FRM PRACTICES

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: David J Romoff
  Info
• 3 points

FUNDRAISING FUNDAMENTALS FOR NONPROFITS

FUNDRAISING FUND FOR NONPRFTS

This course provides a comprehensive overview of fundraising and development in the nonprofit sector and introduces students to basic terminology and concepts in the field. The various fundraising vehicles are surveyed and participants learn to apply fundraising strategies as they balance individual donor and institutional needs. Relationship building, the solicitation process, the psychological dynamics and the realities of asking for money are examined as students refine their skills through analysis of case studies and participation in role playing exercises. A full array of written formats used by fundraising professionals including mission statements, grant proposals, acknowledgment letters, and campaign appeal materials are introduced. While students develop an understanding of the essentials of fundraising operations, they also examine the larger issues confronting today’s fundraising managers as well as explore the relationships between fundraisers and a nonprofit organization’s management structure and other stakeholders.

• Department: Non Profit Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: John Hicks
  Info
• 3 points

FUNDRAISING FUNDAMENTALS FOR NONPROFITS

This course provides a comprehensive overview of fundraising and development in the nonprofit sector and introduces students to basic terminology and concepts in the field. The various fundraising vehicles are surveyed and participants learn to apply fundraising strategies as they balance individual donor and institutional needs. Relationship building, the solicitation process, the psychological dynamics and the realities of asking for money are examined as students refine their skills through analysis of case studies and participation in role playing exercises. A full array of written formats used by fundraising professionals including mission statements, grant proposals, acknowledgment letters, and campaign appeal materials are introduced. While students develop an understanding of the essentials of fundraising operations, they also examine the larger issues confronting today’s fundraising managers as well as explore the relationships between fundraisers and a nonprofit organization’s management structure and other stakeholders.

• Department: Auditing
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: John Hicks
  Info
• 0 points

INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT

INSURANCE RISK MGMT

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Melissa Miller
  Info
• 3 points

Capstone: Design for Social Innovation

Note: This course is an elective, but  can also be used to fulfill the M.S. Nonprofit Management's Core Capstone requirement.
Design for Social Innovation is a project-based course where students work in teams to solve real-world problems on behalf of social sector clients including nonprofits and social enterprises. Students work as “intrapreneurs” (entrepreneurs within organizations) on innovation projects on behalf of client organizations, looking at their client’s organizational or programmatic challenges through the lens of design thinking and human-centered design. The course includes four phases of design.

• Department: Non Profit Management
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Igor Axenov
  Info
• Instructor: Rahmi E Aktug
  Info
• 3 points

CAPSTONE

Capstone projects afford a group of students the opportunity to undertake complex, real-world, client-based projects for nonprofit organizations, supervised by a Nonprofit Management program faculty member. Through the semester-long capstone project, students will experience the process of organizational assimilation and integration as they tackle a discrete management project of long or short-term benefit to the client organization. The larger theoretical issues that affect nonprofit managers and their relationships with other stakeholders, both internal and external, will also be discussed within the context of this project-based course.

• Department: Non Profit Management
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• M 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew Ditton
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• Instructor: Erwin Vincent de Leon
  Info
• 3 points

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The course aims to teach MA in Statistics students how to manage their careers and develop professionally. Topics include resume and cover-letter writing, negotiation, mentoring, interviewing skills and communication across global teams. Top professionals from across the globe speak to students and help improve leadership skills.

• Department: Statistics
• R 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Demissie Alemayehu
  h-index: 14 Info
• 0 points

MA Mentored Research

MA MENTORED RESEARCH

This course is intended to provide a mechanism to MA students in Statistics who undertake on-campus project work or research. The course may be signed up with a faculty member from the Department of Statistics for academic credit. Students seeking to enroll in the course should identify an on-campus project and a congenial faculty member whose research is appealing to them, and who are able to serve as their mentor. Students should then submit an application to enroll in this course, which will be reviewed and approved by the Faculty Director of the MA in Statistics program.

• Department: Statistics
• Instructor: Demissie Alemayehu
  h-index: 14 Info
• Instructor: Yongchan Kwon
  Info
• Instructor: Tian Zheng
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: David A Rios
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 0-1 points

Statistical Fieldwork

Prerequisites: GR5203; GR5204 &GR5205 and at least 4 approved electives This course is an elective course for students in the M.A. in Statistics program that counts towards the degree requirements. To receive a grade and academic credits for this course, students are expected to engage in approved off-campus internships that can be counted as an elective. Statistical Fieldwork should provide students an opportunity to apply their statistical skills and gain practical knowledge on how statistics can be applied to solve real-world challenges.

