Psychiatric Epidemiology
PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
This is a semester-long course that addresses issues in adult psychiatric epidemiology. The course begins with a review of the origins of psychiatric epidemiology in several classic studies. It also describes major recent studies, presents evidence concerning the reliability and validity of psychiatric diagnosis in community studies and summarizes evidence derived from epidemiological studies that is relevant to issues of etiology. The course also covers selection into treatment, treatment effectiveness, the distribution of treatment, and social factors affecting course and role functioning.
- Department: Epidemiology
- R 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Katherine M Keyes
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
SEM-ETHNOMUSICLGY:FLD MTHDS I
A study of the theoretical and practical aspects of ethnomusicological fieldwork, using the New York area as a setting for exercises and individual projects.
- Department: Music
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Christopher J Washburne
CULPA: 31
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- 3 points
POLIT ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT
Why are some nations able to grow and prosper while others mired in conflicts and poverty? What are the political factors that shape countries’ success in growing their economies How does economic progress affect a regime’s ability to stay in power and the prospects and direc-tions of political changes? This course addresses these questions by introducing students to major ideas and findings from both classical and cutting-edge scholarship on political economy of de-velopment. The first part of the course will review major episodes of growth (or the lack thereof) in human history and how they influenced the theoretical paradigms for studying development. The second half of the course will be devoted to more specialized topics, examining how differ-ent institutions, strategies, and contingencies affect countries’ economic fortunes. The goal of the course is to help you acquire the necessary conceptual and empirical toolkit for digesting and producing scholarly knowledge about the origins and consequences of economic development.
- Department: Political Science
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Junyan Jiang
h-index: 8 Info - 4 points
Black British Art & Theory
This course considers visual culture in Britain in the context of Black European studies. The discipline of cultural studies, which evolved in postwar Birmingham, intersected with the rise of black consciousness throughout Britain in the 1980s. How did the interactions of intellectuals and artists at this moment in the late 20th century lead to the creation of strong postcolonial theory and practice? We will consider the role of medium (particularly film and video), feminism, issues of diaspora, migration, and globalization, and the emergence of Black European Studies. Readings include texts by Hazel Carby, Paul Gilroy, Stuart Hall, and Kobena Mercer. We will look at visual production and film by artists such as Sonia Boyce, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Ingrid Pollard, Chris Ofili, Isaac Julien, and Khadija Saye among others.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kellie Jones
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Cancer Epidemiology
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
This course introduces cancer epidemiology through critical examination of assigned readings, lectures, and class discussion. Topics include the biology and molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis; cancer risk factors, including chemical, microbial, hormonal, genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors; epidemiologic methods and study designs; and patterns of cancer incidence, mortality, and survival. The course also addresses cancer prevention, screening, and control, including issues relevant to disproportionately affected populations. The course is offered in a hybrid format, with in-person and virtual sessions held throughout the semester.
- Department: Epidemiology
- W 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jasmine A McDonald
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Private Equity
The course "Private Equity" focuses on the essential aspects of corporate finance relevant to the private equity industry. The course follows the "private equity cycle" of selection, valuation, and harvesting. Initially, students learn to evaluate a target company from the perspective of a private equity firm, keeping in mind the needs of investors and management. The course then delves into financial modeling, deal structuring, PE fund raising and private equity investment management. We will cover the basic LBO model used throughout the industry to structure and value deals.
- Department: Finance
- MWF 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
- MWF 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Emmanuel Yimfor
Info - 1.5 points
Advanced Private Equity
“Advanced Private Equity” expands on the topics learned in “Private Equity” from a PE investment professional's perspective. The course follows the private equity cycle from sourcing to exit. With the help of guest speakers from the PE industry, students will learn about the early stages of the deal process: sourcing and diligence. The class will build a complex three-statement LBO model, learning about how modern deals are structured with private credit, management rollovers, and non-traditional capital structure decisions. The course shifts to the ownership side of PE deals: value creation. We will cover the strategies used by PE owners to grow and improve their portfolio companies, incorporating initiatives into our models. The course uniquely combines lectures and guest speakers on all topics, where the guest speakers bring applications of all key issues to the classroom.
- Department: Finance
- MW 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Aamir Rehman
Info - 1.5 points
Spatial Epidemiology
Spatial epidemiology is the study of geographic distributions and determinants of health in populations. The goal of this class is to introduce students to relevant theory and methods, in order to provide the foundational skills required to understand and critically analyze spatial epidemiologic studies. The course emphasizes spatial epidemiology as a sub-discipline of epidemiology while acknowledging the many scientific disciplines that shape it, including biostatistics, cartography, criminology, demography, economics, geography, psychology, and sociology. We begin by defining spatial epidemiology and exploring these multi-disciplinary roots, with particular regard to the theoretical causal mechanisms that provide a bridge between social and physical environmental conditions and population health. We then provide a basic overview of geographic information systems and their utility for descriptive spatial epidemiology—including data visualization and cluster detection—before demonstrating how to incorporate spatial structures within conventional epidemiologic study designs to examine associational and causational relationships between environmental conditions and health outcomes. Class readings describe advances in theory and methods for spatial epidemiology and related disciplines, as well as concrete examples of applications for communicable disease, non-communicable disease, and injury epidemiology. This course is intended for doctoral and 2ndyear MPH students.
