GRADUATE STUDIO III

• Department: Visual Arts
• M 4 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicola G Lopez
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

PROPTECH: NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAIN

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Zachary D Aarons
  Info
• 1.5 points

Threat Financing & Anti-Money Laundering

Threat Finc & Antimoney Launde

This class provides a comprehensive look at the efforts to prevent and detect money laundering and terrorist financing in a post 9/11 world. Developments in the United States, as well as internationally, are discussed. The evolution of the area is examined, including a review of the relevant statutes and regulations such as the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act and the Material Support statute. Analysis is done of the Suspicious Activity Reporting that is required to be done by all financial institutions, including banks, securities firms and money services businesses. Cases and actions brought relating to money laundering issues are discussed, including detailed review of the requirements for an Anti-Money Laundering compliance program. There is also analysis of threat financing, from the viewpoint of the requirements placed upon financial institutions, charities and companies, along with a review of cases involving terror financing. In addition, the course addresses the role of lawmakers, lawyers, companies, financial institutions and law enforcement in the process of trying to stop money laundering and terrorist financing.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Annemarie McAvoy
  Info
• 1.5 points

THESIS DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. This course will help guide E3B Ph.D. students towards candidacy by teaching them the skills necessary to be effective and independent scientists. Students will conduct an extensive literature review, write a preliminary dissertation proposal, and present their research ideas to the group on multiple occasions. Students will learn how to give and receive constructive written and oral feedback on their work.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• M 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Uriarte
  Wikipedia h-index: 56 Info
• 6 points

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

Grad Sem III in Sound Art & Related Medi

Grad Seminar III in Sound

The Graduate Seminar in Sound Art and Related Media is designed to create a space that is inclusive yet focused on sound as an art form and a medium. Class time is structured to support, reflect, and challenge students as individual artists and as a community. The course examines the medium and subject of sound in an expanded field, investigating its constitutive materials, exhibition and installation practices, and its ethics in the 21st century. The seminar will focus on the specific relations between tools, ideas, and meanings and the specific histories and theories that have arisen when artists engage with sound as a medium and subject in art. The seminar combines discussions of readings and artworks with presentations of students' work and research, as well as site visits and guest lectures.   While the Columbia Visual Arts Program is dedicated to maintaining an interdisciplinary learning environment where students are free to use and explore different mediums while also learning to look at, and critically discuss, artwork in any medium, we are equally committed to providing in-depth knowledge concerning the theories, histories, practices, tools and materials underlying these different disciplines. We offer Graduate Seminars in different disciplines, or combinations of disciplines, including moving image, new genres, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, as well as in Sound Art in collaboration with the Columbia Music Department through their Computer Music Center. These Discipline Seminars are taught by full-time and adjunct faculty, eminent critics, historians, curators, theorists, writers, and artists.

• Department: Visual Arts
• R 12:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jace Clayton
  Info
• 3 points

GROUP CRITIQUE III

• Department: Visual Arts
• W 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

Chinese Foreign Policy

This seminar will examine the causes, conduct, and consequences of Chinese foreign policy since 1949. We will investigate the evolution of China’s relations with other great powers, the factors shaping Chinese foreign policy, and the implications for competition and cooperation in East Asia. The primary goal of this course is to help students develop an in-depth understanding of Chinese foreign policy from 1949 to the present. Students will also learn to analyze primary sources and apply different theoretical explanations to a range of empirical issues. This course has three major parts: 1) the evolution of Chinese foreign policy in the Cold War, 2) the structure and process of Chinese foreign policy, and 3) key issues in Chinese foreign policy.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Chengzhi Yin
  Info
• 3 points

ARTIST MENTORSHIP III

The Artist-Mentor program allows a close and focused relationship to form between a core group of ten to fifteen students and their mentor. You will be assigned two mentors according to your preferences. You will meet with both of your Mentors each semester in separate one-week workshops. The content of the workshop will vary according to the Mentors’ area of interest, expertise, and the needs of the students. Mentor weeks may include individual critiques, group critiques, studio visits, visits to galleries, other artist's studios, museums, special site visits, readings, and writing workshops.