• Department: Statistics
• Instructor: Demissie Alemayehu
  h-index: 14 Info
• 1 points

MANAGING DATA

• Department: Applied Analytics
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Amreeta Choudhury
  Info
• 3 points

MANAGING DATA

MANAGING DATA ONLINE

• Department: Applied Analytics
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Mohamed Mneimneh
  Info
• 3 points

CLINICAL ETHICS

While this course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of clinical ethics and the basic terminology and framework of ethical analysis in biomedical ethics, it offers a more sociological perspective, putting the contemporary clinical issues into a broader context. We will look briefly at the development of clinical ethics and its impact on hospital care and doctor-patient relationships, on the prevailing autonomy norm and its critique. The course then focuses on issues encountered in clinical practice such as informed consent, patient capacity, decision-making, end of life, advance directives, medical futility, pediatrics ethics, maternal-fetal conflicts, organ transplantation, cultural competence and diversity of beliefs and others. The course will examine the role of the clinical ethics consultant (CEC) and assignments will mimic the work that CECs may perform in the hospital setting. Over the span of the semester, students become familiar with the ethical questions surrounding major topics in the clinic with a practical case-based approach toward ethics dilemmas and ethics consultation. During the semester, students in New York attend a meeting of the adult or pediatric ethics committees of New York Presbyterian and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital or another area hospital, as well as ethics lectures given at the medical center. Students are expected to complete five case write-ups using a template that will be given by the instructor. Students will be using these cases to refine and hone their ethical analysis skills and to show their knowledge of law, policy and ethical principles and how they might apply to each situation.

• Department: Bioethics
• T 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Barbra Rothschild
  Info
• 3 points

PRACTICAL PRODUCTION I

Practical Production 1 teaches students best practices regarding film production and technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program through lectures, discussions, pre-production meetings, multi-hour shoots on set and an end-of-the-semester screening. This class is required for all first-year students. Throughout the Fall, students will work in small production groups to prep and shoot a short script in the Prentis studio.  Each week one group will organize a pre-production meeting and then produce a four-hour shoot. The professor will be in attendance and two de-briefing sessions will occur throughout the production to reiterate best film production practices.  Additional assignments will include the creation of various pre-production, production and wrap paperwork and tech deliverables. Additional mandatory production and risk management workshops will be given. The last class will be a screening of all group films and prep/discussion for the 3-5 exercise shot over Winter Break. Required for all first-year students.

• Department: Film
• F 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Maureen A Ryan
  Info
• 1.5 points

MATH METHODS FOR ECONOMISTS

• Department: Economics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Isaac B Bjorke
  Info
• 3 points

MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT

This course provides the tools to measure and manage market risk in the context of large financial institutions. The volume and complexity of the data itself, at large institutions, makes it a challenge to generate actionable information. We will take on this challenge to master the path from data to decisions. We cover the essential inputs to the engines of financial risk management: VaR, Expected Exposure, Potential Exposure, Expected Shortfall, backtesting, and stress testing as they apply to asset management and trading. We explore the strengths and weaknesses of these different metrics and the tradeoffs between them. We also cover how regulatory frameworks impact both the details and the strategy of building these engines. Lastly, we cover counterparty-credit methodologies, mainly as they apply to Trading Book risk.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Zwecher
  Info
• 3 points

ECONOMETRICS I

• Department: Economics
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Seyhan Erden
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING:DRAWING INTO PRINT

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

Printmaking on, through, and below the m

Print on, through, & belo

This course offers to the student who may find an examination of printmaking an asset to their art practice.
The course will cover several printmaking processes like relief, intaglio, silkscreen, and monotype. In addition, we will discuss printmaking concepts such as repetition, matrix, original/translation, reproducibility, and multiple considering the works produced in class.
We will involve a separate in-depth study of each process by alternating studio time, demonstrations, field trips, individual and group critiques.
Through the printmaking processes, students will explore assignments and projects and be encouraged to incorporate them into their own body of work.

