REAL ESTATE FINANCE I

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
• Instructor: Patrice Derrington
  h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

RE FIN CONCEPTS TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Chok S Lei
  Info
• 0 points

WRITING CHILDREN'S BOOKS

There are many misconceptions as to what makes an appealing story for children and how to get a story published. Many novice writers are simply relating an incident as opposed to creating a story. This course will show beginner and experienced writers how to mine their lives and imaginations for ideas and how to develop those ideas into children's stories-a step by step process from inspiration to finished manuscript for picture books, early readers, emerging readers and chapter books. Students will also learn the importance of reading their writing out loud-a process that helps both reader and listener develop a better ear for the story's pace, cadence and structure. Writing for children has become incredibly popular in the past fifteen years and publishing houses have been inundated with manuscripts. Many houses have ceased accepting unsolicited manuscripts all together. This course will disclose other avenues to getting your manuscript into the hands of agents and editors.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter Catalanotto
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

TRAVEL WRITING

How does the traveler become the travel writer? What makes good travel writing? Why does it matter today? This course examines and breaks down the very specific craft of travel writing. Simply because we like to travel, does it qualify us to write about it? Everywhere has been written about, so how do we find something fresh to say about… Paris, or even Patagonia? In this course, we both dispel, and prove, some of the myths of travel writing. Students learn to find an angle in order to uncover destinations anew and make them personal— it’s in the personal that the universal is revealed. From crafting a compelling lede and understanding the need for a strong “nut graph,” to knowing the value of dialogue in propelling the story forward, and then finding the ideal kicker to send the reader away satisfied, students dissect published stories and are sent out into “the field” (of New York City) to craft their own. Travel writing is more than, “I went here, I did this, I ate that.” From front-of-book and service pieces, to destination features, we discuss magazine and newspaper travel writing in depth, as well as touch on longer form travel writing. Finally, through exercises and assignments, students learn to craft a compelling pitch in order to approach editors.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Porter T Fox
  Info
• 3 points

REAL ESTATE FIN TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew M Choi
  Info
• 0 points

WRITING THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

The Young Adult (YA) publishing boom has changed the way we read—and write—coming-of-age stories. This course will introduce students to the elements that shape YA novels, and explore the fiction writing techniques needed for long projects, including narrative arcs, character construction, worldbuilding, and scene work. We’ll study work from a wide range of YA genres and authors, including Angie Thomas, Elana K. Arnold, Leigh Bardugo, Jason Reynolds, A.S. King, Elizabeth Acevedo, and more.

Students will begin to write and outline their own YA novel, and a variety of in-class writing exercises will support the development of each project. All students will workshop their own writing and respond to the work of others. By the end of class, students will have a portfolio of materials to draw from, and a richer understanding of the YA landscape and its possibilities.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Emily K Austin
  Info
• 3 points

Waves on Different Shores: France, Japan

Wave Shores FRA JAP BRAZ

FILM4325GU

: Waves on Different Shores: Film in France, Japan, Brazil. 3 points.

Instructor:
Richard Pena

​
Taught in English.

This course is approved as a Global Core at Columbia.

In the early 1960s, a number of new film movements emerged in national cinemas around the world. Called “new waves” or “new cinemas,” these movements, made up of young filmmakers, would challenge the cinematic industrial structures in each of their respective nations, as well propose both radically different approaches to filmmaking and to cinematic storytelling. Perhaps inevitably, these films and filmmakers would also be drawn into larger political discussions about the futures of their respective nations. This course will explore three important examples of this development—the French New Wave, the Japanese New Wave and the Brazilian Cinema Novo—detailing both the commonalities among these movements (aesthetic, social, technological, political) as well those factors which made each unique. Among the filmmakers included will be Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Nagisa Oshima, and Glauber Rocha. The relationship of these respective “new waves” to simultaneous radical experiments in visual arts, theater, literature and music will be a special focus of the course. A watershed moment in film history that would forever change the way films were made, financed, seen and discussed.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the

Columbia Summer in
Paris
program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE). ).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply


Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Richard A Pena
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

