NETWORK SECURITY

Prerequisites:
COMS W3134
,
W3136
, or
W3137
and
W4119
, or the instructor's permission.
Introduction to network security concepts and mechanisms. Foundations of network security and an in-depth review of commonly-used security mechanisms and techniques, security threats and network-based attacks, applications of cryptography, authentication, access control, intrusion detection and response, security protocols (IPsec, SSL, Kerberos), denial of service, viruses and worms, software vulnerabilities, web security, wireless security, and privacy.

• Department: Computer Science
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Debra L Cook
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

WRITING-GLOBAL SCI-INTL MEDIA

WRITING GLOBAL SCI INTL MEDIA

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Claudia Dreifus
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PHILOSOPHY IN CLASSICAL ROME

This class provides an introduction to philosophical texts and practices of Rome's classical era (1st century BC to 2nd century AD). Why study Roman philosophy? While Romans in the early and middle Republic seem to have been satisfied with the moral code inherited from their ancestors (known as the mos maiorum), from the time of Cicero until the high Empire, Roman intellectuals wrestled with the problem of combining these traditional values with the range of philosophical texts and practices they encountered in the contemporary Greek world. Even though few ancient Romans qualify as original philosophical thinkers, philosophy played an important role in Roman culture, and knowledge of philosophical discourses is thus indispensable to our understanding of Roman society, history, and literature. Furthermore, owing to the vagaries of textual transmission, the majority of our sources for Hellenistic philosophy (most notably, Epicureanism and Stoicism) happen to be Roman, with the result that this important chapter of the history of philosophy cannot be studied without detailed attention to the Roman material. And finally, philosophical texts account for some of the most important and attractive works of Latin—and indeed world—literature. Readings will be in English translation and include works by Lucretius, Cicero, Horace, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, and others.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Katharina Volk
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 0 points

PHILOSOPHY IN CLASSICAL ROME

This class provides an introduction to philosophical texts and practices of Rome's classical era (1st century BC to 2nd century AD). Why study Roman philosophy? While Romans in the early and middle Republic seem to have been satisfied with the moral code inherited from their ancestors (known as the mos maiorum), from the time of Cicero until the high Empire, Roman intellectuals wrestled with the problem of combining these traditional values with the range of philosophical texts and practices they encountered in the contemporary Greek world. Even though few ancient Romans qualify as original philosophical thinkers, philosophy played an important role in Roman culture, and knowledge of philosophical discourses is thus indispensable to our understanding of Roman society, history, and literature. Furthermore, owing to the vagaries of textual transmission, the majority of our sources for Hellenistic philosophy (most notably, Epicureanism and Stoicism) happen to be Roman, with the result that this important chapter of the history of philosophy cannot be studied without detailed attention to the Roman material. And finally, philosophical texts account for some of the most important and attractive works of Latin—and indeed world—literature. Readings will be in English translation and include works by Lucretius, Cicero, Horace, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, and others.

• Department: Classics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Katharina Volk
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

ECON OF SUSTAINABILITY MGMT

This course is offered through the School of Professional Studies.
This course builds on core economics courses and addresses issues of environmental, resource and sustainable economics. It focuses on the interaction between markets and the environment; policy issues related to optimal extraction and pricing; property rights in industrial and developing countries and how they affect international trade in goods such as timber, wood pulp, and oil. An important goal of the class is to have students work in groups to apply economic concepts to current public policy issues having to do with urban environmental and earth systems. The use of the world's water bodies and the atmosphere as economic inputs to production are also examined. The economics of renewable resources is described and sustainable economic development models are discussed and analyzed. Some time will also be devoted to international trade and regulation, and industrial organization issues. Students not only learn economic concepts, but they will also learn how to explain them to decision-makers. The instructor will tailor this course to the skill level of the students in order to most effectively suit the needs of the class.

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Heil
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS

Prerequisites:
SDEV W3390
or
EESC W4050
or the instructor's permission.
This class provides basic theory in landscape analysis and training in methods for analyzing landscapes, focusing on interpretation of satellite images. The class covers approaches and definitions in landscape analysis, data sources, land cover classification, change detection, accuracy assessment, projections of future land cover change, and techniques to interpret results of these analyses. Students will obtain hands-on experience working with data from a landscape related to his/her research or a landscape chosen by the instructors.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ruth Defries
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 114 Info
• 3 points

STEM CELL BIOL & APPLICATIONS

Corequisites: three semesters of Biology or the instructor’s permission.
The course examines current knowledge and potential medical applications of pluripotent stem cells (embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells), direct conversions between cell types and adult, tissue-specific stem cells (concentrating mainly on hematopoietic and gut stem cells as leading paradigms). A basic lecture format will be supplemented by presentations and discussions of research papers. Recent reviews and research papers together with extensive instructor notes will be used in place of a textbook.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Daniel D Kalderon
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ORGANIZING:SOCIAL ACTION,IDEAS

SOCIAL ACTION & SOCIAL CHANGE

Many of us are drawn to sociology, because—at least at some level—we care about making the world more just.  The irony, however, is that sociology traditionally has had very little to say about the processes by which individuals and groups come together to address the kinds of inequalities that sociology is so good at identifying.  This class focuses on the theory and practice of organizing, defined most simply as the process by which individuals enable others to come together around shared values and common interests in such a way that enhances their power.

