CORPORATE FINANCE

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and STAT UN1201 An introduction to the economics principles underlying the financial decisions of firms. The topics covered include bond and stock valuations, capital budgeting, dividend policy, market efficiency, risk valuation, and risk management. For information regarding REGISTRATION for this course, go to: http://econ.columbia.edu/registration-information.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Wolfenzon
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• 3 points

ISLAMIC LAW

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Brinkley Messick
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 3 points

THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY:PSYCH OF STRAT DEC

Prerequisites: (PSYC UN2235) or equivalent course on judgment and decision-making A seminar course exploring strategic decision making (also known as behavioral game theory). This course examines the psychology underlying situations in which outcomes are determined by choices made by multiple decision makers. The prime objective will be to examine the use of experimental games to test psychological theories.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 6:15 p.m.-9:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Eric J Schoenberg
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• 3 points

World Cinema: Latin America

An overview of the major developments in the art and industry of cinema in Latin America, ranging from its earliest days to the most recent works of the digital era. Especially since the Sixties, Latin American filmmakers have developed dynamic national cinemas that have sought to tell their own stories in their own ways—even when those accounts often reveal problems and contradictions within their societies. The impact on Latin American filmmakers of international movements such as neorealism, modernism,
cinema vérité
, postmodernism and digital cinema will be addressed. Among the filmmakers to be studied are Luis Buñuel, Glauber Rocha, Raúl Ruiz and Lucrecia Martel.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard A Pena
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

World Cinema discussion section

An overview of the major developments in the art and industry of cinema in Latin America, ranging from its earliest days to the most recent works of the digital era. Latin American filmmakers, especially since the Sixties, have developed dynamic national cinemas that have sought to tell their own stories in their own ways—even when those accounts often reveal problems and contradictions in their societies. The interaction of Latin American filmmakers with international movements such as neorealism, modernism, cinema vérité, postmodernism and digital cinema will be addressed. Among the filmmakers to be studied will be Luis Buñuel, Glauber Rocha, Raúl Ruiz and Lucrecia Martel.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• M 9 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
• M 3 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• M 6 p.m.-7:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Adelaide A Pallincourt
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• Instructor: Juan Paulo Laserna
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• Instructor: Soumya Vats
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• 0 points

Black Film and Media

African American Film & M

This course examines the historical and theoretical issues concerning the representation of African Americans in film and media. The course will provide a historical overview while focusing on key themes, concepts, and texts.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Aimee Dixon
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• 3 points

Digital Storytelling I

What does interaction have to do to storytelling? How do we tell stories within media that are non-linear, including games, virtual reality, and immersive theater? How can we craft narratives that emerge from the dynamics of interaction, narratives experienced through exploration and choice? What design strategies exist regarding an understanding of character, plot, drama, time, space, and event within interactive fictions? This course will take a close look at the mechanics of storytelling within dynamic media, exploring connections between interactivity and narrative experience. The course will examine examples ranging from the design of Live Action Role Playing games to massively multi-player experiences, from hypertext to tarot cards, from Oculus to Punchdrunk. Given the necessity of a digital class environment, the course will be conducted on Zoom for class time. Students will be expected to have cameras active and be in environments in which they can speak during class. The class will also use an online whiteboard system called Miro, and students will be expected to be on Miro during class time. Links for these online tools are permanent and can be found here:
https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/s/98002299299

https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_klidXhc=/
Each class after the introduction week will be divided into three parts:  a discussion section led by the instructor, an in-class exercise or peer review on Miro, and a reading circle discussion in breakout rooms. Students are expected to take part in all three aspects of each class.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 6:15 p.m.-9:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicholas Fortugno
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• 3 points

VIROLOGY

The basic thesis of the course is that all viruses adopt a common strategy. The strategy is simple: 1. Viral genomes are contained in metastable particles. 2. Genomes encode gene products that promote an infectious cycle (mechanisms for genomes to enter cells, replicate, and exit in particles). 3. Infection patterns range from benign to lethal; infections can overcome or co-exist with host defenses. Despite the apparent simplicity, the tactics evolved by particular virus families to survive and prosper are remarkable. This rich set of solutions to common problems in host/parasite interactions provides significant insight and powerful research tools. Virology has enabled a more detailed understanding of the structure and function of molecules, cells and organisms and has provided fundamental understanding of disease and virus evolution. The course will emphasize the common reactions that must be completed by all viruses for successful reproduction within a host cell and survival and spread within a host population. The molecular basis of alternative reproductive cycles, the interactions of viruses with host organisms, and how these lead to disease are presented with examples drawn from a set of representative animal and human viruses, although selected bacterial viruses will be discussed.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Vincent R Racaniello
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

REAL ESTATE FINANCE I

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Patrice Derrington
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• 3 points

MAKING WITHOUT OBJECTS

Prerequisites: VIAR UN2300 (Formerly R3302) Laboratory in Relational Art; Sculpture without Objects The purpose of this class will be to explore the function of Relational Aesthetics in contemporary art practice and to develop ideas about the role of context in art, as the students develop their own site-specific works and research historical precedents for art designed to be exhibited in non-traditional venues. This course will also prepare students for professional work preparing art for venues of that type. This class will be structured around studio work, with an emphasis on the development and production of a final site-specific project. In order to foster students’ growth and ongoing investigation into the nature of contemporary sculpture, the class will also be comprised of slide lectures, visits to local artists’ studios, and galleries, as well as various public art projects throughout the city. As the semester progresses, the emphasis will gradually be shifted from research to intensive studio work on a final project, often a proposal for a site-specific work in a non-traditional venue. Generally, the first half of each class session will be dedicated to lecture and discussion, while the second half will be dedicated to individual studio work and critique.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• M 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Rirkrit Tiravanija
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• 3 points