- Department: Epidemiology
- M 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kechna Cadet
Info - 3 points
Private Equity Leverage
This course is targeted for both business and law school students seeking to develop an understanding of the issues involved in raising capital for entrepreneurial ventures as well as emerging growth companies. The course will combine a brief overview of the fundamentals of securities regulation with a practical analysis of the key business and valuation issues to be considered in raising capital at all stages in a companys evolution from startup to IPO. The course will draw from case studies based on the actual experiences of entrepreneurs and companies in their pursuit of growth capital.
FINCB8421
- Department: Finance
- W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
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Instructor:
Eric Rogoff
Info - 3 points
Private Equity Deals
- Department: Finance
- T 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lincoln Frank
Info - 3 points
COLLOQUIUM IN DEVELOPMENT
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Students will make presentations of original research.
- Department: Economics
- F noon-1 p.m.
- 2 points
Tech Arts: Advanced Post Production
Tech Arts: Adv Post Produ
- Department: Film
- W 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael J Cacioppo Belantara
Info - 1.5 points
Introduction to Clinical Psychiatry for
INTRO-CLIN PSYCH-EPI&PUB
This course, intended for non-clinicians with an interest in psychiatric epidemiology, is designed to familiarize students with the major psychiatric clinical entities and relevant issues concerning diagnosis, based in part on the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. In this course, we will cover the phenomenology of mental illness by way of contemporary psychiatric theory and practice and give students heavy exposure to the process of psychiatric assessment. The course will start by introducing students to how to build a disorder from symptom bricks as well as giving students an in-depth review of clinical psychiatric evaluations. This foundation will ultimately be used through the duration of the semester as we discuss many of the major categories of mental disorders in the following weeks.
- Department: Epidemiology
- T 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lawrence V Amsel
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S. Food Systems and US Environmental Law
S FOOD SYSTEM & US ENVIRO
- Department: Law
- 2 points
S. Law & Finance of the Art Market
S LAW & FIN OF THE ART MA
See CLS curriculum guide for description
- Department: Law
- 2 points
Current Work in Injury Control and Preve
CRNT WORK IN INJURY CONTR
The primary objectives in this course are to gain knowledge about and to critically engage with current topics in the field of injury control and prevention, to develop research and scientific inquiry skills, and to make meaningful connections with experts in this field. In this course, we will learn from experts on four topics in the field of injury control and prevention. By the end of the semester, students will have improved their ability to interpret peer-reviewed research on current topics in injury control and prevention and will be prepared to go forward asking important scientific questions in this field, with a solid sense of what is already known and what is worthy of further inquiry and investigation. Readings will be determined by the four guest speakers based on what is relevant to their field of research.
- Department: Epidemiology
- M 1 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Thelma Mielenz
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Digital Investing
- Department: Finance
- T 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jonathan A Knee
h-index: 5 Info - 3 points
Public Health Surveillance
PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANC
Public health surveillance is the fundamental mechanism that public health agencies use to monitor the health of the communities they serve. It is a core function of public health practice, and its purpose is to provide a factual basis from which agencies can appropriately set priorities, plan programs, and take actions to promote and protect the public's health. This course will cover the principles of public health surveillance, including historical context, vital registration, disease reporting regulations and notifiable diseases, surveillance registries, surveillance for behaviors and risk factors, administrative data sources in surveillance, epidemiologic uses of surveillance data, legal and ethical issues, and dissemination of surveillance information.
- Department: Epidemiology
- R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Batya O Elul
Info - 3 points
Disparities in Women's Health
DISPARITIES IN WOMEN'S HE
This course emphasizes critical analysis of disparities in women’s health both historically and in the current health care system. Institutional racism and misogyny will be examined as a major contributor to health disparities. Health outcomes across the lifespan for women in the United States will be compared and contrasted with outcomes in low and high resource countries. The social and political context will include disparities identified based on the social determinants of health which include age, race, poverty, mental and physical capacity, ethnicity, language, country of national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation. Efforts to close the gap in disparities will be identified and analyzed.
- Department: Nursing
- W 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Melissa Pena
Info - 2 points
Environmental Epidemiology
ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOG
The goals of this class are to familiarize the students with the methodological issues and design strategies used in environmental epidemiology and to develop the student's critical thinking regarding the application of epidemiologic methods. The course covers traditional approaches to environmental epidemiology such as, occupational cohorts and ecologic studies and also covers newer molecular epidemiologic approaches to exposure assessment and the analysis of gene-environment interactions. Discussions of classic environment-disease associations, such as aflatoxin and liver cancer, illustrate methodologies used to investigate the health effects of environmental exposures. Each week readings will be assigned for discussion in the following class, students are expected to be prepared to discuss the readings.