• Department: Sociology
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam Reich
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

STAT FOR SUSTAINABILITY MGMT

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Bruce Kahn
  Info
• 3 points

MARINE CONSERVATION ECOLOGY

Prerequisites:
EEEB G6110
,
EEEB G6112
, or
EEEB G6990
, basic statistics, or the instructor's permission.
This course provides an overview of marine ecology, introducing processes and systems from which the marine environment is formed and the issues and challenges which surround its future conservation. Coursework will be evaluated using debates, oral presentations and more traditional metrics. Topics to be covered include fisheries, invasive species, habitat alteration, climate change. While we will focus on general threats there will be special emphasis placed on coral reef ecosystems.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Joshua A Drew
  Info
• 4 points

FINANCING THE GREEN ECONOMY

This course is offered through the School of Professional Studies.
This finance course gives students a foundation in finance and financial models, and an understanding of how environmental commodities markets regulate polluting industries and provide incentives for encouraging desired behaviors. Students will also investigate the credibility of "non-financial metrics" that often accompany sustainability efforts. This course is designed to explore the large-scale transition to a low-carbon economy through several distinct vantage points, including emerging environmental markets, new businesses and industries positioned to capitalize on perceived market opportunities in addressing environmental and other national priorities, and the effects of changing energy and climate change policies on prevailing social norms. By the end of the course, students should have a basic understanding of how emerging environmental markets currently function and may be expected to function in the future. In addition, students will understand how such markets are designed and regulated to achieve policy objectives. Students should also gain an understanding of who the "players" are in new businesses and industries affecting change in this space and for their own view of their likelihood of success. In addition-students should come away with an understanding of the main drivers of policy initiatives-including the underlying politics-that have shaped the environmental finance field to date and what drivers are influencing the current debate at the federal, state, and local levels. Appreciating the issues at the intersection of markets, commercial interests, and policy should prepare students to pursue further scholarship in related areas and equip them with an understanding of the dynamics and players that will serve them well in pursuing work professionally in the environmental finance industry, or in related commercial, governmental, and not-for-profit organizations.

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Scott Fisher
  Info
• 3 points

NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALS

Prerequisites: introductory course in Biology or Evolution.
This taxon-based course provides students with a basic understanding of the diverstiy and natural history of the mammals. Broad coverage of mammalian biology includes: morphological adaptations, evolutionary history, ecology, social behavior, biogeography, and conservation.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Scott Silver
  Info
• 3 points

THEORY OF CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL

Prerequisites: MSAE E4100 or instructor’s permission.
Electronic and vibrational properties of crystalline materials from the atomic scale using classical and quantum mechanics. Introduction to the theory of groups: irreducible representations, Great Orthogonality Theorem, Character tables, degeneration, and product groups. Use of translational and point symmetry to block diagonalize the Hamiltonian, including Bloch’s Theorem. Covers band structures and the concept of band gap formation. Derive elastic constants from vibrational spectra. Tight binding and nearly free electron limits. Survey of electronic and phonon band structures in real materials.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Chris A Marianetti
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED CONFLICT RESOLUTION

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Jose Pascal da Rocha
  h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

INTEGRATIVE CAPSTONE WORKSHOP

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Kizzy M Charles-Guzman
  Info
• Instructor: Thomas Abdallah
  Info
• Instructor: Susanne E Desroches
  Info
• Instructor: Lynnette Widder
  Info
• 3 points

SEM-BIOTECH DEVPT & REGULATION

Prerequisites:
BIOT W4200
(OK without prerequisite).
This course will provide a practical definition of the current role of the Regulatory Professional in pharmaceutical development, approval and post-approval actions. This will be illustrated by exploration, and interactive discussion of regulatory history, its evolution, current standards, and associated processes. The course will seek to clarify the role of Regulatory in development and lifecycle opportunities, demonstrating the value Regulatory adds by participation on research, development and commercial teams. The course will utilize weekly case studies and guest lecturers to provide color to current topical events related to the areas.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ron Guido
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

BASIC CONCEPTS-POST-FREUD THGT

This course examines psychoanalytic movements that are viewed either as post-Freudian in theory or as emerging after Freud's time. The course begins by considering the ways Freud's cultural and historical surround, as well as the wartime diaspora of the European psychoanalytic community, shaped Freudian and post-Freudian thought. It then focuses on significant schools and theories of psychoanalysis that were developed from the mid 20th century to the present. Through readings of key texts and selected case studies, it explores theorists' challenges to classical thought and technique, and their reconfigurations, modernizations, and total rejections of central Freudian ideas. The course concludes by looking at contemporary theorists' moves to integrate notions of culture, concepts of trauma, and findings from neuroscience and attachment research into the psychoanalytic frame.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Center for
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Karen Seeley
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 4 points

WIRED NONPROFIT: SOC MEDIA STRAT & PRAC

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• S 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
• 3 points

