ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY I

Topics include homology and homotopy theory; covering spaces; homology with local coefficients; cohomology; Chech cohomology.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mohammed Abouzaid
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• 4.5 points

MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE

Prerequisites: Refer to course syllabus.
This class explores the strategy and operations of globalized enterprises that either manufacture a product or provide a service. The course bridges academia with the rapidly changing industrial world. Outsourcing and off shoring are two of many options for developing and manufacturing the products required. Financial measurements are reviewed but found to be insufficient to measure a business operation. Other methods are explored. The methodology, technology, ethics and dynamic strategy currently practiced by industry are examined. The dynamic of new product development is studied, as it is an absolute and continuing need for a company to remain competitive. Technical entrepreneurship is also explored, as it is a significant method of bringing new products to market.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• W 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Sheldon Weinig
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

THE GLOBALIZATION OF SPORT

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Claire Zovko
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• 3 points

CONTEM AMER JEWISH WOMEN'S LIT

CONTEM AMER JEWSH WOMEN'S LIT

Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 15 students. Sophomore standing.
Identifies trends in Jewish American women's writing of this period: integration of Jewish and feminist consciousness into Jewish women's mainstream writing; exploration through fictive narratives of women's roles in Jewish orthodox communities; recording of experiences of immigrants from the former Soviet Union and from Arab countries.

• Department: Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies @Barnard
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Irena Klepfisz
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Prerequisites: elementary organic chemistry
CHEM W3443-CHEM W3444
. Recommended preparation: elementary physical chemistry
CHEM W3079-CHEM W3080
and biochemistry
BIOC C3501
.
Development and application of chemical methods for understanding the molecular mechanisms of cellular processes. Review of the biosynthesis, chemical synthesis, and structure and function of proteins and nucleic acids. Application of chemical methods--including structural biology, enzymology, chemical genetics, and the synthesis of modified biological molecules--to the study of cellular processes--including transcription, translation, and signal transduction.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Virginia W Cornish
  CULPA: 47 Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• 2.5 points

ANALOG ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS

Prerequisites: ELEN E3331 and ELEN E3801.
Differential and multistage amplifiers; small-signal analysis; biasing techniques; frequency response; negative feedback; stability criteria; frequency compensation techniques. Analog layout techniques. An extensive design project is an integral part of the course.

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

SOLAR THERMAL ENGINEERING

Prerequisites: MECE E3311 (Heat Transfer)
Fundamentals of solar energy transport: radiation heat transfer, convention, conduction and phase change processes.  Heat exchangers and solar collectors: basic methods of thermal design, flow arrangements, effects of variable conditions, rating procedures.  Solar energy concentration.  Piping Systems: series and parallel arrangements, fluid movers.  Thermal response and management of photovoltaic energy conversion.  Solar energy storage.  Solar cooling, solar thermal power and cogeneration.  Applications to the design of solar thermal engineering systems.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Mohammad M Naraghi
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• 3 points

RE FINANCE II: CASE STUDIES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Patrice Derrington
  h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO CHINESE CINEMAS

What is “cinema” in the Chinese-speaking world, and how have the aesthetics, politics and practice of cinema evolved over time? In what ways has cinema interacted with its sister arts, such as painting, photography, theatre, architecture, and music? And in what capacities has cinema represented and intervened into the social and political worlds of its production and reception?  This course is an introductory course on Chinese-language cinema from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, featuring landmark films from the 1930s to the present, with emphasis on contemporary films produced in the past three decades. We cover major genres such as melodrama, historical epic, comedy, musical, martial arts and documentary films, and study works by film auteurs such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chen Kaige, Ann Hui and Jia Zhangke. Besides the questions mentioned above, topics also include cinema’s approaches to history and memory, and its engagement with questions of gender, ethnicity, class and language politics.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Ying Qian
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

READINGS IN ARMENIAN TEXTS

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Charry Karamanoukian
  Info
• 3 points

LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS

Prerequisites:
STAT W3107
or the equivalent,
MATH V1101
,
V1102
,
V2010
or the program adviser's permission.
Theory and practice of regression analysis, Simple and multiple regression, including testing, estimation, and confidence procedures, modeling, regression diagnostics and plots, polynomial regression, colinearity and confounding, model selection, geometry of least squares. Extensive use of the computer to analyse data.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• F 8:40 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ronald Neath
  CULPA: 13 Info
• Instructor: Pawel Polak
  Info
• Instructor: Ronald Neath
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS

Prerequisites:
STAT W3107
or the equivalent,
MATH V1101
,
V1102
,
V2010
or the program adviser's permission.
Theory and practice of regression analysis, Simple and multiple regression, including testing, estimation, and confidence procedures, modeling, regression diagnostics and plots, polynomial regression, colinearity and confounding, model selection, geometry of least squares. Extensive use of the computer to analyse data.

• Department: Statistics
• F 8:40 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ronald Neath
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

EAR-TRAINING V

• Department: Music
• MW 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter M Susser
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 1 points

PHILOSOPHY OF BIOETHICS

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Arthur Kuflik
  Info
• 3 points

PHILOSOPHY OF BIOETHICS

PHIL OF BIOETHICS (ONLINE)

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Arthur Kuflik
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• 3 points

PHILOSOPHY OF BIOETHICS

PHIL OF BIOETHICS (ONLINE)

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Arthur Kuflik
  Info
• 0 points

NONPROFIT FINANCIAL MGMT

NONPROFIT FINANCIAL MANAGEMNT

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Terence Cook
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• 3 points

INTRO TO COMBUSTION

Prerequisites: Course in introductory thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer at the undergraduate level or instructor's permission
Thermodynamics and kinetics of reacting flows; chemical kinetic mechanisms for fuel oxidation and pollutant formation; transport phenomena; conservation equations for reacting flows; laminar non-premixed flames (including droplet vaporization and burning); laminar premixed flames; flame stabilization, quenching, ignition, extinction, and other limit phenomena; detonations; flame aerodynamics and turbulent flames.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Burke
  h-index: 22 Info
• 3 points

DIGITAL VLSI CIRCUITS

Recommended preparation: ELEN E3331, CSEE W3827, and ELEN E3106. Design and analysis of high speed logic and memory. Digital CMOS and BiCMOS device modeling. Integrated circuit fabrication and layout. Interconnect and parasitic elements. Static and dynamic techniques. Worst-case design. Heat removal and I/O. Yield and circuit reliability. Logic gates, pass logic, latches, PLAs, ROMs, RAMs, receivers, drivers, repeaters, sense amplifiers.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenneth Shepard
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• 3 points

HUM NATURE:DNA,RACE & IDENTITY

The course focuses on human identity, beginning with the individual and progressing to communal and global viewpoints using a framework of perspectives from biology, genetics, medicine, psychiatry, religion and the law.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 4 points

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF JAPAN

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
W3213
.
The growth and structural changes of the post-World War II economy; its historical roots; interactions with cultural, social, and political institutions; economic relations with the rest of the world.

• Department: Economics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Edward Lincoln
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

INTRO TO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory J Muth
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• 3 points

ADVANCED CHEMICAL KINETICS

Prerequisites: CHEN E4230 or instructor's permission.
Complex reactive systems.  Catalysis. Heterogeneous systems, with an emphasis on coupled chemical kinetics and transport phenomena. Reactions at interfaces (surfaces, aerosols, bubbles).  Reactions in solution.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Esposito
  h-index: 22 Info
• 3 points

THERMOFLUID SYSTEMS DESIGN

Prerequisites: MECE E3100, E3301, E3311.
Theoretical and practical considerations, and design principles, for modern thermofluids systems. Topics include boiling, condensation, phase change heat transfer, multimode heat transfer, heat exchangers, and modeling of thermal transport systems. Emphasis on applications of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics to modeling actual physical systems. Term project on conceptual design and presentation of a thermofluid system that meets specified criteria.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Sinisa Vukelic
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• 3 points