• Department: Visual Arts
• 3 points

FORMAL VERIF HW SW SYSTEMS

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) and (COMS W3261) Introduction to the theory and practice of formal methods for the design and analysis of correct (i.e. bug-free) concurrent and embedded hardware/software systems. Topics include temporal logics; model checking; deadlock and liveness issues; fairness; satisfiability (SAT) checkers; binary decision diagrams (BDDs); abstraction techniques; introduction to commercial formal verification tools. Industrial state-of-art, case studies and experiences: software analysis (C/C++/Java), hardware verification (RTL).

• Department: Computer Science
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

INDEPENDENT MOOT CT COACHING

• Department: Law
• 1 points

Principles and Practice of Nurse Anesthe

PRIN & PRAC OF NURSE ANES

This is the last of four courses that discusses various methods and techniques of anesthesia administration, with an emphasis on physiological basis for practice. Advanced surgical procedures and the anesthetic implications in the perianesthetic period will be explored.

• Department: Nursing
• M 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Antoinette T Padula
  Info
• 3 points

Foundations of International Security Po

Found. of Intl Security Policy

Graduate introduction to international security policy, with a focus on pre-professional preparation for students expecting to work in security policy after graduation. Covers the role, function, dynamics, and prevention of violence in the international system, via analysis of forceful diplomacy, escalation, crisis, war causation, war termination, the ethics of war and peace, threat assessment and intelligence, strategy, terrorism, insurgency, alliances, weapons of mass destruction, and cyber conflict. Introduces principles for sound defense organization and decision-making processes, civil-military relations, defense planning, and defense budgeting. Considers critical theory and its challenge to orthodox security studies and policy practice.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• 3 points

1ST YEAR PROSEMINAR IN PHIL

Required of all first-year Ph.D. candidates. Each faculty member addresses the proseminar in order to acquaint students with the interests and areas of expertise on the faculty. Through discussion and the dissemination of readings the student learns about possible areas of doctoral research.

• Department: Philosophy
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Achille Varzi
  CULPA: 30 Wikipedia h-index: 40 Info
• 3 points

ARCH, ENG & POLI ECOLOGY

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Reinhold Martin
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING

TPC:REINFORCEMENT LEARNING

Advanced topics in signal processing, such as multidimensional signal processing, image feature extraction, image/video editing and indexing, advanced digital filter design, multirate signal processing, adaptive signal processing, and wave-form coding of signals. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6880 to 6889.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• F 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• 3 points

TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING

TOPIC: REINFORCEMENT LEARNING

Advanced topics in signal processing, such as multidimensional signal processing, image feature extraction, image/video editing and indexing, advanced digital filter design, multirate signal processing, adaptive signal processing, and wave-form coding of signals. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6880 to 6889.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Chong Li
  Info
• 3 points

REDEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: William B McDaniel
  Info
• 1.5 points

CLIMATE CRISIS & HOUSING CRISIS

CLIMATE CRISIS, HOUSING C

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Deborah Morris
  Info
• 3 points

Impact Measurement & Evaluation for Sust

Measuring & Evaluating Impact

In a world driving towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, the measurement and evaluation (M&E) toolkit is critical for holding governments, philanthropies, impact investors and others accountable for creating benefit, preventing harm and contributing to effective solutions. During this course, we will explore both the demand and supply side of generating data and evidence for decision-making in the 21st century. We will also learn practical M&E skills that can be applied across all professions and thematic sectors and that are tailored to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders. Finally, we will ground-truth concepts and theories through discussions with experts and practitioners as well as place-based use cases (primarily from Asia and Africa) of the challenges and opportunities in measuring and evaluating impact. Students can expect to develop the critical skills needed to ensure they are able to navigate, negotiate and facilitate their way to a quality measurement and evaluation plan.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Veronica M Olazabal
  Info
• 3 points

DESIGN BY DEVELOPMENT: PUBLIC INTERFACE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: James F Lima
  Info
• 1.5 points

DESIGN BY DEVELOPMENT:MARKETS + AMENITIE

MARKETS + AMENITIES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Alex Barrett
  Info
• 1.5 points

