INTERNSHIP

• Department: Film
• Instructor: Jack Lechner
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• Instructor: Mynette Louie
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• 1-3 points

Topics in Nursing Practice

TOPICS IN NURSING PRACTIC

This course is designed to introduce pre-licensure students to relevant and emergent topics which affect the practice of nursing in the national and international healthcare system. The focus will be on issues confronting professional nurses including global health, cultural awareness, gender identity, and evidence-based wellness. State mandated topics for licensure will be covered.

• Department: Nursing
• Instructor: Heidi Hahn-Schroeder
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• 0-1 points

INTERNSHIP

• Department: Writing
• Instructor: Deborah Paredez
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• 1-3 points

VISITING ARTIST LECT. II

Visiting artists and critics are invited over the course of the academic year to give a one-hour lecture followed by discussion, and conduct 3 40-minute studio visits. These lecturers will join the previously listed Visiting Critics and will be available as one of your allotted studio visits each semester.

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

VISITING ARTIST II

Visiting artists and critics are invited over the course of the academic year to give a one-hour lecture followed by discussion, and conduct 3 40-minute studio visits. These lecturers will join the previously listed Visiting Critics and will be available as one of your allotted studio visits each semester.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew E Buckingham
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• 1 points

ACTUARIAL METHODS

The Actuarial Methods course explores models for evaluating and managing risks of life contingent contracts, their theoretical basis and applications. Topics include survival models, life insurance and annuity benefits, premium and reserve calculations related to policies on a single life, as well as option pricing. This course also covers materials relevant to the long-term section of the Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics (FAM) exam of the Society of Actuaries. This is a core course of the M.S. in Actuarial Science program.

• Department: Actuarial Science
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Yubo Wang
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• 3 points

ADVANCED ACTUARIAL METHODS

The purpose this class is to develop the student’s knowledge of the theoretical basis of certain actuarial models and the application of those models to insurance and other financial risks. A thorough knowledge of calculus, probability, and interest theory is assumed. Knowledge of risk management at the level of Exam P is also assumed.

The combination of these two classes covers the material for the FAM-L and ALTAM examinations of the Society of Actuaries. This is a core class of the Actuarial Science program. Students who have already taken and passed the MLC or LTAM exam for SOA are exempted from this class and can substitute an elective.

• Department: Actuarial Science
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Abraham Weishaus
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• 3 points

ACTUARIAL MODELS

This course provides an introduction to the tools for pricing and reserving for short term insurance. We will discuss methods for calculating IBNR reserves, ratemaking, frequency and severity models used for modeling coverage modifications, statistical methods for fitting, evaluating, and selecting parametric models for frequency and severity, and three credibility methods.

This class covers the short-term material of Exam FAM and also covers the material of Exam ASTAM of the Society of Actuaries, and some of the material on Exams MAS I, MAS II, and 5 of the Casualty Actuarial Society. This is a core class of the Actuarial Science program. Students who have already taken and passed the FAM exam (or its short term portion) and the ASTAM exam administered by the SOA are exempted from this class and can substitute an elective.

• Department: Actuarial Science
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Abraham Weishaus
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• 3 points

CRITICAL ISSUES IN ART II

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jules Gimbrone
  Info
• 3 points

PREDICTIVE MODELING IN FINANCE & INSURAN

PREDICT MODLNG IN FIN & INSRNC

This course introduces to the students, generalized linear models (GLM), time series models, and some popular statistical learning models such as decision trees models as well as random forests and boosting trees.  The aim for GLM is to provide a flexible framework for the analysis and model building using the likelihood techniques for almost any data type. The aim for the statistical learning models is to build and predict or understand data structure (if unsupervised) using statistical learning methods such as tree-based for supervised learning and the Principle Component Analysis and Clustering for unsupervised learning.  It develops a student’s knowledge of the theoretical basis in predictive modeling, computational implementation of the models and their application in finance and insurance. Tools such as cross-validation and techniques such as regularization and dimension reduction for fitting and selecting models are explored.  We also implement these models using a combination of Excel and R.

