Orientation Week - Math Camp
Orientation: STATA Lab
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Instructor:
Alan S Yang
CULPA: 5
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Effective Global Leadership for Economic
Effective Global Leadership I
- F 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
- 1.5 points
Leadership and Global Policy Challenges
Leadership & Global Chall
This intensive six-week Summer Session is specially designed for students of the MPA in Global Leadership (MPA-GL) program. The course provides students with an immersion into five Global Policy Challenges: Geopolitical Stability, Climate and Sustainable Development, Democratic Resilience, Inclusive Prosperity and Macroeconomic Stability, and Technology and Innovation. The special summer session also includes one week of training in the development of leadership skills, such as communication and impact. The course is curated and hosted by the MPA-GL Program Director who will moderate presentations and discussions with leading experts from Columbia University as well as outside accomplished practitioners and policy experts.
- MTWRF 9 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Mauricio Cardenas
Wikipedia h-index: 38 Info - 6 points
Open Economy Macroeconomic Analysis
Open Econ Macroecon Analysis
- W 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Francisco L Rivera-Batiz
Info - 3 points
Microeconomics I
- MWF 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- TR 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Muhammad Asali
h-index: 7 Info - 3 points
Macroeconomics I
- MWF 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- TR 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Pablo Ottonello
Info - 3 points
Mathematics for Economists
The objective of this course is to provide a simple introduction to the (basic) mathematics used in economics. By the end of the course you should be familiar with several basic tools used in economics including calculus for functions of several variables, optimization problems with and without constraints, linear algebra, integrals and an introduction to differential equations.
- MTWR 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- F 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- 3 points
Principles of Ecology
This course facilitates learning about 1) basic principles related to ecological interactions of life on earth and 2) the causes and consequence of changes in biological diversity. For the first portion of this course, we will focus on how organisms interact with one another and with the non-living environment. For the second portion of this course, we will study the effects of biodiversity at the genetic, population, community, and landscape levels. This course aims to give students an understanding of the ways in which biology can contribute to the solution of environmental problems facing human society and to contribute biological perspectives to an interdisciplinary approach to environmental problem solving.
- F 9 a.m.-noon
- F 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew I Palmer
CULPA: 5
h-index: 14
Info
- 2 points
Urban Ecology
Students learn how ecology can inform land use decisions and applied management strategies of natural resources (e.g. water, air, biodiversity), particularly in urban environments. The course covers topics ranging from applied ecology and conservation biology to sustainable development. It uses a cross-disciplinary approach to understanding the nature of ecology and biological conservation, as well as the social, philosophical and economic dimensions of land use strategies.
- F 9 a.m.-noon
- F 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew I Palmer
CULPA: 5
h-index: 14
Info
- 2 points
Climatology
Students learn how the atmosphere, oceans, and freshwater systems interact to affect climate. Causes of greenhouse warming, energy production and alternatives are studied. A local case study focuses on planning for climate change on inter-annual, decadal, and centennial time scales. A goal of the course is to teach an appreciation of uncertainties and predictability in earth systems. A particular emphasis will be placed on the role of humans over the last centuries, in the perturbation of the natural climate. Students will learn how these perturbations can be characterized and distinguished from natural fluctuations. The course will also examine an integrated view of the Earth’s energy budget, structure and circulation of the atmosphere and the ocean, and the interaction between oceans and atmosphere.
- T 9 a.m.-noon
- T 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yutian Wu
h-index: 15 Info - 2 points
Hydrology
Students are introduced to the hydrologic cycle, as well as to processes governing water quantity and quality. Students learn how the atmosphere, oceans, and freshwater systems interact to affect the hydrological cycle and climate. The course focuses on basic physical principles (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, stream flow, percolation, and groundwater flow), as well as environmentally relevant applications based on case studies. Students are exposed to water issues from global to regional scales, and to the ways that humans affect water availability in surface and groundwater systems.
- T 9 a.m.-noon
- T 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Beizhan Yan
h-index: 31 Info - 2 points
Environmental Chemistry
The course teaches basic techniques for understanding particular environments and the key chemical processes of environmental science, including those that have to do with pollution generation and control. The purpose of the course is to teach students how to analyze chemical information that they will encounter as environmental managers. The focus is on chemical contaminants on local-to global-scale levels. Students learn how these contaminants are influenced by the physical, chemical, and biological processes that naturally take place in ecosystems.