1:1 CRAFTING AND FABRICATION OF DETAILS

1:1 CRAFTING & FAB OF DET

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Zachary E Mulitauaopele
  Info
• 3 points

MAKING KIN WITH BIOMATERIALS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher Woebken
  Info
• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

TPC:BIG DATA ANALYTICS

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899. Topic: Big Data Analytics.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• F 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Ching-Yung Lin
  h-index: None Info
• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

TPC: BIG DATA ANALYTICS

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899. Topic: Big Data Analytics.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Ching-Yung Lin
  h-index: None Info
• 3 points

NET ZERO HOUSING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Andreas Benzing
  Info
• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

TPC:QUANTUM COMPUT & COMM

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899. Topic: Quantum Computing and Communication.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexei Ashikhmin
  Info
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES AND PRAXIS OF SPATIAL JUSTICE

PRIN & PRAXIS SPATIAL JUS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Ifeoma Ebo
  Info
• 3 points

Topics in Information Processing

Cloud Data Infrastructure

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Asaf Cidon
  h-index: 20 Info
• 3 points

RESEARCH

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Danielle S Smoller
  Info
• 2-3 points

E&I DISCUSSIONS

• Department: Journalism
• M 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicholas B Lemann
  Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Abigail M Deutsch
  Info
• 0 points

RESEARCH II

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Danielle S Smoller
  Info
• 2-3 points

RSRCH COMPUTING EARTH SCI

Prerequisites: Graduate student status, calculus, or instructor permission Priority given to first year PhD students in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Computing has become an indispensable tool for Earth Scientists. This course will introduce incoming DEES PhD students to modern computing software, programming tools and best practices that are broadly applicable to carrying out research in the Earth Sciences. This includes an introduction to Unix, programming in three commonly used languages (Python, MATLAB and Fortran), version control and data backup, tools for visualizing geoscience data and making maps. Students will learn the basics of high performance computing and big data analysis tools available on cluster computers. Student learning will be facilitated through a combination of lectures, in-class exercises, homework assignments and class projects. All topics will be taught through example datasets or problems from Earth Sciences. The course is designed to be accessible for Earth Science graduate students in any discipline.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy Crone
  h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Department: Economics
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: David Weinstein
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia h-index: 42 Info
• 3 points

THE ARAB CITY IN FILM

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Yasser Elsheshtawy
  h-index: 18 Info
• 3 points

INT'L MONEY AND FINANCE

• Department: Economics
• R 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Richard H Clarida
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

CLINICAL ORAL PATHOLOGY

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

Fundamentals of Podcast Interviews

Fund. of Podcast Interviews

The course is designed to give students real-world experience in podcast interviews and development. Students will leave with an understanding the workflow of podcast production as well as how to interview, edit, and produce their own interviews with audacity. In the first weeks of class, students will learn how to structure a podcast interview and how to use Audacity as well as additional basics of audio production. Students will also learn how to edit transcripts and are strongly encouraged to interview subjects who correlate to work they are doing for other classes/areas of interest. In the last weeks of the class, students will focus on the presentation and hosting aspects of their interviews. Students will learn to package and pitch their interview, taking their product from idea to final pitch. Each week, students will listen to and reflect on popular podcast interviews to get a range of inspiration, interview style, subject matter, and editorial design.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Katie L Shepherd
  Info
• 1.5 points

QUANT METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: calculus. Recommended preparation: linear algebra, statistics, computer programming. Introduction to the fundamentals of quantitative data analysis in Earth and environmental sciences. Topics: review of relevant probability, statistics and linear algebra; linear models and generalized least squares; Fourier analysis and introduction to spectral analysis; filtering time series (convolution,deconvolution,smoothing); factor analysis and empirical orthogonal functions; covariance and correlation; methods of interpolation; statistical significance and hypothesis testing; introduction to Monte Carlo methods for data analysis. Problem sets and term project require use of MATLAB or Python.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: William H Menke
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 4 points

ARCHITECTURE, LAND, GROUND

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Lucia Allais
  Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO WRITING STUDIES

