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- Department: African American and African Diaspora
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Nyle Fort
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Rachel Grace Newman
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Edwidge Danticat
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INTERMEDIATE PROJECTS
May be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 total points may be used for degree credit. Substantial independent project involving laboratory work, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.
- Department: Electrical Engineering
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Dimitris Anastassiou
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Keren Bergman
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Javad Ghaderi
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Christine P Hendon
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Predrag R Jelenkovic
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Xiaofan Jiang
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Ethan Katz-Bassett
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Dion Khodagholy Araghy
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Peter Kinget
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Zoran Kostic
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Harish Krishnaswamy
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Ioannis Kymissis
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Aurel A Lazar
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Michal Lipson
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Nima Mesgarani
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Debasis Mitra
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John W Paisley
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Matthias Preindl
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Mingoo Seok
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Kenneth Shepard
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Tanvir Ahmed Khan
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Yannis P Tsividis
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David G Vallancourt
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Wen I Wang
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Xiaodong Wang
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John Wright
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Charles A Zukowski
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Gil Zussman
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Savannah Eisner
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Homayoon Beigi
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INDEPENDENT STUDY
- Department: French
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Instructor:
Pierre Force
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Instructor:
Laurence Marie
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MANAG TECH INNOV & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MANAGING TECH INNOVATION
A required course for undergraduate students majoring in OR:EMS. Focus on the management and consequences of technology-based innovation. Explores how new industries are created, how existing industries can be transformed by new technologies, the linkages between technological development and the creation of wealth and the management challenges of pursuing strategic innovation.
- Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brandon M Procak
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Gerard A Ateshian
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Arvind Narayanaswamy
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Vijay Vedula
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James Hone
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Kristin Myers
CULPA: 3
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Jeffrey W Kysar
CULPA: 9
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Vijay Modi
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P J Schuck
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Qiao Lin
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Matei T Ciocarlie
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Michael J Massimino
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Michael Burke
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Sunil Agrawal
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Sinisa Vukelic
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Bianca N Howard
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Harry West
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Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy
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Instructor:
Hod Lipson
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Instructor:
Karen Kasza
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Mary Boyce
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Homayoon Beigi
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Instructor:
Chaoqun Dong
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Adrian Buganza Tepole
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MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER
MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN
Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
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Instructor:
Anthony Genova
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SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT STUDY
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Seth Cluett
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SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP
Only for masters students in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics who may need relevant work experience a part of their program of study. Final report required. May not be taken for pass/fail or audited.
SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP
SUPERVISED INTERSHIP
Only for masters students in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics who may need relevant work experience a part of their program of study. Final report required. May not be taken for pass/fail or audited.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
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Instructor:
Klaus A Hamacher
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FIELDWORK
Only for BMEN graduate students who need relevant work experience as part of their program of study. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.
- Department: Biomedical Engineering
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Instructor:
Clark T Hung
CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info - 1-2 points
FIELDWORK
May be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 total points may be used for degree credit. Only for Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics graduate students who include relevant off-campus work experience as part of their approved program of study. Final report and letter of evaluation required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- 1-2 points
SENIOR HONORS THESIS WORKSHOP
Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 and the director of the departmental honors programs permission. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.7 in all required major courses, including calculus and statistics, prior to enrollment. The honors thesis seminar is a year-long course, beginning in the fall semester and ending in the spring semester. Students who have been approved to enter the workshop will be registered for both semesters by the department during the first two weeks of classes; 3 points are earned per semester. This workshop may only be taken by students applying for departmental honors, and it also fulfills the economics seminar requirement for the economics major and all joint majors. Students must see the director during mid-semester registration in the spring to discuss their proposed thesis topic, at which time they will be matched with appropriate faculty who will act as their thesis adviser. Students will meet their adviser over the course of the year at mutually agreed upon times. A rough draft of the thesis will be due during the first week of February in the spring semester, and the final draft will be due three weeks before the last day of classes. Please note that for those joint majors that require two seminars, one in economics and one in the other discipline (i.e. Political Science), the economics senior honors thesis seminar only fulfills the economics seminar requirement.
