Frankenstein and Its Vicissitudes

Overview: This class will carefully and searchingly read Mary Shelley’s 1818
Frankenstein
as well as her 1831 revision, using those two texts as the seeds for a much larger investigation about what the Frankenstein paradigm brought to later American literary and cinematic culture. We’ll look at how Mary Shelley developed the genre of science fiction from nothing, wrote the first recognizable book of horror in the English cannon, pioneering literary philosophical writing in the absence of a clear hero, and used her novel as a mechanism for thinking about reproductive violence, domestic abuse, and the social problem of male loneliness. From there, we’ll examine the Frankenfilms of the 20th and 21st century—many of which are excellent, but many of which are downright offensive—to think about what Shelley’s literary and philosophical paradigm contributed to Anglo-American cinematic discourse about patriarchy, power, sex, class, God, reproduction, fascism, and feminism.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Eleanor Johnson
  CULPA: 20 Info
• 3 points

POLIT THOUGHT-CLASSICL AND MEDIEVAL

Prerequisites: Contemporary Civilization or a comparable introduction to political theory course. This course examines ancient political thought from its origins in the archaic Greek poleis through the development of classical Greek political philosophy and the transmission and adaptation of Greek political ideas in the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Christian traditions. Our texts will include major ancient works of political theory by Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero as well as works of poetry, drama, history, and ethical and natural philosophy that offer insight into ancient thought on politics. We will approach these texts not only as reflections on the ancient democratic, oligarchic, monarchical, and republican political systems they address, but also as foundations for modern political discourse that still prompt us to consider the questions they raise—questions about the ideal form of government in theory, and the best form in practice; about the nature of law and justice, and the relationship between law and custom, science, or religion; about the rule of law, and the rights and obligations of an individual citizen living in a participatory state; and about the reach of empire, and the implications when a self-governing people attempts to direct the affairs of non-citizens or of other states.

• Department: Political Science
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Diana J Moser
  Info
• 3 points

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LAW

Practical focus upon legal concepts applicable to the construction industry. Provides sufficient understanding to manage legal aspects, instead of being managed by them. Topics include contractual relationships, contract performance, contract flexibility and change orders, liability and negligence, dispute avoidance/resolution, surety bonds, insurance and site safety.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven Charney
  Info
• 3 points

NON-CLASSICAL LOGIC

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

THRY/PRACT OF VIRTAL DSGN CONS

History and development of Building Information Modeling (BIM), its uses in design and construction, and introduction to the importance of planning in BIM implementation. Role of visual design and construction concepts and methodologies, including integrated project delivery form in architecture, engineering, and construction industries from project design, cost estimating, scheduling, coordination, fabrication, installation, and financing.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ayse Polat
  Info
• 3 points

ENVIR,HLTH,SAFETY CONC CONSTR

A definitive review of and comprehensive introduction to construction industry best practices and fundamental concepts of environmental health and safety management systems (EH&S) for the construction management field. How modern EH&S management system techniques and theories not only result in improved safe work environments but ultimately enhance operational processes and performance in construction projects.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul Haining
  Info
• 3 points

ORNITHOLOGY

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• 3 points

INTL CONSTRUCTION MGMT

Complex global construction industry environment. Social, cultural, technological, and political risks; technical, financial, and contractual risk. Understanding of successful global project delivery principals and skills for construction professionals. Industry efforts and trends to support global operational mechanism. Global Case Studies. Engage with industry expert professionals. Student group projects with active ongoing global initiatives.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Ibrahim Odeh
  Info
• 3 points

EXPLORE, EXPLAIN, PROPOSE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 3:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
• 6 points

APPLIED USE OF AEC DATA

Digital transformation optimizes day-to-day operations to provide maximum performance in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) workflows. Focuses on broadening knowledge of AEC data leading to building data management. Use of open data sets from the design, construction, and operations of buildings to learn and practice data management and its applied use. Major technical topics include Project Management Information System (PMIS) and Facility Management (FM), leading to Digital Twin data management, data processing, and data visualization.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

Topics in Israeli Cinema

Israel has a unique and constantly-evolving national cinema, the product of its diverse immigrant population, influences from neighboring nations, and dramatic national history. Beginning with artistic influences from abroad and culminating with native self-examinations, this course will provide a survey of Israeli film history, recurring foci of Israeli cinema, and introductions to influential filmmakers from early director and impresario Menahem Golan to Orthodox writer/director Rama Burshtein.

Each class meeting will include a complete screening of an Israeli feature film, as well as clips of related works. Readings will include critical essays and histories which elaborate on in-class screenings and cover additional topics and films. Written assignments will be three analytical essays which will encourage critical thinking, close analysis of films, and independent research beyond the materials presented in class.

All readings are in English. All feature films and film clips are in Hebrew (some include Arabic), and will be presented with English subtitles. Students fluent in Hebrew and Arabic are encouraged to interpret the dialogue for additional meaning that may not be translated in the subtitles.

• Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
• T 10 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Stuart Weinstock
  Info
• 3 points

Climate Change and Sustainable Water

SCIENCE OF SUSTAINABLE WATER

This course covers all topics and material about water sustainability, the global water crisis and the impacts from climate change. It is a comprehensive introductory water resource class that all sustainable-minded professionals should have.  The topics and materials studied in the class strikes a balance for management, business, science, and technical specialists. 

