Capstone Consultancy Project Management

Capstone: Project Prep

The Capstone Consultancy Project Management course is the first of a two-course sequence. The second course is the Capstone Workshop (SIPA U9000). The fall short course is designed to orient students to the core objectives of their Capstone project and provide key trainings such as client engagement strategies and project management.  Students will have an initial introduction to the client contacts and faculty advisor and work with their advisor to design a preliminary work plan outlining the methodology for the Capstone project.  Students will consider the travel needs for their project, in consultation and with the approval of their client, and submit all travel requests prior to the end of the fall semester.  Students will also create their team guidelines and be assigned their specific role on the project (client liaison, lead editor, project manager, SIPA liaison, travel coordinator, etc).

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• Instructor: Melanie Petsch
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Capstone Consultancy Project Management

Capstone: Project Prep

The Capstone Consultancy Project Management course is the first of a two-course sequence. The second course is the Capstone Workshop (SIPA U9000). The fall short course is designed to orient students to the core objectives of their Capstone project and provide key trainings such as client engagement strategies and project management.  Students will have an initial introduction to the client contacts and faculty advisor and work with their advisor to design a preliminary work plan outlining the methodology for the Capstone project.  Students will consider the travel needs for their project, in consultation and with the approval of their client, and submit all travel requests prior to the end of the fall semester.  Students will also create their team guidelines and be assigned their specific role on the project (client liaison, lead editor, project manager, SIPA liaison, travel coordinator, etc).

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• 0 points

Capstone Consultancy Project Management

Capstone: Project Prep

The Capstone Consultancy Project Management course is the first of a two-course sequence. The second course is the Capstone Workshop (SIPA U9000). The fall short course is designed to orient students to the core objectives of their Capstone project and provide key trainings such as client engagement strategies and project management.  Students will have an initial introduction to the client contacts and faculty advisor and work with their advisor to design a preliminary work plan outlining the methodology for the Capstone project.  Students will consider the travel needs for their project, in consultation and with the approval of their client, and submit all travel requests prior to the end of the fall semester.  Students will also create their team guidelines and be assigned their specific role on the project (client liaison, lead editor, project manager, SIPA liaison, travel coordinator, etc).

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• Instructor: Scott B Martin
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• Instructor: Ruth Mukwana
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• Instructor: Andre Correa D'Almeida
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• Instructor: Samantha M McCann
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• Instructor: Radhika Iyengar
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• Instructor: Michael Sheldrick
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• 0 points

Capstone Consultancy Project Management

Capstone: Project Prep

The Capstone Consultancy Project Management course is the first of a two-course sequence. The second course is the Capstone Workshop (SIPA U9000). The fall short course is designed to orient students to the core objectives of their Capstone project and provide key trainings such as client engagement strategies and project management.  Students will have an initial introduction to the client contacts and faculty advisor and work with their advisor to design a preliminary work plan outlining the methodology for the Capstone project.  Students will consider the travel needs for their project, in consultation and with the approval of their client, and submit all travel requests prior to the end of the fall semester.  Students will also create their team guidelines and be assigned their specific role on the project (client liaison, lead editor, project manager, SIPA liaison, travel coordinator, etc).

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• 0 points

Capstone Consultancy Project Management

Capstone: Project Prep

The Capstone Consultancy Project Management course is the first of a two-course sequence. The second course is the Capstone Workshop (SIPA U9000). The fall short course is designed to orient students to the core objectives of their Capstone project and provide key trainings such as client engagement strategies and project management.  Students will have an initial introduction to the client contacts and faculty advisor and work with their advisor to design a preliminary work plan outlining the methodology for the Capstone project.  Students will consider the travel needs for their project, in consultation and with the approval of their client, and submit all travel requests prior to the end of the fall semester.  Students will also create their team guidelines and be assigned their specific role on the project (client liaison, lead editor, project manager, SIPA liaison, travel coordinator, etc).