ADV BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN

Prerequisites:
BCRS W1202
.
Further develops skills in speaking, reading, and writing, using essays, short stories, films, and fragments of larger works. Reinforces basic grammar and introduces more complete structures.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Aleksandar Boskovic
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS I

Prerequisites: Mechanics of solids, structural analysis, elementary computer programming (MATLAB) is recommended, linear algebra and ordinary differential equations.
Direct stiffness approach for trusses. Strong and weak forms for one-dimensional problems. Galerkin finite element formulation, shape functions, Gauss quadrature, convergence. Multidimensional scalar field problems (heat conduction), triangular and rectangular elements, Isoparametric formulation. Multidimensional vector field problems (linear elasticity). Practical FE modeling with commercial software (ABAQUS). Computer implementation of the finite element method. Advanced topics. Not open to undergraduate students.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Haim Waisman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 29 Info
• 3 points

SAMPLE SURVEYS

Prerequisites:
STAT W3107
or
W4107
.
Introductory course on the design and analysis of sample surveys. How sample surveys are conducted, why the designs are used, how to analyze survey results, and how to derive from first principles the standard results and their generalizations. Examples from public health, social work, opinion polling, and other topics of interest.

• Department: Statistics
• S 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Emanuel Ben-David
  Info
• 3 points

BDLG EFFECTV KNWLDG STRAT SVCS

BUILDING EFFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• R 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Edward J Hoffman
  Info
• 3 points

SURVEY OF NEUROSCIENCE

• Department: Neurobiology and Behavior
• TR 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 6 points

SUST. ZONING + LAND USE

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

AMERICAN ARCH I

Guiding ideals in American architecture from the centennial to around 1960.  The evolution of modernism in America is contrasted with European developments and related to local variants.

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew S Dolkart
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

FOURTH-YEAR RUSSIAN I

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Maria Doubrovskaia
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

LIE GROUPS & REPRESENTATIONS

Topics include basic notions of groups with algebraic and geometric examples; symmetry; Lie algebras and groups; representations of finite and compact Lie groups; finite groups and counting principles; maximal tori of a compact Lie group.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrei Okounkov
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 55 Info
• 4.5 points

ARCHITECTURE HISTORY I

Developments in architectural history during the modern period. Emphasis on moments of significant change in architecture (theoretical, economic, technological, and institutional). Themes include positive versus arbitrary beauty, enlightenment urban planning, historicism, structural rationalism, the housing reform movement, iron and glass technology, changes generated by developments external or internal to architecture itself and transformations in Western architecture.

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Ralph Ghoche
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 2 Info
• 3 points

PLANNG/MGT-URBAN HYDROLGC SYST

Prerequisites: ENME E3161 or the equivalent
Introduction to runoff and drainage systems in an urban setting, including hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, flow and water quality monitoring, common regulatory issues, and mathematical modeling. Applications to problems of climate variation, land use changes, infrastructure operation and receiving water quality, developed using statistical packages, public-domain models, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Team projects that can lead to publication quality analyses in relevant fields of interest. Emphasis on the unique technical, regulatory, fiscal, policy, and other interdisciplinary issues that pose a challenge to effective planning and management of urban hydrologic systems.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Sri Rangarajan
  Info
• 3 points

CAPSTONE PROJECT SEMINAR

CAPSTONE PROJECT (PART 2)

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• M 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Erica Hansen
  Info
• 4 points

LANG,CULTR,SOCIETY-RUSS TODAY

Prerequisites: eight semesters of college Russian and the instructor’s permission.
The course is designed to provide advanced and highly-motivated undergraduate and graduate students of various majors with an opportunity to develop professional vocabulary and discourse devices that will help them to discuss their professional fields in Russian with fluency and accuracy. The course targets all four language competencies: speaking, listening, reading and writing, as well as cultural understanding. Conducted in Russian.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alla Smyslova
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CINEMA

The course examines the notions of humanity, post-humanity and machines, as represented in Japanese cinema from the 1980s to the present. Some anime, documentary and live action films will be discussed. Reading assignments include the writings of auteurism, national cinema, globalization and cultural theories. Mandatory weekly screening.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Hikari Hori
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

THEMES IN INTELLECTUAL HIST

PASCAL

Themes in Intellectual History offers an intensive examination of one major intellectual concept or problem as it develops over time.