The sustainability of water has become an increasingly critical issue, and over the coming decade, as awareness and resources go into addressing public health, economics, growing development, climate and weather changes, and aging infrastructure. Water resources are affected by changes not only in climate but also in population, economic growth, technological and scientific changes, and other socioeconomic factors.  In addition, they serve a dual purpose; water resources are critical to both human society and natural ecosystems. The objective of this course is to provide a fundamental understanding of key global water challenges and hydrological processes in the natural and built environment.  We will then use this understanding to explore aspects of sustainable strategies for integrated and climate-resilient water resources management.  We will explore the roles of humans as an integral part of the water cycle: how we use our water resources and how our actions help shape the water cycle. In addition, students will be encouraged to think about how climate change will impact water resources.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Shannon Marquez
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

Prerequisites: elementary organic and physical chemistry. The mechanisms of organic reactions, structure of organic molecules, and theories of reactivity. How reactive intermediates are recognized and mechanisms are deduced using kinetics, stereochemistry, isotopes, and physical measurements.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Tomislav Rovis
  Info
• 4.5 points

SYNTHETIC METHDS-ORGANC CHEM

This course is intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students. The main purpose of the course is to introduce students to modern synthetic chemistry via the selected series of topics (synthetic planning and the logic of organic assembly, classical and new reactions/methods and their use in complex target synthesis). Mechanistic underpinning of the discussed reaction processes will also be briefly discussed. For each module (see the content below), specific examples of syntheses of natural products and/or synthetic materials will be provided. In addition to lectures by Prof. Sames, students will select and present relevant papers in the class (the number of student symposia will depend on the final enrollment in this course). The basic knowledge of transition metal chemistry is recommended for the cross-coupling reactions (i.e. structure, electron counting, and elemental reaction types of transition metals).

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Makeda A Tekle-Smith
  Info
• 4.5 points

Construction Engineering and Management

CEM Industry Field Studie

Expose students to various aspects of project management in the construction industry, enhance learning experience with real-world challenges and prepare for internships and future employment. Run for two semesters. First semester focuses on Traditional Project Management, and second semester focuses on Agile Project Management. For class project, development of a Project Management Plan (PMP) and an Operations Dashboard based on real-life examples of contracts (traditional project management) and operational excellence initiatives (agile project management).

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ibrahim Odeh
  Info
• 1-3 points

The Roman Art of Engineering: Traditions

Interdisciplinary study of ancient Roman engineering and architecture in a course co-created between Arts & Sciences and Engineering. Construction principles, techniques, and materials: walls, columns, arches, vaults, domes. Iconic Roman buildings (Colosseum, Pantheon, Trajan’s Column) and infrastructure (roads, bridges, aqueducts, baths, harbors, city walls). Project organization. Roman engineering and society: machines and human labor; engineers, architects, and the army; environmental impact. Comparisons with current practice as well as cross-cultural comparisons with other pre-modern societies across the globe. A Columbia Cross-Disciplinary Course.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• 3 points

Total Synthesis of Natural Products

Total Synth Natural Produ

This course covers the reactions, strategies, and tactics needed to tackle the molecular complexity posed by the structures of complex natural products. Building upon reactions learned in synthetic methods, additional examples of modern methods for bond-forming reactions will be presented, as will the tools necessary to logically analyze and build complex molecular targets. Primary literature sources will be emphasized.

You may be asked to serve as research subjects in studies under the direction of the faculty while enrolled in this course. Participation is voluntary.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 4 points

INTRO-PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

Covers the following topics: fundamentals of probability theory and statistical inference used in engineering and applied science; Probabilistic models, random variables, useful distributions, expectations, law of large numbers, central limit theorem; Statistical inference: pint and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis tests, linear regression. For IEOR graduate students.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Eric Stratman
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO-PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

EXEMPTION:INTRO PROB/STAT

Covers the following topics: fundamentals of probability theory and statistical inference used in engineering and applied science; Probabilistic models, random variables, useful distributions, expectations, law of large numbers, central limit theorem; Statistical inference: pint and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis tests, linear regression. For IEOR graduate students.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• 3 points

Advanced Software Engineering

ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEE

Software lifecycle using frameworks, libraries and services. Major emphasis on software testing. Centers on a team project.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Gail E Kaiser
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED PROBABILITY THEORY

This course will cover advance topics in probability, including: the theory of martingales in discrete and in continuous time; Brownian motion and its properties, stochastic integration, ordinary and partial stochastic differential equations; Applications to optimal filtering, stopping, control, and finance; Continuous-time Markov chains, systems of interacting particles, relative entropy dissipation, notions of information theory; Electrical networks, random walks on graphs and groups, percolation.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Roger W Van Peski
  Info
• 3 points

BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW

Prerequisites: at least 4 college-level biology or biotechnology courses. This course will introduce students to the interrelated fields of patent law, regulatory law, and contract law that are vital to the biotech and biopharmaceutical sectors. The course will present core concepts in a way that permits students to use them throughout their corporate, academic, and government careers. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan J Morrison
  Info
• 3 points

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Introduction to computer graphics. Topics include 3D viewing and projections, geometric modeling using spline curves, graphics systems such as OpenGL, lighting and shading, and global illumination. Significant implementation is required: the final project involves writing an interactive 3D video game in OpenGL.

Due to significant overlap in content, only one of COMS 4160 or Barnard COMS 3160BC may be taken for credit.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Changxi Zheng
  h-index: 30 Info
• 3 points

SOLID & HAZARDOUS WASTE MGMT

Solid & Hazardous Waste Mgmt

Generation, composition, collection, transport, storage and disposal of solid and hazardous waste. Impact on the environment and public health. Government regulations. Recycling and resource recovery.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 9:10 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
• 3 points

Resilience and Resistance: North African

This seminar examines the multifaceted experiences of Jewish communities in the Maghreb during the colonial period, spanning from the early 19th century through the independence movements of the mid-20th century. We will explore how these communities navigated the social, political, and cultural landscape of colonial rule, focusing on key themes that shaped the Jewish experience in colonial North Africa. These themes include the impact of French colonial policies, evolving legal status, the involvement of French Jews in colonial dynamics, the rise and decline of the Judeo-Arabic press and literature, the emergence of Jewish women's writing, rabbinical responses to colonialism, and Jewish participation in anti-colonial movements. By analyzing a diverse range of primary sources—from rabbinical responsa and colonial legal documents to Judeo-Arabic literature and photographs—we will examine how Maghrebi Jews confronted, subverted, and negotiated the colonial order while reconfiguring their cultural and religious identities.

