Healthcare Accounting and Budgeting

HLTH CARE ACCOUNTING&BUDG

The current market places increasing demands on healthcare managers so it is essential that individuals possess basic skills related to financial management and financial reporting. Current events make these demands more dynamic than ever. This course is intended for students who are interested in expanding their knowledge of healthcare financial issues and/or pursuing careers that involve financial management in the healthcare sector. The focus will be on non-profit healthcare delivery organizations.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• T 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• 3 points

ISSUES/APPROC-HLTH POLICY/MGMT

• Department: Executive Classes in HPM
• Instructor: Michael S Sparer
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• 3 points

Issues and Approaches in Health Policy a

ISSUES-APPROACHES-HLTH PO

How is the health care system organized? Who pays the bill? Why have efforts to enact national health insurance failed? What role does government now play in the US health care system, and how do different levels of government share these tasks? Contrary to many perceptions, the fervent debate of these questions is not a recent phenomenon; these are issues that have been argued vigorously throughout American political history. Exploring these debates is critical both to the development of public health policy and the management of delivery systems.
This course focuses on policy and management issues that affect all health care practitioners. We will examine, among other topics, the historical foundations of the American health care system, the rise of managed care, the make-up of the healthcare workforce, the key issues on the nation’s long-term care policy agenda, and ways in which government can encourage good quality care. This introductory course is intended for MHA students and serves to fulfill a core course requirement in Health Policy and Management.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• T 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• M 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Lawrence D Brown
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• Instructor: Sorcha Brophy
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• 3 points

POETRY LECTURE

POETS ON POETS

POETRY LECTURE

• Department: Writing
• M 2:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Alice Quinn
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• 3 points

Systemic Corruption in Eurasia: Competit

In Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, and other countries of the Eurasia region, corruption is systemic.  Corruption, defined as the abuse of public trust and power for private gain, is institutionalized in government at the national, regional, and local levels.  Formal government decision-making processes have been captured by informal networks of political and business elites who exert significant control over the allocation of public resources. They utilize this control to make illegal financial gains with the support of government authorities and protection of the law. 

When President Putin began Russia’s expanded military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the imprisoned Russian anticorruption activist and political opposition leader Alexey Navalny was on trial once again over fabricated charges of embezzlement. Though Mr. Navalny faced another 15 years in a penal colony, he seized the opportunity during his February 24 hearing to publicly state his opposition to Russia’s war on Ukraine. “This war between Russia and Ukraine was unleashed to cover up the theft from Russian citizens and divert their attention from problems that exist inside the country,” he said. 

This seminar examines the role that Russia’s systemic corruption played as a cause of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Is the war an extension, and drastic escalation, of the Putin regime’s campaign against both his own citizens and the citizens of post-Maidan Ukraine? We will consider how the Kremlin’s strategic use of corruption is threatening the sovereignty of other nations in Eurasia. 

This seminar analyzes the political economy, power relationships, historical and cultural factors that have engendered systemic corruption in Eurasian countries. We identify different types of corrupt systems that have emerged in the regions. We will also examine how systemic corruption causes conflict and war, and poses a threat to the global economy and democracy. Finally, we analyze various anti-corruption reforms to understand why some failed while others succeeded.

The seminar will benefit SIPA and Harriman Institute students who specialize in regional studies of countries of the Eurasia.  It will also benefit SIPA and other graduate students who specialize in international security, economics, finance, energy, law, development, conflict resolution, and journalism.  To achieve a deep understanding of Eurasia corruption, we will examine

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew H Murray
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• 3 points

CHEMICAL ENGIN RES METHODOLOGY

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• T 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Allie Obermeyer
  h-index: 16 Info
• 1 points

