Managerial Economics
- Department: Business Economics
- MWF 2:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Cristobal Otero Ruiz-Tagle
Info - 1.5 points
PRACTICUM IN TEACHING OF PSYCH
Practical and theoretical issues relating to the teaching of psychology and the psychology of teaching.
- Department: Psychology
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Katherine T Fox-Glassman
CULPA: 6
h-index: 4
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- 1-3 points
Accounting for International and Public
Priority Reg: MIA and MPA.
The purpose of this course is to enable you to become an informed user of financial information. To be properly informed you need to understand financial statements, the note disclosures and the language of accounting and financial reporting. We will focus on the three major financial statements – the balance sheet, the income statement and the statement of cash flows - that companies prepare for use by management and external parties. We will examine the underlying concepts that go into the preparation of these financial statements as well as specific accounting rules that apply when preparing financial statements. As we gain an understanding of the financial information, we will look at approaches to analyze the financial strength and operations of an entity. We will use actual financial statements to understand how financial information is presented.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- W 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- W 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Norman Bartczak
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATURGY
This course provides an introduction to major schools of thought about play structure and the practice of dramaturgy in the western theatre. Through directed readings and an ongoing practical project centered around one play, students will develop a deeper understanding of how dramatic writing functions as a blueprint for a life on the stage, and a refined vocabulary to describe story structures and dramatic writing techniques. By learning to view and question a play from a kaleidoscopic range of angles, students will enhance their abilities to take a printed text onto the live stage.
- Department: Theatre Arts
- W 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
E. C Parker
Info - 3 points
Global Economic Environment
- Department: Business Economics
- MW 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
- MW 2:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
- MW 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
- MW 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
- MW 2:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
- MW 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
- MW 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
- MW 2:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Conor Walsh
Info - 1.5 points
THEORETICAL STATISTICS I
Prerequisites: students in a masters program must seek the director of the M.A. program in statistics' permission; students in an undergraduate program must seek the director of undergraduate studies in statistics' permission. A general introduction to mathematical statistics and statistical decision theory. Elementary decision theory, Bayes inference, Neyman-Pearson theory, hypothesis testing, most powerful unbiased tests, confidence sets. Estimation: methods, theory, and asymptotic properties. Likelihood ratio tests, multivariate distribution. Elements of general linear hypothesis, invariance, nonparametric methods, sequential analysis.
- Department: Statistics
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Cynthia Rush
CULPA: 1 h-index: 12 Info - 4 points
THEORETICAL STATISTICS III
Prerequisites: STAT G6201 and STAT G6201 This course will mainly focus on nonparametric methods in statistics. A tentavie list of topics to be covered include nonparametric density and regression function estimation -- upper bounds on the risk of kernel estimators and matching lower bounds on the minimax risk, reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, bootstrap and resampling methods, multiple hypothesis testing, and high dimensional stastistical analysis.
- Department: Statistics
- M 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Ming Yuan
h-index: 45 Info - 4 points
FOUNDATIONS IN GRIEF THERAPY
This course is designed to prepare social workers for clinical work with bereaved families. We emphasize the idea that grief therapy focuses importantly on active listening linked to interventions that provide validation, support or guidance. We provide a way of understanding grief using an attachment theory model that explains a big-picture framework for understanding grief and adaptation to loss. The centerpiece of the course is a presentation of an approach to grief therapy derived from our efficacy-tested treatment for complicated grief and incorporating attention to self-care, racism, ethical obligations and dilemmas and using peer or experienced supervision in doing grief therapy.
- Department: Social Work
- T 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
- M 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Katherine Shear
h-index: 102 Info - 3 points
Biochemical and Physiological Basis of N
Biochem/Physiol Basis Nut
- Department: Human Nutrition, Institute of
- MW 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
- 4 points
FIN STATEMNT ANALYSIS & INTERP
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
- R 3:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
- 3 points
SW PRACTICE WITH CHILDREN
- Department: Social Work
- T 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
- W 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Heidi Horsley
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Instructor:
Nancy F Cincotta
Info - 3 points
MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS I-DIS
- Department: Economics
- T 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Isabella Di Filippo
Info - 0 points
DIRECTING III
Students explore more deeply the range of skills and techniques necessary to direct both short and feature films including script breakdown of sequences, scenes, turning points and beats as well as advanced study of actor and camera staging. Students will hone their directing skills by preparing, shooting, and editing, in video, a minimum of three significant scenes from published or original work, depending on priority of the instructor. When taken concurrently, at least one of these scenes will be presented in Directing the Actor workshops. Students should also be working on a first draft of a short screenplay for their second-year project if they intend to take Directing 4.