- R 9 a.m.-noon
- R 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Steven N Chillrud
h-index: 48 Info - 2 points
Risk Assessment & Toxicology
The purpose of this course is to foster an understanding of how environmental scientists think and solve environmental issues, and to develop an expertise in assessing the validity of scientific research and its conclusions. The course explores the effects of contaminants on human health and the health of other living beings within an ecosystem. While toxicologists study a wide variety of toxicants, from naturally occurring poisons (venoms) to synthetic chemicals, this course will emphasize anthropogenic toxicants, and whether and how exposure to these chemicals should be controlled.
- R 9 a.m.-noon
- R 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael P Musso
Info - 2 points
Political Environment of Policymaking
Polit Enviro of Policymaking
- M 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
James J Kim
Info - 3 points
Accounting and Finance
The course examines and emphasizes the basic principles of financial accounting and finance (from the financial manager's perspective) and is sufficiently general to be of interest to all graduate students. We will begin by introducing how financial information is communicated and furthermore used to forecast the financial performance of a firm. Next, we discuss how financial markets and institutions function and are organized with a global perspective. We then present the framework for asset valuation. Finally, we study the capital structure of the firm and how managers can optimize the value of a firm conditional on the choice of financing.
- TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ethan Namvar
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
Earth Systems and Environmental Policy,
Earth Sys,Envir Pol,Policy Mgt
- W 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Philip Weinberg
Info - 3 points
Analytics in Environmental Science Polic
Analytics in Enviro Sci Policy
- M 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- M 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
- 1 points
Social Enterprise in Community and Econo
Social Enterp-Comm & Econ Dev
Through case studies, guest presentations, literature reviews and interactive class sessions, this course will examine how social enterprise has challenged and transformed models for serving and empowering local communities. We will understand how it has inspired and been applied to business and impact models, and, even mindsets to improve the creation of public value in areas such as health, human services, workforce and small business development. We will also consider the challenges and limitations that have been experienced as social enterprise has been deployed through for-profit and nonprofit entities. Finally, we will explore how the public and private sectors at-large could better support social enterprises to launch, scale and generate greater positive impacts.
- R 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brian Gurski
Info - 3 points
Econ & Quant Methods Bootcamp
Effective leadership and decision-making involve analyzing and understanding data and information. As part of the MPA in Global Leadership Summer Program, the Economics and Quantitative Bootcamp will help students revive and sharpen their skill set to better use information on current economic trends, socioeconomic indicators, and policy evaluations and trade-offs. Addressing global policy challenges implies using evidence to move solutions forward. The four-week Bootcamp will help students make projections using mathematical models and make judgments or estimates using data through statistics. It will also cover basic economic concepts and frameworks of microeconomics and macroeconomics to allow students to successfully apply them in the analysis of public policy. Throughout the course, the Bootcamp will exemplify the concepts with relevant real-world cases.
- MTWRF 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Helena Garcia
Info - 2 points
Economic Setting of Public Policy
Economic Setting of Pub Policy
- T 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Timothy Goodspeed
Info - 3 points
Quantitative Methods for Economic Policy
Quantitative Methods for EPM
- TWRF 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- TWRF 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Emanuele Gerratana
CULPA: 1 Info - 1.5 points
Introductory Statistics
- MTWR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- WF 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Doru Cojoc
Info - 3 points
Public Management Innovation
Current and future public sector leaders face serious challenges in overcoming society’s most difficult and intractable social and environmental issues. Although many of our world’s problems may seem too great and too complex to solve—inequality, climate change, affordable housing, food insecurity—solutions to these challenges do exist, and will be found through new partnerships bringing together leaders from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors.
- W 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
- 3 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Louise A Rosen
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Instructor:
Steven Cohen
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 21 Info -
Instructor:
Howard N Apsan
CULPA: 1 Info -
Instructor:
Matthew I Palmer
CULPA: 5
h-index: 14
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Instructor:
Robert A Cook
Info - 3 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Portfolio Presentation Workshop
Portfolio Presentation Workshp
Open to Executive MPA Only.
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.
- F 6:10 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
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Instructor:
Arvid J Lukauskas
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points