Analytics and Managerial Decision-Making

ANALYTCS/MANAGR DECISION

Analytics and Managerial Decision-Making I is the first of two required quantitative methods courses taken in sequence by all MHA students. These courses are foundational to the MHA curriculum. The two courses are fully integrated with respect to materials, exercises and cases, and by a two-term, team-based application project.
Managers are continually confronted with the need to make significant decisions concerning the organizational and financial performance of a health organization, based on a combination of strategic intention, practical experience, and interpretation and application of complex data and information. Data analysis is one tool that supports such decision-making. This course is designed to provide management students with the tools to generate and present data-driven and model-based management recommendations that are meaningful and implementable.
The course focuses on learning basic tools for the collection, analysis, and presentation of data in support of managerial/executive decision-making. Topics will include introductory data and statistical exploration from basic descriptive statistics to population and market estimation, comparison testing and decision-making, sampling design and analysis, and predicting/forecasting using linear regression. Using Excel as an additional tool, the course develops analytical skills to prepare managers to make and to present informed decisions in the overall healthcare sector.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• T 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• Instructor: Gary Cox
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• 3 points

Counterfactuals

Counterfactuals play a key role in philosophy, linguistics, psychology, decision theory, game theory, artificial
intelligence, and many other related fields. Our goal for this course is to cover foundational work on
counterfactuals (with some attention paid to indicative conditionals as well). Though our reading list has
a historical component, its primary purpose is to familiarize students with contemporary state of play. We
will focus on distinctions and applications that have become an essential part of the working philosopher’s
toolkit.

• Department: Philosophy
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Melissa S Fusco
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Reverse Physics: Set Theory, Determinism

Baroque questions of set-theoretic foundations are widely assumed to be irrelevant to physics. In
this seminar, we will see that they are not. Whether a physical theory is deterministic—whether
it fixes a unique future given the present—can depend on one’s stance on axioms of set theory
about which there is intractable disagreement. This is not a quirk of exotic toy models. It reaches
into the heat equation, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and general relativity. The
seminar builds from the ground up. We begin with the philosophy of determinism: what it
means, why it matters, and how it has traditionally been formalized. We then develop enough set
theory and descriptive set theory to state the key results precisely. In the second half, we work
through the sensitivity results in detail, showing how the content of fundamental physical
theories shifts with the set-theoretic background. We conclude by asking what this means for
debates about mathematical pluralism, scientific realism, and the boundary between mathematics
and physics.

No prior knowledge of set theory or mathematical physics is assumed. The seminar is open to
graduate students in philosophy and, with permission, to advanced graduate students in
mathematics, physics, and related fields.

• Department: Philosophy
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Justin Clarke-Doane
  h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

PUB-PRIV PARTSHP-REAL EST DEV

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• 1.5 points

AMERICAN SPECTACLE

In this workshop, students will create original writing that is in conversation with American theatrical traditions beyond the proscenium. We will investigate and engage theatrical forms, such as the side show, courtroom drama, violence as spectacle and performance art. The aim is to encourage students to think more expansively and non-traditionally in their approach to writing and making theatre.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• F 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Lynn Nottage
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Topics in Smart Electric Energy

Battery Systems

Selected advanced topics in smart electric energy. Content varies from year to year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Navid Asr
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• 3 points

Topics in Smart Electric Energy

Selected advanced topics in smart electric energy. Content varies from year to year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Mohamed Kamaludeen
  Info
• 3 points

Topics in Smart Electric Energy

Selected advanced topics in smart electric energy. Content varies from year to year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• 3 points

MARKET DESIGN

Prerequisites: ECON G6211, ECON G6212. Market Design is an emerging field in economics that attempts to devise a practical scheme for allocating scarce resources to individuals who value them. Its applications involve many important real life problems ranging from allocation of government resources such as public land, fishing/mineral rights, radio spectrum licenses, allocation of school choice and transplantable human organs, assignment of workers to jobs, to placement of advertising in Internet search engines. Mechanism design underpins the field as a general methodological framework, which is in turn operationalized by two branches of theories: 1) Auction Theory and 2) Matching Theory. The course will provide a guide through these theories and discusses a few applications along the way.

• Department: Economics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Yeon-Koo Che
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: permission of the departmental adviser to Graduate Studies.