CONSUMER CULTURE IN MOD EUROPE

The development of the modern culture of consumption, with particular attention to the formation of the woman consumer. Topics include commerce and the urban landscape, changing attitudes toward shopping and spending, feminine fashion and conspicuous consumption, and the birth of advertising. Examination of novels, fashion magazines, and advertising images.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Lisa Tiersten
  CULPA: 45 Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED CHEMICAL KINETICS

Complex reactive systems. Catalysis. Heterogeneous systems, with an emphasis on coupled chemical kinetics and transport phenomena. Reactions at interfaces (surfaces, aerosols, bubbles). Reactions in solution.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Robert G Bozic
  Info
• 3 points

THERMOFLUID SYSTEMS DESIGN

Theoretical and practical considerations, and design principles, for modern thermofluids systems. Topics include boiling, condensation, phase change heat transfer, multimode heat transfer, heat exchangers, and modeling of thermal transport systems. Emphasis on applications of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics to modeling actual physical systems. Term project on conceptual design and presentation of a thermofluid system that meets specified criteria.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Sinisa Vukelic
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 11 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED RUSSIAN I

Prerequisites: RUSS UN2101 and RUSS UN2102 or placement test $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Curriculum evolves according to needs and interests of the students. Emphasis on conversation and composition, reading and discussion of selected texts and videotapes; oral reports required. Conducted entirely in Russian.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Irina Kogel
  Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED RUSSIAN II

Prerequisites: RUSS GU4333 or placement test $15.00= Language Resource Fee, $15.00 = Materials Fee , Continuation of RUSS S4333H.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Julia Trubikhina
  Info
• 4 points

HUMAN ADAPTATION

This course explores human adaptation from a biological, ecological and evolutionary perspective. From our earliest hominin ancestors in Africa to our own species' subsequent dispersal throughout the world, our lineage has encountered innumerable environmental pressures. Using morphological, physiological and behavioral/cultural evidence, we will examine the responses to these pressures that helped shape our unique lineage and allowed it to adapt to a diverse array of environments.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jessica M Manser
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

Applied Classical Piano History & Piano

Applied Class Piano Hist/

This course covers a broad knowledge base required for piano building, rebuilding, voicing, tuning, regulation and support of the instrument for classical pianists and piano technicians. Coursework begins with a focus on classical piano instrument history, dating from the Harpsichord and its evolution, to early 1700’s Pianoforte to contemporary instrument making. The second and primary focus of the course is introduction to sound production, piano action technical knowledge and piano care for fine art musicianship. Course includes piano action regulation and basic tuning.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• W 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Andras Gipp
  Info
• 1 points

TRANSSCALARITIES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Bart-Jan R Polman
  Info
• 3 points

SIMULATION

Generation of random numbers from given distributions; variance reduction; statistical output analysis; introduction to simulation languages; application to financial, telecommunications, computer, and production systems. Graduate students must register for 3 points. Undergraduate students must register for 4 points. Note: Students who have taken IEOR E4703 Monte Carlo simulation may not register for this course for credit. Recitation section required.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Karl Sigman
  CULPA: 15 Info
• 3 points

GAME THEORY

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. Equivalent to ECON UN4415. Introduction to the systematic treatment of game theory and its applications in economic analysis.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Wouter R Vergote
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: Cesar Barilla
  Info
• 3 points

Arts in Venice

ART IN VENICE

Prerequisites: None

Instructor: TBD

Syllabus, Art in Venice

This course examines the art, architecture, and culture of Venice from the 14th to the 18th century. The goal of the curriculum is for students to acquire a firm visual literacy in order to read works of Venetian art and to familiarize themselves with the methods of art history. The course is set up as a field study, using the city as classroom and supporting site visits in and outside of Venice. The goal is to provide students with a solid visual knowledge and historical understanding of a set of key monuments, and to encourage them to think through the social, political, cultural, and intellectual forces at play in the creation of these works. Each day's choice of monuments is based on a walkable itinerary, visiting churches, confraternities, cloisters, palaces, and museums. Day trips include excursions to Padua and the Palladian villas in Vicenza and the Veneto.

