PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The course aims to teach MA in Statistics students how to manage their careers and develop professionally. Topics include resume and cover-letter writing, negotiation, mentoring, interviewing skills and communication across global teams. Top professionals from across the globe speak to students and help improve leadership skills.
- Department: Statistics
- W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- F 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Banu Baydil
CULPA: 10
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Instructor:
Gabriel Young
CULPA: 7 Info - 0 points
MA Mentored Research
MA MENTORED RESEARCH
This course is intended to provide a mechanism to MA students in Statistics who undertake on-campus project work or research. The course may be signed up with a faculty member from the Department of Statistics for academic credit. Students seeking to enroll in the course should identify an on-campus project and a congenial faculty member whose research is appealing to them, and who are able to serve as their mentor. Students should then submit an application to enroll in this course, which will be reviewed and approved by the Faculty Director of the MA in Statistics program.
- Department: Statistics
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Instructor:
Demissie Alemayehu
h-index: 14 Info - 0-3 points
Statistical Fieldwork
Prerequisites: GR5203; GR5204 &GR5205 and at least 4 approved electives This course is an elective course for students in the M.A. in Statistics program that counts towards the degree requirements. To receive a grade and academic credits for this course, students are expected to engage in approved off-campus internships that can be counted as an elective. Statistical Fieldwork should provide students an opportunity to apply their statistical skills and gain practical knowledge on how statistics can be applied to solve real-world challenges.
- Department: Statistics
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Instructor:
Demissie Alemayehu
h-index: 14 Info - 1 points
MANAGING DATA
- Department: Applied Analytics
- R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sridhar Ravula
Info - 3 points
MANAGING DATA
MANAGING DATA ONLINE
- Department: Applied Analytics
- W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mohamed Mneimneh
Info - 3 points
CLINICAL ETHICS
While this course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of clinical ethics and the basic terminology and framework of ethical analysis in biomedical ethics, it offers a more sociological perspective, putting the contemporary clinical issues into a broader context. We will look briefly at the development of clinical ethics and its impact on hospital care and doctor-patient relationships, on the prevailing autonomy norm and its critique. The course then focuses on issues encountered in clinical practice such as informed consent, patient capacity, decision-making, end of life, advance directives, medical futility, pediatrics ethics, maternal-fetal conflicts, organ transplantation, cultural competence and diversity of beliefs and others. The course will examine the role of the clinical ethics consultant (CEC) and assignments will mimic the work that CECs may perform in the hospital setting.
Over the span of the semester, students become familiar with the ethical questions surrounding major topics in the clinic with a practical case-based approach toward ethics dilemmas and ethics consultation. During the semester, students in New York attend a meeting of the adult or pediatric ethics committees of New York Presbyterian and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital or another area hospital, as well as ethics lectures given at the medical center.
Students are expected to complete five case write-ups using a template that will be given by the instructor. Students will be using these cases to refine and hone their ethical analysis skills and to show their knowledge of law, policy and ethical principles and how they might apply to each situation.
- Department: Bioethics
- T 3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Barbra Rothschild
Info - 3 points
PRACTICAL PRODUCTION I
Practical Production 1 teaches students best practices regarding film production and technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program through lectures, discussions, pre-production meetings, multi-hour shoots on set and an end-of-the-semester screening. This class is required for all first-year students. Throughout the Fall, students will work in small production groups to prep and shoot a short script in the Prentis studio. Each week one group will organize a pre-production meeting and then produce a four-hour shoot. The professor will be in attendance and two de-briefing sessions will occur throughout the production to reiterate best film production practices. Additional assignments will include the creation of various pre-production, production and wrap paperwork and tech deliverables. Additional mandatory production and risk management workshops will be given. The last class will be a screening of all group films and prep/discussion for the 3-5 exercise shot over Winter Break. Required for all first-year students.
- Department: Film
- F 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joshua R Troxler
Info - 1.5 points
NON-LINEAR OPTION PRICING
Prerequisites: familiarity with Brownian motion, Itô's formula, stochastic differential equations, and Black-Scholes option pricing. Prerequisites: Familiarity with Brownian motion, Itô's formula, stochastic differential equations, and Black-Scholes option pricing. Nonlinear Option Pricing is a major and popular theme of research today in quantitative finance, covering a wide variety of topics such as American option pricing, uncertain volatility, uncertain mortality, different rates for borrowing and lending, calibration of models to market smiles, credit valuation adjustment (CVA), transaction costs, illiquid markets, super-replication under delta and gamma constraints, etc. The objective of this course is twofold: (1) introduce some nonlinear aspects of quantitative finance, and (2) present and compare various numerical methods for solving high-dimensional nonlinear problems arising in option pricing.
- Department: Mathematics
- F 6 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
- 3 points
MATH METHODS FOR ECONOMISTS
- Department: Economics
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Isaac B Bjorke
Info - 3 points
MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT
This course provides the tools to measure and manage market risk in the context of large financial institutions. The volume and complexity of the data itself, at large institutions, makes it a challenge to generate actionable information. We will take on this challenge to master the path from data to decisions.