Anyone who pursues a career as a college faculty member will teach writing—either formally, in a writing class, or informally, as we work with students who are new to our disciplines. However, many graduate students in the humanities have received no substantive training in the burgeoning field of writing studies. In English, career opportunities in writing studies have outpaced other field areas. The MLA’s 2016-2017 jobs list reported that 851 positions were advertised in English, 10% fewer than the previous year. Of those jobs, 217 were in writing studies, 187 were in British literature, and 172 were in American literature. Given that writing studies positions are also advertised elsewhere, the gap is likely larger. This seminar will explore key debates in writing studies research and teaching methodologies, program development, and disciplinary and institutional status. Writing studies is the newest name for “rhetoric and composition,” a field which declared its existence in the mid-1960s, and draws its praxes and theories from classical rhetoric, applied linguistics, cognitive and developmental psychology, literary criticism, civic education, creative writing, and progressive pedagogy. Scholarship in writing studies since the 1960s has sought to deepen our understanding of how transactions work among writers, readers, and texts. Writing studies prompts us to track how standards for “good” or “appropriate” academic writing change over time, and how the teaching of writing responds to social, political, institutional, and disciplinary forces. The readings in this course will help us to articulate our own philosophies of writing and shape approaches to pedagogy in our own fields. Topis will include the following: how writers develop; intellectual practices that foster community among learners; the ethics and politics of textual transactions, including assessment; students’ rights to their own language; literacy acquisition across media; working in transnational and translingual spaces; genre and rhetorical theory; fostering knowledge and skills transfer; the impact of intersectionality on pedagogy and program design; and labor justice. We will read works by foundational writing studies scholars including John Dewey, Wayne Booth, bell hooks, Victor Villaneuva, Jr. A. Suresh Canagarajah, and the current president of the Modern Language Association, Anne Ruggles Gere. Participants will have the opportunity to ask how writing studies can deepen the understanding of writing in our fields, regardless

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicole Wallack
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

ADV STUDIO III- JT HP/UP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 6 points

EVIDENCE & INFERENCE

This fall course, taken by the entire M.A. class,  teaches a disciplined “journalistic method” of testing assumptions and making sure that reporting firmly proves its points.

Students develop useful skills for working with statistics, using academic research and conducting in-depth interviews. They are also taught to carefully combine anecdote and narrative with the big picture in their writing.

• Department: Journalism
• M 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• 3 points

THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

• Department: Social Work
• T 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• T 11:10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Helaine C Ciporen
  Info
• Instructor: Maris Pasquale Doran
  Info
• Instructor: Christopher Ferraris
  Info
• Instructor: Boris Vilgorin
  Info
• Instructor: Richard T Hara
  Info
• Instructor: Katrina Balovlenkov
  Info
• Instructor: Peggy Jo Sandeen
  Info
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES OF LITERARY STUDY I

• Department: Core (A&S)
• M noon-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

PRINCIPLES OF ART HUMANITIES

Art Humanities aims to instill in undergraduate students a passion and a critical vocabulary for the study of art as well as a fundamental capacity to engage the world of images and built environments. Principles of Art Humanities aims to prepare instructors to teach Art Humanities. We will study each unit of Art Humanities with an eye toward pedagogy, formal and critical analysis, and a capacious understanding of art and culture of past epochs. The course comprises presentations by the Art Humanities Chair and by weekly invited guests, as well as discussion among all participants. Required of all first-time Art Humanities instructors. Open to retuning instructors.

• Department: Core (A&S)
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Zoe S Strother
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

DRAWING TO GATHER

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Dare A Brawley
  Info
• 3 points

Conspiracy Theory in American Film and C

Conspiracy Theory in US F

This class will look at the history of conspiracy theories in American culture from the 50s and 60s (UFOs, the red scare, JFK’s assassination) to the 21st century (from 9/11 truthers to Covid conspiracies and QAnon) with particular attention to cinematic representation. What is the lure of conspiracy theories? Are there particular reasons that conspiracy theories thrive in American culture?  Do different media forms and platforms encourage the spread, and even transform the content, of conspiracies?  What is the difference between theory in the social sciences and humanities and conspiracy theory?  We will read a range of theoretical material including writings by Richard Hofstadter, Fredric Jameson, Jean Baudrillard, Eve Sedgwick, Sianne Ngai, and many others.  Films will include:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers,
The Parallax View
,
Videodrome
,
The Matrix
,
Get Out
, and others.