- Department: Epidemiology
- R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew G Rundle
Info - 3 points
Foundations of VC
The course is very experiential. Learnings will be applied to companies that are currently fundraising and you will assess each company as if you were considering investing. There will be 2-3 guest lecturers (in addition to the startup pitches) from experts in the ecosystem so students get a varied perspective. Real company info will be shared in this class. As a result, class slides will be handed out in class but not shared electronically and class sessions will not be recorded.
- Department: Finance
- MT 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
- W 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
- W 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
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Instructor:
Angela W Lee
Info - 1.5 points
COLL IN INDUST ORGANIZATION
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Students will make presentations of original research.
- Department: Economics
- M 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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Corporate Restructuring in Bankruptcy
- Department: Finance
- W 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Marshall Sonenshine
Info - 1.5 points
Modern Value
You might have heard that value, quant value to be specific, has not performed well over the last decade. Consider the Figure below. It shows the returns associated with investing $1 in four quant strategies, big value, big growth, small value and small growth. The facts are straightforward. Big growth has outperformed big value, but the value premium is alive and well amongst small stocks. In general, when one looks at value versus growth, growth has outperformed greatly. Does this mean value investing is dead? Absolutely not. Journalists and observers confuse quant value with value investing Modern value is about value investing: The process by which we estimate the fundamental value of the business operations of the firm in the context of the competitive position the company has in the industry and markets in which it operates. Notice that I wrote process. Value investing is indeed structured and systematic, and it needs to be because it is granular, focused on the specifics of the firm under consideration. Thus, it is easy to get lost in the details of the firm. The process helps you assess the importance of each bit of information and integrate them coherently in the analysis that combines tools from accounting, valuation and the economics of strategic behavior. around the appropriate aspects of the business?
- Department: Finance
- MTWRF 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tano Santos
h-index: 27 Info - 3 points
LEGACIES OF EMPIRE & SOV UNION
This intensive course offers an introduction to multiple disciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches to the major issues defining the emergence, persistence, and transformation of the countries that once comprised the Soviet bloc. The course explores the history, politics, economies, societies, and political cultures of Russia, the non-Russian republics of the former USSR, and East Central Europe, focusing on the conceptual, methodological, and theoretical developments employed by Soviet studies in North America and related disciplines. It also critically interrogates the enduring relevance and problems posed by the widespread use of the term “Soviet legacy” in reference to contemporary features and challenges faced by the region.
The intensive nature of this course is reflected in two ways- preparation and focus. First, the course carries a substantial reading load designed to inform and prepare students for the course sessions. These assignments will mostly be academic readings, but may also include short videos, news articles, and digital archival materials. In order to use our time together productively, the lectures and discussion will build upon, not review, the assignments for the session. Each session typically will be split into 2 segments, roughly of 55-60 minutes each. Many of these segments will be taught by guest lecturers who will give 30 mins presentations on their topic and then field questions. During our limited time for Q&A students should ask single, concise questions.
- Department: Russian Eurasian E. European
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elise Giuliano
CULPA: 6
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Clinical Epidemiology
CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Clinical epidemiology is a basic science of clinical medicine and a subspecialty of epidemiology. It is the application of epidemiologic methods to studying problems encountered in clinical settings pertaining to the causes and management of diseases and medical conditions in individual patients. The central paradigm of clinical epidemiology is that exposure and outcome patterns of the disease in different population groups can be analyzed methodically to gain scientific knowledge about the etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, safety, and effectiveness of therapeutic and other interventions. Epidemiologic methods are increasingly used in clinical investigations to provide scientific evidence for assessing clinical practice and for improving clinical decision making and outcomes. This course is designed to introduce students to basic theories, concepts, and methods of clinical epidemiology, and provide them with the necessary tools and skills to critically appraise the clinical research literature, competently design and conduct clinical studies, and appropriately analyze and interpret clinical data. This course consists of one lecture and one laboratory session per week. Students will be evaluated based on a mid-term exam, final exam, and homework assignments.
Complex Antepartum Care
COMPLEX ANTEPARTUM CARE
This course provides the graduate midwifery student with theoretical knowledge of complex conditions that may arise during the antepartum period. Maintaining a person-centered approach to care is emphasized within the context of health equity.
