INTRO TO HEALTH ECONOMICS

• Department: Executive Classes in HPM
• Instructor: Matthew J Neidell
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• 3 points

Introduction to Health Economics

INTRODUCTN TO HEALTH ECON

Health economics provides theories and tools for understanding, predicting, and changing human behavior. Understanding and changing the behavior of firms and individuals, designing health policies, and managing firms and organizations concerned with delivering health care and improving health, requires a solid foundation in health economics. In this course, students will learn the concepts in health economics most relevant and important to public health professionals and how these economic concepts can be applied to improving health care and the public health systems. Students will identify the basic concepts of health economics for the purposes of solving problems using these concepts, and apply these concepts in new contexts within public health.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• Instructor: Matthew J Neidell
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• 3 points

CLOWN II - RESEARCH ARTS

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Ralf Jean-Pierre
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• 0 points

Health Policy and the Political System

HEALTH POLICY-POLITICAL S

Why does the government play such a central role in the health of its citizens? What factors unique to American politics have given us the healthcare system we currently have, and how much change can be accomplished within our philosophical and ethical confines? How do political changes yield policy shifts - or not? This course analyzes the role of major institutions - the central government, the federal system, the private sector, interest groups, and so on - in formulating and implementing health policy in the United States. We will discuss underlying normative issues and crossnational perspectives on healthcare to situate American healthcare policy along a broader global political spectrum, and attempt to forecast what changes are likely - or unlikely - to occur. Topics will include political history, policy formation and recommendations, market forces and economic influences, and more.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• Instructor: Lawrence D Brown
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• 3 points

VISIONS FROM AFAR FROM NEARBY

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• Instructor: Alessandra Russo
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• 3 points

FICTION LECTURE

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• Department: Writing
• Instructor: Joshua A Cohen
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• 3 points

FICTION LECTURE

SHAKESPEARE

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• Department: Writing
• Instructor: Erroll G McDonald
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• 3 points

Critical Issues in Hospital Management

HOSP ORGANIZATION/MANAGEM

This course is intended to give the student a broad understanding of the components of the health care system and the basic management principles of hospital organization and management. The course will employ a variety of learning formats for students including lectures by the instructors, guest lecturers with special expertise, case studies and student presentations. Emphasis will be on the historical trends of health care statistics and operating data of health care institutions; the history of hospitals and health care systems; their organization and finances; regulatory controls; management strategies; accreditation and professional standards; government; private insurance; administrative leadership and professional interactions, emergency services, healthcare trends and marketing.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• Instructor: Arthur Gianelli
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• Instructor: Eric Wei
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• 1.5 points

SPEECH I

In this course, students will enhance and deepen their understanding of how the human voice and articulators partner together to create language.  They will explore their own individual Idiolects and gain the skills to recalibrate their instruments in order to enhance the expressiveness and dynamic contrast of their speech.  The phonemes of the International Alphabet (IPA) will be employed to specify the sounds of Detailed North American English (DNAE).

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Elizabeth Hayes
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• 2 points

Data Visualization & Storytelling with G

Data Viz & Storytelling

This hands-on course explores how data visualization, storytelling, and generative artificial intelligence can be combined to transform quantitative analysis into effective policy communication. Building on the concepts and methods introduced in Quantitative Techniques I or an equivalent graduate-level statistics course, students will learn to communicate analytical findings clearly, accurately, and persuasively to technical, managerial, and executive audiences.

The course introduces foundational principles of data visualization alongside the practical use of contemporary generative AI tools to support the full analytics-to-story workflow, from organizing and interpreting data to developing presentations, policy briefs, and executive summaries. Through applied exercises, in-class laboratories, and a collaborative project, students will learn how to communicate uncertainty, maintain analytical rigor, and translate quantitative evidence into actionable recommendations.

By the end of the course, students will be able to design effective visualizations, critically evaluate AI-generated outputs, tailor communications to different stakeholder audiences, and convert complex quantitative findings into compelling policy narratives that support decision-making.

• Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
• Instructor: Stuart E Ward
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• 3 points

Instructive Biomaterials

Covers biomaterials that are instructive or have been designed or engineered to be instructive; structure-function-property relationships in natural and synthetic biomaterials. Advances in understanding of material properties emphasized; including electroactivity, chemical, mechanical, geometry/architecture, and the modification of material surfaces and context of their effect on biological function. Evolving field of smart biomaterials discussed. Exercises/demonstrations using materials characterization equipment conducted.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• Instructor: Treena L Arinzeh
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• 3 points

Healthcare in the Arts

HEALTHCARE IN THE ARTS &

This course examines the integration of arts and cultural experiences within healthcare systems to advance patient care, staff resilience, and community trust. Students will explore historical, social, and policy foundations of arts in health—from WPA-era murals to contemporary interventions addressing chronic disease, social isolation, and structural inequities—while engaging with evidence-informed programming and evaluation methods. The curriculum highlights organizational strategies for embedding the arts systemwide, fostering positive institutional culture, and enhancing operational and economic outcomes in complex healthcare organizations. Experiential exercises, case studies, and field observations illuminate arts-based interventions across hospitals, correctional facilities, and community settings, including partnerships with leading cultural institutions. The course emphasizes how arts programming functions as a social determinant–informed intervention, integrating innovative referral pathways and social screenings to address social isolation, loneliness, and psychosocial needs in communities.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• 1.5 points

NONFICTION LECTURE

MORE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

NONFICTION LECTURE

• Department: Writing
• Instructor: Chloe Jones
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• 3 points

Writing on Eurasia

This course is designed to help MA-level students improve their researching and writing skills, and become adept at distilling acquired knowledge into straightforward prose. The aim is to assist students in being more effective communicators regardless of whether they pursue careers in academia, journalism, government service, private enterprise or the non-governmental sector. The course will also promote better understanding of how to get work published by mass media outlets. The course places particular emphasis on practical work, including the preparation of commentaries and book reviews concerning current affairs in Eurasia. Lectures examine the basic elements of editing, interviewing and concise writing. Other lectures focus on how to maintain personal and digital security while living and researching/working in Eurasia, and discuss best practices on harnessing social media for career advancement. Guest speakers will provide additional perspectives on ways to make writing on academic topics more accessible to the general reading public, and how to leverage expertise in Eurasian-area affairs in ways that can jump-start careers.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• Instructor: Justin Burke
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• 1.5 points

Healthcare Accounting and Budgeting

HLTH CARE ACCOUNTING&BUDG

The current market places increasing demands on healthcare managers so it is essential that individuals possess basic skills related to financial management and financial reporting. Current events make these demands more dynamic than ever. This course is intended for students who are interested in expanding their knowledge of healthcare financial issues and/or pursuing careers that involve financial management in the healthcare sector. The focus will be on non-profit healthcare delivery organizations.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• Instructor: Francine M Caracappa
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• Instructor: Jonathan Engel
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• 3 points

ISSUES/APPROC-HLTH POLICY/MGMT

• Department: Executive Classes in HPM
• Instructor: Michael S Sparer
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• 3 points

Issues and Approaches in Health Policy a

ISSUES-APPROACHES-HLTH PO

How is the health care system organized? Who pays the bill? Why have efforts to enact national health insurance failed? What role does government now play in the US health care system, and how do different levels of government share these tasks? Contrary to many perceptions, the fervent debate of these questions is not a recent phenomenon; these are issues that have been argued vigorously throughout American political history. Exploring these debates is critical both to the development of public health policy and the management of delivery systems.
This course focuses on policy and management issues that affect all health care practitioners. We will examine, among other topics, the historical foundations of the American health care system, the rise of managed care, the make-up of the healthcare workforce, the key issues on the nation’s long-term care policy agenda, and ways in which government can encourage good quality care. This introductory course is intended for MHA students and serves to fulfill a core course requirement in Health Policy and Management.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• Instructor: Lawrence D Brown
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• Instructor: Sorcha Brophy
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• 3 points

POETRY LECTURE

POETS ON POETS

POETRY LECTURE

• Department: Writing
• Instructor: Alice Quinn
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• 3 points

Systemic Corruption in Eurasia: Competit

In Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, and other countries of the Eurasia region, corruption is systemic.  Corruption, defined as the abuse of public trust and power for private gain, is institutionalized in government at the national, regional, and local levels.  Formal government decision-making processes have been captured by informal networks of political and business elites who exert significant control over the allocation of public resources. They utilize this control to make illegal financial gains with the support of government authorities and protection of the law. 