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Raphaela Melsohn
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS

• Department: Economics
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Serguei Maliar Pushnoy
  Info
• 3 points

SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Advanced introduction to classical sentential and predicate logic. No previous acquaintance with logic is required; nonetheless a willingness to master technicalities and to work at a certain level of abstraction is desirable. Note: Due to significant overlap, students may receive credit for only one of the following three courses: PHIL UN3411, UN3415, GR5415.

• Department: Philosophy
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Tamar A Lando
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

ANOMALY DETECTION

• Department: Applied Analytics
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Kuo
  Info
• 3 points

CREDIT RISK ANALYTICS

The field of credit risk management is undergoing a quiet revolution as subjective and manually-intensive methods give way to digitization, algorithmic management, and decision-making. This course provides a practical overview and hands-on experience with different methods, and it also provides a view of future technologies and discussions of potential future directions. Participants in this course should be well-positioned to take entry-level analytic positions and help drive strategic decisions. The first half of the course explores analytics used today for credit risk management. You will learn to create rating and scoring models and a macro scenario-based stress testing model. In the second half of the course, we explore more advanced tools used by the more prominent organizations and fintech firms, including neural net and XGBoost decision tree models.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Mann
  Info
• 3 points

TECH ARTS:POST PRODUCTION

Tech Arts: Post Production delivers a practical introduction to modern post production workflows. The course will cover the process of moving efficiently from production to post production, the techniques of non-linear editing and ultimately the process of professionally finishing a film for modern distribution. Students will learn foundational post terminology, how to create the best workflow for your film, how to manage data/footage in the edit room, and offline and online editing.  Additionally, the class will explore other key steps in the post production process including audio syncing, transcoding, exporting and mastering.  The hands-on lessons and exercises will be conducted using the industry-standard non-linear editing system (NLE), Avid Media Composer, and will serve as a primer for other professional systems, including Adobe Premiere and Davinci Resolve.  Students will also learn about Columbia Film’s shared storage system and cloud editing systems, Avid Nexis and Avid Media Central. The course is necessary and required for Columbia Film MFA students as it prepares them for post production, an unavoidable component of the most essential part of the Film MFA, filmmaking.

• Department: Film
• R 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael J Cacioppo Belantara
  Info
• 0 points

MODEL & TRADE DERIVATIVES

Required Prerequisite: Math GR5010 Intro to the Math of Finance (or equivalent). Recommended Prerequisite: Stat GR5264 Stochastic Processes – Applications I (or equivalent). The objective of this course is to introduce students, from a practitioner’s perspective with formal derivations, to the advanced modeling, pricing and risk management techniques of vanilla and exotic options that are traded on derivatives desks, which goes beyond the classical option pricing courses focusing solely on the theory. It also presents the opportunity to design, implement and backtest vol trading strategies. The course is divided in four parts: Advanced Volatility Modeling; Vanilla and Exotic Options: Structuring, Pricing and Hedging; FX/Rates Components: Discounting, Forward Projection, Quanto and Compo Options; Designing and Backtesting Vol Trading Strategies in Python.

• Department: Mathematics
• S 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Amal Moussa
  h-index: 7 Info
• 3 points

SPORTS GENERAL MANAGEMENT

• Department: Sports Management
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Lencheski
  Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING I: INTAGLIO

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer Nuss
  Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING II: INTAGLIO

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer Nuss
  Info
• 3 points

APPLIED TEXT AND NATURAL LANGUAGE ANALYT

APPLIED TXT & NAT LANG AN

• Department: Applied Analytics
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Yufeng Huang
  Info
• 3 points

APPLIED TEXT AND NATURAL LANGUAGE ANALYT

APPLD TXT & NAT LANG AN ONLINE

• Department: Applied Analytics
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: John Ortega
  h-index: None Info
• 3 points

TECH ARTS

TECH ARTS: CAMERA & LENSES

The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde  The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year. Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion. Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.

• Department: Film
• R 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregg L Conde
  Info
• 0 points

TECH ARTS

TECH ARTS: GRIP & ELECTRIC

The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde  The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year. Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion. Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.

• Department: Film
• M 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew D Farrell
  Info
• 0 points

TECH ARTS

TECH ARTS: CINEMA AUDIO

The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde  The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year. Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion. Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.

