MASTER THESIS (2 CREDIT)

Thesis requirement for Bioethics program. Taken with the Thesis Workshop (BIET K5991).

• Department: Bioethics
• Instructor: Arthur Kuflik
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• 2 points

AI AND THE KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN ORGANIZAT

AI & THE KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN

OVERVIEW: Artificial Intelligence is one of the most important technological developments in decades and has already begun to demonstrate significant improvements in healthcare, military, finance, retail, and the arts. In this class we will cover an intro to artificial intelligence with a specific lens on how knowledge driven organizations can benefit from AI. This course is not a coding or a computer science course, but does touch on high level concepts in statistics, data science, and software engineering, though no experience is necessary in these fields.

CONTENT & OBJECTIVES: You will learn how AI works, what are the best and worst use cases for AI, and the implications of implementing AI. As exciting as this space can be, there are real risks, ethical considerations, and new challenges that we will cover and discuss. By the end of the course, you will have a clear understanding of the possibilities with AI, how to implement AI in a knowledge driven organization, and the global nature of this technology. You will build on previous coursework of knowledge strategy and learn how AI accelerates knowledge management including search ranking, content recommendations, and people analytics.

LOGISTICS
:
Class meets once a week.

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• 3 points

Perspectives on International and World

Persptvs on Int'l & World

This course gives students the opportunity to design their own curriculum: To attend lectures, conferences and workshops on historical topics related to their individual interests throughout Columbia University. Students may attend events of their choice, and are especially encouraged to attend those sponsored by the History Department (www.history.columbia.edu). (The Center for International History - cih.columbia.edu - and the Heyman Center for the Humanities - heymancenter.org/events/ - also have impressive calendars of events, often featuring historians.) The goal of this mini-course is to encourage students to take advantage of the many intellectual opportunities throughout the University, to gain exposure to a variety of approaches to history, and at the same time assist them in focusing on a particular area for their thesis topic.

• Department: History
• Instructor: Line Lillevik
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• 1-3 points

Internship In IKNS

This course requires you to experience firsthand a program-related job in a real working environment. You will engage in personal, environmental and organizational reflection. The ideal Internship will provide you an opportunity to gain tangible and practical knowledge in your chosen field by taking on a position that is closely aligned with your coursework and professional interests. Before registering for this course, you must have completed the Internship Application Form in which you will describe your internship sponsor and provide details about the work that you will be doing. This form must be signed by your internship supervisor and approved by your program director BEFORE you register for this course.

 

To receive instructor approval, the internship:

● Must provide an opportunity for the student to apply course concepts, either at the organizational or team level

● Must fit into the planned future program-related career path of the student

You must identify your own internship opportunities. The internship must involve a commitment to completing a minimum of 210 hours over the semester.

 

At the end of your course, you will submit an evaluation form to your internship supervisor. The evaluation form should be returned directly to the instructor

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• Instructor: Gonzalo Miranda Madrigal
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• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

This course offers students an opportunity to expand their curriculum beyond the established course offerings. Interested parties must consult with the QMSS Program Director before adding the class. This course may be taken for 2-4 points.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
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• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Independent Study is a one- or three-credit course that can count toward the curriculum area requirement in Integrative Sustainability Management, Economics and Quantitative Analysis, Physical Dimensions, Public Policy, General and Financial Management, or Elective, with the approval of the faculty advisor. A final deliverable relating to the Sustainability Management curriculum is required at the end of the semester, and will be evaluated for a letter grade by the faculty advisor and reported to the SUMA program office.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• Instructor: Maria L Gray
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• 1-3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Sustainability Science
• Instructor: Maria L Gray
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• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Sustainability Management
• Instructor: Maria L Gray
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• 3 points

IKNS INDEPENDENT STUDY

Overview
: This 1 semester course (elective, IKNS students only, hybrid) provides an opportunity for a student to extend or supplement their educational experience via a deep-dive into an established or novel area of research of their choice (the topic), under the guidance & supervision of a faculty member (the supervisor). An independent study course allows a student to work one-on-one with a faculty member to gain & contribute new insight into the discipline of Knowledge Management.

Topic/objective
: The topic is chosen by the student as long as it falls within the general realm of Knowledge Management or its specific content areas in the IKNS curriculum, such as IT systems, knowledge organizing systems, data repositories, business data analytics including machine learning & AI, learning processes, collaboration, dialogue, team & project management, transformational leadership, change management, digital transformation, or digital product innovation. The course will therefore serve the dual purpose of allowing a student to pursue their own intellectual curiosity & to make a contribution to the wider discipline of Knowledge Management. In addition, students will deepen their understanding of the content they acquired in other courses, by applying this content to the specific topic chosen for the Independent Study.