• Department: Psychology
• Instructor: Jon B Freeman
  Wikipedia Info
• 1-4 points

LEASE ANALYSIS & FIN METRICS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Sara B Queen
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• 1.5 points

Architecture of the Japanese Temple

Arch. of Japanese Temple

An introduction to timber-frame architecture, the primary method of construction prior to the 19th century, focusing on its use in Japanese Buddhist temples. While the course should serve as an introduction, it assumes a basic knowledge of the broad outlines of the history of Japan and its art. Weekly lectures will cover major monuments, beginning with Ise Shrine and the introduction of continental timber-frame architecture at Hōryūji, and extending to the early 19th century. Special attention will be devoted to defining the three major rubrics of the
wayō
(“Japanese” style), “Zen-style,” and “Great Buddha Hall” modes that were refined and standardized by the 13th century, along with their infinite variations and recombinations. Topics to be explored throughout the course will include: wood joinery techniques and bracket technology; the development of indigenous
shoin
architecture and its impact on residential architecture; the role of varied Buddhist doctrines in developments of liturgical space; builders’ responses to local environmental and seismic conditions; and the impact of sumptuary laws in the early modern period.

The course will be taught as a series of weekly lectures, and students will be expected to complete and respond to weekly reading assignments. The syllabus focuses primarily on readings available in English, but supplemental reading assignments will also be included for students with a reading knowledge of Japanese.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew P McKelway
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

Theories of Secularity

This course will try to study the development of various aspects of theorization of the secular and the transformations of religion under modernity. It will be mainly based on close textual reading of important theoretical arguments representing important stages in the development of these arguments from the time of the Enlightenment to present day academic debates.

The first section will focus on the emergence of theories of a secular state in European philosophy starting with texts from Spinoza, Hobbes, and Hume. We shall also range over some ancillary texts that illustrate the nature of secularist arguments against religious beliefs and practices. The second section will concentrate on the development of the sociological tradition with focus on the works of Fustel de Coulanges, Max Weber and Ernst Troletsch. A short third section will focus on the establishment of religious studies as an academic discipline by looking at the works of a pioneer of this discipline: Wilfred Cantwell Smith. The fourth section will take up for reading and critical examination four different academic discussions in recent years: stemming from the work of Indian debates on secularism, from academic debates about the anthropology of religion, and especially studies of Islam started by the work of Talal Asad and responses it attracted. Finally, we shall take up critical works which revisit arguments from Weber by Charles Taylor and Hans Joas. The final weeks of the course will be devoted to conclusions drawn from these intersecting readings across historical time and space.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sudipta Kaviraj
  Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

Nonlinear and Adaptive Control

Nonlinear dynamics: Euler-Lagrange equations, Hamilton’s principle, variational calculus; nonlinear systems: fundamentals, examples, stability Notions, linear systems and linearization, frequency domain analysis, discrete time systems, absolute stability, input-to-state stabililty, control design: control Lyapunov functions, sliding mode control, control barrier functions; adaptive control: self-tuning regular, model reference adaptive control, feedback linearization, extremum seeking control, model predictive control, observer design: extended, unscented, and mixture model Kalman filters, moving horizon estimation, high-gain observers; repetitive processes: iterative learning control, learning-adaptive control, repetitive control; optimal control: continuous setting, discrete time setting, constrained optimal control, linear matrix inequality (LMI) constraints, dynamic programming and backward recursion.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Homayoon Beigi
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• 3 points

SOUND: ADVANCED TOPICS I

This class explores advanced topics relating to the production of music by computer. Although programming experience is not a prerequisite, various programming techniques are enlisted to investigate interface design, algorithmic composition, computer analysis and processing of digital audio, and the use of computer music in contexts such as VR/AR applications. Check with the instructor for the particular focus of the class in an upcoming semester. Some familiarity with computer music hardware/software is expected. Permission of instructor is required to enroll.

