Biology of Health and Aging

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• T 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Cohen
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• 1.5 points

DIRECTING III

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Bogart
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• 3 points

Real Estate Finance

The course focuses on the set of concepts and techniques used to analyze and finance income-producing real property. It starts with the characteristics that make real property different, including cash flow uncertainties, debt sources and tax features. It then considers the available strategies and structures of real estate finance, including capital structure choices for construction and permanent financing. Extensive use is then made of cases to illustrate the range of choices and outcomes.

• Department: Finance
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
• TR 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Tomasz Piskorski
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• 3 points

Real Estate Transactions

Real Estate Transactions is to provide you with an understanding of the institutional framework of commercial real estate transactions. It is the complement to the analytics of finance and investment. Real estate transactions draw upon a vast array of laws and regulations - property law, contract law, land-use law, environment law, securities law, constitutional law, corporate law, bankruptcy law, insurance law, and riparian law. Tax considerations similarly play a significant role in shaping transactions as real estate is highly sensitive to taxation at all levels of government and across all stages of property ownership. You should finish the course knowing how the terms and conditions spelled out in a term sheet find their way into particular sections and provisions of a deals legal documentation. To succeed in this business, you will need to be savvy consumers of legal expertise, notwithstanding the knowledge and expertise of your attorney.

• Department: Finance
• MWF 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
• 3 points

Quantitative Methods in Biomarkers Resea

Quant Methods in Biomarke

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• R 1 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Julie B Herbstman
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• 1.5 points

Private Equity Allocation

• Department: Finance
• M 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• 1.5 points

Experimental Methods in Biomarkers Resea

Exper Methods in Biomarke

Careful consideration is needed in the design and implementation of molecular epidemiologic studies that leverage biomarkers of exposure, disease susceptibility, disease etiology, prediction, and prognosis. This course aims to provide insight into major methodologies and logistic considerations when incorporating the use of biological specimens in epidemiologic research from concept to publication.  For this purpose, we will utilize simulated laboratory experiences and a mock molecular epidemiology study for hands-on insight into the application of biomarkers in epidemiologic settings in conjunction with class discussions on published findings. Class activities include small group assignments where each group takes responsibility of designated tasks as part of a mock molecular epidemiology study and report back their activities for in-class discussion throughout the semester.  This work will culminate in a final report at the end of the semester.  In addition, 1-2 students in each session will be assigned to lead an in-class discussion that critically exams a published molecular epidemiology study.   Students will also complete a virtual lab notebook that assesses material covered in the assigned virtual laboratory.

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• R 2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Maya A Kappil
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• 1.5 points

Real Estate Development

• Department: Finance
• R 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Ben Atkins
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• 3 points

Applied Credit Investing

In this twelve-person seminar, we will review the structure of the high yield bond and private lending markets and develop a practical approach to assess credit risk. The class will be divided into four groups of three students each. Homework assignments and presentations are to be completed collaboratively within each group. We will discuss market trends and analyze recent debt offerings. The emphasis will be placed on developing analytic skills for reviewing corporate credit (i.e., understanding the economics/cash generation capacity of a business, one’s position in a balance sheet and rights as a creditor) and assessing how the market measures and prices credit risk.

• Department: Finance
• W 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• 1.5 points

Digital Trade and the World Trading Syst

Digital Trade & World Tra

IFEP Concentration Registration Priority.
This seminar focuses on a specific trade issue, and has a different substantive content each year. The purpose of the seminar is to provide a comprehensive discussion of a particular topic that comes under the aegis of the WTO (World Trade Organization) mandate. Following an introduction by Profs. Janow and Mavroidis, well-known experts in the field of international trade (economists, lawyers and political scientists from both academia and international organizations) will present papers that will be discussed in class. In past editions, we have dealt with preferential agreements and the problems they raise for WTO, concerns of developing countries, the challenges posed by Chinese state owned enterprises etc. The seminar is open to students of both CLS, and SIPA. Students are required to write a comprehensive paper by the end of the semester on a topic that has been discussed during the semester, and has been agreed with the two professors.

• Department: International Finance & Economic Policy
• M 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Merit E Janow
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• 3 points

S. Regulating Digital Trade at Home and

S NTL SECURITY INTL TRADE

N/A

• Department: Law
• 2 points

DIRECTOR-DESIGNER WORKSHOP

To begin to develop an understanding and vocabulary in relation to theatrical design with a central emphasis on the roles of scenery and costumes in telling a dramatic story.

The class will begin with a general introduction into the issues and goals of the course, after which there will be three sessions devoted to issues of scene design and three sessions devoted to issues of costume design. Shakespeare’s Hamlet will be the focus for these discussions. Over the course of these sessions, directors will be asked to gather visual research and, in the end, arrive at a concept for their production of the play.

