MUSEUM ANTHROP:HIST & THEORY

This course will consider museums as reflectors of social priorities which store important objects and display them in ways that present significant cultural messages. Students visit several New York museums to learn how a museum functions.

• Department: Anthropology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
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• 3 points

Global Economic Governance

This course aims at familiarizing students with major issues surrounding global economic governance, exploring both the issues that have been or are now subject to current debates, as well as the institutional questions involved. “Global economic governance” is understood in a broad sense, and thus includes not only global but also regional frameworks, and both formal institutions as well as informal groupings of countries (such as the G7/8 and the G20) and rules of international transactions that have been left to bilateral agreements or are under the domain of national sovereignty but do have global implications. “Economics” is also understood in a broad sense, to include social and environmental issues.

It will start with three general lectures that will place the debates on global governance in relation to those on globalization, and will give a first look at the objectives of international cooperation, the historical evolution of the current governance and typologies of the different rules, organization and governance structures that have been created at varied times. It will then deal in detail with major issues that international cooperation: the role of the UN system, development cooperation, global monetary and financial management, trade and investment, international tax cooperation, and climate change. It will end with discussion of the governance of the system, and a recapitulation of governance issues and reform proposals in light of the global economic developments in the 2008-2019, during COVID-19, and during the current crisis that mixes geopolitical issues with an economic crisis.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Jose A Ocampo
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• 3 points

PROFESSIONAL RESP IN CRIM LAW

• Department: Law
• T 6:20 p.m.-9:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Peggy M Cross
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• 3 points

Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding

Gender, Conflict, & Peacebuild

October 2023 marks 23 years since the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. An additional 9 resolutions have since been adopted. This agenda is the first time in the UN’s 50-year history that women’s experiences and particularly their contributions to the promotion of peace and security in contexts of violent conflict, closed political space and rising extremism is acknowledged. It is also the first time that the need for women’s protection was noted strongly. The resolution marks a clear watershed in the evolving efforts to promote human security as a normative framework for the international community. Although the primary focus is on women, the emerging discourse has drawn increasing attention to the need for gendered analysis – i.e., addressing the conditions/experiences of women, men, intersectionality - in conflict and peacebuilding. The agenda has been prescient for understanding and addressing conflict and insecurity in recent decades. Yet with the abandonment of Afghan women during the US negotiations with the Taliban, and the outbreak of the Ukraine war, the WPS agenda and related human security and peacebuilding agendas of the international system have been under severe strain. 

This intensive 2-day seminar (14 hours) & online review/teamwork will provide an overview of the evolving field of gender, peace and security.  Drawing on empirical research and practice, the modules will address the following issues:


Historical and geopolitical evolution and context in which the WPS and GPS fields have arisen;

Attaining SCR 1325 and the expansion of the WPS policy agenda with attention to subsequent resolutions and key pillars of this agenda – notably women’s participation in peace and security, protection issues, peacekeeping and conflict prevention including conflict related sexual violence.

Implications of the Afghan withdrawal, Ukraine conflict, rising authoritarianism and extremisms on gender, peace and security issues.

Gender analysis and the practical application of a gendered lens to key mediation, security and peacebuilding and security processes.

Experiences and lessons from women’s peace coalitions and women’s contributions to peacebuilding including countering/preventing violent extremism

Discussion of Sexual violence in conflict

Women and peacekeeping including issues of sexual exploitation and abuse

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• S 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini
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• 1.5 points

NUCLEAR MEDICINE PRACTICUM

Practical applications of nuclear medicine theory and application for processing and analysis of clinical images and radiation safety and quality assurance programs. Topics may include tomography, instrumentation, and functional imaging. Reports.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Klaus A Hamacher
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• 3 points

PROF RESP-TRANSACTIONAL LAWYER

• Department: Law
• T 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven Tepper
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• 2 points

ORAL PATHOLOGY

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• Instructor: Elizabeth Philipone
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• 0 points