RE FIN CONCEPTS TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Chok S Lei
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• 0 points

WRITING CHILDREN'S BOOKS

There are many misconceptions as to what makes an appealing story for children and how to get a story published. Many novice writers are simply relating an incident as opposed to creating a story. This course will show beginner and experienced writers how to mine their lives and imaginations for ideas and how to develop those ideas into children's stories-a step by step process from inspiration to finished manuscript for picture books, early readers, emerging readers and chapter books. Students will also learn the importance of reading their writing out loud-a process that helps both reader and listener develop a better ear for the story's pace, cadence and structure. Writing for children has become incredibly popular in the past fifteen years and publishing houses have been inundated with manuscripts. Many houses have ceased accepting unsolicited manuscripts all together. This course will disclose other avenues to getting your manuscript into the hands of agents and editors.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter Catalanotto
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• 3 points

REAL ESTATE FINANCE III

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

ADVANCED TOPICS

Bodily Disruptions

In this course, our point of departure will be the precariousness of embodied existence, in which precarity is understood as both an existential condition and as the socially uneven culmination of neoliberal political and economic trends.  We will draw upon a variety of interdisciplinary literatures—including feminist, critical race, and queer studies; science and technology studies; disability studies; and medical sociology and anthropology—to consider some of the ways in which our bodies have served as both the repository and substratum of recent social transformations. Within the context of current pandemic crises relating to both public health and to myriad forms of social inequality, we will also consider appeals to the beneficence of science, technology, medicine, and the rational governance of dis-ease. What can critical histories of plagues, epidemics, and quarantines teach us about emergent forms of biopolitics? We will conclude by considering the interventions of contemporary disability and social justice activists, and the alternative possibilities that they have posited for self-care and mutual aid.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Bernstein
  CULPA: 27 Info
• 4 points

TRAVEL WRITING

How does the traveler become the travel writer? What makes good travel writing? Why does it matter today? This course examines and breaks down the very specific craft of travel writing. Simply because we like to travel, does it qualify us to write about it? Everywhere has been written about, so how do we find something fresh to say about… Paris, or even Patagonia? In this course, we both dispel, and prove, some of the myths of travel writing. Students learn to find an angle in order to uncover destinations anew and make them personal— it’s in the personal that the universal is revealed. From crafting a compelling lede and understanding the need for a strong “nut graph,” to knowing the value of dialogue in propelling the story forward, and then finding the ideal kicker to send the reader away satisfied, students dissect published stories and are sent out into “the field” (of New York City) to craft their own. Travel writing is more than, “I went here, I did this, I ate that.” From front-of-book and service pieces, to destination features, we discuss magazine and newspaper travel writing in depth, as well as touch on longer form travel writing. Finally, through exercises and assignments, students learn to craft a compelling pitch in order to approach editors.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Porter T Fox
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• 3 points

The Maghreb in Transition: Society & Cul

This course explores the production of culture in the contemporary Maghreb. We consider how important dimensions of social and political life are explored in literature and film and, correspondingly, the role that these and other media play in shaping social and political dynamics. The focus is on Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, but these nations are also situated in broader regional and global contexts. Former French colonies, these three nations  have in common a multilingual cultural environment in which French coexists with Arabic and Amazigh languages.   The course begins in roughly 1990, a time of disenchantment when the political regimes established at Independence were challenged and in some cases replaced. We explore the dynamics of Algeria’s ‘Black Decade’ and Morocco’s emergence from the ‘Years of lead,’ then turn to more recent social and political dynamics, notably the ‘Arab spring’ of 2011-2012 and the ongoing Algerian
hirak
. Throughout the course we consider how the arts have responded to and contributed to change while also revisiting the past and reframing national narratives.   The course is interdisciplinary, combining historical, sociological and anthropological approaches with close reading of texts and films. The syllabus is organized both historically and thematically. We explore questions including the representation and memory of violence, the geographies and sociology of migration and globalization, and the changing landscape of media and publication. Several sessions explore the meaning of ‘modernity’ in conjunction with explorations of subjectivity and spirituality, gender and sexuality.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Madeleine Dobie
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 3 points

REAL ESTATE FIN TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Johnny C Din
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• 1.5 points

WRITING THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Young adult fiction is a relatively new category in book publishing, but it is growing fast. The readers of YA books are between 12 and 18 years of age. However, its popularity can sometimes extend well beyond the intended age range; Harry Potter being the best-known example. The YA category spans a number of subgenres, including paranormal romance, dystopian sci-fi, and coming-of-age realism. The best YA novels feature fully realized characters and a level of emotional complexity that appeal to teens. And yet, YA books can include frightful displays of violence and can be unabashed about sex. They also feature swiftly moving plots combined with a young person's unique world view-pairings that are unlike anything found in traditional literary fiction. In this workshop, we will embark on writing our own YA novels. With our work always at the center of discussion we will explore the essence of what makes it YA in terms of narrative point of view and subject matter while also challenging the conventions of genre fiction. By way of example, we will look at the work of Sherman Alexie, Lois Lowry and Megan McCafferty. For examples of 'new adult' or 'crossover' fiction we will read excerpts from books such as those by Curtis Sittenfeld, J.D. Salinger, and others. Course work will include selected readings, but the emphasis of the workshop will be on writing and critiquing our own work. Students will write up to three chapters of an original YA or crossover novel along with a partial chapter outline for their book in progress. The class will also include visits from published YA authors who will speak about craft, audience, and getting published.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel E Carter
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• 3 points