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• Instructor: Nicholas Depsky
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• 0 points

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Deleget
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• 3 points

READINGS IN BIOMED INFORMATICS

Prerequisite: approval of adviser. Readings on topics in medical informatics under the direction of a faculty adviser.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Suzanne Bakken
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• 1-12 points

EXTERNSHP:FEDERAL GOV'T IN DC

• Department: Law
• 1 points

EXTERNSHP:FEDERAL GOV'T IN DC

• Department: Law
• 3 points

EXTERNSHP:FEDERAL GOV'T IN DC

• Department: Law
• 8 points

Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Develop

Capstone Workshop Project

This course is the first of a two-course sequence. The second course is the Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice (SIPA U9001). The fall short course is designed to orient students to the core objectives of their workshop project and to provide guidance on team-building and team work, effective engagement with their faculty advisor and client, initial project research, and development of an initial workplan and budget.  Students will carry out initial team-building activities (including self-assessments, assignment of key roles, and development of team guidelines), have initial meetings with their faculty advisor and client contact(s), conduct initial background research, and develop an initial workplan and budget for their project.  Students will also consider the travel needs for their project, in consultation and with the approval of the Workshop Director and their client, and will submit travel requests for any proposed travel over SIPA's winter break (if feasible) before the end of the fall semester.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• Instructor: Eugenia McGill
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• 0 points

PROSEMINAR IN LITERARY STUDIES

The theory and practice of literary criticism. Required of all candidates for the M.A. degree in Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, South Slavic, and Polish Literature.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jessica E Merrill
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• 4 points

Graduate Independent Research

Independent Study with Faculty Advisor must be registered for every semester after first academic year

• Department: Statistics
• Instructor: Marco A Avella Medina
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• Instructor: David Blei
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• Instructor: John P Cunningham
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• Instructor: Richard Davis
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• Instructor: Victor H de la Pena
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• Instructor: Bianca Dumitrascu
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• Instructor: Andrew Gelman
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 112 Info
• Instructor: Yuqi Gu
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• Instructor: Ioannis Karatzas
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 58 Info
• Instructor: Samory Kpotufe
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Jingchen Liu
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 19 Info
• Instructor: Shaw-Hwa Lo
  CULPA: 14 Info
• Instructor: Arian Maleki
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• Instructor: Sumit Mukherjee
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Marcel F Nutz
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Liam M Paninski
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Philip Protter
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• Instructor: Daniel Rabinowitz
  CULPA: 19 h-index: 34 Info
• Instructor: Cynthia Rush
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 12 Info
• Instructor: Bodhisattva Sen
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Michael Sobel
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 35 Info
• Instructor: Simon Tavare
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• Instructor: Anne Van Delft
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 5 Info
• Instructor: Zhiliang Ying
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 62 Info
• Instructor: Ming Yuan
  h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Tian Zheng
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Simon Tavare
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• Instructor: Genevera Allen
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• Instructor: Christopher Harshaw
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• 3 points

DIR RSCH IN UKRAINIAN LIT I

• Department: Slavic Languages
• 2-4 points

DOCTORAL PRO SEM-SOC WORK RES

0 pts. Required of all degree candidates. The proseminar introduces incoming students to the research process and a range of research studies as well as the faculty conducting them at Columbia. It also provides some ongoing group advisement and skills workshops.

• Department: Social Work
• T 11:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Neeraj Kaushal
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• 0 points

New Directions in Gender and Sexuality S

New Dir Gender and Sexual

This colloquium will focus on new and developing research in gender and sexuality studies. It is meant for graduate students who are thinking about researching and teaching in this field in the near and distant future. Through a roster of guest speakers and in colloquium discussions, this course poses current questions, issues, methods, modes of study, and practices in the interrelated fields of gender and sexuality studies and critical race studies. The course is best suited to graduate students who have completed at least one year of coursework. Colloquium requirements include attendance at 3-6 guest speaker events over the course of the year, relevant reading in the field as necessary, and participation in discussion.

• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: C. Riley Snorton
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• 0.5 points

FNDN EXCELLENCE DENTAL PRACTICE IV

FNDNL EXCELLENCE DENT PRA

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

BACKGROUNDS IN PHARMACOLOGY I

Open only to Ph.D. candidates in the Department of Pharmacology. A detailed analysis of classical studies in pharmacology and related fields and the research which has led to our current understanding of the mode of drug action. Students are required to present material for oral presentation and written report.

• Department: Pharmacology
• Instructor: Nihkil Sharma
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• 2 points

ADVANCED TUTORIAL

TAX REDISTRBTION & POVRTY

Students may take these courses provided they have completed relevant work available in the regular course program. Tutorials are offered in social gerontology, children and family services, health services, substance abuse, AIDS, family policy, and comparative social policy, among others. Social work practice and social science tutorials are offered when required by students in attendance.

