RELIGION AND THE INDIAN WARS

The frontier is central to the United States’ conception of its history and place in the world. It is an abstract concept that reflects the American mythology of progress and is rooted in religious ideas about land, labor, and ownership. Throughout the nineteenth century, these ideas became more than just abstractions. They were tested, hardened, and revised by U.S. officials and the soldiers they commanded on American battlefields. This violence took the form of the Civil War as well as the series of U.S. military encounters with Native Americans known as the Indian Wars. These separate yet overlapping campaigns have had profound and lasting consequences for the North American landscape and its peoples.

This course explores the relationship between religious ideology and violence in the last half of nineteenth century. Organized chronologically and geographically, we will engage with both primary sources and classic works in the historiography of the Indian Wars to examine how religion shaped U.S. policy and race relations from the start of the Civil War through approximately 1910.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tiffany Hale
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

DIRECTED READINGS

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Instructor: Katherine Ewing
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 22 Info
• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Instructor: Rachel Aumiller
  Info
• 1-4 points

FIELDWORK

Only for BMEN graduate students who need relevant work experience as part of their program of study. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• Instructor: Clark T Hung
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info
• 1-2 points

FIELDWORK

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Instructor: Christopher S Chen
  Info
• 1-3 points

FIELDWORK

May be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 total points may be used for degree credit. Only for Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics graduate students who include relevant off-campus work experience as part of their approved program of study. Final report and letter of evaluation required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Instructor: Scott T Kelly
  Info
• 1-2 points

SENIOR HONORS THESIS WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 and the director of the departmental honors programs permission. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.7 in all required major courses, including calculus and statistics, prior to enrollment. The honors thesis seminar is a year-long course, beginning in the fall semester and ending in the spring semester. Students who have been approved to enter the workshop will be registered for both semesters by the department during the first two weeks of classes; 3 points are earned per semester. This workshop may only be taken by students applying for departmental honors, and it also fulfills the economics seminar requirement for the economics major and all joint majors. Students must see the director during mid-semester registration in the spring to discuss their proposed thesis topic, at which time they will be matched with appropriate faculty who will act as their thesis adviser. Students will meet their adviser over the course of the year at mutually agreed upon times. A rough draft of the thesis will be due during the first week of February in the spring semester, and the final draft will be due three weeks before the last day of classes. Please note that for those joint majors that require two seminars, one in economics and one in the other discipline (i.e. Political Science), the economics senior honors thesis seminar only fulfills the economics seminar requirement.

• Department: Economics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Lena Edlund
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

FIELDWORK

Only for IEOR graduate students who need relevant work experience as part of their program of study. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• 1-1.5 points

FIELDWORK

Only for IEOR graduate students who need relevant work experience as part of their program of study. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• 1-1.5 points

FIELDWORK

Only for IEOR graduate students who need relevant work experience as part of their program of study. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• 1-1.5 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

• Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
• Instructor: Isabelle C Levy
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 1-4 points

FIELDWORK

Only for ME graduate students who need relevant off-campus work experience as part of their program of study as determined by the instructor. Written application must be made prior to registration outlining proposed study program. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited. International students must consult with the International Students and Scholars Office.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Matei T Ciocarlie
  Info
• 1 points

GLOBAL INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS HISTORIES

GLOBAL INDIGENOUS RELIG H

Nomads, natives, peasants, hill people, aboriginals, hunter-gatherers, First Nations—these
are just a handful of the terms in use to define indigenous peoples globally. The names these groups
use to describe themselves, as well as the varying religious practices, attitudes, and beliefs among
these populations are far more numerous and complex. For much of recorded history however,
colonial centers of power have defined indigenous peoples racially and often in terms of lacking
religion; as pagan, barbarian, non-modern, and without history or civilization.

Despite this conundrum of identity and classification, indigenous religious traditions often
have well-documented and observable pasts. This course considers the challenges associated with
studying indigenous religious history, as well as the changing social, political, and legal dimensions
of religious practice among native groups over time and in relationship to the state. Organized
thematically and geographically, we will engage with classic works of ethnohistory, environmental
history, indigenous studies, anthropology, and religious studies as well as primary sources that
include legal documentation, military records, personal testimony, and oral narrative.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tiffany Hale
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

MA THESIS

This course will enable students to complete a research study of considerable length that will (i) enable them to explore a given area of research in substantive detail; (ii) put them on the path to true competence as independent researchers; and (iii) provide those who go on to apply to PhD programs with a substantial writing sample that shows off their technical abilities to the best advantage.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Gareth Williams
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH

PROFESSIONAL&WORKPLACE COMM IN

English communication proficiency is important for academic achievement and career success. Columbia Engineering provides English communication instruction for students who would like to improve their communication skills in English. In a small group setting (15-20 students), enrollees will obtain opportunities to interact with the instructor and fellow classmates to improve communication skills.

