EARTHQUAKE & WIND ENGINEERING

Basic concepts of seismology. Earthquake characteristics, magnitude, response spectrum, dynamic response of structures to ground motion. Base isolation and earthquake-resistant design. Wind loads and aeroelastic instabilities. Extreme winds. Wind effects on structures and gust factors.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• 3 points

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

A first course on crystallography. Crystal symmetry, Bravais lattices, point groups, space groups. Diffraction and diffracted intensities. Exposition of typical crystal structures in engineering materials, including metals, ceramics, and semiconductors. Crystalline anisotropy.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Katayun Barmak
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 49 Info
• 3 points

(Y)OUR LONGER LIFE

People are living 30 years longer than we did 100 years ago. We have created a whole new stage of life. How do we prepare to benefit from our longer lives? What can you do in your own life? This course explores the personal, population, community, and societal dimensions of our now-longer lives, of aging itself, and the role of health and societal design in the experience of aging. The course examines the meaning of aging and the attendant expectations, myths, fears, and realities. The course examines an aging society as a public health success, the potential for building health futures, the health plan you want to be healthy in old age, and the potential for longer lives and how we unlock it. It addresses the roles public health currently plays and can play in shaping a society for an aging population. The course explores how a public health system—indeed, a society—optimized for an aging population stands to benefit all. The course also examines the physical, cognitive, and psychological aspects of aging, the exposures across our lives that affect these, the attributes and challenges of aging, keys to successful aging, and aging around the globe. The culminating project will design elements of our society that are needed to support the opportunity of having longer lives. This course comprises lectures, class discussions, individual assignments, in-class case activities, and a group project in which students shall take an active role. You will be responsible for regular preparatory assignments, writing assignments, one group project, and attending course sessions. Please note: GSAS students must receive permission from their department before registering for this course.

• Department: Public Health
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana March
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

(Y)OUR LONGER LIFE

People are living 30 years longer than we did 100 years ago. We have created a whole new stage of life. How do we prepare to benefit from our longer lives? What can you do in your own life? This course explores the personal, population, community, and societal dimensions of our now-longer lives, of aging itself, and the role of health and societal design in the experience of aging. The course examines the meaning of aging and the attendant expectations, myths, fears, and realities. The course examines an aging society as a public health success, the potential for building health futures, the health plan you want to be healthy in old age, and the potential for longer lives and how we unlock it. It addresses the roles public health currently plays and can play in shaping a society for an aging population. The course explores how a public health system—indeed, a society—optimized for an aging population stands to benefit all. The course also examines the physical, cognitive, and psychological aspects of aging, the exposures across our lives that affect these, the attributes and challenges of aging, keys to successful aging, and aging around the globe. The culminating project will design elements of our society that are needed to support the opportunity of having longer lives. This course comprises lectures, class discussions, individual assignments, in-class case activities, and a group project in which students shall take an active role. You will be responsible for regular preparatory assignments, writing assignments, one group project, and attending course sessions. Please note: GSAS students must receive permission from their department before registering for this course.

• Department: Columbia College
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Dana March
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT

This course will begin by clearly defining what sustainability management is and determining if a sustainable economy is actually feasible. Students will learn to connect environmental protection to organizational management by exploring the technical, financial, managerial, and political challenges of effectively managing a sustainable environment and economy. This course is taught in a case-based format and will seek to help students learn the basics of management, environmental policy and sustainability economics. Sustainability management matters because we only have one planet, and we must learn how to manage our organizations in a way that ensures that the health of our planet can be maintained and bettered. This course is designed to introduce students to the field of sustainability management. It is not an academic course that reviews the literature of the field and discusses how scholars thing about the management of organizations that are environmentally sound. It is a practical course organized around the core concepts of sustainability.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Howard N Apsan
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Wendy J Hapgood
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• Instructor: Howard N Apsan
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

APPL MATH III:DYNAMICAL SYSTMS

An introduction to the analytic and geometric theory of dynamical systems; basic existence, uniqueness and parameter dependence of solutions to ordinary differential equations; constant coefficient and parametrically forced systems; Fundamental solutions; resonance; limit points, limit cycles and classification of flows in the plane (Poincare-Bendixson Therem); conservative and dissipative systems; linear and nonlinear stability analysis of equilibria and periodic solutions; stable and unstable manifolds; bifurcations, e.g. Andronov-Hopf; sensitive dependence and chaotic dynamics; selected applications.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Xuenan Li
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• 3 points