The class covers the material of Exams, Statistics for Risk Modeling (SRM) and Predictive Analytics (PA) of Society of Actuaries, and some material of Exams, Modern Actuarial Statistics I (MAS-I) and MAS II by the Casualty Actuarial Society. This is a core course for the Actuarial Science students. Students who have already taken and passed the SRM and PA exams administered by the SOA are exempted from this class and can substitute an elective.

• Department: Actuarial Science
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Lina Xu
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• 3 points

DATA SCIENCE IN FINANCE AND INSURANCE

DATA SCIENCE IN FIN & INSURANC

This course explores machine learning models, their theoretical basis, computing implementation and applications in finance and insurance.  It discusses machine learning models for regression, classification and unsupervised learning;  tools such as cross validation and  techniques such as regularization, dimension reduction and ensemble learning;  and select algorithms for fitting machine learning models.  This course offers students an intensive hands-on experience where they combine theoretical understanding, domain knowledge and coding skills to better inform data-driven decision making.

Some topics covered are relevant to the statistical learning portion of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) curricula, and the quantitative methods section of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute curriculum.  This is a core course of the Actuarial Science program.

• Department: Actuarial Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Yubo Wang
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• 3 points

GRADUATE STUDIO II

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

GRADUATE STUDIO II

• Department: Visual Arts
• M 4 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew E Buckingham
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• 3 points

GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKET & INVESTMENT

GLOBAL CAPITAL MRKT & INVSTMNT

This course will introduce students to major issues currently of concern to all investors. It can give you the skills to conduct a sophisticated assessment of current issues and debates covered by the popular media as well as more-specialized finance journals. These skills are essential for people who pursues a financial service career, especially in today’s rapidly evolving environment. The material presented in this course are both practical important and intellectually interesting.

This course is consistent with and relevant to Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) curriculum. It covers all subjects in CFA test and most of problems are in the same format as the CFA examination questions. This course will also provide a foundation for further study in Financial Risk Management and Financial market related courses.

• Department: Actuarial Science
• W 8:40 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 3 points

THESIS DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR

Prerequisites: EEEB G4850. Incoming M.A. students aiming for the thesis-based program are guided through the process of defining a research question, finding an advisor, and preparing a research proposal. By the end of the semester the students will have a written research proposal to submit to potential advisors for revision. Subject to a positive review of the research proposal, students are allowed to continue with the thesis-based program and will start working with their advisor. The course will also provide an opportunity to develop basic skills that will facilitate the reminder of the students stay at E3B and will help in their future careers.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Bekka Brodie
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• 3 points

Grad Sem II in Sound Art & Related Media

The Graduate Seminar in Sound Art and Related Media is designed to create a space that is inclusive yet focused on sound as an art form and a medium. Class time is structured to support, reflect, and challenge students as individual artists and as a community. The course examines the medium and subject of sound in an expanded field, investigating its constitutive materials, exhibition and installation practices, and its ethics in the 21st century. The seminar will focus on the specific relations between tools, ideas, and meanings and the specific histories and theories that have arisen when artists engage with sound as a medium and subject in art. The seminar combines discussions of readings and artworks with presentations of students' work and research, as well as site visits and guest lectures.

 

While the Columbia Visual Arts Program is dedicated to maintaining an interdisciplinary learning environment where students are free to use and explore different mediums while also learning to look at, and critically discuss, artwork in any medium, we are equally committed to providing in-depth knowledge concerning the theories, histories, practices, tools and materials underlying these different disciplines. We offer Graduate Seminars in different disciplines, or combinations of disciplines, including moving image, new genres, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, as well as in Sound Art in collaboration with the Columbia Music Department through their Computer Music Center. These Discipline Seminars are taught by full-time and adjunct faculty, eminent critics, historians, curators, theorists, writers, and artists.