Mainstreaming Gender in Global Affairs

Mainstream Gender- Global Affr

This course introduces students to gender mainstreaming, gender analysis and intersectionality as theory and method, as well as the associated set of strategies, tools and skills applicable to international and public policy contexts. Through a combination of empirical research, structural theorizing, social critique, and case studies, students will become acquainted with the global dimensions of feminist organizing and policy-making necessary for working in a variety of specialty policy fields such as education, public health, international finance, sustainable development, peace and security, organizational management and economic development.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Kristy Kelly
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• 3 points

FUNDS MANAGEMENT + CAP RAISING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Weidner
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• 1.5 points

MUSIC SINCE 1900

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. Investigation and analysis of styles and techniques of music since 1900, carried out in part through individual projects. (Prior to Spring 2008, the course was titled 20-Century Styles and Techniques.)

• Department: Music
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: George Lewis
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia h-index: 18 Info
• 3 points

HEALTH PHYSICS PRACTICUM

Radiation protection practices and procedures for clinical and biomedical research environments. Includes design, radiation safety surveys of diagnostic and therapeutic machine source facilities, the design and radiation protection protocols for facilities using unsealed sources of radioactivity – nuclear medicine suites and sealed sources – brachytherapy suites. Also includes radiation protection procedures for biomedical research facilities and the administration of programs for compliance to professional health physics standards and federal and state regulatory requirements for the possession and use of radioactive materials and machine sources of ionizing and non ionizing radiations in clinical situations. Individual topics are decided by the student and the collaborating Clinical Radiation Safety Officer.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Peter Caracappa
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• 3 points

Modern Urban Terrorism

This course will focus on contemporary urban terrorism, as it is most relevant to New York City and other Western urban centers. While the course will touch upon a variety of different types of terrorism like white supremacist terrorism among others, the primary focus will be on violent Islamist terrorism (al-Qaeda/ISIS). The first part of this course will be more theoretical starting with a historical perspective, methodology on how to approach to problem, the importance of ideology and the evolution of this wave of terrorism, including the role of the Internet. In the second half of the course, several case studies relevant to New York City and other important Western cities will be analyzed. Finally, the course will end with a discussion of disengagement from terrorism and group project which allows study of a variety of different terrorist campaigns against urban environments.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Mitchell D Silber
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• 3 points

Conflict Resolution

This course introduces the study and practice of international conflict resolution, providing students with a broad understanding of the subject and a framework for approaching more specific strands of study offered by CICR. Can a war be stopped before it starts? Is it realistic to talk about ‘managing’ a war and mitigating its consequences? What eventually brings adversaries to the negotiating table? How do mediation efforts unfold and how are the key issues resolved? Why do peace processes and peace agreements so often fail to bring durable peace? Students will address these and other fundamental questions in order to develop an understanding of international conflict resolution.

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

REGULATION OF FINANCIAL INST

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• MW 10:40 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Lev Menand
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• 3 points

COMMERCIAL FINANCE

• Department: Law
• TWR 10:40 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Ronald Mann
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• 4 points

Writing About War: Seeking Narratives in

This intensive writing seminar explores the special challenges of creating narrative and assessing truth claims in the context of violent conflict. In this course, you will grow as a writer through extensive practice reporting, writing, revising your work, and editing your peers. We will engage with a pressing matter of our age: how to evaluate facts and context and create compelling and precise narratives from the fog of war. A growing swathe of the world, including many countries that are nominally not at war, are currently experiencing pre- or post-conflict conditions. Through discussions, reading, and writing, seminar participants will learn the mechanics of covering conflict and the politics of war- and peace-making. We will read accounts produced in journalism, policy analysis, advocacy, literature, and philosophy. Students will produce original reported narrative writing about conflict, which they may try to place for publication. Students will have to write or revise an original piece almost every week. The skill set cultivated by this class will help anyone write about violent conflict (which includes its prelude and aftermath), whether they plan to do so for a reporting-driven NGO, as a policy analyst, or as a journalist. This course emphasizes good writing and critical thinking; grades will reflect participation, effort, clarity of thought, originality of reporting, and successful narrative craft. Students can draw on their own experiences and contacts – as well as the great wealth of resources in New York City – for story ideas and sources