QUAL RESEARCH METHODS SDEV

Students of sustainable development are faced with an array of global challenges that warrant scholarly inquiry. Social science questions are particularly well suited for qualitative research. This course will provide an overview of social science research methods, with a focus on building a toolkit for undergraduate students. We begin with an overview of the science of knowing. How do we generate scientific hypotheses in the social sciences, and then how can we find out whether those hypotheses are accurate? An exploration of a range of qualitative research methods will occupy the majority of our class time, including interviewing, case studies, questionnaires, surveys, coding, and participant observation. Toward the end of the course we consider how mixed methods allow for the integration of quantitative tools in the social sciences. Throughout, students will both study and practice these research methods, experimenting to better understand the strengths and challenges associated with each approach. The course will end with poster presentations in which students share their own research and justify the methods they have employed.

• Department: Earth Institute
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Dale
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

CORE STUDIO II - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Maria A Linares Trelles
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• Instructor: Mark Wasiuta
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Jarrett D Ley
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• Instructor: Grace E Alli
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• Instructor: Regina Teng
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• Instructor: Joshua D Uhl
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• Instructor: Abraham S Murrell
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• Instructor: Emily G Ruopp
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• 0 points

CHEMISTRY FOR THE BRAIN

Prerequisites: Organic chemistry and biology courses, neuroscience or neurobiology recommended, but not required. The study of the brain is one of the most exciting frontiers in science and medicine today. Although neuroscience is by nature a multi-disciplinary effort, chemistry has played many critical roles in the development of modern neuroscience, neuropharmacology, and brain imaging. Chemistry, and the chemical probes it generates, such as molecular modulators, therapeutics, imaging agents, sensors, or actuators, will continue to impact neuroscience on both preclinical and clinical levels. In this course, two major themes will be discussed. In the first one, titled Imaging brain function with chemical tools, we will discuss molecular designs and functional parameters of widely used fluorescent sensors in neuroscience (calcium, voltage, and neurotransmitter sensors), their impact on neuroscience, pros and cons of genetically encoded sensors versus chemical probes, and translatability of these approaches to the human brain. In the second major theme, titled Perturbation of the brain function with chemical tools, we will examine psychoactive substances, the basics of medicinal chemistry, brain receptor activation mechanisms and coupled signaling pathways, and their effects on circuit and brain function. We will also discuss recent approaches, failures and successes in the treatment of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. Recent advances in precise brain function perturbation by light (optogenetics and photopharmacology) will also be introduced. In the context of both themes we will discuss the current and future possibilities for the design of novel materials, drawing on the wide molecular structural space (small molecules, proteins, polymers, nanomaterials), aimed at monitoring, modulating, and repairing human brain function. This course is intended for students (undergraduate and graduate) from the science, engineering and medical departments.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Dalibor Sames
  CULPA: 23 Info
• 4.5 points

STOCHASTIC MODELING FOR MSE

Introduction to stochastic processes and models, with emphasis on applications to engineering and management; random walks, gambler’s ruin problem, Markov chains in both discrete and continuous time, Poisson processes, renewal processes, stopping times, Wald’s equation, binomial lattice model for pricing risky assets, simple option pricing; simulation of simple stochastic processes, Brownian motion, and geometric Brownian motion. A specialized version of IEOR E4106 for MSE students.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Antonius B Dieker
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 19 Info
• 3 points

SYNTHESIS & PROCESSING OF MATERIALS

A course on synthesis and processing of engineering materials. Established and novel methods to produce all types of materials (including metals, semiconductors, ceramics, polymers, and composites). Fundamental and applied topics relevant to optimizing the microstructure of the materials with desired properties. Synthesis and processing of bulk, thin-film, and nano materials for various mechanical and electronic applications.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: James Im
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• 3 points

SYNTHESIS & PROCESSING OF MATERIALS

A course on synthesis and processing of engineering materials. Established and novel methods to produce all types of materials (including metals, semiconductors, ceramics, polymers, and composites). Fundamental and applied topics relevant to optimizing the microstructure of the materials with desired properties. Synthesis and processing of bulk, thin-film, and nano materials for various mechanical and electronic applications.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: James Im
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• 3 points