• Department: History
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Lilla
  CULPA: 57 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

GRANTS

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: John Hicks
  Info
• 3 points

LONDON:'GREAT WEN'TO WRLD CIT

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15. Preregistration required.
Social and cultural history of London from the Great Fire of 1666 to the 1960s. An examination of the changing experience of urban identity through the commercial life, public spaces, and diverse inhabitants of London. Topics include 17th-century rebuilding, immigrants and emigrants, suburbs, literary culture, war, and redevelopment.

• Department: History @Barnard
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Deborah Valenze
  CULPA: 16 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

MATH METHODS FOR POLITICAL SCI

Provides students of political science with a basic set of tools needed to read, evaluate, and contribute in research areas that increasingly utilize sophisticated mathematical techniques.

• Department: Political Science
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Johannes Urpelainen
  Info
• 4 points

SPORT ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

ETHICAL ISSUES IN MUSEUMS

• Department: Anthropology
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sally Yerkovich
  Info
• 3 points

MASS ANNIHILATION IN THE 20THC

The idea of Europe implies the notions of "Civilization" and "Modernity," but also images of conquest, tyranny and mass annihilation. This seminar will explore the "dark side of Europe:" the succession of genocidal episodes perpetrated during the long 20th century by Europeans in colonial expeditions overseas and in murderous campaigns on the subcontinent itself. The assigned literature ranges from anthropology, sociology and political science, to psychology and contemporary history. It contains a variety of perspectives on genocidal regimes and their perpetrators, as well as an array of descriptive accounts of episodes of mass anihilation. An overall theoretical framework is provided by Prof. Abram de Swaan's The Killing Compartments: The Mentality of Mass Murder (Yale UP, 2015). The experience with mass violence of the Dutch - a nation with a relatively peaceful past and a self-image of righteousness - will serve as a touchstone for a subcontinent that at the dawn of the 20th century was considered the epitome of peace an progress. Field: MEU

• Department: History
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Abram de Swaan
  Info
• 4 points

FOUNDATIONS OF FUNDRAISING

• Department: Auditing
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Arianne Andrusco
  Info
• 0 points

POLITICAL ECONOMY

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
,
W3213
,
STAT W1211
(or
POLS W4910
for those who declared prior to Spring 2014).
The course studies the interaction between government and markets. The first part discusses market failures and the scope and limits of government intervention, including the use of modified market-type tools (for example, cap-and-trade regulations for pollution). The second part discusses collective decision-making, in particular voting and its properties and pathologies. The final part discusses economic inequality and government's role in addressing it.

• Department: Economics
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra Casella
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia h-index: 30 Info
• 3 points

FOUNDATIONS OF FUNDRAISING

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Doug White
  Info
• Instructor: Jason Rizzi
  Info
• Instructor: Arianne Andrusco
  Info
• 3 points

PROC OF STRATIFICTN/INEQUALITY

The nature of opportunity in American society; the measurement of inequality; trends in income and wealth inequality; issues of poverty and poverty policy; international comparisons.

• Department: Sociology
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Seymour Spilerman
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

COLD WAR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

This course has three purposes: (i) to examine the role of culture and the arts as a reflection and enactment of Cold War politics; (ii) to provide an understanding of the arts as a cultural force in building ideas in foreign markets; (iii) to reframe the arts as a part of Cold War cultural battles.