• Department: Engineering
• TRF 9:30 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
• Instructor: Hyoseon Lee
  Info
• 0 points

WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH

WORKPLACE COMM IN ENGLISH

English communication proficiency is important for academic achievement and career success. Columbia Engineering provides English communication instruction for students who would like to improve their communication skills in English. In a small group setting (15-20 students), enrollees will obtain opportunities to interact with the instructor and fellow classmates to improve communication skills.

• Department: Engineering
• T 10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
• R 10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
• S 10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Hyoseon Lee
  Info
• 0 points

Radical Politics: Europe, 1960s-1970s

Radical Politics 1960s-70

During the 1960s and 1970s critical thought and social movements reemerged with unprecedented force and diffusion, defying inherited values, challenging power relations, and raising revolutionary expectations. This course will survey a set of radical ideas and collective mobilizations that developed in Europe during that period. 

Classes will be organized around key issues and areas of intervention such as labor, environment, and education. Following a transnational approach, the course will bring to light cross-border influences, interactions, and similarities among different movements both at continental and global level.

Drawing on a combination of primary sources, case studies, and historiographical interpretations, students will learn how to contextualize movements, explore their intellectual references and repertoires of action, analyze the way they (sometimes) shifted from the margins to the mainstream, and understand the conditions under which they failed or were defeated. Ultimately, students will be able to assess the complex legacy of that season of activism, which ranges from moral standards to visions of emancipation and criteria of justice.

• Department: Modern European Studies
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Luca Falciola
  Info
• 4 points

ORIENTATION

This course is a no-credit class designed to start providing critical material to incoming QMSS students overthe summer to help prepare them for the coding demands of the program. We will post links, exercises andresources for students to work on before they start their classes in the Fall of 2018.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• 0 points

CURATORIAL COLLOQUIUM

The Curatorial Colloquium is taken in the second semester of study and is required for the completion of the M.A. in Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies. The course introduces students to the history, theory and practice of object collection and display as well as to exhibitions such as Documenta and the various international biennials. The course is designed to allow for guest presentations on particular issues by curators and museum professionals, just as it draws on the expertise and participation of Columbia faculty. The aim is to develop students critical thinking and for them to learn directly from leading practitioners in the exhibition and display of modern and contemporary art. In addition to department faculty, curators from MoMA, the Whitney, the International Center for Photography, and other institutions regularly participate in the colloquium.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Leah E Werier
  Info
• 4 points

INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE

Students will be introduced to the fundamental financial issues of the modern corporation. By the end of this course, students will understand the basic concepts of financial planning, managing growth; debt and equity sources of financing and valuation; capital budgeting methods; and risk analysis, cost of capital, and the process of securities issuance.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Eleni Vrana
  Info
• 3 points

CHINESE LINGUISTICS & PEDAGOGY

This course describes the morphological, syntactic and phonological structures of Chinese language within the framework of the functional grammar. The focus is placed on the “mapping” of linguistic forms and their semantic and pragmatic functions. Pedagogical suggestions on how to teach these structures are also provided. 

Prerequisites: CHNS G5000x. This course is designed for graduate students who have successfully passed Course I (G5000) and who are permitted by the Department to take this course, which entails working as a teaching assistant in the Chinese language program. In addition to coordinating closely with his or her mentors and the course coordinator, the student TA has to design and teach first year drill sessions, team-teach with his or her mentors, and do other teaching-related assignments.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MWR 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Lening Liu
  CULPA: 9 Info
• 3 points

METHODS IN AMERICAN STUDIES

Conceived in the 1920’s and 1930’s, American Studies sought to make a synoptic account of the “national character.” Since the 1960’s, the field has turned towards a focus on various forms of inequality as the dark side of American exceptionalism. This course surveys the development of the field’s current preoccupations, covering a range of periods, regions, groups, and cultural practices that present productive problems for generalizations about U.S. identity. We begin with the first academic movement in American Studies, the myth and symbol school—and think through its growth in the context of post-WWII funding for higher education. We then move on to a series of debates centered at intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. We’ll close by examining the historical background of protest movements built around the identitarian concerns about rape culture and mass incarceration.

• Department: Ethnicity and Race, Center for
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jessica H Lee
  Info
• 4 points

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION

• Department: Engineering
• TRF 2 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• T 1 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
• R 3 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyoseon Lee
  Info
• 0 points

INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE

This elective is available to and highly recommended for students without a strong finance background. It introduces students to the fundamental financial issues of the modern corporation. By the end of this course, students will understand the basic concepts of financial planning, growth management, debt financing, equity valuation, and capital budgeting.  (This course is not automatically available for all students; students must contact their Advisor to determine eligibility to register.)