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Athanasios Cambanis
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• 3 points

AMAZONIA SEMINAR

Course addresses the assumptions upon which community-based conservation and development projects are based, their successes and shortcomings within the context of history and the environment.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez
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• 3 points

Principles of Epidemiology I

PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOG

Epidemiology is one of the pillars of public health. Epidemiologists study the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations; they also develop and test ways to prevent and control disease. The discipline covers the full range of disease occurrence, including genetic and environmental causes for both infectious and noninfectious diseases. Increasingly, epidemiologists view causation in the broadest sense, as extending from molecular factors at the one extreme, to social and cultural determinants at the other. This course introduces students to the theory, methods, and body of knowledge of epidemiology. Principles of Epidemiology is designed for students in all fields of public health. The primary objective of the course is to teach the basic principles and applications of epidemiology.

• Department: Epidemiology
• WR 5:30 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Department: ONLINE MS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
• S 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Melissa Dupont
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• 3 points

LIT/RES-LAT AMER/CARIB STUD I

• Department: Latin-American & Carib RS
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gustavo S Azenha
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• 4 points

Microeconomic Analysis for International

The objective of this course is to provide the students with the analytical tools used in economics. This course is the first part of a one-year sequence and focuses on microeconomic theory. At the end of the semester you will be able to understand the basic conceptual foundation of microeconomics and how microeconomic analysis can be used to examine public policy issues. The approach of the course is analytical, but you will also be required to discuss concrete applications. Finally one objective of the course is to serve as an introduction for more advanced or specialized economic classes.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• TR 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• TR 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• MW 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• MW 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• MW 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
• F 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• F 12:20 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
• F 3:40 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• R 2:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Emanuele Gerratana
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• 3 points

TRANSLATION WORKSHOP

LIT TRANSLATION WRKSHP

• Department: Writing
• R 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• R 4:15 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
• M 4:15 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Susan Bernofsky
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• Instructor: Michael Moore
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• Instructor: Yasmine Seale
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• 3 points

LOCAL ANESTHESIA

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

MODERN GEOMETRY

Manifold theory; differential forms, tensors and curvature; homology and cohomology; Lie groups and Lie algebras; fiber bundles; homotopy theory and defects in quantum field theory; geometry and string theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Chiu-Chu Liu
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• 4.5 points

Regulating Reproduction: Care, Procreati

The organization and regulation of reproduction varies considerably across societies, but everywhere it directly impacts, and is impacted by, gender relations. These relations are generally marked by inequalities that not only distinguish the life chances of individuals on the basis of sex and gender but also reflect intersectional factors including race, class, ethnicity, national origin and religion. For the last several decades, the organization of reproduction has been intensely contested. Who can, must, should or should not bear or care for children and how; what is a family and who can form one; who is a child, a mother or father; what implications flow from these statuses for individual rights and obligations within or beyond families and how do they impact life chances; and, how do individual reproductive rights relate to other public policy concerns, such as nation-building, population declines, or the migration of care workers? Questions such as these are at the center of seemingly ceaseless debates between social movements, national governments and international organizations. This course explores these issues, primarily through the lens of states of the “global north”, by focusing on care and procreation.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Yasmine Ergas
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

INTRO ORAL/MAXILLOFACIAL SURGY

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

MODERN STATE/COLONIAL SUBJECT

On the development of legal thought on the colonial subject. Focus on the American Indian in the New World, post-1857 India, indirect rule in post-Mahdciyya Sudan and South Africa, and Israel/Palestine

• Department: Anthropology
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS I-DIS

• Department: Economics
• F 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Myunghyun Song
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• 0 points

ADV CON LAW: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

• Department: Law
• MW 2:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Philip Hamburger
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• 3 points

MATH METHODS FOR ECONOMISTS

Prerequisites: multi-variable differential calculus, linear algebra and basic real analysis. Introduction to the mathematical techniques needed for the study of economics and econometric methods. Topics include the vector spaces, Hilbert spaces, Banach spaces, linear transformations; optimization theory, and linear differential and difference equations.