We cover the essential inputs to the engines of financial risk management: VaR, Expected Exposure, Potential Exposure, Expected Shortfall, backtesting, and stress testing as they apply to asset management and trading. We explore the strengths and weaknesses of these different metrics and the tradeoffs between them. We also cover how regulatory frameworks impact both the details and the strategy of building these engines. Lastly, we cover counterparty-credit methodologies, mainly as they apply to Trading Book risk.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Igor Axenov
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Instructor:
Deniz Ozenbas
Info - 3 points
ECONOMETRICS I
- Department: Economics
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Seyhan Erden
CULPA: 7
Info
- 3 points
PRINTMAKING:DRAWING INTO PRINT
- Department: Visual Arts
- T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tomas Vu Daniel
CULPA: 4
Info
- 3 points
ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS
- Department: Economics
- R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Serguei Maliar
Info - 3 points
SYMBOLIC LOGIC
Advanced introduction to classical sentential and predicate logic. No previous acquaintance with logic is required; nonetheless a willingness to master technicalities and to work at a certain level of abstraction is desirable. Note: Due to significant overlap, students may receive credit for only one of the following three courses: PHIL UN3411, UN3415, GR5415.
- Department: Philosophy
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Tamar A Lando
CULPA: 8 Info - 4 points
ANOMALY DETECTION
- Department: Applied Analytics
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Christopher Kuo
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Instructor:
Andrew Assing
Info - 3 points
CREDIT RISK ANALYTICS
The field of credit risk management is undergoing a quiet revolution as subjective and manually-intensive methods give way to digitization, algorithmic management, and decision-making. This course provides a practical overview and hands-on experience with different methods, and it also provides a view of future technologies and discussions of potential future directions. Participants in this course should be well-positioned to take entry-level analytic positions and help drive strategic decisions.
The first half of the course explores analytics used today for credit risk management. You will learn to create rating and scoring models and a macro scenario-based stress testing model. In the second half of the course, we explore more advanced tools used by the more prominent organizations and fintech firms, including neural net and XGBoost decision tree models.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Douglas W Dwyer
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Instructor:
Sudeep Arora
Info - 3 points
TECH ARTS:POST PRODUCTION
Tech Arts: Post Production delivers a practical introduction to modern post production workflows. The course will cover the process of moving efficiently from production to post production, the techniques of non-linear editing and ultimately the process of professionally finishing a film for modern distribution. Students will learn foundational post terminology, how to create the best workflow for your film, how to manage data/footage in the edit room, and offline and online editing. Additionally, the class will explore other key steps in the post production process including audio syncing, transcoding, exporting and mastering. The hands-on lessons and exercises will be conducted using the industry-standard non-linear editing system (NLE), Avid Media Composer, and will serve as a primer for other professional systems, including Adobe Premiere and Davinci Resolve. Students will also learn about Columbia Film’s shared storage system and cloud editing systems, Avid Nexis and Avid Media Central. The course is necessary and required for Columbia Film MFA students as it prepares them for post production, an unavoidable component of the most essential part of the Film MFA, filmmaking.
- Department: Film
- R 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael J Cacioppo Belantara
Info - 0 points
MODEL & TRADE DERIVATIVES
Required Prerequisite: Math GR5010 Intro to the Math of Finance (or equivalent). Recommended Prerequisite: Stat GR5264 Stochastic Processes – Applications I (or equivalent).
The objective of this course is to introduce students, from a practitioner’s perspective with formal derivations, to the advanced modeling, pricing and risk management techniques of vanilla and exotic options that are traded on derivatives desks, which goes beyond the classical option pricing courses focusing solely on the theory. It also presents the opportunity to design, implement and backtest vol trading strategies. The course is divided in four parts: Advanced Volatility Modeling; Vanilla and Exotic Options: Structuring, Pricing and Hedging; FX/Rates Components: Discounting, Forward Projection, Quanto and Compo Options; Designing and Backtesting Vol Trading Strategies in Python.
- Department: Mathematics
- S 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Amal Moussa
h-index: 7 Info - 3 points
SPORTS GENERAL MANAGEMENT
- Department: Sports Management
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Christopher Lencheski
Info - 3 points
PRINTMAKING I: INTAGLIO
- Department: Visual Arts
- MW 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jennifer Nuss
Info - 3 points
PRINTMAKING II: INTAGLIO
- Department: Visual Arts
- MW 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jennifer Nuss
Info - 3 points
APPLIED TEXT AND NATURAL LANGUAGE ANALYT
APPLIED TXT & NAT LANG AN
- Department: Applied Analytics
- M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
John Ortega
h-index: None Info - 3 points
LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT
Indicators of companies running into hard times typically include revenue volatility, loss of key personnel, reputational damage, and increased litigation. However, company failures are frequently marked by insufficient liquidity, or the lack of cash to meet obligations. Liquidity risk is the unexpected change in a company’s cash resources or demands on such resources that results in the untimely sale of assets, and/or an inability to meet contractual demands and/or default. In extreme cases, the lack of sufficient cash creates severe losses and results in company bankruptcy.
An institution’s cash resources and obligations can and must be managed. Indeed, the field of liquidity risk management is an established part of treasury departments at sizable institutions. The regularity of cash flows and the turbulence of business and markets must be assessed and quantified. This course provides students the tools and techniques to manage all types of liquidity challenges including the need to sell assets unexpectedly in the market, or work through ‘‘run‐on-the‐bank’’ situations for financial services companies.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joseph Dziwura
Info - 3 points
TECH ARTS
TECH ARTS: CAMERA & LENSES
The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde
The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year.
Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion.
Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.
- Department: Film
- R 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gregg L Conde
Info - 0 points
TECH ARTS
TECH ARTS: GRIP & ELECTRIC
The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde
The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year.
Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion.
Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.
- Department: Film
- M 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew D Farrell
Info - 0 points
TECH ARTS
TECH ARTS: CINEMA AUDIO
The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde
The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year.
Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion.
Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.
- Department: Film
- T 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael O'Brien
Info - 0 points
TECH ARTS
TECH ARTS: CAMERA & LENSES
The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde
The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year.
Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion.
Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.
- Department: Film
- R 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gregg L Conde
Info - 0 points
TECH ARTS
TECH ARTS: GRIP & ELECTRIC
The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde
The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year.
Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion.
Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.
- Department: Film
- M 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew D Farrell
Info - 0 points
TECH ARTS
TECH ARTS: CINEMA AUDIO
The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde
The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year.
Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion.
Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.
- Department: Film
- T 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael O'Brien
Info - 0 points
Machine Learning for Finance
The application of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in the Financial industry is now commonplace, but still nascent in its potential. This course provides an overview of ML applications for finance use cases including trading, investment management, and consumer banking.
Students will learn how to work with financial data and how to apply ML algorithms using the data. In addition to providing an overview of the most commonly used ML models, we will detail the regression, KNN, NLP, and time series deep learning ML models using desktop and cloud technologies.
The course is taught in Python using Numpy, Pandas, scikit-learn and other libraries. Basic programming knowledge in any language is required.
- Department: Mathematics
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
William G Ritter
Info - 3 points
PRINTMAKING I: RELIEF
- Department: Visual Arts
- MW 9:30 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Nathan N Catlin
Info - 3 points
FINANCIAL DATA SCIENCE AND MACHINE LEARN
FIN DATA SCI & MACHINE LE
This course teaches cutting-edge tools and methods that drive investment decisions at quantitative trading firms, and, more generally, firms applying machine learning to big data. The course will combine presentations of theory, immediately followed by in-class Python programming examples using real financial data. The course will develop a general approach to building models of economic and financial processes, with a focus on statistical learning techniques that scale to large data sets. Among the topics covered are lasso, elastic net, cross validation, Bayesian models, the EM algorithm, Support Vector Machines, kernel methods, Gaussian processes, Hidden Markov Models, and neural networks. The final project will lead the students to build a trading strategy based on the techniques learned throughout the course.
- Department: Applied Analytics
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
William G Ritter
Info - 3 points
BLOCKCHAIN AND ERM
Using Blockchain, decisions can be made without relying on a single centralized authority, allowing for greater transparency and trust between participants. By using smart contracts and distributed ledgers, users can easily create, modify, and manage agreements between stakeholders, ensuring that all parties have access to the same information and can make informed decisions. As a result, Blockchain technology reduces the risks associated with decision-making, and improves efficiency and accuracy. This course first examines the risks and rewards of implementing Blockchain at large organizations engaging in decentralized decision-making processes. The course then explores the Blockchain as a tool for risk management.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
- R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ivan Bakrac
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Instructor:
Claire Husson-Citanna
Info - 3 points
PRINTMAKING I: SILKSCREEN
- Department: Visual Arts
- R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Aurelien T Couput
Info - 3 points
PRINTMAKING II: SILKSCREEN
- Department: Visual Arts
- R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Aurelien T Couput
Info - 3 points
ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE
ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS & C
This course will explore the influence of institutional policies on the ethical practices of clinicians, researchers, and healthcare administrators. We will examine the ways in which rules and practices related to operational and financial performance shape the ability of practitioners, advocates for patients/research participants, and the public to advance organizational goals. We will evaluate internal and external sources of institutional direction and values. The exercise of authority by different stakeholders produces a cumulative impact on organizational ethics and compliance. At the end of the course students will have a working knowledge of the various institutional influences that impact the sometimes-conflicting obligations of compliance with financial regulations and clinical performance improvement.
- Department: Bioethics
- F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
David N Hoffman
h-index: 2 Info - 3 points
IMPACT FINANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY PRACTI
IMPACT FINANCE FOR STNBLT
This survey course examines a range of sustainable and impact investing fixed income and equity products
before transitioning to the asset owner perspective on sustainable and impact investing. Each class session
includes elements of financial analysis, financial structure, social or environmental impact, and policy and
regulatory context. Brief guest lectures, podcasts, and three experiential exercises bring these topics to life.
At the end of the course, each student will be able to (i) construct a diversified portfolio of impact
investments based on the range of products tackled in class, (ii) integrate ESG into debt and equity valuation,
(iii) develop an impact investing product that an asset manager or investment bank could launch, (iv) develop
an impact investing strategy for an asset owner, and (v) lead either side of the investor-corporate dialogue on
sustainability. The lectures are designed to prepare students for both the impact investing product
development exercise and the impact investing asset owner strategy exercise, and these two exercises are
designed to prepare students for impact investing leadership over the course of their careers.