CONSUMER CULTURE IN MOD EUROPE

The development of the modern culture of consumption, with particular attention to the formation of the woman consumer. Topics include commerce and the urban landscape, changing attitudes toward shopping and spending, feminine fashion and conspicuous consumption, and the birth of advertising. Examination of novels, fashion magazines, and advertising images.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Tiersten
  CULPA: 45 Info
• 3 points

Pre-1900 Japanese Literature: Through th

This course is an introductory course to Japanese literature up until the 19th century. It provides students with a broad overview of the fundamental literary works produced in pre-1900 Japan. Through the lens of adaptation, we will examine these major literary works as parts of a literary network and investigates how literary works engage with existing literary works and forms across time and space. It is mainly designed for students who intend to study Japanese literature and history or major in East Asian studies. Those in other disciplines who are interested in Japanese studies or comparative studies are also welcome. No background of the Japanese language is required.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ye Yuan
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• 4 points

CINEMA OF SUBVERSION

Russian filmmaker Andre Tarkovsky said that “the artist has no right to an idea in which he is not socially committed.” Argentine filmmaker Fernando Solanas and Spanish-born Octavio Getino postulated an alternative cinema that would spur spectators to political action. In this course we will ask the question: How do authoritarian governments influence the arts, and how do artists respond? We will study how socially committed filmmakers have subverted and redefined cinema aesthetics to challenge authoritarianism and repression. In addition, we will look at how some filmmakers respond to institutional oppression, such as poverty and corruption, even within so-called “free” societies. The focus is on contemporary filmmakers but will also include earlier classics of world cinema to provide historical perspective. The course will discuss these topics, among others: What is authoritarianism, what is totalitarianism, and what are the tools of repression within authoritarian/totalitarian societies? What is Third Cinema, and how does it represent and challenge authoritarianism? How does film navigate the opposition of censorship, propaganda and truth? How do filmmakers respond to repressive laws concerning gender and sexual orientation? How do they deal with violence and trauma? How are memories of repressive regimes reflected in the psyche of modern cinema? And finally, what do we learn about authority, artistic vision, and about ourselves when we watch these films?

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Eric Gamalinda
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

THEMES IN INTELLECTUAL HIST

“Themes in Intellectual History” offers an intensive examination of one major intellectual concept or problem in European history.  Over the past few years I have been offering seminars on the history of the modern self that focus on Montaigne.  This year’s seminar is devoted to Pascal, who was Montaigne’s most significant critic, and Kierkegaard, who developed Pascal’s ideas in a Protestant key.
 
These two courses together provide an introduction to two opposed streams of modern European thinking about what it means to be a particular self in relation to nature, God, and mortality.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Mark Lilla
  CULPA: 57 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Literature of the Great War in the Middl

Lit. Great War in Middle

Some of the best-known literary texts of the previous century harken back to the Great War. And while works of fiction and non-fiction such as Remarque’s
All Quiet on the Western Front
, Hemingway’s
A Farewell to Arms
,

and Woolf’s
Mrs Dalloway
have become twentieth-century classics; and the poetry of Brooke, Graves, Gurney, Owen, and Sassoon widely celebrated; the Middle East’s contribution to the literature of the Great War is little explored. This course takes us on a literary journey from the trenches of Gallipoli and Mesopotamia, to famine-struck towns of Mount Lebanon, to orphanages in Syria. We will examine poetry (including
zajal—
colloquial poetry), and memoirs and diaries by the women and men who withstood the ravages of war and helped shape the modern Middle East. Through close reading and content analysis of a diverse constellation of published and unpublished texts, and using secondary sources as guideposts, we will explore “post-Ottoman memoirs” and verse, including translations from the Arabic and Armenian by the instructor.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Khatchig Mouradian
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• 3 points

TRANSSCALARITIES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Andres Jaque
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• 3 points

SIMULATION

Generation of random numbers from given distributions; variance reduction; statistical output analysis; introduction to simulation languages; application to financial, telecommunications, computer, and production systems. Graduate students must register for 3 points. Undergraduate students must register for 4 points. Note: Students who have taken IEOR E4703 Monte Carlo simulation may not register for this course for credit. Recitation section required.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Karl Sigman
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

SIMULATION

SIMULATION IN PRODUCTION

Generation of random numbers from given distributions; variance reduction; statistical output analysis; introduction to simulation languages; application to financial, telecommunications, computer, and production systems. Graduate students must register for 3 points. Undergraduate students must register for 4 points. Note: Students who have taken IEOR E4703 Monte Carlo simulation may not register for this course for credit. Recitation section required.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Karl Sigman
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

Living Together: North American (Religio

The purpose of this seminar is to study historical communal religious experiments in the United States. It will engage with the questions of religious counter-cultures, and in particular the ways that communal religious groups challenge mainstream economic, political, gender, racial, and sexual norms through fashioning alternative modes of living together. The seminar will concentrate on study and analysis of texts, practices, and materials from two religious groups, the Shakers and Father Divine’s International Peace Mission.  The questions raised in considering these two historical groups will be refocused in a final unit that compares these communities to the comparatively short lived and “secular” Occupy movement, and brings the issues and challenges of alternative forms of living into the present moment.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Courtney Bender
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