• Department: Economics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer La'O
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• 4 points

CONSTITUTION & FOREIGN AFFAIRS

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• TR 2:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Lori F Damrosch
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• 3 points

CREATING A PLAY

The goal of the Fall Semester is to create a rough draft of a one-act play or the first act of a full-length play. The first four weeks will be devoted to writing assignments - both in class and outside - to stimulate the identification of personal themes, interests or questions that can inspire a story. This rest of the semester will be dedicated to crafting a draft that reflects conscientious investigation.

The Spring Semester will provide the opportunity for each student to hone her/his play through further drafts into a finished work. Students will serve as dramaturges for each other. The semester will end with presentations of the completed plays. Each presentation is the responsibility of the author.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Leslie Ayvazian
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• 3 points

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

Supernatural Poetics

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• W 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Katrine O Jensen
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• 3 points

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

Tracing the Uncanny

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• T 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeremy Tiang
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS I

Corequisites: ECON G6410 and the director of graduate studies' permission. Introduction to probability theory and statistical inference.

• Department: Economics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• 4 points

PROSEMINAR-ETHNOMUSICOLOGY I

Introduction to Ethnomusicology: the history of the discipline and the evolution of theories and methods. G6412, Proseminar in Ethnomusicology II: Contemporary Ethnography is offered Fall 2012.

• Department: Music
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra M Ciucci
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• 3 points

COMPARATIVE POLITICS SURVEY I

This is the first course in the two-semester sequence surveying covering foundational research in comparative politics across the developed and developing world. The course is designed for Ph.D. students preparing for comprehensive exams and who intend to conduct research relating to comparative politics, and has two core objectives. The first objective is to expose students to a range of arguments organized around questions motivating major research agendas in comparative politics. The second objective is to expose students to processes of theorizing, hypothesis formation, and testing and to strengthen students’ analytical skills in evaluating and critiquing political science research. It should go without saying that these two classes cannot exhaustively cover the many important works, topics, and methodologies in the field.

The Fall semester of this sequence will primarily focus on citizen-level and politician-level behaviors, while the Spring semester will focus on more macro-level institutions and applications of the building blocks covered in this course. However, it is not necessary to take the classes in a particular order.

• Department: Political Science
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Victoria Murillo
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• 4 points

The Real Picasso

Picasso’s work is the great kaleidoscope through which 20th-century art passes: from its beginnings in Cubism through which the world is given as though through cut crystal; to the commercial forms of collage; to the presage of surrealist anguish; and, finally, to an untoward neo-classicism. The result of this restless exploration is the invention of multiple formal languages, which need to be deciphered in spite of the perverse literature on the subject which insists on transposing this into the art-historical language of iconography. The literature is rich with the analytic struggles between the great Picasso scholars: William Rubin, Leo Steinberg, and Picasso’s biographer, John Russel. The skirmishes over the “iconography” of cubism extends to the interpretation of the work’s relation to “primitivism.” This controversy has given rise to yet a new vector on Picasso’s work: structuralism and semiotics.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Rosalind Krauss
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• 3 points

Econometrics III

This is the first course of the second year PhD econometrics sequence with emphasis on both economic applications and computationally intense methods for analysis of large and/or complex models. Students can attend the whole sequence or only one of them. While the details of the econometric techniques will be discussed extensively, the core and focus of the course is on the applications of these techniques to the study of actual data. Students will be practiced in econometric methods through computer-based exercises.

Prerequisites: Students should have a good understanding of graduate econometrics and should have taken ECON G6411 and G6412.