• Department: Film
• T 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael O'Brien
  Info
• 0 points

TECH ARTS

TECH ARTS: CAMERA & LENSES

The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde  The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year. Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion. Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.

• Department: Film
• R 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregg L Conde
  Info
• 0 points

TECH ARTS

TECH ARTS: GRIP & ELECTRIC

The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde  The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year. Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion. Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.

• Department: Film
• M 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew D Farrell
  Info
• 0 points

TECH ARTS

TECH ARTS: CINEMA AUDIO

The Tech Arts curriculum is a hands-on, experiential way for our students to learn best practices regarding film production and post production technology in the integrated first year of the MFA Film Program. The curriculum will be taught in 3 different disciplines/sections with up to 12. Instructors: Matthew Farrell, Michael O’Brien, Gregg Conde  The disciplines/sections are: Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio. Students will all be required to take one discipline for registration in their first year. Cameras and Lenses, Grip and Electric, and Cinema Audio will educate students on this topics utilizing the cameras and lens equipment offered by Film’s Production Center in Nash. In addition to the practicum workshops students will be required to do specific readings and assignments to maximize their learning of the weekly subject matter and participate in class discussion. Practical Production 1: Lab-Tech Arts Curriculum takes students through the principles of cinematography, lighting, framing, and audio production by working directly with the equipment and technology through small group sections. Technological competency is required to maximize what they are learning through their other classes in directing, screenwriting and producing classes.

• Department: Film
• T 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael O'Brien
  Info
• 0 points

Machine Learning for Finance

The application of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in the Financial industry is now commonplace, but still nascent in its potential.  This course provides an overview of ML applications for finance use cases including trading, investment management, and consumer banking.  Students will learn how to work with financial data and how to apply ML algorithms using the data.  In addition to providing an overview of the most commonly used ML models, we will detail the regression, KNN, NLP, and time series deep learning ML models using desktop and cloud technologies.  The course is taught in Python using Numpy, Pandas, scikit-learn and other libraries.  Basic programming knowledge in any language is required.

• Department: Mathematics
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: William G Ritter
  Info
• 3 points

PRINTMAKING I: RELIEF

• Department: Visual Arts
• MW 9:30 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Nathan N Catlin
  Info
• 3 points

ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE

ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS & C

This course will explore the influence of institutional policies on the ethical practices of clinicians, researchers, and healthcare administrators. We will examine the ways in which rules and practices related to operational and financial performance shape the ability of practitioners, advocates for patients/research participants, and the public to advance organizational goals. We will evaluate internal and external sources of institutional direction and values. The exercise of authority by different stakeholders produces a cumulative impact on organizational ethics and compliance. At the end of the course students will have a working knowledge of the various institutional influences that impact the sometimes-conflicting obligations of compliance with financial regulations and clinical performance improvement.

• Department: Bioethics
• F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: David N Hoffman
  h-index: 2 Info
• 3 points

IMPACT FINANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY PRACTI

IMPACT FINANCE FOR STNBLT

Impact Finance for Sustainability Practitioners

• Department: Sustainability Management
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Bhakti Mirchandani
  Info
• 3 points

CLOUD COMPUTING

Data analytics have become an essential component of business intelligence and informed decision making. Sophisticated statistical and algorithmic methodologies, generally known as data science, are now of predominant interest and focus. Yet, the underlying cloud computing platform is fundamental to the enablement of data management and analytics.

This course introduces students to cloud computing concepts and practices ranging from infrastructure and administration to services and applications. The course is primarily focused on the development of practical skills in utilizing cloud services to build distributed and scalable analytics applications. Students will have hands-on exposure to VMs (Virtual Machines), databases, storage, microservices, and AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) services through Google Cloud Platform, et al.  Cost and performance characteristics of alternative approaches will also be studied. Topics include: overview of cloud computing, cloud systems, parallel processing in the cloud, distributed storage systems, virtualization, security in the cloud, and multicore operating systems. Throughout, students will study state-of-the-art solutions for cloud computing developed by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM.

The course modules provide a blend of lecture and reading materials along with class exercises and programming assignments. While extensive programming experience is not required, students taking the course are expected to possess basic Python 3 programming skills.

The desired outcome of the course is the student’s ability to put conceptual knowledge to practical use. Whether you are taking this course for future academic research, for work in industry, or for an innovative startup idea, this course should help you master the fundamentals of cloud computing.