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Miya Masaoka
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• 3 points

GROUP CRITIQUE II

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

PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORPORATE COMMUNICA

PR & CORPORATE COMMUNICATION

This elective is designed for students looking to launch careers in public relations and corporate communications across organizations, from corporate, non-profit, start-up and/or governmental institutions. Course content will provide students with a broad overview of the PR and corporate communications function and foundational communication theory, along with hands-on, tactical training in modern public relations practice. Topics covered include strategic messaging and storytelling, working with the press to generate media coverage, leveraging social media and managing reputations online, crisis communication, public relations ethics and media law, engaging internal and external audiences, and evaluating corporate communications efforts.

• Department: Strategic Communication
• T 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexandra M Merceron
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• 3 points

ARTIST MENTORSHIP / VALS II

ARTIST MENTORSHIP II

This required Visual Arts core MFA curriculum course, comprising two parts, allows MFA students to deeply engage with and learn directly from a wide variety of working artists who visit the program each year.

Lecture Series
The lecture component, taught by an adjunct faculty member with a background in art history and/or curatorial studies, consists of lectures and individual studio visits by visiting artists and critics over the course of the academic year. The series is programmed by a panel of graduate Visual Arts students under the professor's close guidance. Invitations are extended to artists whose practice reflects the interests, mediums, and working methods of MFA students and the program. Weekly readings assigned by the professor provide context for upcoming visitors. Other course assignments include researching and preparing introductions and discussion questions for each of the visitors. Undergraduate students enrolled in Visual Arts courses are encouraged to attend and graduate students in Columbia's Department of Art History are also invited. Following each class-period the conversation continues informally at a reception for the visitor. Studio visits with Visual Arts MFA students take place on or around the week of the artist or critic's lecture and are coordinated and assigned by lottery by the professor.

Artist Mentorship
The Artist-Mentor component allows a close and focused relationship to form between a core group of ten to fifteen students and their mentor. Students are assigned two mentors who they meet with each semester in two separate one-week workshops. The content of each workshop varies according to the Mentors’ areas of expertise and the needs of the students. Mentor weeks can include individual critiques, group critiques, studio visits, visits to galleries, other artist's studios, museums, special site visits, readings, and writing workshops. Here are a few descriptions from recent mentors:
• During Mentor Week we will individually and collectively examine our assumptions and notions about art. What shapes our needs and expectations as artists and the impact of what we do?
• Our week will include visits to exhibition spaces to observe how the public engages the art. Throughout, we will consider art's ability to have real life consequences and the public's desire to personally engage with and experience art without mediation.
• The week will be conducted in two parts, f

• Department: Visual Arts
• Instructor: Matthew E Buckingham
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• 2 points

Geographies of Environmental Justice and

The origin of the American Environmental Justice Movement can be traced back to the emergence of the American
Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and more specifically to the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964. These historical
moments set the stage for a movement that continues to grow with present challenges and widening of economic,
health and environmental disparities between racial groups and socioeconomic groups. The environmental justice
movement builds upon the philosophy and work of environmentalism, which focuses on humanity’s adverse impact
upon the environment, entailing both human and non-human existence. However, environmental justice stresses the
manner in which adversely impacting the environment in turn adversely impacts the population of that environment.

At the heart of the environmental justice movement are the issues of racism and socioeconomic injustice.
This course will examine the intersections of race, equity, and the environment – focusing on history and the
growing role and impact of the environmental justice movement in shaping new sustainability discourses, ethics,
policies, and plans for the twenty-first century. Environmental Justice embeds various disciplines into its analytical
framework ranging from human geography and history to urban studies, economics, sociology, environmental
science, public policy, community organizing, and more. Drawing from these disciplines, as well as from recent
policies, advocacy, and regulations, students will develop a deeper understanding of equity, sustainability, social
impact, and environmental justice in places and spaces across the nation.