Directors will also be asked to visit one set and one costume class so that they can see how designers are grappling with the same principles and developing different approaches to interpreting and realizing a theatrical text for the stage.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• T 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

Beyond the Boardroom: the Power of Smart

• Department: Finance
• MF 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• 1.5 points

Personal Finance

The purpose of this course is to give students an in-depth discussion of academic and policy/practitioner research to be able to address and evaluate the following questions. What are the challenges in measuring poverty? How pervasive is poverty and what are the underlying drivers of poverty? Has economic growth in developing countries (such as Brazil, China and India) helped to alleviate poverty? How pervasive is poverty in the United States? What are informal credit markets? Who participates in them? What are the interest rates and default rates in these markets? What are the challenges to the flow of credit to the poor borrowers? How can they be surmounted? What is the role of microfinance in delivering financial services to the Poor? How successful has been this effort? What are the challenges? What are some of the recent capital market innovations in the markets for the Poor? Can they help to scale up and bring down interest rates? - What are some of the innovations introduced by corporations and governments in this field? With a view to addressing the questions above, the course will begin by examining how poverty is measured, and characterize (using different measures) how pervasive poverty is. In this context, we will pay special attention to simple (exogenous) measures of poverty rates, and multi-dimensional measures of poverty, which link poverty to some underlying deprivations (such as lack of access to education, healthcare, living standards, etc.). We will also examine how the poor organize their lives, budget their consumption expenditures, and survey their access to certain services. After this the course will present evidence on the extent to which poverty has been alleviated in different parts of the world, and how the results compare with the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) set by the United Nations in 2000. Newly established Sustainable Development Goals will be briefly presented. We will also explore the extent to which economic growth in countries has influenced poverty rates. In this context, we will examine the poverty alleviation process and major indicators of poverty in Brazil, China and India before and after these economies began to experience significant economic expansion: this discussion will shed some light on the relationship between economic growth and poverty rates. After characterizing poverty, the course will turn to the role of markets (broadly defined to include private markets, corporate social initiatives, and government initiatives) that address the needs of the poor

• Department: Finance
• W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Paulo Costa
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• 1.5 points

Impact Investing

• Department: Finance
• W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Berryman
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• 1.5 points

Activist Value Investing for Small Cap C

Activist VI for Small Cap

• Department: Finance
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• 1.5 points

Strategic Equity Finance

• Department: Finance
• TR 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: David Erickson
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• 1.5 points

International Value Investing

• Department: Finance
• W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicholas D Samra
  Info
• 1.5 points

ADVANCED PLAY DIRECTING SEMINAR

ADV. PLAY DIRECTING SEMIN

This class will focus in on how to direct opera and will cover the process of making an opera from analysing the score until the opening night. The aims are to: 1) Introduce theatre directing students to the practical differences between theatre and opera directing; 2) Equip them with practical skills and knowledge so that they could walk into any opera rehearsal room (either as an assistant or a director) and know exactly what to expect and how to manage the process; 3) Offer them techniques to strengthen their skill of interpretation or concept by guiding them to focus in on one specific opera case study; and 4) Introduce them to specialist professional practitioners, like conductors, singers and set designers, to allow them to understand the art form through the lens of the collaborators the opera director works with.

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

Managing Large Pools of Assets for Famil

This course will teach students how to construct investment portfolios for various asset allocation purposes (family offices, endowments, foundations, etc.).  The course will teach the history and evolution of the asset allocation industry and its varying schools of thought. The professors will draw on their own insights and frameworks developed at East Rock Capital and several industry practitioner guest speakers. Students will learn how to identify high-conviction investment opportunities in established and emerging managers and direct investment opportunities and how to construct diversified portfolios focused on long-term wealth creation rather than short-term performance.  By the end of the class the students will have a strong foundation to start their careers in asset allocation.

The course will focus on identifying specialized managers. Students will analyze case studies of both direct and indirect investments and learn strategies for conducting thorough due diligence. A significant component of the course will involve portfolio construction techniques. Students will learn how to categorize holdings into appropriate buckets (e.g., "Generational Assets," "Liquid Assets," and "Family-Directed Assets") to balance risk, return, and investment goals.

The objective is to equip students with practical frameworks for sophisticated wealth management tailored to multi-generational family investors.

The course will meet weekly, and preparation for each class is critical.  We will have several outside speakers to research each week and weekly reading assignments based on that week’s module.   The final exam will be a semester-long project to put everything we have learned all semester to work. 

This course is most relevant for students interested in asset allocation, wealth management, running a family office, and investing. It is an application-based course that is not open to the bidding process.

• Department: Finance
• T 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• 3 points

Climate Finance

• Department: Finance
• T 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Bruce M Usher
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• 1.5 points

Navigating China

• Department: Business Economics
• W 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Shang-Jin Wei
  Wikipedia h-index: 96 Info
• 3 points

Security Analysis

• Department: Finance
• W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Begg
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• 3 points

Advanced Global Macroeconomic Investing

• Department: Business Economics
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• 1.5 points

Public Health GIS

PUBLIC HEALTH GIS

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• W 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• W 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Joel Capellan
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• 3 points

Applied Value Investing

• Department: Finance
• MF 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• R 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• T 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• MF 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• R 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin Oro-Hahn
  Info
• 3 points

S TAX DEALS WORKSHOP

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
• 2 points

Advanced Investment Research

This will be a demanding class meant for the student intent on entering the investment management industry post-graduation. As such, only students who demonstrate a compelling interest in professional investment management will be admitted, and admission will be limited to 10 students to ensure quality of experience for all involved. This seminar is not open to the bidding process and no auditors will be allowed. The purpose of this section of Advanced Investment Research is to help students learn how to rip apart" a company and draw thoughtful conclusions about whether it might make for a good investment opportunity. Topics will include stock selection, identifying the key investment factors, developing a variant view, and networking with industry contacts to help confirm or refute one's thesis. The class will culminate with students delivering a detailed research recommendation on a single investment idea to a panel of judges. The goal is for students to leave class with an actionable investment idea and a framework for how to develop and research ideas in the future.

