DESIGN&ANALYSIS-SAMPLE; SURVEYS

• Department: Political Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Andrew Gelman
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 112 Info
• 4 points

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

• Department: Political Science
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Donald P Green
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 87 Info
• 4 points

PASTORAL CARE & ETHICS

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

FOUNDATIONS OF FUNDRAISING

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• R 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Ramone Segree
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

PLANNED GIVING

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• S 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Neal Myerberg
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• Instructor: Davida Isaacson
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• 3 points

CITIES, SUSTAIN,& CLIMATE CHANGE

SUSTAIN URBAN DEV INT'L PERSP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• TR 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Jyoti Hosagrahar
  h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED FUNDRAISING PROJECT

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

ITAL WOMEN WRITERS 1945-1990

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

RESRCH SEMINAR IN HISTORY II

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

BRITAIN IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTN

This course examines Britain from the 1780s to the 1830s. The first part concentrates on how Britain responded to, and was shaped by, the American and French Revolutions. It focuses in particular on the political impact of these conflicts, including their effect on political thought and grassroots political activism. The second half of the course then looks at how reactions to these revolutions created conditions for reform in the early nineteenth century, and how Britain became Europe's first modern democracy. Themes to be explored include: political agitation and government repression; revolutionary and anti-revolutionary ideologies; national identity; class conflict and consciousness; propaganda; empire and imperial culture; and industrialization.

• Department: History
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew T Wyman-McCarthy
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• 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
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• 4 points

INTRO TO BIOPHYSICAL MODELING

Prerequisites: PHYS W1401 or equivalent, and APMA E2101 or MATH V2030 or equivalent.
Introduction to physical and mathematical models of cellular and molecular biology. Physics at the cellular scale (viscosity, heat, diffusion, statistical mechanics). RNA transcription and regulation of genetic expression. Genetic and biochemical networks. Bioinformatics as applied to reverse-engineering of naturally-occurring networks and to forward-engineering of synthetic biological networks. Mathematical and physical aspects of functional genomics.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: chris wiggins
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO CLINICAL ETHICS

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbra Rothschild
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• 3 points

INTRO TO CLINICAL ETHICS

INTRO TO CLIN ETHICS (ONLINE)

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• R 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbra Rothschild
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• 3 points

INTRO TO CLINICAL ETHICS

INTRO TO CLIN ETHICS (ONLINE)

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• R 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Barbra Rothschild
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• 0 points

INTRO TO CLINICAL ETHICS

INTRO TO CLIN ETHICS (ONLINE)

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Barbra Rothschild
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• 0 points

LABOR ECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
W3213
.
The labor force and labor markets, educational and man power training, unions and collective bargaining, mobility and immobility, sex and race discrimination, unemployment.

• Department: Economics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Lena Edlund
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

SEXUAL ORIENT,GENDR ID,HUM RTS

Debates over the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have never been more visible in the international arena. Advocates are beginning to have some success in putting sexual orientation and gender identity on the agenda for inclusion in human rights instruments. But in many local and regional contexts, state-sanctioned homophobia is on the rise, from the official anti-gay stance of Russia featured during the Sochi Winter Games to the passage of Mississippi’s anti-gay bill and Uganda’s anti-homosexuality act. This course examines these trends in relation to strategies pursued by grassroots activists and NGOs and the legal issues they raise, including marriage and family rights, discrimination, violence, torture, sex classification, and asylum. We will also focus on current debates about the relation between sexual rights and gender justice, tensions between universalisty constructions of gay/trans identity and local formations of sexual and gender non-conformity, and legacies of colonialism.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Paisley Currah
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT

Together we are going to learn how to plan, manage, and execute the major elements of a modern American campaign using skills that can be applied to all levels of the electoral process. Although this is a course focusing on practical competence, empirical political theory and relevant political science will be applied to our work. Guest lecturers, simulations, and additional materials such as videos and handouts will augment the course. When we are done, you will know what you need to do, and where you need to turn, in order to effectively organize an election campaign. The curriculum is ambitious, specialized, and task-specific. This is not a course in political science, but rather a hands-on, intensive training seminar in campaign skills. By May, you will be able to write a campaign plan, structure a fundraising effort, hire and work with consultants, plan a media campaign (both paid and unpaid), research and target a district, structure individual voter contact, use polling data, understand the utility of focus groups, write press releases, conduct advance work on behalf of your candidate, manage crises, hire and fire your staff, and tell your candidate when he or she is wrong. My aim is to make you competent and eminently employable in the modern era of advanced campaign technology. For the purposes of this class, you will design a campaign plan for the 2005 NYC Mayoral race. To make this more interesting (and realistic), you will be provided with information and situations throughout the semester that will require you to plan, anticipate, and adapt your campaign plan to the changing realities inherent to every campaign.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Karine Jean-Pierre
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• 3 points