Building on the broadness of environmental justice and sustainability, this course will use the geography lens and
frameworks, building on the concept that geography brings together the physical and human dimensions of the
world in the study of people, places, and environments. Geography will set the stage for us to explore a variety of
environmental justice topics and issues in different regions across the nation, from the Black Belt South to the Rust
Belt to Cancer Alley, New Orleans, and Atlanta; then back to New York City and the metropolitan area, introducing
students to initiatives, policies, stakeholders, research, community groups, and advocacy involved in the
development and implementation of environmental laws, policies, practices, equity-based solutions, and sustainable
infrastructure.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: John E Williams
  Info
• 3 points

Geographies of Environmental Justice and

The origin of the American Environmental Justice Movement can be traced back to the emergence of the American
Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and more specifically to the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964. These historical
moments set the stage for a movement that continues to grow with present challenges and widening of economic,
health and environmental disparities between racial groups and socioeconomic groups. The environmental justice
movement builds upon the philosophy and work of environmentalism, which focuses on humanity’s adverse impact
upon the environment, entailing both human and non-human existence. However, environmental justice stresses the
manner in which adversely impacting the environment in turn adversely impacts the population of that environment.

At the heart of the environmental justice movement are the issues of racism and socioeconomic injustice.
This course will examine the intersections of race, equity, and the environment – focusing on history and the
growing role and impact of the environmental justice movement in shaping new sustainability discourses, ethics,
policies, and plans for the twenty-first century. Environmental Justice embeds various disciplines into its analytical
framework ranging from human geography and history to urban studies, economics, sociology, environmental
science, public policy, community organizing, and more. Drawing from these disciplines, as well as from recent
policies, advocacy, and regulations, students will develop a deeper understanding of equity, sustainability, social
impact, and environmental justice in places and spaces across the nation.

Building on the broadness of environmental justice and sustainability, this course will use the geography lens and
frameworks, building on the concept that geography brings together the physical and human dimensions of the
world in the study of people, places, and environments. Geography will set the stage for us to explore a variety of
environmental justice topics and issues in different regions across the nation, from the Black Belt South to the Rust
Belt to Cancer Alley, New Orleans, and Atlanta; then back to New York City and the metropolitan area, introducing
students to initiatives, policies, stakeholders, research, community groups, and advocacy involved in the
development and implementation of environmental laws, policies, practices, equity-based solutions, and sustainable
infrastructure.

• Department: Auditing
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: John E Williams
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• 0 points

PROSEMINAR IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

Industry representatives conduct a series of noncredit seminar sessions designed to expose students to the actuarial profession as well as to address a range of topics in actuarial science.

• Department: Actuarial Science
• TR 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lina Xu
  Info
• 2 points

ERM CAPSTONE

Teams will work through a case assignment, demonstrating mastery of key learnings gained throughout the program on an integrated basis. A simulated case study is used: this is a combination of publicly-available information of an actual company and simulated ERM program details, based on a blend of current ERM programs and practices in the marketplace. Each team will assess the case study and recommend enhancements.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Xue Bai
  Info
• Instructor: Rich Lauria
  Info
• 3 points

CAPSTONE PROJECT

TBA

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• Instructor: Nellie G Hermann
  Info
• Instructor: Jenessa R Abrams
  Info
• Instructor: Sayantani T Dasgupta
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 2-4 points

SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH SEMINAR

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Instructor: Quinn A Clark
  Info
• 2-4 points

Advanced Corporate Finance

• Department: Finance
• MTWRFS 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

Equity Investment Management

• Department: Finance
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

• Department: Economics
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sebastian Heise
  Info
• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS-DISC

• Department: Economics
• 0 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Visual Arts
• Instructor: Seth Cluett
  h-index: 4 Info
• Instructor: Miya Masaoka
  Wikipedia Info
• 1-6 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Visual Arts
• Instructor: Matthew E Buckingham
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David A Cruz
  Info
• Instructor: Delphine A Fawundu
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Jon Kessler
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Naeem Mohaiemen
  Wikipedia h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Shelly Silver
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Sable Smith
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Tomas Vu Daniel
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 1-3 points

Nursing Leadership and Management

NURSE LEADERSHIP & MANAGM

This course is designed to introduce concepts of leadership and management for entry-level professional nursing practice. The course addresses building cultures of quality and safety in complex health care delivery systems and introduces management theories and concepts including interprofessional communication, teamwork, delegation, and supervision.

