CIVIL PROCEDURE
- Department: Law
- TWR 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
- TR 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
- MW 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
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Susan P Sturm
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Robin J Effron
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Martin S Flaherty
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Global Leadership Seminar I
The Global Leadership Seminar I is one of the core classes of the MPA in Global Leadership. It provides students with a grounding in the theory and practice of leadership, enables students the opportunity to interface with established leaders across the spheres of government, civil society, and business, and presents students with diagnostic insights to strengthen their leadership toolkits. The course culminates with each student submitting and presenting a plan to address a global policy challenge.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mauricio Cardenas
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HUMAN ANATOMY
- Department: Rehabilitation Medicine (RMED)
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Instructor:
Colleen M Maher
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ISSUES IN POLITICAL THEORY
Prerequisites: the instructors permission prior to registration. A survey of selected issues and debates in political theory. Areas of the field discussed include normative political philosophy, history of political thought, and the design of political and social institutions.
- Department: Political Science
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
David C Johnston
CULPA: 25 Info - 4 points
THEORY & METHOD-STUDY OF RELIG
“Theories and Methods” courses in any field are commonly unwieldy beasts. They cannot but be a compromise-formation between contemporary questions and texts, ideas, and definitions (alongside a whole lot of problems) that we have inherited as “canonical” in a field. In the best case, such a course is a passageway into deeper engagement with a field, its histories, its complexities, and its possibilities from which we might wrest and build viable futures. Disciplinary fields are structures where power and knowledge are produced and reproduced. The study of religion is no exception. The questions of “how is ‘religion’ constructed as a category here?” and “what work does the designation of something or someone as ‘religious’ do?” will, therefore, accompany us throughout our work over the course of this semester. We will also examine how different methodological commitments shape what objects of study and which questions come to the fore for the study of religion. This course will explore how the study of religion is not reducible to the study of traditions and communities that are readily recognized as “religious.” However, the vexed histories of the construction of “religion” as a category of knowledge production does also not negate that there are large, varied, and flourishing communities of practice beyond the university for whom whether or not “religion” exists is not at all a question. Holding these layers of complexity in play, this course seeks to introduce students exemplarily to key texts and concepts that have shaped the study of religion as we encounter it today as an academic discipline.
- Department: Religion
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yannik Thiem
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APPLIED STATISTICS I
First semester of the doctoral program sequence in applied statistics.
- Department: Statistics
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Ming Yuan
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Executive Seminar 1
EXECUTIVE SEMINAR 1: NYC
TMGT’s flagship Executive Seminar, a three-semester course that introduces and develops students’ ability to conceive of, develop, and advocate for the creation of a user-centered product innovation. This discipline is foundational for anyone seeking to create growth for a positive social and/or economic impact.
In this first executive seminar, you will explore how to define, design, and develop a major new technology-based product/service, whether for external or internal markets, as a startup or within an established company. User-centered, product-based innovation is a foundational skill that can be applied broadly, with products, organizations and for personal development. This and each subsequent Executive Seminar will culminate in a Presentation Day in front your peers, faculty and special guests.
Microeconomics & Public Policy
To design and manage successful economic policy professionals need a sophisticated command of modern microeconomics. This course strengthens and extends understanding of microeconomic theory, and gives practice applying it. We study the relationship between market structure and market performance, exploring conditions under which policy intervention can improve market performance, and when it can be counter-productive. Both distributional and efficiency aspects of intervention are stressed. An introduction to formal strategic analysis is included, along with its application in the modern theory of auctions.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- MW 9:20 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ingmar O Nyman
CULPA: 3 Info - 4 points
Statistics & Business Analytics
Stats & Business Analytic
- Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
- W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
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Instructor:
Charles R Guetta
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APPLIED STATISTICS III
Prerequisites: STAT GR6102 Modern Bayesian methods offer an amazing toolbox for solving science and engineering problems. We will go through the book Bayesian Data Analysis and do applied statistical modeling using Stan, using R (or Python or Julia if you prefer) to preprocess the data and postprocess the analysis. We will also discuss the relevant theory and get to open questions in model building, computing, evaluation, and expansion. The course is intended for students who want to do applied statistics and also those who are interested in working on statistics research problems.