STATISTICAL MACHINE LEARNING

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

MODERN GEOMETRY

Continuation of Mathematics G4401x (see Fall listing).

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

REGIONL CLIM & CLIMATE IMPACTS

Prerequisites:
EESC W4400
and
EESC W4401
.
The dynamics of environment and society interact with climate and can be modified through use of modern climate information. To arrive at the best use of climate information, there is a need to see climate in a balanced way, among the myriad of factors at play. Equally, there is a need to appreciate the range of climate information available and to grasp its underlying basis and the reasons for varying levels of certainty. Many decisions in society are at more local scales, and regional climate information considered at appropriate scales and in appropriate forms (e.g., transformed into vegetation stress) is key. Students will build a sufficient understanding of the science behind the information, and analyze examples of how the information can and is being used. This course will prepare the ground for a holistic understanding needed for wise use of climate information.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• 3 points

VICTORIAN POETRY

(Lecture). This course examines the works of the major English poets of the period 1830-1900. We will pay special attention to Alfred Tennyson and Robert Browning, and their great poetic innovation, the dramatic monologue. We will also be concentrating on poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Christina Rossetti, Matthew Arnold, A. E. Housman, and Thomas Hardy.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Erik Gray
  CULPA: 35 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
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Yuan Zhong
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• 4 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
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• None None-None
• F 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Yuan Zhong
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• 3 points

PRODUCTION SCHEDULING

Prerequisites: SIEO W3600 or IEOR E4150: Introduction to Probability and Statistics, IEOR E3608: Introduction to Mathematical Programming or IEOR E4004: Introduction to Operations Research: Deterministic Models.
This course is required for undergraduate students majoring in IE and OR. Scheduling concerns the allocation of limited resources to tasks over time. The resources and tasks may take many forms, ranging from scheduling computational threads on a network of workstations to assigning airline crews to various routes. This class will cover models and algorithms for scheduling problems. We will cover a wide range of scheduling models including single machine, multiple machine, shop environments. In each environment we will study a variety of scheduling problems and their solution.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Clifford Stein
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia h-index: 53 Info
• 3 points

MUSIC AND LANGUAGE

Prerequisite: music major or instructor's permission. A survey of 20th-century literatures on the music/language relationship. Emphasis on semiotic and social-scientific paradigms.

• Department: Music
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Aaron A Fox
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

INSURGENCIES/CONFLICTS-SE ASIA

INSURGENCIES/CONFLICTS SE ASIA

A number of countries in Southeast Asia have recently faced violent conflicts, often linked to separatist or regionalist demands from territorially concentrated ethnic or religious minorities. This course examines a range of conflicts in Southern Thailand (Patani), Southern Philippines (Mindanao), Indonesia (notably Aceh) and Burma, through a variety of different lenses and comparative perspectives. These include security and (counter)insurgency perspectives, the comparative character of militant movements, perspectives based on minority rights and identity politics, explorations of the salience of religion, studies of language politics, questions of autonomy and decentralization, and the issue of peace negotiations and dialogue processes. These themes and issues have a broader relevance to wider debates in comparative politics, which students will be encouraged to explore in their papers.

• Department: Political Science
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Duncan McCargo
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• 4 points

POLITICS IN CONTEMP CHINA

This course focuses on the evolution of Chinese politics since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949. It introduces and discusses the relationship between the two “three decades” (the three decades under Mao and the three decades of “reform and opening up”). More specifically, the course aims to (1) clarify some important historical facts, (2) analyze the ideological consideration of the “official” history sanctioned by the CCP and its epistemological impact, (3) make a comparison between official view and that of independent scholars about the history; (4) try to respond to some urgent problems faced by contemporary China, and (5) provide suggestions and principles for the reconstruction of the historiography of contemporary China. Students will learn how to understand the recent development Chinese politics, how to analyze the complex contemporary history and reality of China, and how to approach issues about China from a systematic perspective.