- Department: Film
- M 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
- W 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
- F 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- T 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tom Kalin
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Instructor:
Eric Mendelsohn
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
GENETIC APPRCH TO BIOLGCL PBLM
Required for first year Genetics and Development students. Open to all students. Designed to illustrate how genetic systems have played a fundamental role in our understanding of basic biological problems: mitosis and meiosis, chromosomal linkage and mapping, consequences of chromosomal rearrangements, mechanisms of recombination and gene conversion, the use of mutants to study gene structure, regulation and the cell cycle, uses of recombinant DNA in genetic analysis, and the genetic analysis of development in Drosophila.
- Department: Genetics and Development
- TF 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
- 3 points
NONFICTION SEMINAR
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
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- Department: Writing
- T 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Jaquira Diaz
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
NONFICTION SEMINAR
WRITING OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES
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- Department: Writing
- T 10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Ruth Franklin
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
NONFICTION SEMINAR
ART CULTURE AND CRITICISM
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- Department: Writing
- W 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Margo L Jefferson
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
NONFICTION SEMINAR
REPORTING NON-NEWS
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- Department: Writing
- M 1:10 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Info - 3 points
NONFICTION SEMINAR
THE FINGERPRINT OF STYLE
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- Department: Writing
- R 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Benjamin Taylor
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
NONFICTION SEMINAR
THE BRILLIANT VOICE
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- Department: Writing
- T 1:10 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Wendy Walters
Info - 3 points
MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS I
Prerequisites: the director of graduate studies' permission. Corequisites: ECON G6410. Consumer and producer behavior; general competitive equilibrium, welfare and efficiency, behavior under uncertainty, intertemporal allocation and capital theory, imperfect competition, elements of game theory, problems of information, economies with price rigidities.
- Department: Economics
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
- 4 points
THEORIES & DEBATES-AMER POL II
This is the second of two semester-long courses that provide graduate students with an overview of the scholarly study of American politics. G6210 and G6211 constitute the American politics field survey. The field survey is designed for political science doctoral students who intend to specialize in American politics, as well as for those students whose primary interests are comparative politics, international relations, or political theory, but who desire an intensive introduction to the American style of political science. In this course we will cover a range of topics related to American politics that, for the most part, are not covered in G6210. Our focus will be on public opinion and political behavior. The reading assignments are a mix of foundational contributions (i.e. the canons of American politics literature) and recent research. The first part of each seminar session will aim to clarify and probe enduring puzzles, theories, and debates highlighted in the foundational texts. The latter portion of the seminar session will focus on how recent studies contribute to ongoing debates and define the research agenda going forward.
- Department: Political Science
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Yamil R Velez
CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info - 4 points
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Carbon Sequestration
New technologies for capturing carbon dioxide and disposing of it away from the atmosphere. Detailed discussion of the extent of the human modifications to the natural carbon cycle, the motivation and scope of future carbon management strategies and the role of carbon sequestration. Introduction of several carbon sequestration technologies that allow for the capture and permanent disposal of carbon dioxide. Engineering issues in their implementation, economic impacts, and the environmental issues raised by the various methods.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
- M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sara T Hamilton
Info - 3 points
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS I-DIS
- Department: Economics
- F 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kathryn C McDonald
Info - 0 points
CIVIL RIGHTS
This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search
- Department: Law
- MW 2:50 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
- 4 points
SW PRACTICE WITH FAMILIES
- Department: Social Work
- T 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alirio Guerrero
Info - 3 points
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS I
Prerequisites: the director of graduate studies' permission. Concept of full employment. Models of underemployment and theory applicability, determinants of consumption and of investment, multiplier and accelerator analysis, an introduction to monetary macroeconomics, the supply side and inflation. Integration of macroeconomics with microeconomic and monetary analysis.
- Department: Economics
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- 4 points
Analytical Perspectives in New Music
Analytical Persp in New M
This course will explore plausible analytical responses to a selection of diverse sonic works from the past five decades, with emphasis on works that expand or challenge existing analytical methodologies and assumptions. The goal of this course is not to offer strict analytical models or standard procedures, but to foster analytical conversations that are pertinent to their subjects while broadening the understanding of what music analysis as it relates to new music can offer.