• Department: Music
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

LEADERSHIP FOR STAGE MANAGERS I

LEADERSHIP - STAGE MANAGE

Position, people, procedures, and productivity: this class will introduce first year students to the concept of the stage manager as the CE/OO (Chief Executive/Operating Officer) for a production. The primary focus will be on human resources management; organizational charts for both the commercial and not- for-profit arenas will be introduced and “best leadership practices” will be discussed. Texts and reading materials from non-theatrical sources will provide the basis for discussion. An individualized reading- writing project and presentation will spotlight the role of the stage manager within the larger context of theatrical production.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• R 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Passaro
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• 3 points

PLANNING FOR JUSTICE IN A LOW CARBON FUT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Javier Lopez
  Info
• 3 points

OPTIMIZATION I

Theory and geometry of linear programming. The simplex method. Duality theory, sensitivity analysis, column generation and decomposition. Interior point methods. Introduction to nonlinear optimization: convexity, optimality conditions, steepest descent, and Newton’s method, active set, and barrier methods.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Vineet Goyal
  h-index: 21 Info
• 4.5 points

Machine Learning and High-Dimensional Da

Mchn lrning&Hgh-dmntnl da

Discusses recent advances in fields of machine learning: kernel methods, neural networks (various generative adversarial net architectures), and reinforcement learning (with applications in robotics). Quasi Monte Carlo methods in the context of approximating RBF kernels via orthogonal transforms (instances of the structured technique). Will discuss techniques such as TD(0), TD(λ), LSTDQ, LSPI, DQN.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 7:10 p.m.-9:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Krzysztof M Choromanski
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO URBAN DATA AND INFORMATICS

INTRO URB DATA + INFORMAT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy J Yoshimura Small
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• 3 points

STAGE MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES I

SM METHODS: CREATING BWAY SHOW

The course aims to offer students a realistic view and understanding of what is involved in maintaining a long-running commercial musical production. Through discussion with professionals and practical presentation we will explore the many and varied aspects of this collaborative industry.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• T 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Sarah Harris
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• 3 points

LAW, POLITICS, AND PLANNING PRACTICE

LAW, POLITICS, PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Howard H Slatkin
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• 3 points

STAGE MANAGEMENT & TECHNICAL PRODUCTION

STAGE MGMT. & TECH. PRODU

The class will explore all aspects of modern technical theatre as currently practiced on Broadway. The intent will be to develop the vernacular and concepts necessary for the modern Stage Manager to communicate effectively with their technical departments and to have a more than passing understanding of what problems those departments are forced to cope with in the production scheme.

The ultimate goal being an appreciation and deeper understanding of the work performed by the technical departments, leading to enhanced co-operation on the part of all concerned.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• F 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Hoffman
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED PRESERVATION PLANNING & POLICY

ADV PRES PLAN & POLICY ST

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Erica C Avrami
  Info
• 6 points

METROPOLITAN PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas K Wright
  Info
• 1.5 points

AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN NYC

AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEV NY

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 3 points

RESEARCH PROJECT

May be repeated for credit. A special investigation of a problem in nuclear engineering, medical physics, applied mathematics, applied physics, and/or plasma physics consisting of independent work on the part of the student and embodied in a formal report.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Carlos Paz Soldan
  h-index: 28 Info
• 1-6 points

Central Asian Politics and Security

Central Asian Pol & Secur

This course surveys the politics and history of the five countries of contemporary Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). In addition to imparting a substantive understanding of these countries, the course explores several conceptual lenses through which the region can be analyzed both over time and in comparison with other parts of the world. The first half of the course examines the political history of the region, with particular reference to how policies and practices of the Soviet state shaped the former republics of Soviet Central Asia. The second half turns to special topics at the center of the region’s political and social life today. Coverage of these topics—which include democratization, Islam and the politics of counter-insurgency, women and definitions of the public sphere, the politics of nation-building, and international security—will involve light reading from other regions to provide comparative perspective.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Lawrence Markowitz
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• 3 points

OTHER FRONTIERS IN STAGE MANAGEMENT

OTHER FRONTIERS: DANCE

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• M 2 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Jacqueline Reid
  Info
• 1.5 points

OTHER FRONTIERS IN STAGE MANAGEMENT

OTHER FRONTIERS: OPERA

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• 1.5 points

OTHER FRONTIERS IN STAGE MANAGEMENT

OTHER FRONTIERS: CORP. EVENTS

TBD

• Department: Theatre Arts
• T 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Linda Marvel
  Info
• 1.5 points