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

APPLICATIONS IN CLIMATE & SOC

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• M 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

PRIN OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE

ULTRASOUND IN DIAGNOSTC IMAGNG

Prerequisites: MATH V1202 or equivalent,
Fourier analysis. Physics of diagnostic ultrasound and principles of ultrasound imaging instrumentation. Propagation of plane waves in lossless medium; ultrasound propagation through biological tissues; single-element and array transducer design; pulse-echo and Doppler ultrasound instrumentation, performance evaluation of ultrasound imaging systems using tissue-mimicking phantoms, ultrasound tissue characterization; ultrasound nonlinearity and bubble activity; harmonic imaging; acoustic output of ultrasound systems; biological effects of ultrasound.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Elisa Konofagou
  Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info
• 3 points

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: SEL ISSUES

This course will focus on both the theories surrounding, and practices of, children's rights. It will start from the foundational question of whether children should be treated as rights-holders and whether this approach is more effective than alternatives for promoting children's well-being. Consideration will be given to the major conceptual and developmental issues embedded within the framework of rights in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The course will cover issues in both the domestic and international arenas, including but not limited to: children's rights in the criminal justice; children's rights to housing and health care; inequities in education systems; child labor; children and armed conflict; street children; the rights of migrant, refugee, homeless, and minority children; and the commodification of children. Case studies will be used to ensure that students have a solid understanding of current conditions. The course will also explore the US ratification of the CRC and offer critical perspectives on the advocacy and education-based work of international children's rights organizations.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Tracey Holland
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

POL, SOC & ECON DEVP-BRAZIL II

This course is set-up in a form of a practicum where major activists concerned with Brazilian political, social and economic development will be asked to address a policy problem and discuss their proposals for effective changes. Other speakers will analyze the government's policies but will also discuss major new reports or studies, and bring to our attention key issues that are not yet on the policy agenda.

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

LEADERSHIP & PERS MGMT IN SPORTS

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT IN SPO

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Neal Pilson
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• Instructor: Bill Squadron
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• Instructor: Ben Cherington
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• 3 points

EGYPT IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD

This class traces Egypt's evolving integration into the Classical World from the Saite Dynasty (c. 685 BCE) to the suppression of paganism by the Coptic church. We'll pay close attention to the flashpoints that created conflicts between pagan Egyptians, Greeks, Jews, and Christians and also to integrative aspects of society.

• Department: Classics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ellen Morris
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 0 points

EGYPT IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD

This class traces Egypt's evolving integration into the Classical World from the Saite Dynasty (c. 685 BCE) to the suppression of paganism by the Coptic church. We'll pay close attention to the flashpoints that created conflicts between pagan Egyptians, Greeks, Jews, and Christians and also to integrative aspects of society.

• Department: Classics @Barnard
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ellen Morris
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

ELEMENTARY CLASSICL TIBETAN II

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

QUALITY CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT

Prerequisites: SIEO W3600: Introduction to Probability and Statistics or SIEO W4150: Introduction to Probability and Statistics, or permission of instructor.
This course is required for undergraduate students majoring in IE. This course covers modern methods for quality control and improvement: Statistical Process Control, introduction to Acceptance Sampling, and the relationships between quality and productivity. Since the invention of modern process control by Dr. Walter Shewhart in 1924, the field has been evolving. The recognition that management plays a major role in achieving quality has required an understanding of their part in achieving quality. The course examines the relationship of contemporary methods for product and process design, production, and delivery of products and services. We will introduce elements of latest concepts of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and ISO 9000-2008. The course discusses the methods and tools used to manage processes to achieve highest quality at lowest cost. We cover the interaction of management methods and quality productivity. The course covers methods used in manufacturing, as well as service industries such as finance, healthcare, etc.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• T 7:10 p.m.-9:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Karina Davidson
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• 3 points

ECONOMETRICS OF TIME SERIES

Prerequisites:
W3211, W3213, W3412
.
Corequisites:
MATH V2010
.
This course focuses on the application of econometric methods to time series data; such data is common in the testing of macro and financial economics models. It will focus on the application of these methods to data problems in macro and finance.