MATERIALS THERMODYN/PHASE DIAG

MATERIALS THERMODYN/PHASE DIAF

Prerequisites: MSAE E3011 or equivalent or instructor's permission.
Review of laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic variables and relations, free energies and equilibrium in thermodynamic system. Unary, binary, and ternary phase diagrams, compounds and intermediate phases, solid solutions and Hume-Rothery rules, relationship between phase diagrams and metastability, defects in crystals. Thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces, effect of particle size on phase equilibria, adsorption isotherms, grain boundaries, surface energy, electrochemistry.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Katayun Barmak
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 49 Info
• 3 points

MACROECONOMICS FOR INT'L & PUB AFFAIRS

This course continues the one-year sequence initiated with U4200 and focuses on macroeconomics.  The goal of this course is to provide you with the analytical framework to examine and interpret observed economic events in the global economy. We will first familiarize with the measurement of the macroeconomic variables that are used to evaluate the well-being of nations.  Next, we will build from microeconomic principles to clarify the causal links between macroeconomic aggregates.  The subject matter will always refer to concrete situations with a particular focus on the causes and effects of the current global financial crisis.  The controversial nature of macroeconomic policies will be central.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• MW 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• MW 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• TR 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
• TR 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-7:40 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• F 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• F 2:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas Groll
  h-index: 7 Info
• 0 points

ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS

• Department: Statistics
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jingchen Liu
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 19 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED MECHANICS

Prerequisites: ENME E3105 or the equivalent.
Differentiation of vector functions. Review of kinematics. Generalized coordinates and constraint equations. Generalized forces. Lagrange's equations. Impulsive forces. Collisions. Hamiltonian. Hamilton's principle.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew W Smyth
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

KINETICS OF TRANSFORMATIONS

Prerequisites: MSAE E4201.
Review of thermodynamics, irreversible thermodynamics, diffusion in crystals and noncrystalline materials, phase transformations via nucleation and growth, overall transformation analysis and timetemperature- transformation (TTT) diagrams, precipitation, grain growth, solidification, spinodal and order-disorder transformations, martensitic transformation.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: James Im
  Info
• 3 points

KINETICS OF TRANSFORMATIONS

THERMODYNAMCS-REACTN IN S

Prerequisites: MSAE E4201.
Review of thermodynamics, irreversible thermodynamics, diffusion in crystals and noncrystalline materials, phase transformations via nucleation and growth, overall transformation analysis and timetemperature- transformation (TTT) diagrams, precipitation, grain growth, solidification, spinodal and order-disorder transformations, martensitic transformation.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: James Im
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED NEGOTIATION

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• S 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Sequoia Stalder
  Info
• 3 points

NARRATIVE ETHICS

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Danielle R Spencer
  h-index: 5 Info
• 4 points

AESTH UNDR SIEGE-FRKFT SCH-ENG

AESTH UNDR SIEGE-FRANKFURT SCH

This lecture course works with an expanded notion of the Frankfurt School. The central figures treated are Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, but readings also include György Lukács, Ernst Bloch, Bertolt Brecht, and some others. It focuses on aesthetic and political issues in high and mass culture debates in Europe, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. in the inter-war period and post-1945. All readings will be contextualized in relationship to modernism and modernization, Marxism and National Socialism in the first half of the past century. Metropolitan modernism, realism, the historical avant-garde, and mass media culture will be recurring themes throughout the semester, which ends with a coda on the culture of the Cold War.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Andreas Huyssen
  CULPA: 9 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED MEDIATION

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• S 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenny Besch
  Info
• 3 points

SEM IN HUMAN FACTORS DESIGN

Prerequisites: IEOR E4207: Human Factors: Performance or the instructor's permission.
This course is an elective undergraduate students majoring in IE. This course is an advance seminar in the field of human factors. A significant part of the course will explore methodologies and tools that facilitate the integration of psychological and human factor research in the design of new products and processes. The first part of the seminar will discuss methodological issues associated with human factor research and product evaluation. The second part of the seminary will address specific "user centered" methodologies (ISO, ANSI) that support the design process. The third part of the course will explore alternative product evaluation techniques. Students will be required to critique scientific research articles in class, and to perform a usability evaluation of a redesigned product. This is a seminar and therefore class participation is important. The opportunity to pursue individual interests in human factors (e.g. consumer, financial and medical product design, human computer interaction, stress, error analysis, usability evaluation, augmented cognition) is strongly encouraged.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Leon S Gold
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

GAME THEORY & POLIT THEORY

• Department: Political Science
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: John Huber
  CULPA: 15 h-index: 31 Info
• 4 points

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS

Prerequisites: APMA E3101, APMA E3102 (or equivalents) and APPH E4200 (or equivalent), or permission from instructor.
Fundamental concepts in the dynamics of rotating, stratified flows. Geostrophic and hydrostatic balances, potential vorticity, f and beta plane approxima-tions, gravity and Rossby waves, geostrophic adjustment and quasigeostrophy, baroclinic and barotropic instabilities, Sverdrup balance, boundary currents, Ekman layers.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ryan P Abernathey
  h-index: 21 Info
• 3 points