GAME THEORY

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. Equivalent to ECON UN4415. Introduction to the systematic treatment of game theory and its applications in economic analysis.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR noon-3:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Bozidar Plavsic
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• 3 points

Writing the Self Workshop

In this course, we will read works spanning the history of French literature from the Renaissance to the present in which the problem of writing the self is posed. We will also engage in various writing exercises (pastiche, translation, personal narrative) and discuss the works on the syllabus in conjunction with our own attempts to write the self. Authors will include Montaigne, Rousseau, Sand, Colette, Modiano, Ernaux, Bouraoui and NDiaye. This course will be held entirely in French and is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates; it fulfills the pre-1800 requirement for the undergraduate French major. Pre-requisites for undergraduates: French 3333 and 3334 or equivalent competence. If you have questions about whether the course level is appropriate for you, please reach out to the instructor.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 2 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Joanna R Stalnaker
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS-NEUROBIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Examines current topics in neurobiology and behavior.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Svetlana Rosis
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

PUBLIC ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. Types of market failures and rationales for government intervention in the economy. Benefit-cost analysis and the theory of public goods. Positive and normative aspects of taxation. The U.S. tax structure.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 10 a.m.-1:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Wojciech Kopczuk
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 3 points

CHINESE POLITICS

This course offers a historical and thematic survey of Chinese politics and of salient issues in China’s public policy and governance. The first half of the course reviews the patterns and dynamics of political development in China, focusing mainly on the last two hundred years, during which the country has been on a rugged yet fascinating path toward modernity. We will examine major political events including the collapse of the Imperial China, the rise of the Communist Party, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao shift toward reform and opening. The second half of the course will look various special topics, including the structure of the party and the state, the relationship between state and society, the modes of economic development, and the governance of the media and the Internet. Throughout the course, special attention will be paid to how China’s domestic political and economic processes intersected with major world events and transnational forces, such as imperialism, world wars, and economic globalization.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 8 a.m.-10:10 a.m.
• Instructor: Junyan Jiang
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• 3 points

SUBCITIZENSHIP

The class will survey the status of groups with compromised citizenship status internationally, including indigenous Bolivians, Indian immigrants to Dubai, and Arabs in France. Then we will look at several different kinds of subcitizenship in the United States, focusing on African Americans, Native Americans, “white trash,” and Chicanos. In the course of the term we will shift between looking at the administrative practices that render people subcitizens, experiences of marginalization, and how contestations such as the DREAM Act movement, the idea of “cultural citizenship” and newly powerful indigenous movements in South America are removing control of citizenship from states, and transforming citizenship for everyone.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Stuart Rockefeller
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• 4 points

ARGUMENTS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Andres Jaque
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• 3 points

ENTANGLED SYMPOSIUMS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Andres Jaque
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• 3 points

Behavioral Neuroimmunology

In this course we will examine and discuss some of the multiple interactions among the nervous, immune, and endocrine systems, and the  consequences of these interactions for health and behavior, using both the human and animal literatures. Topics include the role of the immune system in neural circuit formation and function, cognition and emotion, neuroendocrine-immune interactions during stress, and the effects of infection, stress, or toxin exposure during critical life stages on health vs. disease throughout the lifespan. We will consider current events related to COVID19 in these topics as well. The critical role of the immune system in brain development and the potential role of early-life inflammatory events in the etiology of psychopathology (autism, schizophrenia), allergies and autoimmunity, and neurodegenerative conditions (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's) will be highlighted.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 6:30 p.m.-9:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Marisa N Spann
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• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. Equivalent to ECON UN4500. The theory of international trade, comparative advantage and the factor endowments explanation of trade, analysis of the theory and practice of commercial policy, economic integration. International mobility of capital and labor, the North-South debate.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ceyhun Elgin
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• 3 points

BIOCHEM I-STRUCTURE/METABOLISM

How does life work on a molecular level? Why do we succumb to disease, and how can we create new cures? This course will explore the biochemistry of life and how this knowledge can be harnessed to create new medicines. You will learn how cells convert environmental resources into energy through metabolism, how cellular molecules function, and how to use this biochemical knowledge for drug discovery related to neurodegeneration, cancer,and the current SARS-CoV-2 COVID19 pandemic. At the conclusion of the course, you will be able to diagram the major metabolic pathways and compare how these pathways are dysregulated in normal tissues in and disease states, and to design your own drug discovery program to create therapeutic for diseases such as COVID-19. In addition, you will know what techniques are used to uncover biochemical knowledge and how to design and interpret relevant experiments. You will be capable of collaborating with other people in the analysis and interpretation of biochemical data, and be able to communicate, defend and refute interpretations of data. You will learn how to create an original research proposal in the form of a research grant application. Having completed one year of college-level biology and one year of organic chemistry will be helpful to maximally benefit from this course. This course satisfies the requirement of most medical schools for introductory biochemistry, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, and beginning graduate students; this replaces the previous UN3501 course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Brent R Stockwell
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED RES IN BIOTECHNOLGY