SUBJECT_OBJECT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Suchi Reddy
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED RESEARCH PAPER

SUPERVISED ESSAY LEGAL PRACT

• Department: Law
• 1 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

MACH LEARNING IN BIO&INF

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Predrag R Jelenkovic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 35 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

Adv VLSI DA & Methodology

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew M Ziegler
  Info
• 3 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

GenAI & Modern Deep Learn

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Micah Goldblum
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room

Prerequisite: Course Application.
In an era increasingly defined by geopolitical competition, it is more important than ever for future policymakers to understand why and how foreign policy decisions are made. Inside the Situation Room, co-taught by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, employs insights from diverse academic fields—including political psychology, domestic politics, and international relations—and the direct experience of high-level principals in the room to understand the key factors which underpin a nation’s most crucial decisions. This course allows students to engage with a range of case studies and examine decision-making in a variety of historical and contemporary contexts, from the search for Osama bin Laden, to the “red line” in Syria, to negotiating with Iran.

Students will be taught how to analyze and understand the complex interplay between individual psychology, domestic politics, public opinion, bureaucracy, the international environment, and other factors which feed into decisions about foreign policy—from crisis diplomacy to the use of force, signaling and perception, intelligence and its analysis, the deployment of other instruments of statecraft, and more. Through this course, students will think carefully and analytically about how leaders and other actors view the world, how they arrive at their decisions, and how various social, political, and psychological factors shape the policies they devise to promote their interests abroad. For more information, visit: https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/situationroom

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• W 1:10 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Keren Yarhi-Milo
  Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

THEATRE MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION I

THEATRE MGMT & ADMIN I

• Department: Theatre Arts
• F 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• W 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven E Chaikelson
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Timothy A Hess
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR SIPA Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• M 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• M 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• T 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• M 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• T 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Lincoln A Mitchell
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• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR ISD Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• T 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• T 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Jayme R Schlesinger
  Info
• 3 points

Inside the Situation Room - Discussion

ISR Undergrad Discussion

Required Discussion Section For Inside the Situation Room.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• F 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• F 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Kyle Evanoff
  Info
• 3 points

Probabilistic Models and Machine Learnin

Stat ML: Theory to Practi

Probabilistic Models and Machine Learning is a PhD-level course about how to design and use probability models. We study their mathematical properties, algorithms for computing with them, and applications to real problems. We study both the foundations and modern methods in this field. Our goals are to understand probabilistic modeling, to begin research that makes contributions to this field, and to develop good practices for building and applying probabilistic models.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David Blei
  Wikipedia h-index: 98 Info
• 3 points

Advanced Spoken Language Processing

ADV SPOKEN LANG PROC

Applications of spoken language processing, including text-to-speech and dialogue systems. Analysis of speech and text, including entrainment, empathy, personality, emotion, humor, sarcasm, deception, trust, radicalization, and charisma.

• Department: Computer Science
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Julia Hirschberg
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 77 Info
• 3 points

STOCHASTIC MODELING I

Advanced treatment of stochastic modeling in the context of queueing, reliability, manufacturing, insurance risk, financial engineering and other engineering applications. Review of elements of probability theory; exponential distribution; renewal theory; Wald’s equation; Poisson processes. Introduction to both discrete and continuous-time Markov chains; introduction to Brownian motion.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Henry Lam
  h-index: 17 Info
• 4.5 points

BLDG ADAPT & REUSE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• 1.5 points

BUDGETING AND REPORTING

• Department: Theatre Arts
• T 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Naumann
  Info
• 3 points

HIST PRESV THEORY & PRACTICE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jorge Otero-Pailos
  Wikipedia h-index: 12 Info
• 3 points

MAKE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 3 points

COMPUTER COMMUNICATNS NETWORKS

COMPUTER COMMUNCATION NETWORKS

Analytical approach to the design of (data) communication networks. Necessary tools for performance analysis and design of network protocols and algorithms. Practical engineering applications in layered Internet protocols in Data link layer, Network layer, and Transport layer. Review of relevant aspects of stochastic processes, control, and optimization.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Javad Ghaderi
  h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