• Department: History
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Victoria Phillips
  Info
• 4 points

PLANNED GIVING

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• M 6:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Neal Myerberg
  Info
• 3 points

PUB/PRIV PARTNERSHIPS NYC

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Moshe Adler
  h-index: 9 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED FUNDRAISING PROJECT

ORGANIZATION: WORLDSURF LEAGUE

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory J Muth
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED FUNDRAISING PROJECT

ORGANIZATION: COLUMBIA SCE

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory J Muth
  Info
• 3 points

SPORTS REVENUES STRATEGIES & ANALYTICS

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Ramon Katz
  Info
• 3 points

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HISTORY I

Prerequisites: Open to Barnard College History Senior Majors. 8 points. 4 points each term.
Individual guided research and writing in history and the presentation of results in seminar and in the form of the senior essay.

• Department: History @Barnard
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert A McCaughey
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS SEMINAR

A year-long course for outstanding senior majors who want to conduct research in primary sources on a topic of their choice in any aspect of history, and to write a senior thesis possibly leading toward departmental honors. Field(s): ALL

• Department: History
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Hilary-Anne Hallett
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Rebecca Kobrin
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Matthew Vaz
  Info
• 4 points

CHEMICAL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: CHEM C3443 or equivalent, or instructor’s permission.
Process development for new compounds, including fine and specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biologicals and agrochemicals. Experimental strategy and methods for process scale-up from bench to pilot plant. Evaluation of process economics. Hazard and risk evaluation for environmental and industrial hygiene safety. Capture and use of process know-how for process and plant design, regulatory approvals, and technology transfer to first manufacture.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Elias C Mattas
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

DYN-CLIMATE VAR & CLIMATE CHG

Prerequisites: undergraduate course in climate or physics; undergraduate calculus.
An overview of how the climate system works on large scales of space and time, with particular attention to the science and methods underlying forecasts of climate variability and climate change. This course serves as the basic physical science course for the M.A. Program in Climate and Society.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 3 points

AMER & THE NAT WORLD-1800-PRES

Prerequisites: seminar application required. SEE UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR SECTION OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
This seminar deals with how Americans have treated and understood the natural world, connected or failed to connect to it, since 1800. It focuses on changing context over time, from the agrarian period to industrialization, followed by the rise of the suburban and hyper-technological landscape. We will trace the shift from natural history to evolutionary biology, give special attention to the American interest in entomology, ornithology, and botany, examine the quest to save pristine spaces, and read from the works of Buffon, Humboldt, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Darwin, Aldo Leopold, Nabokov, among others. Perspectives on naming, classifying, ordering, and most especially, collecting, will come under scrutiny.  Throughout the semester we will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the environmentalist movement, confront those who thought they could defy nature, transcend it, and even live without it. Field(s): US

• Department: History
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: William R Leach
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

STATISTICAL MACHINE LEARNING

• Department: Statistics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: John P Cunningham
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

MODELS-CLIM-SENS NAT/HUM SYST

Prerequisites: undergraduate-level coursework in introductory statistics or data analysis; knowledge of calculus.
An overview of how climate-societal and intra-societal relationships can be evaluated and quantified using relevant data sets, statistical tools, and dynamical models. Concepts and methods in quantitative modeling, data organization, and statistical analysis, with applications to climate and climate impacts. Students will also do some simple model experiments and evaluate the results.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• M 4:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 4 points

ETHNO FIELD METHODS/TECHNIQUES

The goals of this course are practice-oriented. The end result will be short fieldwork-based project of approxiamtely 20 pages in length. In order to complete the paper, students will conduct fieldwork, read and synthesize relevant literatures, and think carefully about the questions in which they are interested and methods of addressing them through ethnographic inquiry.

• Department: Music
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

MODERN GEOMETRY

Manifold theory; differential forms, tensors and curvature; homology and cohomology; Lie groups and Lie algebras; fiber bundles; homotopy theory and defects in quantum field theory; geometry and string theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Chiu-Chu Liu
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 4.5 points

