GRADUATE SPECIAL TOPIC

Optical Microscopy

Current topics in biomedical engineering. Subject matter will vary by year.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• M 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Henry Hess
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

GRADUATE SPECIAL TOPIC

Signal Proc Med Devices

Current topics in biomedical engineering. Subject matter will vary by year.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• M 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Megan Heenan
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• 3 points

Computing in Context

This introductory course will explore computing concepts and coding in the context of solving policy problems. Such problems might include troubleshooting sources of environmental pollution, evaluating the effectiveness of public housing policy or determining the impact that local financial markets have on international healthcare or education. Using policy scenarios as examples, students will be exposed to topics including: requirements gathering, data collection, data cleansing, writing pseudocode and code, using Python packages to help solve policy problems, presenting technical solutions and the constraints of computing. The hands-on nature of the class will help students to develop a strong, transferable skill-set that could be applied to both current coursework and future employment. Between the computer science and policy context lectures, students will see how computer science will become a fundamental component of their policy analysis education.

• Department: Data Science for Policy
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 3:10 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
• F 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
• F 2:40 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Aidan Feldman
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• 3 points

Special Topics in Earth and Environmenta

Current topics

Current topics in earth and environmental engineering. Subject matter will vary by year. Instructors may impose prerequisites depending on the topic.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• R noon-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory Elsaesser
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• 3 points

APPLIED RESEARCH

• Department: Insurance Management
• Instructor: Teresa W Chan
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• 3 points

Ready 4 MCY

• Department: Medicine
• 0 points

Foundations of International Security Po

Found of Int'l Security P

This course introduces key concepts, theories, and challenges in the study and practice of international security policy. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, students will examine the causes and consequences of war, the evolution of strategic thought, and the tools available to prevent and manage violent conflict. The course includes the purposes and limitations of military force, alliance politics, deterrence and coercion, weapons of mass destruction, civil-military relations, cyber threats, and the ethical dimensions of security decision-making. The course emphasizes critical thinking, policy evaluation, and real-world application, preparing students for advanced study in the International Security Policy concentration and future roles in government, international organizations, or related fields. Students will leave with a foundational framework for analyzing security policy and contributing to efforts that reduce the human and strategic costs of armed conflict.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• T 5:35 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen Biddle
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• 3 points

WORKSHOP (CERT)

This workshop provides an intense immersion in the methods and skills of narrative medicine. Lectures will open up themes of how stories work, creativity, ethics, bearing witness, and empathy, while the small groups practice rigorous skills in close reading, creative writing, and responding to the writings of others. The learning objectives of the workshops are to 1) provide personal contact to introduce and solidify intersubjective relationships among participants; 2) to ignite use of methods that have been and will be utilized in the on-line component, e.g., writing to prompts from literary texts and responding to both form and content of colleagues’ writing; 3) plenary lectures from the architects of the discipline of Narrative Medicine in the foundational theories to be studied; 4) scheduled cultural learning opportunities of New York City (music, museums, literary readings) for shared creative experiences; 5) contact with Master of Science in Narrative Medicine graduate program for certification participants toward their understanding of the breadth of the field and the potential for their continuing to study NM after the CPA; 6) introduction to the national and international reach of Columbia Narrative Medicine so that participants grasp the value and magnitude of the community they have entered as certification program students. Participants will be given the chance to present their own works-in-progress to assembled participants and faculty as a jump-start to collaborative projects during and after the participation in the certification program.

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• 0 points

Leadership in Action

MIA & MPA Leadership and Management I Core. 
Leadership in Action
integrates strategic leadership frameworks, real-world case studies, and an immersive multi-week simulation to build students’ capacity to lead in complex, high-stakes environments. Through a sequence of applied exercises, ranging from team formation and innovation design to crisis response, students will develop critical skills in decision-making, influence, and organizational change. The course emphasizes adaptive leadership, cross-sector collaboration, and ethical judgment, equipping students to lead effectively under conditions of uncertainty and pressure.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• M 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 8 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• W 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• M 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• F 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• M 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• R 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• R 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• R 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Jan Svejnar
  Wikipedia h-index: 49 Info
• Instructor: William B Eimicke
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• Instructor: Gary Bagley
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• Instructor: Vibhav Prasad
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• Instructor: Teemu Alexander Puutio
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• Instructor: Kirsti Samuels
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• Instructor: Jan Svejnar
  Wikipedia h-index: 49 Info
• Instructor: William B Eimicke
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• Instructor: Gary Bagley
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• Instructor: Vibhav Prasad
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• Instructor: Teemu Alexander Puutio
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• Instructor: Kirsti Samuels
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• 1.5 points

Intro Social Data Analysis I

Basic techniques for analyzing quantitative social science data. Emphasis on conceptual understanding as well as practical mastery of probability and probability distributions, inference, hypotheses testing, analysis of variance, simple regression, and multiple regression.

