RESEARCH

Before registering, the student must submit an outline of the proposed work for approval by the supervisor and the chair of the Department. Advanced study in a specialized field under the supervision of a member of the department staff. May be repeated for credit.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Garud Iyengar
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 30 Info
• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
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• Instructor: Cedric Josz
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Soulaymane Kachani
  CULPA: 12 Info
• Instructor: Yaren Kaya
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• Instructor: Christian Kroer
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• Instructor: Daniel Lacker
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Henry Lam
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• Instructor: Fabrizio Lecci
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• Instructor: Tianyi Lin
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• Instructor: Uday Menon
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• Instructor: Bento Natura
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• Instructor: Jay Sethuraman
  CULPA: 10 Info
• Instructor: Eric Stratman
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• Instructor: Clifford Stein
  CULPA: 31 Wikipedia h-index: 53 Info
• Instructor: Wenpin Tang
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• Instructor: Harry West
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 1 Info
• Instructor: Kaizheng Wang
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Lily Xu
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• Instructor: David D Yao
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• Instructor: Yi Zhang
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Xunyu Zhou
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• Instructor: Winsor Yang
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• 1-6 points

RESEARCH IN ARCHAEOLOGY

RESEARCH-PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOL

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research and tutorial in archaeology for advanced graduate students.

• Department: Anthropology
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Zoe Crossland
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Severin Fowles
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Hannah Chazin
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• Instructor: Amanda Althoff
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• Instructor: Camilla Sturm
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Terence N D'Altroy
  CULPA: 37 Info
• 3-9 points

RSRCH-MEDIEVAL & RENSSNCE LIT

Guided reading and research on a topic or in a field chosen by the student in consultation with a member of the faculty. Required for Ph.D candidates, ideally during the semester when they prepare the dissertation proposal (prospectus) under the supervision of a potential sponsor.

• Department: Italian
• Instructor: Teodolinda Barolini
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Pier Mattia Tommasino
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

RESEARCH-MODERN & CONTEMP LIT

• Department: Italian
• Instructor: Elizabeth Leake
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• Instructor: Konstantia Zanou
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• 3 points

RESEARCH IN SPECIAL FIELDS

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research in all divisions of anthropology and in allied fields for advanced graduate students

• Department: Anthropology
• Instructor: Hannah Chazin
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• Instructor: Lila Abu-Lughod
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info
• Instructor: Vanessa L Agard-Jones
  CULPA: 3 Info
• Instructor: Naor H Ben-Yehoyada
  CULPA: 5 Info
• Instructor: Severin Fowles
  CULPA: 24 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth M Green
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Marilyn Ivy
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Brian Larkin
  CULPA: 16 Info
• Instructor: David Scott
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 72 Info
• Instructor: Catherine Fennell
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• Instructor: Gina A Jae
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Nicholas Glastonbury
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• Instructor: Ellen Marakowitz
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Nadia Abu El-Haj
  CULPA: 13 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Rosalind Morris
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: John Pemberton
  CULPA: 15 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Povinelli
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: J.C. Salyer
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Kaya N Williams
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• Instructor: Paige West
  CULPA: 41 h-index: 23 Info
• Instructor: Jacob A Bessen
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• Instructor: Camilla Sturm
  CULPA: 2 Info
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• Instructor: Zoe Crossland
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Amanda Althoff
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• 3-9 points

MUSEUM ANTHROPOL INTERNSHIP I

An internship arranged through the Museum Anthropology program of 10 hrs/week (for 3 credits) or 20 hrs/week (for 6). Involves meaningful work, requires keeping a journal and writing a paper at the completion of the semester. Not to be taken without permission of the program directors, usually after completing the Museum Anthropology core courses.

• Department: Anthropology
• Instructor: Brian Boyd
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3-9 points

WORKSHOP IN SCRIPT REVISION

• Department: Film
• M 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 0 points

TV REVISION

FILM AF 9120 TV Revision

 

The goal of TV Revision is to bring in a completed pilot and then completely revise it in one semester. Students will initially present their full scripts for feedback in class discussion, then map a plan for rewriting with their instructor. Deadlines throughout the semester will focus on delivery of revised pages.

The work can range from an intensive page 1 rewrite to focus on selected areas in a script. Reading of all scripts in the workshop and participation in class discussion is required.

There is an application process to select students for the class.