LAPLANCHE

An introduction to the work of Laplanche. The emphasis will be on his recent work which is the culmination of this theorizing and is accessible even to those unfamiliar with French psychoanalysis. By the end of the course students will be thoroughly familiar with Laplanche's central concepts, their origins in Freud and in Laplanche's own development, and their relation to other psychoanalytic theorizing on the same topics. The central themes include "the Generalized Theory of Seduction", "the Fundamental Anthropological Situation", and "the Translational Model of Repression". Some familiarity with Freud work, not merely secondary sources, is expected and re-reading certain of his texts will be helpful or even necessary during the course. Some familiarity with Freud is expected and reading or re-reading the works of Freud which Laplanche addresses will be helpful although perhaps not essential.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Center for
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan House
  Info
• 4 points

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS

Prerequisites:
APMA E3101
,
APMA E3201
or equivalents and
APPH E4200
or equivalent or the instructor's permission.
Fundamental concepts in the dynamics of rotating stratified flows. Geostrophic and hydrostatic balances, potential vorticity, f and beta plane approximations, gravity and Rossby waves, geostrophic adjustment and quasigeostrophy, baroclinic and barotropic instabilities.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ryan P Abernathey
  h-index: 21 Info
• 3 points

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE & PLANNI

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Vijay Modi
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 40 Info
• 3 points

CONF RESOLUTION/DYNAMIC SYSTEM

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• U 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Naira Musallam
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED MICROECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
,
W3213
, and
MATH V2010.

Corequisites:
MATH V2500
or
MATH W4061.

The course provides a rigorous introduction to microeconomics. Topics will vary with the instructor but will include consumer theory, producer theory, general equilibrium and welfare, social choice theory, game theory and information economics. This course is strongly recommended for students considering graduate work in economics.

• Department: Economics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Susan M Elmes
  CULPA: 44 Info
• 3 points

MILTON

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Julie Crawford
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

APPLIED CONSULTING

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Mark Herman
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR ARABIC II

Students in the regular third-year Arabic track improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through close reading, compositions, class discussions, and presentations in Arabic on topics such as cultures of the Arab world, classical and modern Arabic literature, and contemporary Arabic media. Review of grammatical and syntactic rules as needed. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MTWR 10:10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
• Instructor: Ouijdane Absi
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

STRUCTURAL ASSESSMNT & FAILURE

STRUCTURAL ASSESSMNT&FAILURES;

Prerequisites: ENME E3113 and CIEN E3121.
Laboratory and field test methods in assessment of structures for rehabilitation and to determine causes of failure; ASTM and other applicable standards; case histories of failures and rehabilitation in wood, steel, masonry, and concrete structures.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert T Ratay
  Info
• 3 points

FOURTH YEAR MODERN ARABIC II

Prerequisites:
MDES W4212
.
Through reading articles and essays by Arab thinkers and intellectuals, students will be able to increase their fluency and accuracy in Arabic while working on reading text and being exposed to the main themes in Arab thought The course works with all four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Arabic is the language of instruction. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Taoufik Ben-Amor
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 4 points

FOURTH YEAR CLASSICAL ARABIC I

Prerequisites:
MDES W4212
.
Through reading excerpts from thirteen essential works, starting with Jabarti's history of the French Campaign in Egypt to a chapter from al-Qur'an, students will be able to increase their fluency and accuracy in Arabic while working on reading text and being exposed to the main themes in Classical Arabic literature, acquire a sense of literary style over a period of fourteen centuries as well as literary analytical terminology and concepts. The texts are selections from essential works that the students will read in detail, write critical pieces, engage in discussion and have assignments which will expand their vocabulary, manipulation of advanced grammar concepts, and employing stylistic devices in their writing. This course will enable students to start doing research in classical Arabic sources and complements MESAAS's graduate seminar Readings in Classical Arabic. The course works with all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Arabic is the language of instruction. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Youssef Nouhi
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

MECH BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS

Prerequisites: MSAE E3103.
Recommended preparation: a course in mechanics of materials. Review of states of stress and strain and their relations in elastic, plastic, and viscous materials. Dislocation and elastic-plastic concepts introduced to explain work hardening, various materials-strengthening mechanisms, ductility, and toughness. Macroscopic and microstructural aspects of brittle and ductile fracture mechanics, creep and fatigue phenomena. Case studies used throughout, including flow and fracture of structural alloys, polymers, hybrid materials, composite materials, ceramics, and electronic materials devices. Materials reliability and fracture prevention emphasized.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: William Bailey
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ARABIC GRAMMAR REVIEW

Through reading and writing, students will review Arabic Grammar concepts within the context of linguistic functions such as narration, description, comparison, etc. For example, within the function of narration, students will focus on verb tenses, word order, and adverbials. Based on error analysis in the past twelve years that the Arabic Program has been using Al-Kitaab, emphasis will be placed on common and frequent grammatical errors. Within these linguistic functions and based on error analysis, the course will review the following main concepts:   Types of sentence and sentence/clause structure.The Verb system, pattern meanings and verb complementation.Quadriliteral verb patterns and derivations.Weak Verbs derivations, conjugation, tense frames and negation.Case endings.Types of noun and participle: Noun of time, place, instance, stance, instrument, active and passive participles.Types of construct phrase: al-iDafa.Types of Adverbials and verb complements: Hal, Tamyiz, Maf’ul mutlaq, Maf’ul li’ajlihi, adverbs of time, frequency, place and manner.The number system and countable nouns.Types of maa.Diptotes, al-mamnu’ min-aSSarf. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Taoufik Ben-Amor
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 3 points