• Department: Nursing
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Ana Kelly
  Info
• 2 points

Banking & Monetary Policy in the Global

• Department: Business Economics
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Faculty
  h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED INTERSHIP IN SPORTS MANAGEMEN

• Department: Sports Management
• Instructor: Laurajean Holmgren
  Info
• 3 points

NAVIGATING THE FUTURE OF WORK

This course is designed to provide an understanding of the critical capabilities necessary for individual, team, and organizational success in the new world of work. Based upon current economic models, students will recognize the intangible factors within teams and organizations that drive decision making, knowledge, and culture as value and valuation of the work of organizations.

Our core question is, how to start, build, and sustain leadership and organization capabilities for successfully navigating the future of work? The course will answer this question by looking at successful case examples who are demonstrably leading the way. We will bring actual leaders and entrepreneurs to the class for exchange with our class. The course will require students to work individually and in teams to build their own future of work models through unlearning and learning.

Students will study modern exemplar organizations and leaders to harness their lessons for staying competitive and successful. We will explore the changing nature of work, provide the means for better understanding what is occurring, and develop strategies for successfully navigating this new world. This course will start by analyzing how platforms, robotics, AI, automation, data, digitization, and the speed of technology has changed work. The capabilities necessary for success require both technological expertise, as well as, human skill centered around leadership, knowledge, and cultures of trust, respect and intentional inclusion. Students will participate in an “intangibles” assessment survey that will measure behaviors associated with leadership, culture, and knowledge for driving performance. This approach allows for exploring how the intangible factors behind each of these change factors impact the world of work, workforces, and workplaces.

Assignments will include determining individual work interests, skills and connecting them to organizational objectives and key results (OKR). Students will work in teams to design a future of work map and negotiate practices for their current organizations and clients.

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• MTWRF 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• 3 points

APPLIED WRITING

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• R 3:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Nellie G Hermann
  Info
• 4 points

Independent Study

This one-semester course provides an opportunity for a student to extend or supplement their educational experience via a deep-dive into an established or novel area of research of their choice (the topic), under the guidance and supervision of a faculty member (the supervisor). An independent study course allows a student to work one-on-one with a faculty member to gain and contribute new insight into the discipline of Political Analytics.

The topic can be chosen freely by the student as long as it falls within the general realm of Political Analytics or its specific content areas in the Political Analytics curriculum, such as politics and advocacy, data analytics, campaign management, polling, and quantitative methods. The course will therefore serve the dual purpose of allowing a student to pursue their own intellectual curiosity and to make a contribution to the wider discipline of Political Analytics while also deepening their understanding of the content they acquired in other courses, by applying this material to the specific topic chosen for the Independent Study.

• Department: Political Analytics
• Instructor: Gregory Wawro
  CULPA: 32 h-index: 13 Info
• 1-3 points

SUPERVISED PROJECT IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT

SUPERVISED PROJ IN SPORTS

Projects are research intensive and vary according to partners and specialty.

 

Advanced standing in the Sports Management program, with at least 12 points/credits (4 courses) completed is required. A student may not exceed 6 points/credits (2 courses) of Supervised Projects, or take more than 3 points/credits (1 course) per semester.

• Department: Sports Management
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Grant J Son
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• 3 points

SUPERVISED PROJECT IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT

NFL SOCL JUSTC IMPACT PRACTICE

Projects are research intensive and vary according to partners and specialty.

 

Advanced standing in the Sports Management program, with at least 12 points/credits (4 courses) completed is required. A student may not exceed 6 points/credits (2 courses) of Supervised Projects, or take more than 3 points/credits (1 course) per semester.

• Department: Sports Management
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Leonard Elmore
  Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED PROJECT IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT

SUPERVISED PROJ IN SPORTS

Projects are research intensive and vary according to partners and specialty.