• Department: Economics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Seyhan Erden
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS

Prerequisites:
STAT W3107
or
W4107
.
Statistical inference without parametric model assumption. Hypothesis testing using ranks, permutations, and order statistics. Nonparametric analogs of analysis of variance. Non-parametric regression, smoothing and model selection.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 7:40 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Pawel Polak
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• 3 points

INTERMED CLASSICAL TIBETAN II

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

PRINTMAKING I: SILKSCREEN

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

GAME THEORY

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

• Department: Economics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Qingmin Liu
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 14 Info
• 3 points

SYMBOLIC LOGIC

INTRO TO 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 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Achille Varzi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• 4 points

MULTIVARIATE STAT INFERENCE

Prerequisites: W4315
Multivariate normal distribution, multivariate regression and classification; canonical correlation; graphical models and Bayesian networks; principal components and other models for factor analysis; SVD; discriminant analysis; cluster analysis.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mengqian Lu
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• 3 points

ADVANCED PRINTMAKING

• Department: Visual Arts
• F 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sarah M Sze
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SIGNAL MODELING

Prerequisites: ELEN E3801 and either APMA E2101 or E3101 or instructor's permission
Fundamental concepts of signal processing in linear systems and stochastic processes. Estimation, detection and filtering methods applied to biomedical signals. Harmonic analysis, auto-regressive model, Wiener and Matched filters, linear discriminants, and independent components. Methods are developed to answer concrete questions on specific data sets in modalities such as ECG, EEG, MEG, Ultrasound. Lectures accompanied by data analysis assignments using MATLAB.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• T 1:10 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul Sajda
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 47 Info
• 3 points

OIL, RIGHTS & DEVELOPMENT

OIL, RIGHTS & DEVELOPEMNT

IMPORTANT: Spring 2016 course dates: April 1 & 2. The final day to drop this course, without receiving a failing grade, is March 24, 2016. Students who have a legitimate and unforeseen emergency after the final drop date, must get written permission from Professor Jenik Radon (jr2218@columbia.edu). This multi-layered role-playing simulation, based on a fictitious country, allows exploration of the challenges associated with initiation of a major industrial venture in a developing country as regards any or all of the following: macro-economic and political factors; identification of priorities; environmental management; complications arising from ethnic and religious conflicts; health management (including HIV/AIDS); community development aspects; reconciliation of the interests of a wide variety of stakeholders; media management; achievement of the largest possible Circle of Consensus. The simulation is conducted over two consecutive days and some 50 to 80 participants role-play up to twenty separate entities, including an international industrial company and its competitor, government factions, opposition groups, a local community and wide varieties of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and of media. As in real life, some more general knowledge of the situation is available to all entities, but each one has sole access to information (which may overlap with that of others) which is unique to its own perspective. The emphasis is therefore on sharing and on cooperation to make progress against tight deadlines, on managing information of various degrees of reliability and of balancing conflicting demands. There is no "single right answer" but through the process participants have an opportunity to explore the interplay of a very wide range of factors and develop strategies which are based on a holistic appreciation of the problems involved and on creation of alliances which are by no means obvious at the beginning of the simulation.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• FS 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jenik Radon
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• 1 points

SPORTS GENERAL MANAGEMENT

INTEG STRAT, IDNTY & CULTURE

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven G Mandis
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• 3 points

READINGS-YIDDISH LITERATURE

THREE CLASSICS YIDDISH WRITERS

This seminar for advanced undergraduates and graduate students is an extended examination of the three Yiddish writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century – S.Y. Abramovitch (Mendele Moykher Seforim), Sholem Rabinovitch (Sholem Aleichem), and I.L. Peretz – who became, in contemporary and critical opinion, the canonical triumvirate of modern Yiddish literature. A critical appraisal of their work in various genres will allow both analysis of the development of Jewish and Yiddish literary “tradition," a focus on dynamics of canonicity, and an investigation into the specific stress points and emphases of a self-consciously minor literature.  Optional:  Digital Lab/Final Project Track (additional 1 credit for course) For an additional, optional credit and in lieu of the final research paper, students have the option of partnering with the Studio@Butler Course Lab to create a digital project related to the course: in this semester’s case, the creation of a Sholem Aleichem information portal. Participation in the lab--and undertaking this final project-- will entail an attached and optional weekly hour-long session with Dr. Alex Gil, Digital Scholarship Coordinator for Humanities & History, and Michelle Chesner, the Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies at Columbia University. The extra session will result in an additional credit for the course – as in the case of any lab course. In the Lab you will learn web fundamentals—development and design—with a focus on public digital humanities, while engaging in critical questions directly linked to Yiddish cultural memory and the new medium.  Students must register for this lab wtihin the first two weeks of term.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Jeremy Dauber
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia Info
• 3-4 points