When President Putin began Russia’s expanded military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the imprisoned Russian anticorruption activist and political opposition leader Alexey Navalny was on trial once again over fabricated charges of embezzlement. Though Mr. Navalny faced another 15 years in a penal colony, he seized the opportunity during his February 24 hearing to publicly state his opposition to Russia’s war on Ukraine. “This war between Russia and Ukraine was unleashed to cover up the theft from Russian citizens and divert their attention from problems that exist inside the country,” he said. 

This seminar examines the role that Russia’s systemic corruption played as a cause of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Is the war an extension, and drastic escalation, of the Putin regime’s campaign against both his own citizens and the citizens of post-Maidan Ukraine? We will consider how the Kremlin’s strategic use of corruption is threatening the sovereignty of other nations in Eurasia. 

This seminar analyzes the political economy, power relationships, historical and cultural factors that have engendered systemic corruption in Eurasian countries. We identify different types of corrupt systems that have emerged in the regions. We will also examine how systemic corruption causes conflict and war, and poses a threat to the global economy and democracy. Finally, we analyze various anti-corruption reforms to understand why some failed while others succeeded.

The seminar will benefit SIPA and Harriman Institute students who specialize in regional studies of countries of the Eurasia.  It will also benefit SIPA and other graduate students who specialize in international security, economics, finance, energy, law, development, conflict resolution, and journalism.  To achieve a deep understanding of Eurasia corruption, we will examine

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• Instructor: Matthew H Murray
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• 3 points

CHEMICAL ENGIN RES METHODOLOGY

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Instructor: Allie Obermeyer
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• 1 points

Analytics and Managerial Decision-Making

ANALYTCS/MANAGR DECISION

Analytics and Managerial Decision-Making I is the first of two required quantitative methods courses taken in sequence by all MHA students. These courses are foundational to the MHA curriculum. The two courses are fully integrated with respect to materials, exercises and cases, and by a two-term, team-based application project.
Managers are continually confronted with the need to make significant decisions concerning the organizational and financial performance of a health organization, based on a combination of strategic intention, practical experience, and interpretation and application of complex data and information. Data analysis is one tool that supports such decision-making. This course is designed to provide management students with the tools to generate and present data-driven and model-based management recommendations that are meaningful and implementable.
The course focuses on learning basic tools for the collection, analysis, and presentation of data in support of managerial/executive decision-making. Topics will include introductory data and statistical exploration from basic descriptive statistics to population and market estimation, comparison testing and decision-making, sampling design and analysis, and predicting/forecasting using linear regression. Using Excel as an additional tool, the course develops analytical skills to prepare managers to make and to present informed decisions in the overall healthcare sector.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• Instructor: Gary Cox
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• 3 points

Counterfactuals

Counterfactuals play a key role in philosophy, linguistics, psychology, decision theory, game theory, artificial
intelligence, and many other related fields. Our goal for this course is to cover foundational work on
counterfactuals (with some attention paid to indicative conditionals as well). Though our reading list has
a historical component, its primary purpose is to familiarize students with contemporary state of play. We
will focus on distinctions and applications that have become an essential part of the working philosopher’s
toolkit.

• Department: Philosophy
• Instructor: Melissa S Fusco
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• 3 points

Understanding, Epistemology, and Metaphy

This seminar is an investigation into the network of relations between three things: (I) the nature of a domain of entities, including their properties and relations; (II) the capacity to have mental states about them; and (III) the capacity to know and to make reasonable judgements about them. As a subpart of this investigation, as a special case at one level up: we are sometimes concerned with the network of relations between: (I’) the nature of a domain of entities consisting of, or involving, intentional contents themselves, their properties and relations; (II’) the capacity of have mental states about them; and (III’) the capacity to know and make reasonable judgements about them.

• Department: Philosophy
• Instructor: Christopher Peacocke
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• 3 points

Reverse Physics: Set Theory, Determinism

Baroque questions of set-theoretic foundations are widely assumed to be irrelevant to physics. In
this seminar, we will see that they are not. Whether a physical theory is deterministic—whether
it fixes a unique future given the present—can depend on one’s stance on axioms of set theory
about which there is intractable disagreement. This is not a quirk of exotic toy models. It reaches
into the heat equation, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and general relativity. The
seminar builds from the ground up. We begin with the philosophy of determinism: what it
means, why it matters, and how it has traditionally been formalized. We then develop enough set
theory and descriptive set theory to state the key results precisely. In the second half, we work
through the sensitivity results in detail, showing how the content of fundamental physical
theories shifts with the set-theoretic background. We conclude by asking what this means for
debates about mathematical pluralism, scientific realism, and the boundary between mathematics
and physics.