 

Advanced standing in the Sports Management program, with at least 12 points/credits (4 courses) completed is required. A student may not exceed 6 points/credits (2 courses) of Supervised Projects, or take more than 3 points/credits (1 course) per semester.

• Department: Sports Management
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sarbjit Singh
  Info
• 3 points

MASTER THESIS WORKSHOP

MASTER THESIS WKSHP (1 CREDIT)

TAKEN WITH BIET 5992 Master Thesis (2-credit). 

The Workshop meets six times over four months. These sessions will assist students in starting to focus more fully on a topic and approach. During the Thesis Workshop, students will first speak informally for five minutes about a possible topic, followed by a more formal five-minute presentation and a draft of a one-page outline or abstract, proceeding to a more finalized outline or abstract. At each of these stages, students will receive feedback from the course director as well as fellow students.

• Department: Bioethics
• F 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Arthur Kuflik
  Info
• 1 points

MASTER THESIS (2 CREDIT)

Thesis requirement for Bioethics program. Taken with the Thesis Workshop (BIET K5991).

• Department: Bioethics
• Instructor: Sameer H Ladha
  Info
• 2 points

PERSP ON INT'L & WORLD HISTORY

This course gives students the opportunity to design their own curriculum: To attend lectures, conferences and workshops on historical topics related to their individual interests throughout Columbia University. Students may attend events of their choice, and are especially encouraged to attend those sponsored by the History Department. The Center for International History and the Heyman Center for the Humanities have impressive calendars of events and often feature historians. The goal of this mini-course is to encourage students to take advantage of the many intellectual opportunities throughout the University, to gain exposure to a variety of approaches to history, and at the same time assist them in focusing on a particular area for their thesis topic.

• Department: History
• Instructor: Line Lillevik
  Info
• 1-3 points

A Systems Approach to Knowledge Manageme

A Systems Approach to KM

This course will equip students with skills and strategies on how to plan, design, develop and deploy knowledge management programs for different types of organizations as well as for different sectors of the global economy. A hallmark of the course’s approach is that students will learn the steps from planning to deployment from a systems standpoint, i.e., students will learn how to use systems engineering principles as an analytic and structured framework for designing and implementing knowledge management programs that are responsive to organizational needs. 

The course first provides an overview of the strategic value of institutional and project knowledge when properly managed, shared and applied, or leveraged to support decision making.  Next, a system’s view and analysis of knowledge management (KM) is introduced as critical to business success because of the strategic value of knowledge assets. The knowledge management “system” as used in this course comprises of all the organizational elements that go into formulating a knowledge management strategy and its related implementation programs. Such system is made up of a defined KM strategy, appropriate information technology (IT) tools, processes, teams and leadership engagements, implementation programs delivery, institutional learning, lessons learned, knowledge sharing and transfer methodologies. Further, students will learn how to conduct organizational KM needs assessment, define institutional KM drivers, strategy formulation and knowledge sharing protocols. Students will also acquire skills for developing robust knowledge management practices and programs that support business objectives, enable project success, and sustain improved organizational performance. Additionally, students will apply the structured KM design principles they learned to real-world organizational challenges and opportunities. Assignments comprise a combination of individual exercises, a group project, and a final exam.

Pre-requisites/open to:
There is no pre-requisite knowledge or specific competency required for taking this course, because the instruction will include knowledge management fundamentals as well as systems engineering basics. Open to SPS and SEAS; other students with instructor permission.

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Moses Adoko
  Info
• 3 points

Independent Study

This course offers students an opportunity to expand their curriculum beyond the established course offerings. Interested parties must consult with the QMSS Program Director before adding the class. This course is intended for personal projects that require a lower time commitment (1-3 hours/week) than a typical independent study and may be taken for 1 point. This class is Pass/Fail option only.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1 points

INTERNSHIP IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

• Department: Actuarial Science
• Instructor: Lina Xu
  Info
• 1 points

Internship In APAN

This course requires you to experience firsthand a program-related job in a real working environment. You will engage in personal, environmental and organizational reflection. The ideal Internship will provide you an opportunity to gain tangible and practical knowledge in your chosen field by taking on a position that is closely aligned with your coursework and professional interests. Before registering for this course, you must have completed the Internship Application Form in which you will describe your internship sponsor and provide details about the work that you will be doing. This form must be signed by your internship supervisor and approved by your program director BEFORE you register for this course.