- Department: Music
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Marcos Balter
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
MARSEA I: CRIT APPROACHES
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the MARSEA program This seminar represents the first half of a year-long course designed for students in the MARSEA program. It offers an introduction to the social scientific study of East Asia, with special attention to China, Japan, the two Koreas, and Taiwan. With the aid of guest presentations by faculty and scholars affiliated with the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, we will explore critically some of the major conceptual and methodological concerns that inform social scientific scholarship in the region. A linked aim for the course is to support students as they choose and develop topics and research designs for their M.A. theses. To that end, the course includes sessions introducing key resources and tools for research, as well as collaborative workshops designed to help students frame and draft thesis proposals.
- Department: East Asian Regional Studies
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lisbeth K Brandt
CULPA: 4
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- 4 points
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
Intro to Pub Health & Nut
- Department: Human Nutrition, Institute of
- TR 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
- 3 points
The Art of the Russian Poem: 20th - 21st
The goal of this seminar is twofold: 1) To introduce students to the variety of styles, tropes and forms of Russian lyrical poetry in the 20th -21st cc.; 2) To develop and practice analytical skills. The material will include poems by both famous and lesser known poets, with an accent on the latter. For each class students will be required to familiarize themselves with readings either justifying an analytical approach or providing a sample for the analysis, and to be prepared to analyze 4-5 original texts. Each seminar will provide examples of a given subgenre of Russian lyrics, spreading from the early 20th c. to the present-day poetry (some units are spread for two or three classes, e.g. – 2 and 3, 10-12). Intentionally, texts for the analysis represent different trends and groups, spreading from Neo-Classical modernism to contemporary performative poetry. Having practiced the analysis of poetic texts during entire semester, for their final project, students will have to produce a comprehensive analysis of a lyrical poem (optionally, a poetic cycle) of their choosing placing it in the context of Russian poetic traditions.
- Department: Slavic Languages
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- 4 points
APPL MACROECONOMICS & FINANCE
- Department: Economics
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Noemie Pinardon-Touati
Info - 3 points
Comparative Social Welfare Policy
This course explores welfare systems from a comparative perspective and analyzes the political, economic, socio-cultural, and historical factors that shape and sustain them in various parts of the world. It pays particular attention to the development of critical national social welfare policies, such as social security, health care, unemployment insurance, social assistance, public employment and training, and emerging best practices and challenges in these areas. The course also analyzes pressing global/regional trends (e.g., the greying of societies, labor market stratification, social innovation, and affordable housing).
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yumiko T Shimabukuro
Info - 3 points
EU Policymaking & New Global Challenges
EU Policymaking-Global Challen
This course explores the process of EU policy-making - how and why certain public policies are pursued by the institutions of the European Union - and analyses what the Union is doing to address a number of major policy challenges in today's interdependent world. After providing a general introduction to the overall policy process in the EU - looking at how policies are born, adopted, enacted, implemented and reviewed - this term's course will examine the specific policy agenda of the current European Commission (2019-24), led by Ursula von der Leyen, and do a 'deep dive' into EU action in three areas: the fight against climate change, the development of a 'digital Europe', and the EU response to the on-going coronavirus crisis. It will identify the key characteristics of these policies, assess how far they are succeeding or failing, and ask what they show about the evolving EU political system. The course will round off with an assessment of the growing emphasis on strategic foresight in the EU policy-making and identify new policies that are likely to be developed in coming years. Taught from a practitioner perspective by Anthony Teasdale, Director General of the European Parliament's research service, the course aims to provide a firm grounding in modern EU policy and should appeal to those interested both in EU politics and in the individual policy issues under discussion.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- SS 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
- 1.5 points
CORPORATIONS
This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search
- Department: Law
- MW 2:50 p.m.-5 p.m.
- TR 8:40 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
- TR 2:50 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
- 4 points
Reading Politics & Law in Classical Arab
ISLAMIC LAW THROUGH TEXTS
This seminar is conducted mainly in Arabic sources. The purpose is to explore legal and political theory and (when possible) practices of Islamic cultures prior to the 19th century with a view to mapping political structures and constitutional organization in Islamic history, and their relationship to the Shari`a. Among the themes of interest are: structure and rationalization of theories of governance; ethics of rule; use of history as authorizing discourse in the culture of political administration; the nature of “branches of power” and separation thereof; siyasa shar`iyya in “law” and “politics” (or the relationship between “law” and “politics”); and the very meaning of politics and sovereignty in Islam; the possibility of a state of exception; enemy-friend distinction; and related themes. Proficiency in Arabic is required.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Wael Hallaq
CULPA: 9
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International Political Economy
Int'l Political Economy
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- W 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
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Instructor:
Arvid J Lukauskas
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
Sustainability Management
Priority Reg: MPA-ESP.