Logistics
: Ahead of registration, the student meets with the supervisor to discuss & agree on (i) the topic & the relevant IKNS curriculum area(s); (ii) the timeline of deliverables, milestones, & contact hours for the semester; & (iii) the number of credits. The student summarizes these points in a ~1 pg
Independent Study Proposal
. The student can register for the course only once the supervisor & the Academic Director agree to & sign the
Independent Study Proposal
(which includes the topic, the IKNS curriculum area, the number of credits, & the assigned supervisor). The number of credits (1-3) will be commensurate with the scope of the Independent Study. The scope can range from a summary of existing sources (typically 1 credit. 5-10 pg report), to a synthesis or meta-analysis of existing & new sources, e.g., interviews withSMEs (typically 2 credits, 10-15 pg report), to a comprehensive study which adds the student’s own critical discussion & suggestions to the topic (typically 3 credits; 15-20 pg report).

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• 1-3 points

IKNS INDEPENDENT STUDY

Overview
: This 1 semester course (elective, IKNS students only, hybrid) provides an opportunity for a student to extend or supplement their educational experience via a deep-dive into an established or novel area of research of their choice (the topic), under the guidance & supervision of a faculty member (the supervisor). An independent study course allows a student to work one-on-one with a faculty member to gain & contribute new insight into the discipline of Knowledge Management.

Topic/objective
: The topic is chosen by the student as long as it falls within the general realm of Knowledge Management or its specific content areas in the IKNS curriculum, such as IT systems, knowledge organizing systems, data repositories, business data analytics including machine learning & AI, learning processes, collaboration, dialogue, team & project management, transformational leadership, change management, digital transformation, or digital product innovation. The course will therefore serve the dual purpose of allowing a student to pursue their own intellectual curiosity & to make a contribution to the wider discipline of Knowledge Management. In addition, students will deepen their understanding of the content they acquired in other courses, by applying this content to the specific topic chosen for the Independent Study.

Logistics
: Ahead of registration, the student meets with the supervisor to discuss & agree on (i) the topic & the relevant IKNS curriculum area(s); (ii) the timeline of deliverables, milestones, & contact hours for the semester; & (iii) the number of credits. The student summarizes these points in a ~1 pg
Independent Study Proposal
. The student can register for the course only once the supervisor & the Academic Director agree to & sign the
Independent Study Proposal
(which includes the topic, the IKNS curriculum area, the number of credits, & the assigned supervisor). The number of credits (1-3) will be commensurate with the scope of the Independent Study. The scope can range from a summary of existing sources (typically 1 credit. 5-10 pg report), to a synthesis or meta-analysis of existing & new sources, e.g., interviews withSMEs (typically 2 credits, 10-15 pg report), to a comprehensive study which adds the student’s own critical discussion & suggestions to the topic (typically 3 credits; 15-20 pg report).

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• 1-3 points

IKNS INDEPENDENT STUDY

Overview
: This 1 semester course (elective, IKNS students only, hybrid) provides an opportunity for a student to extend or supplement their educational experience via a deep-dive into an established or novel area of research of their choice (the topic), under the guidance & supervision of a faculty member (the supervisor). An independent study course allows a student to work one-on-one with a faculty member to gain & contribute new insight into the discipline of Knowledge Management.

Topic/objective
: The topic is chosen by the student as long as it falls within the general realm of Knowledge Management or its specific content areas in the IKNS curriculum, such as IT systems, knowledge organizing systems, data repositories, business data analytics including machine learning & AI, learning processes, collaboration, dialogue, team & project management, transformational leadership, change management, digital transformation, or digital product innovation. The course will therefore serve the dual purpose of allowing a student to pursue their own intellectual curiosity & to make a contribution to the wider discipline of Knowledge Management. In addition, students will deepen their understanding of the content they acquired in other courses, by applying this content to the specific topic chosen for the Independent Study.

Logistics
: Ahead of registration, the student meets with the supervisor to discuss & agree on (i) the topic & the relevant IKNS curriculum area(s); (ii) the timeline of deliverables, milestones, & contact hours for the semester; & (iii) the number of credits. The student summarizes these points in a ~1 pg
Independent Study Proposal
. The student can register for the course only once the supervisor & the Academic Director agree to & sign the
Independent Study Proposal
(which includes the topic, the IKNS curriculum area, the number of credits, & the assigned supervisor). The number of credits (1-3) will be commensurate with the scope of the Independent Study. The scope can range from a summary of existing sources (typically 1 credit. 5-10 pg report), to a synthesis or meta-analysis of existing & new sources, e.g., interviews withSMEs (typically 2 credits, 10-15 pg report), to a comprehensive study which adds the student’s own critical discussion & suggestions to the topic (typically 3 credits; 15-20 pg report).