• Department: Social Work
• W 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Jane Waldfogel
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• 3 points

ADVANCED TUTORIAL

QUANTIFYING WELL-BEING

Students may take these courses provided they have completed relevant work available in the regular course program. Tutorials are offered in social gerontology, children and family services, health services, substance abuse, AIDS, family policy, and comparative social policy, among others. Social work practice and social science tutorials are offered when required by students in attendance.

• Department: Social Work
• T 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Heidi L Allen
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• 3 points

Clinical Education Seminar II

Clin Ed Sem II

This 6-week course during the 4th term of the DPT curriculum is the second in a series of four clinical education seminars designed to prepare students for their full-time clinical education experiences.

This course prepares students for the Clinical Education I experience including fulfillment of all clinical site requirements. Expectations for the Clinical Education I experience are discussed and students set individualized clinical education goals. All students complete a self-guided training session required for use of the Physical Therapist Clinical Performance Instrument 3.0. Sessions also address sharing and soliciting feedback and preparing a clinical in-service or project.

• Department: Physical Therapy
• 1 points

Clinical Education Seminar IV

Clin Ed Sem IV

This 14-week course during seventh term of the DPT curriculum is the final seminar designed to prepare students for their full-time terminal clinical education experiences and for careers in physical therapy.

The course allows the student to reflect on the challenges and highlights of the 2nd clinical education experience. Expectations for the terminal experience are discussed. Students set individualized goals and fulfill clinical site prerequisites. The seminar reviews resume writing, interviewing techniques, and an overview of the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE).

• Department: Physical Therapy
• 1 points

DISSERTATION COLLOQUIUM

The dissertation colloquium is a non-credit course open to MESAAS doctoral students who have completed the M.Phil. degree. It provides a forum in which the entire community of dissertation writers meets, bridging the departments different fields and regions of research. It complements workshops outside the department focused on one area or theme. Through an encounter with the diversity of research underway in MESAAS, participants learn to engage with work anchored in different regions and disciplines and discover or develop what is common in the departments post-disciplinary methods of inquiry. Since the community is relatively small, it is expected that all post-M.Phil. students in residence will join the colloquium. Post M.Phil. students from other departments may request permission to join the colloquium, but places for non-MESAAS students will be limited. The colloquium convenes every semester, meeting once every two weeks. Each meeting is devoted to the discussion of one or two pre-circulated pieces of work (a draft prospectus or dissertation chapter). Every participant contributes at least one piece of work each year.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Gil Hochberg
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• 0 points

Financial Statement Analysis a

This course will provide students with hands-on experience analyzing financial statements. Students will learn about the general tools, theoretical concepts, and practical valuation issues of financial analysis. By the end of the course, students should be comfortable using firms' financial statements (along with other information) to assess firm performance and make reasonable valuation estimates.
Course content and organization In the first half of the course, we will develop a valuation framework that integrates a firm’s strategy, its financial performance, and the credibility of its accounting. The framework consists of the following steps:
1. Understand the firm’s strategy. We will assess the firm’s value proposition and identify its key value drivers and risks.
2. Accounting Analysis. We will assess earnings quality and evaluate whether the firm's accounting policies capture the underlying business reality. If not, we will adjust the accounting to eliminate GAAP issues and management biases.
3. Financial Analysis. We will evaluate current performance with accounting data and financial ratios.
4. Prospective Analysis: Forecasting. We will assess whether current firm performance is sustainable, and we will forecast future performance. In our forecasts, we will consider growth, profitability, and future competitive advantage.
5. Prospective Analysis: Valuation. We will convert our forecasts of future earnings and book values into an estimate of the firm’s current value.
In the second half of the course, we will apply the above framework to a variety of business valuation contexts, including IPOs, mergers, and equity-investment analyses.

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• W 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Valentin Dimitrov
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• 3 points

IMAGE OF THE BOOK IN ROMAN LIT

• Department: Classics
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

PHARMACOLOGY TECHNIQUES I

Open only to Ph.D. candidates in the pharmacological sciences training program. Students are assigned to selected research laboratories to learn current fundamental laboratory techniques.