PSYCHOANALYSIS AND ETHICS

In recent years there has been a growing impatience with the sort of formalistic morality one finds in Immanuel Kant and John Rawls. As a result, we have witnessed an attempt to formulate a thicker and more robust conception of ethics in a number of fields, including philosophy, critical theory and feminism. The developments in psychoanalysis over the last half a century that we will examine in this class can make a major contribution to this new ethical discourse. Because of his pessimistic anthropology and critique of civilization, Freud's ethics might be seen as "Protestant," in that they centered on repression and renunciation. The developments that have occurred in the field since his death, however, which have centered on pre-Oedipal development, provide abundant material for envisioning a less gloomy and more positive vision of a "fulfilled" life. In this class we will attempt to integrate those findings with developments in other fields in order to explore the contributions psychoanalysis can make to the current discussion of ethics.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Center for
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joel Whitebook
  Info
• 4 points

PERSONALITY/SOC-19C RUSS THGHT

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
A seminar reviewing some of the major works of Russian thought, literature, and memoir literature that trace the emergence of intelligentsia ideologies in 19th- and 20th-century Russia. Focuses on discussion of specific texts and traces the adoption and influence of certain western doctrines in Russia, such as idealism, positivism, utopian socialism, Marxism, and various 20th-century currents of thought. Field(s): MEU

• Department: History
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard S Wortman
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 4 points

MEMORY & EXEC FUNCT:LIFESPAN

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission, plus
PSYC W1001
or
PSYC W1010
, or the equivalent. Optimal preparation will include some background in experimental design and statistics.
Memory and executive processing are critical cognitive functions required for successfully navigating everyday life. In lifespan studies, both exhibit relatively long developmental trajectories followed by stasis and then relative decline in old age. Yet, neither memory nor executive function is a unitary construct. Rather, each is comprised of separable components that may show different developmental trajectories and declines or maintenance at older ages. Moreover, memory is malleable and is a reconstruction of past experience, not an exact reproduction. We will discuss a range of topics related to the development, maintenance and potential decline in memory and executive function from infancy through old age.

• Department: Psychology
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: David Friedman
  Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

ADV DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES

Prerequisites: CIEN E3125 or the equivalent.
Review of loads and structural design approaches. Material considerations in structural steel design. Behavior and design of rolled steel, welded, cold-formed light-gauge, and composite concrete/steel members. Design of multi-story buildings and space structures.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Pawel Woelke
  h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

ARABIC SELF-NARRATIVES

This course applies current theories to the study of Arabic literary production.  It focuses on forms of the 'sacred' and social critique that have developed over time and gathered momentum in the modern period.  Although a number of Arab intellectual interventions are used to substantiate literary production, the primary concern of the discussion is narrative.  A base for modern narrative was laid in the tenth century Maqamat of Badi al-Zaman al-Hamadhnai that led in turn to the growth of this phenomenal achievement that set the stage for narratives of contestation, crisis, and critique.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

GENDER,CLASS,REAL ESTATE-CHINA

This is a seminar for advanced undergraduates and master’s degree students, which explores the socioeconomic consequences of China’s development of a boom, urban residential real-estate market since the privatization of housing at the end of the 1990s. We will use the intersecting lenses of gender/sexuality, class and race/ethnicity to analyze the dramatic new inequalities created in arguably the largest and fastest accumulation of residential-real estate wealth in history. We will examine topics such as how skyrocketing home prices and state-led urbanization have created winners and losers based on gender, sexuality, class, race/ethnicity and location (hukou), as China strives to transform from a predominantly rural population to one that is 60 percent urban by 2020. We explore the vastly divergent effects of urban real-estate development on Chinese citizens, from the most marginaliz4d communities in remote regions of Tibet and Xinjiang to hyper-wealthy investors in Manhattan. Although this course has no formal prerequisites, it assumes some basic knowledge of Chinese history. If you have never taken a course on China before, please ask me for guidance on whether or not this class is suitable for you. The syllabus is preliminary and subject to change based on breaking news events and the needs of the class.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Leta Hong Fincher
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 6 Info
• 4 points

REACTOR KINETICS/REACTOR DESGN

Prerequisites: CHEE E3010.
Reaction kinetics, applications to the design of batch and continuous reactors. Multiple reactions, non-isothermal reactors. Analysis and modeling of reactor behavior.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Scott Banta
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

ECONOMICS OF NEW YORK CITY

ECONOMICS OF NYC

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
,
W3213
and
STAT 1201
.
This course takes New York as our laboratory. Economics is about individual choice subject to constraints and the ways that choices sum up to something often much more than the parts. The fundamental feature of any city is the combination of those forces that bring people together and those that push them apart. Thus both physical and social space will be central to our discussions. The underlying theoretical and empirical analysis will touch on spatial aspects of urban economics, regional, and even international economics. We will aim to see these features in New York City taken as a whole, as well as in specific neighborhoods of the city. We will match these theoretical and empirical analyses with readings that reflect close observation of specific subjects. The close observation is meant to inspire you to probe deeply into a topic in order that the tools and approaches of economics may illuminate these issues in a fresh way.