SOUNDING ISLAM

The objective of this course is to explore the relationship between sound, music and Islam and, in doing so, to focus on a philosophy of listening (sama‘) which is deeply embedded in the experiential. The course aims to analyze how sound and music directly or indirectly associated with Islam are produced, circulated, and listened to by a wide variety of audiences in local and transnational settings; to explore the ways in which multiple sonic dimensions of Islam have affected the public sphere in different historical moments and contexts (particular in relation to ideas about nationalism, secularism and modernity); and to examine the effect of these sonic dimensions on Muslim and non-Muslim listeners in a local and a transnational perspective.

• Department: Music
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra M Ciucci
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

REPRESENTING THE PAST

• Department: History @Barnard
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark C Carnes
  CULPA: 50 Info
• 4 points

EUROPEAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

EUROPEAN POLITICL DEVELOPMENT

Comparative Politics
Prerequisites: Course in European history or political science or relevant comparative politics courses.
This is an upper-level course in European political development. It is designed for undergraduates who already have some exposure to European history and politics and graduate students. The course will analyze important theoretical works, and debates about, the evolution of European political systems and institutions since the early modern period and place the European experience in comparative perspective

• Department: Political Science @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sheri Berman
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia h-index: None Info
• 4 points

TELLING ABOUT THE SOUTH

A remarkable array of Southern historians, novelists, and essayists have done what Shreve McCannon urges Quentin Compson to do in William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!--tell about the South--producing recognized masterpieces of American literature.  Taking as examples certain writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, this course explores the issues they confronted, the relationship between time during which and about they wrote, and the art of the written word as exemplified in their work. Group(s): D Field(s): US  Limited enrollment. Priority given to senior history majors. After obtaining permission from the professor, please add yourself to the course wait list so the department can register you in the course.

• Department: History
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara J Fields
  CULPA: 22 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

SPACE VEHICLE DYNAMICS/CONTROL

Prerequisites: ENME-MECE E3105, ENME E4202 recommended
Space vehicle dynamics and control, rocket equations, satellite orbits, initial trajectory designs from earth to other planets, satellite attitude dynamics, gravity gradient stabilization of satellites, spin-stabilized satellites, dual-spin satellites, satellite attitude control, modeling, dynamics, and control of large flexible spacecraft.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard W Longman
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

This seminar provides an intensive introduction to the history of the Atlantic slave trade. The course will consider the impact of the traffic on Western Europe and the Americas, as well as on Africa, and will give special attention to the experiences of both captives and captors. Assignments include three short papers and a longer research paper of 20 to 25 pages. Field(s): INTL

• Department: History
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Christopher L Brown
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

ETH POL ACROS POST-SOV EURASIA

Various forms of ethnic politics have characterized politics in many states throughout Eurasia since 1991, from nationalist separatism to violent conflict to political competition among ethnic minorities and majorities. This course is designed to encourage students to think deeply about the relationship between ethnicity and politics. We will consider several questions. First, why does ethnicity become politicized? We investigate this question by examining nationalist secessionism and ethnic conflict—phenomena that mushroomed at the end of the Cold War. We will focus on East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, devoting special attention to the cases of Yugoslavia, the USSR, Moldova, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and Chechnya. However, we will also study cases in which the dog didn’t bark, i.e. places where nationalist mobilization and ethnic violence either did not occur, or emerged and then receded as in the ethnic republics of the Russian Federation (including the “Muslim” regions of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan, etc.). In the second part of the course, we will analyze ethnic politics after independent statehood was achieved throughout the post-Soviet space. How do nationalist state-builders try to construct a nation and a state at the same time? Have they incorporated or discriminated against minorities living within “their” states? How have ethnic minorities responded? We will study Ukraine, the Baltics and Kazakhstan where ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking populations form large portions of the population, devoting particular attention to the crisis in Ukraine. We will also examine how the post-conflict regions of Bosnia and Kosovo have dealt with ethnic pluralism. These cases allow us to gain greater understanding of how multi-ethnic states use forms of federalism, consociationalism, and power-sharing as state-building strategies.

