INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Visual Arts
• Instructor: Jon Kessler
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• Instructor: Naeem Mohaiemen
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• Instructor: Sable Smith
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• Instructor: Rirkrit Tiravanija
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• Instructor: Tomas Vu Daniel
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• 1-3 points

BUSINESS ANTHROPOLOGY

OVERVIEW: Business Anthropology explores how awareness and mastery of the concepts and approaches of anthropology can be used to better manage organizations. Students will develop the skills to apply ethnographic methods, cultural analysis, and anthropological frameworks to uncover hidden dynamics within organizations, enhance knowledge sharing, and drive innovation. The course is particularly valuable for any student seeking to strengthen their ability to lead complex, knowledge-driven initiatives with cultural awareness, strategic empathy, and deeper human insight.

CONTENT: Through a combination of hands-on fieldwork, case studies, and strategic analysis, students will learn to identify tacit knowledge, navigate organizational cultures, and design more human-centered, resilient knowledge strategies. Topics include: Foundations of anthropology and its relevance to organizational strategy; ethnographic methods for business insight and knowledge discovery; organizational culture, tacit knowledge, and hidden knowledge flows; power, identity, and hierarchy as factors shaping knowledge practices; bridging qualitative and quantitative intelligence for strategic advantage; applied anthropology in business innovation, design thinking, and change management.

LOGISTICS: This course is delivered in a hybrid format, with some sessions occurring on-campus and some as synchronous online sessions. Sessions meet weekly at the regularly scheduled day and time regardless of modality; the modality of each session will be available on the syllabus prior to the start of the semester. No prerequisites. Open to all graduate students.

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jessica L Malloy
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• 3 points

AI-ENHANCED FINDABILITY & SEMANTIC SYSTE

AI-EnhancedFindabil&Seman

The fusion of traditional information science principles with advanced AI technologies is revolutionizing knowledge management. This course explores how artificial intelligence, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), is transforming information organization, retrieval, and utilization in digital environments.

Students explore the world of AI-enhanced findability, learning to architect intelligent knowledge platforms that maximize the value of structured and unstructured data. The course covers:



Large Language Models (LLMs) and their game-changing applications in information retrieval



Vector databases and cognitive search capabilities



Advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) and semantic technologies



Knowledge graphs and how they are being used to add meaning to LLMs



Machine learning for sophisticated classification and categorization



Ethical considerations in AI-powered information systems



Through hands-on projects culminating in the design of real-world applications, students will gain practical experience in architecting AI-enhanced information systems. You'll learn to make informed decisions about integrating AI technologies into information architecture, balancing traditional methods with cutting-edge solutions.

This course is ideal for future knowledge strategists, information architects, and AI enthusiasts who want to lead the next generation of intelligent information systems. Join us to explore the intersection of AI and information science and prepare to shape the future of knowledge work.

No programming experience is required—just your curiosity and readiness to engage with the forefront of information technology.

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Ralph Poole
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• 3 points

APPLIED WRITING

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• R 6:10 p.m.-9 p.m.
• 4 points

SUPERVISED PROJECT IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT

FC BAYERN MUNCH

Projects are research intensive and vary according to partners and specialty.

 

Advanced standing in the Sports Management program, with at least 12 points/credits (4 courses) completed is required. A student may not exceed 6 points/credits (2 courses) of Supervised Projects, or take more than 3 points/credits (1 course) per semester.

• Department: Sports Management
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Grant J Son
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• 3 points

MASTER THESIS WORKSHOP

TAKEN WITH BIET 5992 Master Thesis (2-credit). 

The Workshop meets six times over four months. These sessions will assist students in starting to focus more fully on a topic and approach. During the Thesis Workshop, students will first speak informally for five minutes about a possible topic, followed by a more formal five-minute presentation and a draft of a one-page outline or abstract, proceeding to a more finalized outline or abstract. At each of these stages, students will receive feedback from the course director as well as fellow students.

• Department: Bioethics
• F 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Arthur Kuflik
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• 1 points

LEADING LARGE COMPLEX PROJECTS

Project management has been important to many types of missions, projects, and activities for many years; however, it has been especially critical to the success of large complex projects across decades and centuries.  Large complex projects span the globe across all industries and sectors. They also span concepts, product design, development, manufacturing, operations, and logistics, etc. Products may include hardware, software, services, product support, systems, and systems of systems, etc.