By the end of the course, students will have developed a deeper understanding of the transformations in Jewish religious, cultural, and social life during the colonial period in North Africa. They will be able to evaluate the varied strategies of adaptation and resistance employed by Jewish communities in response to colonial rule. Students will also strengthen their ability to analyze a broad range of primary sources. Finally, they will learn to apply interdisciplinary approaches, drawing from history, postcolonial studies, Jewish studies, and literary analysis, to better understand Jewish life under colonial rule in the Maghreb.

• Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Gabriel Abensour
  Info
• 4 points

USER INTERFACE DESIGN

Introduction to the theory and practice of computer user interface design, emphasizing the software design of graphical user interfaces. Topics include basic interaction devices and techniques, human factors, interaction styles, dialogue design, and software infrastructure. Design and programming projects are required.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• 3 points

KAFKA (ENG)

• Department: Germanic Languages
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Mark M Anderson
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

Machine Learning for Biomolecular and Ce

Machine learning bio cell

Introduction to machine learning techniques with applications to biological systems, emphasizing cell-biological molecular mechanisms and applications, and computational simulation. Overview of biology. Introduction to biological neurons and neural networks, learning and memory. Parallels between biological and artificial neural networks. Deep neural networks are introduced, hands-on computational experience for students. Big data from experiments or computational simulations: machine learning to extract mechanisms, dimensional reduction. Deep learning applications include drug discovery, protein structure prediction, molecular coarse-graining for simulations, and acceleration of molecular dynamics simulations.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• T 5:40 p.m.-8:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ben O'Shaughnessy
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

SECURITY I

Introduction to security. Threat models. Operating system security features. Vulnerabilities and tools. Firewalls, virtual private networks, viruses. Mobile and app security. Usable security. Note: May not earn credit for both W4181 and W4180 or W4187.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhuo Zhang
  Info
• 3 points

MALWARE ANALYSIS&REVERSE ENGINEERING

Hands-on analysis of malware. How hackers package and hide malware and viruses to evade analysis. Disassemblers, debuggers, and other tools for reverse engineering. Deep study of Windows Internals and x86 assembly.

• Department: Computer Science
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael S Sikorski
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT

ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY MG

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 worlds 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: Sustainability Management
• F 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou
  Info
• 3 points

MSIEOR Quantitative Bootcamp

Zero-credit course. Primer on quantitative and mathematical concepts. Required for all incoming MSOR and MSIE students.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Michael Miller
  CULPA: 18 h-index: 14 Info
• 0 points

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Techniques of solution of partial differential equations. Separation of the variables. Orthogonality and characteristic functions, nonhomogeneous boundary value problems. Solutions in orthogonal curvilinear coordinate systems. Applications of Fourier integrals, Fourier and Laplace transforms. Problems from the fields of vibrations, heat conduction, electricity, fluid dynamics, and wave propagation are considered.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Qiang Du
  Wikipedia h-index: 67 Info
• 3 points

PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

An introduction to the physical behavior of fluids for science and engineering students. Derivation of basic equations of fluid dynamics: conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. Dimensional analysis. Vorticity. Laminar boundary layers. Potential flow. Effects of compressibility, stratification, and rotation. Waves on a free surface; shallow water equations. Turbulence.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Lorenzo M Polvani
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 69 Info
• 3 points

A Comprehensive Introduction to Sigmund

FREUD: Theories and Origi

This course offers a comprehensive understanding of the origins, foundations and evolution of Freud’s psychoanalytic theorizing during the four decades following 1895. Via close readings of his texts, with neither worship nor condescension, we will situate the development of psychoanalysis as a theory of mind within historical context, and explore its applications to education, society, culture, and the humanities.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Adele Tutter
  Info
• 4 points

Introduction to Sustainable Production o

Intro Sust Mineral Produc

Introductory course focused on engineering principles and unit operations involved in sustainable processing of primary and secondary earth mineral and metal resources. Covers entire value chain, viz, aspects of economic resource deposits, mining, fundamental principles and processes for size reduction, separations based on physical and chemical properties of minerals and metals, solid-liquid separation, waste and pollution management, water and energy efficiency and management, safety and health, environmental impact assessment and control, and economic efficiency. Special emphasis on concepts and practical applications within "mines of the future" framework to highlight innovations and transformational technological changes in progress.