This class will be demanding and potentially overwhelming if you are not prepared to dedicate significant time and energy to it. Students should expect 20-25 hours of work per week outside of class, and the work load may be higher if you have not previously done detailed fundamental investment research. We recommend that you do not take this class if you are unable to put in this amount of time because you will not be able to keep up, and you will not be happy with your final grade.

Note: this class will also include a substantial pre-class assignment which will be a material part of the final grade.

• Department: Finance
• T 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Kian Ghazi
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• 3 points

Mental Models, Investment Fram

Please note that this course was open to Value Investing applicants only, and is not biddable. The roster has been set, and the course is now closed. This course will help students learn the process of performing investment case studies. Investors use case studies to build a library of mental models and real-world analogies to facilitate pattern recognition in order to make superior investment decisions, refine search filters, identify key investment factors, assess how investments are likely to play out, develop and monetize their circle of competence, and to understand the life cycle of investments and where we stand today in that cycle. This class is complementary to the Value Investing Program.

• Department: Finance
• W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• 3 points

Derivatives (Full-Term)

Successful investing in equities markets requires more than just picking stocks given the wide array of equity products at a portfolio managers disposal. This course is intended to explain how derivative products like options, futures, ETFs, structured notes, portfolio trades, credit default swaps and convertible bonds are structured, valued and used by all types of investors globally.The course is designed from both the perspective of the trader who has to account for the real-world costs of hedging derivatives and the investor who cares primarily how the derivative can improve the return or reduce the risk of his/her portfolio. It should complement other classes you have had on derivatives.My course notes have been, developed from the experiences I have had working with institutional and private clients for 18 years at Goldman Sachs.The course is broken into three sections:Indices, Exchange Traded Funds, Futures, Swaps and Portfolio Trading The course starts with a discussion of "Delta 1" equity derivatives, or products that move one for one with the underlying security.Equity Options, Credit Derivatives and Convertibles and Structured Notes Drawing on what youve already learned in other options classes, we explore options based equity and credit products, like equity options, structured notes, credit default swaps and convertible bonds. The goal of this portion of the course is to focus on what real-world factors influence trading in these products and show how they are linked to one another.Strategies A large component of this course involves exploring how investors use these products. Some investors, like pension, mutual and hedge funds, are driven by economic and risk management needs solely in their use of equity derivatives. Corporations, individuals and insurance companies worry about accounting, legal and tax considerations, so any discussion of how they use derivatives requires we cover those issues.Investors outside the United States have unique strategies because of the way the markets developed in Europe and Asia. We discuss these strategies in the last few classes.The material will be delivered through a combination of lectures, guest speakers, case studies and readings. Guest speakers include trading and research business leaders at investment banks and pension funds, as well as investment management institutions."

• Department: Finance
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Zurack
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• 3 points

Hedge Funds

• Department: Finance
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Fa Savoldelli
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• 3 points

Legal Financial Arbitrage: Merger Arbitr

• Department: Finance
• R 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kent Daniel
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• 2 points

Foundations of Business Law

• Department: Finance
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Donna M Hitscherich
  Info
• 1.5 points

Principles of Epidemiology III: Applied

PRINS/EPID III:DATA ANALY

The purpose of this course is to provide practical experience in analyzing epidemiologic data. The goal is to familiarize you with various analytic methods and their uses to answer specific epidemiologic research questions. Brief reviews of relevant statistical methods, their applications in epidemiologic research and interpretation of results will be covered step by step in this course. You will be provided with several data sets from epidemiologic (case-control and cohort) studies and will be asked to conduct analyses of these data.

• Department: Epidemiology
• T 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Teresa Janevic
  Info
• 3 points

EPIDEMIOLOGY III

• Department: ONLINE MS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
• Instructor: Amelia Boehme
  h-index: 21 Info
• 3 points

DRAMATURGY PRACTICUM

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• F 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: E. C Parker
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• 3 points

Short Selling

• Department: Finance
• T 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• 1.5 points

Readings in Twentieth Century U.S. Histo

Readings in 20th C. U.S.

This course, intended for graduate students, exposes students to some “classics” in 20th century U.S. historiography with newer scholarship that reconceptualizes the American past. Readings cover topics including labor, class and capitalism; political divides and comparative civil rights movements; race and migration; gender, sexuality, and reform; urbanization and suburbanization; health and environment; and relationships between human and non-human historical agents. Discussions of texts will build necessary skills in critical reading and understanding authors’ arguments, sources and methods, scope and style, and historiographical intervention. This course will require one oral presentation on a supplementary book; a historiographical essay on a 20th c. topic of the student’s choosing; and a professional assignment of writing either a lesson plan or lecture.