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Christakis Droussiotis
  Info
• Instructor: Seydina Fall
  Info
• 3 points

RES SKILLS/MTHDS-INT/WRLD HIST

In the first semester a series of workshops will introduce the field of international history and various research skills and methods such as conceptualization of research projects and use of oral sources. The fall sessions will also show the digital resources available at Columbia and how students can deploy them in their individual projects. In the second semester students will apply the skills acquired in the fall as they develop their proposal for the Masters thesis, which is to be completed next year at the LSE. The proposal identifies a significant historical question, the relevant primary and secondary sources, an appropriate methodology, what preliminary research has been done and what remains to be done. Students will present their work-in-progress.

• Department: History
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 2 points

ANNUAL JURY EXAM

• Department: Juilliard
• 0-5 points

THEORY AND METHODS II

The main purpose of this course is to acquaint students with different theories and methodological approaches to reading and interpretation of texts. This course may not be taken as Pass/D/Fail.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Sudipta Kaviraj
  Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

FREEDOM:PERSONAL, POL

Course description:
 The concept of freedom is analytically complex and has
a long and varied intellectual history. This course will focus on the
concept as it emerged in the modern period (roughly since the seventeenth
century in Europe) and focus in particular on three aspects of freedom.
Though the primary interest of the seminar will be on political and
academic freedom, it will be useful to begin with a very brief discussion
of the most abstract dimension of freedom by asking what notion of freedom
might individual human subjects be said to possess given the determinism
that seems to be everywhere indicated by the comprehensive explanatory
power of modern science.

NOTE: 
This is a graduate seminar. If undergraduate seniors wish to enroll they
should seek permission from the professors. The fourteen weeks of the
course will consist of a combination of 1) lectures by the instructors
followed by discussions, 2) discussions with guest visitors who are
distinguished scholars in the field and whose work will be pre-circulated
to the seminar, and 3) presentations by students on the readings on the
syllabus.


Requirements:
 Strictly regular attendance, prior reading of weekly texts,
and a term paper at the end of term of roughly 20-25 pages.

• Department: Sociology
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• 4 points

Quant Methods for Climate Applications

Quant Methods-CLMT Applic

Required course for students in the Climate and Society MA program. An overview of how climate-societal and intra-societal relationships can be evaluated and quantified using relevant data sets, statistical tools, and dynamical models. Concepts and methods in quantitative modeling, data organization, and statistical analysis, with applications to climate and climate impacts. Students will also do some simple model experiments and evaluate the results. Lab required. Pre-requisites: undergraduate-level coursework in introductory statistics or data analysis; knowledge of calculus; basic familiarity with R programming language.

• Department: Climate School
• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• 4 points

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH

PROFESSIONAL COMM IN ENGL

• Department: Engineering
• R 1 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
• F 11 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyoseon Lee
  Info
• 0 points

MATERIALS & PRACTICES-ART HIST

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Frederique Baumgartner
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

CORPORATE FINANCE

Prerequisites: BUSI PS5001 Introduction to Finance/or Professor Approval is required Students will learn the critical corporate finance concepts including financial statement analysis; performance metrics; valuation of stocks and bonds; project and firm valuation; cost of capital; capital investment strategies and sources of capital, and firm growth strategies. At the end of this course students will understand how to apply these concepts to current business problems.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: John D Van Ness
  Info
• Instructor: Hany S Guirguis
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ACADEMIC WRITING

• Department: Engineering
• S 12:10 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyoseon Lee
  Info
• 0 points

REGIONAL CLIMATE SCIENCES AND FORECASTIN

REGNL CLIMATE & FORECASTI

Prerequisites: CLMT GR5001, CLMT GR5002. Effective climate adaptation requires the wise application of climate information to decision making on an everyday basis. Many decisions in society are at local scales, and regional climate information considered at appropriate scales and in appropriate forms co-developed by scientists, forecast providers and users is central to the concept of climate services. Students will build an understanding of the dynamics of climate variability and change at regional and local scales, along with the sources of modern climate information used to help manage climate-related risks and adapt to climate change. This includes hands-on Climate Data Analysis and proactive Risk Analysis using historical climate data, real-time monitoring, climate forecasts, and climate change projections.

• Department: Climate School
• M 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew Robertson
  Info
• 3 points

NEUROBIO II: DEVPT & SYSTEMS

Prerequisites: BIOL W4004, one year of biology, or the instructors permission. This course is a graduate seminar in Developmental and Systems Neuroscience for students matriculated in a PhD program in Neuroscience. Undergraduate students should instead enroll in UN3005.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Darcy B Kelley
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Applications in Climate and Society

Applications in Clim & So

This seminar is focused on practical applications of climate information and research. The objective of the course is to teach students to integrate their understanding of climate science, social science, policy studies, and communications to address real world problems, especially those they will encounter in academia or on the job after graduation.