The primary focus of this course will be around project leadership as projects are planned and executed (project management).  The course will start by recognizing the need and benefits of project management for large complex global projects, explore characteristics of project managers, and study the commonality and differences in types of projects.  The course will continue with understanding the essential capabilities of project management, and analyze the variations in project lifecycles. The course will address managing risk throughout the project lifecycle, controls, and performance measurement, and maximizing the use of knowledge.  Lastly, the course will visualize the future of projects and project management structure and core capabilities.

Our fundamental goal is to better prepare leaders for large complex global projects.  This will be gained via readings; real-world case studies; and study, research, analysis, and exploration by the students.  Therefore, the course will require students to engage in reflection, discussion, activities, and assignments aimed at personal unlearning and learning.  The assignment and class discussions will be quite provocative to drive maximum learning.

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Gregory Robinson
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• 3 points

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
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Nitesh Goyal
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• Instructor: Nicole Alexander
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• 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 ACTU

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Actuarial Science
• 3 points

Internship In APAN

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Applied Analytics
• 3 points

Internship in BIET

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Bioethics
• 3 points

Internship In CNAD

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Construction Administration
• 3 points

Internship In ERM

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• 3 points

Internship In HCM

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Human Capital Management
• 3 points

Internship In IKNS

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Information & Knowledge Strat
• 3 points

Internship in NECR

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• 3 points

Internship in NMED

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Narrative Medicine
• 3 points

Internship In NOPM

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Non Profit Management
• 3 points

Internship In POAN

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Political Analytics
• 3 points

Internship in SPRT

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Sports Management
• 3 points

Internship In SUMA

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• 3 points

Internship In SUSC

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Sustainability Science
• 3 points

Internship In TMGT

This asynchronous, 3-credit elective provides an immersive, supervised professional internship experience paired with structured reflection and applied academic work. Students integrate theory with practice while assessing organizational culture, ethical decision-making, feedback practices, and professional competencies. Through guided analysis and reflective assignments, students deepen self-awareness, strengthen career readiness, and clarify how their internship experience shapes future professional goals.

• Department: Technology Management
• 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

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
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Elena B Krumova
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• Instructor: Hadi Katesari
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• Instructor: Maiko Yomogida
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• 3-4 points

Workshops in Sustainability Career Paths

Workshops in Sust Careers

The M.S. in Sustainability Management program is offering a panel workshop series, featuring SUMA alumni who will share firsthand insights into the courses that shaped their professional journeys. The workshops will offer a unique opportunity to hear how alumni applied their classroom learning in real-world sustainability careers across sectors, including corporate sustainability, sustainability finance, policy, consulting, environmental justice, and more. 

This is a 0 credit ungraded course open to all students in the MS in Sustainability Management, MS in Sustainability Science, MPA in Environmental Science and Policy, MS in Climate, MS in Climate Finance, and MA in Climate and Society programs. Students can attend as many or as few workshops as they'd like, in person or virtually. The Zoom link and classroom location will be confirmed in the coming weeks. 

Workshop dates and topics:

September 9 - Governmental Sustainability, Decarbonization, and Environmental Protection

September 16 - Corporate Sustainability

September 21 - Sustainability Finance

October 7 - Environmental Justice

October 14 - The Built Environment

October 21 - International Careers

November 11 - Energy Consulting

November 18 - Sustainability Analytics

December 2 - Nonprofit and Advocacy

• Department: Sustainability Management
• T 8:10 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Cindy Ip
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• 0 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

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
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• 4 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

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: Francisca Aguilo Mora
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 2 points

FOUNDATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DENT II

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 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 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Megan Heenan
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• 3 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
• Instructor: Alison Vacca
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• 2 points

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS

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

PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS II

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

ASTROPHYSICS I

Prerequisites: a strong undergraduate background in E-M and classical mechanics. Qualified undergraduates may be admitted with the instructors permission. The basic physics of high energy astrophysical phenomena. Protostars, equations of stellar structure; radiative transfer theory; stellar nucleosynthesis; radiative emission processes; equations of state and cooling theory for neutron stars and white dwarfs, Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation; Chandrasekhar limit; shocks and fluids; accretion theory for both disks and hard surfaces; black hole orbits and light bending.