- Department: Economics
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lena Edlund
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
- Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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Instructor:
Ralph Ghoche
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Shourideh Molavi
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Kathryn Spellman Poots
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Wael Hallaq
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Instructor:
Hisham Aidi
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SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
- Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
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Instructor:
Isabelle C Levy
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WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
WORKPLACE COMM IN ENGLISH
English communication proficiency is important for academic achievement and career success. Columbia Engineering provides English communication instruction for students who would like to improve their communication skills in English. In a small group setting (15-20 students), enrollees will obtain opportunities to interact with the instructor and fellow classmates to improve communication skills.
- Department: Engineering
- T 10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
- R 3 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
- S 10:20 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Hyoseon Lee
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ORIENTATION
This course is a no-credit class designed to start providing critical material to incoming QMSS students overthe summer to help prepare them for the coding demands of the program. We will post links, exercises andresources for students to work on before they start their classes in the Fall of 2018.
- Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
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CURATORIAL COLLOQUIUM
The Curatorial Colloquium is taken in the second semester of study and is required for the completion of the M.A. in Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies. The course introduces students to the history, theory and practice of object collection and display as well as to exhibitions such as Documenta and the various international biennials. The course is designed to allow for guest presentations on particular issues by curators and museum professionals, just as it draws on the expertise and participation of Columbia faculty. The aim is to develop students critical thinking and for them to learn directly from leading practitioners in the exhibition and display of modern and contemporary art. In addition to department faculty, curators from MoMA, the Whitney, the International Center for Photography, and other institutions regularly participate in the colloquium.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Janet L Kraynak
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CHINESE LINGUISTICS & PEDAGOGY
This course describes the morphological, syntactic and phonological structures of Chinese language within the framework of the functional grammar. The focus is placed on the “mapping” of linguistic forms and their semantic and pragmatic functions. Pedagogical suggestions on how to teach these structures are also provided.
Prerequisites: CHNS G5000x. This course is designed for graduate students who have successfully passed Course I (G5000) and who are permitted by the Department to take this course, which entails working as a teaching assistant in the Chinese language program. In addition to coordinating closely with his or her mentors and the course coordinator, the student TA has to design and teach first year drill sessions, team-teach with his or her mentors, and do other teaching-related assignments.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- MWR 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lening Liu
CULPA: 9 Info - 3 points
METHODS IN AMERICAN STUDIES
Conceived in the 1920’s and 1930’s, American Studies sought to make a synoptic account of the “national character.” Since the 1960’s, the field has turned towards a focus on various forms of inequality as the dark side of American exceptionalism. This course surveys the development of the field’s current preoccupations, covering a range of periods, regions, groups, and cultural practices that present productive problems for generalizations about U.S. identity. We begin with the first academic movement in American Studies, the myth and symbol school—and think through its growth in the context of post-WWII funding for higher education. We then move on to a series of debates centered at intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. We’ll close by examining the historical background of protest movements built around the identitarian concerns about rape culture and mass incarceration.
- Department: Ethnicity and Race, Center for
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew Sandler
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PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION
- Department: Engineering
- MTWRF 2 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
- T 1 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
- W 1 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hyoseon Lee
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RES SKILLS/MTHDS-INT/WRLD HIST
In the first semester a series of workshops will introduce the field of international history and various research skills and methods such as conceptualization of research projects and use of oral sources. The fall sessions will also show the digital resources available at Columbia and how students can deploy them in their individual projects. In the second semester students will apply the skills acquired in the fall as they develop their proposal for the Masters thesis, which is to be completed next year at the LSE. The proposal identifies a significant historical question, the relevant primary and secondary sources, an appropriate methodology, what preliminary research has been done and what remains to be done. Students will present their work-in-progress.