• Department: Climate School
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• 3 points

MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II-DISC

Corequisites: ECON GR5215 Discussion Section for Economics MA Course Microeconomics Analysis II.

• Department: Economics
• F 10:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Sangjun Park
  Info
• 0 points

MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II-DISC

MICROECNMCS ANALYSIS II-D

Corequisites: ECON GR5215 Discussion Section for Economics MA Course Microeconomics Analysis II.

• Department: Economics
• T 10:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Steve Yeh
  Info
• 0 points

MASTERS COLLOQUIUM

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• Instructor: Julie Crawford
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 4 points

ANALYSIS OF FILM LANGUAGE

• Department: Film
• R 2 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Annette Insdorf
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MODA THESIS PREP

The MODA Thesis Prep is a required course for MODA students who plan to commence their thesis in the Fall of the following semester. The course introduces students to the fundamentals of an MA thesis; the process of identifying and developing an appropriate topic; the distinctions between a written/scholarly, or an exhibition-based thesis; formulating a proposal; and an introduction to the research and writing process that will be undertaken during the thesis year. As a central aspect of modern and contemporary art historical writing is determining one’s methodological approach––i.e. the “how” of the argument––during the course of the semester, key methodologies used in modern and contemporary art history will be reviewed, helping students to identify an appropriate approach to pursue with their select topic.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Leah E Werier
  Info
• 3 points

Fieldwork: Bridging Theory and Practice

The Fieldwork Elective: Bridging Theory and Practice is designed to provide students with the opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge gained in their academic program with hands-on, real-world experience. This elective aims to enhance students' practical skills, professionalism, and industry readiness.

MS students can only enroll in this course once during their program of study. PhD students may enroll in up to two (2) times during their program of study.

Prospective enrollees are required to complete the first year of their program and seek necessary approvals.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Gamze Gursoy
  Info
• 1 points

MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II-DISC

• Department: Economics
• M 6:10 p.m.-7:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Pablo de Llanos Artero
  Info
• 0 points

MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II-DISC

MACROECNMCS ANALYSIS II-D

• Department: Economics
• W 6:10 p.m.-7:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Yuyang Miao
  Info
• 0 points

ECONOMETRICS II-DISC

• Department: Economics
• M 10:30 a.m.-noon
• T 12:10 p.m.-1:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Gabriel Gonzalez Sutil
  Info
• Instructor: Shizuka Inoue
  Info
• 0 points

Markets and the Economy

• Department: Business Economics
• Instructor: Jesse Schreger
  h-index: 11 Info
• 1.5 points

Markets and the Economy

• Department: Business Economics
• Instructor: Jesse Schreger
  h-index: 11 Info
• Instructor: Brett House
  Info
• 1.5 points

Markets and the Economy

• Department: Business Economics
• Instructor: Brett House
  Info
• 1.5 points

OPTIONS AND FUTURES

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Christos I Giannikos
  Info
• 3 points

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Students will examine the generally accepted account principles (GAAP) underlying financial statements and their implementation in practice. The perspective and main focus of the course is from the users of the information contained in the statements, including investors, financial analysts, creditors and, management. By the end of this class students will be able to construct a cash flow statement, balance sheet and decipher a 10K report.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Benedict O Okoh
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Strategic Communications for Climate Cha

Climate Communications

This class is designed to equip students with the most effective means of communicating about climate change for various types of audiences in the context of the current media landscape. After learning key foundational concepts of communications; understanding different types of media, audiences, messengers, and framing; and developing one’s own theory of change to structure strategic communications narratives, students will produce their own communications materials that aim to animate or persuade people into taking various types of climate action.

• Department: Climate School
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Engineering
• W 11 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyoseon Lee
  Info
• 0 points

MANAGING HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE ORGANIZAT

Students will gain an overview of major concepts of management and organization theory, concentrating on understanding human behavior in organizational contexts, with heavy emphasis on the application of concepts to solve managerial problems. By the end of this course students will have developed the skills to motivate employees, establish professional interpersonal relationships, take a leadership role, and conduct performance appraisal.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Skye Cleary
  Info
• Instructor: Jacqueline Strayer
  Info
• 3 points

GRADUATE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM

GRAD RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM

The Graduate Research Colloquium is a forum that offers two types of research seminars over the course of the semester. In the first, formerly the Graduate Colloquium, up to six outside speakers are invited by the graduate organizers to present research papers to an audience of graduates, faculty and others interested within the larger NYC Classics community, and afterwards to engage in discussion. The second is a Work-in-Progress seminar in which Columbia Classics graduate students present their research to their graduate peers in whatever format they deem most conducive to conveying their research to their audience and receiving feedback. The audience for these eight seminars is restricted to graduate students, the instructor who presides over the course, and any faculty the graduate student presenters choose should choose to invite. At least one semester of the Graduate Research Colloquium is required for MAO students and PhD students must attend the course in both the Fall and Spring semesters of their first year.

