positive and normative aspects of taxation. The U.S. tax structure.

• Department: Economics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Wojciech Kopczuk
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 3 points

LATIN AMER POLITICS-DISC

• Department: Political Science
• R 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• F 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Oscar M Pocasangre Meneses
  Info
• 0 points

POST-1965 JAZZ

• Department: Music
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

TRANSPACIFIC MUSICOLOGY

MONSTERS,PRINCESSES,BOMBS-SEA

Prerequisites: None.
What are the musical and political assumptions and implications behind terms such as “Western” “non-Western,” “Asian” “Western-classical,” and “Asian American” in contemporary music scholarship? Questioning the stakes of these designations, Transpacific Musicology examines processes of cultural exchange and circulation of Western music in locations typically designated as “non-Western.” Case studies primarily draw on scholarship related to Asia/Pacific/American cultural and geographic spaces.
The course readings combine theories and keywords relevant to the study of musical exchange and circulation, with closer examinations of musical practices through case studies. Additionally, we will explore the state of “multiple musicologies” by investigating musicological research beyond US-based scholarly publications and institutions. Theoretical topics and keyword studies include orientalism, colonial legacies, mimicry, difference, diaspora, cultural diplomacy, and contemporary indigeneity; musical topics may include transpacific avant-gardes, Afro-Asian alliances, global popular music in local Asian scenes, experimental music in East Asia, and the influence of Asian music on composers working in Euro/American traditions.

• Department: Music
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Miki Kaneda
  Info
• 4 points

THE HISTORY OF ARCH THEORY

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

PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS

• Department: Philosophy
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Haim Gaifman
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 30 Info
• 3 points

JAPANESE POLITICS

Surveys key features of the Japanese political system, with focus on political institutions and processes. Themes include party politics, bureaucratic power, the role of the Diet, voting behavior, the role of the state in the economy, and the domestic politics of foreign policy.

• Department: Political Science
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Takako K Hikotani
  Info
• 4 points

SEEING ARCHITECTURE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurie A Hawkinson
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

KOREAN POLITICS

• Department: Political Science
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Stephen Noerper
  Info
• 4 points

CRIT NATIVE/INDIGENOUS STUDIES

This course is an interdisciplinary survey of the literature and issues that comprise Native American and Indigenous Studies. Readings for this course are organized around the concepts of indigeneity, coloniality, power and "resistance" and concomitantly interrogate these concepts for social and cultural analysis. The syllabus is derived from some of the "classic" and canonical works in Native American Studies such as Custer Died for Your Sins but will also require an engagement with less canonical works such as Red Man's Appeal to Justice in addition to historical, ethnographic and theoretical contributions from scholars that work outside of Native American and Indigenous Studies. This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates.

• Department: Anthropology
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Jaskiran Dhillon
  Info
• 3 points

LANGUAGE AND MIND

• Department: Philosophy
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Una Stojnic
  Info
• 3 points

BEHAVIORAL EPIGENETICS

Prerequisites: basic background in neurobiology (for instance PSYC UN1010, UN2450, UN2460, UN2480, and GU4499) and the instructor's permission.
This course will provide an overview of the field of epigenetics, with an emphasis on epigenetic phenomena related to neurodevelopment, behavior and mental disorders. We will explore how epigenetic mechanisms can be mediators of environmental exposures and, as such, contribute to psychopathology throughout the life course. We will also discuss the implications of behavioral epigenetic research for the development of substantially novel pharmacotherapeutic approaches and preventive measures in psychiatry.