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED RES IN BIOTECHNOLGY

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 6 points

SUPERVISED RES IN BIOTECHNOLGY

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED RES IN BIOTECHNOLGY

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 6 points

Biochemistry I in VR: Leveraging Virtual

Biochemistry I Virtual Re

In this course, we will use virtual reality to explore the basic biochemistry of living systems and how this knowledge can be harnessed to create new medicines. We will learn how living systems convert environmental resources into energy through metabolism, and how they use this energy and these materials to build the molecules required for the diverse functions of life. We will discuss the applications of this biochemical knowledge to mechanisms of disease and to drug discovery. We will look at examples of drug discovery related to neurodegeneration, cancer, and the SARS-CoV-2 COVID19 pandemic. This course satisfies the requirement of most medical schools for introductory biochemistry, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, and beginning graduate students. This course is equivalent to and replaces the prior course named UN3501, and is equivalent to the course offered in the Fall semester. This course is a co-requiste to GU4501. We will meet twice each week in Zoom (Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-5:15, BCHM GU4501) to discuss the course material. We will then meet Friday 9:30-10:30 each week in virtual reality, using the Spatial.io platform and an Oculus Quest headset. In VR, we will examine the 3D spatial concepts relevant to biochemistry, where you will be able to examine molecular structures in an immersive format.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• F 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Brent R Stockwell
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia h-index: 79 Info
• 0 points

CRIME/PUNISHMENT-JEWISH CULTRE

Jews have stood on every imaginable side of criminal justice: accuser and accused; prosecutor, defendant, and defender; judge and judged; spectator; storyteller; journalist; critic; advocate. How did Jews approach these various roles, and what notions of crime, criminality, punishment, and justice did they bring with them? This course crosses chronological eras, geographical regions, and academic disciplines to explore configurations of crime and punishment in Jewish cultures. It strives to achieve a balance in its coverage of Ashkenaz vs. Sefarad; ancient, late ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary Judaisms; the specific and historical vs. the philosophical and theoretical; and varieties of sex, race, and gender. The role of classical Jewish texts, theology, and community in shaping Jewish approaches to criminal justice will all be considered.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Beth A Berkowitz
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 6 Info
• 4 points

Industry Projects in Analytics & Operati

Industry Projs in Analyti

Teams of students work on real-world projects in analytics. Focus on three aspects of analytics: identifying client analytical requirements; assembling, cleaning and organizing data; identifying and implementing analytical techniques (e.g., statistics and/or machine learning); and delivering results in a client-friendly format. Each project has a defined goal and pre-identified data to analyze in one semester. Client facing class. Class requires 10 hours of time per week and possible client visits on Fridays.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael Robbins
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• 3 points

Intensive Laboratory in Biotechnology

INTENSIVE LAB BIOTECH

Prerequisites:  Chem UN1403 and CHEM UN1404.   Intense laboratory where students desiring an introduction to laboratory skills meet MTWR, 5 hours a day for four weeks in the summer term participating in experimental bench work, data analysis and safe laboratory practice. Grades depend on preparation, participation in the laboratory, short lab reports, critical thinking and experimental skill.  There will be two sections for S4515.  Section 001 begins June 7th and runs through July 1st.  Section 002 begins July 6th and runs through July 29th.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR noon-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 2 points

FIFTH YEAR CHINESE I

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• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Lening Liu
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 5 points

FIFTH YEAR CHINESE II

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Lening Liu
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 5 points

DATA ANALYTICS

IEOR students only; priority to MSBA students. Survey tools available in Python for getting, cleaning, and analyzing data. Obtain data from files (csv, html, json, xml) and databases (Mysql, PostgreSQL, NoSQL), cover the rudiments of data cleaning, and examine data analysis, machine learning, and data visualization packages (NumPy, pandas, Scikit-lern, bokeh) available in Python. Brief overview of natural language processing, network analysis, and big data tools available in Python. Contains a group project component that will require students to gather, store, and analyze a data set of their choosing.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Uday Menon
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• 3 points

COMICS: READING THE MEDIUM

This course will offer an immersion in both the history and the language of comics, from the newspaper strips through the early comic books to today's graphic novels. Beginning with readings that offer a theoretical framework and an analytical vocabulary, students will examine and discuss the way page layout, panel composition, color, lettering, sound effects, and more help carry and shape the narrative, as soundtracks and shot composition do in film. Readings will include wordless works by Shaun Tan, classic works by Alison Bechdel, as well as many that may be less familiar. Students will analyze the American, Asian, and European approaches to comics. Guest speakers from the comics industry will aid in developing students' analytical skills. Instructor permission is required for registration after 5/28.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen L Green
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

ANALYTICS ON THE CLOUD

To introduce students to programming issues around working with clouds for data analytics. Class will learn how to work with infrastructure of cloud platforms, and discussion about distributed computing, focus of course is on programming. Topics covered include MapReduce, parallelism, rewriting of algorithms (statistical, OR, and machine learning) for the cloud, and basics of porting applications so that they run on the cloud.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
  Info
• 3 points

DTEQ/ DIGITAL TECHNIQUES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Hsien-Hsin Chou
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• 3 points

Innovate Using Design Thinking

How Design Thinking can enhance innovation activities, market impact, value creation, and speed. Topics include: conceptual and practical understanding of design thinking, creative solutions, develop robust practices to lead interdisciplinary teams. Course aims to strengthen individuals and collaborative capabilities to identify customer needs, indirect and qualitative research, create concept hypotheses, develop prototype, defined opportunities into actionable innovation possibilities, and recommendations for client organizations.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• 3 points