• Department: Applied Analytics
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Javid B Huseynov
  Info
• Instructor: Philip Shilane
  Info
• 3 points

RESEARCH ETHICS

In recent years, many crucial issues have arisen concerning research ethics. Scientists in biomedicine, social science and other areas, as well as policy makers face rapidly evolving challenges. In recent years, violations of research ethics have attracted attention from the public, the media, the government, and the scientific community, which have all responded in varying ways. Issues arise in deciding how best to protect human subjects, obtain informed consent, protect privacy and confidentiality, finance research without biasing results, and avoid “misbehavior” among scientists. Questions arise concerning the professional responsibilities and rights of scientists, the rights of study participants, and the appropriate role of the state in these matters. The course meets online once a week for an hour and a half, with extensive interaction between students and the professor both during class and on post-class discussion forums. It can fulfill the requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research that the NIH and other funders currently mandate for training programs that they support.

• Department: Bioethics
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert L Klitzman
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

RESEARCH ETHICS

RESEARCH ETHICS (ONLINE)

In recent years, many crucial issues have arisen concerning research ethics. Scientists in biomedicine, social science and other areas, as well as policy makers face rapidly evolving challenges. In recent years, violations of research ethics have attracted attention from the public, the media, the government, and the scientific community, which have all responded in varying ways. Issues arise in deciding how best to protect human subjects, obtain informed consent, protect privacy and confidentiality, finance research without biasing results, and avoid “misbehavior” among scientists. Questions arise concerning the professional responsibilities and rights of scientists, the rights of study participants, and the appropriate role of the state in these matters. The course meets online once a week for an hour and a half, with extensive interaction between students and the professor both during class and on post-class discussion forums. It can fulfill the requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research that the NIH and other funders currently mandate for training programs that they support.

• Department: Bioethics
• T 6:15 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert L Klitzman
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Research Ethics

This course is offered for early year Biology PhD students only and meets the first 8 weeks of the semester. In
 
recent years, many crucial issues have arisen concerning research ethics. Scientists in biomedicine, social science and other areas, as well as policy makers face rapidly evolving challenges. In recent years, violations of research ethics have attracted attention from the public, the media, the government, and the scientific community, which have all responded in varying ways. Issues arise in deciding how best to protect human subjects, obtain informed consent, protect privacy and confidentiality, finance research without biasing results, and avoid “misbehavior” among scientists. Questions arise concerning the professional responsibilities and rights of scientists, the rights of study participants, and the appropriate role of the state in these matters. The course meets in person and online for 2 hours, with extensive interaction between students and the professor both during class and on post-class discussion forums. It can fulfill the requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research that the NIH and other funders currently mandate for training programs that they support.

• Department: Bioethics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joel Roselin
  Info
• 2 points

Research Ethics

This course is offered for Biology PhD students only and meets the last 5 weeks of the semester.  In
 
recent years, many crucial issues have arisen concerning research ethics. Scientists in biomedicine, social science and other areas, as well as policy makers face rapidly evolving challenges. In recent years, violations of research ethics have attracted attention from the public, the media, the government, and the scientific community, which have all responded in varying ways. Issues arise in deciding how best to protect human subjects, obtain informed consent, protect privacy and confidentiality, finance research without biasing results, and avoid “misbehavior” among scientists. Questions arise concerning the professional responsibilities and rights of scientists, the rights of study participants, and the appropriate role of the state in these matters. The course meets in person or online for 2 hours, with extensive interaction between students and the professor both during class and on post-class discussion forums. It can fulfill the requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research that the NIH and other funders currently mandate for training programs that they support.

• Department: Bioethics
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Joel Roselin
  Info
• 1 points

HEALTH POLICY & BIOETHICS

• Department: Bioethics
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Engel
  Info
• 3 points

SPORTS LAW AND ETHICS

• Department: Sports Management
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Carla Varriale
  Info
• Instructor: Jennifer Duberstein
  Info
• 3 points