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

HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN AND INNOVATION

HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN & I

Open to SEAS graduate and advanced undergraduate students, Business School, and GSAPP. Students from other schools may apply. Fast-paced introduction to human-centered design. Students learn the vocabulary of design methods, understanding of design process. Small group projects to create prototypes. Design of simple product, more complex systems of products and services, and design of business.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Harry West
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 1 Info
• 3 points

THEORY CRYSTALLIN MAT: PHONONS

Phenomenological theoretical understanding of vibrational behavior of crystalline materials; introducing all key concepts at classical level before quantizing the Hamiltonian. Basic notions of Group Theory introduced and exploited: irreducible representations, Great Orthogonality Theorem, character tables, degeneration, product groups, selection rules, etc. Both translational and point symmetry employed to block diagonalize the Hamiltonian and compute observables related to vibrations/phonons. Topics include band structures, density of states, band gap formation, nonlinear (anharmonic) phenomena, elasticity, thermal conductivity, heat capacity, optical properties, ferroelectricty. Illustrated using both minimal model Hamiltonians in addition to accurate Hamiltonians for real materials (e.g., Graphene)

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Chris A Marianetti
  Info
• 3 points

Data-driven Decision Modeling

Introduction to modeling, estimating, and solving decision-making problems in the context of artificial intelligence and analytics. Potential topics include choice models, quantity models, online learning using multi-armed bandits, dynamic decision modeling, dynamic games, and Bayesian learning theory. Practice both theory and applications using Python programming.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Lily Xu
  Info
• 3 points

Environment, Health, and Justice: Concep

ENVIRONMENT HEALTH JUSTIC

Please note: this class was designed as part of the Special Concentration in Public Health. It is open to undergraduates, as well as students in Public Health, and will be taught on the Morningside campus. This course introduces key concepts on environmental health sciences and environmental justice and their application to address environmental health disparities affecting communities in New York City, across the United States and globally. The course will present theory and methods needed to characterize, understand and intervene on environmental health problems with a focus on methods that are particularly appropriate for environmental justice research and interventions. We will describe environmental health disciplines such as exposure sciences, environmental epidemiology, environmental biosciences and toxicology, as well as methods to assess expected environmental health impacts

• Department: Columbia College
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 3 points

Policy for Privacy Technologies

Introduction to privacy technologies, their use in practice, and privacy regulations. Potential topics include anonymization, differential privacy, cryptography, secure multi-party computation, and legislation. Course material will be abased in real-world use cases of these tools.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel Cummings
  h-index: 16 Info
• 3 points

Advanced Freud Seminar

This seminar will concentrate on close readings of four key texts:
 Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious; Mourning and Melancholia; Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety
; 
and
 
one
 
additional text to be chosen by the class
. These texts are chosen in part to not overlap with those covered in CLPS GU4200. Key supplemental readings will explore aspects of the text’s historical, cultural and intellectual context, contemporary reception, and influence on psychoanalytic theory, philosophy, and beyond.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Adele Tutter
  Info
• 3 points

PROBABILITY THEORY

Prerequisites: At least one semester, and preferably two, of calculus. An introductory course (STAT UN1201, preferably) is strongly recommended. A calculus-based introduction to probability theory. A quick review of multivariate calculus is provided. Topics covered include random variables, conditional probability, expectation, independence, Bayes’ rule, important distributions, joint distributions, moment generating functions, central limit theorem, laws of large numbers and Markov’s inequality.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Arian Maleki
  h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Richard Davis
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 60 Info
• Instructor: Banu Baydil
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

STATISTICAL INFERENCE

Prerequisites: STAT GU4203. At least one semester of calculus is required; two or three semesters are strongly recommended. Calculus-based introduction to the theory of statistics. Useful distributions, law of large numbers and central limit theorem, point estimation, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals maximum likelihood, likelihood ratio tests, nonparametric procedures, theory of least squares and analysis of variance.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Bodhisattva Sen
  h-index: 24 Info
• 3 points

LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS

Prerequisites: STAT GU4204 or the equivalent, and a course in linear algebra. Theory and practice of regression analysis. Simple and multiple regression, testing, estimation, prediction, and confidence procedures, modeling, regression diagnostics and plots, polynomial regression, colinearity and confounding, model selection, geometry of least squares. Extensive use of the computer to analyse data.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Gabriel Young
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

STAT COMP & INTRO DATA SCIENCE

Course Overview: 
This course introduces Python programming, covering data structures, control-flow, objects, and functions, along with libraries like re, requests, numpy, pandas, scikit-learn, scipy, and more. These skills are applied to real-world data science tasks, including AB testing, data manipulation, modeling, optimization, simulations, and data visualization.

Students will develop computational thinking abilities, including problem decomposition, pattern recognition, data representation, abstraction, and algorithm design, through practical exercises.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Haiyuan Wang
  Info
• Instructor: Benjamin K Goodrich
  Info
• 3 points

HUMAN FACTORS: PERFORMANCE

Sensory and cognitive (brain) processing considerations in the design, development, and operations of systems, products, and tools. User or operator limits and potential in sensing, perceiving decision making, movement coordination, memory, and motivation.

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

ELEMENTARY STOCHASTIC PROCESS

Elementary Stochastic Processe

Prerequisites: STAT GU4203 and two, preferably three, semesters of calculus. Review of elements of probability theory. Poisson processes. Renewal theory. Walds equation. Introduction to discrete and continuous time Markov chains. Applications to queueing theory, inventory models, branching processes.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Anne Van Delft
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

Music Production & Studio Composition

This course explores the recording studio and Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) as tools for diverse compositional practices. By exploring a range of recording and editing techniques to craft new musical works beyond the limitations of live performance, this class encourages a seamless blend of composition and music production. Various genres, artists, and techniques that push the boundaries of music recording will be studied, such as Jamaican dub, musique concrète, hyper-pop, jazz fusion, and more. Students will gain hands-on experience with DAWs, exploring tools like effects processing, layering, and spatial placement. They will learn to listen closely to pieces exemplifying these techniques, building a shared analytic vocabulary to describe them. Students will also create original pieces, applying and building on the techniques studied in class, while engaging in constructive feedback with peers.

