DIRECTED RESEARCH

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• Instructor: Howard Rosenbaum
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• Instructor: Eleanor Sterling
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• Instructor: Maria Uriarte
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• 3-8 points

DIRECTED READINGS

Supervised directed readings and literature review in areas relevant to a student's research program.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• Instructor: Sandra Hoffberg
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• Instructor: Kevin L Griffin
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 59 Info
• Instructor: Duncan Menge
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Ruth Defries
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 114 Info
• Instructor: Joshua A Drew
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• Instructor: Shahid Naeem
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 70 Info
• 1-6 points

TPCS IN PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE

This course focuses on an advanced topic in the philosophy of language.

• Department: Philosophy
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Melissa S Fusco
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

PHILOS OF PHYSICS:QUANTUM MECH

The various attempts to solve the problem of measurement in Quantum Mechanics. Emphasis on theories without a collapse of the wave-function, such as non-local hidden-variables theories and the many-worlds interpretation. Related topics such as self-measurement and Quantum Cosmology.

• Department: Philosophy
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: David Albert
  CULPA: 32 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• 3-6 points

Funding and Grantsmanship for Research and Career Development Activities

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

The course will meet six Thursday evenings, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center (VEC), Rooms 404 and 405 [104 Haven Avenue (at 171st Street)] on the Columbia University Medical Center campus. Session 1 (January 25, 2018): Types of support and review processes for research and training activities: Government Agencies. Session 2 (February 1, 2018): a) Types of support and review processes for research and training activities: Voluntary Health Organizations, Foundations, Industry, Clinical Trials, and Development and b) Identifying sources of funding. Session 3 (February 8, 2018): Planning and organizing a research proposal - NIH R01 application used as a reference. Session 4 (March 8, 2018): Planning and organizing a fellowship/career development proposal - NIH F30/F31/F32 and K01/K07/K08/K23/K25/K99(R00) applications used as references. Session 5 (April 12, 2018): Experiences of a peer reviewer and an "Inside Look" at an extramural grant review panel. Session 6 (April 26, 2018): Practice of seeking grant support: Tips from experienced researchers at Columbia.

• Department: Medicine
• R 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Jaime S Rubin
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• 1 points

DOCTORAL RESEARCH INSTRUCTION

A candidate for the Eng.Sc.D. degree in mineral engineering must register for 12 points of doctoral research instruction. Registration in EAEE E9800 may not be used to satisfy the minimum residence requirement for the degree.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• Instructor: Vasilis Fthenakis
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 55 Info
• 3-12 points

SEMINAR IN GEOCHEMISTRY

HOT TOPICS

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Discussion of current developments in rock and water geochemistry.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• F 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Albrecht Hofmann
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• 1-2 points

MATHEMATICAL EARTH SCIENCE SEM

SEAS COLL IN CLIMATE SCIENCE

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
Current research in problems at the interface between applied mathematics and earth and environmental sciences.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• R 2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Lorenzo M Polvani
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 69 Info
• 0 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

Prerequisites: graduate standing.
          Students register in this course while preparing their M.Phil. examinations and prospectus--usually in the fall and spring of their third year.

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• Instructor: Jesus Rodriguez-Velasco
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3-6 points

DISSERTATION SEMINAR

Provides students the opportunity to present draft dissertation proposals and draft dissertation chapters.

• Department: Political Science
• F 11:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Y Shapiro
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

RESEARCH IN RELIGION II

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Guided individual research.

• Department: Religion
• Instructor: Robert A Thurman
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Peter J Awn
  CULPA: 31 Info
• Instructor: Robert E Somerville
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Thomas F Yarnall
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Gary Dorrien
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• Instructor: Clemence C Boulouque
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Michael Como
  CULPA: 20 Info
• Instructor: Katherine Pratt Ewing
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 22 Info
• Instructor: Courtney Bender
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Mark C Taylor
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Bernard Faure
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Josef Sorett
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Euan Cameron
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• Instructor: Beth A Berkowitz
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 6 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Castelli
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: John S Hawley
  CULPA: 28 Info
• Instructor: Najam I Haider
  CULPA: 8 Info
• Instructor: Gale L Kenny
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Rachel McDermott
  CULPA: 37 Info
• Instructor: David L Moerman
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 1-6 points

SEMINAR IN SEISMOLOGY

Seismology Seminar: Topics in Global and Regional Seismology , Earth structure at global and regional scales; earthquake source analysis; seismotectonics; current topics in the geophysical literature.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• W 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
• 1 points

SEMINAR IN MARINE GEOPHYSICS

Prerequisites: Undergraduates must obtain the instructor's permission.
The focus of each seminar is on a specific research direction that has proven critical to advancing our understanding of global geodynamic phenomena. Students and members of the teaching and reserach faculty engage in analysis of such topics as mid-oceran ridge processes, subduction zone processes, formation of marine sediments and marine geophysical imaging techniques. Much of this analysis is based on critique of the current literature, but students are also required to present their ongoing research.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• 1-2 points

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Prerequisite:
completion of all M.Phil. requirements. Ph.D. candidates may be required to register for this course every term during the preparation of the dissertation.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Olena Mamykina
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• Instructor: Noemie Elhadad
  Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• Instructor: Dennis Vitkup
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• Instructor: Raul Rabadan
  Wikipedia h-index: 72 Info
• Instructor: David K Vawdrey
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Nicholas Tatonetti
  Wikipedia h-index: 36 Info
• 0 points

SEMINAR IN TEACHING

History Doctoral students who are for TAs for a course must enroll in this independent study seminar. The DGS is always listed as instructor.

• Department: History
• Instructor: Michael F Stanislawski
  CULPA: 66 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points