Performance Art; Developing a Visual Lex

What happens to a body stilled in space, when it takes a shape and holds it? How does its relationship to public space change? How is its transformation attenuated when the body is in formation with other bodies, a breathing still life of people and props? This performance art course will use the question of a body’s stillness as a platform to create interdisciplinary projects that exist between dance, sculpture, collaborative movement, and performance art. Through core readings and case study presentations, we will discuss unique possibilities of representation and challenges this form enables, and the prominent role it has been taking within the visual arts in recent years. Students will engage with a variety of aesthetic strategies and formal techniques such as movement workshops, sensory exercises, video, wearable sculptures, collaboration, scores, and group meditation. Studio work will focus on concrete intersections between the body and the object, and case studies chosen to encourage students to think of movement as a form of resistance, and to consider the political implication of collaborative work that unfolds over time. Performativity in the context of this class is widely defined, and no prior experience is required.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MWF 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamar Ettun
  Info
• 3 points

MODERNISM AND MEDIA

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Emily Bloom
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-POLYMERS/SOFT MATERIALS

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Christopher J Durning
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

READING (IN THEORY)

This reading-intensive course will engage, over time with essential texts of the current critical canon. Offered over a series of semesters, it is aimed at developing a practice of reading: close or distant, and always attentive. Let us say: slow reading. What does it mean to read? Where and when does reading start? Where does it founder? What does reading this author (Freud, for example) or that author (say, Foucault) do to the practice of reading? Can we read without misreading? Can we read for content or information without missing the essential? Is there such a thing as essential reading? Favoring a demanding and strenuous exposure to the text at hand, this course promises just that: a demanding and strenuous exposure to reading. The course can be repeated for credit.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Gil Anidjar
  CULPA: 22 Info
• 4 points

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION FOR ENG

Theory of convex optimization; numerical algorithms; applications in circuits, communications, control, signal processing and power systems.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• TR 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: James Anderson
  h-index: 18 Info
• 3 points

BUSINESS ANALYTICS

Prepares students to gather, describe, and analyze data, using advanced statistical tools to support operations, risk management, and response to disruptions. Analysis is done by targeting economic and financial decisions in complex systems that involve multiple partners. Topics include probability, statistics, hypothesis testing, experimentation, and forecasting.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Charles R Guetta
  Info
• 3 points

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: (CHEN E4230) and (CHEN E3120) and (CHEN E3210) or

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Kyle Bishop
  h-index: 42 Info
• 3 points

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS

CHEM E DATA ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: (CHEN E4230) and (CHEN E3120) and (CHEN E3210) or

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Kyle Bishop
  h-index: 42 Info
• 3 points

URB THRY & DES-POST INDUST AGE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Noah B Chasin
  Info
• 3 points

Summer Industry Projects

Data Science

Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an industry project.  Working with a mentor (alumni, adjunct faculty, or industry partner) in relevant industry, students will work with a team of 3-5 students on an identified project. The career placement officer can assist in administering the advertisement, selection and recruitment processes.  Students can enroll in ENGI E4700 for zero credit, zero fees; students who wish to earn academic credit can enroll in Fieldwork. The specific requirements for the project is defined by the mentor.  Groups should meet with their mentor on a weekly basis for at least 30 minutes. Students are also encouraged to submit bi-weekly progress reports to the mentor.  Upon completion of the project (end of July/beginning of August), each team will participate in an industry project showcase to present their project and deliverables.  Students will receive coaching on presentation skills from the professional development and leadership and the career placement officer teams.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Industry Projects

Earth and Env Eng

Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an industry project.  Working with a mentor (alumni, adjunct faculty, or industry partner) in relevant industry, students will work with a team of 3-5 students on an identified project. The career placement officer can assist in administering the advertisement, selection and recruitment processes.  Students can enroll in ENGI E4700 for zero credit, zero fees; students who wish to earn academic credit can enroll in Fieldwork. The specific requirements for the project is defined by the mentor.  Groups should meet with their mentor on a weekly basis for at least 30 minutes. Students are also encouraged to submit bi-weekly progress reports to the mentor.  Upon completion of the project (end of July/beginning of August), each team will participate in an industry project showcase to present their project and deliverables.  Students will receive coaching on presentation skills from the professional development and leadership and the career placement officer teams.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Industry Projects

Electrical Engineering

Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an industry project.  Working with a mentor (alumni, adjunct faculty, or industry partner) in relevant industry, students will work with a team of 3-5 students on an identified project. The career placement officer can assist in administering the advertisement, selection and recruitment processes.  Students can enroll in ENGI E4700 for zero credit, zero fees; students who wish to earn academic credit can enroll in Fieldwork. The specific requirements for the project is defined by the mentor.  Groups should meet with their mentor on a weekly basis for at least 30 minutes. Students are also encouraged to submit bi-weekly progress reports to the mentor.  Upon completion of the project (end of July/beginning of August), each team will participate in an industry project showcase to present their project and deliverables.  Students will receive coaching on presentation skills from the professional development and leadership and the career placement officer teams.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Industry Projects

Indst Eng and Ops Research

Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an industry project.  Working with a mentor (alumni, adjunct faculty, or industry partner) in relevant industry, students will work with a team of 3-5 students on an identified project. The career placement officer can assist in administering the advertisement, selection and recruitment processes.  Students can enroll in ENGI E4700 for zero credit, zero fees; students who wish to earn academic credit can enroll in Fieldwork. The specific requirements for the project is defined by the mentor.  Groups should meet with their mentor on a weekly basis for at least 30 minutes. Students are also encouraged to submit bi-weekly progress reports to the mentor.  Upon completion of the project (end of July/beginning of August), each team will participate in an industry project showcase to present their project and deliverables.  Students will receive coaching on presentation skills from the professional development and leadership and the career placement officer teams.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Industry Projects

Mechanical Engineering

Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an industry project.  Working with a mentor (alumni, adjunct faculty, or industry partner) in relevant industry, students will work with a team of 3-5 students on an identified project. The career placement officer can assist in administering the advertisement, selection and recruitment processes.  Students can enroll in ENGI E4700 for zero credit, zero fees; students who wish to earn academic credit can enroll in Fieldwork. The specific requirements for the project is defined by the mentor.  Groups should meet with their mentor on a weekly basis for at least 30 minutes. Students are also encouraged to submit bi-weekly progress reports to the mentor.  Upon completion of the project (end of July/beginning of August), each team will participate in an industry project showcase to present their project and deliverables.  Students will receive coaching on presentation skills from the professional development and leadership and the career placement officer teams.

