A close reading of works by Dostoevsky (Netochka Nezvanova; The Idiot; "A Gentle Creature") and Tolstoy (Childhood, Boyhood, Youth; "Family Happiness"; Anna Karenina; "The Kreutzer Sonata") in conjunction with related English novels (Bronte's Jane Eyre, Eliot's Middlemarch, Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway). No knowledge of Russian is required.
(Seminar). Each student will choose his or her own editorial project (in the very broadest sense), which can be in any field, and will get feedback from everyone else and their projects. Application Instructions: E-mail Professor David Yerkes (dmy1@columbia.edu) with the subject heading "Scholarly Editing seminar." In your message, include basic information: your name, school, major, year of study, and relevant courses taken, along with a brief statement about why you are interested in taking the course. Admitted students should register for the course; they will automatically be placed on a wait list from which the instructor will in due course admit them as spaces become available.
Prerequisites: SIPA U4010 or equivalent experience
This course explores skills needed for more sophisticated spreadsheet development and problem solving in Microsoft Excel. Topics include implementing advanced logic using complex formulas and intermediate calculations, managing complexity with Excel's auditing features, pulling data together using lookup functions and leveraging calculated references. The course does not focus on specific models or applications, but instead explores general concepts and techniques that can be flexibly applied to different solutions in Excel. The course is open to SIPA students only. Instructor approval is required: students will be waitlisted in SSOL and contacted by the instructor. Part of the Excel at SIPA course series. Deadline to drop this course is one week prior to the start date of the course. A notation of "W" will be assigned if requests to drop are not made by this deadline.
Prerequisites: two years of Chinese study at college level.
This course is designed for students who have studied Chinese for two years at college level and are interested in business studies concerning China. It offers systematic descriptions of Chinese language used in business discourse. CC GS EN CE
This one-day seminar, conducted by reputable training firm Training the Street, explores best practices and highly practical techniques employed in building finance-related spreadsheets. Best suited for students with exposure to basic accounting and corporate finance concepts, the course stresses efficiency in using Excel and awareness of common pitfalls when developing financial models. Topics include using keyboard shortcuts, applying meaningful and consistent formatting, structuring cash flow and other business problems, handling errors and controlling calculations. Part of the Excel at SIPA course series. Course fee: $30
Prerequisites: one year of introductory biology and W3004/W4004 "Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology" (or equivalent). Advanced undergraduate students can enroll with the instructor’s permission.
Students will read and discuss classical as well as contemporary research papers on membrane excitability, ion channels and transporters, synaptic transmission and plasticity, and sensory receptors. Focus will be on intellectual creativity, conceptual breakthroughs and technical advances. A key goal of this course is to help students become a critical reader and thinker. Graduate students in all disciplines are welcome.
Prerequisites: SIPA U4010 or equivalent experience
This course focuses on using Microsoft Excel to collect, explore and derive actionable information from structured and semi-structured data. Topics include importing data from external sources, parsing and cleaning raw data, refining data structure, and constructing and leveraging PivotTables. Thecourse aims to develop highly sought-after skills that allow for direct and sophisticated analysis of sizable and disparate data sets. The course is open to SIPA students only. Instructor approval is required: students will be waitlisted in SSOL and contacted by the instructor. Part of the Excel at SIPA course series. Deadline to drop this course is one week prior to the start date of the course. A notation of "W" will be assigned if requests to drop are not made by this deadline.
Prerequisites: at least 3 years of intensive Chinese language training at college level and the instructor's permission.
This advanced course is designed to specifically train students' listening and speaking skills in both formal and colloquial language through various Chinese media sources. Students view and discuss excerpts of Chinese TV news broadcasts, soap operas, and movie segments on a regular basis. Close reading of newspaper and internet articles and blogs supplements the training of verbal skills.
Prerequisites:
CHNS W4004
or the equivalent.
Implements a wide range of reading materials to enhance the student’s speaking and writing as well as reading skills. Supplemented by television broadcast news, also provides students with strategies to increase their comprehension of formal style of modern Chinese. CC GS EN CE
Prerequisites: One semester of undergraduate statistics
The data analysis course covers specific statistical tools used in social science research using the statistical program R. Topics to be covered include statistical data structures, and basic descriptives, regression models, multiple regression analysis, interactions, polynomials, Gauss-Markov assumptions and asymptotics, heteroskedasticity and diagnostics, models for binary outcomes, naive Bayes classifiers, models for ordered data, models for nominal data, first difference analysis, factor analysis, and a review of models that build upon OLS. Prerequisite: introductory statistics course that includes linear regression. There is a statistical computer lab session with this course: QMSS G4017 -001 -DATA ANALYSIS FOR SOC SCI
Prerequisites:
CHNS W4006
or the equivalent.
This is a non-consecutive reading course designed for those whose proficiency is above 4th level. See Admission to Language Courses. Selections from contemporary Chinese authors in both traditional and simplified characters with attention to expository, journalistic, and literary styles.
Prerequisites:
JPNS W4006
or the equivalent.