• Department: Psychology
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Catherine J Pena
  Info
• 4 points

HEALTH PHYSICS

Prerequisites: or
Corequisites: APPH E4600
Fundamental principles and objectives of health physics (radiation protection), the quantities of radiation dosimetry (the absorbed dose, equivalent dose, and effective dose) used to evaluate human radiation risks, elementary shielding calculations and protection measures for clinical environments, characterization and proper use of health physics instrumentation, and regulatory and administrative requirements of health physics programs in general and as applied to clinical activities.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• R 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas L Morgan
  Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED RESEARCH

Students conduct research related to biotechnology under the sponsorship of a mentor
within
the University. The student and the mentor determine the nature and extent of this independent study. In some laboratories, the student may be assigned to work with a postdoctoral fellow, graduate student or a senior member of the laboratory, who is in turn supervised by the mentor. The mentor is responsible for mentoring and evaluating the student's progress and performance. Credits received from this course may be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement for the degree.  Instructor permission required.  Web site:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/g4500-g4503/index.html

• Department: Biological Sciences
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3-6 points

PROCESS & PRODUCT DESIGN I

PRINCIPLES OF PROCESS DESIGN

The practical application of chemical engineering principles for the design and economic evaluation of chemical processes and plants. Use of ASPEN Plus for complex material and energy balances of real processes. Students are expected to build on previous coursework to identify creative solutions to two design projects of increasing complexity. Each design project culminates in an oral presentation, and in the case of the second project, a written report.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• W 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Robert G Bozic
  Info
• 4 points

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
W3213
.
The theory of international trade, comparative advantage and the factor endowments explanation of trade, analysis of the theory and practice of commercial policy, economic integration. International mobility of capital and labor; the North-South debate.

• Department: Economics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Reka Juhasz
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMNG FOR FE

Prerequisites: Computer programming or instructor's approval.

This course is required for undergraduate students majoring in OR:FE.
In this course we will take a hands-on approach to developing computer applications for Financial Engineering. Special focus will be placed on high-performance numerical applications that interact with a graphical interface. In the course of developing such applications we will learn how to create DLLs, how to integrate VBA with C/C++ programs, and how to write multithreaded programs. Examples of problems settings that we will consider include: simulation of stock price evolution, tracking, evaluation and optimization of a stock portfolio; optimal trade execution. In the course of developing these applications we will review topics of interest to OR/FE in a holistic fashion.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Daniel Bienstock
  h-index: 38 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED RESEARCH

Students conduct research related to biotechnology under the sponsorship of a mentor
outside
the University within the New York City Metropolitan Area unless otherwise approved by the Program. The student and the mentor determine the nature and extent of this independent study. In some laboratories, the student may be assigned to work with a postdoctoral fellow, graduate student or a senior member of the laboratory, who is in turn supervised by the mentor. The mentor is responsible for mentoring and evaluating the student's progress and performance. Credits received from this course may be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement for the degree. Instructor permission required. Web site:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/g4500-g4503/index.html

• Department: Biological Sciences
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 2-6 points

READINGS IN HEBREW TEXTS I

Prerequisites: 3RD Year Modern Hebrew or the instructor's permission.
This course focuses on central identities shaping Israeli society and is designed to give students extensive experience in reading Hebrew. Through selected readings of contemporary literary works and media texts, students will increase their proficiency in Hebrew and enhance their understanding of Israeli culture and society.

All
readings, written assignments, and class discussions are in Hebrew
. 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: Naama Harel
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

ITALIAN CULTURAL STUDIES I

An interdisciplinary investigation into Italian culture and society in the years between Unification in 1860 and the outbreak of World War I. Drawing on novels, historical analyses, and other sources including film and political cartoons, the course examines some of the key problems and trends in the cultural and political history of the period. Lectures, discussion and required readings will be in English. Students with a knowledge of Italian are encouraged to read the primary literature in Italian.