ADVANCED POLISH II

Prerequisites: two years of college Polish or the instructors permission. Extensive readings from 19th- and 20th-century texts in the original. Both fiction and nonfiction, with emphasis depending on the interests and needs of individual students.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Caes
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• 3 points

ADV STUDIO IV - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Todd Brown
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• Instructor: Alessandro Orsini
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• Instructor: Rachely Rotem
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• Instructor: Esteban de Backer Gutierrez
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• Instructor: Mimi Hoang
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• Instructor: Feifei Zhou
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• Instructor: Robert E Marino
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• Instructor: Haavard Breivik-Khan
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• 0 points

Introduction to Human Nutrition

INTRO HUMAN NUTRITION

This undergraduate-level introductory course provides an overview of the science of nutrition and nutrition's relationship to health promotion and disease prevention. The primary focus is on the essential macronutrients and micronutrients, including their chemical structures, food sources, digestion and absorption, metabolism, storage, and excretion. Students develop the skills to evaluate dietary patterns and to estimate caloric requirements and nutrient needs using tools such as Dietary Guidelines for Americans, My Plate, Nutrition Facts Labels, and Dietary Reference Intakes.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Lora Sporny
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• 3 points

Intermediate Statistics for Ecology and

Intermed Stats-Ecology &

This course builds on an introductory course in statistics and dives deeper into linear regression models, including generalized linear models, mixed/hierarchical models, model diagnostics, and model selection. It focuses on the practical applications of these methods rather than the mathematical complexities. A prior course or equivalent knowledge of fundamental concepts in statistics as well as familiarity with R programming are required pre-requisites for this course.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Steffen Foerster
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• 3 points

Human Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab

HUMAN ANAT & PHYS I W/LAB

This undergraduate-level introductory course is the first of a two-course-series on human anatomy and physiology. Using a body systems approach, we will study the anatomical structure and physiological function of the human body. Foundational concepts from chemistry, cell biology, and histology are reviewed and built upon through the progression of topics. Each of the body systems will be studied for their structure, function, and mechanisms of regulation. The core concepts of levels of organization, interdependence of systems, and homeostasis will be emphasized throughout the course. This beginner level course will lay the foundation for further advanced study of physiology and pathophysiology within a nursing curriculum.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Sally W Aboelela
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Mario A Gooden
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• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Karla M Rothstein
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• Instructor: Galia Solomonoff
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• Instructor: Paulo Tavares
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• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: David E Benjamin
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• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Michael Bell
  Wikipedia h-index: 12 Info
• Instructor: Ilze Wolff
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• Instructor: Emanuel Admassu
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• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Chris Cornelius
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• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Hilary M Sample-Meredith
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• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV STUDIO VI - TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Laurie A Hawkinson
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• 0 points

HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE II

Prerequisites: at least two terms of Greek at the 3000-level or higher. Greek literature of the 4th century B.C. and of the Hellenistic and Imperial Ages.

• Department: Classics
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth W Scharffenberger
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

STOCHASTIC MODELS

Some of the main stochastic models used in engineering and operations research applications: discrete-time Markov chains, Poisson processes, birth and death processes and other continuous Markov chains, renewal reward processes. Applications: queueing, reliability, inventory, and finance.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Kaizheng Wang
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

FOURTH YEAR KOREAN II

Prerequisites: KORN W4006 or the equivalent. Selections from advanced modern Korean writings in social sciences, literature, culture, history, journalistic texts, and intensive conversation exercises.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MWR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Beom Lee
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

HISTORY OF LATIN LIT II

Prerequisites: at least two terms of Latin at the 3000-level or higher. Latin literature from Augustus to 600 C.E.