No prior knowledge of set theory or mathematical physics is assumed. The seminar is open to
graduate students in philosophy and, with permission, to advanced graduate students in
mathematics, physics, and related fields.

• Department: Philosophy
• Instructor: Justin Clarke-Doane
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• 3 points

PUB-PRIV PARTSHP-REAL EST DEV

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 1.5 points

AMERICAN SPECTACLE

In this workshop, students will create original writing that is in conversation with American theatrical traditions beyond the proscenium. We will investigate and engage theatrical forms, such as the side show, courtroom drama, violence as spectacle and performance art. The aim is to encourage students to think more expansively and non-traditionally in their approach to writing and making theatre.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Lynn Nottage
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• 3 points

Topics in Smart Electric Energy

Battery Systems

Selected advanced topics in smart electric energy. Content varies from year to year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Navid Asr
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• 3 points

Topics in Smart Electric Energy

Selected advanced topics in smart electric energy. Content varies from year to year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Mohamed Kamaludeen
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• 3 points

Topics in Smart Electric Energy

Selected advanced topics in smart electric energy. Content varies from year to year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• 3 points

MARKET DESIGN

Prerequisites: ECON G6211, ECON G6212. Market Design is an emerging field in economics that attempts to devise a practical scheme for allocating scarce resources to individuals who value them. Its applications involve many important real life problems ranging from allocation of government resources such as public land, fishing/mineral rights, radio spectrum licenses, allocation of school choice and transplantable human organs, assignment of workers to jobs, to placement of advertising in Internet search engines. Mechanism design underpins the field as a general methodological framework, which is in turn operationalized by two branches of theories: 1) Auction Theory and 2) Matching Theory. The course will provide a guide through these theories and discusses a few applications along the way.

• Department: Economics
• Instructor: Yeon-Koo Che
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• 3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: permission of the departmental adviser to Graduate Studies.

• Department: Psychology
• Instructor: Jon B Freeman
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LEASE ANALYSIS & FIN METRICS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Sara B Queen
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• 1.5 points

Architecture of the Japanese Temple

Arch. of Japanese Temple

An introduction to timber-frame architecture, the primary method of construction prior to the 19th century, focusing on its use in Japanese Buddhist temples. While the course should serve as an introduction, it assumes a basic knowledge of the broad outlines of the history of Japan and its art. Weekly lectures will cover major monuments, beginning with Ise Shrine and the introduction of continental timber-frame architecture at Hōryūji, and extending to the early 19th century. Special attention will be devoted to defining the three major rubrics of the
wayō
(“Japanese” style), “Zen-style,” and “Great Buddha Hall” modes that were refined and standardized by the 13th century, along with their infinite variations and recombinations. Topics to be explored throughout the course will include: wood joinery techniques and bracket technology; the development of indigenous
shoin
architecture and its impact on residential architecture; the role of varied Buddhist doctrines in developments of liturgical space; builders’ responses to local environmental and seismic conditions; and the impact of sumptuary laws in the early modern period.

The course will be taught as a series of weekly lectures, and students will be expected to complete and respond to weekly reading assignments. The syllabus focuses primarily on readings available in English, but supplemental reading assignments will also be included for students with a reading knowledge of Japanese.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• Instructor: Matthew P McKelway
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• 3 points

Transforming the Urban Economy

This course focuses on developing cities and transformative initiatives, especially in New York City. This course will examine a wide array of economic development projects and strategies. It will look at the core economic goals set forth nearly two decades ago to diversify the economy and make it less dependent on financial services, while examining the challenges faced by cities today in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Land use policy, incentives, new developments, placemaking initiatives, and approaches to district management will also be studied. Students will gain a broad understanding of how economic development tools and tactics have been leveraged to revitalize central business districts, neighborhoods, the waterfront, and public spaces.