• Department: Economics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Donald R Davis
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION

Prerequisites: introductory geology and one year of calculus. Recommended preparation: higher levels of mathematics.
Introduction to the deformation processes in the Earth's crust. Fundamental theories of stress and strain; rock behavior in both brittle and ductile fields; earthquake processes; ductile deformation; large-scale crustal contractional and extensional events.

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

INNOVATIONS IN PHILANTHROPY

INNOV IN PHILANTHROPY

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard T Feiner
  Info
• 3 points

THE EARTH'S CLIMATE SYSTEM

This course is offered through the School of Professional Studies.
This course examines the fundamental physical processes that control the primary features and patterns of variability of the Earth's climate system. Specific topics include energy balance and the greenhouse effect, the circulation of the oceans and atmosphere, land surface interactions and feedbacks, the role of the biosphere and cryosphere, paleoclimatoloy, climate modeling, and global and regional patterns of climate variability and change observed and expected as a consequence of anthropogenic influences. The goal of the course is to provide students with the opportunity to gain a fundamental understanding of the processes that give rise to observed climate variability at a range of temporal and spatial scales. Students will develop the quantitative skills and knowledge to allow them to independently evaluate scientific claims about the state and behavior of Earth's climate system in the past, present and future. The course includes case study modules that integrate an understanding of the physical processes and important feedbacks in the context of policy- and management-relevant aspects of current and future climate change.

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin I Cook
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 56 Info
• 3 points

SOLAR FUELS

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Esposito
  h-index: 22 Info
• 3 points

ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS I

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 7:10 p.m.-8:25 p.m.
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Allison Lewko
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 20 Info
• Instructor: Eleni Drinea
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO MOLECULAR MODELING

Prerequisites: physical chemistry sequence.
Molecular modeling has become an integral part of research in many areas of chemistry, and in industry in drug discovery and materials design. Many experimental papers in the literature are routinely complemented by molecular modeling calculations. Experimental scientists working in industry have a significant advantage if they know how to optimally use modeling software. The course would consist of a normal lecture part plus a lab session every week in which the students learn to use modeling software by working on projects.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Richard A Friesner
  CULPA: 28 Wikipedia Info
• 4.5 points

DESIGN OF LARGE SCALE BUILDINGS

DESIGN OF LARGE SCALE BUILDNGS

Prerequisites: CIEN E3121 and CIEN E3127.
Modern challenges in the design of large-scale building structures will be studied. Tall buildings, large convention centers and major sports stadiums present major opportunities for creative solutions and leadership on the part of engineers. This course is designed to expose the students to this environment by having them undertake the complete design of a large structure from initial design concepts on through all the major design decisions. The students work as members of a design team to overcome the challenges inherent in major projects. Topics include: overview of major projects, project criteria and interface with architecture, design of foundations and structural systems, design challenges in the post 9/11 environment and roles, responsibilities and legal issues. This is a graduate-level course requiring the stated prerequisites, self-study capability, and attendance at all classes, as well as after-class work with student teams.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Tomasetti
  Info
• 3 points

HIST FOUNDATNS OF MODERN ECON

HIST FOUNDATIONS MODERN ECON

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
W3213
.
A survey of some of the major intellectual developments that have created the discipline of economics. Particular attention to the works of Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, Irving Fisher, and J. M. Keynes.

• Department: Economics
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Andre Burgstaller
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 3 points

SCIENCE OF URBAN ECOLOGY

This course is offered through the School of Professional Studies.
Urban ecology is the study of both the interactions between organisms in an urban environment and the organisms' interactions with that environment. This course facilitates learning about 1) basic principles related to ecological interactions of life on Earth, 2) the causes and consequences of biological patterns and processes in urban environments, and 3) how ecology can inform land use decisions and applied management strategies of natural resources (e.g. water, air, biodiversity), particularly in urban environments. This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the ways in which ecological perspectives can contribute to an interdisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems facing human society. Towards that end, this course covers topics ranging from applied ecology and conservation biology to sustainable development. It uses a cross disciplinary approach to understand the nature of ecology and biological conservation, as well as the social, philosophical and economic dimensions of land use strategies. Although in some ways cities may seem to be isolated from what we would otherwise call "nature," they are not, and this is a major theme of this course. This course includes discussion of biodiversity, ecosystem function, evolutionary processes, nutrient cycling, and natural resource availability in cities. Students will acquire an understanding of the ecology of human-dominated landscapes, the theory and study of urban ecology, and the application of ecological principles to building sustainable urban communities. Students will also explore timely and important urban ecology issues including ecological restoration, invasive species, and biodiversity conservation.