As an early innovator in social finance, dating back 24 years, the instructor provides students with a practical
toolkit, honed by making mainstream financial institutions and products more beneficial to a broader range
of stakeholders and making specialist impact investment firms more relevant to and integrated with
mainstream markets.
- Department: Sustainability Management
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Bhakti Mirchandani
Info - 3 points
Sustainability Value Creation in Private
This course provides an overview of the way sustainability (environmental, social and governance) factors are analyzed in private markets. It focuses on preparing students to implement their understanding of the financial and societal risks and opportunities within the investment making process. In private markets, limited partners (pension funds, endowments, high net-worth individuals) have pushed the sustainability imperative and social consciousness of private equity funds and asset managers by seeking greater clarity around how their money is invested in both a responsible and financially meaningful way. Alongside this trend, an evolving regulatory environment globally has propelled the need to systemize evaluation frameworks for stakeholders within investment functions and advisors who support them.Unlike public markets, sustainability information is harder to glean in private markets and requires a skilled extraction and evaluation process. During this course, we examine a traditional ESG due diligence process embedded within the wider investment lifecycle (sourcing, diligence, hold and exit) through the lens of changing geographic regulatory landscape in financial investing and the market leading frameworks that quantify ESG factors for evaluation. The course culminates with a deal due diligence process that mimics an investment committee (IC) comprised of private equity leaders that understand the commercial and purpose-driven viability of an investment.
- Department: Sustainability Management
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Angela Jhanji
Info - 3 points
CLOUD COMPUTING
Data analytics have become an essential component of business intelligence and informed decision making. Sophisticated statistical and algorithmic methodologies, generally known as data science, are now of predominant interest and focus. Yet, the underlying cloud computing platform is fundamental to the enablement of data management and analytics.
This course introduces students to cloud computing concepts and practices ranging from infrastructure and administration to services and applications. The course is primarily focused on the development of practical skills in utilizing cloud services to build distributed and scalable analytics applications. Students will have hands-on exposure to VMs (Virtual Machines), databases, storage, microservices, and AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) services through Google Cloud Platform, et al. Cost and performance characteristics of alternative approaches will also be studied. Topics include: overview of cloud computing, cloud systems, parallel processing in the cloud, distributed storage systems, virtualization, security in the cloud, and multicore operating systems. Throughout, students will study state-of-the-art solutions for cloud computing developed by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM.
The course modules provide a blend of lecture and reading materials along with class exercises and programming assignments. While extensive programming experience is not required, students taking the course are expected to possess basic Python 3 programming skills.
The desired outcome of the course is the student’s ability to put conceptual knowledge to practical use. Whether you are taking this course for future academic research, for work in industry, or for an innovative startup idea, this course should help you master the fundamentals of cloud computing.
- Department: Applied Analytics
- W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mohsen Golalikhani
Info - 3 points
RESEARCH ETHICS
In recent years, many crucial issues have arisen concerning research ethics. Scientists in biomedicine, social science and other areas, as well as policy makers face rapidly evolving challenges. In recent years, violations of research ethics have attracted attention from the public, the media, the government, and the scientific community, which have all responded in varying ways. Issues arise in deciding how best to protect human subjects, obtain informed consent, protect privacy and confidentiality, finance research without biasing results, and avoid “misbehavior” among scientists. Questions arise concerning the professional responsibilities and rights of scientists, the rights of study participants, and the appropriate role of the state in these matters.
The course meets online once a week for an hour and a half, with extensive interaction between students and the professor both during class and on post-class discussion forums. It can fulfill the requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research that the NIH and other funders currently mandate for training programs that they support.
- Department: Bioethics
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Robert L Klitzman
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
RESEARCH ETHICS
RESEARCH ETHICS (ONLINE)
In recent years, many crucial issues have arisen concerning research ethics. Scientists in biomedicine, social science and other areas, as well as policy makers face rapidly evolving challenges. In recent years, violations of research ethics have attracted attention from the public, the media, the government, and the scientific community, which have all responded in varying ways. Issues arise in deciding how best to protect human subjects, obtain informed consent, protect privacy and confidentiality, finance research without biasing results, and avoid “misbehavior” among scientists. Questions arise concerning the professional responsibilities and rights of scientists, the rights of study participants, and the appropriate role of the state in these matters.
The course meets online once a week for an hour and a half, with extensive interaction between students and the professor both during class and on post-class discussion forums. It can fulfill the requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research that the NIH and other funders currently mandate for training programs that they support.
- Department: Bioethics
- T 6 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Robert L Klitzman
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS
A COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ACCOUN
- Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Reyes Llopis-Garcia
CULPA: 10
h-index: 10
Info
- 4 points
Research Ethics
This course is offered for early year Biology PhD students only and meets the first 8 weeks of the semester.
In
recent years, many crucial issues have arisen concerning research ethics. Scientists in biomedicine, social science and other areas, as well as policy makers face rapidly evolving challenges. In recent years, violations of research ethics have attracted attention from the public, the media, the government, and the scientific community, which have all responded in varying ways. Issues arise in deciding how best to protect human subjects, obtain informed consent, protect privacy and confidentiality, finance research without biasing results, and avoid “misbehavior” among scientists. Questions arise concerning the professional responsibilities and rights of scientists, the rights of study participants, and the appropriate role of the state in these matters.