- Department: History
- F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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THEORY AND METHODS II
The main purpose of this course is to acquaint students with different theories and methodological approaches to reading and interpretation of texts. This course may not be taken as Pass/D/Fail.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sudipta Kaviraj
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Political Violence in 20C. Europe
Political Violence 20C Eu
In the twentieth century, Europe became a site of extreme and extensive forms of political violence. This course will explore the main typologies of violence––driven by political motives and exerted by state and non-state actors––that emerged in that period, from both a historical and a theoretical point of view. The main goal of the course is to think critically about a set of substantive questions such as how people transformed political adversaries into enemies to be physically harmed; why some conflicts resulted in the killing of massive numbers of civilians; what were the social consequences of violence; and whether it is possible to observe patterns to violence’s occurrence in modern Europe.
The course proposes a multi-disciplinary approach that bridges History, Political Science, Sociology, and other fields of study that investigate this phenomenon. The course will locate political violence within its specific historical, geographical, and cultural contexts; shed light on the dynamics of radicalization, escalation, and de-escalation; and examine perpetrators’ individual as well as collective experiences. In addition to interpretative frameworks, the course will discuss a number of empirical cases, including the Armenian genocide in Turkey, paramilitarism in Italy, the civil war in Spain, and terrorism in Ireland and Germany.
- Department: Modern European Studies
- W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Luca Falciola
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INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
Students will be introduced to the fundamental financial issues of the modern corporation. By the end of this course, students will understand the basic concepts of financial planning, managing growth; debt and equity sources of financing and valuation; capital budgeting methods; and risk analysis, cost of capital, and the process of securities issuance.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Eleni Vrana
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Instructor:
Stephen Hurley
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Topics in Technology Career Paths and In
Topics in Technology Career Paths and Industry
is a discussion series where faculty, alumni, and industry professionals share their experiences navigating careers across the technology landscape.
This series offers a look at how the program’s curriculum translates into real-world skills and professional opportunities. Explore how the courses, projects, and experiences shape thinking, support building technical and professional toolkits, and launch impactful careers in technology.
Students will examine a range of career paths, gain insights into industry trends, and engage in conversations that connect classroom learning to practice.
- Department: Technology Management
- W 8:10 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Shahryar Shaghaghi
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Quant Methods for Climate Applications
Quant Methods-CLMT Applic
Required course for students in the Climate and Society MA program. An overview of how climate-societal and intra-societal relationships can be evaluated and quantified using relevant data sets, statistical tools, and dynamical models. Concepts and methods in quantitative modeling, data organization, and statistical analysis, with applications to climate and climate impacts. Students will also do some simple model experiments and evaluate the results. Lab required. Pre-requisites: undergraduate-level coursework in introductory statistics or data analysis; knowledge of calculus; basic familiarity with R programming language.
- Department: Climate School
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jason Smerdon
CULPA: 4 h-index: 47 Info - 4 points
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
PROFESSIONAL COMM IN ENGL
- Department: Engineering
- R 1 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hyoseon Lee
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MATERIALS & PRACTICES-ART HIST
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Frederique Baumgartner
CULPA: 3 Info - 4 points
ACADEMIC WRITING
- Department: Engineering
- W 10:40 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hyoseon Lee
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CORPORATE FINANCE
Prerequisites: BUSI PS5001 Introduction to Finance/or Professor Approval is required Students will learn the critical corporate finance concepts including financial statement analysis; performance metrics; valuation of stocks and bonds; project and firm valuation; cost of capital; capital investment strategies and sources of capital, and firm growth strategies. At the end of this course students will understand how to apply these concepts to current business problems.
- Department: Enterprise Risk Management
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
John D Van Ness
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Regional Climate science and forecasting
Regional climate & foreca
Effective climate adaptation requires the wise application of climate information to decision making on an everyday basis. Many decisions in society are at local scales, and regional climate information considered at appropriate scales and in appropriate forms co-developed by scientists, forecast providers and users is central to the concept of climate services. Students will build an understanding of the dynamics of climate variability and change at regional and local scales, along with the sources of modern climate information used to help manage climate-related risks and adapt to climate change. This includes hands-on Climate Data Analysis and proactive Risk Analysis using historical climate data, real-time monitoring, climate forecasts, and climate change projections.
- Department: Climate School
- T 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew Robertson
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PROFESSIONAL&WORKPLACE COMM IN ENGLISH
- Department: Engineering
- F 10:40 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Hyoseon Lee
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