- Department: Statistics
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Bianca Dumitrascu
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ORNAMENT&ATTENTION
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Francesco de Angelis
CULPA: 10
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Introduction to Biostatistical Methods
INTRO-BIOSTATISTICAL METH
Like many fields of learning, biostatistics has its own vocabulary often seen in medical and public health literature. Phrases like statistical significance", "p-value less than 0.05", "95% confident", and "margin of error" can have enormous impact in a world that relies on statistics to make decisions: Should Drug A be recommended over Drug B? Should a national policy on X be implemented? Does Vitamin C truly prevent colds? However, do we really know what these terms and phrases mean? Understanding the theory and methodology behind study design, estimation and hypothesis testing is crucial to ensuring that findings and practices in public health and biomedicine are supported by reliable evidence.
- Department: Biostatistics
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Instructor:
Sarah G Ayton
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CONTRACTS
- Department: Law
- TR 2:50 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
- TWRF 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
- TWR 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
- MTW 10:40 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Elizabeth F Emens
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Avery W Katz
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Edward R Morrison
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Jody Kraus
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PROSEMINAR-HISTORICL MUSICOLGY
Introduction to Historical Musicology: the history of the discipline, major areas of research, source materials, and methodological problems.
- Department: Music
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elaine Sisman
CULPA: 13
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Macroeconomic Policy Management
Macroeconomic Policy Mgmt
The course covers major problems and methods in macroeconomics, with particular focus on issues faced by policymakers in small, open economies. Modern macro is characterized by three fundamental features: economic outcomes are determined in general equilibrium; expectations play a crucial role and all analysis must be based on micro-foundations. Firms depend on consumers, who in turn depend on labor income, profits and rents, which are influenced by government decisions and the environment in which they work. Therefore, in general equilibrium, everything is related to everything, and we must carefully analyze how the economy will respond to those forces that can be considered “exogenous.” At the same time, Current behavior crucially depends on expectations about the future and those beliefs are shaped by the credibility of policies, the reputation of policymakers and the likelihood of potential “shocks.” Finally, economic incentives determine actions and we must make sure that our analysis of decision processes is incentive compatible. Macroeconomic outcomes (unemployment, inflation, growth, income distribution) may or may not be optimal and, if they are not, there usually is room for well-designed policy actions to bring us closer to more socially desirable results. In this class we will develop a basic understanding of models and theoretical foundations, but the relevant analytical framework will be presented in the context of current policy dilemmas. Students are expected to build a technical foundation to allow them a reasonably sophisticated understanding of the existing state of economic policy debates. We will discuss theory and evidence on determinants of growth, economic stabilization, inflation, monetary, fiscal and financial policies. Along the way, we will touch on “hot” policy discussions: the future of capitalism and income distribution; policies to generate growth and the role of government; global economic imbalances, secular stagnation and the long decline in risk free interest rates; economic adjustment in the wake of shocks (technology breakthroughs, pandemics, regulatory fads); should advanced economies worry about the high levels of debt or should they engage in fiscal expansion? How about emerging markets with much more limited access to borrowing? How should monetary policy be conducted to attain desired inflation levels? Why does the financial sector play such a crucial role in a modern economy and why do financial meltdowns create such high cost
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Guillermo Mondino
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Statistical Consulting
Prerequisites: STAT GR6102 or instructor permission. The Deparatments doctoral student consulting practicum. Students undertake pro bono consulting activities for Columbia community researchers under the tutelage of a faculty mentor.
- Department: Statistics
- M noon-1:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Regina Dolgoarshinnykh
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
AMERICAN CONTRACT LAW
- Department: Law
- MW 1:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jody Kraus
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COMMUNICATING DATA & STATISTICS
We will learn about and get practice in several aspects of statistical communication, including teaching, writing, collaboration, programming, data display, and visualization of statistical models. After taking this class, you should be able to effectively communicate quantitative information and ideas.
- Department: Statistics
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew Gelman
CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 112 Info - 4 points
THE BODY IN HLTH & DISEASE II
- Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
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Instructor:
John T Grbic
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KINESIOLOGY
- Department: Rehabilitation Medicine (RMED)
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Instructor:
Todd M Bryson
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Statistical Computing with SAS
STATISTICAL COMPUTING WIT
This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street. For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses
- Department: Biostatistics
- W 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brady Rippon
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FUNDAMENTALS OF EVOLUTION
Lectures cover principal topics in evolutionary biology including genetics, genome organization, population and quantitative genetics, the history of evolutionary theory, systematics, speciation and species concepts, co-evolution, and biogeography.
- Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
- MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Deren Eaton
h-index: 15 Info - 3 points
SCREENWRITING THREE
A two-semester intensive screenwriting workshop with one instructor. The Screenwriting 3 and Screenwriting 4 class sequence allows for the careful and more sustained development of a feature-length script. In the fall semester, students further develop an idea for a screenplay and write the first act (approximately 30 pages). In the spring semester, students finish writing the script and, time permitting, begin a first revision.
- Department: Film
- R 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- T 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
- M 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- T 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Christina Lazaridi
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Katherine Dieckmann
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Richard Dresser
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Trey Ellis
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ORAL HISTOLOGY GROWTH & DVLPMT
- Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
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Instructor:
Letty Moss-Salentijn
h-index: 20 Info - 0 points
FICTION SEMINAR
BRIDGING STORIES & NOVELS
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- Department: Writing
- W 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
James Canon
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FICTION SEMINAR
Scandal of Particularity
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- Department: Writing
- F 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Anelise I Chen
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FICTION SEMINAR
Contemp. Pol. & the Novel
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- Department: Writing
- W 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Ruth Franklin
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FICTION SEMINAR
Science in Literature
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- Department: Writing
- T 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Rivka R Galchen
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FICTION SEMINAR
Place in Fiction
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- Department: Writing
- W 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Nalini M Jones
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
FICTION SEMINAR
Word, Sentence, Paragraph
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- Department: Writing
- T 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Binnie Kirshenbaum
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FICTION SEMINAR
Future of the Short Story
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- Department: Writing
- R 1:10 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Benjamin Marcus
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FICTION SEMINAR
FAULKNER AND WORLD FICTION
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- Department: Writing
- M 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Erroll G McDonald
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FICTION SEMINAR
SPECULATIVE FICTION
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- Department: Writing
- F 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Lincoln M Michel
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FICTION SEMINAR
Theory for Writers
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- Department: Writing
- W 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew Salesses
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FICTION SEMINAR
UNHINGED NARRATORS
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- Department: Writing
- T 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Lynn S Strong
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FICTION SEMINAR
BUILDING A SCENE
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- Department: Writing
- W 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Lara Vapnyar
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LEGAL METHODS
- Department: Law
- MTWRF 3:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
- MTWRF 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- MTWRF 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
- MTWRF 1:20 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
- MTWRF 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Jane C Ginsburg
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Richard Briffault
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Philip Bobbitt
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Shyamkrishna Balganesh
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Bernard Harcourt
Wikipedia h-index: 37 Info - 1 points
Private Sector Development Outcomes
Private Sector-Devlp Outcomes
The public sector is increasingly unable to cover the development and investment needs that will be required to improve conditions for the over 3 billion people living in poverty worldwide or to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. In some cases, governments have also shown themselves to be unwilling to shoulder these burdens alone. As a result, we have seen an increasing role and participation of the private sector in addressing many of the world’s greatest challenges, from climate change, to education, to health. Development practitioners have many of the skills needed to effect these changes. They also have a deep understanding of the underlying social, historical and structural issues that contribute to pervasive inequality, poverty and inefficiency. However, these practitioners often lack the language, tools and methods that are most effective for collaborating with the private sector. As more development practitioners will be called upon to work in the private sector, design public/private partnerships and offer advisory services to the private sector, they will need to be armed with the appropriate tools and language. This course seeks to provide these tools in the context of a broader and deeper debate about the role of the private sector, its responsibilities and tensions as it moves into the development space.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Barbara M Magnoni
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Environmental Law and Policy in New York
New York City has positioned itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change, often serving as a model for other jurisdictions to follow. This course explores the development and implementation of environmental legislation and policy in New York City during the past two decades. It includes discussions about historical context, environmental policymaking considerations, political processes, outcomes, and the role of stakeholders such as advocates, business, industry, labor, government actors, and community. Students will gain broad knowledge of key legislation and policies related to sustainability, resiliency, energy, emissions, waste and the circular economy, transportation, water and air quality, and green space. Furthermore, students will consider how environmental justice and equity play a role in the development of legislation and policy, and assess best practices for providing equitable treatment and engaging all communities. While the focus of the class will be on New York City, students will also learn about environmental policies implemented in other jurisdictions.
Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy in New York City is available to students in the Graduate Program for Sustainability Management. It is designed to provide future sustainability practitioners and others with a fundamental understanding of how legislation and policy is made, what influences this development, and how legislation and policy seek to address climate change in New York City in urban environments like New York City. Students will be able to use this knowledge to help government and public and private organizations achieve more sustainable solutions.
This is a semester-long elective class that will be taught on campus. Specific competencies or prerequisites are not required. This course will be interactive and discussion-intensive, engaging students to utilize and reflect critical and analytical thinking about how environmental legislation and policy is developed and how they can create innovative environmental legislation and policy in the future. Students will participate in class discussions, think critically about policy development and assigned readings, write a reaction essay on environmental justice and equity, and present their analysis to classroom colleagues. For the final project, students will write a research report and present their report to the class, focusing on a particular environmental policy topic, identifying areas where policymaking can be improved upon and/or expande
- Department: Sustainability Management
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Laura Popa
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PROPERTY (FOUNDATION)
- Department: Law
- TWR 1:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
- MTW 1:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Shyamkrishna Balganesh
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Instructor:
Michael A Heller
Wikipedia h-index: 20 Info - 4 points
OPERATING SYSTEMS, II
- Department: Computer Science
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jason Nieh
CULPA: 23
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TORTS
- Department: Law
- F 10:40 a.m.-noon
- TR 2:50 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Benjamin L Liebman
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INTRO TO EPID FOR NUTRITIONIST
- Department: Human Nutrition, Institute of
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Jeri W Nieves
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SUMA PS6120 Equity, Policy, and Sustaina
Public policy shapes how our environment, both natural and built, is managed and regulated. Policy not only creates the infrastructure and regulatory frameworks needed to support sustainability goals, but is also critical in establishing an equitable foundation that supports individual and collective change in pursuit of those goals.
This course will serve as an introduction to equity in sustainability policy: We will survey federal, state, and local policies and proposals to understand how we use policy to enhance urban resilience, mitigate environmental impacts, and also promote social and economic justice. Using an interdisciplinary approach that draws from economics, sociology, urban studies, critical theory, and more, students will develop their capacities to read and interpret policy, enhance their understanding of current policy frameworks, and strengthen their ability to engage with emerging policy developments.
Building on contemporary efforts in public policy, we will use an equity lens to focus on the human dimension of sustainability. We will explore policy frameworks and dialogues that foster more equitable outcomes, increase engagement of people most impacted, and contribute to sustainability goals. As an entry point, the course will focus on policies related to climate adaptation and urban sustainability transitions, setting the stage for students to explore equity in urban resilience efforts and to examine intersections of race, class, and other social factors with access to resources.
The course will be discussion-based and center participatory activities (e.g., student-led discussions, paired analyses, team exercises) designed to encourage students to consider policy issues from multiple perspectives—including identifying disparities and assessing opportunities for increasing equity in the sustainability policy sector. The course will also invite scholars and practitioners to share expertise and experience from the field. Students are not expected or required to have any previous experience with policy or law.
- Department: Sustainability Management
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Dan Mathis
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Viral Videos, Generative AI & Geopolitic
Crowdsourced Storytelling
In the era of generative AI, deepfakes and disinformation, visual media have become an essential but perilous tool for human rights organizations, civil society, governments, media outlets, industry and our daily lives. Over the past decade, digital sleuths and journalists have developed methodologies and toolkits to analyze videos and photographs that prove chemical weapons use in Syria, help track human rights abuses in Ukraine, and document police brutality in the United States. And bystander videos continue to spark worldwide protests, as with the killing of George Floyd in 2020. But bad actors are increasingly using fake, distorted and synthetic media to influence narratives, deceive people, business and governments, and sow confusion and conflict in the international community. So how should stakeholders navigate the world of viral media when almost everyone has a camera in their pocket, and can easily and cheaply access image generators? This course will dive into the tools that can help you discover, debunk, verify and use viral videos, user generated content and synthetic media. The course takes advantage of guest speakers to have the most current takes on these issues, and so we will talk to leaders in the emerging industry that will dictate the future of our information ecosystem. Students pursuing journalism may want to tell compelling and trusted stories, while those on a policy track can focus on how to use this kind of media to inform or influence decision makers and the public. Others interested in government or the private sector will also need to address this rapidly changing environment to make critical decisions off of digital content. Through case studies and compelling guest speakers, we will analyze social, business, and geopolitical impacts of this exploding world of visual content, and look at emerging technologies that are helping or hurting people’s ability to trust what they see.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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