The course meets in person and online for 2 hours, with extensive interaction between students and the professor both during class and on post-class discussion forums. It can fulfill the requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research that the NIH and other funders currently mandate for training programs that they support.
- Department: Bioethics
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joel Roselin
Info - 2 points
Research Ethics
This course is offered for Biology PhD students only and meets the last 5 weeks of the semester.
In
recent years, many crucial issues have arisen concerning research ethics. Scientists in biomedicine, social science and other areas, as well as policy makers face rapidly evolving challenges. In recent years, violations of research ethics have attracted attention from the public, the media, the government, and the scientific community, which have all responded in varying ways. Issues arise in deciding how best to protect human subjects, obtain informed consent, protect privacy and confidentiality, finance research without biasing results, and avoid “misbehavior” among scientists. Questions arise concerning the professional responsibilities and rights of scientists, the rights of study participants, and the appropriate role of the state in these matters.
The course meets in person or online for 2 hours, with extensive interaction between students and the professor both during class and on post-class discussion forums. It can fulfill the requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research that the NIH and other funders currently mandate for training programs that they support.
- Department: Bioethics
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joel Roselin
Info - 1 points
APPLIED CODING FOR RISK MANAGEMENT
Applied Coding for Risk Management takes your ability to use code to the next level. This course is for students who have taken Coding for Risk Management. The goal of that course is to give you the ability to get risk management related work done with code. The goal of this course is to give you the ability to code in collaboration with teams in order to build and deploy risk models on large data sets. The course is highly structured and organized by topic into semester long learning threads. Each week, readings and assignments will take another step forward along these threads: Python and collaborative coding, SQL for business intelligence, data analysis and visualization, cloud-based infrastructure, simulation for risk management, financial data processing, and API’s.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
David J Romoff
Info - 3 points
HEALTH POLICY & BIOETHICS
This course introduces students to how healthcare policy is created and implemented in the United States and abroad, while also raising critical ethical issues surrounding healthcare policy for the US, and other industrialized as well as poorer nations. Through lectures, discussions, and readings from the current literature, we will explore the political processes and concerns which produce our current policy; examine the major issues being debated surrounding the creation and delivery of healthcare, including ethical issues; explore the process by which we induce biomedical progress and development; explore barriers to sound healthcare production and delivery in various countries, and examine the recent reforms wrought through the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). In addition, we will spend a few units looking, in detail, at the unusual challenges posed in delivering healthcare to the poor and the elderly.
- Department: Bioethics
- M 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jonathan Engel
Info - 3 points
PRIVACY RISK MANAGEMENT
In today’s digital age, with the collection and usage of personal information growing at an exponential rate, the study of privacy risk management is crucial. As organizations grapple with the dual challenge of monetizing technological innovation without running afoul of regulatory and legal restrictions, the ERM professional who understands how to identify, assess, and manage privacy risk is in high demand. In this course, students will develop an understanding of the legal frameworks governing data usage, the ethical issues associated with the use of personal information, and how to develop robust privacy frameworks and controls in order to manage privacy risk.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alison L Bird
Info -
Instructor:
Erin Bansal
Info - 3 points
SPORTS LAW AND ETHICS
- Department: Sports Management
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Carla Varriale
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Instructor:
Jennifer Duberstein
Info - 3 points
WRITING OP-EDS, SMALL PERSONAL ESSAYS AN
WRITING OP-EDS, ESSAYS &
This class is designed to give students exercises and guided experiences in producing and marketing publishable opinion essays. In the last two decades, newspapers, magazines and websites have opened up their pages to reader contributions. This development provides an unprecedented opportunity for students and faculty to connect with the general public about policy issues—and also to their personal passions. Op-eds provide a relatively new pathway to communication and advocacy. This course aims to teach journalistic writing so that our students can gain a larger forum on matters like climate mitigation, conservation biology, green roofs, urban farming, ecologic waste disposal, environmental justice, and pandemic prevention.
- Department: Sustainability Management
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Claudia Dreifus
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
INTRO TO BLOCKCHAIN, CRYPTO$ & ANALYTICS
BLOCKCHAINCRYPTOCURRENCY &ANL
TBD
- Department: Applied Analytics
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Siddhartha Dalal
Info - 3 points
CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR SUSTAINABILITY PROF
Throughout history, societies have discovered resources, designed and developed them into textiles,
tools and structures, and bartered and exchanged these goods based on their respective values.
Economies emerged, driven by each society’s needs and limited by the resources and technology
available to them. Over the last two centuries, global development accelerated due in large part to the
overextraction and use of finite resources, whether for energy or materials, and supported by vast
technological advancements. However, this economic model did not account for the long-term impacts of
the disposal or depletion of these finite resources and instead, carried on unreservedly in a “take-make’-
waste” manner, otherwise known as a linear economy. Despite a more profound understanding of our
planet’s available resources, the environmental impact of disposal and depletion, and the technological
advancements of the last several decades, the economic heritage of the last two centuries persists today;
which begs the question: what alternatives are there to a linear economy?