• Department: Pharmacology
• Instructor: Nihkil Sharma
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• 4-6 points

Fundamental Analysis for Inves

Most of the decisions of analysts, consultants, entrepreneurs, investors and managers require us to look ahead and assess an uncertain future. In this class, you will learn a unique approach to decision making that will help you consider the fundamentals of enterprises and how to link these fundamentals to underlying measures, which in turn will help you make better investment or management decisions. Students who have taken this course often comment on how it has transformed their thinking and understanding of companies. It also serves as a useful “capstone” to the MBA program as we draw on what was taught in most core courses.
In developing this line of reasoning and performing the analysis, we consider how to think about a new business as well as a publicly traded company. Having considered the basic building blocks, we next examine how the business resources and activities are translated into financial statements (whether for an early stage or public company) and consider what we learn from financial statements. We consider the extensive information increasingly available from outside sources, including various websites as well as Bloomberg and CapIQ. We also consider how certain accounting measures and practices impact the measures of the key elements of the business.
Focusing on the future, we take a different approach to many topics/concepts that are covered in various ways in other financial statement analysis, earnings quality, and security analysis and valuation classes. Many students take this course as well as other seemingly similar courses, and we have never received any feedback that the coverage in this course is redundant, irrespective of the other courses taken by students.
We will focus on understanding how entities create or destroy value for various stakeholders and what it would take to change this, how to consider uncertainty more explicitly in plans, and whether this fundamental value is reflected in the price or not (for entities that it applies to).
We will also take some time each week to address any topics that are in the financial press that bear on the subjects and the approach.

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• M 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• W 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Shivaram Rajgopal
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• 3 points

M.PHIL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Prerequisite: instructors permission. Participation in medical informatics educational activities under the direction of a faculty adviser.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• 2 points

M.PHIL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Prerequisite: instructors permission. Participation in medical informatics educational activities under the direction of a faculty adviser.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Chunhua Weng
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• Instructor: Shalmali Joshi
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• Instructor: Gamze Gursoy
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• Instructor: Tal Korem
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• 2 points

ADV KOREAN IN MIXED SCRIPT

This course is designed to provide both M.A. and Ph.D. students in Korean studies with the necessary skills for reading and understanding Korean mixed script and to provide them with reading materials focusing on period from the late-19th century to the mid-20th century. Readings from this period feature a strong mixture of Chinese and Korean characters, so a wide choice of materials is available which represents all subject areas. This course will be part of the graduate program in Korean studies.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Hyunkyu Yi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

S EMPIRICAL STUDIES LAB

• Department: Law
• MW 2:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• 4 points

Practicum: Advanced Clinical Management

PRAC ADV CLIN MGMT & LDRS

Students will work with their faculty advisor and hospital preceptor to implement their individual quality improvement project developed in N7060.Furthermore, students will apply and synthesize the theories, competencies, and concepts of the Advanced Clinical Management and Leadership program.This will be demonstrated through assignments and experiences with precepted nurse leaders. The process will allow the student to take part in summative assessment on work done throughout the program.

• Department: Nursing
• 5 points

S PUB EDUC POLICY SEM & PRACT

• Department: Law
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
• None None-None
• 5 points

S PUB EDUC POLICY SEM & PRACT

• Department: Law
• 2 points

Aristotle s Politics

This seminar explores a set of interrelated ideas, puzzles, problems, and assumptions that Aristotle’s
Politics
presents concerning human flourishing, community, and political organization. It seeks to historically situate Aristotelian conceptions of the
polis
and of citizens (
politai
), both as products of actual circumstances in Hellenic city-states during the classical period and as responses to theoretical speculations by contemporaries such as Plato. Its overarching goal is to examine in detail Aristotle’s conception of the
polis
as the exclusive setting in which individual human beings can achieve their full potential as deliberators on matters of importance who exercise authority over others and are simultaneously subject to the determinations of others. We account for the assumptions and prejudgments that shape and limit his conceptions of who is able to participate in the activities of deliberation that are critical to the mature flourishing of individuals as well as the functioning of the
polis
. As we consider the emphases Aristotle places on political and social significance of economic factors and his interest in the individual household as a crucial building block of the
polis
, we investigate
Politics
’

sustained interest in the means by which senses of community, trust, “friendship,” and common interest are either fostered or inhibited, and its recurrent concerns for phenomena of factionalism, division, and distrust that render political communities dysfunctional. The seminar aspires to afford opportunities for thinking critically about Aristotle’s
Politics
and its legacy, and for considering the paths it might open up for creative engagement with the challenges we face today.