• Department: Classics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Gareth Williams
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

HISTORY OF LATIN LIT II

Prerequisites: at least two terms of Latin at the 3000-level or higher. Latin literature from Augustus to 600 C.E.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Gareth Williams
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 0 points

Human Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab

HUMAN ANAT & PHYS II W/LA

This undergraduate-level introductory course is the second of a two-course series on human anatomy and physiology. Using a body systems approach, we will study the anatomical structure and physiological function of the human body. Foundational concepts from chemistry, cell biology, and histology are reviewed and built upon through the progression of topics. Each of the body systems will be studied for their structure, function, and mechanisms of regulation. The core concepts of levels of organization, interdependence of systems, and homeostasis will be emphasized throughout the course. This beginner level course will lay the foundation for further advanced study of physiology and pathophysiology within a nursing curriculum.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Sally W Aboelela
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

Film at Low Temperatures: Cinemas of the

Cinemas of the Arctic

This seminar explores the screen cultures of the Indigenous peoples of the Polar and Circumpolar regions of Canada, The United States, Russia, Scandinavia, and Greenland as they exist at the unstable boundary between cinematic object and creative subject. Viewing work by Indigenous filmmakers, we will draw on from Indigenous Studies, Cultural Anthropology, and Film Studies to examine the complicated role of film in the Arctic.

• Department: Anthropology
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Tyler Adkins
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• 4 points

SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYTICS

Supply chain management, model design of a supply chain network, inventories, stock systems, commonly used inventory models, supply contracts, value of information and information sharing, risk pooling, design for postponement, managing product variety, information technology and supply chain management; international and environmental issues. Note: replaced IEOR E4000 beginning in fall 2018.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 2:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Awi Federgruen
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• 3 points

LANGUAGE HISTORY

Prerequisites: LING UN3101 Language, like all components of culture, is structured and conventional, yet can nevertheless change over time. This course examines how language changes, firstly as a self-contained system that changes organically and autonomously, and secondly as contextualized habits that change in time, in space, and in communities. Workload: readings & discussion, weekly problems, and final examination.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: William Foley
  h-index: 0 Info
• 3 points

MODERN OPTICS

Ray optics, matrix formulation, wave effects, interference, Gaussian beams, Fourier optics, diffraction, image formation, electromagnetic theory of light, polarization and crystal optics, coherence, guided wave and fiber optics, optical elements, photons, selected topics in nonlinear optics.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Nanfang Yu
  h-index: 48 Info
• 3 points

Auteur Studies: Agnes Varda

Agnès Varda's career, ranging from a 1955 black-and-white drama to a 2019 autobiographical masterclass, was extraordinary in its formal innovation, visual sophistication, emotional depth and often-undervalued influence. This course will look at the evolution of her work and aesthetic with particular attention to the imaginative way she created hybrids from fiction, documentary, biography and autobiography. Her early masterpiece,
Cléo from 5 to 7
, plays with near-real time and creates a profound depiction of a woman's inner life, a melding of form and content that would run through her career. In various films, notably
Jane B. by Agnès V
. and
Jacquot de Nantes
, she artfully enhanced biography with fiction. In documentaries such as
The Gleaners and I
she created a performative first-person narrative and warm on-screen presence. And in the later stage of her career she created multi-media installations.

We will examine her visual style, which often incorporates elements of photography and painting. We will look at the themes of time and memory that shape so many of her films. And we will see how she frequently addressed social issues including women's rights and homelessness, putting the films in the context of the times in which they were created, and considering their relevance now.

We will also look at her changing critical reputation. Often called the mother of the New Wave, she was more accurately New Wave-adjacent, overshadowed early in her career by Truffaut and Godard. In the last years before her death, in 2019, she was lauded as a feminist pioneer. But that acclaim, including an honorary Oscar, rarely grappled with the true depth, originality and importance of her work, which this course aims to do.

Students will be encouraged to arrive at their own assessments of Varda's work, through class discussion and two substantial papers incorporating research and original analysis.

• Department: Film
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Caryn James
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• 3 points

Microbiology with Lab

MICROBIOLOGY W/LAB

This online undergraduate-level introductory course focuses on the core concepts and principles of microbiology. We will explore how microorganisms co-exist and interact with humans creating both beneficial and pathological results. We will survey the diversity of microorganisms, their classification, and the essential processes needed for survival; which will dictate the environments in which they can thrive. This exploration of microorganism diversity will include topics such as microbial nutrition and metabolism, genetics, and antimicrobial mechanisms employed by and against microorganisms. Special attention will be given to understanding the human immune system, mechanisms of infection by pathogenic microorganisms, and the role non-harmful microbiota serve in supporting immune function. The weekly lab component of this course will support and complement each learning module and familiarize students with basic microbiologic lab techniques.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Michelle I Evans
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• 4 points