The premise of this course is that through systems-thinking, interdisciplinary solutions for an alternative
economic future are available to us. By looking at resources’ potential, we can shape alternative methods
of procurement, design, application, and create new market demands that aim to keep materials,
products and components in rotation at their highest utility and value. This elective course will delve into
both the theory of a circular economy - which would be a state of complete systemic regeneration and
restoration as well as an optimized use of resources and zero waste - and the practical applications
required in order to achieve this economic model. Achieving perfect circularity represents potentially
transformative systemic change and requires a fundamental re-think of many of our current economic
structures, systems and processes.
This is a full-semester elective course which is designed to create awareness among sustainability
leaders that those structures, systems and processes which exist today are not those which will carry us
(as rapidly as we need) into a more sustaining future. The class will be comprised of a series of lectures,
supported by readings and case-studies on business models, design thinking and materi
- Department: Sustainability Management
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Danielle Azoulay
Info - 3 points
CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR SUSTAINABILITY PROF
Throughout history, societies have discovered resources, designed and developed them into textiles,
tools and structures, and bartered and exchanged these goods based on their respective values.
Economies emerged, driven by each society’s needs and limited by the resources and technology
available to them. Over the last two centuries, global development accelerated due in large part to the
overextraction and use of finite resources, whether for energy or materials, and supported by vast
technological advancements. However, this economic model did not account for the long-term impacts of
the disposal or depletion of these finite resources and instead, carried on unreservedly in a “take-make’-
waste” manner, otherwise known as a linear economy. Despite a more profound understanding of our
planet’s available resources, the environmental impact of disposal and depletion, and the technological
advancements of the last several decades, the economic heritage of the last two centuries persists today;
which begs the question: what alternatives are there to a linear economy?
The premise of this course is that through systems-thinking, interdisciplinary solutions for an alternative
economic future are available to us. By looking at resources’ potential, we can shape alternative methods
of procurement, design, application, and create new market demands that aim to keep materials,
products and components in rotation at their highest utility and value. This elective course will delve into
both the theory of a circular economy - which would be a state of complete systemic regeneration and
restoration as well as an optimized use of resources and zero waste - and the practical applications
required in order to achieve this economic model. Achieving perfect circularity represents potentially
transformative systemic change and requires a fundamental re-think of many of our current economic
structures, systems and processes.
This is a full-semester elective course which is designed to create awareness among sustainability
leaders that those structures, systems and processes which exist today are not those which will carry us
(as rapidly as we need) into a more sustaining future. The class will be comprised of a series of lectures,
supported by readings and case-studies on business models, design thinking and materi
- Department: Auditing
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Danielle Azoulay
Info - 0 points
MARKET RESEARCH
Market research is the way that companies identify, understand and develop the target market for their products. It is an important component of business strategy, and it draws on the research and analytics skills you have learned thus far in the program. Often market research consists of generating your own data, through quantitative and qualitative methodologies, in pursuit of the market research question.
This course is an elective that will expand on quantitative and qualitative methodologies that have been introduced previously, provide an introduction to other methodologies that are more specific to market research, and provide hands-on practice in defining a market research plan from start to finish. Students will also learn about particular types of market research studies and when and how they should be deployed. Students will generate and test their own research instruments. Through the use of case studies and simulations, students will learn how market research fits into an overarching marketing plan for a company.
This course is designed for students who have completed the Research Design and Strategy and Analytics core courses, and who are exploring how research fits into product marketing. You will leave this class understanding the essential aspects of market research, when and how they should be deployed, and the role you could play in small and large companies directing and executing on market research opportunities.
- Department: Applied Analytics
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Roya Heydari
Info - 3 points
Supervised Research
Students conduct research related to biotechnology under the sponsorship of a mentor within the University. The student and the mentor determine the nature and extent of this independent study. In some laboratories, the student may be assigned to work with a postdoctoral fellow, graduate student or a senior member of the laboratory, who is in turn supervised by the mentor. The mentor is responsible for mentoring and evaluating the students progress and performance. Credits received from this course may be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement for the degree. Instructor permission required. Web site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/g4500-g4503/index.html
- Department: Biological Sciences
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Instructor:
Lili Yamasaki
CULPA: 5 Info - 3-6 points
Supervised Research
Students conduct research related to biotechnology under the sponsorship of a mentor within the University. The student and the mentor determine the nature and extent of this independent study. In some laboratories, the student may be assigned to work with a postdoctoral fellow, graduate student or a senior member of the laboratory, who is in turn supervised by the mentor. The mentor is responsible for mentoring and evaluating the students progress and performance. Credits received from this course may be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement for the degree. Instructor permission required. Web site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/g4500-g4503/index.html
- Department: Biological Sciences
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Instructor:
Lili Yamasaki
CULPA: 5 Info - 3-6 points
CAPSTONE PROJECT
CONSTRUCTION CAPSTONE PROJECT
- Department: Construction Administration
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
John B Parkinson
Info - 3 points
Introduction to Medieval Manuscript Stud
Intro to Medieval Manuscr
This team-taught course introduces methods for studying medieval manuscripts through weekly hands-on instruction and assignments. Students will become acquainted with the collections of medieval manuscripts at Columbia, and will learn from the scholars at Columbia who specialize in the material study of manuscripts as artifacts as well as in types of manuscripts as defined by their textual contents. The course provides a foundation for advanced work and satisfies the material text requirement of the MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
- Department: Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- F 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Emily Runde
Info - 4 points
Intro to Moving Image: Video, Film & Art
Intro Moving Image:Video,
Intro to Moving Image: Video, Film & Art is an introductory class on the production and editing of digital video. Designed as an intensive hands-on production/post-production workshop, the apprehension of technical and aesthetic skills in shooting, sound and editing will be emphasized. Assignments are developed to allow students to deepen their familiarity with the language of the moving image medium. Over the course of the term, the class will explore the language and syntax of the moving image, including fiction, documentary and experimental approaches. Importance will be placed on the decision making behind the production of a work; why it was conceived of, shot, and edited in a certain way. Class time will be divided between technical workshops, viewing and discussing films and videos by independent producers/artists and discussing and critiquing students projects. Readings will be assigned on technical, aesthetic and theoretical issues. Only one section offered per semester. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.
SPECIAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP
- Department: Writing
- T 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Thomas A Donovan
Info - 6 points
Supervised Independent Research
Students conduct research related to biotechnology under the sponsorship of a mentor outside the University within the New York City Metropolitan Area unless otherwise approved by the Program. The student and the mentor determine the nature and extent of this independent study. In some laboratories, the student may be assigned to work with a postdoctoral fellow, graduate student or a senior member of the laboratory, who is in turn supervised by the mentor. The mentor is responsible for mentoring and evaluating the students progress and performance. Credits received from this course may be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement for the degree. Instructor permission required. Web site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/g4500-g4503/index.html
- Department: Biological Sciences
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Instructor:
Lili Yamasaki
CULPA: 5 Info - 3-6 points
Supervised Independent Research
Students conduct research related to biotechnology under the sponsorship of a mentor outside the University within the New York City Metropolitan Area unless otherwise approved by the Program. The student and the mentor determine the nature and extent of this independent study. In some laboratories, the student may be assigned to work with a postdoctoral fellow, graduate student or a senior member of the laboratory, who is in turn supervised by the mentor. The mentor is responsible for mentoring and evaluating the students progress and performance. Credits received from this course may be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement for the degree. Instructor permission required. Web site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/g4500-g4503/index.html
- Department: Biological Sciences
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Instructor:
Lili Yamasaki
CULPA: 5 Info - 3-6 points
COMPANY FAILURES
Examination of areas critical to an organization’s success from strategic, operational, financial, and insurance perspectives, and examines why many companies fail in spite of the vast knowledge of factors driving success. Several case studies examined in depth.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Adam H Litke
Info -
Instructor:
Michael Zwecher
Info - 3 points
COMPANY FAILURES
Examination of areas critical to an organization’s success from strategic, operational, financial, and insurance perspectives, and examines why many companies fail in spite of the vast knowledge of factors driving success. Several case studies examined in depth.
- Department: Auditing
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael Zwecher
Info -
Instructor:
Steve Lindo
Info - 0 points
MAFN FIELDWORK
Prerequisites: all 6 MAFN core courses, at least 6 credits of approved electives, and the instructors permission. See the MAFN website for details. This course provides an opportunity for MAFN students to engage in off-campus internships for academic credit that counts towards the degree. Graded by letter grade. Students need to secure an internship and get it approved by the instructor.
- Department: Mathematics
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Instructor:
Mikhail Smirnov
CULPA: 16 Info - 1-3 points
RACE AND BIOETHICS
- Department: Bioethics
- W 8 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Harriet A Washington
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
RISK REGULATIONS IN FINANCE
This course examines post-financial crisis regulations including Basel III, Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), Dodd-Frank Act, Supervision and Regulation Letter 11-7 (SR 11-7), and others. Case studies will explore the technical details of these new rules; and guest lectures from industry experts will bring the material to life. Areas of focus include: model risk management, stress testing, derivatives, and insurance. By the end of this course students will be able to:
Evaluate the purpose and limitations of risk regulations in finance.
Identify and communicate weaknesses in a financial firm.
Communicate with regulators.
Understand Recovery and Resolution Plans or “Living Wills” for a financial firm.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jean Michel Ngalikpima
Info -
Instructor:
Juan Echeverri
Info - 3 points
Career Development for Quantitative Fina
Career Develop for Quant
This course helps the students understand the job search process and develop the professional skills necessary for career advancement. The students will not only learn the best practices in all aspects of job-seeking but will also have a chance to practice their skills. Each class will be divided into two parts: a lecture and a workshop.
In addition, the students will get support from Teaching Assistants who will be available to guide and prepare the students for technical interviews.
- Department: Mathematics
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Mikhail Smirnov
CULPA: 16 Info - 0 points
ESG AND ERM
ESG will be a driving force in risk management in upcoming years. ERM / Risk professionals need a solid understanding of emerging ESG trends and regulations and how they apply to day-to-day job responsibilities. The ESG and ERM course begins with an overview of the ESG landscape and framework. After a foundational understanding is established, the course focuses on incorporating ESG into enterprise risk management, including identification, quantification, decision making, and reporting of ESG-related risks.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
- T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
- W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Rajat Baijal
Info -
Instructor:
Jean Michel Ngalikpima
Info -
Instructor:
Helda Rock
Info - 3 points
ESG AND ERM
ESG will be a driving force in risk management in upcoming years. ERM / Risk professionals need a solid understanding of emerging ESG trends and regulations and how they apply to day-to-day job responsibilities. The ESG and ERM course begins with an overview of the ESG landscape and framework. After a foundational understanding is established, the course focuses on incorporating ESG into enterprise risk management, including identification, quantification, decision making, and reporting of ESG-related risks.