• Department: Classics
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

MASTERS THESIS

Research in an area of mechanical engineering culminating in a verbal presentation and a written thesis document approved by the thesis adviser. Must obtain permission from a thesis adviser to enroll. Recommended enrollment for two terms, one of which can be the summer. A maximum of 6 points of master’s thesis may count toward an M.S. degree, and additional research points cannot be counted. On completion of all master’s thesis credits, the thesis adviser will assign a single grade. Students must use a department-recommended format for thesis writing.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Sunil Agrawal
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• Instructor: P J Schuck
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• Instructor: Michael Burke
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• Instructor: Vijay Vedula
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Matei T Ciocarlie
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• Instructor: James Hone
  CULPA: 11 h-index: 124 Info
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• Instructor: Qiao Lin
  h-index: 41 Info
• Instructor: Bianca N Howard
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• Instructor: Vijay Modi
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Kristin Myers
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Arvind Narayanaswamy
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Sinisa Vukelic
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Y. Lawrence Yao
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 95 Info
• Instructor: Karen Kasza
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• Instructor: Hod Lipson
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• 1-3 points

Applied Fundamental Analysis with Altern

Applied Fund Analysis Alt

Finding the ground truth regarding the positioning, operations, and prospects of a company, country, resource pool, or investment opportunity is challenging. It is imperative to go beyond the numbers in financial statements with alternative data and information. In this course, we will learn to accept that no predefined formula exists to identify, quantify, and project a complex organization operating in a constantly evolving global environment.
We will highlight the importance of sufficiently framing questions for intelligence gathering and analysis. The act of questioning serves as the very foundation of any investigation, project, or research endeavor. It sharpens our focus, guides our inquiry, and lays the groundwork for meaningful and actionable answers. The power to shape our understanding of the world, businesses, consumers, and individual actors lies in the answers and data we gather and the quality and direction of the questions we pose.
The confidence to ask the right questions and break down the subject of the analysis and associated materials will be a vital component of the learning. The student will work with real datasets and benefit from direct advice, experience, and practical insights from portfolio managers, research analysts, consulting data analysts, and others to derive value from the world of information within their reach.
The combination of traditional and alternative data with the right real-world questions serves to forecast future outcomes. The overarching framework for applied learning will be:
• Collection: Framing the appropriate questions and sourcing information and data in context of the subject being evaluated.
• Evaluation: Understating the reliability of the data and validity of the information value as presented.
• Analysis: Applying methodologies and frameworks, including financial frameworks to transform the data for concise decisions.
• Reporting: Frameworks for pushing the data to subject models, including financial models, presenting the derived intelligence in a useable format.
• Distribution: Informing user, including oneself and integrating feedback on the outcomes.
This course guides the student in acquiring alternative data, extracting insight from it, using it for projections, contextual business model evaluation, and determining “unknown unknowns”. The learning journey is intended to be insightful, engaging, empowering, and supplement traditional data, such as financial statements for st

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• F 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew M Dell Orfano
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• 1.5 points

Sustainability Reporting

Broadly speaking, the goal of this class is to provide students with both the theoretical and practical knowledge to understand the current challenges in accounting for firms’ ESG goals. In this rapidly evolving field, the course will be structured in four modules:

- Module #1 reviews the need for sustainability accounting and provide an overview of the providers of ESG metrics and the limits of current
aggregated ESG data.
- Module #2 present various market-based mechanisms to create ESG standards
- Module #3 discusses regulatory initiatives to create ESG information for listed firms
- Module #4 departs from non-financial disclosure and discuss the limits of current accounting standards and introduce new developments to
incorporate ESG characteristics into traditional financial statements.

While ESG encompasses a vast body of topics, this class will draw examples and discuss about a diverse set of issues ESG, including carbon emissions, employees pay, employees labor-safety, and the role of consumers’ NGO, based on short examples or cases spanning different firms in different industries (e.g., wholesale, aviation) and different countries (e.g., USA, France, Japan).
This half-term course is composed of a mix of lectures, cases and online or in-person interventions by high profile industry guest speakers. The lectures are motivated by (1) rigorous recent academic studies drawing from the accounting literature, but also borrowing from adjacent fields including economics, finance, law and strategy and (2) practitioners notes and examples.

Who should take this course?

Students should take this course if they are interested in ESG in general and/or if they expect to use disclosure of non-financial information in their career. This is particularly relevant for students who want to pursue careers in finance (e.g., investment banking) where firms’ ESG footprint is becoming a scrutinized factor in M&A or investment decisions in general, as well as students going to careers in consulting where corporate decisions will more and more be benchmark against their ESG implications.

Please note that this course does not require students to have pre-existing knowledge about ESG.