• Department: Physics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Charles J Hailey
  CULPA: 42 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Cosmology, Black Holes, and Gravity

The course will include a brief introduction to General Relativity and black holes; the majority of the time will be spent on Cosmology. It will include an overview of gravitational waves.

• Department: Astronomy
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Maximiliano Isi Banales
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• 3 points

OLD RUSSIAN LITERATURE

• Department: Slavic Languages
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Valentina Izmirlieva
  CULPA: 14 Info
• 4 points

CHILD ABUSE RECOGNITION & REPORTING

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

Across the Strait of Gibraltar

To what extent has the Strait of Gibraltar—and by extension the broader Mediterraenean— connected the communities and nations that line its shores? Alternatively, is the channel better understood as a continental frontier, one that divides Europe and Africa? How has the medieval and early modern history of conquest, migration, and expulsion in the western Mediterranean shaped our understanding of the Mediterranean refugee crises of the past few decades? What is the relationship between the representation and management of these crises and the struggles of African immigrants—both Maghrebi and sub-Saharan—to assimilate into Spain and other Europe Union nations? In a parallel way, how might the contemporary crises, as experienced and documented by refugees, journalists, novelists, and filmmakers, prompt a critical reassessment of the history and representation of previous periods of migration and displacement across the Strait of Gibraltar?

Focusing on the Strait of Gibraltar, this class is an experiment in cultural history that foregrounds the Mediterranean’s present-day political and humanitarian crises. A mixture of history, drama, fiction, and legal texts comprise the majority of our primary-source readings. In addition, we will discuss a variety of material and visual culture, including monuments, antiquities, archeological sites, photographs, and films. Historical and critical readings will include essays and book- chapters culled from the field of Mediterranean studies, as well as more specialized scholarship on captivity, migration, displacement, and the interwoven cultural and political histories of Spain and Morocco.

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• T 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Seth R Kimmel
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 4 points

French Lecture Series

Graduate students attend and lead a series of lectures open to all members of the French department, including graduate students, faculty and undergraduate majors/concentrators. These lectures are planned in conjunction with graduate seminars occurring that year, and graduate students are expected to introduce the guest speakers and lead the discussion.

 

The lecture series exposes graduate students to new work in the field, including new methodologies and emerging areas of research and teaching, while enriching the cultural and intellectual life of the department. Students benefit from meeting important faculty in the field and from observing the different possible formats and styles of academic talks. By helping to prepare events, write speaker introductions and moderate Q&A sessions, they also develop important professional skills.

• Department: French
• 1-2 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.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Glenn Mitoma
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• Instructor: Daniela R Ikawa
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• 3 points

MEDIEVAL/RENAISSANCE PHILOLOGY

MEDIEVAL/RENAISSANCE PHILOLGY

• Department: Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Instructor: Susan Boynton
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 3 points

MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE PHILOLOGY

Medieval and Renaissance Philology for MA students.

• Department: Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Instructor: Susan Boynton
  CULPA: 18 Info
• 4 points

In/disciplines of the Quotidian: Spanish

In/disciplines of Quotidi

“In/disciplines of the Quotidian: Spanish Still Lives and the Politics of the Overlooked” is an interdisciplinary cultural studies course that investigates how the ordinary becomes a site of tension, meaning, and critique across Spanish artistic traditions. Taking as its point of departure two productive contradictions—the paradox of still life/
Naturaleza muerta
(simultaneously immobile and vital) and the 
bodegón
 as both a lively social space and an emptied, object-filled scene—the course examines how the materiality of objects and backgrounds administer absence, presence and attention, reshape cultural narratives but also structure the political.