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy Karpati
  Info
• 3 points

DESIGN-PRESTRESS CONCRET STRUC

DESIGN-PRESTRESS CONCRET STURC

Prerequisites: CIEN E4232 or instructor's permission.
Properties of materials used in prestressed concrete; pre-tensioning versus post-tensioning; loss of prestress due to elastic shortening, friction, anchorage slip, shrinkage, creep and relaxation; full versus partial prestressing; design of beams for flexure, shear and torsion; method of load balancing; anchorage zone design; calculation of deflection by the lump-sum and incremental time-step methods; continuous beams; composite construction; prestressed slabs and columns.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Tom T Panayotidi
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ANNUAL & MAJOR GIVING

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Robin H Rosenbluth
  Info
• 3 points

DATA MINING

• Department: Statistics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lauren A Hannah
  Info
• Instructor: Giovanni Motta
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

SUFISM: PRIMARY TEXTS/CONTEXTS

This course studies Sufism as it has emerged, developed, and assumed its presence in Sufi autobiographies and religious and literary writings. The Sufi Path is traced in these writings that include poems like ibn al-Farid’s Poem of the Way. Sufi States and Stations are analyzed to understand this Path that reaches its culmination in an ecstatic sense of Oneness. Sufism is also a social and political phenomenon that unsettles formal theologies and involves Sufis in controversies that often end with their imprisonment and death.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

GEOSYNTHETICS/WASTE CONTAINMNT

GEOSYNTHETICS/WASTE CONTAINMEN

Prerequisites: CIEN E4241 or the equivalent.
Properties of geosynthetics. Geosynthetic design for soil reinforcement. Geosynthetic applications in solid waste containment system. To alternate with CIEN E4242.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hoe I Ling
  h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

• Department: Statistics
• W 2:40 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Tian Zheng
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

CINEMA UNDER STATE SOCIALISM

The rise, decline, and fall of the Soviet Union, the first Communist state (and great power), and its postwar sphere of hegemony in Central and Eastern Europe largely coincided with the development and pervasive spread of a defining technology of twentieth-century modernity: film and cinema. Moreover, while Communism in power was always authoritarian, massively violent over substantial periods, and consistently hostile to individual freedom and self-expression for masses as well as cultural elites, many of the classic masterpieces of cinema were produced by artists working under Communist regimes. These regimes were modern and modernizing but illiberal and societies under Communist rule were not open. Yet their film-makers and audiences were never entirely cut off from the rest of the world, quite the opposite: film was an area of human activity and experience in which global interaction, influence, and emulation was woven into as well as constantly tearing at the texture of ideological divides and geopolitical rivalries that shaped the last century. In sum, film offers us a way to learn about the true complexity of a paradoxical century that witnessed two World Wars, one Cold War, and the somehow apparently inexorable shrinking of global imaginary space. In this course, we will not be able to explore all the possibilities offered by film as a quintessential cultural artifact of modernity and we will also not be able to cover films, schools, or countries comprehensively. But we will be able to use film selectively to reflect about the history of Communism (as realized in the former Soviet Union and it client states) and we will use Communism to think about the place of film in modernity. We will watch and discuss select movies and read a sample of texts. Field(s):MEU

• Department: History
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Tarik C Amar
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

CERAMICS & COMPOSITES

CERAMICS/CERAMC COMP MATERIALS

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew J Martin
  Info
• 3 points

INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
W3213
.
The study of industrial behavior based on game-theoretic oligopoly models. Topics include pricing models, strategic aspects of business practice, vertical integration, and technological innovation.

• Department: Economics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Michael Riordan
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

KANT CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON

Prerequisites: For undergraduates:
PHIL V3251
(Kant) or
PHIL V3264
(Hegel) or the instructor's permission.
A close reading of central arguments of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.

• Department: Philosophy
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Desmond Hogan
  Info
• 3 points

ENVIR DATA ANALYSIS & MODELING

Prerequisites: SIEO W3600 or SIEO W4250 or the equivalent.
Statistical methods for the analysis of the space and time structure in environmental data. Application to problems of climate variation and change; hydrology; air, water and soil pollution dynamics; disease propagation; ecological change; and resource assessment. Applications are developed using the ArcView Geographical Information System (GIS), integrated with currently available statistical packages. Team projects that lead to publication-quality analyses of data in various environmental fields of interest. An interdisciplinary perspective is emphasized in this applications-oriented class.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Upmanu Lall
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 68 Info
• 3 points

MARKET DESIGN

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
,
ECON W3213
and
STAT W1201
.
This course uses modern microeconomic tools for understanding markets for indivisible resources and exploring ways to improve their design in terms of stability, efficiency and incentives. Lessons of market design will be applied to developing internet platforms for intermediating exchanges, for auctions to allocate sponsored search advertising, to allocate property rights such as public lands, radio spectrums, fishing rights, for assigning students to public schools, and for developing efficient kidney exchanges for transplantation.

• Department: Economics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Yeon-Koo Che
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

ARITH & ALGEGRAIC GEOMETRY

ARITH & ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Robert D Friedman
  CULPA: 44 Info
• 4.5 points

HUM RIGHTS & INFO/COMMUN TECH

This course examines how changes in information and communications technology have, over the past two decades, fundamentally transformed the practices of civil society actors engaged with human rights issues. New communications tools such as Twitter, blogs, and Facebook have changed the ways that organizations communicate with their followers and seek to influence public debate. The increasing accessibility of analytic tools for researching and visualizing changing patterns of human rights abuse has empowered groups to better understand and respond more forcefully to these issues. Indeed, the use of social media as a communications tool has made it a data source for those monitoring and analyzing patterns of activity, in ways that draw increasingly on the techniques of big data analysis.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ted Perlmutter
  Info
• 3 points

COGNITIVE PROCESSES

Prerequisites: For undergraduates: one course in cognitive psychology or cognitive neuroscience, or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
Metacognition and control processes in human cognition. Basic issues include the cognitive mechanisms that enable people to monitor what they know and predict what they will know, the errors and biases involved in self-monitoring, and the implications of metacognitive ability for people's self-determined learning, behavior, and their understanding of self.