• Department: Economics
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

PARTNERSHIP TAXATION

• Department: Law
• MW 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• 3 points

PROGRAM EVAL IN SOCIAL SVCS

• Department: Social Work
• T 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• W 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• Instructor: David B Howard
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• Instructor: Eri Noguchi
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• 3 points

INTRO-THEORY OF ELASTICITY I

Analysis of stress and strain. Formulation of the problem of elastic equilibrium. Torsion and flexure of prismatic bars. Problems in stress concentration, rotating disks, shrink fits, and curved beams; pressure vessels, contact and impact of elastic bodies, thermal stresses, propagation of elastic waves.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 9:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

SECURITIES REGULATION

Prerequisites: L6231 This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• MTW 10:40 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: John C Jr Coffee
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• 4 points

Communicating in Organizations

Communicating in Organizations is a survey course that explores aspects of day-to-day managerial communication relating to presentations and other high-profile moments and more familiar elements of interpersonal communication. The course uses many teaching techniques: short lectures, individual and group exercises, video-recorded presentations, role plays, case discussions, video clips, and writing assignments. It is highly experiential, with exercises or presentations scheduled in most sessions. Initially, we’ll focus on the communication skills and strategies that help you present your ideas to others.  I’ll ask you to do two benchmark assignments―a letter and a brief presentation―to assess the abilities you bring to the course. In several of our class sessions, you’ll be the one “in front of the room,” delivering either a prepared talk or brief, impromptu comments. Such assignments will allow you to develop your skills as a presenter.  I’ll also discuss the link between listening and speaking, showing you how developing your listening skills will improve your effectiveness as a speaker.  And we’ll explore several elements of visual communication, including how to design effective visual aids and written documents. To communicate effectively in such roles as coach, interviewer, negotiator, or facilitator, you need to be skilled at listening, questioning, observing behavior, and giving feedback.  We’ll practice each of these skills in-class exercises and assignments. The Social Style instrument will provide detailed feedback about how others view your communication style. You’ll discover how style differences may lead to miscommunication, missed opportunities, or mishandled conflict.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Joann P Baney
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• 3 points

FEDERAL COURTS

• Department: Law
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Kellen R Funk
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• 4 points

Digital Case Study Projects

This semester-long SIPA class is a project-based course designed to help introduce students to documentary film technique, and help student teams produce documentaries on local issues. The course offers rich custom-produced guides to 
smart phone filming
, 
interviewing technique
, 
field production
 and editing, as well as small group mentoring sessions and workshops. Teams will receive gear, training, and funds for local filming costs. All films will participate in an end-of-semester film festival, together with other partner institutions. This class is open to all SIPA Students.

Cases created will be shared on platforms such as
SIPA’s Public Policy Case Collection
. Students will have opportunities to interact with guest speakers from Discovery Channel, PBS and National Geographic, as well as with other cohorts of this class being offered across the world as part of the Open Society University Network.

This class and training allow students to use gear and seek funding for MPA-DP summer placement projects in the Capstone video projects in the spring and summer of 2024. It is taught by Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker Adam Stepan, PhD.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam Stepan
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• 3 points

The Jurisprudence of Crime: Interdiscipl

JURISPRUDENCE OF CRIME

• Department: Law
• TR 10:40 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: George P Fletcher
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• 3 points

FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW

• Department: Law
• TR 1:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Richman
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• 3 points

APPLIED QUANTUM OPTICS

An introduction to fundamental concepts of quantum optics and quantum electrodynamics with an emphasis on applications in nanophotonic devices. The quantization of the electromagnetic field; coherent and squeezed states of light; interaction between light and electrons in the language of quantum electrodynamics (QED); optical resonators and cavity QED; low-threshold lasers; and entangled states of light.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
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• 3 points

Beyond Crises in Latin America Finan

Latin America is much more than a series of economic crises that have regularly punctured the region’s growth path. But a full understanding of the region requires grappling with the recurrent crises of the past two and a half decades. This seminar will focus on the region’s three largest economies by examining three pivotal moments: Brazil’s crisis of 2003, Argentina’s crisis of 2001 and Mexico’s peso crisis of 1994 and then using each of the historical episodes as a basis to analyze the current outlook in each of the economies—Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. We will examine each episode with particular focus on the perspective of institutional investors as well as the role that financial markets played in precipitating the crises and in shaping the economic aftermath. The instructor has spent more than two decades on Wall Street working closely with institutional investors as well as policy makers in the region in his capacity as chief Latin American economist and will draw on his experiences as students revisit three major turning points in the region and explore the current outlook in the region’s largest economies. The course is designed to allow students in a small class setting to apply the macroeconomic theory they have learned in previous courses both to probe three pivotal turning points in the region as well as to analyze the current economic outlook in the region’s largest economies. A special focus will be placed on how research is conducted in financial institutions along with the perspective of a financial markets practitioner. Guest lecturers, including institutional investors, will also be invited to provide students with an opportunity to learn from financial market participants who are grappling with the macroeconomics issues being explored in class. During each session, the instructor will summarize the main ideas on the policy issue or case study of the day as well as guide the class in a discussion of the topics.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gray Newman
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• 3 points