• Department: History
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lori Flores
  Info
• 4 points

S NEW YORK PRACTICE

• Department: Law
• 2 points

Psychiatric Epidemiology

PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

This is a semester-long course that addresses issues in adult psychiatric epidemiology. The course begins with a review of the origins of psychiatric epidemiology in several classic studies. It also describes major recent studies, presents evidence concerning the reliability and validity of psychiatric diagnosis in community studies and summarizes evidence derived from epidemiological studies that is relevant to issues of etiology. The course also covers selection into treatment, treatment effectiveness, the distribution of treatment, and social factors affecting course and role functioning.

• Department: Epidemiology
• R 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Katherine M Keyes
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• 3 points

S TRIAL SKILLS: IMMIGRATION

• Department: Law
• 3 points

SEM-ETHNOMUSICLGY:FLD MTHDS I

A study of the theoretical and practical aspects of ethnomusicological fieldwork, using the New York area as a setting for exercises and individual projects.

• Department: Music
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher J Washburne
  CULPA: 31 Info
• 3 points

POLIT ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT

Why are some nations able to grow and prosper while others mired in conflicts and poverty? What are the political factors that shape countries’ success in growing their economies How does economic progress affect a regime’s ability to stay in power and the prospects and direc-tions of political changes? This course addresses these questions by introducing students to major ideas and findings from both classical and cutting-edge scholarship on political economy of de-velopment. The first part of the course will review major episodes of growth (or the lack thereof) in human history and how they influenced the theoretical paradigms for studying development. The second half of the course will be devoted to more specialized topics, examining how differ-ent institutions, strategies, and contingencies affect countries’ economic fortunes. The goal of the course is to help you acquire the necessary conceptual and empirical toolkit for digesting and producing scholarly knowledge about the origins and consequences of economic development.

• Department: Political Science
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Junyan Jiang
  h-index: 8 Info
• 4 points

Black British Art & Theory

This course considers visual culture in Britain in the context of Black European studies. The discipline of cultural studies, which evolved in postwar Birmingham, intersected with the rise of black consciousness throughout Britain in the 1980s. How did the interactions of intellectuals and artists at this moment in the late 20th century lead to the creation of strong postcolonial theory and practice? We will consider the role of medium (particularly film and video), feminism, issues of diaspora, migration, and globalization, and the emergence of Black European Studies. Readings include texts by Hazel Carby, Paul Gilroy, Stuart Hall, and Kobena Mercer. We will look at visual production and film by artists such as Sonia Boyce, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Ingrid Pollard, Chris Ofili, Isaac Julien, and Khadija Saye among others.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Kellie Jones
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

Cancer Epidemiology

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY

This course introduces cancer epidemiology through critical examination of assigned readings, lectures, and class discussion. Topics include the biology and molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis; cancer risk factors, including chemical, microbial, hormonal, genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors; epidemiologic methods and study designs; and patterns of cancer incidence, mortality, and survival. The course also addresses cancer prevention, screening, and control, including issues relevant to disproportionately affected populations. The course is offered in a hybrid format, with in-person and virtual sessions held throughout the semester.

• Department: Epidemiology
• W 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Jasmine A McDonald
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• 3 points

Private Equity

The course "Private Equity" focuses on the essential aspects of corporate finance relevant to the private equity industry.  The course follows the "private equity cycle" of selection, valuation, and harvesting. Initially, students learn to evaluate a target company from the perspective of a private equity firm, keeping in mind the needs of investors and management. The course then delves into financial modeling, deal structuring, PE fund raising and private equity investment management. We will cover the basic LBO model used throughout the industry to structure and value deals.

• Department: Finance
• MWF 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• MWF 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Emmanuel Yimfor
  Info
• 1.5 points

Advanced Private Equity

“Advanced Private Equity” expands on the topics learned in “Private Equity” from a PE investment professional's perspective.  The course follows the private equity cycle from sourcing to exit. With the help of guest speakers from the PE industry, students will learn about the early stages of the deal process: sourcing and diligence. The class will build a complex three-statement LBO model, learning about how modern deals are structured with private credit, management rollovers, and non-traditional capital structure decisions.  The course shifts to the ownership side of PE deals: value creation. We will cover the strategies used by PE owners to grow and improve their portfolio companies, incorporating initiatives into our models.  The course uniquely combines lectures and guest speakers on all topics, where the guest speakers bring applications of all key issues to the classroom.

• Department: Finance
• MW 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Aamir Rehman
  Info
• 1.5 points

Spatial Epidemiology

Spatial epidemiology is the study of geographic distributions and determinants of health in populations. The goal of this class is to introduce students to relevant theory and methods, in order to provide the foundational skills required to understand and critically analyze spatial epidemiologic studies. The course emphasizes spatial epidemiology as a sub-discipline of epidemiology while acknowledging the many scientific disciplines that shape it, including biostatistics, cartography, criminology, demography, economics, geography, psychology, and sociology. We begin by defining spatial epidemiology and exploring these multi-disciplinary roots, with particular regard to the theoretical causal mechanisms that provide a bridge between social and physical environmental conditions and population health. We then provide a basic overview of geographic information systems and their utility for descriptive spatial epidemiology—including data visualization and cluster detection—before demonstrating how to incorporate spatial structures within conventional epidemiologic study designs to examine associational and causational relationships between environmental conditions and health outcomes. Class readings describe advances in theory and methods for spatial epidemiology and related disciplines, as well as concrete examples of applications for communicable disease, non-communicable disease, and injury epidemiology. This course is intended for doctoral and 2ndyear MPH students.