WRITING OP-EDS, SMALL PERSONAL ESSAYS AN

WRITING OP-EDS, ESSAYS &

This class is designed to give students exercises and guided experiences in producing and marketing publishable opinion essays. In the last two decades, newspapers, magazines and websites have opened up their pages to reader contributions. This development provides an unprecedented opportunity for students and faculty to connect with the general public about policy issues—and also to their personal passions. Op-eds provide a relatively new pathway to communication and advocacy. This course aims to teach journalistic writing so that our students can gain a larger forum on matters like climate mitigation, conservation biology, green roofs, urban farming, ecologic waste disposal, environmental justice, and pandemic prevention.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Claudia Dreifus
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PEDIATRIC ETHICS

• Department: Bioethics
• W 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: George Hardart
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• 3 points

INTRO TO BLOCKCHAIN, CRYPTO$ & ANALYTICS

BLOCKCHAINCRYPTOCURRENCY &ANL

• Department: Applied Analytics
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Siddhartha Dalal
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• 3 points

CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR SUSTAINABILITY PROF

Throughout history, societies have discovered resources, designed and developed them into textiles, tools and structures, and bartered and exchanged these goods based on their respective values. Economies emerged, driven by each society’s needs and limited by the resources and technology available to them. Over the last two centuries, global development accelerated due in large part to the overextraction and use of finite resources, whether for energy or materials, and supported by vast technological advancements. However, this economic model did not account for the long-term impacts of the disposal or depletion of these finite resources and instead, carried on unreservedly in a “take-make’- waste” manner, otherwise known as a linear economy. Despite a more profound understanding of our planet’s available resources, the environmental impact of disposal and depletion, and the technological advancements of the last several decades, the economic heritage of the last two centuries persists today; which begs the question: what alternatives are there to a linear economy? The premise of this course is that through systems-thinking, interdisciplinary solutions for an alternative economic future are available to us. By looking at resources’ potential, we can shape alternative methods of procurement, design, application, and create new market demands that aim to keep materials, products and components in rotation at their highest utility and value. This elective course will delve into both the theory of a circular economy - which would be a state of complete systemic regeneration and restoration as well as an optimized use of resources and zero waste - and the practical applications required in order to achieve this economic model. Achieving perfect circularity represents potentially transformative systemic change and requires a fundamental re-think of many of our current economic structures, systems and processes. This is a full-semester elective course which is designed to create awareness among sustainability leaders that those structures, systems and processes which exist today are not those which will carry us (as rapidly as we need) into a more sustaining future. The class will be comprised of a series of lectures, supported by readings and case-studies on business models, design thinking and material development and use, that will familiarize students with the concepts and principles that a circular economy presents. In so doing, we will also explore the ch

• Department: Sustainability Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Danielle Azoulay
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• 3 points

CRIT NATIVE/INDIGENOUS STUDIES

This course is an interdisciplinary survey of the literature and issues that comprise Native American and Indigenous Studies. Readings for this course are organized around the concepts of indigeneity, coloniality, power and resistance and concomitantly interrogate these concepts for social and cultural analysis. The syllabus is derived from some of the classic and canonical works in Native American Studies such as Custer Died for Your Sins but will also require an engagement with less canonical works such as Red Mans Appeal to Justice in addition to historical, ethnographic and theoretical contributions from scholars that work outside of Native American and Indigenous Studies. This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates.

• Department: Anthropology
• F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Audra Simpson
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Supervised Research

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

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

Supervised Research

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

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

CAPSTONE PROJECT

CONSTRUCTION CAPSTONE PROJECT

• Department: Construction Administration
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: John B Parkinson
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• 3 points

Ethics: Inclusive Storytelling

This course focuses on the necessary and often undiscussed role of ethics and inclusivity in storytelling and story creation. This course will provide space, as requested by the students, faculty and staff, for facilitated discussion around narrative ownership, comedy, history of on-screen portrayals, intersectionality, the business of inclusion and other related topics so that students walk away with a personal inclusive storytelling plan and a greater level of cultural competency as they continue their creative journeys.  The instructors are professionals in the entertainment space with deep knowledge and practical Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) experience.