Sections 1 & 2: Readings of advanced modern literary, historical, political, and journalistic texts, and class discussions about current issues and videos. Exercises in scanning, comprehension, and English translation. Section 3: Designed for advanced students interested in developing skills for reading and comprehending modern Japanese scholarship.
This is a lab section for QMSS G4015 Data Analysis.
Prerequisites: ELEN E3801 or BIOL W3004.
The biophysics of computation: modeling biological neurons, the Hodgkin-Huxley neuron, modeling channel conductances and synapses as memristive systems, bursting neurons and central pattern generators, I/O equivalence and spiking neuron models. Information representation and neural encoding: stimulus representation with time encoding machines, the geometry of time encoding, encoding with neural circuits with feedback, population time encoding machines. Dendritic computation: elements of spike processing and neural computation, synaptic plasticity and learning algorithms, unsupervised learning and spike time-dependent plasticity, basic dendritic integration. Projects in Matlab.
No previous background in marketing is required for the course. Introduction to the basic concepts of marketing. Students develop an understanding of, and the decision-making capabilities for, formulating marketing strategies for the complex situations that characterize real-life marketing problems.
No previous background in marketing is required for the course. Introduction to the basic concepts of marketing. Students develop an understanding of, and the decision-making capabilities for, formulating marketing strategies for the complex situations that characterize real-life marketing problems.
This course provides a wide-ranging survey of conceptual foundations and issues in contemporary human rights. The course examines the philosophical origins of human rights, their explication in the evolving series of international documents, questions of enforcement, and current debates. It also explores topics such as women's rights, development and human rights, the use of torture, humanitarian intervention, and the horrors of genocide. The broad range of subjects covered in the course is intended to assist students in honing their interests and making future course selections in the human rights field.
This course is a two-day workshop that introduces students to design principles and techniques for effective data visualization. Visualizations graphically depict data to foster communication, improve comprehension and enhance decision-making. This course aims to help students: understand how visual representations can improve data comprehension, master techniques to facilitate the creation of visualizations as well as begin using widely available software and web-based, open-source frameworks.
Prerequisites: CIEN E3121 or the equivalent.
Overview of classical indeterminate structural analysis methods (force and displacement methods), approximate methods of analysis, plastic analysis methods, collapse analysis, shakedown theorem, structural optimization.
Prerequisites:
PHYS W2601
or
W2802
, or the equivalent.
Formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of state vectors and linear operators, three-dimensional spherically symmetric potentials, the theory of angular momentum and spin, time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, scattering theory, and identical particles. Selected phenomena from atomic physics, nuclear physics, and elementary particle physics are described and then interpreted using quantum mechanical models.
This seminar is free and open to the public. Please contact qmss@columbia.edu to rsvp if you are not QMSS and interested in attending.
This course is designed to expose students in the QMSS degree program to different methods and practices of social science research. Seminar presentations are given on a wide range of topics by faculty from Columbia and other New York City universities, as well as researchers from private, government, and non-profit settings. QMSS students participate in a weekly seminar. Speakers include faculty from Columbia and other universities, and researchers from the numerous corporate, government, and non-profit settings where quantitative research tools are used. Topics have included: Now-Casting and the Real-Time Data-Flow; Art, Design & Science in Data Visualization; Educational Attainment and School Desegregation: Evidence from Randomized Lotteries; Practical Data Science: North American Oil and Gas Drilling Data.
Prerequisites:
BIOL C2005
-
C2006
or equivalent.
Come discover how the union of egg and sperm triggers the complex cellular interactions that specify the diverse variety of cells present in multicellular organisms. Cellular and molecular aspects of sex determination, gametogenesis, genomic imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation, telomerase as the biological clock, stem cells, cloning, the pill and cell interactions will be explored, with an emphasis on humans. Original research articles will be discussed to further examine current research in developmental biology. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf
This course explores the formation of Russian national and imperial identity through ideologies of geography, focusing on a series of historical engagements with the concept of "Asia." How has the Mongol conquest shaped a sense of Russian identity as something destinct from Europe? How has Russian culture participated in Orientalist portrayals of conquered Asian lands, while simultaneously being Orientalized by Europe and, indeed, Orientalizing itself? How do concepts of Eurasianism and socialist internationalism, both arising in the ealry 20th century, seek to redraw the geography of Russia's relations with East and West? We will explore these questions through a range of materials, including: literary texts by Russian and non-Russian writers (Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Solovyov, Bely, Blok, Pilnyak, Khlebnikov, Planotov, Xiao Hong, Kurban Said, Aitimatov, Iskander, Bordsky); films (Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Kalatozov, Paradjanov, Mikhalkov); music and dance (the Ballets Russes); visual art (Vereshchagin, Roerich); and theoretical and secondary readings by Chaadaev, Said, Bassin, Trubetskoy, Leontievm, Lenin, and others.
This seminar is free and open to the public. Please contact qmss@columbia.edu to rsvp if you are not QMSS and interested in attending.
