Candidates for the M.S. degree may conduct an investigation of some problem in biomedical engineering. No more than 6 points in this course may be counted for graduate credit.
Available only to Master of International Affairs students.
The Thesis program is a rigorous, two-semester sequence that enables a select group of students to produce a substantive, publishable piece of original research or policy analysis. Designed for those seeking to strengthen their analytical, methodological, and writing skills, the program culminates in a thesis of at least 35 pages that may take the form of an academic journal article, a policy essay for a broader audience, or a research report suitable for a think tank. A small cohort is admitted each year, combining structured seminars with individualized faculty mentorship to guide students from proposal development through the completion and defense of their final thesis.
The spring writing seminar centers on independent research and writing, with students meeting regularly with the instructor and Faculty-Resource Person and concluding with a final oral defense. Together, the two courses offer an intensive, mentored pathway for students aiming to bridge scholarly research and practical policy application.
This class is specifically designed to give the 3rd year student an opportunity to learn how to create their own work in a safe and structured environment. The work will be broken into 7 parts and 10 classes.
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research and tutorial in social and cultural anthropology for advanced graduate students.
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research and tutorial in social and cultural anthropology for advanced graduate students.
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research and tutorial in social and cultural anthropology for advanced graduate students.
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research and tutorial in social and cultural anthropology for advanced graduate students.
Before registering, the student must submit an outline of the proposed work for approval by the supervisor and the chair of the Department. Advanced study in a specialized field under the supervision of a member of the department staff. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research and tutorial in archaeology for advanced graduate students.
Guided reading and research on a topic or in a field chosen by the student in consultation with a member of the faculty. Required for Ph.D candidates, ideally during the semester when they prepare the dissertation proposal (prospectus) under the supervision of a potential sponsor.
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research in all divisions of anthropology and in allied fields for advanced graduate students
An internship arranged through the Museum Anthropology program of 10 hrs/week (for 3 credits) or 20 hrs/week (for 6). Involves meaningful work, requires keeping a journal and writing a paper at the completion of the semester. Not to be taken without permission of the program directors, usually after completing the Museum Anthropology core courses.
This course provides a general introduction to mathematical statistics and statistical decision theory for doctoral students in biostatistics. It covers elementary decision theory, Bayes rules, Neyman-Pearson theory, uniformly most power tests, similar tests, uniformly most powerful unbiased tests, confidence sets; basic asymptotic criteria, estimation methods and their asymptotic properties, M-estimators, U-statistics, statistical functionals; likelihood ratio tests, Wald tests, Rao's score tests, and their asymptotic properties, Pitman efficiency. This course will prepare students to their theory qualifying exam.
An internship arranged through the Museum Anthropology program of 10 hrs/week (for 3 credits) or 20 hrs/week (for 6). Involves meaningful work, requires keeping a journal and writing a paper at the completion of the semester. Not to be taken without permission of the program directors, usually after completing the Museum Anthropology core courses.
This course covers basic concepts and methods in applied probability and stochastic modeling. The intended audience is master's and doctoral students in programs such as EE, CS, IEOR, Statistics, Mathematics, and those in the DRO division in the Business School. In terms of prerequisites, basic familiarity with probability theory and stochastic processes will be assumed (an ideal preliminary course is IEOR 6711: Stochastic Modeling I, but a more basic substitute will do as well). The topics and material covered in this course complement those covered in IEOR 6712: Stochastic Modeling II, hence the two courses can be taken simultaneously. The exposition will be (mostly) rigorous, yet intentionally skirting some measure-theoretic details; for those interested in such details they can be found in measure theoretic textbooks and other courses (e.g., Probability Theory I/II given in the statistics/math department).
FILM AF 9120 TV Revision
The goal of TV Revision is to bring in a completed pilot and then completely revise it in one semester. Students will initially present their full scripts for feedback in class discussion, then map a plan for rewriting with their instructor. Deadlines throughout the semester will focus on delivery of revised pages.
The work can range from an intensive page 1 rewrite to focus on selected areas in a script. Reading of all scripts in the workshop and participation in class discussion is required.
There is an application process to select students for the class.
The purpose of the course is to broadly cover topics in Operations Management and Operations Research, as well as areas of interest to the Decision, Risk, and Operations division at CBS. It will consist of 3-hour sessions, each on a different topic, with the intent to introduce you to the topic, pique your interest, expose you to the methodologies and research areas people are working on, and help you think about what types of courses to take in the future in order to prepare yourself for this course. We will ask students to submit a one-page summary of each session or a particular paper discussed in the session. PhD students are invited to take the course and/or select certain sessions to attend. Spring 2022 Faculty instructors (each teaching one session) will be Mark Broadie, Paul Glasserman, Fanyin Zheng, Jing Dong, Will Ma, Hongyao Ma.