• Department: Classics
• F 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: John T Ma
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 2 points

MANAGING HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE ORGANIZAT

MNG HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE

In this course, students will gain an overview of major concepts of management and organization theory, concentrating on understanding human behavior in organizational contexts, with a heavy emphasis on the application of concepts to solve managerial problems. Students will work in a combination of conceptual and experiential activities, including case studies, discussions, lectures, simulations, videos, and small group exercises.

By the end of this course students will:


Develop the skills to motivate employees

Establish professional interpersonal relationships

Take a leadership role

Conduct performance appraisals

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Raymond Lamanna
  Info
• Instructor: Patti Ippoliti
  Info
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST I:BEGINNINGS-1930

• Department: Film
• M 10 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Jane Gaines
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO THE MATH OF FINANCE

Prerequisites: MATH UN1102 and MATH UN1201 , or their equivalents. Introduction to mathematical methods in pricing of options, futures and other derivative securities, risk management, portfolio management and investment strategies with an emphasis of both theoretical and practical aspects. Topics include: Arithmetic and Geometric Brownian ,motion processes, Black-Scholes partial differential equation, Black-Scholes option pricing formula, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes, volatility models, risk models, value-at-risk and conditional value-at-risk, portfolio construction and optimization methods.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 7:40 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mikhail Smirnov
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

Social Impact: Business, Society & the E

Soc Impacts: Bus, Soc & E

The Social Impact: Business, Society, and the Natural Environment course explores the relationship between corporations, society, and the natural environment. Specifically, it examines the ways in which governments, (for-profit and non-profit) organizations, and investors (fail to) have positive impact and manage issues where the pursuit of private goals is deemed inconsistent with the public interest.

• Department: Climate School
• T 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Caroline Flammer
  Info
• 3 points

ORAL HISTORY THESIS

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• Department: Oral History
• M 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy A Starecheski
  h-index: 5 Info
• 4 points

SELECT READ EARLY CHINESE TEXT

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Feng Li
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

Climate Mobility

It is widely accepted that climate factors can and do affect human mobility, though the degree of their influence varies depending on local contexts. In the case of population displacement, rapid onset climate extremes have a relatively direct impact on mobility, and for longer-term migration climate factors also have been shown to play a role, often mediated by more direct drivers. There is a growing recognition that underlying institutional and structural factors (i.e., root causes) shape the way the climate stressors impact local migration decision-making, and that cultural proclivities and inequitable access to resources, markets, and political power structures often set the stage for ensuing migration flows (domestic and international). In many low income settings the donor and development assistance community are grappling with these complex nexus issues as they seek to develop policies and programs that reduce the potential for distress or mass migration. Responses to date generally fall into four categories; 1) those that address the livelihood aspects of climate migration -- e.g., by improving the prospects for local adaptation; 2) those that seek to facilitate mobility as an adaptation mechanism; 3) those that resettle people in new locations and offer migrant protections; and 4) those that seek to mitigate the impacts of those movements, including environmental impacts, on receiving communities. In high income settings, responses to current and potentially increased immigration from developing countries tends to fall into two camps: a resurgent nationalism with measures to prevent or deter migration versus more migrant-friendly policies that seek to protect migrant rights while acknowledging responsibility for historic greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, high income countries are facing climate impacts of their own such as sea level rise, riparian flooding and massive fires that have displaced thousands and prompted managed retreat from at-risk areas. All this has brought to the fore questions of equity and climate justice as marginalized populations everywhere are often disproportionately affected and least compensated. This interdisciplinary course focuses on the social, demographic, economic, political, environmental and climatic factors that shape human mobility, while addressing the legal categories of international mobility (e.g., migrant versus refugee). We explore underlying drivers of the various types of migration – from forced to voluntary and those forms in between – in ord

• Department: Climate School
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 3 points

DATA ANALYSIS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Prerequisites: One semester of undergraduate statistics The data analysis course covers specific statistical tools used in social science research using the statistical program R. Topics to be covered include statistical data structures, and basic descriptives, regression models, multiple regression analysis, interactions, polynomials, Gauss-Markov assumptions and asymptotics, heteroskedasticity and diagnostics, models for binary outcomes, naive Bayes classifiers, models for ordered data, models for nominal data, first difference analysis, factor analysis, and a review of models that build upon OLS. Prerequisite: introductory statistics course that includes linear regression. There is a statistical computer lab session with this course: QMSS G4017 -001 -DATA ANALYSIS FOR SOC SCI

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Mike Z He
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• 3 points

FIFTH YEAR JAPANESE II

Prerequisites: JPNS GR5016 or the equivalent. This course is intended to help students to develop language skills necessary for academic research. Students will read articles, watch videos, and debate issues from a wide range of fields including economics, politics, history, comparative literature, and current issues.