ENERGY REGULATION
This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: https://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search
- Department: Law
- 2 points
Real Estate Debt Markets
This half session "B" course is focused primarily on the commercial real estate debt markets and is complimented by the half session "A" course, Real Estate Equity Markets. Students may wish to take both half courses sequentially for a complete understanding of the Real Estate Capital Markets or individually. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of both theory and practice in the commercial real estate debt markets both from the perspective of capital providers as well as property investors. The approach will be to make sure students first have a thorough grasp of the relevant theories and models used to value these assets and then to apply that understanding to reality seeing the limitations of the theory. Students will learn how to underwrite, size, and analyze a variety of commercial real estate debt including balance sheet first mortgage loans, first mortgage loans for securitization and CMBS, and subordinate debt structures including mezzanine loans, B- notes and preferred equity. The course will also teach the student how to analyze the $800 billion CMBS market, the largest commercial real estate debt market and the associated CRE CDO, CRE CLO and CMBX markets both from a theoretical and practical perspective. These markets finance about one quarter of all commercial real estate debt. They were also at the heart of the recent commercial real estate bubble, collapse and rebirth. Some time will also be devoted to agency "CMBS (multifamily)" markets including FNMA DUS MBS, FHLMC K certificates and Ginnie Mae Project and construction loan certificates. As a final project, students will be grouped into teams and given commercial real estate securities to analyze on a Bloomberg to make investment decisions. All students who would like to understand these critical markets and their connection to the commercial property markets are welcome. The course would be particularly appropriate for students wishing to pursue careers in real estate finance and/or trading, creating, investing in, researching, selling or regulating commercial real estate securities. The course is also recommended for students wishing to pursue careers as developers or investors in commercial real estate properties themselves (" the dirt") but want to understand how to fund their ventures via these instruments and how volatility in the real estate debt capital markets for these instruments can create opportunities and risks in the property markets themselves.
- Department: Finance
- T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brian P Lancaster
Info - 1.5 points
Real Estate Equity Securities
- Department: Finance
- T 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ross L Smotrich
Info - 1.5 points
Complex Management in Sexual and Reprodu
CMPLX MGMT SEXUAL & REPR
This diagnosis and management course identifies complex sexual and reproductive health issues within the scope of nurse midwifery practice. Emphasis will be on the nurse midwifery role in the management of complex cases which includes collaborative care and referrals. Concurrent supervised clinical experiences enhance and ground the didactic experience. Social and reproductive justice issues and health outcome measures with respect to disparities will be integrated throughout.
- Department: Nursing
- T 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Caroline S Handschuh
Info - 2 points
Introduction to Intrapartum Care
Intro to Intrapartum Care
This course provides foundational knowledge and skills for midwifery management and support of physiologic labor and birth. Hands-on workshops with task trainers and simulation will be utilized to provide instruction and feedback on practical skills necessary for assessment and management of the laboring and birthing person.
- Department: Nursing
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Instructor:
Caroline S Handschuh
Info - 2 points
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael Cole
CULPA: 4
Wikipedia
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Residential Real Estate: Dirt, Debt, And
- Department: Finance
- MWF 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brian P Lancaster
Info - 3 points
Ambulatory Care in Midwifery: Clinical
AMB CARE IN MIDWIFERY CLI
This clinical course covers the broad scope of sexual, reproductive health and prenatal care including: the history and physical examination techniques aimed at understanding the physiologic parameters of sexual health and pregnancy and recognizing complex conditions, illness or risk for complication. This course focuses on the physical, emotional and educational needs of the person seeking midwifery care and covers a variety of clinical areas including health maintenance, screening, sexual health, family planning, preconception, pregnancy and late postpartum care.
- Department: Nursing
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Instructor:
Rebekah L Ruppe
Info - 3 points
Finance in the Family Firm
- Department: Finance
- W 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Craig S Wo
Info - 1.5 points
Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV/AIDS
This applied course introduces students to the epidemiology of HIV infection in resource-rich and resource-limited settings. Class sessions focus on the latest approaches to conducting surveillance of HIV and AIDS; the evolving burden of HIV infection in sub-groups, including men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, adolescent girls and older people; the development and evaluation of prevention- and treatment-related interventions across a range of settings; and the application of epidemiologic methods to understand historical and current controversies and determine best practices. Activate participation in class discussion and exercises, homework, a group presentation and a final project will be used to evaluate student progress towards learning objectives.
- Department: Epidemiology
- W 10 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
William J Reidy
Info - 3 points
The Economics and Politics of Digital Di
Econ & Politics of Dig Di
- Department: Business Economics
- R 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Robert Greenlee
Info - 1.5 points
Epidemiology of Malaria
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALARIA
Malaria imposes a profound burden on public health and inhibits economic growth. It is distributed over 90 countries accounting for an annual estimate of 400 million cases and over one million deaths, most of them in children. Pregnant women are more vulnerable to malaria, resulting in infection, miscarriages, severe anemia, maternal mortality and low birth weight. Low birth weight poses the greatest risk for neonatal death. The disease also affects non-immune immigrants, refugees and displaced populations during their movement from non-endemic to endemic areas. Resistance to anti-malarial drugs and insecticides by the Plasmodium human parasites and Anopheles vector mosquitoes respectively is widespread. This course examines the ecological and epidemiological characteristics of malaria, transmission dynamics, economic costs of malaria, available intervention strategies and the global challenge of its control.