This course is designed to expose students in the QMSS degree program to different methods and practices of social science research. Seminar presentations are given on a wide range of topics by faculty from Columbia and other New York City universities, as well as researchers from private, government, and non-profit settings. QMSS students participate in a weekly seminar. Speakers include faculty from Columbia and other universities, and researchers from the numerous corporate, government, and non-profit settings where quantitative research tools are used. Topics have included: Now-Casting and the Real-Time Data-Flow; Art, Design & Science in Data Visualization; Educational Attainment and School Desegregation: Evidence from Randomized Lotteries; Practical Data Science: North American Oil and Gas Drilling Data.
Prerequisites:
PHYS W4021
or the equivalent.
Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and methods of statistical mechanics; energy and entropy; Boltzmann, Fermi, and Bose distributions; ideal and real gases; blackbody radiation; chemical equilibrium; phase transitions; ferromagnetism.
The 5th century BCE, beginning with the Persian Wars, when the Athenians fought off the might of the Persian Empire, and ending with the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War in 404, is generally considered the "Golden Age" of ancient Athens. This is the century when Athenian drama, both tragedy and comedy, throve; when the Greeks began to develop philosophy at Athens, centered around the so-called "Sophistic movement" and Sokrates; when classical Greek art and architecture approached perfection in the monuments and sculptures of the great Athenian building programs on and around the Akropolis. This seminar will cover the political, military, economic, social, and cultural history of Athens' "Golden Age". Much of the course reading will be drawn from the ancient Athenian writing themselves, in translation. Everyone will be required to read enough to participate in weekly discussions; and all students will prepare two oral reports on topics to be determined. The course grade will be based on a ca. 20-25 page research paper to be written on an agreed upon topic. Group(s): A Field(s): *ANC
Designed for new Teaching Fellows. An introduction to the conceptual and practical tools of French language pedagogy.
This is the basic survey course in Croatian and Serbian Literatures. It discusses the key literary texts in Croatia and Serbia from the beginning of South Slavic literacy to the 20th Century. Topics include religion, literature, art, architecture and music; empires and wars, issues of history and identity. Major figures include: Ivan Gundulic, Dositej Obradovic, Vuk Stevanovic Karadzic, Petar Petrovic Njegos, Ivan Mazuranic and others. Knowledge of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian not required. Readings are available both in translation and in the orginal languages.
This course introduces students to representative examples of an essentially robust, reality-bound, socially aware literature. In modern Hungarian prose fiction, the tradition of nineteenth-century "anecdotal realism" remained strong and was further enlivened by various forms of naturalism. Even turn-of-the century and early twentieth-century modernist fiction is characterized by strong narrative focus, psychological realism, and an emphasis on social conditions and local color. During the tumultuous decades of the century, social, political, national issues preoccupied even aesthetics-conscious experimenters and ivory-tower dwellers. Among the topics discussed will be "populist" and "urban" literature in the interwar years, post-1945 reality in fiction, literary memoirs and reportage, as well as late-century minimalist and postmodern trends.
Prerequisites: ELEN E3801
Topics include: basic cell biophysics, active conductance and the Hodgkin-Huxley model, simple neuron models, ion channel models and synaptic models, statistical models of spike generation, Wilson-Cowan model of cortex, large-scale electrophysiological recording methods, sensorimotor integration and optimal state estimation, operant conditioning of neural activity, nonlinear modeling of neural systems, sensory systems: visual pathway and somatosensory pathway, neural encoding model: spike triggered average (STA) and spike triggered covariance (STC) analysis, neuronal response to electrical micro-stimulation, DBS for Parkinson's disease treatment, motor neural prostheses, and sensory neural prostheses.
Prerequisites: reading knowledge of Italian.
Tasso as a poet and literary theorist through an analysis of Rinaldo, Aminta and Gerusalemme Liberata and discussion of Dialoghi. Emphasis on epic and pastoral precedents, contemporary philosophical currents, the moral and political influence of the Counter Reformation.
Prerequisites: genetics or molecular biology.
The course covers techniques currently used to explore and manipulate gene function and their applications in medicine and the environment. Part I covers key laboratory manipulations, including DNA cloning, gene characterization, association of genes with disease, and methods for studying gene regulation and activities of gene products. Part II also covers commercial applications, and includes animal cell culture, production of recombinant proteins, novel diagnostics, high throughput screening, and environmental biosensors.
Prerequisites: BUSI K4001 Intro to Finance and BUSI K4003 Corporate Finance or Professor Approval required
Students will learn about the valuation of publicly traded equity securities. By the end of the semester students will be able to perform fundamental analysis ("bottom-up," firm-level, business and financial analysis), prepare pro forma financial statements, estimate free cash flows and apply valuation models.
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006
Professional Development is a half-credit course that is mandatory for all MIA and MPA students. The course is offered by the Office of Career Services (OCS) and teaches skills needed to compete effectively in the international and public affairs job markets. Topics such as résumés, cover letters, job search tactics, LinkedIn, successful interviewing, networking, and salary negotiation are covered. Professional business attire required. Private Sector: Sections 001, 004, 005. Public Sector: Sections 002, 003, 006