• Department: Film
• M 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Courtney M Baron
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• 0 points

ARISTOTLE

• Department: Philosophy
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Wolfgang R Mann
  CULPA: 36 Info
• 3-6 points

APPLIED PHYSICS SEMINAR

STELLARATORS

May be repeated for credit. Selected topics in applied physics. Topics and instructors change from year to year.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth Paul
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• 3 points

Master's Thesis in BME

This is a Pass/Fail zero credit course, “BME Master's Thesis” for MS students who are in the process of doing a thesis (BMEN E9100).   It would be registered for before/during the final semester, the semester when the student will be defending the thesis.   It must be approved by the faculty mentor.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• Instructor: Clark T Hung
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Olson
  h-index: 28 Info
• 0 points

Sustainable Development Seminar II

This course is restricted to PhD in Sustainable Development

• Department: PHD-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• M 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• F 10 a.m.-11 a.m.
• 1.5 points

SEM-THEORETICAL STATISTIC

Departmental colloquium in statistics.

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

Seminars in BLS II

SEMINARS IN BLS II – SPRING 2027 SEMESTER
(Formerly CMBS G9202 “Seminars in CMBS II”)

The overall goals of this full-year course are to: Learn about (1) biomedical life sciences, broadly defined; (2) research at Columbia/VP&S; (3) scientists as individuals; (4) how to give a research presentation to an educated – but non-expert – audience; (5) how to give and receive useful feedback.

• Department: Biomedical Life Sciences
• 1 points

PRERESEARCH SEMINARS II

• Department: Chemistry
• F 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Ann E McDermott
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• 1 points

Capstone Workshop in Applied Earth Syste

Capstone: Earth Systems P

This capstone workshop serves as the culminating experience for students in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy. Working in teams, students conduct applied policy analysis on real-world environmental and sustainability challenges for public and nonprofit sector clients. Project topics are selected to reflect current global and domestic policy needs, with recent clients including The Nature Conservancy, the World Bank, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and philanthropic initiatives supporting sustainable workforce housing.

Under faculty supervision, students develop project control plans, conduct fieldwork and stakeholder interviews, analyze data, and prepare professional-quality final reports and briefings for clients. The workshop emphasizes practical experience with multidisciplinary policy design and implementation, stakeholder engagement, and collaborative project management. Students sharpen their research, writing, and communication skills while contributing to actionable policy solutions.

• Department: MPA-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE POL
• W 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Sara Tjossem
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• Instructor: Anastasia M Wright
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• Instructor: Julia R Farber
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• Instructor: Anne L Degnan
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• Instructor: Rachel E Patterson
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• Instructor: Steven Cohen
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 21 Info
• 5 points

Human Ecology & Sustainable Development

Human Ecology & Sustain D

This course has two primary objectives: first, to provide a structured way to think about—and conduct research in—the field of sustainable development. Second, to introduce formal models of dynamic, coupled human and environmental systems.

• Department: PHD-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• R 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey G Jr Shrader
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• 4 points

Environment & Resource Economics

This course aims to introduce you to the basic concepts of environmental economics.

• Department: PHD-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• F 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Douglas V Almond
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• 3 points

EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL COLLOQ

All graduate students are required to attend the departmental colloquium as long as they are in residence. Advanced doctoral students may be excused after three years of residence. No degree credit is granted.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• R 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Oscar Nordness
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• 0 points

SEMINAR PROBABILITY THEORY

Departmental colloquium in probability theory.

• Department: Statistics
• F 2:10 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ivan Corwin
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 34 Info
• 3 points

SEMINAR IN APPLIED PROB & RISK

A colloquiim in applied probability and risk.

• Department: Statistics
• R 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Graeme Baker
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• 1 points

SEM IN MATHEMATICAL FINANCE

A colloquium on topics in mathematical finance

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

EARTH/ENVIRONMNTL ENG RESEARCH

Graduate research directed toward solution of a problem in mineral processing or chemical metallurgy

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• Instructor: Kartik Chandran
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia h-index: 51 Info
• Instructor: Robert Farrauto
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• Instructor: Raymond Farinato
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Greeshma Gadikota
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• Instructor: Pierre Gentine
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 43 Info
• Instructor: Shaina Kelly
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• Instructor: Vijay Modi
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Dan Steingart
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 36 Info
• Instructor: Bolun Xu
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Yin Yip Ngai
  h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Adeyemi Adeleye
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• Instructor: Oscar Nordness
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• 0-12 points