Microeconomic Analysis for International

MPA and MIA-Track II Economics Core. 
This course introduces the fundamental tools of microeconomic analysis used to understand individual decision-making, market behavior, and policy outcomes. It equips students with the analytical frameworks and terminology of the economics profession, fostering both critical and open-minded engagement with economic issues. Emphasis is placed on the motivations and consequences of microeconomic policies in international and public affairs contexts. Through problem-solving and collaborative work, students will build practical skills in applying economic models to real-world challenges.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• TR 10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
• MW 8:15 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
• MW 10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
• MW 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
• MW 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
• R 5:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• F 11:40 a.m.-1:10 p.m.
• R 3:10 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• R 7:10 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• F 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• F 3:10 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrea Bubula
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• Instructor: Emanuele Gerratana
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• 3 points

TRANSLATION WORKSHOP

LIT TRANSLATION WRKSHP

• Department: Writing
• R 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• W 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Susan Bernofsky
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• Instructor: Emma Ramadan
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• 3 points

LOCAL ANESTHESIA

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

MODERN GEOMETRY

Manifold theory; differential forms, tensors and curvature; homology and cohomology; Lie groups and Lie algebras; fiber bundles; homotopy theory and defects in quantum field theory; geometry and string theory.

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Chiu-Chu Liu
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• 4.5 points

Technology Management Capstone

The TMGT Capstone serves as the culmination of the M.S. in Technology Management program journey. In this course, students will apply the learnings from the entire program to solve a real-world challenge that an organization is facing with a technology solution.

• Department: Technology Management
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Ricardo de la Cruz Geronimo
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• Instructor: Alexis Wichowski
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 6 Info
• Instructor: Katja Schroeder
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• 3 points

INTRO ORAL/MAXILLOFACIAL SURGY

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

ADV CON LAW:1ST AMENDMENT

• Department: Law
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS I-DIS

• Department: Economics
• R 9:10 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Pablo Mones Pazo
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• 0 points

MATH METHODS FOR ECONOMISTS

Prerequisites: multi-variable differential calculus, linear algebra and basic real analysis. Introduction to the mathematical techniques needed for the study of economics and econometric methods. Topics include the vector spaces, Hilbert spaces, Banach spaces, linear transformations; optimization theory, and linear differential and difference equations.

• Department: Economics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer La'O
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• 4 points

Science for Policymaking

In all societies, public policies are developed to solve social problems such as extreme poverty, inequality, basic sanitation, health and basic care, family planning, food security, mental health, abuse of illegal substances, education, and protection of vulnerable groups. How can we ensure that these public policies are based on solid evidence, which would guarantee the greatest probability of effectiveness? And how do we plan and adapt the implementation of these policies to different realities, respecting cultural and historical differences?

In order to achieve this, it is useful, if not necessary, to be acquainted with scientific thinking and the accumulation and use of evidence. It is also necessary to understand our own limitations and cognitive biases that interfere in the decision-making process. This course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to assess public policies critically and rationally, as well as to evaluate different types of scientific evidence and understand how and where it is appropriate to include scientific evidence in building effective public policy.

• Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
• T 5:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Natalia Pasternak Taschner
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• 3 points

CONSTITUTION & FOREIGN AFFAIRS

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• 3 points

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

JAPANESE NOVELLA

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• W 5:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Sam Bett
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• 3 points

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

QUEER WORLD / QUEER WORDS

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• R 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Moore
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS I

Corequisites: ECON G6410 and the director of graduate studies' permission. Introduction to probability theory and statistical inference.

• Department: Economics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Jushan Bai
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• 4 points

PROSEMINAR-ETHNOMUSICOLOGY I

Introduction to Ethnomusicology: the history of the discipline and the evolution of theories and methods. G6412, Proseminar in Ethnomusicology II: Contemporary Ethnography is offered Fall 2012.

• Department: Music
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
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• 3 points

COMPARATIVE POLITICS SURVEY I

This is the first course in the two-semester sequence surveying covering foundational research in comparative politics across the developed and developing world. The course is designed for Ph.D. students preparing for comprehensive exams and who intend to conduct research relating to comparative politics, and has two core objectives. The first objective is to expose students to a range of arguments organized around questions motivating major research agendas in comparative politics. The second objective is to expose students to processes of theorizing, hypothesis formation, and testing and to strengthen students’ analytical skills in evaluating and critiquing political science research. It should go without saying that these two classes cannot exhaustively cover the many important works, topics, and methodologies in the field.