• Department: Epidemiology
• M 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Kechna Cadet
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• 3 points

Private Equity Leverage

This course is targeted for both business and law school students seeking to develop an understanding of the issues involved in raising capital for entrepreneurial ventures as well as emerging growth companies. The course will combine a brief overview of the fundamentals of securities regulation with a practical analysis of the key business and valuation issues to be considered in raising capital at all stages in a companys evolution from startup to IPO. The course will draw from case studies based on the actual experiences of entrepreneurs and companies in their pursuit of growth capital.
FINCB8421

• Department: Finance
• W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Eric Rogoff
  Info
• 3 points

Private Equity Deals

• Department: Finance
• T 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Lincoln Frank
  Info
• 3 points

COLLOQUIUM IN DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Students will make presentations of original research.

• Department: Economics
• F noon-1 p.m.
• 2 points

Tech Arts: Advanced Post Production

Tech Arts: Adv Post Produ

• Department: Film
• W 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael J Cacioppo Belantara
  Info
• 1.5 points

Quantitative Investing

• Department: Finance
• W 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• 3 points

Introduction to Clinical Psychiatry for

INTRO-CLIN PSYCH-EPI&PUB

This course, intended for non-clinicians with an interest in psychiatric epidemiology, is designed to familiarize students with the major psychiatric clinical entities and relevant issues concerning diagnosis, based in part on the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. In this course, we will cover the phenomenology of mental illness by way of contemporary psychiatric theory and practice and give students heavy exposure to the process of psychiatric assessment. The course will start by introducing students to how to build a disorder from symptom bricks as well as giving students an in-depth review of clinical psychiatric evaluations. This foundation will ultimately be used through the duration of the semester as we discuss many of the major categories of mental disorders in the following weeks.

• Department: Epidemiology
• T 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Lawrence V Amsel
  Info
• 3 points

S. Food Systems and US Environmental Law

S FOOD SYSTEM & US ENVIRO

• Department: Law
• 2 points

S. Law & Finance of the Art Market

S LAW & FIN OF THE ART MA

See CLS curriculum guide for description

• Department: Law
• 2 points

Current Work in Injury Control and Preve

CRNT WORK IN INJURY CONTR

The primary objectives in this course are to gain knowledge about and to critically engage with current topics in the field of injury control and prevention, to develop research and scientific inquiry skills, and to make meaningful connections with experts in this field. In this course, we will learn from experts on four topics in the field of injury control and prevention. By the end of the semester, students will have improved their ability to interpret peer-reviewed research on current topics in injury control and prevention and will be prepared to go forward asking important scientific questions in this field, with a solid sense of what is already known and what is worthy of further inquiry and investigation. Readings will be determined by the four guest speakers based on what is relevant to their field of research.

• Department: Epidemiology
• M 1 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Thelma Mielenz
  Info
• 0.5 points

Digital Investing

• Department: Finance
• T 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan A Knee
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

Public Health Surveillance

PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANC

Public health surveillance is the fundamental mechanism that public health agencies use to monitor the health of the communities they serve. It is a core function of public health practice, and its purpose is to provide a factual basis from which agencies can appropriately set priorities, plan programs, and take actions to promote and protect the public's health. This course will cover the principles of public health surveillance, including historical context, vital registration, disease reporting regulations and notifiable diseases, surveillance registries, surveillance for behaviors and risk factors, administrative data sources in surveillance, epidemiologic uses of surveillance data, legal and ethical issues, and dissemination of surveillance information.

• Department: Epidemiology
• R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Batya O Elul
  Info
• 3 points

Disparities in Women's Health

DISPARITIES IN WOMEN'S HE

This course emphasizes critical analysis of disparities in women’s health both historically and in the current health care system. Institutional racism and misogyny will be examined as a major contributor to health disparities. Health outcomes across the lifespan for women in the United States will be compared and contrasted with outcomes in low and high resource countries. The social and political context will include disparities identified based on the social determinants of health which include age, race, poverty, mental and physical capacity, ethnicity, language, country of national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation. Efforts to close the gap in disparities will be identified and analyzed.

• Department: Nursing
• W 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Melissa Pena
  Info
• 2 points

Environmental Epidemiology

ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOG

The goals of this class are to familiarize the students with the methodological issues and design strategies used in environmental epidemiology and to develop the student's critical thinking regarding the application of epidemiologic methods. The course covers traditional approaches to environmental epidemiology such as, occupational cohorts and ecologic studies and also covers newer molecular epidemiologic approaches to exposure assessment and the analysis of gene-environment interactions. Discussions of classic environment-disease associations, such as aflatoxin and liver cancer, illustrate methodologies used to investigate the health effects of environmental exposures. Each week readings will be assigned for discussion in the following class, students are expected to be prepared to discuss the readings.