• Department: Italian @Barnard
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Nelson Moe
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

READINGS IN CLASSICAL CHINESE

Prerequisites:
CHNS W3302
or the equivalent.
Admission after placement exam. Focusing on Tang and Song prose and poetry, introduces a broad variety of genres through close readings of chosen texts as well as the specific methods, skills, and tools to approach them. Strong emphasis on the grammatical and stylistic analysis of representative works. CC GS EN CE

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Wei Shang
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 96 Info
• 3 points

STUDIO I- HISTORIC PRESERVATION

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

TISSUE ENGINEERING

An introduction to the strategies and fundamental bioengineering design criteria behind the development of cell-based tissue substitutes. Topics include biocompatibility, biological grafts, gene therapy-transfer, and bioreactors.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Clark T Hung
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info
• 3 points

3RD YR MODERN HEBREW I

Prerequisites: (mdes un2502) and 2nd Year Modern Hebrew II (MDES UN2502), Hebrew for Heritage Speakers II (MDES UN2518), or the instructor's permission.
This course is designed to take students from the intermediate to advanced level. Students will further develop their reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in Hebrew through an examination of a wide range of sources, including short stories, poems, visual arts, popular music, television shows and films. All readings, written assignments, and class discussions are in Hebrew. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Naama Harel
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION&DESIGN; AUTOMATI

EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION&DESIG;

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hod Lipson
  Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info
• 3 points

FIFTH YEAR KOREAN

FIFTH YEAR KOREAN I

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Carol H Schulz
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

DICKENS,THACKERAY,ELIOT

This course will investigate the three Victorian novelists who were most successful in imagining how to narrate the new, complex forms of social interaction that emerged most fully in the nineteenth century, and that we live with still.  Their essential questions— how are individuals altered by such facts as credit economies and finance, rapid scientific progress, more fluid class boundaries, technologies of rapid transport and rapid information dispersal (the railroad, telegraphs, newspapers and mass media), imperial rule?— required the large, multiplot, serially-published novel format that was the Victorian period’s primary way of confronting modernity and modern consciousness.  At the heart of the course are the three most notable examples of the genre: Thackeray’s
Vanity Fair
(1847-8), Dickens’s
Little Dorrit
(1855-7), and Eliot’s
Middlemarch
(1871-2).  The recurrent topics of these novels, such as financial fraud, debt, crime, social ambition, class conflict, and the role of women in modernity, will be described in detail, as will the formal solutions— the intertwined set of multiple plots, the analytic narrator, the sketch set-piece— that expressed them.  Our concern throughout, however, will be how these novels imagine the possible shapes of human interaction and human self-consciousness in a society governed above all not by family, or nation, or religion, but by money and its exchange.  We will therefore be looking at these novelists as, in the largest sense, the storytellers of capitalism, intent on finding the right combination of themes and formal means by which to express the shape of the world capitalism creates.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicholas Dames
  CULPA: 35 Info
• 3 points

BUDDHISM & NEUROSCIENCE

BUDDHISM AND NEUROSCIENCE

With the Dalai Lama's marked interest in recent advances in neuroscience, the question of the compatibility between Buddhist psychology and neuroscience has been raised in a number of conferences and studies. This course will examine the state of the question, look at claims made on both sides, and discuss whether or not there is a convergence between Buddhist discourse about the mind and scientific discourse about the brain.

• Department: Religion
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Bernard Faure
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

ROMAN COINS&HISTORY;

SEMINAR ON AN UNPUBLISHED COLL

Prerequisites: Survey of Roman history
Aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this course aims to introduce coinage and the study of coins as historical disciplines and to provide a survey of the production and use of coinage in the Roman world from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD, with specific emphasis on the Late Republican coinage. The study of the unpublished R.B.Witschonke Collection, consisting of 3,713 provincial coins mainly dated between 2nd century BC and 1st century AD, will offer the students a unique opportunity to study hands-on the Roman coinage in the Provincia Asia and its relationship to the political, social and economic history not only of this province, but also of the Empire as whole in the period of time encompassed by the Collection. The best original papers resulting from this research will be included in the forthcoming catalogue of this collection. The students will also have direct access to the world-class numismatic collections at the American Numismatic Collection (over 170,000 Roman and Greek pieces) and to the Olcott collection of Roman coins housed in the RBML in Butler Library (over 3,000 Roman pieces).