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• 1-3 points

MASTER'S THESIS

This course fulfills the Masters Thesis requirement of the QMSS MA Program. It is designed to help you make consistent progress on your master’s thesis throughout the semester, as well as to provide structure during the writing process. The master’s thesis, upon completion, should answer a fundamental research question in the subject matter of your choice. It should be an academic paper based on data that you can acquire, clean, and analyze within a single semester, with an emphasis on clarity and policy relevance.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena B Krumova
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• Instructor: Hadi Katesari
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• 3-4 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Instructor: Syantani Chatterjee
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• 1-4 points

CAPSTONE WORKSHOP IN SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE

Students study the sustainability science behind a particular sustainability problem, collect and analyze data using scientific tools, and make recommendations for solving the problem. The capstone course is a client-based workshop that will integrate each element of the curriculum into an applied project, giving students hands-on experience.

• Department: Sustainability Science
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

GRADUATE SPECIAL TOPIC

Health as a System

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

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

GRADUATE SPECIAL TOPIC

SciStory:Grants,Papers,En

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

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• M 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Santiago Correa
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• 3 points

GRADUATE SPECIAL TOPIC

Bioreactor Design & Proto

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

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• T 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Joseph Viola
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• 3 points

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

APPLIED RESEARCH

• Department: Insurance Management
• Instructor: Teresa W Chan
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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

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

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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• 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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• 1-4 points

A Practical Approach to Second Language

Second Language Teaching

This graduate seminar serves as a continuation of SPPO GR6001 (“Theory and Practice of Second Language Teaching”) and it is intended for in-service instructors of language, and language and content courses at the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University. It focuses on the application in the second language (SL) classroom of the pedagogical principles reviewed in the previous semester, with emphasis on methodological approaches and applied techniques.

Students will be directly mentored regarding the classroom treatment and presentation of grammatical, lexical, socio-cultural, and pragmatic aspects of the language in the SL classroom. From a communicative approach and beyond, they will also continue to engage with basic teaching techniques such as lesson planning, use of the target language, technology integration, task design, and the use of written and oral authentic materials. They will learn practically how to promote the development of students’ abilities for literacy and critical thinking. Finally, they will be carefully guided through the actual design and implementation of testing and assessment measures for the course they are teaching. In this seminar, we will also analyze real and potential case scenarios that will/may arise in the classroom and we will consider tactics to resolve problems that typically occur. Reflective teaching practices (teachers as learners of teaching, dynamics of classroom communication, the role of teachers’ beliefs about pedagogical practices) will be revisited and rethought.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• F 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Irene Alonso-Aparicio
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• 2 points

GENESIS + DEVELOP ZONING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Douglas Woodward
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• 3 points

THE SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES

Despite the ubiquity of sexual imagery in contemporary Western popular culture, most people regard sexuality to be an intimate topic that concerns the drives, experiences and pleasures of individuals. In this course, we will examine the social and pluralistic character of sexual desires, meanings, practices and politics. We will begin with some of conceptual foundations that ground contemporary sociological studies of sexuality. We will think together about how knowledge about the social sources of sexuality is produced and some of the methodological, epistemological and ethical quandaries faced by researchers--including the ways our own sexualities, desires, inhibitions and identities frame our work. We will then examine some of the key questions in the sociology of sexualities, including the complexity of classifying sexual identities, practices and populations, the relationship between institutional contexts and sexual behavior, and intersections with the sociology of race, gender, risk, health and regulation. In each of these discussions, students will explore the varied methodological approaches to these topics within sociology, as well as some of the disciplinary and cultural challenges to making sexuality a central object of intellectual inquiry.

• Department: Sociology
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Tey Meadow
  h-index: 8 Info
• 4 points

Transnational Approaches to Gender and S

Approaches Gender/Sexuali

Since the 1980s, third wave feminists have expanded the feminist project to include perspectives from and attention to women outside the West. In more recent decades, a similar movement has happened among queer and trans theorists. In this course, we will engage this work, much of which has been published in the past decade and a half. We will start with provincializing central concepts of feminist and queer theory: gender and sexuality. Taking an intersectional approach that attends to race, class, nation, and other social divisions, we will read scholars who study gender/sexuality around the world, including in Latin America, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. The readings will draw our attention to the ways in which gender/sexuality are implicated in imperial and post-colonial projects as well as how gender and sexuality operate outside the West, both in practice and identity. Finally, we will consider the possibilities and limitations for studying gender/sexuality beyond our own societies. Critical approaches to gender and sexuality challenge conventional “born this way” narratives about gender and sexual identities as innate. This course will raise questions that will make us uncomfortable and, hopefully, transform our understandings of our own gendered and sexual identities and practices.