The course translates the academic study of organization theory, bureaucracy, and public management into practical lessons for sustainability professionals. We develop a framework for understanding and applying tools that can be used to influence organizational behavior and obtain resources from the organization’s environment. Earth systems-related case studies present a set of problems for public managers to address. Case studies deal with public, private, and nonprofit environmental management, in the United States and internationally.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Howard N Apsan
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
Climate Change, Rights, and Development
Climate Change, Rights, &
The fundamental behavior of the Earth's climate system is now quite well understood, including, in a first order way, the spatial and temporal scales of natural variability that occur from the rhythmic change of seasons to irregular El Nino cycles, longer period changes and the distribution and frequency of extreme events like cyclones, droughts and floods. From this basis it is possible to predict perturbations to the climate system in terms of climate zone spatial distribution and variability, including extremes.
But there is far less agreement at the political and policy levels in terms of the consequences for human rights that climate change will bring about, and the relative responsibilities for mitigating climate change and financing adaptation. What is clear is that across the world the outcomes of climate change will be very uneven both in economic and human terms. The potential for vast global inequities in direct and indirect effects of global climate change is very real. This course will explore the critical nexus between climate change, development, and human rights. It will also, and importantly bridge, the science related to climate change; the many ways that changes in weather patterns affect humans; the global institutional architecture for addressing climate change; and the major debates on climate change that take place within the spheres of politics, economics, and civil society.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- 3 points
Global Context of Policymaking
This course asks how global cooperation can help meet global challenges. The readings, lectures, and class discussions address ongoing debates over the prospects for global governance. Special attention is given to the role of international institutions, including the United Nations, regional organizations, and international financial institutions. We discuss global policies on investment and trade, combating poverty, and sustainable development. Pressing security issues are also discussed, including peacebuilding in war-torn societies, terrorism, cybersecurity, and weapons of mass destruction.
The format of the class combines open-ended lectures and interactive discussions of assigned readings. Each week, students discuss and debate three assigned articles that offer differing interpretations of the global dilemma addressed in the session. Assigned readings are carefully selected to convey of a range of opinions on controversial themes. Restricting the syllabus to several readings per week cannot do justice to the complexity of each topic. However, a realistic reading assignment enables students to fulfill this requirement diligently, and you are expected to do so. Supplementary sources will be suggested, to encourage exploration of specific topics in greater depth.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Naomi Weinberger
CULPA: 11 Info - 3 points
Ex. Criminal Prosecution: Manhattan/Bkl
EX. CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
- Department: Law
- W 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
- None None-None
- 2 points
Comparative Urban Policy: Global Develop
Studying developing cities, such as Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai, has never been more important. Over half of the world's population is now urban. As cities continue to expand, metropolitan areas around the globe face a growing number of challenges, including: sprawl, poor sanitation, poverty, pollution, corruption, and crime. This course in comparative urban policy will help you develop a keener understanding of these challenges. Our focus will be on how academics and analysts study and debate global developing cities. We will explore questions, such as: What accounts for the global pace of migration from rural to urban places in our time? What are the major challenges facing developing cities? What strategies do individuals, neighborhoods, and economic interest groups have available to influence, and to optimize their experiences in developing cities? How well are developing cities' urban governance and planning geared to resolve controversies and, where appropriate, implement effective remedies? What can we learn from innovative change initiatives?
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Vojislava Filipcevic
Info - 3 points
DIRECTING ACTORS III
More sophisticated principles are applied and more challenging scenes are presented. Collaboration with a writer is a requirement. Required for Screenwriting and Directing concentrates.