This course will review the effectiveness of public-private partnerships, including business improvement districts (BIDs), local development corporations, and park conservancies.  New York City is the home of the largest network of BIDs in the world. During the course, we will also examine how anchor institutions (
universities, hospitals, cultural organizations
) play an increased role in community revitalization.

• Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
• Instructor: Robert Walsh
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• 3 points

Theories of Secularity

This course will try to study the development of various aspects of theorization of the secular and the transformations of religion under modernity. It will be mainly based on close textual reading of important theoretical arguments representing important stages in the development of these arguments from the time of the Enlightenment to present day academic debates.

The first section will focus on the emergence of theories of a secular state in European philosophy starting with texts from Spinoza, Hobbes, and Hume. We shall also range over some ancillary texts that illustrate the nature of secularist arguments against religious beliefs and practices. The second section will concentrate on the development of the sociological tradition with focus on the works of Fustel de Coulanges, Max Weber and Ernst Troletsch. A short third section will focus on the establishment of religious studies as an academic discipline by looking at the works of a pioneer of this discipline: Wilfred Cantwell Smith. The fourth section will take up for reading and critical examination four different academic discussions in recent years: stemming from the work of Indian debates on secularism, from academic debates about the anthropology of religion, and especially studies of Islam started by the work of Talal Asad and responses it attracted. Finally, we shall take up critical works which revisit arguments from Weber by Charles Taylor and Hans Joas. The final weeks of the course will be devoted to conclusions drawn from these intersecting readings across historical time and space.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• Instructor: Sudipta Kaviraj
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Nonlinear and Adaptive Control

Nonlinear dynamics: Euler-Lagrange equations, Hamilton’s principle, variational calculus; nonlinear systems: fundamentals, examples, stability Notions, linear systems and linearization, frequency domain analysis, discrete time systems, absolute stability, input-to-state stabililty, control design: control Lyapunov functions, sliding mode control, control barrier functions; adaptive control: self-tuning regular, model reference adaptive control, feedback linearization, extremum seeking control, model predictive control, observer design: extended, unscented, and mixture model Kalman filters, moving horizon estimation, high-gain observers; repetitive processes: iterative learning control, learning-adaptive control, repetitive control; optimal control: continuous setting, discrete time setting, constrained optimal control, linear matrix inequality (LMI) constraints, dynamic programming and backward recursion.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Homayoon Beigi
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• 3 points

SOUND: ADVANCED TOPICS I

This class explores advanced topics relating to the production of music by computer. Although programming experience is not a prerequisite, various programming techniques are enlisted to investigate interface design, algorithmic composition, computer analysis and processing of digital audio, and the use of computer music in contexts such as VR/AR applications. Check with the instructor for the particular focus of the class in an upcoming semester. Some familiarity with computer music hardware/software is expected. Permission of instructor is required to enroll.

• Department: Music
• 3 points

LEADERSHIP FOR STAGE MANAGERS I

LEADERSHIP - STAGE MANAGE

Position, people, procedures, and productivity: this class will introduce first year students to the concept of the stage manager as the CE/OO (Chief Executive/Operating Officer) for a production. The primary focus will be on human resources management; organizational charts for both the commercial and not- for-profit arenas will be introduced and “best leadership practices” will be discussed. Texts and reading materials from non-theatrical sources will provide the basis for discussion. An individualized reading- writing project and presentation will spotlight the role of the stage manager within the larger context of theatrical production.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Michael Passaro
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• 3 points

PLANNING FOR JUSTICE IN A LOW CARBON FUT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Javier Lopez
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• 3 points

OPTIMIZATION I

Theory and geometry of linear programming. The simplex method. Duality theory, sensitivity analysis, column generation and decomposition. Interior point methods. Introduction to nonlinear optimization: convexity, optimality conditions, steepest descent, and Newton’s method, active set, and barrier methods.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Vineet Goyal
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• 4.5 points

Machine Learning and High-Dimensional Da

Mchn lrning&Hgh-dmntnl da

Discusses recent advances in fields of machine learning: kernel methods, neural networks (various generative adversarial net architectures), and reinforcement learning (with applications in robotics). Quasi Monte Carlo methods in the context of approximating RBF kernels via orthogonal transforms (instances of the structured technique). Will discuss techniques such as TD(0), TD(λ), LSTDQ, LSPI, DQN.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Krzysztof M Choromanski
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• 3 points