Counts toward the Art History Major/Concentration at Columbia.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the

Columbia in Venice

program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Johanna M Fassl
  Info
• 3 points

Intro Conservation of Venice

Art History AHIS4432OC. Introduction to the Conservation of Venice's Built Heritage. 3 points.

Prerequisites: None

Instructor: Mieke Van Molle

Conservation in Venice Syllabus

This course offers the unique opportunity to study the buildings, statues, and the built environment of Venice, and the challenges of conservation these structures face. Professor van Molle - a specialist in the field who has offered this much celebrated course in past years - will introduce students to historical construction techniques and building materials through case studies of specific buildings and sculptures, and will then focus on the conservation of these structures. Questions of sustainability, historic preservation, and conservation at the intersection of art and science lie at the center of this course which will take you to historic buildings and active conservation sites.

Counts as a seminar for the Art History Major/Concentration at Columbia.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
Columbia in Venice
program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• 3 points

TOPICS-NEUROBIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Examines current topics in neurobiology and behavior.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Svetlana Rosis
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

Economics Models of Discrimination

Econ Models of Discrimina

Not all difference results from discrimination. Not all discrimination results in observable differences. This course focuses on understanding issues of difference and discrimination associated primarily with race, but also other markers of difference, including gender, sexual orientation, national origin, etc. A critical skill for economic analysis of discrimination is econometric method. This course looks carefully at the ways in which econometrics is used to address questions of discrimination, and critically evaluate these models and the studies that rely upon them.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Katherine Barnes
  Info
• 3 points

PUBLIC ECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. Types of market failures and rationales for government intervention in the economy. Benefit-cost analysis and the theory of public goods. Positive and normative aspects of taxation. The U.S. tax structure.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Tushar Kundu
  Info
• 3 points

ARGUMENTS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiaoxi Chen
  Info
• 3 points

Venice and Modernity: Venice

ITAL4490OC Venice in Modernity: Venice in Film. 3 points
Prerequisites: None

Instructor: Elizabeth Leake

This class will explore the city of Venice as it appears on screen and in real life. We'll sit in the cool of an air-conditioned classroom as we watch films from such directors as Woody Allen, Andrea Segre, Luchino Visconti and Silvio Soldini. Then we’ll explore the city ourselves to experience first-hand the settings for so many films. Among the many questions we’ll explore: Whose Venice are we seeing, that of the tourists or of the inhabitants? Why are so many love stories set in Venice? What about the “Venice” in Las Vegas? In California?

Requirements: active participation in all class discussions; midterm; and final in-class exam.

Discussions in English, films with Italian with English subtitles, readings available in English and Italian.

Counts toward the Italian Major/Concentration at Columbia.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the

Columbia in Venice

program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).

Global Learning Scholarships
available.
Tuition
charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Elizabeth Leake
  Info
• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213. Equivalent to ECON UN4500. The theory of international trade, comparative advantage and the factor endowments explanation of trade, analysis of the theory and practice of commercial policy, economic integration. International mobility of capital and labor, the North-South debate.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Roberta B Tabajara
  Info
• 3 points

BIOCHEM I-STRUCTURE/METABOLISM

How does life work on a molecular level? Why do we succumb to disease, and how can we create new cures? This course will explore the biochemistry of life and how this knowledge can be harnessed to create new medicines. You will learn how cells convert environmental resources into energy through metabolism, how cellular molecules function, and how to use this biochemical knowledge for drug discovery related to neurodegeneration, cancer,and the current SARS-CoV-2 COVID19 pandemic. At the conclusion of the course, you will be able to diagram the major metabolic pathways and compare how these pathways are dysregulated in normal tissues in and disease states, and to design your own drug discovery program to create therapeutic for diseases such as COVID-19. In addition, you will know what techniques are used to uncover biochemical knowledge and how to design and interpret relevant experiments. You will be capable of collaborating with other people in the analysis and interpretation of biochemical data, and be able to communicate, defend and refute interpretations of data. You will learn how to create an original research proposal in the form of a research grant application. Having completed one year of college-level biology and one year of organic chemistry will be helpful to maximally benefit from this course. This course satisfies the requirement of most medical schools for introductory biochemistry, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, and beginning graduate students; this replaces the previous UN3501 course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