 

To receive instructor approval, the internship:

● Must provide an opportunity for the student to apply course concepts, either at the organizational or team level

● Must fit into the planned future program-related career path of the student

You must identify your own internship opportunities. The internship must involve a commitment to completing a minimum of 210 hours over the semester.

 

At the end of your course, you will submit an evaluation form to your internship supervisor. The evaluation form should be returned directly to the instructor

• Department: Applied Analytics
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sabrina Iaria
  Info
• 3 points

Internship In ERM

This course requires you to experience firsthand a program-related job in a real working environment. You will engage in personal, environmental and organizational reflection. The ideal Internship will provide you an opportunity to gain tangible and practical knowledge in your chosen field by taking on a position that is closely aligned with your coursework and professional interests. Before registering for this course, you must have completed the Internship Application Form in which you will describe your internship sponsor and provide details about the work that you will be doing. This form must be signed by your internship supervisor and approved by your program director BEFORE you register for this course.

To receive instructor approval, the internship:

● Must provide an opportunity for the student to apply course concepts, either at the organizational or team level

● Must fit into the planned future program-related career path of the student

You must identify your own internship opportunities. The internship must involve a commitment to completing a minimum of 210 hours over the semester.

 

At the end of your course, you will submit an evaluation form to your internship supervisor. The evaluation form should be returned directly to the instructor

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sabrina Iaria
  Info
• 3 points

NARRATIVE MEDICINE INDEP STUDY

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Maura L Spiegel
  CULPA: 40 Info
• Instructor: Mario de la Cruz
  Info
• 1-4 points

Internship In SUMA

N/A

• Department: Sustainability Management
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sabrina Iaria
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• 3 points

NARRATIVE MEDICINE INDEP STUDY

Narrative Medicine Independent Study may be taken for one to four points (credits) depending on the work involved as determined with the advisor. Students may propose an Independent Study topic based on their past experience and future professional or academic goals, providing the opportunity for in-depth investigation of a particular topic of interest. Examples include: curriculum, program design, or program evaluation projects; creative projects; publishable articles, etc. Independent Study is not required for completion of the program.

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• Instructor: Danielle R Spencer
  h-index: 5 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Sustainability Management
• Instructor: Maria L Gray
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• 1 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

This course offers students an opportunity to expand their curriculum beyond the established course offerings. Interested parties must consult with the QMSS Program Director before adding the class. This course may be taken for 2-4 points.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent Study is a one- or three-credit course that can count toward the curriculum area requirement in Integrative Sustainability Management, Economics and Quantitative Analysis, Physical Dimensions, Public Policy, General and Financial Management, or Elective, with the approval of the faculty advisor. A final deliverable relating to the Sustainability Management curriculum is required at the end of the semester, and will be evaluated for a letter grade by the faculty advisor and reported to the SUMA program office.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• Instructor: Maria L Gray
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• 1-3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

BIOETHICS INDEPENDENT STUDY

Various Independent Study opportunities available upon Program approval.

• Department: Bioethics
• 2-3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

BIOETHICS INDEPENDENT STUDY

Various Independent Study opportunities available upon Program approval.

• Department: Bioethics
• Instructor: Sameer H Ladha
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• 2-3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Sustainability Management
• Instructor: Maria L Gray
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• 3 points

IKNS INDEPENDENT STUDY

Overview
: This 1 semester course (elective, IKNS students only, hybrid) provides an opportunity for a student to extend or supplement their educational experience via a deep-dive into an established or novel area of research of their choice (the topic), under the guidance & supervision of a faculty member (the supervisor). An independent study course allows a student to work one-on-one with a faculty member to gain & contribute new insight into the discipline of Knowledge Management.