• Department: Film
• R 6:10 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Nico Baumbach
  Info
• 3 points

VIRTUAL DISRUPTION

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Marlon Davis
  Info
• 3 points

SEED BOMBS: TECHNOLOGIES IN ECOLOGICAL D

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Emily Bauer
  Info
• 3 points

THESIS I/CAPSTONE I WORKSHOP

THESIS WORKSHOP I

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

THESIS II/CAPSTONE WORKSHOP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Weiping Wu
  Wikipedia h-index: 27 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN VLSI SYSTEMS DESIGN

Modern Power Mgmt. ICs

A comprehensive introduction to modern power management integrated circuits (PMIC) design. Advanced topics in power management will be introduced including: linear regulators; digital linear regulator; switch-mode power converter; control schemes for DC-DC converters; power losses in DC-DC converter; switched capacitor converters; wireless power conversion; power converter modeling and simulation; design examples. Topics may change from year to year.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Xin Zhang
  Info
• 3 points

M.A. ESSENTIALS

INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES

• Department: Journalism
• M 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• 3 points

FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES

• Department: Social Work
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• T 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Priya U Seshan
  Info
• Instructor: Brenda Jones Harden
  Info
• Instructor: Morgan Ritacco
  Info
• 3 points

MACHINE LEARNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• MTRF 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Zg N Balaban
  Info
• 1.5 points

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION

This course provides a basic quantitative introduction to (electromagnetic) radiation in the climate system, focusing on the atmosphere. We will establish the language used to describe radiation and describe how sources of radiation are related to temperature and to the physical properties and chemical composition of the atmosphere. We’ll learn how radiation emitted by the earth and atmosphere is transported between elements of the climate system and the rest of the universe, combining this with information about how the optical properties vary with wavelength to understand phenomena as varied as the cooling rate of the atmosphere, how “radiative forcing” arises from compositional changes and how this varies in space, and why the amount of rain increases more slowly than the amount of water in the atmosphere. We’ll then consider light from the sun, which arrives as a collimated beam that’s diffused in the atmosphere. We’ll consider methods for computing the fate of incoming sunlight and explore how this depends on the distribution of the gasses, aerosols, and clouds that make up the atmosphere.

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

DRAFT & NEG COMM REAL EST DOCS

• Department: Law
• F 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Douglas Bregman
  Info
• 3 points

ENVIRONMENTS ANIMALS TECHNOLOGIES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Gal Nissim
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED RESEARCH I

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Weiping Wu
  Wikipedia h-index: 27 Info
• 2-3 points

INTL SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES

• Department: Social Work
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• W 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Mashura Akilova
  Info
• 3 points

CONSTRUCTION AND SLAVERY: THE ARCHITECTU

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonah Rowen
  Info
• 3 points

DECOLONIZING THE ARCHITECTURAL IMAGINATI

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Mohammad I Muzaffar
  Info
• 3 points

AGING: ISSUES, POLICY, RESEARCH

• Department: Social Work
• W 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ada C Mui
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED CORP LAW & FINANCE

• Department: Law
• R 8:50 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Zohar Goshen
  h-index: 12 Info
• 3 points

RADIOLOGY II

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

TRAD BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Tim Micheils
  h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

Communications for the Public, Private,

Comms-Pub, Priv, Non-Prof

This course will train students to become communications directors and spokespeople for government agencies, for-profit companies, or nonprofit organizations. We will provide a detailed overview of the extensive role that communications play in a given organization. The discussions and exercises in this course use current events to demonstrate how communications interact with and affect every area of business and organizational operations. The daily and weekly assignments are similar to what real communications executives do regularly. We focus on real-world examples to train you to think and react like a communications executive. The course will also invite high-level guest speakers to share their experiences and expertise in different areas of communication. Students who take this course will become familiar with how to work with the press and the nuances of media relations; how to write press releases, speeches, and executive communications; the importance of internal communications and corporate culture in employee acquisition and retention; media training; developing strategic public relations plans for internal and external communications; and how to develop crisis communications strategies. Prior public relations courses and experience are not required; however, exceptional English writing and grammar skills are strongly recommended for students to succeed in this class. Hagar Chemali runs a next-generation news media brand and hosts its weekly world news show on YouTube called Oh My World! She has also advised a range of clients on strategic communications. She worked in the U.S. government for over 12 years in different senior public affairs and policy-making positions in national security.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Hagar Hajjar Chemali
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR ARCH PRESER