- Department: Epidemiology
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Instructor:
Awash Teklehaimanot
Info - 3 points
Social Epidemiology
SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
This course focuses on the branch of epidemiology concerned with how social arrangements, processes, and interactions shape the population distribution of health and disease and produce social inequalities in health. The sub-discipline of social epidemiology has grown dramatically in the past decade and, while still evolving as an interdisciplinary enterprise, it is now an established field of etiologic inquiry, both incorporating and influencing the conventional theories, methods, and principles of epidemiology. This course will familiarize students with the key theories, concepts, methods, findings, and ongoing debates in social epidemiology. Through lectures, readings, and discussion we will review the major social determinants of health, the theories and empirical evidence with respect to how social conditions “get under the skin,” and the methodological challenges involved in measuring social phenomena and making causal inferences about the relationship between social factors and health. By the end of the course students will understand the theoretical, substantive, and methodological parameters of this growing sub-discipline of epidemiologic inquiry, and be able to evaluate both its strengths and limitations.
- Department: Epidemiology
- R 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Lisa Bates
Info - 3 points
CHINESE POLIT ECON-COMP PERSP
Prerequisites: the instructor's permission. A graduate seminar designed to explore the content, process, and problems of China's political and economic reforms in comparative perspective. Please see the Courseworks site for details
- Department: Political Science @Barnard
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Xiaobo Lu
CULPA: 4
Info
- 4 points
The Credit Superhighway
The outstanding notional amount of debt instruments in the world is well over $100 trillion which makes it larger than the global equity markets. Credit, is actually what makes the world go around yet it gets much less billing and excitement than other asset classes. If you think credit is just fixed income, I have a few hedge fund managers you should meet Some of them will be our occasional guest speakers!
- Department: Finance
- MF 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ellen Carr
Info - 1.5 points
Emerging Infectious Diseases
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEA
In recent years, a number of infections have appeared for the first time, while many others have spread rapidly to new areas; these are termed emerging infectious diseases". HIV/AIDS, SARS, the recent Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), human infections with H5N1 and H7N9 avian influenza, and a number of others are recent examples. Infectious causes have also been implicated in such chronic diseases as gastric ulcers and certain cancers. This course examines the concept of emerging infectious diseases and our current understanding of emergence. The course will consider methods for identifying and studying emerging pathogens, factors responsible for disease emergence, and methods for surveillance and intervention.
- Department: Epidemiology
- F 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Jonathan Epstein
Info - 3 points
Epidemiology of Chronic Disease Seminar
EPI OF CHRONIC DISEASE SE
The primary objectives in this course are to learn to systematically review and summarize primary research in chronic disease epidemiology, to synthesize scientific evidence to establish causal inference, and to understand how this evidence relates to scientific decision making for improving health outcomes. In this course, we will evaluate 4 topics in the epidemiology of chronic diseases. By the end of the semester, students will improve their ability to interpret the literature on current topics in chronic disease epidemiology and will be able to evaluate how the evidence can inform health decision making and causal inference. Readings will be based upon publications highlighted in the Dean’s Seminar Series on Chronic Disease and the Department of Epidemiology’s Chronic Disease Cluster seminars.
- Department: Epidemiology
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Instructor:
Lauren C Houghton
Info - 0.5 points
Epidemiologic Methods in Global Mental H
EPI MTHDS GLBL MENTL HLTH
Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders are substantial drivers of the global burden of disease. The burden is particularly high in low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC) where over 80% of persons in need of MNS services go untreated. Yet for decades, attention to MNS epidemiologic research in LMIC was scarce relative to both psychiatric epidemiology studies conducted in high-income countries as well as infectious disease epidemiology studies in LMIC. Recently, however, the emerging field of global mental health has been recognized by international agencies, including the United Nations (via the Sustainable Development Goals) and the World Health Organization (via the Mental Health Action Plan) as major funding agencies, including NIH, CDC, and the UK MRC have followed suit in prioritizing global mental health research.
As the field has emerged, challenges in how to appropriately conduct public mental health research in LMIC contexts have surfaced. Such challenges require the appropriate application of epidemiologic methods in order to accurately measure and describe MNS problems in LMIC and evaluate and implement intervention approaches. Epidemiologic methods to be discussed in this course include: complex survey designs to measure MNS prevalence in humanitarian and emergency settings; validation of mental health screening tools in the absence of a gold standard criterion among culturally diverse populations; evaluation of MNS intervention effectiveness using experimental and non-experimental designs; novel methods for assessing clinical competency and intervention fidelity of lay mental health providers in LMIC; and implementation science tools, designs, and analysis approaches for translating evidence-based interventions into practice in LMIC.
The course is designed to complement Priorities in Global Mental Health (P6813), which provides a broad overview of priority issues in global mental health, and epidemiologic methods series courses (e.g., Quant Core Module / P6400, and Epidemiology II). The course is also designed to be practical in the sense that the intent is for students to learn the ‘how to’ of conducting global mental health epidemiologic studies in the field. Each lecture will apply a core epidemiologic method or concept (e.g., information and selection bias; survey, cohort, case-control, and RCT study designs; effect modification; and causal inference) to the field of global mental health. Through lectures, int
- Department: Epidemiology
- W 10 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Jeremy C Kane
Info - 3 points
Seminar in Social Determinants of Health
SEMINAR IN SOCIAL DETERM
Seminar for students in the Social Determinants certificate program
- Department: Epidemiology
- F 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lisa Bates
Info - 0-1 points
Midwifery Clinical Competency Skills I
MIDWIFE CLIN COMPETNCY SK
Clinical skills preparation is essential before a student enters clinical practicum. A variety of skills relevant to antepartum, well woman gynecology, and intrapartum care are taught and then practiced in simulation settings and peer practice.