Biochemistry I: Leveraging Structure and

In this course, we will explore the basic biochemistry of living systems and how this knowledge can be harnessed to create new medicines. We will learn how living systems convert environmental resources into energy through metabolism, and how they use this energy and these materials to build the molecules required for the diverse functions of life. We will discuss the applications of this biochemical knowledge to mechanisms of disease and to drug discovery. We will look at examples of drug discovery related to neurodegeneration, cancer, and the SARS-CoV-2 COVID19 pandemic. This course satisfies the requirement of most medical schools for introductory biochemistry, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, and beginning graduate students. This course is equivalent to and replaces the prior course named UN3501, and is equivalent to the course offered in the summer.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 4 points

PROCESS SAFETY

Aimed at seniors and graduate students. Provides classroom experience on chemical engineering process safety as well as Safety in Chemical Engineering certification. Process safety and process control emphasized. Application of basic chemical engineering concepts to chemical reactivity hazards, industrial hygiene, risk assessment, inherently safer design, hazard operability analysis, and engineering ethics. Application of safety to full spectrum of chemical engineering operations.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Robert G Bozic
  Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED RES IN BIOTECHNOLGY

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

SUPERVISED RES IN BIOTECHNOLGY

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 6 points

SUPERVISED RES IN BIOTECHNOLGY

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3-6 points

SUPERVISED RES IN BIOTECHNOLGY

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 6 points

Biochemistry I recitation: Structure and

Biochem I recitation

This is the recitation for GU4501. How does life work on a molecular level? Why do we succumb to disease, and how can we create new cures? This course will explore the biochemistry of life and how this knowledge can be harnessed to create new medicines. You will learn how cells convert environmental resources into energy through metabolism, how cellular molecules function, and how to use this biochemical knowledge for drug discovery related to neurodegeneration, cancer, and the current SARS-CoV-2 COVID19 pandemic. At the conclusion of the course, you will be able to diagram the major metabolic pathways and compare how these pathways are dysregulated in normal tissues in and in disease states. In addition, you will know what techniques are used to uncover biochemical knowledge and how to interpret relevant experiments. You will be capable of collaborating with other people in the analysis and interpretation of biochemical data, and be able to communicate, defend and refute interpretations of data. Having completed one year of college-level biology and one year of organic chemistry will be helpful to maximally benefit from this course. This course satisfies the requirement of most medical schools for introductory biochemistry, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, and beginning graduate students; this replaces the previous UN3511 course.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 5 p.m.-6 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Mary Ann Price
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 0 points

Intensive Laboratory in Biotechnology

INTENSIVE LAB BIOTECH

Prerequisites:  Chem UN1403 and CHEM UN1404.   Intense laboratory where students desiring an introduction to laboratory skills meet MTWR, 5 hours a day for four weeks in the summer term participating in experimental bench work, data analysis and safe laboratory practice. Grades depend on preparation, participation in the laboratory, short lab reports, critical thinking and experimental skill.  There will be two sections for S4515.  Section 001 begins June 7th and runs through July 1st.  Section 002 begins July 6th and runs through July 29th.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MTWR 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Lili Yamasaki
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 2 points

COMICS: READING THE MEDIUM

This course will offer an immersion in both the history and the language of comics, from the newspaper strips through the early comic books to today's graphic novels. Beginning with readings that offer a theoretical framework and an analytical vocabulary, students will examine and discuss the way page layout, panel composition, color, lettering, sound effects, and more help carry and shape the narrative, as soundtracks and shot composition do in film. Readings will include wordless works by Shaun Tan, classic works by Alison Bechdel, as well as many that may be less familiar. Students will analyze the American, Asian, and European approaches to comics. Guest speakers from the comics industry will aid in developing students' analytical skills. Instructor permission is required for registration after 5/28.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Karen L Green
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