PRESERVATION PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Erica C Avrami
  Info
• 3 points

INTERNET ECON, ENG & SOCIETY

Mathematical models, analyses of economics and networking interdependencies in the internet. Topics include microeconomics of pricing and regulations in communications industry, game theory in revenue allocations, ISP settlements, network externalities, two-sided markets. Economic principles in networking and network design, decentralized vs. centralized resource allocation, “price of anarchy,” congestion control. Case studies of topical internet issues. Societal and industry implications of internet evolution.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Debasis Mitra
  Wikipedia h-index: 61 Info
• 3 points

ARCH METALS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Peiper
  Info
• 1.5 points

TOPICS IN NETWORKING

TPC:NET VIRTUAL & CLOUD COMPUT

Further study of areas such as communication protocols and architectures, flow and congestion control in data networks, performance evaluation in integrated networks. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6770 to 6779.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• F 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas Woo
  Info
• 3 points

ACCOUNTING FOR THEATRE

• Department: Theatre Arts
• R 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Robert Fried
  Info
• 3 points

Health Communication

Health Communication has emerged as an important field of theory, research, and practice in the 21st century. As recognized by several public health and global health agendas, well-designed and implemented health communication interventions can have a positive impact on public health and health care outcomes, as well as contribute to advancing health equity. This course will introduce students to the field of Health Communication theory and practice, and its key action areas. It will prepare them to design, implement and evaluate health communication interventions within a systematic, participatory, engaging, process-oriented, and multidisciplinary framework that aims at behavioral, social, and organizational results and ultimately, improved public health outcomes. As health communication is grounded in many theories and principles (e.g., behavioral and social change, marketing, intergroup, sociology, anthropology, cultural-centered and positive deviance theory, mass media and new media theory, medical models, community organizing, social networks, etc.) that are also shared by other disciplines in the public health, health care, and community development fields, these theories will be briefly reviewed as part of session two in relation to their specific application to health communication theory and practice. The planning frameworks and practical exercises discussed and implemented in this course are specific to the field of health communication and provide students with core competencies and practical skills for future work in health communication within the nonprofit, corporate, academic, and government sectors both in the United States and globally.

• Department: General Public Health
• R 5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Natalie Gyenes
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• 3 points

Health Communication

HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Health Communication has emerged as an important field of theory, research, and practice in the 21st century. As recognized by several public health and global health agendas, well-designed and implemented health communication interventions can have a positive impact on public health and health care outcomes, as well as health equity. This course will introduce students to the field of Health Communication theory and practice, and its key action areas. It will prepare them to design, implement and evaluate health communication interventions within a systematic, participatory, engaging, process-oriented, and multidisciplinary framework that aims at behavioral, social, and organizational results and ultimately, improved public health outcomes.
As health communication is grounded in many theories and principles (e.g., behavioral and social change, marketing, intergroup, sociology, anthropology, cultural-centered and positive deviance theory, mass media and new media theory, medical models, community organizing, social networks, etc.) that are also shared by other disciplines in the public health, health care, and community development fields, these theories will be briefly reviewed as part of session two in relation to their specific application to health communication theory and practice. The planning frameworks and practical exercises included in this course are specific to the field of health communication and provide students with core competencies and skills for future work in health communication within the nonprofit, corporate, academic, and government sectors both in the United States and globally.

• Department: Sociomedical Sciences
• T 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Renata Schiavo
  h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN NETWORKING

Massive Content Mining&Di

Further study of areas such as communication protocols and architectures, flow and congestion control in data networks, performance evaluation in integrated networks. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6770 to 6779.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Anwar I Walid
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Data Visualization And Storytelling

Data Visualization & Stor

During this course, students will be introduced to the methods and techniques of creating infographics and data visualizations. They will learn about storytelling and how to create various charts using Tableau Desktop software. Students will also learn the practical aspects of managing a public health data visualization project. Tableau is becoming widely used and is now also connectable to the “big 4” SPSS/SAS/STAT/R, as such it is an essential data analytics tool for understanding and manipulating data for public health. Students will learn methodologies on how to approach public health data to create data visualizations that display statistics in a compelling form in Tableau. This hands-on introductory course will teach students to develop meaningful public health data stories that reveal insights. Students will utilize health data to tell visual stories and develop an aesthetic for presenting their findings to a lay audience.