INTRO TO TRANSPORTATION PLAN

Prerequisites: A4404: or the instructor's permission Discussion of major issues in transportation at several levels, from national to local, and covering the economic, political, and social implications of decision-making in transportation. Current topics and case studies are investigated.\n \n

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel Weinberger
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• 3 points

Economic Theory of Climate Change

Econ Theory of Climate Ch

The dramatic rise of the world's population in the last two centuries, coupled with an even more dramatic acceleration of economic development in many parts of the world, has led to an unprecedented transformation of the natural environment by humans. In particular, on account of the greenhouse effect, global climate change has emerged as an existential problem, unrivaled in its potential for harm to life as we know it. The aim of this course is to examine the economics of climate change in a systematic fashion, with an emphasis on economic theory. Topics of coverage can include welfare economics, the theory of dynamic games, dynamic commons problems, club theory, hold up, and endogenous treaty emergence.

• Department: Economics
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Prajit K Dutta
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

Conflict in the 21st Century: Rethinking

After a long period of decline, conflict is on the rise; the nature of conflict is also evolving, as new actors and new battlefields emerge, blurring the line that separates war and peace. We must adapt our strategies and tactics for conflict prevention and conflict resolution. The course will help students develop a conceptual framework for the understanding and resolution of contemporary conflicts, but it will be taught from a practitioner’s perspective, with a strong emphasis on policy challenges and dilemmas. When possible, practitioners who have been involved in the resolution of conflicts will contribute to the discussion. Each class discussion will be structured by specific questions which will confront students with conceptual, operational and ethical choices.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Jean-Marie Guehenno
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• 3 points

THE ECONOMICS OF LABOR I

Prerequisites: completion of 1st year graduate program in Economics, or the instructor's permission plus passage of the math qualifying exam. Introduction to labor economics, theory and practice.

• Department: Economics
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Sandra Black
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• 3 points

THE LAW OF GENOCIDE

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• F 1:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
• 2 points

ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION

Prerequisites: (ECON GR6211 and ECON GR6212 and ECON GR6215 and ECON GR6216 and ECON GR6412 and ECON GR6411 and This course will provide an overview of current research on the economics of education. The course will pay special attention to: i) the use of credible research designs, and ii) the use of theory in evaluating the mechanisms that underlie the identied eects

• Department: Economics
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sebastian Otero
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• 3 points

Economic Espionage

Intelligence activities are traditionally thought to comprise the activities of a nation state’s intelligence organizations attempting to steal secrets, usually those pertaining to national security, from the organizations of another nation state.  However, intelligence activities have seldom, if ever, been confined to the government sphere.  Most nation states have employed their national intelligence systems to steal privately held economic information from other countries to benefit their economies: many continue to do so. Private enterprises have long employed methodologies associated with “traditional” intelligence to obtain trade secrets from domestic and foreign competitors.  The establishment of a legal and ethical framework to govern this activity –- the discipline of “competitive intelligence’, is a relatively recent phenomenon. This course will examine in depth the interaction of intelligence and private sector on these three levels.  Part one of the course will cover economic espionage: the deliberate targeting of private sector entities by foreign intelligence services.  Soviet/Russian and Chinese conduct of Economic Espionage will be discussed in detail.  A separate class will examine the prevalence of economic espionage among democratic nations, usually considered allies of the United States in both theory and practice.  The U.S. attitude towards economic espionage, and the U.S reaction to the threat, will be the subject other class meetings. The course will then move on to industrial espionage, companies spying on other companies, and its’ more socially acceptable counterpart, competitive intelligence.   The course will conclude with an in-depth look at the development of the private intelligence sector, and rare instances of private sector espionage against a government entity, including the notorious “Fat Leonard” conspiracy to penetrate and suborn the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: David Gutschmit
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• 3 points