The course is grounded in a theoretical framework that treats materiality as inherently political, asking how objects participate in the organization of social life and regimes of value. Drawing on Thomas Lemke’s notion of the “government of things,” it considers how power operates not only through subjects but through arrangements of objects, infrastructures, and environments that shape conduct and perception. At the same time, it stages a dialogue between new materialist approaches—which emphasize the agency and vitality of matter—and Marxist materialisms, with their focus on labor, commodity relations, and historical conditions. Rather than opposing these traditions, the course explores their productive dialogue, showing how attention to lively matter can coexist with a critical social and political analysis ultimately reframing the overlooked object as both an active force, tool and sediment of social relations.

We will focus on very different contexts and objects of study from a comparative diachronic perspective, starting with seventeenth and eighteenth-century Spanish still life painting (Sánchez Cotán, Zurbarán, Meléndez, Goya) where everyday objects—food, vessels, tools—appear suspended in time yet charged with latent energy. These compositions negotiate life and stillness, abundance and austerity, the quotidian and the mystical, while also reflecting class structures, domestic labor, and consumption. The 
bodegón
emerges here as a conceptual hinge: a trace of human interaction or monastic solitude, but also a script of its outside, and a religious and  political pedagogy.

The course then turns to avant-garde literature and film of the 1920s, where writers and film-makers fragme

• Department: Latin American and Iberian Cultures
• R 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Alberto Medina
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• 4 points

PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE IN DENTISTRY SEMIN

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

HLTH PROM/DISEASE PREVNT CLRKSHIP II

HPDP CLERKSHIPS II

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• Instructor: Folarin Odusola
  h-index: 5 Info
• 0 points

STATISTICAL MECHANICS

Prerequisites: PHYS W4021-W4022-W4023, or their equivalents. Fundamentals of statistical mechanics; theory of ensembles; quantum statistics; imperfect gases; cooperative phenomena.

• Department: Physics
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Alfred H Mueller
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• 4.5 points

QUANTUM MECHANICS I

Prerequisites: PHYS W4021-W4022, or their equivalents. The fundamental principles of quantum mechanics; elementary examples; angular momentum and the rotation group; spin and identical particles; isospin; time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory.

• Department: Physics
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Norman H Christ
  CULPA: 34 Wikipedia Info
• 4.5 points

Historical Approaches in the Social Scie

Historical Aprchs Scl Scn

This course introduces students to historical approaches in sociology and political science (and some economics). In the first part, the course surveys the major theoretical approaches and methodological traditions. Examples of the former are classic comparativist work (e.g. Skocpol’s study of revolutions), historist approaches (such as Sewell’s), or the historical institutionalist tradition (Mahoney, Thelen, Wimmer, etc.). In terms of methodological approaches, we will discuss classical Millean small-N comparisons, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, process tracing, actor-centered modeling, quantitative, large-N works, and causal inference type of research designs. In the second part, major topics in macro-comparative social sciences are examined, from world systems and empire to the origins of democracy.

• Department: Sociology
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Andreas Wimmer
  Wikipedia h-index: 41 Info
• 4 points

INVENTING THE ANCIENTS

• Department: Italian
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Konstantia Zanou
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• 3 points

CAPSTONE: Conflict Analysis Models

Conflict analysis is central to understanding the context and content of any conflict. It is also critical for the person doing the conflict analysis to have a good understanding of who they are as a conflict resolution practitioner, including the frames with which they view the conflict analysis. Our worldviews, assumptions, values, and beliefs shape how we frame and create meaning from conflicts that we choose to examine, and how we understand the dynamics of those conflicts. Therefore, to conduct an impartial analysis of any conflict, and add value for the stakeholders involved, self-awareness is crucial.

This course is the foundation for developing the necessary mindset for conflict analysis. We want you to be able to enter any situation and ask the question, “What is really going on here?” and to use that inquiry to uncover underlying needs, issues, and assumptions. In this course, in addition to increasing your self-awareness as a conflict resolution practitioner, you will explore and become familiar with diverse conflict analysis approaches and tools, beginning with creating a conflict map to identify the actors, dynamics, and structures that are creating, escalating, and perpetuating the conflict. You will work with a variety of conflict analysis tools to examine the stakeholder perspectives and will be asked to identify issues that surfaced as a result of this analysis. You will define goals for your inquiry that correspond to the conflict issues you have identified and coalesce thematically around a specific purpose of appropriate scope for your capstone study. You will utilize the Coordinated Management of Meaning and Case Study frameworks to engage in desk-based qualitative inquiry using secondary sources. You will put theory into practice by interpreting the secondary data through the lens of applicable theory. The data will be further analyzed using CMM models and conflict analysis tools as a means of surfacing several needs to be addressed in your intervention design (in the next capstone course).