The Fall semester of this sequence will primarily focus on citizen-level and politician-level behaviors, while the Spring semester will focus on more macro-level institutions and applications of the building blocks covered in this course. However, it is not necessary to take the classes in a particular order.

• Department: Political Science
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: John Marshall
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• 4 points

LIGHTWAVE DEVICES

Electro-optics: principles; electro-optics of liquid crystals and photo-refractive materials. Nonlinear optics: second-order nonlinear optics; third-order nonlinear optics; pulse propagation and solitons. Acousto-optics: interaction of light and sound; acousto-optic devices. Photonic switching and computing: photonic switches; all-optical switches; bistable optical devices. Introduction to fiber-optic communications: components of the fiber-optic link; modulation, multiplexing and coupling; system performance; receiver sensitivity; coherent optical communications.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
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• 3 points

Econometrics III

This is the first course of the second year PhD econometrics sequence with emphasis on both economic applications and computationally intense methods for analysis of large and/or complex models. Students can attend the whole sequence or only one of them. While the details of the econometric techniques will be discussed extensively, the core and focus of the course is on the applications of these techniques to the study of actual data. Students will be practiced in econometric methods through computer-based exercises.

Prerequisites: Students should have a good understanding of graduate econometrics and should have taken ECON G6411 and G6412.

• Department: Economics
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jushan Bai
  CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 52 Info
• 3 points

PARTNERSHIP TAXATION

• Department: Law
• 3 points

PROGRAM EVAL IN SOCIAL SVCS

• Department: Social Work
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Eri Noguchi
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• Instructor: David B Howard
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• 3 points

PROGRAM EVAL IN SOCIAL SVCS

• Department: Social Work
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 3 points

INTRO-THEORY OF ELASTICITY I

Analysis of stress and strain. Formulation of the problem of elastic equilibrium. Torsion and flexure of prismatic bars. Problems in stress concentration, rotating disks, shrink fits, and curved beams; pressure vessels, contact and impact of elastic bodies, thermal stresses, propagation of elastic waves.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 9:10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Adrian Buganza Tepole
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• 3 points

INTRO-THEORY OF ELASTICITY I

Analysis of stress and strain. Formulation of the problem of elastic equilibrium. Torsion and flexure of prismatic bars. Problems in stress concentration, rotating disks, shrink fits, and curved beams; pressure vessels, contact and impact of elastic bodies, thermal stresses, propagation of elastic waves.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• 3 points

SECURITIES REGULATION

Prerequisites: L6231 This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• Instructor: John C Jr Coffee
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• Instructor: Merritt B Fox
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• 4 points

Communicating in Organizations

Communicating in Organizations is a survey course that explores aspects of day-to-day managerial communication relating to presentations and other high-profile moments and more familiar elements of interpersonal communication. The course uses many teaching techniques: short lectures, individual and group exercises, video-recorded presentations, role plays, case discussions, video clips, and writing assignments. It is highly experiential, with exercises or presentations scheduled in most sessions. Initially, we’ll focus on the communication skills and strategies that help you present your ideas to others.  I’ll ask you to do two benchmark assignments―a letter and a brief presentation―to assess the abilities you bring to the course. In several of our class sessions, you’ll be the one “in front of the room,” delivering either a prepared talk or brief, impromptu comments. Such assignments will allow you to develop your skills as a presenter.  I’ll also discuss the link between listening and speaking, showing you how developing your listening skills will improve your effectiveness as a speaker.  And we’ll explore several elements of visual communication, including how to design effective visual aids and written documents. To communicate effectively in such roles as coach, interviewer, negotiator, or facilitator, you need to be skilled at listening, questioning, observing behavior, and giving feedback.  We’ll practice each of these skills in-class exercises and assignments. The Social Style instrument will provide detailed feedback about how others view your communication style. You’ll discover how style differences may lead to miscommunication, missed opportunities, or mishandled conflict.

• Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
• R 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Joann P Baney
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• 3 points

FEDERAL COURTS

• Department: Law
• Instructor: Gillian E Metzger
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• 4 points

APPLIED QUANTUM OPTICS

An introduction to fundamental concepts of quantum optics and quantum electrodynamics with an emphasis on applications in nanophotonic devices. The quantization of the electromagnetic field; coherent and squeezed states of light; interaction between light and electrons in the language of quantum electrodynamics (QED); optical resonators and cavity QED; low-threshold lasers; and entangled states of light.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
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• 3 points

INTRO TO TRANSPORTATION PLAN

Prerequisites: A4404: or the instructor's permission Discussion of major issues in transportation at several levels, from national to local, and covering the economic, political, and social implications of decision-making in transportation. Current topics and case studies are investigated.\n \n

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Rachel Weinberger
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• 3 points

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PLAYS

A Thematic Exploration

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• Department: Theatre Arts
• M 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: James Ijames
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• 3 points

The Art of Lying: Deception in Modern &

Plato banished poets from his
Republic
on the account of their being thrice removed from the truth. Accused of artfully and seductively lying, poets were deemed dangerous, confusing, and unfit to guarantee the stability of the polis and were consequently extricated from it. Since then, the relationship between art and truth has been a contentious one. Art is fiction and fiction, at least in common parlance, is opposed to fact, to things as they
really are
. This historical kinship with lying has often justified accusations of art as being a frivolous, lighthearted discipline, detached from the real. It has also, however, equipped artists with a ‘license to lie’—a prerogative that they have used frequently to reclaim art’s position in the realm of the real, to reinstate the poet’s place in the polis.

This seminar will interrogate modern and contemporary artistic practices that have an act of deception at their core—
pieces
that, for some people and for some time, succeed in obscuring their fictional origins and acquired truth status. We will couple case study analysis with discussion of theoretical works to explore questions such as: How do these practices structure and produce their lies? In what ways do their acts of deception posit a different understanding of the real?  How do these practices dialogue with and intervene in the philosophical debates that have explored the tensions between art and truth? What does it mean to lie after the ‘postmodern turn’? How do different definitions of the real affect the interpretation and effects of these works? What is the role of belief in understanding and assessing these practices?

Since we will mostly study Latin American works, we will also speculate about the possibilities of identifying the peculiarities of the region’s relation to deception, both inside and outside the boundaries of the art world.

The course will culminate with a symposium, open to the public, at which students will present their research. Presentations will be followed by discussion, and the symposium will include the participation of an artist and a scholar whose works explore some of the issues studied over the semester.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• M 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeronimo Duarte Riascos
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• 4 points

Economic Theory of Climate Change

Econ Theory of Climate Ch

The dramatic rise of the world's population in the last two centuries, coupled with an even more dramatic acceleration of economic development in many parts of the world, has led to an unprecedented transformation of the natural environment by humans. In particular, on account of the greenhouse effect, global climate change has emerged as an existential problem, unrivaled in its potential for harm to life as we know it. The aim of this course is to examine the economics of climate change in a systematic fashion, with an emphasis on economic theory. Topics of coverage can include welfare economics, the theory of dynamic games, dynamic commons problems, club theory, hold up, and endogenous treaty emergence.

• Department: Economics
• M 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Instructor: Prajit K Dutta
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• 3 points

THE ECONOMICS OF LABOR I

Prerequisites: completion of 1st year graduate program in Economics, or the instructor's permission plus passage of the math qualifying exam. Introduction to labor economics, theory and practice.

• Department: Economics
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Suresh Naidu
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• 3 points

ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION

Prerequisites: (ECON GR6211 and ECON GR6212 and ECON GR6215 and ECON GR6216 and ECON GR6412 and ECON GR6411 and This course will provide an overview of current research on the economics of education. The course will pay special attention to: i) the use of credible research designs, and ii) the use of theory in evaluating the mechanisms that underlie the identied eects

• Department: Economics
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Sebastian Otero
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• 3 points

LABOR LAW

• Department: Law
• Instructor: Jeffrey Andrias
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• 4 points

Professional Issues in Nurse-Midwifery

PROF ISSUES NURS/MIDWIFER

The Professional Issues in Nurse-Midwifery course is designed to concentrate on the transition from student to beginning nurse-midwife practitioner. It examines the history of the profession and the role of its leadership organizations including the ACNM. Students will submit articles for publication to the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. The course curriculum also examines current critical issues that impact on the profession, both national and international, and addresses organizational and legislative means of effecting change.

• Department: Nursing
• T 1 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Rebekah L Ruppe
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• 2 points

ARTISTIC RESEARCH

This graduate course is designed to explore the ways in which research can be approached through artistic practices. Through interdisciplinary approaches, students will explore and develop the use of artistic methodologies in their research practices, culminating in a final multidisciplinary art project that demonstrates the integration of these practices into their research.

• Department: Theatre Arts
• F 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Jose Contreras
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• 3 points

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

See Law School Curriculum Guide for details.