MANAGING & ADAPTING CLIMATE II

Prerequisites: EESC W4400; previous social science course or experience in policy and administration.
This integrating seminar on science and policy-making deals with climate and environment-development issues, and helps investigate ideas and methods for analyzing problems to reduce societal vulnerability and build resilience to climate variability and climate change. In order to integrate learning, the course is structured around modules that bridge several "divides": the social and natural sciences, temporal scales of variability and change impacting various sectors, the developing and industrialized regions, across local, national and international spatial levels, as well as socio-political, economic and ecological dimensions of development. The lectures and discussions move back and forth between theory and practice, required for the effective management of risks from a changing climate. The seminar modules will be led by outstanding researchers and professionals, with deep experience in the praxis of climate risk management and will include the economics & politics of sustainable development and climate risks; climate phenomena, societal responses and impacts; poverty, agriculture and food security; managing climate risks for health; managing competing claims over water; urban disaster risk management; climate risks & decision-making under uncertainty; media and climate. Practicum sessions, in addition, are designed to help integrate learning.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ben Orlove
  h-index: 48 Info
• 3 points

ADV ENGIN & CORPORATE ECONOMCS

Prerequisites: Probability and Statistics at the level of SIEO W3600 or SIEO W4150, and Deterministic Models at the level of IEOR E3608 or IEOR E4004, or instructor permission.
This course is required for students in the Undergraduate Advanced Track. This course covers important issues in engineering economics and quantitative corporate finance. We introduce key measures and analytical tools to assess the financial performance of a firm and perform the economic evaluation of industrial projects and businesses. We study deterministic mathematical programming models for capital budgeting. We also cover important concepts in utility theory, game theory and real options analysis. This course is a good preparation for positions in investment banking, consulting, private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance, and for entrepreneurs. Students can take only one of IEOR E4003 and IEOR E4403, but not both.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Cyrus Mohebbi
  Info
• 3 points

HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sheila A Dauer
  Info
• 3 points

SIMULATION

Prerequisites: SIEO W3600 or SIEO W4150: Introduction to Probability and Statistics, computer programming language such as C, C++, Java or Matlab.
Corequisites: IEOR E3106 or IEOR E4106: Introduction to Operations Research: Stochastic Models.
This course is required for all undergraduate students majoring in IE, OR:EMS, OR:FE and OR. This course is also required for MSIE and MSOR. Graduate students must register for 3 points. Undergraduate students must register for 4 points. This is an introductory course to simulation, a statistical sampling technique that uses the power of computers to study complex stochastic systems when analytical or numerical techniques do not suffice. The course focuses on discrete-event simulation, a general technique used to analyze a model over time and determine the relevant quantities of interest. Topics covered in the course include the generation of random numbers, sampling from given distributions, simulation of discrete-event systems, output analysis, variance reduction techniques, goodness of fit tests, and the selection of input distributions. The first half of the course is oriented towards the design and implementation of algorithms, while the second half is more theoretical in nature and relies heavily on material covered in prior probability courses. The teaching methodology consists on lectures, recitations, weekly homework, and both in-class and take-home exams. Homework almost always includes a programming component for which students are encouraged to work in teams. Students who have taken IEOR E4703 Monte Carlo simulation may not register for this course for credit.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• F 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Karl Sigman
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

BUDDHISM & DAOISM IN CHINA

Prerequisites: one course on Buddhism or Chinese religious traditions is recommended, but not required, as background.
In this course we will read English scholarship that probes the complex relationships between Buddhism and Daoism in the past two millennia. Students are required not only to be aware of the complementarity and tensions between them, but to be alert to the nature of claims to religious distinction or mixing and the ways those claims were put forward under specific religio-historical circumstances. The course is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in East Asian religion, literature, history, art history and anthropology.

• Department: Religion
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhaohua Yang
  Info
• 4 points

GAME THEOR MODELS OF OPERATION

Prerequisites: IEOR E3608: Introduction to Mathematical Programming or IEOR E4004: Introduction to Operations Research: Deterministic Models, IEOR E3106 or IEOR E4106: Introduction to Operations Research: Stochastic Models, familiarity with differential equations and computer programming; or instructor's permission.
This course is required for undergraduate students majoring in OR:FE and OR. One of the major discrepancies between traditional operations research models and the actual business decision making process is the presence of multiple agents and their mutual interaction. Competitors, consumers, and suppliers are agents seeking their self-interest, and their actions affect one's profit and optimal decision. This course exposes students to strategic thinking through game theory. Students will learn the theory of games and auctions and gain insights into their application to operations management. No previous knowledge of game theory is assumed; students who have taken a game theory class should consult the instructor prior to enrollment.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• F 11 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Jay Sethuraman
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