• Department: Music
• T 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Anna Meadors
  Info
• 3 points

PLANNING METHODS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Hugo Sarmiento
  Info
• 3 points

THIRD YEAR ARABIC I

NOTE: There are 2 sections of Third Year Arabic I. Section 001 follows the standard curriculum building all 4 language skills, as described below. Section 002 follows a reading-intensive curriculum, with less emphasis on listening and writing while still conducted in Arabic, and is intended for those preparing for advanced research in modern or classical Arabic texts. 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 11:40 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Ouijdane Absi
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 5 points

BLACK GEOGRAPHIES

Far from obvious renderings of place, maps are spatial arguments about who belongs where and how living should be defined. This course approaches place as something that is contested daily in the U.S. through the struggle of who gets to lay claim to a way of life. From the landscapes of dispossession to the alternative ways marginalized people work with and against traditional geographies, this course centers Black place-making practices as political struggle. This class will look at how power and domination become a landed project. We will critically examine how ideas about “nature” are bound up with notions of race, and the way “race” naturalizes the proper place for humans and non-human others. We will interrogate settler colonialism’s relationships to mapping who is and isn’t human, the transatlantic slave trade as a project of terraforming environments for capital, and land use as a science for determining who “owns” the earth. Centered on Black feminist, queer and trans thinkers, we will encounter space not as a something given by maps, but as a struggle over definitions of the human, geography, sovereignty, and alternative worlds. To this end, we will read from a variety of disciplines, such as Critical Black Studies, Feminist and Intersectional Science Studies, Black Geographies and Ecologies, Urban Studies and Afrofuturist literature. (Note: this class will count as an elective for the CCIS minors/concentrations in F/ISTS, ICORE/MORE, and Environmental Humanities.)

• Department: Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies @Barnard
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Marisa Solomon
  Info
• 4 points

ENERGY SOURCES AND CONVERSION

ENERGY-SOURCES AND CONVERSION

Energy sources such as oil, gas, coal, gas hydrates, hydrogen, solar, and wind. Energy conversion systems for electrical power generation, automobiles, propulsion and refrigeration. Engines, steam and gas turbines, wind turbines; devices such as fuel cells, thermoelectric converters, and photovoltaic cells. Specialized topics may include carbon-dioxide sequestration, cogeneration, hybrid vehicles and energy storage devices.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• 3 points

Data Analytics & Machine Learning for OR

Data Analytics & ML for O

Surveys tools available in Python for getting (web scraping and APIs) and visualizing data (charts and maps). Introduction to analytics through machine learning (ML algorithms, model evaluation, text analytics, network algorithms, deep learning).

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 2:40 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
  Info
• 3 points

FOURTH YEAR MODERN ARABIC I

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: Youssef Nouhi
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

MEMS markets and applications; scaling laws; silicon as a mechanical material; Sensors and actuators; micromechanical analysis and design; substrate (bulk) and surface micromachining; computer aided design; packaging; testing and characterization; microfluidics.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: P J Schuck
  Info
• 3 points

Cold War Reason: Cybernetics and the Sys

The Cold War epoch saw broad transformations in science, technology, and politics. At their nexus a new knowledge was proclaimed, cybernetics, a putative universal science of communication and control. It has disappeared so completely that most have forgotten that it ever existed. Its failure seems complete and final. Yet in another sense, cybernetics was so powerful and successful that the concepts, habits, and institutions born with it have become intrinsic parts of our world and how we make sense of it. Key cybernetic concepts of information, system, and feedback are now fundamental to our basic ways of understanding the mind, brain and computer, of grasping the economy and ecology, and finally of imagining the nature of human life itself. This course will trace the echoes of the cybernetic explosion from the wake of World War II to the onset of Silicon Valley euphoria.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam Leeds
  h-index: 2 Info
• 3 points

Lab-on-a-Chip and Microrobotic Devices

Lab-Chip & Microrobot Dev

Introduction to lab-on-a-chip and microrobotic devices with a focus on biomedical applications. Microfabrication techniques. Basics of micro- and nanoscale transport phenomena. Microsensors and microactuators. Microfluidic devices. Lab-on-a-chip systems. Microrobots.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Qiao Lin
  h-index: 41 Info
• 3 points

THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS

Static flexural response of thin, elastic, rectangular, and circular plates. Exact (series) and approximate (Ritz) solutions. Circular cylindrical shells. Axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric membrane theory. Shells of arbitrary shape.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Gautam Dasgupta
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 19 Info
• 3 points

THEORY OF VIBRATIONS

Frequencies and modes of discrete and continuous elastic systems. Forced vibrations-steady-state and transient motion. Effect of damping. Exact and approximate methods. Applications.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Raimondo Betti
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

NGOs & THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT

NGOs & THE HUMAN RIGHTS MVMNT

This class takes a social movement perspective to analyze and understand the international human rights movement. The course will address the evolution of the international human rights movement and focus on the NGOs that drive the movement on the international, regional and domestic levels. Sessions will highlight the experiences of major human rights NGOs and will address topics including strategy development, institutional representation, research methodologies, partnerships, networks, venues of engagement, campaigning, fundraising and, perhaps most importantly, the fraught and complex debates about adaptation to changing global circumstances, starting with the pre-Cold War period and including some of the most up-to-date issues and questions going on in this field today.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Louis Bickford
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

MECH BEHAVIOR 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 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ismail C Noyan
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

THE BLACK SEA IN HISTORY

We are used to thinking of history in national terms, or at least in reference to major civilizations (“Western civilization,” “Near Eastern civilization,” etc.). In “real life,” however, interactions among people, linguistic communities, and cultures frequently cut across political divisions. Water - rivers, streams, seas - is often an invitation to settlement, commerce, and conquest. This course offers a look (inspired in part by Fernand Braudel's Mediterranean) at a body of water - the Black Sea - and the lands around it, in sweeping historical perspective. Focus is on those moments when the various civilizations and empires that originated and flourished around the Black Sea met and intersected in friendship or in enmity. We will look at ancient civilizations, Greek colonization, Byzantine-Slav interactions, the period of Ottoman dominance, Russian-Turkish rivalry, and decolonization and wars in the 19th and 20th centuries. We hope that we will be able to pay particular attention to questions of ecology, language, religion, and cultural interaction throughout.