• Department: Political Science
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Elise Giuliano
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

CORP BEHAVIOR & PUBLIC HEALTH

In the decades since the publication of Silent Spring and the rise of the environmental movement, public awareness of the impact of industrial products on human health has grown enormously. There is growing concern over BPA, lead, PCBs, asbestos, and synthetic materials that make up the world around us. This course will focus on environmental history, industrial and labor history as well as on how twentieth century consumer culture shapes popular and professional understanding of disease. Throughout the term the class will trace the historical transformation of the origins of disease through primary sources such as documents gathered in lawsuits, and medical and public health literature. Students will be asked to evaluate historical debates about the causes of modern epidemics of cancer, heart disease, lead poisoning, asbestos-related illnesses and other chronic conditions. They will also consider where responsibility for these new concerns lies, particularly as they have emerged in law suits. Together, we will explore the rise of modern environmental movement in the last 75 years. Field(s): US

• Department: History
• W 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: David Rosner
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 4 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
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• S 2:40 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Abolfazal Safikhani
  Info
• Instructor: Dan Wang
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

GLOBAL ETHICS

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert L Klitzman
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

GLOBAL ETHICS

GLOBAL ETHICS (ONLINE)

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert L Klitzman
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

GLOBAL ETHICS

GLOBAL ETHICS (ONLINE)

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert L Klitzman
  Wikipedia Info
• 0 points

PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL SYSTEM

PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS

Prerequisites: MEBM E4439 and APMA E2101.
Fundamentals of time and frequency domains analyses and stability.  Frequency domain controller design. Cardiovascular and respiratory systems simulation. Endogenous control systems: baroreflex, chemoreflex, thermoregulation, pupillary light reflex. Open and closed loop physiological systems. Exogenous control systems: ventilators, infusion pumps. Nonlinear actuators and delayed feedback systems. Acute disease simulation and clinical decision support in the intensive care unit. MATLAB and Simulink environments utilized.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• R 2:40 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicolas W Chbat
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• 3 points

TOPICS-NEUROBIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
Examines current topics in neurobiology and behavior.

• Department: Psychology
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Tina Kao
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Julie A Spicer
  Info
• 3 points

LIN REGRESS/TIME SERIES MTHDS

• Department: Statistics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Flavio C Bartman
  Info
• 3 points

HATE,FEAR,LOVE IN THE MENA REG

The course will examine how masculinities and femininities are produced, remade, expressed and negotiated through theories of materiality and affect and relate them to relevant ethnographic examples of such processes (for example masculine soundscapes and edible portraits of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on chocolate pralines). We will explore gender in relation to the multifaceted dynamic processes unfolding in North Africa in the aftermath of earlier political fluxes, as well as today’s instabilities and unrest and tomorrow’s politics. Materiality and non-discursive forces, what can be called affective politics, impact our sense of belonging and desire for comfort in times of chaos, religious and political instability. Specifically we will focus on forces of affect and the material aspects of its public manifestation—the materiality of affect—through tangible manifestations of affects of passion: hate and love: two opposed but interlinked “emotions of revolution”, as well as their sibling, fear. The same material experiences can produce materialized emotions such as love or hate depending on specific political and social positioning within the larger polity. Passion is at once a phenomenological state and an extremely fluid currency of social, political and economic transaction. The experience of passion morphs continuously, changing valence while passing from hand to hand, body to body, circumstance to circumstance.

• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Maria Malmstrom
  Info
• 4 points

EVOL-INTELLIGENC/CONSCIOUSNESS

• Department: Psychology
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Herbert S Terrace
  CULPA: 29 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MIND & BODY IN SPACE

COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS

• Department: Spanish and Portuguese
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Reyes Llopis-Garcia
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 10 Info
• 4 points

CLIMATE AND CATASTROPHE

This course will explore concepts and narratives of climate and climate change. We will focus on literary and theoretical texts ranging from the eighteenth century to today's debates on global warming and the "Anthropocene". While "climate" is currently tightly bound to the idea of its catastrophic destabilization, for centuries climate was seen as a principle of stability, as cyclic time and as a steady influence on culture. However, climate change is not a discovery of the past twenty years, but has been part of natural history and literature since 1800. We will examine the historical and aesthetic responses to a wide array of questions revolving around the relationship between human life-worlds and their environmental and climatic conditions: How does climate affect different cultures? How do humans experience time through the medium of the seasons? How can we relate to the deep time of climatic change? How do extreme climates affect human bodies and minds? How can climate and climate change be grasped aesthetically? Instead of focusing solely on present debates and genres (such as "Cli-Fi") the course aims at a deeper historical understanding of a century-old discourse on climate and climatic change. The goal of such a historical perspective will be not only to re-assess concepts such as "global warming" or the "Anthropocene", but also to open up a better understanding of how literature engages with the profound environmental transformations that we are facing today.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Eva Horn
  Info
• 3 points

SPORTS LAW AND ETHICS

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

PUBLIC ECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211
and
W3213
.
Types of market failures and rationales for government intervention in the economy. Benefit-cost analysis and the theory of public goods. Positive and normative aspects of taxation. The U.S. tax structure.

• Department: Economics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Francois Gerard
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

CRIT PERSP ON HUM-ANIMAL REL

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN

In a number of academic disciplines the concern with relationships between humans and non-humans has recently resulted in a radical revision of the ways in which we think people and animals construct their social worlds. This course addresses how humans and animals enter into, and interact within, each other’s worlds. It draws upon perspectives from anthropology, geography, (political) philosophy, ethics, literary theory, and the sciences, placing current debates within the context of the deep history of human-animal relations. Topics to be discussed include “wildness”, domestication, classification, animal rights, biotechnology, “nature/culture”, food/cooking, fabulous/mythical animals, the portrayal of animals in popular culture, and human-animal sexualities.

• Department: Anthropology
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

COLD WAR POWER

Cold War “soft power” ideological campaigns for the “hearts and minds of men” abutted “hot war” confrontations between 1945 and 1991 and beyond. This seminar examines the history of government and private sector mechanisms used to export national ideals and ideas about America in order to enact foreign policy agendas in contested regions. The class will open with an examination of power - hard and soft - propaganda, "truth," and "informational" practices - and then continue to explore cultural diplomacy. Primary sources including radio broadcasts, music, agriculture, and architecture are examined in the context of secondary readings about the Cold War. Because New York City became postwar “cultural capital of the world,” student trips include the Rockefeller Archives Center, the Museum of Radio and Television, Columbia University’s Avery Architectural and Fine Arts archives, and the Oral History Research Center, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.   This course has three purposes: (i) to examine the role of culture as a reflection and enactment of Cold War politics; (ii) to provide an understanding of cultural forces in building ideas in foreign markets; (iii) to reframe the understanding of “soft” and “hard” power as a strategy of Cold War battles.

• Department: History
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Victoria Phillips
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• 4 points

INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE SPORTS LAW

INT'L COMP SPORTS LAW

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jill E Pilgrim
  Info
• 3 points

POL & JUSTICE-SOUTHEAST ASIA

The course starts from the premise that questions of justice are essentially political, and their study cannot be safely left in the sole hands of lawyers and legal experts. In recent years, a number of important global trends have become evident in the study of justice. These include a growing focus on transitional justice – especially how the transition from an authoritarian regime, or from conditions of violent conflict, may best be handled. Another important trend is the so-called ‘new constitutionalism’ – efforts to strengthen checks and balances through establishing new institutions such as constitutional courts. A third trend concerns disturbing developments in the use of the criminal justice system for essentially political purposes. This course will explore how these recent trends are being played out in various parts of Southeast Asia.

• Department: Political Science
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Duncan McCargo
  Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

GENDER & APPLIED ECONOMICS

GENDER AND APPLIED ECONOMICS

Prerequisites:
ECON W3211, W3213
.
This course studies gender gaps, their extent, determinants and consequences. The focus will be on the allocation of rights in different cultures and over time, why women's rights have typically been more limited and why most societies have traditionally favored males in the allocation of resources.