- Department: Nursing
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Instructor:
Rebekah L Ruppe
Info - 2 points
Independent Study in Nurse-Midwifery
IND STUDY NURSE MIDWIFERY
- Department: Nursing
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Instructor:
Rebekah L Ruppe
Info - 1-8 points
Lifecourse Epidemiology
LIFECOURSE EPIDEMIOLOGY
Life course epidemiology is the study of exposures, both physical and social, that occur during the periconceptional period, during gestation or during early childhood and adult health and disease risk. This course will examine conceptual models and identify study designs appropriate for a variety of life course research questions, as well as the limitations of these designs. Understanding the approaches to the life course, the development and evaluation of epidemiologic research designs related to the life course, and the contextual models and their relevance for the design and evaluation of research studies will be covered using a combination of lectures, case studies and small group work.
- Department: Epidemiology
- W 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Daniel Belsky
h-index: 47 Info - 3 points
BORDERLANDS HISTORY COLLOQUIUM
This course will argue for a broader spatial history of empire by looking at sites such as frontiers and borderlands in a theoretical and comparative perspective. The course will familiarize students to “frontier thesis” to the “spatial turn” and to the emergence of “Borderland Studies” before embarking on specific monographs highlighting borderlands scholarship in a global context. Formulations of power, race, gender, and class will be central to our comparative units of historical analysis and allow us to create conversations across area-studies boundaries within the discipline.
- Department: History
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- 4 points
DNP Clinical Seminar in Midwifery I
DNP CLIN SEM IN MIDWIFERY
This course will introduce the student to the epistemology and scholarship of practice and to lifelong learning. Using the DNP Competencies in Comprehensive Care as the framework, students will analyze clinical decision-making and utilization of evidence for best clinical practices in a variety of reproductive health settings. Individual plans for guided study will be mapped for each student. Clinical review and discussion of interesting, complex cases from the practice environment will facilitate the students’ development of the knowledge base and skills essential to the role of the nurse midwife.
- Department: Nursing
- T 1 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
- 2 points
Independent Study in Women s Health
IND STUDY: WOMEN'S HEALTH
- Department: Nursing
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Instructor:
Adena Bargad
Info - 1-8 points
ETHNOGRAPHY STUDIO
Ethnography is often taught as a method of observation. This course begins from a different premise: ethnography is a political technology of knowledge production shaped by empire, race, capital, gender, and disciplinary power. It is also a fragile and unfinished writing practice that scholars continually remake. This seminar treats ethnography as a site of struggle over these questions: Who can produce knowledge? Whose worlds become legible? Which archives endure? What research should refuse to know? And, how writing itself organizes relations of power?
- Department: Anthropology
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Vanessa L Agard-Jones
CULPA: 3 Info - 4 points
Dissertation Proposal Seminar I
Individual work with an adviser to develop a topic and proposal for the Ph.D. dissertation.
- Department: Music
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Instructor:
Susan Boynton
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Alessandra M Ciucci
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Joseph P Dubiel
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Kevin Fellezs
CULPA: 4
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Instructor:
Aaron A Fox
CULPA: 7
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Instructor:
Giuseppe Gerbino
CULPA: 12
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Instructor:
Benjamin A Steege
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Christopher J Washburne
CULPA: 31
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Instructor:
Ruth Opara
Info - 3 points
RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL WRK
A review of research methods from the perspective of social work research concerns. Topics include problem formulation, research design, data-gathering techniques, measurement, and data analysis. Selected aspects of these areas encountered in social work research are intensively reviewed in terms of social work research.
- Department: Social Work
- W 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Courtney Cogburn
h-index: 16 Info - 3 points
Analysis of Large-Scale Data
Large data sets provide crucial information for monitoring the health of our nation and evaluating public health policies. The principal goal of this course is for students to develop the skills to identify, process, and analyze these data to answer a specific research or policy question. The class is an applied, hands-on course that provides an introduction to several major health data sets and guides students in processing and analyzing these data. Students will hone computer and statistical skills developed in other research methods courses. Students with also gain insight into active research projects that utilize large scale health data sets via a series of guest lectures. By accessing data that measure health variables of current importance, the class provides a foundation for developing a variety of health policy research questions.