LARGE LAW FIRM

• Department: Law
• T 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• 2 points

ADV CON LAW: TPCS IN FED COURTS

• Department: Law
• TR 10:40 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Henry P Monaghan
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• 3 points

ARTISTIC RESEARCH

This graduate course is designed to explore the ways in which research can be approached through artistic practices. Through interdisciplinary approaches, students will explore and develop the use of artistic methodologies in their research practices, culminating in a final multidisciplinary art project that demonstrates the integration of these practices into their research.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• M 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Jose Contreras
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• 3 points

Humanitarian Advocacy: Ethics, Methods,

HA: Ethics, Methods, Imp

According to the Global Humanitarian Overview, in 2023, 339 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection that is one in every 23 people. This is a significant increase from the 274 million people at the beginning of 2022. The UN and partner organizations aim to assist 230 million people most in need across 68 countries, which will require $51.5 billion. Expanding global humanitarian needs, rising operational costs and commodity prices and high inflation in 2023, and complex geopolitics are contributing to a significant rise in requirements. The drivers of humanitarian needs are complex and multifaceted and so are the solutions. The operating environment has also become more challenging and aid workers are under attack. In this context, effective humanitarian advocacy is key to reducing humanitarian needs, raising funds, and for an effective humanitarian response.

Students will examine the meaning of humanitarian advocacy and how humanitarian advocacy has evolved over the years to date, the principles, ethics and dilemmas, and the audience and stakeholders, issues and priorities. Through a series of lectures, case studies, and a review of advocacy approaches, students will learn about the different humanitarian advocacy tools, tactics, approaches and partnerships, and how and when to deploy them. Students will have a critical understand of what comprises effective humanitarian advocacy and have an opportunity to design a humanitarian advocacy strategy.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Ruth Mukwana
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• 3 points

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

See Law School Curriculum Guide for details.

• Department: Law
• W 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Sobelsohn
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• 2 points

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS

Introduction to optical interconnects and interconnection networks for digital systems. Fundamental optical interconnects technologies, optical interconnection network design, characterization, and performance evaluation. Enabling photonic technologies including free-space structures, hybrid and monolithic integration platforms for photonic on-chip, chip-to-chip, backplane, and node-to-node interconnects, as well as photonic networks on-chip.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Keren Bergman
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 69 Info
• 3 points

Human Rights Research and Reporting

Human Rights Research & Report

In the global context of the rise of anti-rights populism, human rights activism requires increasingly sophisticated approaches on the part of human rights activists. Technological developments have enabled new kinds of cybersurveillance and other threats to human rights; as well as new methodological approaches for documenting human rights violations from geo-spatial analysis to open source investigations. Emerging areas of work from disability rights to a growing focus on economic and social rights has created demands for new approaches to identifying, documenting and rights violations. The seasoned human rights activist needs quantitative skills as well as the ability to sensitively interview victims and witnesses or assess a morgue report. An ever more hostile environment for human rights with “fake news” deployed as rebuttal by autocrats – as well as the possibility of creating “deep fakes” through artificial intelligence - has intensified the stakes for research and the need for rigor. This course seeks to introduce practical skills of a human rights investigator: how to identify and design a research project, how to conduct the research, and how to present compelling findings and principled but pragmatic recommendations to the public, media and advocacy targets. There will be a strong emphasis on practical engagement, and students will be expected, in group work, to develop project concepts and methodological approaches to contemporary human rights problems. Each week, they will review and discuss in class new reporting from human rights investigations by journalists and human rights activists. They will also hone their writing skills to present human rights findings in a clear, concise and compelling manner, whether in internal memos, press releases, or detailed public reports. Guest speakers from diverse parts of the global human rights movement will present their experiences and advice.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew C Heinrich
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• 3 points