- Department: Auditing
- W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Helda Rock
Info - 0 points
DERIVATIVES RISK MANAGEMENT
This course explores financial derivatives across different asset classes with in-depth analysis of several popular trades including block trades, program trades, vanilla options, digital options, and variance swaps. Their dynamics and risks are explored through Monte Carlo simulation using Excel and Python. The daily decisions and tasks of a frontline risk manager are recreated and students have the opportunity to see which trades they would approve or reject. Students will gain a working knowledge of financial derivatives and acquire technical skills to answer complex questions on the trading floor.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alberto Scalari
Info - 3 points
TOOLS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT
Tools for Risk Management examines how risk technology platforms assess risks. These platforms gather, store, and analyze data; and transform that data to actionable information. This course explores how the platforms are implemented, customized, and evaluated. Topics include business requirements specification, data modeling, risk analytics and reporting, systems integration, regulatory issues, visualization, and change processes. Hands-on exercises using selected vendor tools will give students the opportunity to see what these tools can offer.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Barney Baldwin
Info -
Instructor:
Viktor Ziskin
Info - 3 points
ERM MODELING
Equips students with the basics of risk measurement and simulation using a hands-on approach to ERM modeling. Using industry-standard simulation software, students build systems of risk drivers for finance and insurance companies. Topics include risk correlations, VaR and TVaR, capital modeling, capital allocation, and parameter, process, and model Risk. Students acquire both quantitative experience building models and qualitative appreciation for model weaknesses.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Julian Horky
Info -
Instructor:
Tom Passante
Info - 3 points
SPORTS SPONSORSHIP & SALES
- Department: Sports Management
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ishwara Glassman Chrein
Info - 3 points
MACHINE LEARNING FOR RISK MANAGEMENT
The exponentially increasing availability of data and the rapid development of information technology and computing power have inevitably made Machine Learning part of the risk manager’s toolkit. But, what are these tools? This class provides the driving intuitions for machine learning. Students will see how many of the algorithms are extensions of what we already do with our human minds. These algorithms include regularized regression, cluster analysis, naive bayes, apriori algorithm, decision trees, random forests, and boosted ensembles.
Through practical and real-life applications of ML to Risk Management, students will learn to identify the best technique to apply to a particular risk management problem, from credit risk measurement, fraud detection, portfolio selection to climate change, and ESG applications.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- 3 points
History & Literature Seminar
Traite et esclavage
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Keithley Woolward
Info - 1-6 points
History & Literature Seminar
Socio-histoire feminismes
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Keithley Woolward
Info - 1-6 points
History & Literature Seminar
Ecrire l'histoire femmes
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Keithley Woolward
Info - 1-6 points
History & Literature Seminar
Death and Philosophy
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Keithley Woolward
Info - 1-6 points
History & Literature Seminar
"De critique aux ""studies"""
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Keithley Woolward
Info - 1-6 points
History & Literature Seminar
Approches du r cit
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Keithley Woolward
Info - 1-6 points
History & Literature Seminar
Couleurs de la politique
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Keithley Woolward
Info - 1-6 points
History & Literature Seminar
Lectures levinassiennes
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Keithley Woolward
Info - 1-6 points
History & Literature Seminar
Sociologie arts visuels
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Keithley Woolward
Info - 1-6 points
Oral History & Justice: Memory, Power, a
HUM RGTS & ORAL HIST
This course will explore the ethics and politics of using oral history methods for documenting injustice, oppression, and human rights issues. The course is open to graduate students of oral history, human rights, journalism, and related fields; no prior experience with oral history interviewing is required. Oral history can be a powerful means of documenting oppression, human rights abuses, and crisis “from the bottom up” and facilitating the understanding and possible transformation of conditions of injustice. It can open the space for people and narratives that have been marginalized to challenge official narratives and complicate narrow accounts of injustice and crisis. The course will first explore what is distinct about oral history as a response to harm or injustice, comparing it to more familiar forms of testimony and narrative used within the realm of human rights, social justice organizations and courts of law. With its commitment to life narrative interviews and archival preservation, oral history situates injustice within the broader context of a life, a historical trajectory, and a political and cultural setting. Weaving together conceptual and practical approaches, we will examine different potential goals of oral history, such as documenting the experiences of people who have been marginalized; seeking justice; fostering dialogue and healing; and/or supporting activism and advocacy. The course covers interviewing skills and project planning specifically for oral history projects about injustice and human rights, and explores various dimensions of how power, politics, and ethics come into play — how politics and power shape the way a narrative is heard; the challenges of realizing ideals of collaboration and shared authority amid uneven power dynamics; contending with the effects of trauma on both narrators and interviewers; and critical considerations for projects produced with activist and advocacy aims. We will explore how oral history can work alongside other forms of memory and witnessing that go beyond words, such as activism, film, and memorials.
- Department: Oral History
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Suchitra Vijayan
Info - 4 points