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- W 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kacie L Dragan
Info - 3 points
Workshop on Facilitating Meaningful Reen
WRKSHP:FACILITATING REENT
- Department: Law
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STRATEGIC ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE QUALITY
- Department: Executive Classes in HPM
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Instructor:
Catherine Foster
Info - 1.5 points
Strategic Issues in Health Care Quality
STRATEGIC ISSUES IN HEALT
This course examines the movement to health care quality in the US, providing students with definitions of quality and a historical perspective on quality initiatives. Primary focus of the class is on quality initiatives in the past 10 years, including efforts by the Institute of Medicine, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, various accrediting organizations (e.g. NCQA), and employer-based initiatives such as HEDIS and Leapfrog. There will be in depth analysis of establishing and measuring the quality of health care in various organizational settings, on risk management and legal issues, and on recent efforts to link quality with pay for performance.
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- W 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
- M 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
- W 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Catherine Foster
Info - 1.5 points
PLAYWRITING III
- Department: Theatre Arts
- R 2:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Charles Mee
Info - 3 points
Healthcare Services for Vulnerable, At-R
HLTH SERV FOR VULNERABLE,
The current systems for the delivery of health services in the United States often fall short of addressing the health needs of many people living in the communities they cover and in so doing contribute to health status disparities. The objective of this course is to help students develop a framework to understand the needs of traditionally under-served populations and the challenges facing the delivery systems that handle these groups. This course has two major foci. The first is understanding who the “vulnerable” populations are as it relates to access to needed health services and disparities in health status. The interaction between health care systems and health care disparities will be explored. Particular attention will be paid to issues surrounding poverty, literacy, immigrant health care and several vulnerable sub-populations including gay-lesbian, homeless and prison. The second focus is service delivery for individuals traditionally under-served. This component includes an examination of organizations and provider (particularly physician)-patient relationships. Students will have the opportunity to move from the classroom to the street, observing, first-hand, several hospital and community-based arrangements.
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- T 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sharen I Duke
Info - 1.5 points
Governance, Health Law & Ethics
GOVERNANCE,HEALTH LAW & E
This course is intended to provide students with the legal framework governing health care administration, management and policy. Students will analyze case law, and selected statutes relevant to health care administrators, providers, and consumers of care. Students will be exposed to the evolution of laws and the ethical, practical and political impact of laws in the management of health care institutions.
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ari J Markenson
Info - 1.5 points
SUZUKI - RESEARCH ARTS
SUZUKI - RA
- Department: Theatre Arts
- F 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Shanga Parker
Info - 0 points
Management Challenges in the Evolving He
MGMT CHAL IN HLTH CARE &
An examination of the complex and evolving healthcare and insurance system from the perspective of managed health care and insurance companies, hospital systems, IPAs, physicians, employers, patients, and pharma companies. This course will focus on the interplay among these key stakeholders. There will be four guest speakers from the healthcare industry who will help the students apply their readings and discussions to real challenges.
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- R 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
William E Gold
Info - 3 points
Advanced Healthcare Finance: Valuation a
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE FINAN
This advanced course builds upon foundational principles of healthcare finance and shifts the analytical focus to financial management from the perspective of health insurers and managed care organizations. Students examine how financial strategies, methodologies, and quantitative analyses are applied within the health insurance industry to support premium rate development, reimbursement design, and value-based payment models.
The cpurse emphasizes the financial and operational dynamics between payers and providers, including the economic incentives, cost-containment mechanisms, and revenue optimization strategies that influence performance across both sectors.
Through applied exercises and case-based analysis, students develop a practical understanding of how payment rates are calculated, negotiated, and structured between providers and payers. Students learn the impact to contracting decisions and profitability, network configuration, care delivery incentives, and overall healthcare affordability
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- R 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jonathan Reese
Info - 3 points
Managing Human Capital in Health Systems
Manage Hum Capital in Hlt
Managing professionals is crucial to the success (or failure) of health care organizations because the provision of services primarily relies on human decision-making and interaction. Health care professionals determine the level of quality as well as the costs associated with health care services directly or indirectly. The goal of this course is to introduce students to the functions and issues associated with managing human resources in health care organizations through in class exercises and outside of class assignment that demonstrate the human resource challenges that graduates may face as health care executives in the future. Significant attention is given to: 1) workforce issues, 2) understanding legal issues related to the employment setting, 3) selection and retention of employees, 4) establishing performance standards and evaluating performance, and compensation, and 5) understanding the use and effects of monetary and non-monetary incentives in human resources management in the United States and globally.