• Department: Sociology
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tara Gonsalves
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• 4 points

BIOMEDICAL DESIGN II

Second semester of project-based design experience for graduate students. Elements of design process, with focus on skills development, prototype development and testing, and business planning. Real-world training in biomedical design, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• MW 2 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Instructor: Megan Heenan
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• 3 points

INTRO-STAT MODELING IN PSYCHOL

Corequisites: additional lab statistical exercises. Methods of data analysis and mathematical modeling illustrated with examples from psychological research.

• Department: Psychology
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Niall Bolger
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 55 Info
• 4 points

The Central Dogma: Mechanisms and Regula

THE CENTRAL DOGMA

• Department: Biological Sciences
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• 3 points

MESAAS RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM

This course provides a structured setting for stand-alone M.A. students in their final year and Ph.D. students in their second and third years to develop their research trajectories in a way that complements normal coursework. The seminar meets approximately biweekly and focuses on topics such as research methodology; project design; literature review, including bibliographies and citation practices; grant writing. Required for MESAAS graduate students in their second and third year.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• 2 points

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 3 points

PHYSICAL COSMOLOGY

Prerequisites: PHYS W4021-W4022-W4023 or the instructor's permission. An introduction to the basic concepts of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe: the thermal history from inflation through nucleosynthesis, recombination, reionization to today; constituents of the universe including dark matter and dark energy; distance scales; galaxy formation; large scale structure of the universe in its many manifestations: microwave background anisotropies, galaxy surveys, gravitational lensing, intergalactic medium, gravitational waves. Current topics of interest at the discretion of the instructor.

• Department: Physics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: James C Hill
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• 3 points

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

THE WRITER AS TEACHER

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• T 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Keri E Bertino
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• 3 points

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

Travellers Tales

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• R 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Nicholas Christopher
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• 3 points

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

POETRY FOR PROSE WRITERS

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• T 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Shana M Ferrell
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• 3 points

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

THE COMMA SUTRA: GRAMMAR

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• T 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Barbara K Fischer
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• 3 points

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

WRITER AS TEACHER (LASKY)

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• W 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Dorothea S Lasky
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• 3 points

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

SHORT PROSE FORMS

CROSS-GENRE SEMINAR

• Department: Writing
• R 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan Ziegler
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP STRATEGIES FOR HUM

PARTNERSHIP FOR HCM SOLUT

• Department: Human Capital Management
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 8:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Melanie Rosenwasser
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• Instructor: Eduard Rivera
  h-index: 1 Info
• 3 points

Astro-Skills: Numerical and Statistical

This course provides an overview of the role of computation across astronomy and astrophysics. The first half will be an introduction to the numerical techniques that allow us to model the laws of physics on computers and hence build simulations of physical systems.  The second half will review the data analysis tools used to mine large data sets (real or simulated) to find, characterize and interpret the features in them. This course will alternate on a weekly basis between lectures and lab applications (i.e each week has a lecture and lab component).

• Department: Astronomy
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Greg Bryan
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 70 Info
• 3 points

Early Modern Museums: Iberian Colonizati

The Early Modern origins of the “public” museum have been studied, in the last decades, under the categories of curiosity and wonder. Revising this literature, the seminar intends to introduce the students to a wealth of primary sources, in order to find novel conceptual avenues of research. We will look at the most important illustrated catalogues that were written, painted and often printed between the 16th and 17th centuries: from Ferrante Imperato’s 
Dell’Historia Naturale
, published in Spanish Naples, in 1599 to the beautiful
Manoscritti Campori
, the 
Museum Septalianum
 (1664) and the
Galeria
(1666) of the museum opened by Mandredo Settala in Spanish Milan, from the Roman museum of Athanasius Kircher, passing through the public museums of Ulisse Aldrovandi and Ferdinando Cospi in Bologna, of Oleus Worm in Copenhagen, to the documentation about the collections of Juan de la Espina in Madrid, of Lastanosa in Huesca, the Kunstkammerns of Sweden, and that Rudolf II's in Prague, among others. While acquiring a panoramic and critical view on a major field, on its sources and studies, the seminar’s participants will be guided by the following topics: 1) the tight relationship between Iberian colonization and collecting, in the selection and circulation of the art pieces and natural species that will enter the space of the museum and its catalogues 2) the intertwining between art pieces and natural species coming from afar with those produced or generated locally; 3) the different actors implicated in the 
museification
 (in space and on paper) of the objects and natural species; 4) the aesthetic education implemented by the items’ public display and by their published descriptions.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• W 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Alessandra Russo
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO HUMAN RIGHTS

This course provides a wide-ranging survey of conceptual foundations and issues in contemporary human rights. The course examines the philosophical origins of human rights, their explication in the evolving series of international documents, questions of enforcement, and current debates. It also explores topics such as womens rights, development and human rights, the use of torture, humanitarian intervention, and the horrors of genocide. The broad range of subjects covered in the course is intended to assist students in honing their interests and making future course selections in the human rights field.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Glenn Mitoma
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• 3 points