Topic/objective
: The topic is chosen by the student as long as it falls within the general realm of Knowledge Management or its specific content areas in the IKNS curriculum, such as IT systems, knowledge organizing systems, data repositories, business data analytics including machine learning & AI, learning processes, collaboration, dialogue, team & project management, transformational leadership, change management, digital transformation, or digital product innovation. The course will therefore serve the dual purpose of allowing a student to pursue their own intellectual curiosity & to make a contribution to the wider discipline of Knowledge Management. In addition, students will deepen their understanding of the content they acquired in other courses, by applying this content to the specific topic chosen for the Independent Study.

Logistics
: Ahead of registration, the student meets with the supervisor to discuss & agree on (i) the topic & the relevant IKNS curriculum area(s); (ii) the timeline of deliverables, milestones, & contact hours for the semester; & (iii) the number of credits. The student summarizes these points in a ~1 pg
Independent Study Proposal
. The student can register for the course only once the supervisor & the Academic Director agree to & sign the
Independent Study Proposal
(which includes the topic, the IKNS curriculum area, the number of credits, & the assigned supervisor). The number of credits (1-3) will be commensurate with the scope of the Independent Study. The scope can range from a summary of existing sources (typically 1 credit. 5-10 pg report), to a synthesis or meta-analysis of existing & new sources, e.g., interviews withSMEs (typically 2 credits, 10-15 pg report), to a comprehensive study which adds the student’s own critical discussion & suggestions to the topic (typically 3 credits; 15-20 pg report).

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• Instructor: Christoph J Meinrenken
  h-index: 15 Info
• Instructor: Katrina Pugh
  h-index: 4 Info
• 1-3 points

MASTER'S THESIS

This course fulfills the Masters Thesis requirement of the QMSS MA Program. It is designed to help you make consistent progress on your master’s thesis throughout the semester, as well as to provide structure during the writing process. The master’s thesis, upon completion, should answer a fundamental research question in the subject matter of your choice. It should be an academic paper based on data that you can acquire, clean, and analyze within a single semester, with an emphasis on clarity and policy relevance.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena B Krumova
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• Instructor: Maiko Yomogida
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• 3-4 points

CAPSTONE WORKSHOP IN SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE

Students study the sustainability science behind a particular sustainability problem, collect and analyze data using scientific tools, and make recommendations for solving the problem. The capstone course is a client-based workshop that will integrate each element of the curriculum into an applied project, giving students hands-on experience.

• Department: Sustainability Science
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

Ready 4 MCY

• Department: Medicine
• 0 points

THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS

A seminar required of all incoming graduate students, designed to instill effective teaching techniques.

• Department: Mathematics
• T 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: George Dragomir
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

Financial Accounting

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• RF 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• F 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• RF 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• F 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• 3 points

PROJECTS-BIOMEDICAL INFORMATCS

Research in medical informatics under the direction of a faculty adviser.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Noemie Elhadad
  Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• Instructor: Chunhua Weng
  h-index: 37 Info
• Instructor: Harris Wang
  h-index: 32 Info
• Instructor: Andrea Califano
  h-index: 77 Info
• Instructor: Dennis Vitkup
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• Instructor: Raul Rabadan
  Wikipedia h-index: 72 Info
• Instructor: Rita Kukafka
  h-index: 28 Info
• Instructor: George M Hripcsak
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• Instructor: Pierre Elias
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• Instructor: Herbert S Jr Chase
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• Instructor: Olena Mamykina
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• Instructor: Yufeng Shen
  h-index: 47 Info
• Instructor: Nicholas Tatonetti
  Wikipedia h-index: 36 Info
• Instructor: Karthik Natarajan
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Gamze Gursoy
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• Instructor: Sarah A Rossetti
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• Instructor: Patrick B Ryan
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• Instructor: Richard A Friedman
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• 1-12 points

PROJECTS-BIOMEDICAL INFORMATCS

Research in medical informatics under the direction of a faculty adviser.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Mohammed Alquraishi
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• 1-12 points