• Department: Engineering
• Instructor: Emily-Anne McCormack
  Info
• 0 points

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) and any course on probability. Prior knowledge of Python is recommended. Provides a broad understanding of the basic techniques for building intelligent computer systems. Topics include state-space problem representations, problem reduction and and-or graphs, game playing and heuristic search, predicate calculus, and resolution theorem proving, AI systems and languages for knowledge representation, machine learning and concept formation and other topics such as natural language processing may be included as time permits.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Tony B Dear
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) and any course on probability. Prior knowledge of Python is recommended. Provides a broad understanding of the basic techniques for building intelligent computer systems. Topics include state-space problem representations, problem reduction and and-or graphs, game playing and heuristic search, predicate calculus, and resolution theorem proving, AI systems and languages for knowledge representation, machine learning and concept formation and other topics such as natural language processing may be included as time permits.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Tony B Dear
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 3 points

Summer Design Challenge

Chemical Engineering

Students enroll ENGI E4701 for zero credit, zero fees to acknowledge their participation. Specific course dates will be determined by the individual faculty of each section. Topics include safe medical care and COVID-19, social inequities, vaccine production, climate change and energy storage, safer mass transit systems, among others. Note: Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an Engineering Design Challenge.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Design Challenge

Indst Eng and Ops Research

Students enroll ENGI E4701 for zero credit, zero fees to acknowledge their participation. Specific course dates will be determined by the individual faculty of each section. Topics include safe medical care and COVID-19, social inequities, vaccine production, climate change and energy storage, safer mass transit systems, among others. Note: Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an Engineering Design Challenge.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Design Challenge

Mechanical Engineering

Students enroll ENGI E4701 for zero credit, zero fees to acknowledge their participation. Specific course dates will be determined by the individual faculty of each section. Topics include safe medical care and COVID-19, social inequities, vaccine production, climate change and energy storage, safer mass transit systems, among others. Note: Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an Engineering Design Challenge.

• Department: Engineering
• Instructor: Emily-Anne McCormack
  Info
• 0 points

Summer Engineering Seminar

Chemical Engineering

Current topics in engineering. Subject matter will vary by topic.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Engineering Seminar

Civil Eng and Eng Mechanics

Current topics in engineering. Subject matter will vary by topic.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Engineering Seminar

Computer Science

Current topics in engineering. Subject matter will vary by topic.

• Department: Engineering
• Instructor: David A Knowles
  h-index: 35 Info
• 0 points

Summer Engineering Seminar

Indust Eng and Ops Research

Current topics in engineering. Subject matter will vary by topic.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Engineering Seminar

Mechanical Engineering

Current topics in engineering. Subject matter will vary by topic.

• Department: Engineering
• Instructor: Emily-Anne McCormack
  Info
• 0 points

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) or the instructors permission. Computational approaches to natural language generation and understanding. Recommended preparation: some previous or concurrent exposure to AI or Machine Learning. Topics include information extraction, summarization, machine translation, dialogue systems, and emotional speech. Particular attention is given to robust techniques that can handle understanding and generation for the large amounts of text on the Web or in other large corpora. Programming exercises in several of these areas.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Daniel Bauer
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

PRINC OF QUANT POL RESEARCH 2

Prerequisites: POLS W4710 or the equivalent. 
We will go through the second half of the book, Regression and Other Stories, by Andrew Gelman, Jennifer Hill, and Aki Vehtari (Cambridge University Press).  This is a follow-up to the course, Principles of Quantitative Political Research 1 (POLS 4710), which covers the first half of the book, including measurement, data visualization, modeling and inference, transformations, and linear regression. 
Topics covered in the course include:  •    Applied regression:  logistic regression, generalized linear models, poststratification, and design of studies.
•    Causal inference from experiments and observational studies using regression, matching, instrumental variables, discontinuity analysis, and other identification strategies.
•    Simulation, model fitting, and programming in R.
•    Key statistical problems include adjusting for differences between sample and population, adjusting for differences between treatment and control groups, extrapolating from past to future, and using observed data to learn about latent constructs of interest.
•    We focus on social science applications, including but not limited to:  public opinion and voting, economic and social behavior, and policy analysis.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Y Shapiro
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

PRINC OF QUANT POL RESEARCH 2-DISC

PRINC OF QUANT POL RES 2-

This is the required discussion section for
POLS GU4712.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• F 11:10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Beatrice Montano
  Info
• 0 points

TOPICS IN QUANT FINANCE

AI Applications in Finance

Selected topics of interest in the area of quantitative finance. Offerings vary each year; some topics include energy derivatives, experimental finance, foreign exchange and related derivative instruments, inflation derivatives, hedge fund management, modeling equity derivatives in Java, mortgage-backed securities, numerical solutions of partial differential equations, quantitative portfolio management, risk management, trade and technology in financial markets.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 8:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Ali Hirsa
  h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