NINE THOUGHT TRENDS IN CHINA

Prerequisites: fluency in Chinese (the course will be taught in Chinese, and a large number of readings will be in Chinese).
This is an elective course designed for both undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in the contemporary politics in China. The course focuses on nine major thought trends in China today that include 1) the Liberalism; 2) the New Authoritarianism; 3) the New Left; 4) Mao Left; 5) the Democratic Group within the Communist Party; 6) Governing through Confucian Theory; 7) Constitutional Socialism; 8) the so-called " Neither-Left and Nor-Right " Governing Theory; and 9) the New Nationalism Calling Tough Foreign Policies. China is deep in the social and political transition process, and the thoughts and actions of intellects themself have formed an important part in this transition. In this sense, the course not only helps understand the thoughts of intellects, but also better help understand today's China affairs as a whole.

• Department: Political Science
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Boshu Zhang
  Info
• 4 points

RESOURCE ALLOCATION

Prerequisites: Linear Programming, basic knowledge of nonlinear and integer programming at the level of IEOR E3608 or IEOR E4004.
This course is recommended for graduate and senior undergraduate students in IEOR and related programs. This course examines diverse resource allocation problems, where a limited amount of resources are allocated among competing activities. It will focus on models with significant special mathematical structures, where the corresponding formulations can be exploited and solved by elegant, computationally efficient algorithms. Most of the course will emphasize diverse equitable resource allocation models, where numerous resources are allocated fairly among competing activities. The course is targeted toward students pursuing careers in engineering, economics, finance or business. The course will explore the use of these models and algorithms in the context of various application areas, including logistics, communication networks, facility location, and homeland security.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hanan Luss
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

POL, SOC & ECON DEVP-BRAZIL I

This course is a practicum, which has been designed to enable you to discuss major problems of contemporary Brazil with important political figures, business representatives, activists and analysts. Normally the guest speaker will make an opening statement of approximately 40 minutes and the rest of the time will be devoted to a discussion. Guest speakers may recommend one or two articles or documents they have written, or that they think are particularly relevant, for the policy issues they will discuss.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sidney N Nakahodo
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 1.5 points

FIRST YEAR CLASSICAL TIBETAN I

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kunchog Tseten
  Info
• 4 points

FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTONICS

Prerequisites: ELEN E3401 or equivalent.
Planar resonators. Photons and photon streams. Photons and atoms: energy levels and band structure; interactions of photons with matter; absorption, stimulated and spontaneous emission; thermal light, luminescence light. Laser amplifiers: gain, saturation, and phase shift; rate equations; pumping. Lasers: theory of oscillation; laser output characteristics. Photons in semiconductors: generation, recombination, and injection; heterostructures; absorption and gain coefficients. Semiconductor photon sources: LEDs; semiconductor optical amplifiers; homojunction and heterojunction laser diodes. Semiconductor photon detectors: p-n, p-i-n, and heterostructure photo diodes; avalanche photodiodes.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Souhan
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
,
ECON W3213
,
ECON W3412
,
MATH V2010
.
The linear regression model will be presented in matrix form and basic asymptotic theory will be introduced. The course will also introduce students to basic time series methods for forecasting and analyzing economic data. Students will be expected to apply the tools to real data.

• Department: Economics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Serena Ng
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia h-index: 52 Info
• 3 points

SECOND YEAR CLASSICAL TIBETAN I

SECOND YR CLASSICAL TIBETAN I

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Pema Bhum
  Info
• 4 points

GAME THEORY

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
W3213
.
Introduction to the systematic treatment of game theory and its applications in economic analysis.