• Department: Epidemiology
• R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew G Rundle
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• 3 points

Foundations of VC

The course is very experiential. Learnings will be applied to companies that are currently fundraising and you will assess each company as if you were considering investing. There will be 2-3 guest lecturers (in addition to the startup pitches) from experts in the ecosystem so students get a varied perspective. Real company info will be shared in this class. As a result, class slides will be handed out in class but not shared electronically and class sessions will not be recorded.

• Department: Finance
• MT 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• W 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Angela W Lee
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• 1.5 points

COLL IN INDUST ORGANIZATION

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Students will make presentations of original research.

• Department: Economics
• M 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• 2 points

Corporate Restructuring in Bankruptcy

• Department: Finance
• W 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Marshall Sonenshine
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• 1.5 points

Modern Value

You might have heard that value, quant value to be specific, has not performed well over the last decade. Consider the Figure below. It shows the returns associated with investing $1 in four quant strategies, big value, big growth, small value and small growth. The facts are straightforward. Big growth has outperformed big value, but the value premium is alive and well amongst small stocks. In general, when one looks at value versus growth, growth has outperformed greatly. Does this mean value investing is dead? Absolutely not. Journalists and observers confuse quant value with value investing Modern value is about value investing: The process by which we estimate the fundamental value of the business operations of the firm in the context of the competitive position the company has in the industry and markets in which it operates. Notice that I wrote process. Value investing is indeed structured and systematic, and it needs to be because it is granular, focused on the specifics of the firm under consideration. Thus, it is easy to get lost in the details of the firm. The process helps you assess the importance of each bit of information and integrate them coherently in the analysis that combines tools from accounting, valuation and the economics of strategic behavior. around the appropriate aspects of the business?

• Department: Finance
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Tano Santos
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• 3 points

LEGACIES OF EMPIRE & SOV UNION

This intensive course offers an introduction to multiple disciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches to the major issues defining the emergence, persistence, and transformation of the countries that once comprised the Soviet bloc. The course explores the history, politics, economies, societies, and political cultures of Russia, the non-Russian republics of the former USSR, and East Central Europe, focusing on the conceptual, methodological, and theoretical developments employed by Soviet studies in North America and related disciplines. It also critically interrogates the enduring relevance and problems posed by the widespread use of the term “Soviet legacy” in reference to contemporary features and challenges faced by the region.

The intensive nature of this course is reflected in two ways- preparation and focus. First, the course carries a substantial reading load designed to inform and prepare students for the course sessions. These assignments will mostly be academic readings, but may also include short videos, news articles, and digital archival materials. In order to use our time together productively, the lectures and discussion will build upon, not review, the assignments for the session. Each session typically will be split into 2 segments, roughly of 55-60 minutes each. Many of these segments will be taught by guest lecturers who will give 30 mins presentations on their topic and then field questions. During our limited time for Q&A students should ask single, concise questions.

• Department: Russian Eurasian E. European
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Elise Giuliano
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• 4 points

Clinical Epidemiology

CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Clinical epidemiology is a basic science of clinical medicine and a subspecialty of epidemiology. It is the application of epidemiologic methods to studying problems encountered in clinical settings pertaining to the causes and management of diseases and medical conditions in individual patients. The central paradigm of clinical epidemiology is that exposure and outcome patterns of the disease in different population groups can be analyzed methodically to gain scientific knowledge about the etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, safety, and effectiveness of therapeutic and other interventions. Epidemiologic methods are increasingly used in clinical investigations to provide scientific evidence for assessing clinical practice and for improving clinical decision making and outcomes. This course is designed to introduce students to basic theories, concepts, and methods of clinical epidemiology, and provide them with the necessary tools and skills to critically appraise the clinical research literature, competently design and conduct clinical studies, and appropriately analyze and interpret clinical data. This course consists of one lecture and one laboratory session per week. Students will be evaluated based on a mid-term exam, final exam, and homework assignments.

• Department: Epidemiology
• F 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Guohua Li
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• 3 points

Complex Antepartum Care

COMPLEX ANTEPARTUM CARE

This course provides the graduate midwifery student with theoretical knowledge of complex conditions that may arise during the antepartum period. Maintaining a person-centered approach to care is emphasized within the context of health equity.

• Department: Nursing
• W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Su Z Thet
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• 2 points