• Department: History
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Catherine Evtuhov
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

SPOKEN ARABIC I

Prerequisites: (MDES UN2201) and (MDES UN2202) $10 Arabic Materials Fee; $15 Language Resource Fee. This is an introductory course to Levantine Arabic for students who have completed two years of Standard Arabic studies, at the Intermediate level. The course is designed to further develop fluency in oral communication, through building students’ familiarity with a less formal register of Arabic, namely the Levantine dialect. The course will convert and recycle some of the previous Standard Arabic knowledge to the dialect, by comparing their prior knowledge to its dialectal counterpart; while at the same time developing students’ new communicative skills in a diverse range of contexts that are essential in any conversational interaction. The course will build students abilities to interact effectively in various areas where Levantine Arabic is spoken. In addition to varied thematic topics, the course exposes students to cultural aspects specific to the region. Additionally, the course will work on both constructing students’ knowledge of dialectal diction as well as other grammatical features of the dialects. Even though the course is designed for communication in the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking), the emphasis will be mostly on speaking and listening. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Reem Faraj
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

Energy System Economics and Optimization

Energy System Econ. & Opt

Fundamental of power system economics over which the current electricity markets are designed. Formulation of unit commitment and economic dispatch as mathematical optimization. Modeling of thermal generators, renewable generators, energy storage, and other grid resources in power system optimization. Introduction of equilibriums in electricity markets. Introduction of ancillary service markets. Overview of current energy system research topics.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Bolun Xu
  h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY I

Prerequisites: elementary physical chemistry. Basic quantum mechanics: the Schrodinger equation and its interpretation, exact solutions in simple cases, methods or approximations including time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, spin and orbital angular momentum, spin-spin interactions, and an introduction to atomic and molecular structure.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy C Berkelbach
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4.5 points

Readings in the Qur an and Hadith

Readings in Qur an and

This is not a class in Theology. It is a class dealing with the
Qur’an
as a text and its linguistic and cultural significance. The readings will cover various
Suwar
(chapters) and excerpts dealing with a logical sequence of themes, starting with how the
Qur’an
defines itself, addresses its audiences, depicts and dialogues with other religions and religious groups, refers to itself as a historical source, especially through storytelling, and ending with how it legislates. They will also cover a choice of Hadiths. By being exposed to such a range of texts, students will gain a basic knowledge of types and structure of Hadith and a general sense of Qur’anic styles, textual arrangements, terminology and concepts. Specifically, the assignments will guide students toward an ability to read these texts in detail by expanding their vocabulary, deepening their understanding of advanced grammar points, and by providing an opportunity to discuss the texts and write about them. Student will also acquire research skills by identifying and working with sources and references.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Youssef Nouhi
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: STAT GU4205 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 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Rongning Wu
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Networks, Crowds, and the Web

NETWORKS CROWDS AND THE W

Introduction of fundamental ideas and algorithms on networks of information collected by online services. Properties pervasive in large networks, dynamics of individuals that lead to large collective phenomena, mechanisms underlying the web economy, and results and tools informing societal impact of algorithms on privacy, polarization and discrimination covered.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Augustin Chaintreau
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

Blood, Guts, and Lancets: Anatomy in Nin

Blood, Guts: Anatomy 19th

This seminar serves as an introduction to the historical rise of
anatomy
and
pathology
(the branches of medicine focused on the study of the human form and on the study of the diagnosis of disease, intimately connected with forensic science), by examining how medicine is represented in the prose fiction of the Romantic and Victorian periods. Together, our class will look at how anatomy became the basis of modern Western allopathic medicine, and why laboratory medicine emerged as a crucible for medico-scientific progress during the nineteenth century. As the physician’s practice turned away from concocting tinctures and remedies, medicine would now become grounded in scientific reasoning based on the mechanistic study of the human body—and its key procedure, the postmortem examination.

In the nineteenth century, a historical period that saw the first uses of the terms “autopsy” and “scientist,” literary writers were deeply engaged in the rise of anatomy, pathology, and forensics. Novels and short fiction served as a testing-ground for working out ideas about life and death in the complex sociocultural world of the Romantic and Victorian eras. In this course, as we read works by authors like Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Sheridan LeFanu, Emile Zola, H.G. Wells, R.L. Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Agatha Christie, we will consider the strange history of how “genre fiction” (gothic novels and detective stories) became a way of exploring the pathological in literary writing—while also containing its threats. By reading the medical writings of Humphry Davy, Matthew Baillie, Luigi Galvani, Claude Bernard, and Rudolf Virchow alongside these novels, we will see how the tropes we usually associate with literature fundamentally shaped the rise of laboratory and forensic medicine. And as we read the historical lifewriting of Robert Voorhis and Mary Seacole, we will think, too, about how the rise of anatomy in nineteenth-century medicine was tainted by the influence of (what was then called) “race science.”