• Department: Psychology
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Janet Metcalfe
  CULPA: 31 h-index: 70 Info
• 3 points

CULTRL PROBS: POST STALIN UKR

Traditionally, for their studies of late (after Stalin) socialism in the Soviet Union, a majority of post-Soviet and Western scholars use only material from Moscow and Leningrad/St. Petersburg, ignoring provincial cities and towns, especially in non-Russian Soviet republics such as Ukraine. This Moscow/Leningrad centered and Russian focused approach does not allow to understand not only the “late socialist” developments in provincial Soviet society, but also completely ignores and misinterprets the apparent anti-Soviet character of the recent political events in post- Soviet space such as Maidan Revolution. These recent events also demonstrated the important role of cultural consumption and visual media in identity formation and national mobilization in post-Soviet politics. Therefore, using the new research based on the archival material from Ukraine and the recent studies on cultural production and consumption, this seminar challenges the traditional Moscowcentered interpretations of Soviet History and explores how consumption of the western cultural products, such as popular music, books and movies, contributed to the crisis of Soviet identity in Ukraine after Stalin. This seminar also offers a historical comparison of the popular cultural consumption in the West and Soviet Ukraine during the Cold War between 1953 and 1991, showing a process of indigenization of Western popular culture in the Ukrainian context. Major focus of seminar’s discussions is on historical role of popular music, films and television in identity formation and cultural politics in Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine. Students will read a core set of course reading as noted below, but will be expected to develop their own research/reading projects on a topic of their individual interest – to be approved by the instructor.

• Department: History
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sergei Zhuk
  Info
• 4 points

SEM IN CONTEMP CHINESE SOCIETY

• Department: Sociology
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Yao Lu
  h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

JAPANESE ANIME & BEYOND

This is an upper-level undergraduate and graduate (MA) seminar. It would be helpful if students have some background in film/media studies, cultural studies, and/or East Asian studies, though no prerequisite is required. The guiding questions of the course: The animated films variably have become sites of knowledge formation and aesthetic experiments in different regions of the world. How so? What were the underlying historical and cultural conditions that led to the invention and circulation of animation? What would be a heuristic and effective narrative mode to examine the transnational history of animation? In order to go beyond the narrow confines of area studies that often separate the treatment of Japanese animation from the Euro-American and/or Asian contexts, this course provides a comparative approach. The tripartite course begins by introducing canonical works of Japanese animated film (anime) and provides an overview of the state of field. The next session discusses historically important films (from Europe, US and China) which students examine along with the selected readings from animation theories. The final section explores, in addition to recent animated films, comics and graphic novels (Japan and Korea), which are vital media for understanding animation.

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

NIETZSCHE

A close reading of Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, with an eye to two or three recently published commentaries on that book.

• Department: Philosophy
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Gooding-Williams
  Wikipedia h-index: 15 Info
• 3 points

CORPORATE FINANCE

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
,
ECON W3213
and
STAT 1201
.
An introduction to the economics principles underlying the financial decisions of firms. The topics covered include bond and stock valuations, capital budgeting, dividend policy, market efficiency, risk valuation, and risk management. For information regarding REGISTRATION for this course, go to: http://econ.columbia.edu/registration-information.

• Department: Economics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gailen L Hite
  Info
• Instructor: Tri Vi Dang
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

CULTURE IN POLISH LANDS

There are few places in the world that witnessed the shift from the multi-ethnic territory to the nationally homogenous nation-state as much as Polish lands. Crucial site of collapse of Central and Eastern European empires, the Holocaust, ethnic cleansings, Nazi occupation, Soviet-style socialism and the EU-accession, Poland’s twentieth-century and contemporary culture has developed in the shadow of catastrophe and political economic revolutions. This seminar investigates shifting meanings of cultural difference and sameness since 1918 until present, including Polish debates on multiculturalism spurred by the ongoing European refugee crisis. We will look at meanings attached to peoples, things and landscapes - Polish, Jewish Ukrainian, German or Soviet - through the lens of visual arts, objects of everyday life, scholarly discourses as well urban and rural topographies. The cultural responses to the political transformations, wars and revolutions include Stanisław Lem’s philosophy of chance, creation of socialist cities and the remaking of Jewish and German spaces. While we will pay special attention to historiography of the twentieth-century Eastern Europe, the course relies on interdisciplinary approaches and welcomes students interested in history of arts and architecture, intellectual history anthropology, cultural studies, including critical museology.

• Department: History
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Malgorzata Mazurek
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

ISLAMIC LAW

• Department: Anthropology
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Brinkley Messick
  CULPA: 19 Info
• 3 points