• Department: Economics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Prajit K Dutta
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Advanced introduction to classical sentential and predicate logic. No previous acquaintance with logic is required; nonetheless a willingness to master technicalities and to work at a certain level of abstraction is desirable. Note: Due to significant overlap, students may receive credit for only one of the following three courses: PHIL V3411, V3415, G4415.

• Department: Philosophy
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Achille Varzi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• 4 points

SPANISH AMERICAN POETRY

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gustavo Perez-Firmat
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING I: PHOTOGRAVURE

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Craig Zammiello
  Info
• 3 points

LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION MGT

Prerequisites:
IEOR 3608 or IEOR 4404 or permission of instructor.

Introduces quantitative techniques and state-of-the-art practice of operations research relevant to the design and both the tactical and strategic management of logistical and transportation systems. Discusses a wide variety of passenger and freight systems, including air, urban and highway traffic, rail, and maritime systems. Explores the practice of revenue management and dynamic pricing. Through case studies, analyzes successes and failures in third-party logistics, postal, truck and rail pickup and delivery systems. Investigates large-scale integrated logistics and transportation systems and studies the underlying principles governing transportation planning, investment and operations.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Van Anh Truong
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

ITALIAN NEOREALISM

Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti and other Italian filmmakers challenged modes of film production in vogue in the 1940s and 1950s, both in theoretical and practical terms. This course will analyze both the feature films and the theoretical writings of such directors as those mentioned and others, in order to investigate the modes of representation of reality in the immediate postwar years, their relation to the identity of the newborn Italian Republic, and their significance in post-WWII filmmaking. All readings and lectures in English; Films in Italian or French, with English subtitles.

• Department: Italian
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Leake
  Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING:DRAWING INTO PRINT

• Department: Visual Arts
• T 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tomas Vu Daniel
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

MPA - DP

Prior to the fall semester, MPA-DP students participate in an intensive program called "Getting Started." This program incorporates aspects of the broader SIPA orientation and refresher courses, while providing an introductory overview of development practice. There are formal classes and field visits that lay the foundation for a successful learning experience.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• Instructor: Glenn Denning
  h-index: 14 Info
• 0 points

PRIN OF MAG RESONANCE IMAGING

Prerequisites: PHYS C1403 and APAM E2101 or instructors' permission.
Fundamental principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), including the underlying spin physics and mathematics of image formation with an emphasis on the application of MRI to neuroimaging, both anatomical and functional. The course will examine both theory and experimental design techniques.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Alayar Kangarlu
  h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

SPEC PROBLMS IN MASTERING RUSS

SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IN MASTERING

Prerequisites: four years of college Russian and the instructor’s permission.
The Russian verb (basic stem system, aspect, locomotion); prefixes; temporal, spatial, and causal relationships; word order; word formation.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Frank J Miller
  Info
• 3 points

PRACTICAL STYLISTICS-RUSS LANG

Prerequisites:
RUSS W4334
or the equivalent or the instructor's permission.
Focuses on theoretical matters of style and the stylistic conventions of Russian expository prose, for advanced students of Russian who wish to improve their writing skills.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Irina Reyfman
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

Prerequisites:
STAT W4315
or the equivalent.
Least squares smoothing and prediction, linear systems, Fourier analysis, and spectral estimation. Impulse response and transfer function. Fourier series, the fast Fourier transform, autocorrelation function, and spectral density. Univariate Box-Jenkins modeling and forecasting. Emphasis on applications. Examples from the physical sciences, social sciences, and business. Computing is an integral part of the course.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 7:40 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Abolfazal Safikhani
  Info
• 3 points

ECONOMICS OF RACE IN THE U.S.

ECONOMICS OF RACE IN THE U. S.

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
ECON W3213
.
ECON W4400
is strongly recommended.
What differences does race make in the U.S. economy? Why does it make these differences? Are these differences things we should be concerned about? If so, what should be done? The course examines labor markets, housing markets, capital markets, crime, education, and the links among these markets. Both empirical and theoretical contributions are studied.

• Department: Economics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Brendan O'Flaherty
  CULPA: 64 Info
• 3 points