APPLICATIONS OF NMR SPECTROSCOPY TO INOR

The use of multinuclear NMR spectroscopy in the determination of the structures of inorganic molecules and the use of dynamic NMR spectroscopy (variable temperature NMR and magnetization transfer techniques) to provide information concerned with reaction mechanisms.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Gerard F Parkin
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia Info
• 2.5 points

INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES

The fundamentals of database design and application development using databases: entity-relationship modeling, logical design of relational databases, relational data definition and manipulation languages, SQL, XML, query processing, physical database tuning, transaction processing, security. Programming projects are required.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Kenneth A Ross
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• Instructor: Donald F Ferguson
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

OPERATIONS CONSULTING

Aims to develop and harness the modeling, analytical, and managerial skills of engineering students and apply them to improve the operations of both service and manufacturing firms. Structured as a hands-on laboratory in which students "learn by doing" on real-world consulting projects (October to May). The student teams focus on identifying, modeling, and testing (and sometimes implementing) operational improvements and innovations with high potential to enhance the profitability and/or achieve sustainable competitive advantage for their sponsor companies. The course is targeted toward students planning careers in technical consulting (including operations consulting) and management consulting, or pursuing positions as business analysts in operations, logistics, supply chain and revenue management functions, positions in general management, and future entrepreneurs.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• R 7:10 p.m.-9:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Soulaymane Kachani
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

Introduction to Developmental Psychology

INTRO DEV PSYCH LIFESPAN

This introductory course covers human development across the lifespan. The course will provide an overview of development and the complexity of human growth through physical, cognitive, emotional, and social capacities. A review of historical and modern-day developmental theories as well as more complex interpersonal constructs, such as cultural variations, will be discussed. Special emphasis is placed upon examining the dynamic interplay between biology and environment with relevant application to nursing practice. The role of social and cultural stressors such as racism and socioeconomics in shaping human development will be examined. This undergraduate-level course will lay the foundation for further advanced study of human development within a nursing curriculum.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Gabrielle A Ranger-Murdock
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• 3 points

TECH II STRUCTURES IN ARCHITECTURE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Zak Kostura
  Info
• 3 points

TRANSPORT IN FLUID MIXTURES

Develops and applies non-equilibrium thermodynamics for modeling of transport phenomena in fluids and their mixtures. Continuum balances of mass, energy and momentum for pure fluids; non-equilibrium thermodynamic development of Newtons law of viscosity and Fouriers law; applications (conduction dominated energy transport, forced and free convection energy transport in fluids); balance laws for fluid mixtures; non-equilibrium thermodynamic development of Ficks law; applications (diffusion-reaction problems, analogy between energy and mass transport processes, transport in electrolyte solutions, sedimentation).

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 7:40 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Christopher J Durning
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ICHTHYOLOGY

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Bruno Melo
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• 3 points

Biostatistics

In this introductory undergraduate course students will learn how vital the study of Biostatistics is to ensure that clinical and public health practices are supported by reliable evidence. Students will gain an appreciation for the hazards of applying human intuition to probability and statistical questions. This course is designed to explore the collection, analysis, and presentation/visualization of biologic and health data using statistical methods. Students will learn and apply fundamental concepts and techniques of descriptive statistics. Students will also learn basic fundamental concepts of inferential statistics.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Sally W Aboelela
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

Advanced Business Chinese II

Advanced Business Chinese II is the continuation of Advanced Business Chinese I, both of which are designed to help Columbia students who have achieved the advanced level of proficiency in Chinese use the language to communicate effectively in professional contexts. Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, the concept of Face, Guanxi/Interpersonal obligations, Chinese modesty and humility, and Chinese style of negotiation and decision making.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MTW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhong Qi Shi
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• 4 points

Impossible Worlds in Russian and English

Imposs Wrlds in Russ & En

It is often remarked that narratives
constrain
. The pressure to fit knowledge to a plot structure can limit understanding. This course explores the problem of narrative structure by focusing on the storyworld. We ask, can distorting the time and space of a fictional world enable new knowledge? We consider fictions set in other places (heterotopias), stories without endings, genre hybrids, time travel, 4D space. In addition to texts, units focus on oral storytelling, and image and game based narrative. The syllabus is historical and comparative, contrasting (primarily) Russophone and Anglophone works drawn from the 19th-20th centuries. Our investigation of impossible worlds is supported throughout by readings in narrative theory. The course thus also provides an introduction to Bakhtinian, structuralist, and cognitive narrative studies. No prerequisites. All assigned reading is provided in English.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jessica E Merrill
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