ENERGY REGULATION

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

• Department: Law
• 2 points

Real Estate Debt Markets

This half session "B" course is focused primarily on the commercial real estate debt markets and is complimented by the half session "A" course, Real Estate Equity Markets. Students may wish to take both half courses sequentially for a complete understanding of the Real Estate Capital Markets or individually. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of both theory and practice in the commercial real estate debt markets both from the perspective of capital providers as well as property investors. The approach will be to make sure students first have a thorough grasp of the relevant theories and models used to value these assets and then to apply that understanding to reality seeing the limitations of the theory. Students will learn how to underwrite, size, and analyze a variety of commercial real estate debt including balance sheet first mortgage loans, first mortgage loans for securitization and CMBS, and subordinate debt structures including mezzanine loans, B- notes and preferred equity. The course will also teach the student how to analyze the $800 billion CMBS market, the largest commercial real estate debt market and the associated CRE CDO, CRE CLO and CMBX markets both from a theoretical and practical perspective. These markets finance about one quarter of all commercial real estate debt. They were also at the heart of the recent commercial real estate bubble, collapse and rebirth. Some time will also be devoted to agency "CMBS (multifamily)" markets including FNMA DUS MBS, FHLMC K certificates and Ginnie Mae Project and construction loan certificates. As a final project, students will be grouped into teams and given commercial real estate securities to analyze on a Bloomberg to make investment decisions. All students who would like to understand these critical markets and their connection to the commercial property markets are welcome. The course would be particularly appropriate for students wishing to pursue careers in real estate finance and/or trading, creating, investing in, researching, selling or regulating commercial real estate securities. The course is also recommended for students wishing to pursue careers as developers or investors in commercial real estate properties themselves (" the dirt") but want to understand how to fund their ventures via these instruments and how volatility in the real estate debt capital markets for these instruments can create opportunities and risks in the property markets themselves.

• Department: Finance
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian P Lancaster
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• 1.5 points

Real Estate Equity Securities

• Department: Finance
• T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Ross L Smotrich
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• 1.5 points

Complex Management in Sexual and Reprodu

CMPLX MGMT SEXUAL & REPR

This diagnosis and management course identifies complex sexual and reproductive health issues within the scope of nurse midwifery practice. Emphasis will be on the nurse midwifery role in the management of complex cases which includes collaborative care and referrals. Concurrent supervised clinical experiences enhance and ground the didactic experience. Social and reproductive justice issues and health outcome measures with respect to disparities will be integrated throughout.

• Department: Nursing
• T 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Caroline S Handschuh
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• 2 points

Introduction to Intrapartum Care

Intro to Intrapartum Care

This course provides foundational knowledge and skills for midwifery management and support of physiologic labor and birth. Hands-on workshops with task trainers and simulation will be utilized to provide instruction and feedback on practical skills necessary for assessment and management of the laboring and birthing person.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Caroline S Handschuh
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• 2 points

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Cole
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

Practice of Wealth Management

• Department: Finance
• W 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• 3 points

Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

• Department: Finance
• R 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• 3 points

Residential Real Estate: Dirt, Debt, And

• Department: Finance
• MWF 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian P Lancaster
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• 3 points

Ambulatory Care in Midwifery: Clinical

AMB CARE IN MIDWIFERY CLI

This clinical course covers the broad scope of sexual, reproductive health and prenatal care including: the history and physical examination techniques aimed at understanding the physiologic parameters of sexual health and pregnancy and recognizing complex conditions, illness or risk for complication. This course focuses on the physical, emotional and educational needs of the person seeking midwifery care and covers a variety of clinical areas including health maintenance, screening, sexual health, family planning, preconception, pregnancy and late postpartum care.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Rebekah L Ruppe
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• 3 points

Finance in the Family Firm

• Department: Finance
• W 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Craig S Wo
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• 1.5 points

Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV/AIDS

This applied course introduces students to the epidemiology of HIV infection in resource-rich and resource-limited settings. Class sessions focus on the latest approaches to conducting surveillance of HIV and AIDS; the evolving burden of HIV infection in sub-groups, including men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, adolescent girls and older people; the development and evaluation of prevention- and treatment-related interventions across a range of settings; and the application of epidemiologic methods to understand historical and current controversies and determine best practices. Activate participation in class discussion and exercises, homework, a group presentation and a final project will be used to evaluate student progress towards learning objectives.

• Department: Epidemiology
• W 10 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• Instructor: William J Reidy
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• 3 points

The Economics and Politics of Digital Di

Econ & Politics of Dig Di

• Department: Business Economics
• R 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Greenlee
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• 1.5 points

Epidemiology of Malaria

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALARIA

Malaria imposes a profound burden on public health and inhibits economic growth. It is distributed over 90 countries accounting for an annual estimate of 400 million cases and over one million deaths, most of them in children. Pregnant women are more vulnerable to malaria, resulting in infection, miscarriages, severe anemia, maternal mortality and low birth weight. Low birth weight poses the greatest risk for neonatal death. The disease also affects non-immune immigrants, refugees and displaced populations during their movement from non-endemic to endemic areas. Resistance to anti-malarial drugs and insecticides by the Plasmodium human parasites and Anopheles vector mosquitoes respectively is widespread. This course examines the ecological and epidemiological characteristics of malaria, transmission dynamics, economic costs of malaria, available intervention strategies and the global challenge of its control.

• Department: Epidemiology
• Instructor: Awash Teklehaimanot
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• 3 points

Social Epidemiology

SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

This course focuses on the branch of epidemiology concerned with how social arrangements, processes, and interactions shape the population distribution of health and disease and produce social inequalities in health. The sub-discipline of social epidemiology has grown dramatically in the past decade and, while still evolving as an interdisciplinary enterprise, it is now an established field of etiologic inquiry, both incorporating and influencing the conventional theories, methods, and principles of epidemiology. This course will familiarize students with the key theories, concepts, methods, findings, and ongoing debates in social epidemiology. Through lectures, readings, and discussion we will review the major social determinants of health, the theories and empirical evidence with respect to how social conditions “get under the skin,” and the methodological challenges involved in measuring social phenomena and making causal inferences about the relationship between social factors and health. By the end of the course students will understand the theoretical, substantive, and methodological parameters of this growing sub-discipline of epidemiologic inquiry, and be able to evaluate both its strengths and limitations.