Computer Vision II: Learning

Advanced course in computer vision. Topics include convolutional networks and back-propagation, object and action recognition, self-supervised and few-shot learning, image synthesis and generative models, object tracking, vision and language, vision and audio, 3D representations, interpretability, and bias, ethics, and media deception.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Carl Vondrick
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 24 Info
• 3 points

Facing the Violent Past: Prevention and

How do societies emerging from violence rebuild, and what mechanisms do they employ to punish past perpetrators, to come to terms with difficult pasts, to acknowledge the suffering of victims, and to try to nurture democratic processes that will prevent future violence? This course examines the ways in which societies have addressed the questions of accountability and the challenge of “dealing with the past” in the aftermath of political transition and violent conflict that have marked the last half century. In particular, we will examine the discourse around “historical wrongs,” and attempts—international, national, local—to address such wrongs. The historical context for this exploration is the development, following the defeat of Nazi Germany, of principles, norms and institutions regarding responsibility to memory, universal human rights, and the idea that genocide can and should be prevented. This course will thus begin with an exploration of the Holocaust in memory and history, and an exploration of the post-World War II period as a watershed moment in the development of a discourse around historical justice and the intersection of history, memory and trauma. The establishment of a new framework for a discourse around history and “dealing with the past” requires an investigation of what it means for a state or a community to take responsibility for its actions, and what repair and prevention look like in post-conflict societies. Much of the course will be devoted to the examination of a series of case studies that coming from the Holocaust, World War II, the fall of communism, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, and the Civil Rights movement in the United States. The question of how societies can address historical wrongs is a question that ultimately requires us to consider the relationship between history, memory, trauma and justice. Why does the past matter? Does the pursuit of justice limit, or compromise, the work that historians are expected to do? What new ways of thinking about history have emerged in the period we are examining (we can think about testimony, museums, sites, literature to name just a few)? In exploring these questions, this course seeks to understand what is necessary for societies to deal with violent pasts, and the success and limitations that the discourse and practice of historical justice suggests when it comes to questions of prevention and repair.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• 3 points

Toward A Social History: Tibetan Societi

This course examines a series of case studies of the diverse Tibetan societies across the Himalayan region,
focusing on social structures and lived experiences of different Tibetan areas. The weekly readings will cover
topics of the miscellaneous Tibetan social structures, communal organizations, social norms and memories of
the past and social-political transitions from the 17th to the 20th century.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhiqiang Yang
  Info
• 3 points

MACHINE LEARNING

Prerequisites: Any introductory course in linear algebra and any introductory course in statistics are both required. Highly recommended: COMS W4701 or knowledge of Artificial Intelligence. Topics from generative and discriminative machine learning including least squares methods, support vector machines, kernel methods, neural networks, Gaussian distributions, linear classification, linear regression, maximum likelihood, exponential family distributions, Bayesian networks, Bayesian inference, mixture models, the EM algorithm, graphical models and hidden Markov models. Algorithms implemented in MATLAB.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Nakul Verma
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 16 Info
• 3 points

PROTEIN ENGINEERING

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• MW 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Scott Banta
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

LANGUAGE & SOCIETY

How language structure and usage varies according to societal factors such as social history and socioeconomic factors, illustrated with study modules on language contact, language standardization and literacy, quantitative sociolinguistic theory, language allegiance, language, and power.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 2:40 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
• Instructor: William Foley
  h-index: 0 Info
• 3 points

Contradictions of Care: From Intimacy to

CONTRADICTIONS OF CARE

Care is central to the interpersonal claim that is made by the other. It is a response that recognizes and satisfies a need. Care can be motivated by pain and sorrow, but also by desire and the desire for recognition. But while care is a fundamental aspect of healing, it can also be a demand that extracts obligations and liabilities. Care is an ambiguous concept that always already contains or is determined by its oppositions; we will begin by analyzing the concept of care itself, drawing on resources from the history and philosophy of medicine as well as literary sources. Ideals of care that many of us have for our loved ones are difficult to render at scale, and are often in tension with the for-profit motivations behind the development of medications, the administration of healthcare services, and the distribution of goods. We will consider the sorts of compromises that are made every day through readings in literature, history, political science and philosophy and also through first-person experience in the form of a practicum that that will run parallel to the course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Arden A Hegele
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

HOW TO WRITE FUNNY

In this class we will consider the various forms and functions of humor in written prose, discussing techniques and approaches to humor writing. Students will write their own humorous stories and essays which we will read and discuss in class, focusing not only on what is or isn't funny, but on how humor can be advantageously used to increase the power of an overall piece. The class will also break down stories, novels, and essays from a variety of authors-Bill Hicks' political satire; the darkly comedic fiction of Barry Hannah and Paul Beatty; the absurd humor of Tina Fey and Baratunde Thurston; Anthony Lane's charming British snarkiness; Spy Magazine's sharply parodic voice; Woody Allen's one-liners; Lena Dunham's zeitgeist comedy-in an effort to better understand what makes their humor work. Students will be asked to write stories inspired and influenced by these authors. As we critique each other's work, we will investigate strategies related to the craft of humor writing, including self-deprecation, political satire, humor and the other, going blue, dark comedy, schtick, humor as a means vs. humor as an end, crossing the line, and how to write funny without sacrificing substance.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia A Marx
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• Instructor: Nina Sharma
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points