Stress and deformation formulation in two-and three-dimensional solids; viscoelastic and plastic material in one and two dimensions energy methods.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Huiming Yin
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

Medieval Mediterranean Love Songs

Medieval Med Love Songs

This seminar will focus on love poetry in the medieval western Mediterranean. Readings will consist primarily of medieval lyric in Old Occitan, Galician Portuguese, Old French, Italian, and Castilian in conversation with concurrent kindred forms of the lyric in classical Arabic and medieval Hebrew from medieval Iberia and Italy. Most weeks will include listening examples but a background in music is not a prerequisite. All texts will be available in translation; originals will also be made available. We will emphasize close reading and analysis, often addressing the relationship between text and music.

• Department: Music
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 4 points

Quantum and Nonlinear Photonics

Quantum & Nonlinear Photo

Advanced senior-level/MS/PhD course covering interaction of laser light with matter in both classical and quantum domains. First half introduces microscopic origin of optical nonlinearities through formal derivation of nonlinear susceptibilities, emphasis on second- and third-order optical processes. Topics include Maxwell's wave equation, and nonlinear optical processes such as second-harmonic, difference frequency generation, four-wave mixing, and self-phase modulation, including various applications of processes such as frequency conversion, and optical parametric amplifiers and oscillators. Second half describes two-level atomic systems and quantization of electromagnetic field. Descriptions of coherent, Fock, and squeezed states of light discussed and techniques to generate such states outlined.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Gaeta
  Wikipedia h-index: 89 Info
• 3 points

TECH V CONSTRUCTION AND LIFE CYCLE SYSTE

TECH V CNSTRCTN & LIFE CY

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• 3 points

PROGRAMMING LANG & TRANSLATORS

Modern programming languages and compiler design. Imperative, object-oriented, declarative, functional, and scripting languages. Language syntax, control structures, data types, procedures and parameters, binding, scope, run-time organization, and exception handling. Implementation of language translation tools including compilers and interpreters. Lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis; code generation; introduction to code optimization. Teams implement a language and its compiler.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ronghui Gu
  h-index: 11 Info
• 3 points

PROGRAMMING LANG & TRANSLATORS

PROGRAMMING LANG-TRANSLATORS

Modern programming languages and compiler design. Imperative, object-oriented, declarative, functional, and scripting languages. Language syntax, control structures, data types, procedures and parameters, binding, scope, run-time organization, and exception handling. Implementation of language translation tools including compilers and interpreters. Lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis; code generation; introduction to code optimization. Teams implement a language and its compiler.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Ronghui Gu
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• 3 points

Sympathy, Librlism, & Conduct of Care

Sympathy & the Conduct of

.  This seminar examines the distribution and obligations of care under late liberalism. We work from classical approaches to human sentiment (e.g. Hume, Adam Smith) to explore the relationship of forms of care {management, empathy) to different modes of statecraft. In particular we examine links between imperial colonialism and liberal democracy in terms of different techniques of administering social difference (e.g. race, multiculturalism, class, population, ...). We critically investigate the role of the discipline of anthropology within this rubric and read several ethnographies that dwell on the interrelation of care and vulnerability. Across the course, we scrutinize what types of subjects care, for whom, and to what effect.

• Department: Anthropology
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Catherine Fennell
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• 3 points

OPERATING SYSTEMS I

Design and implementation of operating systems. Topics include process management, process synchronization and interprocess communication, memory management, virtual memory, interrupt handling, processor scheduling, device management, I/O, and file systems. Case study of the UNIX operating system. A programming project is required.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Kostis Kaffes
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• 3 points

COMPUTER NETWORKS

Introduction to computer networks and the technical foundations of the Internet, including applications, protocols, local area networks, algorithms for routing and congestion control, security, elementary performance evaluation. Several written and programming assignments required.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Xia Zhou
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• 3 points

STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND COMP METHODS

STAT MECH AND COMP METHOD

Boltzmann’s entropy hypothesis and its restatement to calculate the Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies and the grand potential. Applications to interfaces, liquid crystal displays, polymeric materials, crystalline solids, heat capacity and electrical conductivity of crystalline materials, fuel cell solid electrolytes, rubbers, surfactants, molecular self assembly, ferroelectricity. Computational methods for molecular systems. Monte Carlo (MC) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation methods. MC method applied to liquid-gas and ferromagnetic phase transitions. Deterministic MD simulations of isolated gases and liquids. Stochastic MD simulation methods.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• T 5:40 p.m.-8:25 p.m.
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Ben O'Shaughnessy
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• 3 points

COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR DATA SCIENCE

An introduction to computer architecture and distributed systems with an emphasis on warehouse scale computing systems. Topics will include fundamental tradeoffs in computer systems, hardware and software techniques for exploiting instruction-level parallelism, data-level parallelism and task level parallelism, scheduling, caching, prefetching, network and memory architecture, latency and throughput optimizations, specialization, and an introduction to programming data center computers.

• Department: Computer Science
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

Japanese Documentary Films

JPNS DOCUMENTARY FILMS

This course investigates the theories and practices of documentary film in Japan. Spanning from the 1920s to the present, we will engage in rigorous examination of the transformations of cinematic forms and contents, and of the social, cultural, and political elements bound up with those transformations. We will also juxtapose aspects of Japanese documentary film with global movements, and wider theories of documentary and non-fiction.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Takuya Tsunoda
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• 4 points

MOD BUILDING TECH

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Theodorus H Prudon
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• 3 points

INTRO TO CONSERVATION GENETICS

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel S Welt
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• 3 points

Remediating Protest: Transgressive Aesth

In the past ten years the authoritarian regime in Russia has rendered political protest exceedingly dangerous but it has not immobilized the cultural forms of dissent shaping contemporary anti-war resistance. From a feminist performance in a church to satirical documentary and whimsical trial speeches, contemporary artists, journalists, and activists have been creating the language of protest essential to understanding post-Soviet space. Why has protest in the post-Soviet region been taking these specific aesthetic forms? Taking our point of departure from Rancière’s idea of resistance – signifying both firm persistence and a practice yielding change – we will explore how contemporary post-Soviet protest genres rely on the communication strategies that return to Soviet parody, poetic form, underground art, and dissident practices of cultural distribution. Looking at laughter as a transgressive communicative device, we will search for the reverberations of Soviet satire in Russian and Belorussian stand-up, as well as in less obvious genres, such as the recent documentary work by Alexey Navalny. We will focus on mimesis as a tool of resistance in Soviet underground art and contemporary performative practices. Exploring the aesthetics of testimony rooted in Soviet show trials, we will examine how Soviet journalistic prose and, later, contemporary theater reclaimed its devices. We will study the persistence of bodily tropes and language of violence in women’s prose, drama, contemporary feminist poetry and feminist performance from Russia and Belarus. Finally, we will discuss how dissident practices of samizdat and tamizdat helped create cultural networks in Soviet Russia and beyond as we reflect on the use of new media platforms and technologies of digital activism in post-Soviet space. Rather than searching for instances of direct influence between cultural producers, we will examine how protest strategies are shaped and remediated while activating multiple layers of cultural memory. Students will learn to annotate images and videos online, write blog posts and carry out an independent research project in consultation with the instructor. At the end of the course they have a choice of presenting the project in the form of a paper or a multimedia digital piece. Enrollment is open to upper level undergraduate and graduate students. All primary and secondary readings are in English or have subtitles.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Tatiana Efremova
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• 3 points

Music in Time and Time in Music

Music in Time & Time in M

If you have a passion for music, like listening to music, or simply want to explore the realm of Russian melodies, this course is made for you. In the class, we'll focus on the development and strengthening of “four language skills”: speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Russian. You will learn to analyze and interpret lyrics, compare and contrast music across generations, discuss the values of a certain generation of people, and argue the popularity of music genres in specific time periods. Beyond linguistic proficiency, the course will immerse you in a comprehensive exploration of common knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, cultural traditions, and behavioral patterns unique to the people of Russia.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Marina Tsylina
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• 3 points

MANAGING ENG & CONST PROCESSES

Introduction to the principles, methods and tools necessary to manage design and construction processes. Elements of planning, estimating, scheduling, bidding and contractual relationships. Valuation of project cash flows. Critical path method. Survey of construction procedures. Cost control and effectiveness. Field supervision.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 3 points