INTRO TO URBAN DATA AND INFORMATICS

INTRO URB DATA + INFORMAT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Timothy J Yoshimura Small
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• 3 points

STAGE MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES I

SM METHODS: CREATING BWAY SHOW

The course aims to offer students a realistic view and understanding of what is involved in maintaining a long-running commercial musical production. Through discussion with professionals and practical presentation we will explore the many and varied aspects of this collaborative industry.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Sarah Harris
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• 3 points

LAW, POLITICS, AND PLANNING PRACTICE

LAW, POLITICS, PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Howard H Slatkin
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• 3 points

STAGE MANAGEMENT & TECHNICAL PRODUCTION

STAGE MGMT. & TECH. PRODU

The class will explore all aspects of modern technical theatre as currently practiced on Broadway. The intent will be to develop the vernacular and concepts necessary for the modern Stage Manager to communicate effectively with their technical departments and to have a more than passing understanding of what problems those departments are forced to cope with in the production scheme.

The ultimate goal being an appreciation and deeper understanding of the work performed by the technical departments, leading to enhanced co-operation on the part of all concerned.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Daniel Hoffman
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• 3 points

ADVANCED PRESERVATION PLANNING & POLICY

ADV PRES PLAN & POLICY ST

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Erica C Avrami
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• 6 points

METROPOLITAN PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Thomas K Wright
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• 1.5 points

AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN NYC

AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEV NY

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 3 points

RESEARCH PROJECT

May be repeated for credit. A special investigation of a problem in nuclear engineering, medical physics, applied mathematics, applied physics, and/or plasma physics consisting of independent work on the part of the student and embodied in a formal report.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Carlos Paz Soldan
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• Instructor: Steven A Sabbagh
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• 1-6 points

Cities in a Globalizing World

Cities such as New York, London, Hong Kong, Sao Paolo, Tokyo and Mumbai, have been at the heart of deepening economic, social and political globalization. International trade, financial flows, the arts, and migration have shaped their process of urbanization and position in national life and they in turn have influenced the character of globalization. Policymakers in global cities have abundant resources at their disposal but face complicated governance challenges due to their size, complexity and deep linkages to the rest of the world. In addition, global cities increasingly must compete for human capital and investment. This course examines the key features of global cities and the main stages of their development. It explores the governance challenges that policymakers in global cities face in the areas of economics, infrastructure, environment, human capital development, and social welfare. For instance, in the area of economic policymaking, students will analyze the importance of agglomeration, economic clusters, economies of scale, and spillovers as well as the possible strategies for gaining a competitive edge over other cities.

• Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
• Instructor: Francisco L Rivera-Batiz
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• 3 points

Central Asian Politics and Security

Central Asian Pol & Secur

This course surveys the politics and history of the five countries of contemporary Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). In addition to imparting a substantive understanding of these countries, the course explores several conceptual lenses through which the region can be analyzed both over time and in comparison with other parts of the world. The first half of the course examines the political history of the region, with particular reference to how policies and practices of the Soviet state shaped the former republics of Soviet Central Asia. The second half turns to special topics at the center of the region’s political and social life today. Coverage of these topics—which include democratization, Islam and the politics of counter-insurgency, women and definitions of the public sphere, the politics of nation-building, and international security—will involve light reading from other regions to provide comparative perspective.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• Instructor: Lawrence Markowitz
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• 3 points

OTHER FRONTIERS IN STAGE MANAGEMENT

OTHER FRONTIERS: DANCE

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Jacqueline Reid
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• 1.5 points

OTHER FRONTIERS IN STAGE MANAGEMENT

OTHER FRONTIERS: OPERA

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• 1.5 points

OTHER FRONTIERS IN STAGE MANAGEMENT

OTHER FRONTIERS: CORP. EVENTS

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Linda Marvel
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• 1.5 points

SUBJECT_OBJECT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Suchi Reddy
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• 3 points

SUPERVISED RESEARCH PAPER

SUPERVISED ESSAY LEGAL PRACT

• Department: Law
• 1 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

MACH LEARNING IN BIO&INF

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Predrag R Jelenkovic
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• 3 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

Adv VLSI DA & Methodology

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Matthew M Ziegler
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• 3 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