- Department: Film
- R 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- W 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
- R 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jon Shear
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Instructor:
Lisa Milinazzo
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Instructor:
Mikael Sodersten
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Instructor:
Shira-Lee Shalit
Info - 3 points
Environmental Science for Sustainable De
Enviro Science for Sust Devp
This course provides a rigorous survey of the key areas of natural science that are critical to understanding sustainable development. The course will provide the theories, methodological techniques and applications associated with each natural science unit presented. The teaching is designed to ensure that students have the natural science basis to properly appreciate the co-dependencies of natural and human systems, which are central to understanding sustainable development. Students will learn the complexities of the interaction between the natural and human environment. After completing the course, students should be able to incorporate scholarly scientific work into their research or policy decisions and be able to use scientific methods of data analysis. This is a modular course that will cover core thematic areas specifically, climate, natural hazards, water management, public health/epidemiology, and ecology/biodiversity. To achieve coherence across lectures this course will emphasize how each topic is critical to studies of sustainable development and place-based case studies in recitation will integrate various topics covered. In the lectures and particularly the recitation sections this course will emphasize key scientific concepts such as uncertainty, experimental versus observational approaches, prediction and predictability, the use of models and other essential methodological aspects.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- T 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
John C Mutter
CULPA: 15 Info - 3 points
Environmental Science for Sustainable De
Enviro Sci for Sus Dev Seminar
PhD Seminar for Environmental Science for Sustainable Development (SDEV U6240)
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
John C Mutter
CULPA: 15 Info - 1 points
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search
- Department: Law
- MW 1:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
- 3 points
PERSONHOOD
This seminar seeks to engage with materials that question personhood. Drawing on both fictional and non-fictional accounts, we will be involved with textual and visual documents as well institutional contexts in order to revisit such notion under contemporary capitalism. We will cover topics like rites of passage and life cycle, the role of the nation state and local communities in defining a person, the relation between self and non-self, between the living and the dead. We will likewise address vicarious forms of personhood through the prosthetic, the avatar or the heteronomous. But we will also look into forms of dissipation and/or enhancement of personhood through bodybuilding, guinea-piging and pharmo-toxicities. As a whole, the course will bring to light how the question of personhood cross-culturally relates to language, performativity, religion, technology, law, gender, race, class, care, life and death.
- Department: Anthropology
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Maria Jose de Abreu
Info - 3 points
Housing Policy & the City
This seven-week course considers the impact of housing policy on communities and neighborhoods across the United States. We will discuss how local, state, and federal decisions about what we build, where we build, who we build for, and how we pay for it created the cities we live in today. The course will draw examples from small to large American cities and urban areas to examine the social, political, and economic forces that have shaped housing policy in the U.S. Given the time constraints, the course will focus on the American landscape; however, the material can be viewed through the prism of how government decisions impact the urban environment across the globe. Students are encouraged to share comparative perspectives of their own home cities and experiences in class discussions.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Annika N Lescott
Info - 1.5 points
EUR UNION LAW & INSTITUTIONS
This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search
- Department: Law
- MW 10:40 a.m.-noon
- 3 points
IMMIGRATION LAW
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
- T 2:50 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
- 3 points
CAPSTONE: RESOLUTION STRATEGIES
- Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
- T noon-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Peter Dixon
Info - 3 points
SOLO SHOWS
We will use the experience of writing a piece with built-in constraints – cast size with a solo show – to expand our thinking about what is a theatrical event. We will work toward becoming more in touch with our imaginations and in greater awareness and command of what we know. We will explore what is of interest to each of us now, through in-class writing and outside assignments.
- Department: Theatre Arts
- R 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Leslie Ayvazian
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
Urban Economics
Urban economics explain the forces that make people want to live in close proximity to each other and the complex economic and social dynamics that ensue. First, urban economics explains the distribution of economic activity and population over space (typical question are: why do cities exists? What drives the location decisions of people and firms? What makes cities grow?). Second, it interprets how production activities and housing are distributed within a city, the value of land, and how it is allocated to what use. Third, it addresses questions of governance, political economy, and public finance: scope and limitations of local government intervention, provision of services, regulation, and governmental funding sources. Fourth, it confronts many fundamental economic and policy problems: transportation, crime, housing, education, homelessness, public health, income distribution, racial segregation, environmental sustainability, fiscal federalism, municipal finance, and others. This course covers the first three aspects of urban economics and a selection of topics from the fourth category. By the end of the course you will be able to: Have an understanding of introductory theoretical and empirical models of urban economics to interpret location decisions of people and firms (between and within cities); Evaluate local policy using efficiency and equity arguments; Apply your knowledge to a specific policy issue.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Francesco Brindisi
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
ARCH & DEV DIALOGUES
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- T 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Raquel Ramati
Info - 1.5 points
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION I
Prerequisites: ECON G6211 and ECON G6212 or the instructor's permission. This course provides an introduction to a number of exciting research questions in industrial organization and organizational economics. While most of the content is theoretical, great emphasis is placed on the testable implications of the models we study: related empirical work is surveyed. The course aims to bring students to the research frontier by identifying open research questions and highlighting particularly active research areas.
- Department: Economics
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gautam Gowrisankaran
h-index: 27 Info - 3 points
Development Practice Lab II
Open to MPA-DP Only.