• Department: Law
• Instructor: Richard Sobelsohn
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• 2 points

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS

Introduction to optical interconnects and interconnection networks for digital systems. Fundamental optical interconnects technologies, optical interconnection network design, characterization, and performance evaluation. Enabling photonic technologies including free-space structures, hybrid and monolithic integration platforms for photonic on-chip, chip-to-chip, backplane, and node-to-node interconnects, as well as photonic networks on-chip.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Keren Bergman
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• 3 points

LAW OF THE WTO

This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search

• Department: Law
• Instructor: Petros C Mavroidis
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• 3 points

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: Completion of 1st year graduate program in Economics, or the instructor's permission. The standard model of economic behavior describes a perfectly rational, self interested utility maximizer with unlimited cognitive resources. In many cases, this provides a good approximation to the types of behavior that economists are interested in. However, over the past 30 years, experimental and behavioral economists have documented ways in which the standard model is not just wrong, but is wrong in ways that are important for economic outcomes. Understanding these behaviors, and their implications, is one of the most exciting areas of current economic inquiry. This course will study three important topics within behavioral economics: Bounded rationality, temptation and self control and reference dependent preferences. It will draw on research from behavioral economics, experimental economics, decision theory, psychology and neuroscience in order to describe the models that have been developed to explain failures of the standard approach, the evidence in support of these models, and their economic implications.

• Department: Economics
• F 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Dean
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• 3 points

Law in Literature and Film

N/A

• Department: Law
• Instructor: George P Fletcher
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• 3 points

SUPERVISED TEACHING ASSISTANCE

Prerequisites: permission of the faculty member who will direct the teaching. Participation in ongoing teaching.

• Department: Psychology
• Instructor: Katherine T Fox-Glassman
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

Quantitative Analysis I for Internationa

MIA & MPA Quantitative Core I. 
This course introduces the fundamentals of statistical analysis, with applications in public policy, management, and the social sciences. Students will begin with basic techniques for describing and summarizing data and progress toward more advanced methods for inference and prediction. The course emphasizes practical tools for interpreting quantitative data and drawing evidence-based conclusions about the social world.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• M 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• M 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• T 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• T 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• W 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• W 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• T 8 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• T 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• W 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• WR 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• R 8 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
• R 7:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• F 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• F 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Doru Cojoc
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• 3 points

PLAYWRITING I

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Rogelio Martinez
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• 3 points

Quantitative Analysis II for Internation

MPA Quantitative Core II. 
This course introduces regression analysis as a key tool for policy analysis and program evaluation. Emphasizing causal inference, students will learn to assess the impacts of programs and policies using both experimental and non-experimental methods. The first half of the course reviews foundational concepts from Quant I and builds toward multiple regression techniques; the second half applies those tools to real-world policy settings. Designed for future practitioners, the course focuses on applying and communicating statistical concepts in accessible, non-technical language, and prepares students for advanced coursework in data analysis and program evaluation.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• M 3:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• F 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Harold B Stolper
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• 3 points

SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH

• Department: Social Work
• W 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• W 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Kelsey G Reeder
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• Instructor: Natasha Johnson
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• 3 points

SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH

• Department: Social Work
• W 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• W 8:30 p.m.-10:20 p.m.
• R 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Victoria A Frye
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• Instructor: Charles Lea
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• Instructor: Antoinette Grier
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• Instructor: Tiffany C Rice
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• Instructor: Eva C Haldane
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• 3 points

INTRO TO HEALTH ECONOMICS

• Department: Executive Classes in HPM
• Instructor: Matthew J Neidell
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• 3 points

Introduction to Health Economics

INTRODUCTN TO HEALTH ECON

Health economics provides theories and tools for understanding, predicting, and changing human behavior. Understanding and changing the behavior of firms and individuals, designing health policies, and managing firms and organizations concerned with delivering health care and improving health, requires a solid foundation in health economics. In this course, students will learn the concepts in health economics most relevant and important to public health professionals and how these economic concepts can be applied to improving health care and the public health systems. Students will identify the basic concepts of health economics for the purposes of solving problems using these concepts, and apply these concepts in new contexts within public health.

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• W 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• Instructor: Matthew J Neidell
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• 3 points

INTRO TO STATISTICS

• Department: Social Work
• Instructor: Melissa D Begg
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• 0 points

INTRO TO STATISTICS

• Department: Social Work
• Instructor: Melissa D Begg
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• 0 points