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Miharu Nittono
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• 4 points

ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP

This year-long course introduces students to important conversations within and about oral history through a series of curated public lectures. We will meet for six events a semester, plus one session to orient you to the class. From 5:00 – 6:00, students will meet with the speaker for an informal conversation about their career path and research process. The public portion of the event will be from 6:10 to 7:30 PM. You should plan to be in class until 8 in case an event runs slightly over, and so that you can stick around after the event to chat with the speaker or have a glass of wine.

• Department: Oral History
• R 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy A Starecheski
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• 1 points

ADV ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES

This course is meant to train students in advanced quantitative techniques in the social sciences. Statistical computing will be carried out in R. Topics include: review of multiple/linear regression, review of logistic regression, generalized linear models, models with limited dependent variables, first differences analysis, fixed effects, random effects, lagged dependent variables, growth curve analysis, instrumental variable and two stage least squares, natural experiments, regression discontinuity, propensity score matching, multilevel models or hierarchical linear models, and text-based quantitative analysis.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• F 9:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING

Students will learn fundamental marketing concepts and their application. By the end of this class you will know: the elements of a market, company strategy, how to identify customers and competition, the fundamental elements of the marketing mix (product, price, placement and promotion) how to research consumer behavior, and pricing strategies. Students will have extensive use of case study projects. Please note that there are separate online and in-person versions of the course, and the modalities offered may vary by semester. Be sure to check the modalities of the sections offered and enroll in the correct modality for your situation.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Young Mi Park
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• 3 points

Post-Disaster Recovery: Housing/Economic

This course is designed as an elective to the Climate and Society Master of Arts degree program. The purpose of this course is to prepare those entering the climate policy and practice workforce for addressing these challenges and solutions by providing an overview of the fields of economic and housing recovery within the context of climate change and climate driven disasters.

• Department: Climate School
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 3 points

STRATEGIC STORYTELLER

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a deep and broad understanding of stories and how they can be used in strategic communication. Drawing from a wealth of evidence-based and field-tested work on storytelling from both local and global contexts, students will learn why stories tend to be so powerful and—with a focus on the written, performed, and transmedia aspects of storytelling—gain experience in telling stories to achieve organizational objectives. Your skills will be sharpened through lively seminar discussions, storytelling exercises, workshop-style coaching, and presentations and on-camera practice.  By the end, students will walk away with a new mindset and a host of strategies that can be immediately implemented in their everyday work.

• Department: Strategic Communication
• R 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Lauren R Glover
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• 3 points

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS

This course is about cost-benefit analysis and the economic evaluations of policies and projects. Cost benefit analysis (CBA) consists of a comprehensive set of techniques used to evaluate government programs. It is now routinely applied in such program areas as transportation, water projects, health, training and education, criminal justice, environmental protection, urban policy and even in the international arena such as foreign direct investment. Many of the techniques of CBA can also be applied to private sector decision-making. The objective of CBA is to determine whether the benefits of a particular program, policy or decision outweigh its costs. The techniques used to determine this are sometimes quite simple, but on other, increasingly frequent occasions are highly sophisticated. Sophisticated cost benefit studies are based on a framework that utilizes the basic concepts of economic theory. In addition, statistical and econometric analyses are often needed to estimate program effects from diverse available data. The course has two parts: methodology and practice. The goal is for students to be practically adept to undertake an independent cost-benefit analysis.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Heil
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• Instructor: Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou
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• 3 points

CURATING ORAL HISTORIES

This seminar is one of our core course, in which students will learn and practice the skills required to conceptualize, conduct, analyze and curate oral history interviews. In Curating Oral Histories we focus our attention on the curation and amplification of oral histories, including archiving, online presentation, museum exhibits, oral history documentary, advocacy, and teaching oral history. Our work this semester will emphasize interpretive processes, collaborative work, and how the public perceives and receives oral history.  Students will be expected to be primarily working on their own thesis or capstone projects. Our core question:
 How do we present oral histories, with all of their length, depth, complexity and intersubjective richness, in an accessible way to a public audience without sacrificing those qualities we so value?