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Lucia Francesca Carbone
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

REINCARNATION & TECHNOLOGY

A seminar exploring reincarnation, resurrection, and their contemporary cyber-relatives, uploading and simulation.  We'll explore Abrahamic, Amerind, Chinese, Greek, and Indian accounts, the Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation tradition and methodology in detail, and contemporary research on reincarnation, near-death, and out-of-body experiences. We will then turn to contemporary developments in science, religion, and philosophy concerning uploading consciousness to computer media and the probability that we are living a simulation.  We will investigate whether religious traditions are consistent with or expressive of simulated reality, and the application of karma to all of the above.

• Department: Religion
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: David R Kittay
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

FIFTH YEAR CHINESE I

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 4 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Lening Liu
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 4 points

FIFTH YEAR JAPANESE I

Prerequisites:
JPNS W4018
or the equivalent.
This course is intended to help students to develop language skills necessary for academic research. Students will read articles of various genres, watch videos, and debate issues from a wide range of fields, including economics, politics, history, comparative literature and current issues.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Miharu Nittono
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

APPLIED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ebad Jahangir
  Info
• 3 points

PYTHON FOR OPERATIONS RESEARCH

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul Bulkley-Logston
  Info
• 1.5 points

DATA ANALYTICS FOR OR

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 8:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
• W 8:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
  Info
• Instructor: Yair Avgar
  Info
• 3 points

UNCONSCIOUS AND JEWISH THOUGHT

THEORIES UNCONSCON/JEWISH THOU

This survey aims to reflect on the specific dialogue between faith and theories of the mind. After an overview of pre-Freudian notions of the unconscious, the course will examine Freud’s 1896 
Theory of the unconscious mind
 and the key analytical concepts which display similarities between psychoanalysis and Jewish thought, from Talmudic hermeneutics to Kabbalah studies. We will explore the unconscious through readings from Leibnitz, Schelling, Goethe, von Hartmann, Freud, Jung, as well as its preludes and echoes in the Talmud and in  the writings of Azriel of Gerona, the Magid of Mezrich, Krochmal, Leiner, Lou Andreas Salomé, Scholem, Idel, Wolfson.

• Department: Religion
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Clemence C Boulouque
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

INSTRUMENTATION

Prerequisites: extensive musical background.
Analysis of instrumentation, with directional emphasis on usage, ranges, playing techniques, tone colors, characteristics, interactions and tendencies, all derived from the classic orchestral repertoire. Topics will include theoretical writings on the classical repertory as well as 20th century instrumentation and its advancement. Additional sessions with live orchestral demonstrations are included as part of the course.

• Department: Music
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey Milarsky
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

GERMAN CINEMA: WEIMAR (ENG)

GERMAN CINEMA: WEIMAR (ENG)

• Department: Germanic Languages
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Stefan Andriopoulos
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 12 Info
• 3 points

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Few events in American history can match the significance of the American Civil War and few left a better cache of records for scholars seeking to understand its signal events, actors, and processes. Indeed, between 1861 and 1865, as the war assumed a massive scope it drove a process of state building and state-sponsored slave emancipation in the United States that ultimately reconfigured the nation and remade the terms of political membership in it. This is a research seminar. The course introduces students to key issues and contributions to the literature, and provides an opportunity to undertake independent research on any topic related to the history of the American Civil War. Pedagogically the course pursues a parallel process of reading in the relevant literature and guided research on a topic of the student's choice. The course is designed to model the research and writing process professional historians use, beginning with a paper proposal and bibliography of primary and secondary. sources. It proceeds through the various stages of the research process to produce drafts of the essay and finally the finished essay. All major written work is for peer review. The course fulfills the research requirement for the history major.