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
• 1.5 points

SUS URBAN PLANN + DESIGN

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Martin
  Info
• 3 points

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICUM

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Kaja Kuehl
  Info
• 3 points

URBAN ANALYTICS FOR TRANSPARENCY IN DECI

URBAN ANALYTICS/DEC MAKIN

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Andre Correa D'Almeida
  h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

• Department: Law
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Frederick Davis
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• 2 points

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE PRACTICUM

CMTY DEVLP FINANCE PRACTI

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin McQueen
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• 3 points

Writing and Delivering Speeches

Writing & Delivering Speeches

This award-winning introductory course aims to teach the fundamentals of persuasive speechwriting and public speaking for the public and private sectors, non-profits, and advocacy groups. Students learn how to apply the classical canons of rhetoric to speechwriting in the 21st Century, emphasizing the practical how-tos of contemporary speechwriting and speech delivery. Students are expected to draft, edit, and deliver their own speeches, which are then critiqued by the professor and guest speechwriters. Although no prior speechwriting experience is required, exceptional written-English skills are strongly recommended. Practical topics are emphasized: Why do some speeches persuade while others do not? How are speeches tailored for specific audiences, venues, and occasions? What delivery techniques work best to move an audience? By the end of the semester, students will have three full speeches as writing samples as well as three videos of formal speech delivery for future speaker training. The course is taught by SIPA alumnus Jim Holtje (MIA ’90), recipient of SIPA’s 2019 “Outstanding Teaching Award.” A former international political consultant, he is the author of six books, including “Divided It Stands: Can the United Nations Work?” and “The Power of Storytelling: Captivate, Convince, or Convert Any Business Audience Using Stories from Top CEOs.” He previously served as a full-time speechwriter to the CEOs of IBM; Siemens, AG (Munich, Germany); Siemens USA (New York); The McGraw-Hill Companies (New York); as well as speechwriter to MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer (New York). Previous guest speakers have included: The Hon. Michael Nutter, former Mayor of the City of Philadelphia; Terry Edmonds, the first African-American White House speechwriter, and U.S. President Bill Clinton’s chief speechwriter; Lauren Peterson, former speechwriter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood; Doug Garr, former speechwriter to Governor Mario Cuomo (D-NY); and Douglass Hatcher, former speechwriter to U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME).

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: James P Holtje
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• 1.5 points

English for International and Public Aff

English for Int'l & Public Aff

The overall goal of this course is to improve the writing skills of international students in the MIA and MPA degree programs. The course requirements will include weekly short exercises (definitions of key terms and abstract concepts, summaries of statistical data, summaries and critiques of seminal concepts and theories, and descriptions of processes and procedures) and longer assignments (an argumentative essay, case study and short research paper). Students will also learn to revise and edit their work as well as to integrate sophisticated rhetorical and syntactic structures. To improve the accuracy and clarity of their writing, the course will review the aspects of grammar that pose particular problems for international students.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• MW 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• TR 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Brittany Ober
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• Instructor: Christopher Collins
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• Instructor: Carolyn Dunn
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• 3 points

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN MAJOR

ARTS & CULTURE

• Department: Journalism
• TR 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: David Hajdu
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• 6 points

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN MAJOR

BUSINESS & ECON JOURNALIM SEM

• Department: Journalism
• R 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Winnie O'Kelley
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• 6 points

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN MAJOR

POLITICS & GOVT JOURNAL SEM

• Department: Journalism
• TR 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Stille
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• 6 points

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN MAJOR

SCIENCE JOURNALISM SEMINA

• Department: Journalism
• TR 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Marguerite Y Holloway
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• 6 points