• Department: Oral History
• W 10:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy A Starecheski
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• 5 points

RES SEM IN QUANT MTHS-SOC SCI I

This course is designed to expose students in the QMSS degree program to different methods and practices of social science research. Seminar presentations are given on a wide range of topics by faculty from Columbia and other New York City universities, as well as researchers from private, government, and non-profit settings. QMSS students participate in a weekly seminar. Speakers include faculty from Columbia and other universities, and researchers from the numerous corporate, government, and non-profit settings where quantitative research tools are used. Topics have included: Now-Casting and the Real-Time Data-Flow; Art, Design - Science in Data Visualization; Educational Attainment and School Desegregation: Evidence from Randomized Lotteries; Practical Data Science: North American Oil and Gas Drilling Data.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

THEORY & PRACTICE OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSME

THEORY & PRAC OF LIFE CYC

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a methodology to assess the environmental impact of products, services, and industrial processes is an increasingly important tool in corporate sustainability management. This course teaches both the theoretical framework as well as step-by-step practical guidelines of conducting LCAs in companies and organizations. Particular emphasis is placed on separating the more academic, but less practically relevant aspects of LCA (which will receive less focus) from the actual practical challenges of LCA (which will be covered in detail, including case studies). The course also covers the application of LCA metrics in a companies’ management and discusses the methodological weaknesses that make such application difficult, including how these can be overcome. Product carbon footprinting (as one form of LCA) receives particular focus, owing to its widespread practical use in recent and future sustainability management.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Christoph J Meinrenken
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• Instructor: Adriana B Kliegman
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• Instructor: Kim Matsoukas
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• 3 points

Toward Climate Resilience and Justice

Toward CLMT Resilience &

“Toward Climate Resilience and Justice: Caribbean Basin
is a (3) credit elective course offered in the Columbia Climate School Masters of Climate and Society Program.
Taught in a collaborative format with GSAPP’s Water Urbanism Design (UD) Studio, this course will explore climate justice and action through the intersections of urban planning, design, and policy in support of communities and ecologies on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

• Department: Climate School
• F 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Johanna Lovecchio
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• 3 points

RES SEM IN QUANT MTHS-SOC SCI II

This course has two goals.  One, it is designed to expose students in the QMSS degree program to different methods and practices of social science research.  Seminar presentations are given on a wide range of topics by faculty from Columbia and other New York City universities, as well as researchers from other settings. Two, it is also designed to give students important professional development skills, particularly around academic writing, research methods and job skills.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MARKETING STRATEGY

Prerequisites: BUSI PS5020 Introduction to Marketing/or Professor Approval is required Students will develop analytical skills used to formulate and implement marketing driven strategies for an organization. Students will develop a deeper understanding of marketing strategies and how to implement tactics to achieve desired goals. Students will work on case study projects in both individual and a team based projects. By the end of this course you will be able to develop a marketing strategy based market assessments and company needs.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sandy Becker
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• 3 points

Food Systems & Climate Interactions

Food Syst. & CLMT Interac

This graduate-level course provides an overview of current and future anthropogenic climate change impacts on food systems and vice versa. The first half of the course will explore the relationship between climate change impacts across food systems and how we grow, transport, process, and consume food impact climate and environmental change. The second half of the course will explore mitigation and adaptation measures across food systems. Throughout the course, we will undertake deep-dive case studies to provide local context to this complex relationship between climate change and food.

• Department: Climate School
• R 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• 3 points

CINEMA HIST IV:AFTER 1990

CINEMA HIST IV: AFTER 1990

• Department: Film
• M 2 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Fabio C Andrade
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• 3 points

ILLNESS/DISABILITY NARRATIVES

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• T 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph H Eveld
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• 4 points

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AND S

CORP SUST REPORTING & STR

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of trends and best practices in corporate communications relating to sustainability, with a particular focus on global sustainability reporting frameworks and green marketing communications. It is designed for those who hold/will hold positions in organizations with responsibilities for communicating the sustainability goals, challenges and achievements, as well as accurately and honestly communicating the environmental aspects of an organization's products and services. Increasingly, large corporations are creating c-suite roles or dedicated departments to oversee this function. More typically, multiple functions contribute information such as: Corporate Communications, Marketing, Community Affairs, Public Policy, Environmental Health & Safety, R&D, Facilities, Operations and Legal. Benefits of reporting range from building trust with stakeholders, and uncovering risks and opportunities; to contributing to stronger long-term business strategy, and creating new products and services.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Celine S Ruben-Salama
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• Instructor: Jessica M Wasser
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• 3 points

Politics of Climate in Asia

Asia accounts for 60% of the world population while producing more than 30% of the global GDP. The region is also known for its hot spots of greenhouse gas emissions, water and air pollution, forest degradation, and biodiversity loss, all of which invite large-scale disasters and climate change. The region has special vulnerabilities, including extensive coastal populations susceptible to rising sea levels, large river basins prone to flooding, and many workers in climate-sensitive sectors, such as agriculture and tourism. By dividing the topics into problems, perceptions, and solutions, we try to grasp how politics matter in climate change policy and what we can do about it.

Nonetheless, prioritizing the environmental agenda is a challenge, especially in countries still suffering from domestic poverty, inequality, and lack of basic infrastructure. It is estimated that China alone has more than 100 million people living under $1 a day. It is not surprising, therefore, that governments of developing countries emphasize economic development and infrastructure building at the expense of the environment. In this context, what role can relevant stakeholders, such as foreign donors, media, and civil society organizations/NGOs play in mainstreaming the climate agenda in local contexts where economic development or other political concerns are urgently sought after?