• Department: Film
• W 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Diane Houslin
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• 1.5 points

M.A. ESSAY

• Department: French
• 3 points

Introduction to Medieval Manuscript Stud

Intro to Medieval Manuscr

This team-taught course introduces methods for studying medieval manuscripts through weekly hands-on instruction and assignments. Students will become acquainted with the collections of medieval manuscripts at Columbia, and will learn from the scholars at Columbia who specialize in the material study of manuscripts as artifacts as well as in types of manuscripts as defined by their textual contents. The course provides a foundation for advanced work and satisfies the material text requirement of the MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

• Department: Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• F 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Susan Boynton
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 4 points

Intro to Moving Image: Video, Film & Art

BEGINNING VIDEO

Intro to Moving Image: Video, Film & Art is an introductory class on the production and editing of digital video. Designed as an intensive hands-on production/post-production workshop, the apprehension of technical and aesthetic skills in shooting, sound and editing will be emphasized. Assignments are developed to allow students to deepen their familiarity with the language of the moving image medium. Over the course of the term, the class will explore the language and syntax of the moving image, including fiction, documentary and experimental approaches. Importance will be placed on the decision making behind the production of a work; why it was conceived of, shot, and edited in a certain way. Class time will be divided between technical workshops, viewing and discussing films and videos by independent producers/artists and discussing and critiquing students projects. Readings will be assigned on technical, aesthetic and theoretical issues. Only one section offered per semester. If the class is full, please visit http://arts.columbia.edu/undergraduate-visual-arts-program.

• Department: Visual Arts
• W 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Shelly Silver
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

SPECIAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP

• Department: Writing
• T 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas A Donovan
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• 6 points

Supervised Independent Research

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

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

Supervised Independent Research

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

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

COMPANY FAILURES

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Litke
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• 3 points

COMPANY FAILURES

• Department: Auditing
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Litke
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• Instructor: Steve Lindo
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• 0 points

COMPANY FAILURES

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Steve Lindo
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• 3 points

MAFN FIELDWORK

Prerequisites: all 6 MAFN core courses, at least 6 credits of approved electives, and the instructors permission. See the MAFN website for details. This course provides an opportunity for MAFN students to engage in off-campus internships for academic credit that counts towards the degree. Graded by letter grade. Students need to secure an internship and get it approved by the instructor.

• Department: Mathematics
• Instructor: Lars T Nielsen
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• 1-3 points

RISK REGULATIONS IN FINANCE

This course examines post-financial crisis regulations including Basel III, Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), Dodd-Frank Act, Supervision and Regulation Letter 11-7 (SR 11-7), and others.  Case studies will explore the technical details of these new rules; and guest lectures from industry experts will bring the material to life.  Areas of focus include: model risk management, stress testing, derivatives, and insurance.  By the end of this course students will be able to:

Evaluate the purpose and limitations of risk regulations in finance.

Identify and communicate weaknesses in a financial firm.

Communicate with regulators.

Understand Recovery and Resolution Plans or “Living Wills” for a financial firm.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Leibrock
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• Instructor: Juan Echeverri
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• 3 points

Career Development for Quantitative Fina

Career Develop for Quant

This course helps the students understand the job search process and develop the professional skills necessary for career advancement. The students will not only learn the best practices in all aspects of job-seeking but will also have a chance to practice their skills. Each class will be divided into two parts: a lecture and a workshop. In addition, the students will get support from Teaching Assistants who will be available to guide and prepare the students for technical interviews.

• Department: Mathematics
• W 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Lars T Nielsen
  h-index: 17 Info
• 0 points

DERIVATIVES RISK MANAGEMENT

This course explores financial derivatives across different asset classes with in-depth analysis of several popular trades including block trades, program trades, vanilla options, digital options, and variance swaps.  Their dynamics and risks are explored through Monte Carlo simulation using Excel and Python. The daily decisions and tasks of a frontline risk manager are recreated and students have the opportunity to see which trades they would approve or reject. Students will gain a working knowledge of financial derivatives and acquire technical skills to answer complex questions on the trading floor.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alberto Scalari
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• 3 points

SPECIAL TOPICS IN CLINICAL ETHICS

SPECIAL TOPICS CLINICAL E

• Department: Bioethics
• W 8 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Margaret Goldenhersh
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• 3 points

TOOLS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT

Tools for Risk Management examines how risk technology platforms assess risks. These platforms gather, store, and analyze data; and transform that data into actionable information. This course explores how the platforms are implemented, customized, and evaluated. Topics include business requirements specification, data modeling, risk analytics, reporting, systems integration, regulatory issues, visualization, and change processes. Hands-on exercises using selected vendor tools will allow students to gain valuable practice in applying them in realistic situations.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Barney Baldwin
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• 3 points