Development Practice Labs I & II are two full-semester, 3-credit courses with a first-year spring course focused on skills and tools for project design and a second-year fall course focused on skills around organizational management and leadership. The DP-Labs will bookend MPA-DP students’ 3-month professional summer placements, allowing for DP-Lab I skills to be applied over the summer and for DP Lab II to process those experiences as real case studies and examples. These skills will be applied to final semester capstone projects and allow students to synthesize lessons learned for their eventual job search and career development. DP-Lab II teaches students skills and tools needed for effective and inclusive organizational management for social impact. It will allow students to process the lessons learned during their summer placements and use those experiences as case studies to understand the skills needed for effective leadership and management. Throughout the semester students will receive hands-on training by experienced practitioners on different topics, while looking at leadership and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as cross-cutting themes. The course will run for 13 weeks with each week focused on introducing students to a core topic with class activities including guest practitioners and lecturers, case studies, ethics discussions, role plays, and guided group work.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- R 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
- 3 points
Adaptation to Climate Change
Climate change policy in recent decades has centered on two core concepts, mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere) and adaptation (coping with the impacts that these gasses have and will produce). This course concentrates on the latter. It familiarizes students with current approaches to projects and programs that promote adaptation, showing both the utility of the approaches and some of their limits. The concepts of vulnerability, resilience and adaptive capacity are studied in detail; students learn to engage critically with these concepts.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- M 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Ben S Orlove
Info - 3 points
CAPITAL MARKETS: REIT ANALYSIS
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
David A Kruth
Info - 3 points
Disasters and Development
The course begins with a series of lectures that link natural extremes with disasters consequences in the development context. We explain the physical phenomenology of natural extreme events, how and why they originate, the limits to which they can be predicted and the extent to which measures can be taken to reduce their harm. The focus is on those extremes that have historically proven to have the greatest consequences - earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and droughts. We then describe the social phenomenology especially the macroeconomic consequences of disasters. Here we are in relatively new territory and we will call on analogies with well-established economic shocks such as currency slums and financial crises to explain how disaster shocks might differentially impact societies at varying development levels. We then discuss how the UN and other international agencies deal with disasters.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
- 3 points
COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA
Commutative rings; modules; localization; primary decoposition; integral extensions; Noetherian and Artinian rings; Nullstellensatz; Dedekind domains; dimension theory; regular local rings.
- Department: Mathematics
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Eric Urban
CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info - 4.5 points
Meeting the Climate Challenge at all Lev
Meeting Climate Challenge
This course examines the role of states, cities, and other sub-nationals in crafting and implementing the policy, technical, and behavioral changes necessary to address the climate crisis. While this topic has received increased attention since the election of Donald Trump in the United States, the reality is that cities, states, and other sub-nationals would still have an enormous, if not leading, role to play even with a cooperative federal government. Indeed, one could argue that subnationals represent the front lines in the fight. Substantively, our focus will be on the role of these actors in driving the necessary transition to clean energy, perhaps the key component in the overall effort to combat climate change. The energy sector is also particularly fertile ground for state and city action since states and cities oversee their power grids, establish building codes, and regulate electric and other utilities. Many of the issues and dynamics we will examine in the energy area also have direct application to other aspects of climate policy, such as food and agriculture and land use. The goal of the course is to get students to think more deeply about climate change and the complex intersection of science, economics, and politics that makes policy in this area so interesting and, at the same time, so difficult.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Adam Zurofsky
Info - 3 points
UNDERWRITING
UNDERWRITING INTENSIVE
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- R 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Christopher W Munsell
Info - 1.5 points
INTERNATIONAL LAW
This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search
- Department: Law
- MTW 1:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
- 4 points
Introduction to Data Analytics for Publi
Data Analytics-Public Pol
This course aims to establish a first-principles understanding of qualitative and quantitative techniques, tools, and processes used to wield data for effective decision-making. Its approach focuses on pragmatic, interactive learning using logical methods, basic tools, and publicly available data to practice extracting insights and building recommendations. It is designed for students with little prior statistical or mathematical training and no prior pre-exposure to statistical software.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Poranee Kingpetcharat
Info - 1.5 points
NEW YORK RISING: HOW RE SHAPES A CITY
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kate J Ascher
Info - 3 points
MATERIALS SCIENCE REPORTS
Formal written reports and conferences with the appropriate member of the faculty on a subject of special interest to the student but not covered in the other course offerings.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
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Instructor:
Katayun Barmak
CULPA: 1 h-index: 49 Info -
Instructor:
Yuan Yang
h-index: 49 Info - 0-6 points