• Department: Sociomedical Sciences
• W 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• 3 points

STONE, BRICK + TERRA COTTA

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• 1.5 points

THESIS I

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and problems of international human rights law. What are the origins of modern human rights law? What is the substance of this law, who is obligated by it, and how is it enforced? The course will cover the major international human rights treaties and mechanisms and consider some of todays most significant human rights issues and controversies. While the topics are necessarily law-related, the course will assume no prior exposure to legal studies.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jacqueline Dugard
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• 3 points

THEORIES OF INT'L RELATIONS

Prerequisites: the instructors permission prior to registration. Issues and problems in theory of international politics; systems theories and the current international system; the domestic sources of foreign policy and theories of decision making; transnational forces, the balance of power, and alliances.

• Department: Political Science
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Elizabeth N Saunders
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• 4 points

DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

SEMINAR IN STAGE MANAGEMENT III

MUSICAL STRUCTURE

Musicals, especially those that have traditionally originated on Broadway, are complex pieces of machinery that are designed to produce a variety of energies in the theater. When taken collectively, those energies constitute the aesthetic of the experience. As with plays, stage managers are charged with coordinating all of a musical’s production elements. However, stage managers should also be able to view a musical from every angle; that is, read it intelligently and analyze it dramatically so they can accurately gauge their contribution to the overall aesthetic. This course seeks to provide stage managers with a customized template to do that: in other words, how to connect what’s on the page and the stage to their own standard methodologies, cue calling, and the CEO/COO perspective. In the contemporary professional landscape, these are important tools that will help them optimize their work on musicals.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• R 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Passaro
  Info
• 3 points

PUBLIC FINANCE I

• Department: Economics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Wojciech Kopczuk
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 3 points

Coding for Media Studies

The term “digital humanities” (DH) has long been used to describe scholarship at the intersection of digital technologies and humanities disciplines. Although initially characterized by quantitative analysis and number-crunching, DH today enjoys a far broader mandate encompassing new fields like software studies, data visualization, critical code studies, and more. This course proposes to ride the wave of these developments.

Specifically, it explores how coding can be harnessed to the disciplines of film and media studies. Over the past few years, developments in generative AI have placed basic coding expertise within the reach of all. But what possibilities open up from these changes? Over the course of over a dozen weeks, students in this class will learn ways in which coding can help refine and reimagine traditional scholarly agendas (e.g., film analysis, media industry studies, archival restoration, etc.). But the class also shows how coding opens up entirely new ways of working with media as objects of study.

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

VISITING ARTIST LECT. III

• Department: Visual Arts
• Instructor: Miya Masaoka
  Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 9 points

DIFFERENCE AND DESIGN

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Justin G Moore
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• 3 points

DENTAL MATERIALS II

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

CRIT ISSUES IN ART III

N/A

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Miles J Scharff
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• 3 points

RE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Haig G Nazarian
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• 1.5 points

RE VALUATION + INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

RE VAL+INVESTMENT ANALYSI

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Jake Pesci
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• 1.5 points

GRADUATE STUDIO III

N/A

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Miya Masaoka
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• 3 points

GRADUATE STUDIO III

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 4 p.m.-10 p.m.
• 3 points

THESIS DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. This course will help guide E3B Ph.D. students towards candidacy by teaching them the skills necessary to be effective and independent scientists. Students will conduct an extensive literature review, write a preliminary dissertation proposal, and present their research ideas to the group on multiple occasions. Students will learn how to give and receive constructive written and oral feedback on their work.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Uriarte
  Wikipedia h-index: 56 Info
• 6 points

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

GROUP CRITIQUE III

• Department: Visual Arts
• W 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points