DTEQ/ DIGITAL TECHNIQUES

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 3 points

THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS + MARKET ANALYSI

DEV PROC: FUND + MKT ANAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• R 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Patrice Derrington
  h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS LAB

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 0 points

TOPICS IN SOFT MATERIALS

Self-contained treatments of selected topics in soft materials (e.g. polymers, colloids, amphiphiles, liquid crystals, glasses, powders). Topics and instructor may change from year to year. Intended for junior/senior level undergraduates and graduate students in engineering and the physical sciences.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Christopher J Durning
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

URB THRY & DES-POST INDUST AGE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Noah B Chasin
  Info
• 3 points

SOCIAL FACTORS & PSYCHOPATHLGY

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Reviews and integrates current research on the role of social factors in psychopathology. The immediate and long-term effects of chronic and traumatic stressors originating outside the family (e.g. natural disasters, chronic poverty) and inside the family (e.g. family violence, divorce, parental psychopathology) on psychopathology.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• TF 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Marya Schock
  Info
• 3 points

Summer Industry Projects

Indst Eng and Ops Research

Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an industry project. 

Working with a mentor (alumni, adjunct faculty, or industry partner) in relevant industry, students will work with a team of 3-5 students on an identified project. The career placement officer can assist in administering the advertisement, selection and recruitment processes.  Students can enroll in ENGI E4700 for zero credit, zero fees; students who wish to earn academic credit can enroll in Fieldwork. The specific requirements for the project is defined by the mentor.  Groups should meet with their mentor on a weekly basis for at least 30 minutes. Students are also encouraged to submit bi-weekly progress reports to the mentor.  Upon completion of the project (end of July/beginning of August), each team will participate in an industry project showcase to present their project and deliverables.  Students will receive coaching on presentation skills from the professional development and leadership and the career placement officer teams.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

Summer Design Challenge

Indst Eng and Ops Research

Students enroll ENGI E4701 for zero credit, zero fees to acknowledge their participation. Specific course dates will be determined by the individual faculty of each section. Topics include safe medical care and COVID-19, social inequities, vaccine production, climate change and energy storage, safer mass transit systems, among others. Note: Enrollment in this course acknowledges the student’s participation in an Engineering Design Challenge.

• Department: Engineering
• 0 points

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

Computational approaches to natural language generation and understanding. Recommended preparation: some previous or concurrent exposure to AI or Machine Learning. Topics include information extraction, summarization, machine translation, dialogue systems, and emotional speech. Particular attention is given to robust techniques that can handle understanding and generation for the large amounts of text on the Web or in other large corpora. Programming exercises in several of these areas.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 4:10 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Daniel Bauer
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

The Church of San Marco in Venice

Church SanMarco in Venice

AHIS4720OC
: 
Between Byzantium and the Latin West: The Church of San Marco in Venice, ca. 829–1500. 3 Points.

Prerequisite: None

Instructor: Professor Holger A. Klein

This undergraduate seminar will explore the ducal chapel and state state church of San Marco in Venice in the context of the city’s medieval art and architecture. Built to house the body of the Evangelist St. Mark within the precinct of the ducal palace shortly after its translation from Alexandria in 828/29, the church of San Marco replaced an earlier ducal chapel dedicated to St. Theodore as the primary site of state ceremonies and soon developed into the most prominent shrine dedicated to the evangalist in Italy. Rebuilt and expanded several times between the first half of the ninth and the mid-eleventh centuries, the architecture of the church of San Marco was heavily indebted not only to Byzantine art and architectural traditions, but also to ceremonial traditions rooted in the Byzantine empire. Accordingly, this seminar will focus on Venetian perceptions of Byzantine art and culture from the time of the foundation of San Marco through the collapse of the Latin Empire of Constantinople in 1261 and beyond with a particular emphasis on the role of Venice as a cultural and artistic mediator between Byzantium and the medieval West. Emphasis will be placed on the function of Late Roman and Byzantine architectural spolia and saintly relics as markers of cultural and religious identity, the invention and visual manifestation of cult traditions, and changes in the sacred topography of San Marco as a result of Venice’s expansions on the mainland and in the Eastern Mediterranean following the conquest of Constantinople in 1204 and its struggles against rival city states, Genoa first among them.