• Department: History
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Stephanie McCurry
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

TECHNIQUES OF THE ULTRAREAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
• 3 points

FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL DESIGN

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
• 3 points

RE ENTREPRENEURIALISM FOR ARCH

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Harold K Bell
  Info
• 3 points

DATA MINING

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Krzysztof M Choromanski
  Info
• 3 points

POST-WAR CRITICAL THEORY

RE-INVENTIONS

Is today a time of reinvention for the critical theory that took shape after the Second World War? In this course, taking 1989 as a new take-off date, we explore this hypothesis through a series of over-lapping questions including: what is contemporary as distinct from modern? What is an apparatus as distinct from a medium, a media, or a machine? Is there or can there be a global art history? Can participation be critical? Focusing of the role of visual art and art institutions, their expansions and transformations, we thus address the question of the fate the function of critical theory in the new world of information economies, new urbanizations, biennials and art fairs.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: John Rajchman
  Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

NARRATIVE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

NARRATIVE & HUMAN RIGHTS

(Lecture). We can't talk about human rights without talking about the forms in which we talk about human rights. This course will study the convergences of the thematics, philosophies, politics, practices, and formal properties of literature and human rights. In particular, it will examine how literary questions of narrative shape (and are shaped by) human rights concerns; how do the
forms
of stories enable and respond to forms of thought, forms of commitment, forms of being, forms of justice, and forms of violation? How does narrative help us to imagine an international order based on human dignity, rights, and equality? We will read classic literary texts and contemporary writing (both literary and non-literary) and view a number of films and other multimedia projects to think about the relationships between story forms and human rights problematics and practices. Likely literary authors: Roberto Bolaño, Miguel de Cervantes, Assia Djebar, Ariel Dorfman, Slavenka Drakulic, Nuruddin Farah, Janette Turner Hospital, Franz Kafka, Sahar Kalifeh, Sindiwe Magona, Maniza Naqvi, Michael Ondaatje, Alicia Partnoy, Ousmane Sembène, Mark Twain . . . . We will also read theoretical and historical pieces by authors such as Agamben, An-Na'im, Appiah, Arendt, Balibar, Bloch, Chakrabarty, Derrida, Douzinas, Habermas, Harlow, Ignatieff, Laclau and Mouffe, Levinas, Lyotard, Marx, Mutua, Nussbaum, Rorty, Said, Scarry, Soyinka, Spivak, Williams.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph R Slaughter
  CULPA: 13 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

CATALYSIS OF EMISSIONS CONTROL

Prerequisites: One year of general college chemistry.
Fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis including modern catalytic preparation techniques. Analysis and design of catalytic emissions control systems. Introduction to current industrial catalytic solutions for controlling gaseous emissions. Introduction to future catalytically enabled control technologies.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Farrauto
  h-index: 52 Info
• 3 points

PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY

Prerequisites: General biology or the instructor's permission.
Given in alternate years. Plant organismal responses to external environmental conditions and the physiological mechanisms of plants that enable these responses. An evolutionary approach is taken to analyze the potential fitness of plants and plant survival based on adaptation to external environmental factors.  One weekend field trip will be required.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin L Griffin
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 59 Info
• 3 points

ENTREPRENEURIAL BUS CREA-ENGIN

Prerequisites: (IEOR E2261)

This course is required for undergraduate students majoring in OR:EMS.
Introduce basic concepts and methodologies that are used by the nonengineering part of the world in creating, funding, investing in, relating to, and operating entrepreneurial ventures. The first half of the course focuses on the underpinning principles and skills required in recognizing, analyzing, evaluating, and nurturing a business idea.The second half focuses on basic legal knowledge necessary in creating a business entity, defending your business assets, and in promoting effective interaction with other individuals and organizations.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: David A Gulley
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

SURVEY OF TIBETAN LITERATURE

This course introduces a sampling of Tibetan literary works spanning from the Tibetan imperial period to present-day.  We shall focus on Tibetan belles-lettres and vernacular literary forms (all in English translation) that remain salient in current Tibetan intellectual discourse.  We will engage in close readings of those texts, in addition to discussing characteristics of the genres they represent.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lauran Hartley
  Info
• 4 points

DESIGN/AGILE PROJ MGMT ENG LAB

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Amir R Farrokhnia
  Info
• 3 points

FILM & TV IN TIBET-INNER ASIA

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert J Barnett
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• T noon-2:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul Segal
  Info
• 3 points