• Department: Sociology
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Yao Lu
  h-index: 25 Info
• 4 points

Financial Accounting

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• TR 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• TR 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Sehwa Kim
  h-index: 1 Info
• 3 points

PROJECTS-BIOMEDICAL INFORMATCS

Research in medical informatics under the direction of a faculty adviser.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Noemie Elhadad
  Wikipedia h-index: 46 Info
• Instructor: Chunhua Weng
  h-index: 37 Info
• Instructor: Mohammed Alquraishi
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• Instructor: Andrea Califano
  h-index: 77 Info
• Instructor: Dennis Vitkup
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• Instructor: Raul Rabadan
  Wikipedia h-index: 72 Info
• Instructor: Rita Kukafka
  h-index: 28 Info
• Instructor: George M Hripcsak
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• Instructor: Herbert S Jr Chase
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• Instructor: Olena Mamykina
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• Instructor: Yufeng Shen
  h-index: 47 Info
• Instructor: Karthik Natarajan
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Gamze Gursoy
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• Instructor: Sarah A Rossetti
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• Instructor: Richard A Friedman
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• 1-12 points

PROJECTS-BIOMEDICAL INFORMATCS

Research in medical informatics under the direction of a faculty adviser.

• Department: Biomedical Informatics
• Instructor: Harris Wang
  h-index: 32 Info
• Instructor: Soojin Park
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• Instructor: Tal Korem
  h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: Shalmali Joshi
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• Instructor: Pierre Elias
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• Instructor: Matthew McDermott
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• Instructor: Bianca Dumitrascu
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• Instructor: Tarjinder Singh
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• 1-12 points

EARTH SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM

Current topics in the Earth sciences.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• F 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Kaleigh B Matthews
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• 1 points

ADVANCED PROJECTS

May be repeated for up to 6 points of credit. Graduate-level projects in various areas of electrical engineering and computer science. In consultation with an instructor, each student designs his or her project depending on the students previous training and experience. Students should consult with a professor in their area for detailed arrangements no later than the last day of registration.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Dimitris Anastassiou
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• Instructor: Keren Bergman
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 69 Info
• Instructor: Shih-Fu Chang
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia h-index: 122 Info
• Instructor: Javad Ghaderi
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Christine P Hendon
  Wikipedia h-index: 21 Info
• Instructor: Predrag R Jelenkovic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 35 Info
• Instructor: Xiaofan Jiang
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Ethan Katz-Bassett
  h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Dion Khodagholy Araghy
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• Instructor: Peter Kinget
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 47 Info
• Instructor: Zoran Kostic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Harish Krishnaswamy
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• Instructor: Ioannis Kymissis
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 48 Info
• Instructor: Aurel A Lazar
  h-index: 53 Info
• Instructor: Michal Lipson
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 114 Info
• Instructor: Nima Mesgarani
  h-index: 35 Info
• Instructor: Debasis Mitra
  Wikipedia h-index: 61 Info
• Instructor: John W Paisley
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Matthias Preindl
  h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Mingoo Seok
  h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Kenneth Shepard
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• Instructor: Tanvir Ahmed Khan
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• Instructor: Yannis P Tsividis
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
  CULPA: 28 Info
• Instructor: Wen I Wang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Xiaodong Wang
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: John Wright
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 44 Info
• Instructor: Charles A Zukowski
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Gil Zussman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 39 Info
• Instructor: Alexander Gaeta
  Wikipedia h-index: 89 Info
• Instructor: Savannah Eisner
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• Instructor: James Anderson
  h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: Asaf Cidon
  h-index: 20 Info
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
  h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Micah Goldblum
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• Instructor: Homayoon Beigi
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• Instructor: Navid Asr
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• 1-4 points

Foundations of International Security Po

FISP Discussion

Corresponding discussion section for Foundations of International Security Policy.

• Department: International Security & Diplomacy
• W 8 a.m.-8:55 a.m.
• W 10 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
• W 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• 0 points