This course is the first of three (3) required courses of the capstone sequence.
In 6050, students will complete conflict analysis for their capstone case study.
In 6250, students will design an intervention that addresses the needs identified in their earlier analysis. In 6350, students will consider sustainability, as well as monitoring and evaluation strategies for their proposed intervention.

• Department: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• 3 points

Methods and Problems: Theoretical Philos

Methds/Probs:Theoretical

This class covers classic readings in contemporary philosophy, selections from historical authors that bear on today’s debates, and influential recent contributions in a range of subfields such as metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of cognitive science.

• Department: Philosophy
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Melissa S Fusco
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

PARTICLE PHENOMENOLOGY

Prerequisites: PHYS G6037 or the equivalent. The elementary particles and their properties; interactions of charged particles and radiation with matter; accelerators, particle beams, detectors; conservation laws; symmetry principles; strong interactions, resonances, unitary symmetry; electromagnetic interactions; weak interactions; current topics.

• Department: Physics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Ross-Lonergan
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• 3 points

RED ELECTIVE INTERNSHIP

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• 1.5 points

PSYCHOPHYSIOLGCL METH/ANALYSIS

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

Proseminar in Religion I

The Proseminar in Religion is designed to support PhD students within the department as they work on various aspects of professional development. Meeting three times per semester, the sessions will focus on both academic and non-academic career paths, coordinated by a member of the faculty and with guest speakers from both within and beyond the department. The emphasis will be on concrete outputs and skills training. The proseminar will require preparation and active participation from enrolled students, including background reading and writing assignments connected to the monthly topic. After each session focused on a piece of writing (fellowship applications; CVs and cover letters; publishing), students should come away from the proseminar with strong drafts of the relevant texts.
 

The proseminar is required for all ABD students in year 5 or 6 and can be taken sequentially or not. ABD students are encouraged to speak about the timing of enrollment with the DGS and their dissertation sponsor.

• Department: Religion
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Engelke
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia h-index: 25 Info
• 1 points

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY: THE ORIGINS

Prerequisites: this course is intended for sociology Ph.D. and SMS students. No others without the instructors written permission. Foundational sources and issues in sociological theory: Adam Smith, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Mauss, others; division of labor, individualism, exchange, class and its vicissitudes, social control, ideas and interests, contending criteria of explanation and interpretation.

• Department: Sociology
• T 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Gil Eyal
  CULPA: 15 h-index: 26 Info
• 3 points

CARIOLOGY

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• 0 points

ATOMIC PHYSICS

Recent progress in control of atoms with lasers has led to creating the coldest matter in the universe, constructing ultra precise time and frequency standards, and capability to test high energy theories with tabletop experiments. This course will cover the essentials of atomic physics including the resonance phenomenon, atoms in magnetic and electric fields, and light-matter interactions. These naturally lead to line shapes and laser spectroscopy, as well as to a variety of topics relevant to modern research such as cooling and trapping of atoms. It is recommended for anyone interested in pursuing research in the vibrant field of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, and is open to interested students with a one year background in quantum mechanics. Both graduate students and advanced undergraduates are welcome.

• Department: Physics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhenjie Yan
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• 3 points

Human Brain Imaging for Cognitive Neuros

Human Brain Imaging: Cog

This course provides an introduction to the most widely used methods for measuring and analyzing human brain activity and their application in cognitive neuroscience, complemented by weekly hands-on interactive labs to deepen understanding, experience measurements, and explore analyses.

• Department: Psychology
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
  h-index: 56 Info
• 4 points

MAKING ETHNOG:METHOD & WRITING

This course begins with two central and related epistemological problems in conducting ethnographic research: first, the notion that objects of scientific research are ‘made’ through adopting a particular relational stance and asking certain kinds of questions. From framing a research problem and choosing a ‘research context’ story to tell, to the kinds of methods one selects to probe such a problem, the ‘how’ and ‘what’ – or means and content – are inextricably intertwined. A second epistemological problem concerns the artifice of reality, and the nebulous distinction between truth and fiction, no less than the question of where or with whom one locates such truth.