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• T 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas E Bourveau
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• 1.5 points

Mergers & Acquisitions Transactions

M&A Transactions

The purpose of this course is to provide you with an overview of M&A strategies and an introduction to the structuring and accounting for deals. We will also learn how to model M&A transactions. This is an advanced and technical course. If reviewing arcane accounting and tax rules does not bring you joy, you are forewarned! You will see plenty of both in the course. During the course, we will focus on several themes:
1. Deal strategy
2. Deal valuations
3. Deal structuring – impact of tax and accounting rules
4. Common metrics used to evaluate deals and limitations of those metrics
5. Accounting and modeling of deals

This course is recommended for those who intend to work in the financial services area – it will be helpful for those looking for a career in banking, corporate advisory services, treasury or corporate/financial strategy.

Advising on M&A transactions requires a strong background in accounting and tax. This course will get into the minutiae of various accounting and tax aspects of M&A. I will expect you to be willing to do the deep dive, where required. It is expected that you
have already taken courses in financial accounting and corporate finance and are interested in accounting and tax. If you do not have a prior background in accounting and tax, you are strongly advised to check with the instructor before enrolling in this
course.

This is not a course in excel, excel tools/techniques or about excel add‐ins provided by data providers. There are many services provided by data providers and Wall Street Prep companies for those. This course will focus on the accounting, finance and
economics of evaluating deals and building models. Also, we assume that you are already proficient in Excel, since we will use a lot of Excel models in the course.

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• R 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• R 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Radha Radhakrishna
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• 1.5 points

PRE-MODERN CHINESE FICTION

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Wei Shang
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 96 Info
• 4 points

Dissertation Research

Full time research for doctoral students.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Instructor: Richard Slusarczyk
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• 12 points

CRITICAL ISSUES IN STAGE MANAGEMENT

INTIMACY DIRECTION FOR SM

Conflict Resilience. Developing the comfort and skills necessary to respond to disagreements and mis-alignments is essential for leaders and stage managers. Through a series of discussions, experienced guests, reading, role-playing, and in-class exercises, this workshop style class will present an overview of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Restorative Process theory and techniques with a practical focus on building our skills and comfort level to be able to reframe conflict as a chance for learning, understanding, and change.

Exceeding EDI. The impact of incorporating Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging into the commercial theater industry in a post George Floyd era. As stage managers, it is crucial that there is a framework for supporting the evolving identities and needs of the many populations present in a theater setting. Through a series of articles, in-class discussions, written reflections and conversations with working professionals, we will develop an understanding of a variety of social issues that currently exist in the industry while building a toolkit on how to navigate them.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• M 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Katherine A Mahoney
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• 1.5 points

CRITICAL ISSUES IN STAGE MANAGEMENT

CRIT ISSUES: CONFLICT RES

Conflict Resilience. Developing the comfort and skills necessary to respond to disagreements and mis-alignments is essential for leaders and stage managers. Through a series of discussions, experienced guests, reading, role-playing, and in-class exercises, this workshop style class will present an overview of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Restorative Process theory and techniques with a practical focus on building our skills and comfort level to be able to reframe conflict as a chance for learning, understanding, and change.

Exceeding EDI. The impact of incorporating Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging into the commercial theater industry in a post George Floyd era. As stage managers, it is crucial that there is a framework for supporting the evolving identities and needs of the many populations present in a theater setting. Through a series of articles, in-class discussions, written reflections and conversations with working professionals, we will develop an understanding of a variety of social issues that currently exist in the industry while building a toolkit on how to navigate them.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• M 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Fredric Hanson
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• 1.5 points

Navigating DEAIB: Strategies for Stage M

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging (DEIAB) is more than a series of practices; it incorporates values and principles that run counter to the traditional, exclusionary power dynamics that have impacted the commercial theatre industry for decades. With a focus on creating or re-establishing positive relationships amongst all community members, Critical Issues in Stage Management considers real-world proficiencies in diversity, equity, inclusion and consent-forward practices that have direct application to our work as Stage Managers.

During this course we will examine the impact of incorporating Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging into the commercial theater industry in a post George Floyd era. As stage managers, it is crucial that there is a framework for supporting the evolving identities and needs of the many populations present in a theater setting. Through a series of articles, group projects, in-class discussions, written reflections and conversations with working professionals, we will develop an understanding of a variety of social issues that currently exist in the industry while building a toolkit on how to navigate them.

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

S FIN TECH INNOVATION & TRANS OF FIN SER

• Department: Law
• T 1:20 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
• 2 points

DIR RSCH 19TH-C RUSSIAN LIT I

• Department: Slavic Languages
• Instructor: Irina Reyfman
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 2-4 points