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the
 
Columbia in Venice
 
program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).
 
Global Learning Scholarships 
available. 
Tuition
 charges apply.

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Term A & B dates.

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Holger A Klein
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN QUANT FINANCE

AI Applications in Finance

Selected topics of interest in the area of quantitative finance. Offerings vary each year; some topics include energy derivatives, experimental finance, foreign exchange and related derivative instruments, inflation derivatives, hedge fund management, modeling equity derivatives in Java, mortgage-backed securities, numerical solutions of partial differential equations, quantitative portfolio management, risk management, trade and technology in financial markets.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Ali Hirsa
  h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN QUANT FINANCE

AI Applications in Finance

Selected topics of interest in the area of quantitative finance. Offerings vary each year; some topics include energy derivatives, experimental finance, foreign exchange and related derivative instruments, inflation derivatives, hedge fund management, modeling equity derivatives in Java, mortgage-backed securities, numerical solutions of partial differential equations, quantitative portfolio management, risk management, trade and technology in financial markets.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Ali Hirsa
  h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN QUANT FINANCE

FINANCIAL CORRELATIONS

15 Correlation Models are introduced, 4 are discussed in detail: Is the Pearson Correlation Model sufficient for Finance? Are Copula Correlations, Cointegration, or Stochastic Correlations superior? 6 correlation trading strategies are introduced: 1) Empirical Correlation Trading, 2) Pairs Trading, 3) Multi-asset Options, 4) Structured Products, 5) Correlation Swaps, and 6) Dispersion trading. Every Risk Management concept such as VaR (Value at Risk), ES (Expected Shortfall), or CVaR (Credit Value at Risk) applies a certain correlation model, which will be scrutinized. Quantum Entanglement was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2022. We will examine if it is applicable in Finance. Finally, we will discuss whether we can use AI, in particular recurrent Neural Networks, to derive correlations.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• TF 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Gunter Meissner
  Info
• 3 points

FOR EXCH/RELATD DERIVATVS INST

FOREIGN EXCH/RELTD DERIVATIVES

Foreign exchange market and its related derivative instruments—the latter being forward contracts, futures, options, and exotic options. What is unusual about foreign exchange is that although it can rightfully claim to be the largest of all financial markets, it remains an area where very few have any meaningful experience. Virtually everyone has traded stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Comparatively few individuals have ever traded foreign exchange. In part that is because foreign exchange is an interbank market. Ironically the foreign exchange markets may be the best place to trade derivatives and to invent new derivatives—given the massive two-way flow of trading that goes through bank dealing rooms virtually 24 hours a day. And most of that is transacted at razor-thin margins, at least comparatively speaking, a fact that makes the foreign exchange market an ideal platform for derivatives. The emphasis is on familiarizing the student with the nature of the foreign exchange market and those factors that make it special among financial markets, enabling the student to gain a deeper understanding of the related market for derivatives on foreign exchange.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• R 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Instructor: David Derosa
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 9 Info
• 1.5 points

MACHINE LEARNING

Topics from generative and discriminative machine learning including least squares methods, support vector machines, kernel methods, neural networks, Gaussian distributions, linear classification, linear regression, maximum likelihood, exponential family distributions, Bayesian networks, Bayesian inference, mixture models, the EM algorithm, graphical models and hidden Markov models. Algorithms implemented in MATLAB.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 1 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Nakul Verma
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 16 Info
• 3 points

HOW TO WRITE FUNNY

In this class we will consider the various forms and functions of humor in written prose, discussing techniques and approaches to humor writing. Students will write their own humorous stories and essays which we will read and discuss in class, focusing not only on what is or isn't funny, but on how humor can be advantageously used to increase the power of an overall piece. The class will also break down stories, novels, and essays from a variety of authors-Bill Hicks' political satire; the darkly comedic fiction of Barry Hannah and Paul Beatty; the absurd humor of Tina Fey and Baratunde Thurston; Anthony Lane's charming British snarkiness; Spy Magazine's sharply parodic voice; Woody Allen's one-liners; Lena Dunham's zeitgeist comedy-in an effort to better understand what makes their humor work. Students will be asked to write stories inspired and influenced by these authors. As we critique each other's work, we will investigate strategies related to the craft of humor writing, including self-deprecation, political satire, humor and the other, going blue, dark comedy, schtick, humor as a means vs. humor as an end, crossing the line, and how to write funny without sacrificing substance.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• MW 5:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Patricia A Marx
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• 3 points