By delving deep into the context of societies in Asia, we explore the potential of existing efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change and the dilemmas that decision-makers are facing. The first few sessions will be devoted to the developmental foundations of Asian societies that shape the range of climate and environmental policy choices. The second few sessions will focus on the “solutions” and the risk and unintended consequences they might incur. Greater emphasis will be placed on the use and conservation of natural resources (such as forests, minerals, water, and land) where “politics” affect the direction of climate mitigation and adaptation.

• Department: Climate School
• T 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Jin Sato
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• 1.5 points

Black Ecologies

African and African Diasporic peoples have been central to the creation and transformation of global ecologies and landscapes. As the birthplace of humankind, the African continent features the longest archaeological record in the world, with abundant, yet often underrepresented, material and historical evidence for remarkable Indigenous African innovations in the areas of technology, food production, and resource and land use. This course specifically examines Black ecologies preceding and then radically transformed by the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Beginning in the late fifteenth century, the enslavement of millions of Africans and their forced translocation to the Americas and Caribbean precipitated ecological transformations on all sides of the Atlantic, as African peoples, knowledge, resources and ecological inheritances were appropriated by the European mercantile system. Enslaved Africans transformed American landscapes via extractive industries of plantations and mines and suffered the emergence of toxic landscapes and disease alongside Native American communities. Africans also recreated African ecologies as they created livelihoods and landscapes of resistance and freedom in the Americas. The legacies of the Atlantic Era maintain a persistent dynamic in which African and African Diasporic communities experience disproportionate burdens of environmental injustice today. The concept of Black ecologies reflects the marginality, systemic racism and dispossession experienced by Black peoples and their landscapes. Black ecologies also allow us to understand African and African Diasporic ecological innovations, resistance and resilience, and the pathways to future sustainability and justice they promise.

• Department: Climate School
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Kristina Douglass
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• 3 points

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: DEVELOP/IMPLEMENT NEW

This course is designed for students interested in entrepreneurship and becoming CEO/Founders or leaders in industry as innovators and operators. The class is appropriate for those with a strong interest in new ventures or innovation at the corporate level, or for those who want to develop an entrepreneurial mindset even if you have no plans to start a business. This includes potential entrepreneurs, those interested in the financing of new ventures, working in new ventures, or a portfolio company, or in broader general management of entrepreneurial firms. Entrepreneurial topics include: the entrepreneurial journey, founders & co-founders, the art of the pitch, shaping opportunities, traditional business models, business models for the greater good, the lean startup method and the hypothesis-driven approach, technology strategy, product testing, marketing strategy, entrepreneurial marketing, venture financing and emerging developments. Academic readings, analysis of case studies, class discussions, independent exercises, reading assessments, team work, guest speakers, investor panels, weekly deliverable options and a final investor pitch are the main modalities used to help you learn and assist you on your entrepreneurial path. There are no prerequisites for this course.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael E Jr McGuire
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• 3 points

Climate and Energy Justice Practicum

Climate & Energy Justice

The Climate and Energy Justice Practicum gives students the opportunity to work on projects covering a wide range of timely and pressing applied topics and policies related to climate justice, energy justice, and just transitions.  Students work with federal, state, and local partner organizations (including government agencies) on current projects and developing policies. Students will be assigned to small groups (2 or 3 students, depending on enrollment and project scope) to produce a work product under the supervision of the organization and the professor.  Projects will vary in scope and content based on student interest and the needs of the partnering organization. Project topics might include community participation in regulatory matters (e.g. permitting of pipelines), advancing climate justice and clean energy priorities for disadvantaged communities in New York State, community air monitoring in disadvantaged communities, among others. Students might also have the opportunity to work with a specific local community on climate justice or energy transition-related matters. Some students will continue to work on their projects over the summer as part of their capstone projects for the Climate School, supervised by Professor Foster.

Class sessions will be of two types.  The weekly meetings will include readings and lectures on specific climate and energy issues and their intersection with questions of justice for disadvantaged communities. Some class sessions will also consist of (a) small group conversations between the instructors and each group and (b) intermediate presentations of results, progress and problems given by each group to the entire class. In the final two sessions (weeks 6 & 7) each group will present their draft project analysis in a 45-minute presentation to the class. Final projects will be completed and turned in before the end of the exam period.

• Department: Climate School
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Sheila Foster
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• 1.5 points

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

This seminar is designed for senior graduate students to learn about various career options. The speakers are generally graduates from our programs or comparable programs, who will discuss how they ended up in their present positions. The seminar is designed to give the students plenty of opportunities to interact with the speakers and ask questions or ask for advice on how to pursue these career options.

• Department: Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies
• R 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• 1 points