• Department: Epidemiology
• R 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Bates
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• 3 points

CHINESE POLIT ECON-COMP PERSP

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. A graduate seminar designed to explore the content, process, and problems of China's political and economic reforms in comparative perspective. Please see the Courseworks site for details

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiaobo Lu
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

The Credit Superhighway

The outstanding notional amount of debt instruments in the world is well over $100 trillion which makes it larger than the global equity markets. Credit, is actually what makes the world go around yet it gets much less billing and excitement than other asset classes. If you think credit is just fixed income, I have a few hedge fund managers you should meet Some of them will be our occasional guest speakers!

• Department: Finance
• MF 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Ellen Carr
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• 1.5 points

Emerging Infectious Diseases

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEA

In recent years, a number of infections have appeared for the first time, while many others have spread rapidly to new areas; these are termed emerging infectious diseases". HIV/AIDS, SARS, the recent Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), human infections with H5N1 and H7N9 avian influenza, and a number of others are recent examples. Infectious causes have also been implicated in such chronic diseases as gastric ulcers and certain cancers. This course examines the concept of emerging infectious diseases and our current understanding of emergence. The course will consider methods for identifying and studying emerging pathogens, factors responsible for disease emergence, and methods for surveillance and intervention.

• Department: Epidemiology
• F 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Epstein
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• 3 points

Food and Drug Law: Policy and Practice

Food & Drug Law: Pol and

• Department: Law
• 3 points

Epidemiology of Chronic Disease Seminar

EPI OF CHRONIC DISEASE SE

The primary objectives in this course are to learn to systematically review and summarize primary research in chronic disease epidemiology, to synthesize scientific evidence to establish causal inference, and to understand how this evidence relates to scientific decision making for improving health outcomes. In this course, we will evaluate 4 topics in the epidemiology of chronic diseases. By the end of the semester, students will improve their ability to interpret the literature on current topics in chronic disease epidemiology and will be able to evaluate how the evidence can inform health decision making and causal inference. Readings will be based upon publications highlighted in the Dean’s Seminar Series on Chronic Disease and the Department of Epidemiology’s Chronic Disease Cluster seminars.

• Department: Epidemiology
• Instructor: Lauren C Houghton
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• 0.5 points

Epidemiologic Methods in Global Mental H

EPI MTHDS GLBL MENTL HLTH

Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders are substantial drivers of the global burden of disease. The burden is particularly high in low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC) where over 80% of persons in need of MNS services go untreated. Yet for decades, attention to MNS epidemiologic research in LMIC was scarce relative to both psychiatric epidemiology studies conducted in high-income countries as well as infectious disease epidemiology studies in LMIC. Recently, however, the emerging field of global mental health has been recognized by international agencies, including the United Nations (via the Sustainable Development Goals) and the World Health Organization (via the Mental Health Action Plan) as major funding agencies, including NIH, CDC, and the UK MRC have followed suit in prioritizing global mental health research. 

 

As the field has emerged, challenges in how to appropriately conduct public mental health research in LMIC contexts have surfaced. Such challenges require the appropriate application of epidemiologic methods in order to accurately measure and describe MNS problems in LMIC and evaluate and implement intervention approaches. Epidemiologic methods to be discussed in this course include: complex survey designs to measure MNS prevalence in humanitarian and emergency settings; validation of mental health screening tools in the absence of a gold standard criterion among culturally diverse populations; evaluation of MNS intervention effectiveness using experimental and non-experimental designs; novel methods for assessing clinical competency and intervention fidelity of lay mental health providers in LMIC; and implementation science tools, designs, and analysis approaches for translating evidence-based interventions into practice in LMIC. 

 

The course is designed to complement Priorities in Global Mental Health (P6813), which provides a broad overview of priority issues in global mental health, and epidemiologic methods series courses (e.g., Quant Core Module / P6400, and Epidemiology II). The course is also designed to be practical in the sense that the intent is for students to learn the ‘how to’ of conducting global mental health epidemiologic studies in the field. Each lecture will apply a core epidemiologic method or concept (e.g., information and selection bias; survey, cohort, case-control, and RCT study designs; effect modification; and causal inference) to the field of global mental health. Through lectures, int

• Department: Epidemiology
• W 10 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• Instructor: Jeremy C Kane
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• 3 points

Seminar in Social Determinants of Health

SEMINAR IN SOCIAL DETERM

Seminar for students in the Social Determinants certificate program

• Department: Epidemiology
• F 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Bates
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• 0-1 points

Midwifery Clinical Competency Skills I

MIDWIFE CLIN COMPETNCY SK

Clinical skills preparation is essential before a student enters clinical practicum. A variety of skills relevant to antepartum, well woman gynecology, and intrapartum care are taught and then practiced in simulation settings and peer practice.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Rebekah L Ruppe
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• 2 points