Ultimately, we will consider why anatomy became a dominant motif in nineteenth-century fiction, and why genre fiction is still the “outhouse” (in Amitav Ghosh’s phrase) that keeps the pathological well apart from high realism. Along the way, a pathologist from the New York Medical Examiner’s Office will visit the class to talk about the legacies of the nineteenth century in modern

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Arden A Hegele
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

URBAN ECONOMICS

• Department: Economics
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hugo Lhuillier
  Info
• 3 points

STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS

Prerequisites: elementary physical chemistry. Corequisites: CHEM G4221. Topics include the classical and quantum statistical mechanics of gases, liquids, and solids.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: David Reichman
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 68 Info
• 4.5 points

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION

Prerequisites: Introductory geology and one year of calculus. Recommended preparation: One semester of college physics. Introduction to the fundamental concepts of structure and deformation processes in the Earth's crust. Fundamental theories of stress and strain, rock behavior in both brittle and ductile fields, large-scale crustal contractional and extensional structures with focus on their geometries and mechanics of formation. Introduction to the principles of earthquake mechanics with emphasis on physical processes. Laboratory sessions (part of the lecture) will cover techniques of structural analysis, recognition and interpretation of structures on geologic maps, and construction of interpretative cross sections.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Folarin Kolawole
  Info
• 3 points

SOLAR FUELS

Fundamentals and applications of solar energy conversion, especially technologies for conversion of sunlight into storable chemical energy or solar fuels. Topics include fundamentals of photoelectrochemistry, kinetics of solar fuels production, solar harvesting technologies, solar reactors, and solar thermal production of solar fuels. Applications include solar fuels technology for grid-scale energy storage, chemical industry, manufacturing, environmental remediation.

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

COLD WAR ARAB CULTURE

This course studies the effects and strategies of the cold war on Arab writing, education, arts and translation, and the counter movement in Arab culture to have its own identities. As the cold war functioned and still functions on a global scale, thematic and methodological comparisons are drawn with Latin America, India and Africa.

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

ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS I

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136COMS W3137) and (COMS W3203) Introduction to the design and analysis of efficient algorithms. Topics include models of computation, efficient sorting and searching, algorithms for algebraic problems, graph algorithms, dynamic programming, probabilistic methods, approximation algorithms, and NP-completeness.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Xi Chen
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• Instructor: Mihalis Yannakakis
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia h-index: 93 Info
• 3 points

ADVNCD DSGN-CONCRETE STRUCTURS

Design of concrete beams for combined torsion, shear and flexure; moment-curvature relation; bar cut-off locations; design of two-way slabs; strut-and-tie method for the design of deep beams and corbels; gravity and shear wall design; retaining wall design.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• F 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Tom T Panayotidi
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

SURFACE REACTIONS & KINETICS

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jingguang Chen
  Wikipedia h-index: 89 Info
• 3 points

MULTI-HAZARD DESIGN OF STRUCTURES

Fundamental considerations of wave mechanics; design philosophies; reliability and risk concepts; basics of fluid mechanics; design of structures subjected to blast; elements of seismic design; elements of fire design; flood considerations; advanced analysis in support of structural design.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Virginia Mosquera
  Info
• 3 points

Causal Inference

This course is an introduction to Causal Inference at the masters and advanced undergraduate
level. Students will be introduced to a broad range of causal inference methods including randomized
experiments, observational studies, instrumental variables, di?erence-in-di?erences,
regression discontinuity design, and synthetic controls. In addition, the course will cover modern,
controversial debates regarding the foundations and limitations of causal inference.

The primary learning goal of this course will be to familiarize students with a variety of the
most popular causal inference methods: which causal e?ects they seek to estimate, basic assumptions
required for identi?cation and estimation, and their practical implementation. To
this end, the course will focus both on developing the pre-requisite statistical / methodological
theory and as well as gaining hands-on experience through implementation exercises with
real datasets. By the end of the course, students should have deep familiarity of various causal
inference methods and—more importantly—be able to determine which method is most appropriate
for a given applied problem and to judge whether the pre-requisite identifying conditions
are appropriate.

• Department: Statistics
• T 2:40 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Harshaw
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO-COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY

Develops a quantitative theory of the computational difficulty of problems in terms of the resources (e.g. time, space) needed to solve them. Classification of problems into complexity classes, reductions, and completeness. Power and limitations of different modes of computation such as nondeterminism, randomization, interaction, and parallelism.

• Department: Computer Science
• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Toniann Pitassi
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Reversing the Biodiversity Crisis

Course Overview

Often described as “twin crises,” climate change and biodiversity loss are among the most urgent sustainability challenges to be addressed in our modern era. While much focus has rightfully been placed on climate change mitigation actions at local, regional, and global scales, biodiversity loss is less often addressed by governments, institutions, industries, and individuals as a critical piece of the sustainability puzzle. In 2021, COP 15, the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, received far less media attention than COP 26, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change. Yet climate change and biodiversity loss are inextricably linked, and without biodiversity and the associated ecosystem services and biospheric resilience upon which human society relies, a sustainable world is not possible. Moreover, certain climate change mitigation actions can actually be to the detriment of biological diversity.

 

Unlike a traditional conservation biology course geared towards ecologists and biologists, this course will be taught through the lens of sustainability management, equipping sustainability managers with the knowledge and direction needed to begin integrating biodiversity conservation and restoration into their professions. This course will illuminate the critical importance of biodiversity to sustainability and human well-being, the science and politics behind the current biodiversity crisis, and proposals, policies, and actions for bending the curve of biodiversity loss to create more sustainable and equitable outcomes for both humans and the non-humans with which we share our planet.