International Humanitarian Law and Inter

Intl Hum Law & Crim Law

This course,
crafted for non-lawyers
, elucidates
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in War
, intertwining law, history, politics, and technology. It
decodes treaty texts
and wartime incidents, stressing the impact of international rules on wartime behavior. It builds crucial
analytical and argumentation skills
for handling humanitarian crises and understanding war crime prosecution. It offers
essential knowledge
of international humanitarian law, focusing on protections for war victims, particularly vulnerable groups, humanitarian assistance and relief operations, challenges to humanitarian law by modern warfare and the prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

 

Building on
interactive elements such as
'jigsaw activities' and role-playing simulations, the course cultivates an
engaging, collaborative environment
. Participants will formulate
legally sound

policy proposals
tackling fundamental challenges to humanitarian law rules, the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, use of POW video on streaming platforms, blockading trade with commodities and foodstuffs the persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya. Through the application of
case studies
from historical and contemporary conflicts, such as those in Ukraine, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Palestine, we will probe into the critical rules of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). including the abduction of children, attacks on train stations, attacks on medical units and white helmet staff in Syria, blockading Yemeni ports, the persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya, and starving civilians in Ethiopia.
Key research areas
, such as artificial intelligence, climate-induced conflicts, nuclear installation protection, urban warfare and war crimes punishments with hybrid courts, will be explored. These case studies will also enable the course participants us to explore the role of the International Criminal Court and other criminal courts in the prosecution of war crimes.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Horst Fischer
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• 3 points

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: Completion of 1st year graduate program in Economics, or the instructor's permission. The standard model of economic behavior describes a perfectly rational, self interested utility maximizer with unlimited cognitive resources. In many cases, this provides a good approximation to the types of behavior that economists are interested in. However, over the past 30 years, experimental and behavioral economists have documented ways in which the standard model is not just wrong, but is wrong in ways that are important for economic outcomes. Understanding these behaviors, and their implications, is one of the most exciting areas of current economic inquiry. This course will study three important topics within behavioral economics: Bounded rationality, temptation and self control and reference dependent preferences. It will draw on research from behavioral economics, experimental economics, decision theory, psychology and neuroscience in order to describe the models that have been developed to explain failures of the standard approach, the evidence in support of these models, and their economic implications.

• Department: Economics
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Dean
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 26 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED TEACHING ASSISTANCE

Prerequisites: permission of the faculty member who will direct the teaching. Participation in ongoing teaching.

• Department: Psychology
• Instructor: Katherine T Fox-Glassman
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

Quantitative Analysis I for Internationa

This survey course introduces students to the fundamentals of statistical analysis. We will examine the principles and basic methods for analyzing quantitative data, with a focus on applications to problems in public policy, management, and the social sciences. We will begin with simple statistical techniques for describing and summarizing data and build toward the use of more sophisticated techniques for drawing inferences from data and making predictions about the social world. The course will assume that students have little mathematical background beyond high school algebra. Students will be trained on STATA. This powerful statistical package is frequently used to manage and analyze quantitative data in many organizational/institutional contexts. Because each faculty member takes a somewhat different approach to teaching this course, students should examine each professors syllabus to understand the differences.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• F 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Doru Cojoc
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• 3 points

PLAYWRITING I

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Rogelio Martinez
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• 3 points

ACMEISM

• Department: Slavic Languages
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Valentina Izmirlieva
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 4 points

Quantitative Analysis II for Internation

Prerequisites: SIPA U6500

This course is the second semester in the SIPA statistics sequence, extending the multiple regression framework introduced in the first semester as a tool for policy analysis and program evaluation (also known as 
econometrics
). The first half of the course will focus largely on the fundamentals of multiple regression analysis for causal inference. The second half builds on this foundation and introduces experimental and quasi-experimental methods that are widely used in empirical research. Additional topics on data collection, statistical analysis and interpretation will also be covered to help students become thoughtful consumers of statistical analysis for public policy. Students will receive instructional support in Stata to carry out regression analysis and complete assignments. Assignments and supplementary topics may vary by instructor, please review syllabi for further details.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Harold B Stolper
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• 3 points