Capstone Workshop
Capstone workshops apply the practical skills and analytical knowledge learned at SIPA to a real-world issue. Students are organized into small consulting teams (typically 6 students per team) and assigned a substantive, policy-oriented project with an external client. Student teams, working under the supervision of a faculty expert, answer a carefully defined problem posed by the client. Each team produces an actionable report and an oral briefing of their findings at the close of the workshop that is designed to translate into real change on the ground. The Capstone is a graduation requirement for all Masters of Public Administration and Masters of International Affairs students; it is typically taken in the final semester at SIPA. Registration in this course requires an application, please visit: sipa.columbia.edu/academics/workshops/workshop-students for more information. A course fee of $400 will be applied to students traveling internationally for the Capstone Workshop.
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- T 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Luisa Palacios Alzuru
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Evan Wolff
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Andrew C Heinrich
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Instructor:
Isabelle Marie F Delalex
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Elana Broitman
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Daniel T Dobrygowski
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Instructor:
Gregory Stoupnitzky
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Instructor:
Andre Correa D'Almeida
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Ralph C Schmidt
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Samantha M McCann
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Instructor:
Jose L Acero Vergel
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Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Develop
Capstone Workshop-Dev Practice
The Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice is one of most exciting opportunities within the EPD concentration, and is also open to a limited number of students in other concentrations. Officially, it is a spring-semester course for second-year master's degree students, but workshop activities begin in the fall semester through the course on Methods for Sustainable Development Practice. Through the workshop, students gain practical experience by engaging in on-going cutting-edge sustainable development efforts aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and often involving in-country work. Working in teams with a faculty supervisor, students assist a variety of clients on a wide array of assignments in sustainable development. Students take a multidisciplinary approach to their work and learn extensively from each other as well as from the hands-on tasks of the workshop itself. Another key strength of the workshop is that it allows students to explore the intersection of development concerns with human rights, corporate social responsibility, humanitarian affairs, gender, public health and environmental policy. Reflecting the utility of workshop assignments, a number of workshop reports are available on client websites and have been published. Past clients have included UNDP, UNFPA, UNICE, UNIFEM and WFP; the World Bank and IDB; national and local governments; NGOs such as Catholic Relief Services, Endeavor, FilmAid International, International Institute for Rural Reconstruction, International Rescue Committee, Seva Mandir, Trickle Up, WaterAid, and Women's Refugee Commission; and development advisors such as DAI and Technoserve. The precise scope of the workshop project and outputs that the students will deliver are negotiated with each client.
- F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Rumela Sen
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Instructor:
Barbara M Magnoni
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Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Develop
Capstone Workshop-Dev Practice
The Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice is one of most exciting opportunities within the EPD concentration, and is also open to a limited number of students in other concentrations. Officially, it is a spring-semester course for second-year master's degree students, but workshop activities begin in the fall semester through the course on Methods for Sustainable Development Practice. Through the workshop, students gain practical experience by engaging in on-going cutting-edge sustainable development efforts aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and often involving in-country work. Working in teams with a faculty supervisor, students assist a variety of clients on a wide array of assignments in sustainable development. Students take a multidisciplinary approach to their work and learn extensively from each other as well as from the hands-on tasks of the workshop itself. Another key strength of the workshop is that it allows students to explore the intersection of development concerns with human rights, corporate social responsibility, humanitarian affairs, gender, public health and environmental policy. Reflecting the utility of workshop assignments, a number of workshop reports are available on client websites and have been published. Past clients have included UNDP, UNFPA, UNICE, UNIFEM and WFP; the World Bank and IDB; national and local governments; NGOs such as Catholic Relief Services, Endeavor, FilmAid International, International Institute for Rural Reconstruction, International Rescue Committee, Seva Mandir, Trickle Up, WaterAid, and Women's Refugee Commission; and development advisors such as DAI and Technoserve. The precise scope of the workshop project and outputs that the students will deliver are negotiated with each client.
- W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- R 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Scott B Martin
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Instructor:
Shravanti M Reddy
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Instructor:
Tyler S Radford
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Instructor:
Thomas Casazzone
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Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Develop
Capstone-Sustainable Devp Prac
The Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Development Practice is one of most exciting opportunities within the EPD concentration, and is also open to a limited number of students in other concentrations. Officially, it is a spring-semester course for second-year master's degree students, but workshop activities begin in the fall semester through the course on Methods for Sustainable Development Practice. Through the workshop, students gain practical experience by engaging in on-going cutting-edge sustainable development efforts aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and often involving in-country work. Working in teams with a faculty supervisor, students assist a variety of clients on a wide array of assignments in sustainable development. Students take a multidisciplinary approach to their work and learn extensively from each other as well as from the hands-on tasks of the workshop itself. Another key strength of the workshop is that it allows students to explore the intersection of development concerns with human rights, corporate social responsibility, humanitarian affairs, gender, public health and environmental policy. Reflecting the utility of workshop assignments, a number of workshop reports are available on client websites and have been published. Past clients have included UNDP, UNFPA, UNICE, UNIFEM and WFP; the World Bank and IDB; national and local governments; NGOs such as Catholic Relief Services, Endeavor, FilmAid International, International Institute for Rural Reconstruction, International Rescue Committee, Seva Mandir, Trickle Up, WaterAid, and Women's Refugee Commission; and development advisors such as DAI and Technoserve. The precise scope of the workshop project and outputs that the students will deliver are negotiated with each client.
- M 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Debra A Jones
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Instructor:
D. Holly Hammonds
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Instructor:
Maxine Weisgrau
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Instructor:
Akbar Noman
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Instructor:
Fumiko Sasaki
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Instructor:
Savita Bailur
h-index: 16 Info - 3 points
Capstone Workshop in Applied Earth Syste
Capstone Wks-Applied Earth Sys
In the spring semester, new groups are formed to undertake analytic projects for real-world clients in government and nonprofit agencies. These teams, working under the supervision of faculty members, write a report analyzing an actual environmental policy or management problem faced by their clients. Again, projects selected will be relevant to the cohort’s two earth systems problem themes.
- W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Sara Tjossem
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Instructor:
Louise A Rosen
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Instructor:
Kathleen Callahan
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Instructor:
Anne L Degnan
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Instructor:
Rachel E Patterson
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Capstone Workshop in Applied Earth Syste
Capstone Wks-Applied Earth Sys
In the spring semester, new groups are formed to undertake analytic projects for real-world clients in government and nonprofit agencies. These teams, working under the supervision of faculty members, write a report analyzing an actual environmental policy or management problem faced by their clients. Again, projects selected will be relevant to the cohort’s two earth systems problem themes.
- W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- F 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
- F 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- F 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
- F noon-12:50 p.m.
- F 1 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
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Portfolio Presentation Workshop
Portfolio Presentation Workshp
This is a course during which the mid-career executives who are enrolled as students in the Executive MPA program exhibit and share professional work they have managed or directly created during their first year in the program. Materials are presented to the faculty and students for criticism, analysis, and potential improvement.
- S 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kweli E Washington
Info - 3 points