GenAI & Modern Deep Learn

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Micah Goldblum
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• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room

Prerequisite: Course Application.
In an era increasingly defined by geopolitical competition, it is more important than ever for future policymakers to understand why and how foreign policy decisions are made. Inside the Situation Room, co-taught by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, employs insights from diverse academic fields—including political psychology, domestic politics, and international relations—and the direct experience of high-level principals in the room to understand the key factors which underpin a nation’s most crucial decisions. This course allows students to engage with a range of case studies and examine decision-making in a variety of historical and contemporary contexts, from the search for Osama bin Laden, to the “red line” in Syria, to negotiating with Iran.

Students will be taught how to analyze and understand the complex interplay between individual psychology, domestic politics, public opinion, bureaucracy, the international environment, and other factors which feed into decisions about foreign policy—from crisis diplomacy to the use of force, signaling and perception, intelligence and its analysis, the deployment of other instruments of statecraft, and more. Through this course, students will think carefully and analytically about how leaders and other actors view the world, how they arrive at their decisions, and how various social, political, and psychological factors shape the policies they devise to promote their interests abroad. For more information, visit: https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/situationroom

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Keren Yarhi-Milo
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THEATRE MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION I

THEATRE MGMT & ADMIN I

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Steven E Chaikelson
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• Instructor: Timothy A Hess
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• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR SIPA Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Lincoln A Mitchell
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR SIPA Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Lincoln A Mitchell
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR SIPA Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Lincoln A Mitchell
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR SIPA Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Lincoln A Mitchell
  Info
• Instructor: Carlos Vargas-Ramos
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR SIPA Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Carlos Vargas-Ramos
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Jayme R Schlesinger
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR ISD Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Jayme R Schlesinger
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR ISD Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Jayme R Schlesinger
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR Undergrad Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Kyle Evanoff
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR Undergrad Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Kyle Evanoff
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR Undergrad Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Kyle Evanoff
  Info
• Instructor: Cybele Chester
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR Undergrad Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Cybele Chester
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR Undergrad Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Cybele Chester
  Info
• Instructor: Garrett A Hinck
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR Undergrad Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• Instructor: Garrett A Hinck
  Info
• 3 points

Probabilistic Models and Machine Learnin

Stat ML: Theory to Practi

Probabilistic Models and Machine Learning is a PhD-level course about how to design and use probability models. We study their mathematical properties, algorithms for computing with them, and applications to real problems. We study both the foundations and modern methods in this field. Our goals are to understand probabilistic modeling, to begin research that makes contributions to this field, and to develop good practices for building and applying probabilistic models.

• Department: Statistics
• Instructor: David Blei
  Wikipedia h-index: 98 Info
• 3 points

Advanced Spoken Language Processing

ADV SPOKEN LANG PROC

Applications of spoken language processing, including text-to-speech and dialogue systems. Analysis of speech and text, including entrainment, empathy, personality, emotion, humor, sarcasm, deception, trust, radicalization, and charisma.

• Department: Computer Science
• Instructor: Julia Hirschberg
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 77 Info
• 3 points

STOCHASTIC MODELING I

Advanced treatment of stochastic modeling in the context of queueing, reliability, manufacturing, insurance risk, financial engineering and other engineering applications. Review of elements of probability theory; exponential distribution; renewal theory; Wald’s equation; Poisson processes. Introduction to both discrete and continuous-time Markov chains; introduction to Brownian motion.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Henry Lam
  h-index: 17 Info
• 4.5 points

BLDG ADAPT & REUSE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 1.5 points

BUDGETING AND REPORTING

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Michael Naumann
  Info
• 3 points

HIST PRESV THEORY & PRACTICE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Jorge Otero-Pailos
  Wikipedia h-index: 12 Info
• 3 points

MAKE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 3 points

COMPUTER COMMUNICATNS NETWORKS

COMPUTER COMMUNCATION NETWORKS

Analytical approach to the design of (data) communication networks. Necessary tools for performance analysis and design of network protocols and algorithms. Practical engineering applications in layered Internet protocols in Data link layer, Network layer, and Transport layer. Review of relevant aspects of stochastic processes, control, and optimization.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Javad Ghaderi
  h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

PRESERVATION PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Erica C Avrami
  Info
• 3 points