 

Students who seek to deepen their understanding of ecological sustainability and address the biodiversity crisis through the lens of sustainability management are encouraged to take this course. This course is an on-campus (or Hy-Flex) elective offered during the Fall semester and fulfills 3 credits within the Physical Dimensions of Sustainability Management curriculum area in the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program. Cross-registration is available to students outside of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program, space permitting.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy Karpati
  Info
• 3 points

GEOTECHNCL ENGNEERNG FUNDMNTLS

Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow and deep foundations; earth pressure theories; retaining walls and reinforced soil retaining walls; sheet pile walls; braced excavation; slope stability.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Songtao Yang
  Info
• 3 points

Literature and Money

Money in its multiple forms has received renewed attention in recent decades, especially since the financial crises in 2008 and the emergence of new cryptocurrencies. Money has been described as a means of exchange, a store of value, a measure of debt, a commodity, a social institution, or a tool in the formation of identity. In all of these instances, money fuses economic purposes with social and cultural practices. Exploring the intersections between economics and aesthetics, this course will juxtapose some of the most influential theories of money from Adam Smith to the present with contemporaneous literary texts that reflect on various aspects of money in their poetics on a thematic or formal level. Literary texts include Shakespeare, Goethe, Balzac, Zola, Thomas Mann, and Martin Amis.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Oliver Simons
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

STATISTICAL MACHINE LEARNING

Prerequisites: STAT GU4206. The course will provide an introduction to Machine Learning and its core models and algorithms. The aim of the course is to provide students of statistics with detailed knowledge of how Machine Learning methods work and how statistical models can be brought to bear in computer systems - not only to analyze large data sets, but to let computers perform tasks that traditional methods of computer science are unable to address. Examples range from speech recognition and text analysis through bioinformatics and medical diagnosis. This course provides a first introduction to the statistical methods and mathematical concepts which make such technologies possible.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Genevera Allen
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING

This course covers various topics in advanced machine learning. Topics may include optimization algorithms, Python libraries for ML, principles for applied supervised and unsupervised learning, hyperparameter selection, computational trade-offs, modern neural network architectures such as ConvNets, LSTMs, and transformers for computer vision and natural language processing, and deep learning for LLMs.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:35 p.m.
• Instructor: Parijat Dube
  Info
• Instructor: Kamiar Rahnama Rad
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED DATA SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INT

AI: ALGORITHMS TO APPS

Project-based topics course in data science and artificial intelligence. Students build a portfolio by implementing and applying modern data science methods.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Bianca Dumitrascu
  Info
• 3 points

Unsupervised Learning

Description.
Unsupervised Learning is a masters level course on foundations, methods, practice, and applications in machine learning from data without associated labels or outcomes.  This course will focus on dimension reduction and clustering techniques while also covering graphical models, missing data imputation, anomaly detection, generative models, and others. The course will also emphasize conceptual understanding and practical applications of unsupervised learning in data visualization, exploratory data analysis, data pre-processing, and data-driven discovery.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Yoonhaeng Hur
  Info
• 3 points

ALGORITHMS FOR DATA SCIENCE

Methods for organizing data, e.g. hashing, trees, queues, lists,priority queues. Streaming algorithms for computing statistics on the data. Sorting and searching. Basic graph models and algorithms for searching, shortest paths, and matching. Dynamic programming. Linear and convex programming. Floating point arithmetic, stability of numerical algorithms, Eigenvalues, singular values, PCA, gradient descent, stochastic gradient descent, and block coordinate descent. Conjugate gradient, Newton and quasi-Newton methods. Large scale applications from signal processing, collaborative filtering, recommendations systems, etc.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Eleni Drinea
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

AESTHETICS & PHIL OF HIST(ENG)

This course offers an introduction to German intellectual history by focusing on the key texts from the 18th and 19th century concerned with the philosophy of art and the philosophy of history. Instead of providing a general survey, this thematic focus that isolates the relatively new philosophical subspecialties allows for a careful tracing of a number of key problematics. The texts chosen for discussion in many cases are engaged in lively exchanges and controversies. For instance, Winckelmann provides an entry into the debate on the ancients versus the moderns by making a claim for both the historical, cultural specificity of a particular kind of art, and by advertising the art of Greek antiquity as a model to be imitated by the modern artist. Lessings Laocoon counters Winckelmanns idealizing approach to Greek art with a media specific reflection. According to Lessing, the fact that the Laocoon priest from the classical sculpture doesnt scream has nothing to do with the nobility of the Greek soul but all with the fact that a screaming mouth hewn in stone would be ugly. Herders piece on sculpture offers yet another take on this debate, one that refines and radicalizes an aesthetics based on the careful examination of the different senses, especially touch and feeling versus sight.—The second set of texts in this class deals with key enlightenment concepts of a philosophical anthropology informing the then emerging philosophy of history. Two literary texts will serve to mark key epochal units: Goethes Prometheus, which will be used in the introductory meeting, will be examined in view of its basic humanist program, Kleists Earthquake in Chili will serve as a base for the discussion of what would be considered the end of the Enlightenment: be that the collapse of a belief in progress or the critique of the beautiful and the sublime. The last unit of the class focuses on Hegels sweeping supra-individualist approach to the philosophy of history and Nietzsches fierce critique of Hegel. Readings are apportioned such that students can be expected to fully familiarize themselves with the arguments of these texts and inhabit them.

• Department: Germanic Languages
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Dorothea von Muecke
  Info
• 3 points

CERAMICS & COMPOSITES

Will cover some of the fundamental processes of atomic diffusion, sintering and microstructural evolution, defect chemistry, ionic transport, and electrical properties of ceramic materials. Following this, we will examine applications of ceramic materials, specifically, ceramic thick and thin film materials in the areas of sensors and energy conversion/storage devices such as fuel cells, and batteries. The coursework level assumes that the student has already taken basic courses in the thermodynamics of materials, diffusion in materials, and crystal structures of materials.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• 3 points

INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 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
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Pietro Tebaldi
  Info
• 3 points