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- W 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
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Instructor:
Steven B Katz
Wikipedia Info - 1.5 points
ADVANCED EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
- Department: Rehabilitation Medicine (RMED)
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Instructor:
Katherine Dimitropoulou
Info - 3 points
HEALTHCARE FINANCE
- Department: Executive Classes in HPM
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Instructor:
Julius L Chen
Info - 3 points
Is Bigger Better? An Analysis of Consoli
Consolidation in HC Indus
This course examines one of the most significant but relatively recent developments in the healthcare market place: the trend toward increased consolidation of healthcare providers into larger practices and into vertically integrated delivery systems, as well as the parallel trend toward consolidation of health insurance companies into fewer, but much larger entities. It will draw upon economic theory, empirical research, and health policy and economic analysis to explore the implications of these developments, coupled with other emerging trends, on healthcare market competition, prices, profits, expenditures, and consumer welfare
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- T 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Todd B Richter
Info - 1.5 points
DIRECTED STUDIES IN PLAYWRITING
DIRECTED STUDIES - PLAYWR
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- Department: Theatre Arts
- F 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lynn Nottage
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
Public Health Law
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW
In this course we explore constitutional law through the lens of public health policy. We examine the relationships and tensions between individual and collective concerns. We evaluate public health issues from an American legal perspective to determine the constitutional soundness of the health promotion objective. In this course we consider multi-disciplinary factors and how they interact with issues of federalism, morality, economics and the politics of science. Readings include case law and related legal materials, in addition to writings by public health practitioners, historians, sociologists, economists and philosophers. Core topics include, among others, constitutional law and major constitutional cases relating to public health, economic analysis in law, tort litigation in public health, historical public health law perspectives, health promotion campaigns, property regulation, privacy protection, various case studies including immunization, civil commitment, infectious disease, tobacco policy and abortion law. Guest speakers provide additional current perspectives from practitioners.
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- W 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Magda Schaler-Haynes
Info - 3 points
Prenatal and Postpartum Care Essentials
Prenatal & Postpartum Car
This course covers the broad scope of preconception, prenatal, and postnatal care including theoretical and practical knowledge for the essentially uncomplicated childbearing period. Routine care, risk assessment, and commonly encountered complications will be reviewed with a strong focus on the physiological, social, emotional, and educational components of preconception, prenatal, and postnatal care.
- Department: Nursing
- W 3 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Adena Bargad
Info - 2 points
PLAYWRIGHT-DRAMATURG WORKSHOP
ADAPTATION
- Department: Theatre Arts
- R 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Seth Bockley
Info - 3 points
Strategic Planning for Health Insurance
STRAT PLAN FR HLTH INSUR
Strategic Planning for Health Insurance Plans is designed to provide students with a broad and deep understanding of safety-net health insurance plan operations and management. Students will have the opportunity to manage plan finances, set benefit designs, and establish actuarially sound premiums, all while operating within the constraints of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In a very abbreviated period of time, student will be completely immersed in real-world situations where they will be forced to make appropriate decisions which will either sustain or submerge the health plan. In addition to expanding their knowledge base about the health insurance industry, students will enhance their competency develop in a number of areas including analytical thinking, strategic orientation, collaboration, and communication. The 21 hours of course work will contain a blend of lectures, class work and a group project. Students will be evaluated on class participation (20%), learning reviews (quizzes (30%), and a group project (50%).
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- R 6 p.m.-8:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Rodney K McKinney
Info - 1.5 points
MANAGERIAL & ORG BEHAVIOR
- Department: Executive Classes in HPM
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Instructor:
Yuna S Lee
Info - 3 points
Managerial and Organizational Behavior
MANAGERIAL/ORGANIZATL BEH
This course has two overall goals. The first is to increase your effectiveness in understanding and managing individuals and teams in health care organizations. The course’s second goal is to prepare you to effectively design organizations. Effective managers not only must lead individuals and teams: they also must ensure that their organizations are well-designed to deliver the results that their strategies promise. This entails developing knowledge and skills to analyze key issues in organizational structure, power and politics, culture, and change.
The course combines conceptual and experiential approaches. We draw on several sources of knowledge to accomplish course objectives: (1) conceptual frameworks and research findings from the social sciences; (2) case studies; (3) roles plays, videos and exercises; and (4) your own work and personal experiences. The class will be highly interactive, and active participation in discussions is expected.
The course selectively surveys ideas and frameworks from the social sciences and explores their implications for leadership and managerial practice.
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- W 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
- W 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yuna S Lee
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Instructor:
Sarah Ashcroft-Jones
Info - 3 points
PT Management of the Running Athlete
PT Mgmt of the Running At
This course is designed to prepare students for evaluating and treating the running athlete. This course includes an overview of foot and ankle mechanics, lower quarter strength and flexibility examination, application of the Functional Movement ScreenTM, and use of Video Analysis to identify relevant pathomechanics observed during running. Students are introduced to the clinical setting by evaluating patients in the context of a simulated running clinic, prior to participating in the student-led, Columbia RunLabTM clinic. Here they engage in clinical reason discussions and advise runners on exercise programs and improvements to running form. Students participate in training sessions required for the clinic including HIPPA and Blood-borne Pathogens training.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 1 points
Strategic Management
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Over the semester, the course considers questions of Mission and Vision (What areas, activities, or business(es) should we be in?") and questions of Strategy and Operations ("How can we perform or compete effectively in this area?"). It covers both strategy formulation ("What should our strategy be?") as well as strategy implementation ("What do we need to do to make this strategy work?"). The course also addresses several additional issues that are critical to the strategic management "process" (e.g.. designing planning systems, managing contention). The course emphasizes the multiple, related requirements of the leader/manager's job: analysis, creativity, and action.
- Department: Health Policy & Management
- M 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Paul W Thurman
h-index: 11 Info - 3 points