INTERNET ECON, ENG & SOCIETY

Mathematical models, analyses of economics and networking interdependencies in the internet. Topics include microeconomics of pricing and regulations in communications industry, game theory in revenue allocations, ISP settlements, network externalities, two-sided markets. Economic principles in networking and network design, decentralized vs. centralized resource allocation, “price of anarchy,” congestion control. Case studies of topical internet issues. Societal and industry implications of internet evolution.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Debasis Mitra
  Wikipedia h-index: 61 Info
• 3 points

ARCH METALS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Richard Peiper
  Info
• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN NETWORKING

TPC:NET VIRTUAL & CLOUD COMPUT

Further study of areas such as communication protocols and architectures, flow and congestion control in data networks, performance evaluation in integrated networks. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6770 to 6779.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Thomas Woo
  Info
• 3 points

ACCOUNTING FOR THEATRE

• Department: Theatre Arts
• Instructor: Robert Fried
  Info
• 3 points

Health Communication

Health Communication has emerged as an important field of theory, research, and practice in the 21st century. As recognized by several public health and global health agendas, well-designed and implemented health communication interventions can have a positive impact on public health and health care outcomes, as well as contribute to advancing health equity. This course will introduce students to the field of Health Communication theory and practice, and its key action areas. It will prepare them to design, implement and evaluate health communication interventions within a systematic, participatory, engaging, process-oriented, and multidisciplinary framework that aims at behavioral, social, and organizational results and ultimately, improved public health outcomes. As health communication is grounded in many theories and principles (e.g., behavioral and social change, marketing, intergroup, sociology, anthropology, cultural-centered and positive deviance theory, mass media and new media theory, medical models, community organizing, social networks, etc.) that are also shared by other disciplines in the public health, health care, and community development fields, these theories will be briefly reviewed as part of session two in relation to their specific application to health communication theory and practice. The planning frameworks and practical exercises discussed and implemented in this course are specific to the field of health communication and provide students with core competencies and practical skills for future work in health communication within the nonprofit, corporate, academic, and government sectors both in the United States and globally.

• Department: General Public Health
• Instructor: Natalie Gyenes
  Info
• 3 points

Health Communication

HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Health Communication has emerged as an important field of theory, research, and practice in the 21st century. As recognized by several public health and global health agendas, well-designed and implemented health communication interventions can have a positive impact on public health and health care outcomes, as well as health equity. This course will introduce students to the field of Health Communication theory and practice, and its key action areas. It will prepare them to design, implement and evaluate health communication interventions within a systematic, participatory, engaging, process-oriented, and multidisciplinary framework that aims at behavioral, social, and organizational results and ultimately, improved public health outcomes.
As health communication is grounded in many theories and principles (e.g., behavioral and social change, marketing, intergroup, sociology, anthropology, cultural-centered and positive deviance theory, mass media and new media theory, medical models, community organizing, social networks, etc.) that are also shared by other disciplines in the public health, health care, and community development fields, these theories will be briefly reviewed as part of session two in relation to their specific application to health communication theory and practice. The planning frameworks and practical exercises included in this course are specific to the field of health communication and provide students with core competencies and skills for future work in health communication within the nonprofit, corporate, academic, and government sectors both in the United States and globally.

• Department: Sociomedical Sciences
• Instructor: Renata Schiavo
  h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN NETWORKING

Massive Content Mining&Di

Further study of areas such as communication protocols and architectures, flow and congestion control in data networks, performance evaluation in integrated networks. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6770 to 6779.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Anwar I Walid
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Data Visualization And Storytelling

Data Visualization & Stor

During this course, students will be introduced to the methods and techniques of creating infographics and data visualizations. They will learn about storytelling and how to create various charts using Tableau Desktop software. Students will also learn the practical aspects of managing a public health data visualization project. Tableau is becoming widely used and is now also connectable to the “big 4” SPSS/SAS/STAT/R, as such it is an essential data analytics tool for understanding and manipulating data for public health. Students will learn methodologies on how to approach public health data to create data visualizations that display statistics in a compelling form in Tableau. This hands-on introductory course will teach students to develop meaningful public health data stories that reveal insights. Students will utilize health data to tell visual stories and develop an aesthetic for presenting their findings to a lay audience.

• Department: Sociomedical Sciences
• 3 points