MODEL RISK MANAGEMENT

Given the ever growing reliance on models, Model risk affects financial institutions at almost every level of their organization including pricing, risk, finance, and marketing.  Model risk management (MRM) is now one of the primary focuses of operational risk management at modern financial institutions.  In this class, the ERM skill sets of risk identification, risk quantification, and risk decision making are applied to the kinds of models seen in large, complex financial institutions.  Through readings, lecture, assignments, and in-class discussions, students learn the principles and concepts that a robust MRM function uses to manage model risk.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter L Russo
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• 3 points

ERM MODELING

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Frank
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• 3 points

MACHINE LEARNING FOR RISK MANAGEMENT

The exponentially increasing availability of data and the rapid development of information technology and computing power have inevitably made Machine Learning part of the risk manager’s toolkit. But, what are these tools? This class provides the driving intuitions for machine learning. Students will see how many of the algorithms are extensions of what we already do with our human minds. These algorithms include regularized regression, cluster analysis, naive bayes, apriori algorithm, decision trees, random forests, and boosted ensembles. Through practical and real-life applications of ML to Risk Management, students will learn to identify the best technique to apply to a particular risk management problem, from credit risk measurement, fraud detection, portfolio selection to climate change, and ESG applications.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

Oral History & Justice: Memory, Power, a

HUM RGTS & ORAL HIST

This course will explore the ethics and politics of using oral history methods for documenting injustice, oppression, and human rights issues. The course is open to graduate students of oral history, human rights, journalism, and related fields; no prior experience with oral history interviewing is required. Oral history can be a powerful means of documenting oppression, human rights abuses, and crisis “from the bottom up” and facilitating the understanding and possible transformation of conditions of injustice. It can open the space for people and narratives that have been marginalized to challenge official narratives and complicate narrow accounts of injustice and crisis. The course will first explore what is distinct about oral history as a response to harm or injustice, comparing it to more familiar forms of testimony and narrative used within the realm of human rights, social justice organizations and courts of law. With its commitment to life narrative interviews and archival preservation, oral history situates injustice within the broader context of a life, a historical trajectory, and a political and cultural setting. Weaving together conceptual and practical approaches, we will examine different potential goals of oral history, such as documenting the experiences of people who have been marginalized; seeking justice; fostering dialogue and healing; and/or supporting activism and advocacy. The course covers interviewing skills and project planning specifically for oral history projects about injustice and human rights, and explores various dimensions of how power, politics, and ethics come into play — how politics and power shape the way a narrative is heard; the challenges of realizing ideals of collaboration and shared authority amid uneven power dynamics; contending with the effects of trauma on both narrators and interviewers; and critical considerations for projects produced with activist and advocacy aims. We will explore how oral history can work alongside other forms of memory and witnessing that go beyond words, such as activism, film, and memorials.

• Department: Oral History
• T 2:10 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Zoe Westhof
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• 4 points

SYSTEMIC RISK

SYSTEMIC RISK (ONLINE)

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sam Soltani
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• 3 points

SPORTS MARKETING

• Department: Sports Management
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Grant J Son
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• Instructor: Kristin Connelly
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• 3 points

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RISK MANAGEMENT

IT RISK MGMT

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Ondrej Krehel
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• 3 points

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RISK MANAGEMENT

• Department: Auditing
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Roota Almeida
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• 0 points

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RISK MANAGEMENT

IT RISK MGMT (ONLINE)

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Roota Almeida
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• 3 points

SPORTS BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS & PR

• Department: Sports Management
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph Favorito
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• 3 points

DIGITAL SPORTS MEDIA & MARKETING

DIG SPRTS MEDIA & MRKTG

• Department: Sports Management
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Tom Richardson
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• 3 points

COGNITIVE BIAS & ERM

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Rich Lauria
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• 3 points

COGNITIVE BIAS & ERM

COGNITIVE BIAS & ERM (ONLINE)

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: John Burkhardt
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• 3 points

STRATEGY AND ANALYTICS

• Department: Applied Analytics
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ranjit Kumble
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• 3 points

STRATEGY AND ANALYTICS

STRATEGY AND ANALYTICS ONLINE

• Department: Applied Analytics
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Diahanna L Post
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• 3 points

CAPSTONE

• Department: Strategic Communication
• R 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Thomas J Groppe
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• Instructor: Gabriel Amor
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• 3 points