GLOBAL ENERGY: SECURITY/GEOPOL

The course focuses on the nexus between energy and security as it reveals in the policies and interaction of leading energy producers and consumers. Topics include: hydrocarbons and search for stability and security in the Persian Gulf, Caspian basin, Eurasia, Africa and Latin America; Russia as a global energy player; role of natural gas in the world energy balance and European energy security; transformation of the global energy governance structure; role and evolution of the OPEC; introduction into energy economics; dynamics and fundamentals of the global energy markets; IOCs vs NOCs; resource nationalism, cartels, sanctions and embargoes; Asia's growing energy needs and its geo-economic and strategic implications; nuclear energy and challenges to non-proliferation regime; alternative and renewable sources of energy; climate change and attempts of environmental regulation; emerging international carbon regimes and search for optimal models of sustainable development. Special focus on implications of the shale revolution and technological innovations on U.S. energy security.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Albert Bininachvili
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

STRAT INTELLIGNC/POL DEC MAKNG

The interaction of intelligence and political decision-making in the U.S. other Western democracies, Russia and China. Peculiarities of intelligence in the Middle East (Israel, Iran, Pakistan). Intelligence analyzed both as a governmental institution and as a form of activity, with an emphasis on complex relations within the triangle of intelligence communities, national security organizations, and high-level political leadership. Stages and disciplines of intelligence process. Intelligence products and political decision-making. The function of intelligence considered against the backdrop of rapid evolution of information technologies, changing meaning of homeland security, and globalization. Particular emphasis on the role of intelligence in the prevention of terrorism and WMD proliferation.

• Department: Summer Session (SUMM)
• TR 9 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Albert Bininachvili
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
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ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Nerea Calvillo
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ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Uriel Fogue
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• 0 points

ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 0 points

ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Daniel E Wood
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• Instructor: Anupama Kundoo
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ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
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ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: Mio Nosaku
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ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
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ADV ARCH STUDIO TUTORIAL

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Instructor: David E Moon
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Research Training

Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• Instructor: Gerard A Ateshian
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• Instructor: Tal Danino
  Wikipedia h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: X. Edward Guo
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 70 Info
• Instructor: Henry Hess
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Hillman
  Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info
• Instructor: Clark T Hung
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info
• Instructor: Joshua Jacobs
  Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Christoph Juchem
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 23 Info
• Instructor: Lance Kam
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 38 Info
• Instructor: Elisa Konofagou
  Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info
• Instructor: Andrew Laine
  Wikipedia h-index: 43 Info
• Instructor: Kam W Leong
  h-index: 126 Info
• Instructor: Helen Lu
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 54 Info
• Instructor: Barclay Morrison
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 42 Info
• Instructor: Elizabeth Olson
  h-index: 28 Info
• Instructor: Paul Sajda
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 47 Info
• Instructor: Kenneth Shepard
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• Instructor: Shunichi Homma
  h-index: 88 Info
• Instructor: Samuel Sia
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 39 Info
• Instructor: Milan N Stojanovic
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• Instructor: Stavros Thomopoulos
  h-index: 63 Info
• Instructor: John T Vaughan
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• Instructor: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
  Wikipedia h-index: 132 Info
• Instructor: Qi Wang
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Nandan L Nerurkar
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• Instructor: Stephen H Tsang
  Wikipedia h-index: 58 Info
• Instructor: Elham Azizi
  h-index: 10 Info
• Instructor: Jose McFaline-Figueroa
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• Instructor: Treena L Arinzeh
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• Instructor: Sanja Vickovic
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• Instructor: Santiago Correa
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• Instructor: Kaveri A Thakoor
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• 0 points