• Department: Economics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lena Edlund
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF INFANT DEVPT

Prerequisites:
PSYC W1001
or
W1010
, a course in developmental psychology, and the instructor's permission.
The focus of the seminar is on human development during the fetal period and early infancy. We will examine the effects of environmental factors on perinatal perceptual, cognitive, sensory-­‐motor, and neurobehavioral capacities, with emphasis on critical conditions involved in both normal and abnormal brain development. Other topics include acute and long term effects of toxic exposures (stress, smoking, and alcohol) during pregnancy, and interaction of genes and the environment in shaping the developing brain of "high-risk" infants, including premature infants and those at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

• Department: Psychology
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: William P Fifer
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 40 Info
• 4 points

SUBCITIZENSHIP

The class will survey the status of groups with compromised citizenship status internationally, including indigenous Bolivians, Indian immigrants to Dubai, and Arabs in France. Then we will look at several different kinds of subcitizenship in the United States, focusing on African Americans, Native Americans, “white trash,” and Chicanos. In the course of the term we will shift between looking at the administrative practices that render people subcitizens, experiences of marginalization, and how contestations such as the DREAM Act movement, the idea of “cultural citizenship” and newly powerful indigenous movements in South America are removing control of citizenship from states, and transforming citizenship for everyone.

• Department: Ethnicity and Race, Center for
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Stuart Rockefeller
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• 4 points

MILITARY HISTORY & POLICY

This seminar features extensive reading, multiple written assignments, and a term paper, as well as a likely trip to Gettsyburg.  It focuses on the Civil War and on World Wars I and II. Group(s): D Field(s): US

• Department: History
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenneth T Jackson
  CULPA: 46 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Prerequisites:
PSYC W1001
plus
PSYC W1010
or
PSYC 2450
or equivalent, plus the instructor's permission.
This seminar explores the neural systems and behaviors that underlie human, and sometimes animal, emotions. Question will include: why we have emotions, what is their survival value, why do we find funny jokes rewarding, and why we envy, feel guilt or joyfully embrace love. We will review some of the latest literature on these topics and discuss implications for understanding human behavior. We will finally discuss disorders such as depression, anxiety, aggression, and psychopathy that are associated with disruptions to the neural systems that regulate healthy emotion.

• Department: Psychology
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Dean Mobbs
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

DEVELOP AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Prerequisites: courses in developmental psychology, and either research methods or affective neuroscience, and the instructor's permission.
Introduction to leading theoretical perspectives employed by developmental psychologists in the study of affective neuroscience. Exploration of the developmental brain and behavior relationships in humans and animal models of typical and atypical emotional behavior, with a critical reading of recent research findings in the field.

• Department: Psychology
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Nim L Tottenham
  Info
• 4 points

WOMEN IN CITIES: SUST URB DSGN,PLNG,MGMT

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Susan M Blaustein
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MAKING BARNARD HISTORY

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15. Preregistration required.
Introduction to historical research through a range of the historical sources and methods available for a comprehensive history of Barnard College. Will include a review of the secondary literature, the compiling and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data through archival research, the conduct of an oral history interview, and the construction of a historical narrative.

• Department: History @Barnard
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert A McCaughey
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 4 points

ETHICS, GENETICS, & BRAIN

• Department: Psychology
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Frances Champagne
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN POLITICS

• Department: Political Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Kimuli Kasara
  CULPA: 26 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED RESEARCH

Students conduct research related to biotechnology under the sponsorship of a mentor within the University. The student and the mentor determine the nature and extent of this independent study. In some laboratories, the student may be assigned to work with a postdoctoral fellow, graduate student or a senior member of the laboratory, who is in turn supervised by the mentor. The mentor is responsible for mentoring and evaluating the student's progress and performance. Credits received from this course may be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement for the degree.  Instructor permission required.  Web site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/courses/g4500-g4503/index.html

• Department: Biological Sciences
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3-6 points

CONSTRUCTION MASTERS PROJECT

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

INTERNSHIP IN COMMUNICATIONS

Internship in Communications

• Department: School of Professional Studies
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara A McGloin
  Info
• 3 points