With these issues framing the course, we will work through some key themes and debates in anthropology from the perspective of methodology, ranging from subject/object liminality to incommensurability and radical alterity to the politics of representation. Students will design an ethnographic project of their choosing and conduct research throughout the term, applying different methodological approaches popular in anthropology and the social sciences more generally, such as participant observation, semi-structured interview, diary-keeping and note-taking.

• Department: Anthropology
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicholas Glastonbury
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• 3 points

STUDIES IN DANTE

Inferno

A variable-content course that rotates through various texts of Dante's and various areas of Dante studies. The fall 2026 course will be an in-depth reading of
Inferno
.

• Department: Italian
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Teodolinda Barolini
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

READING, WRITING, ETHNOGRAPHY

READING WRITING ETHNOGRAPHY

Anthropology GR6079x READING WRITING ETHNOGRAPHY. Reading, Writing, Ethnography” asks students to imagine learning to read and then to write anew. It explores a series of exemplary texts in order to explore the histories, genre conventions and experimental forms for writing ethnography.  The course is especially concerned with the ways in which empirical observation is made the ground of theoretical abstraction and generalizing claims. Additionally, it examines the relationship between different theoretical and aesthetic movements as these have influenced the writings of anthropologists and those whose work can be considered to have an anthropological ambition—even when they have not been formally trained in anthropology.

• Department: Anthropology
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Rosalind Morris
  CULPA: 20 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

THING THEORY

Anthropology GR6085x THING THEORY. The ‘material turn’ is a shorthand for the vast and messy literature on things/objects/materials/ stuff/matter that crosses between and interweaves anthropology, archaeology, art history, science & technology studies (STS), political science, philosophy, and literary studies. Material cultural studies, of varying sorts, ask how things make us. This course explores the turn towards things across the humanities and social sciences over the past few decades. Engaging with the material of worlds, scholars have generated new questions, new modes of analysis, and new accounts of subjectivity, agency, and being. We will read a variety of texts from anthropology, STS, and other disciplines, in order to trace some of the ways in which material objects have become important to scholars in the humanities and social sciences.

• Department: Anthropology
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Hannah Chazin
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• 3 points

INTRO TO INTL PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
• Instructor: Ebru A Gencer
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• 3 points

Waste and Leftovers

Generations of anthropologists have seized upon waste as an object to think through issues as wide-ranging as labor divisions, religious devotion, and processes of social classification and value production. In recent years the discipline has renewed attention to this object by way of puzzling through how apparently intensifying global processes of industrialization, consumption, and extraction shape contemporary politics and ecological sensibilities. This seminar charts some of these moves within and beyond our discipline by inviting students to consider how and to what ends societies work through wasted things but also other kinds of durable leftovers (i.e. “ruins,” “byproducts,” “rubble,” “remainders” etc). Of particular concern for us will be the production and (re)appropriation of things that defy strict classification as “waste,” that is, as things imagined to be readily and permanently ejected from a social group or order. Students will read seminal texts on waste, excess, abjection, and reappropriation alongside ethnographic and historical monographs that take up these themes.

• Department: Anthropology
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Catherine Fennell
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• 3 points

ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY

Prerequisites: PHYS W3008 or its equivalent. Fundamentals of electromagnetism from an advanced perspective with emphasis on electromagnetic fields in vaccum with no bounding surfaces present. A thorough understanding of Maxwells equations and their application to a wide variety of phenomena. Maxwells equations (in vacuum) and the Lorentz force law - noncovariant form. Scalar and vector potentials, gauge transformations. Generalized functions (delta functions and their derivatives), point changes. Fourier transforms, longitutdinal ad transverse vector fields. Solution of Maxwells equations in unbounded space for electrostatics and magnetostatics with given charge and current sources. Special relativity, Loretnz transformations, 4-momentum, relativistic reactions. Index mechanics of Cartesian tensor notation. Covariatn formulation of Maxwells equations and the Lorentz force law, Lorentz transformation properties of E and B. Lagrangian density for the electromagnetic field, Langrangian density for the Proca field. Symmetries and conservation laws, Noethers theorem. Field conservation laws (energy, linear momentum, angular momentum, stress tensor). Monochromatic plane wave solutions of the time-dependent source-free Maxwell equations, elliptical polarization, partially-polarized electromagnetgic waves, Stokes parameters. Solution of the time-dependent Maxwell equations in unbounded space with given chare and current sources (retarded and advanced solutions). Properties of electromagnetic fields in the radiaion zone, angular distribution of radiated power, frequency distribution of radiated energy, radiation form periodic and non-periodic motions. Radiation from antennas and antenna arrays. Lienard-Wiechert fields, the relativistic form of the Larmor radiation forumla, synchrotron radiation, bremsstrahlung, undulator and wiggler radiation. Electric dipole and magnetic dipole radiation. Scattering of electromagnetic radiation, the differential scattering cross-section, low-energy and high-energy approximations, scattering from a random or periodic array of scatterers. Radiation reaction force, Feynman-Wheeler theoryy. The macroscopic Maxwell equations (spatial averaging to get P, M, D, H). Convolutions, linear materials (permittivity, permeability, and conductivity), causality, analytics continuation, Kramers-Kronig relations. Propagation of monochromatic plane waves in isotropic and non-isotropic linear materials, ordinary ad extraordinary waves. Cherenkov radiation, transition radiation.

• Department: Physics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Brian Metzger
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 77 Info
• 4.5 points

DESIGNS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH

Required of all incoming sociology doctoral students. Prepares students who have already completed an undergraduate major or its equivalent in some social science to evaluate and undertake both systematic descriptions and sound explanations of social structures and processes.

• Department: Sociology
• W 9 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Peter Bearman
  CULPA: 19 Wikipedia h-index: 54 Info
• 4 points

AF-AM: PRO SEMINAR

This course introduces students to central questions and debates in the fields of African American Studies, and it explores the various interdisciplinary efforts to address them. The seminar is designed to provide an interdisciplinary foundation and familiarize students with a number of methodological approaches. Toward this end we will have a number of class visitors/guest lecturers drawn from members of IRAAS's Core and Affiliated Faculty.

• Department: African American and African Diaspora
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Brandi Summers
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• 4 points

RESEARCH SEMINAR

An M.S. degree requirement. Students attend at least three Applied Mathematics research seminars within the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and submit reports on each.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
• 0 points

MA SEMINAR IN GLOBAL THOUGHT

This course explores the challenges of understanding the global world in which we live, a world that demands new conceptual approaches and ways of thinking. The objectives are:

To examine multidisciplinary approaches to key global issues through readings, class discussions, and conversations with select CGT faculty members as guest speakers. This will take place through multi-week modules that center on a critical issue, asking students to familiarize themselves with key questions and context, engage with an expert on the topic, and apply their insights to a specific case or question.

To develop a focused and feasible research project and hone the practices of scholarly data collection, analysis, and communication through workshops and assignments. This work begins in the fall and continues to completion in the spring semester of the seminar. The perspectives and skills developed in M.A. Seminar will support students in the development and completion of their thirty-five page M.A. essays, which they will present to each other and to CGT faculty at the Spring Symposium.

• Department: Committee on Global Thought
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin Funk
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• Instructor: Vishakha Desai
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• 4 points

ADVANCED MECHANICS OF FLUIDS

Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions of motion. Stress and strain rate tensors, vorticity, integral and differential equations of mass, momentum, and energy conservation. Potential flow.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Gerard A Ateshian
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• 3 points

MA RESEARCH SEMINAR

The MA Research Seminar supports the research projects of MA students in Philosophy.
Participants practice key methods in philosophy and deepen their knowledge of classic and
contemporary contributions to the field. The seminar is suitable for everyone who is aiming to
write a research paper. Seminar participants receive detailed input throughout the semester.
Students can take the class at any stage during their studies for the MA. The class is graded Pass/
Fail.

• Department: Philosophy
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Lydia Goehr
  CULPA: 26 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO SLAVIC LITERARY THEORY

INTRO TO SLAVIC LITERARY

This course introduces graduate students to the major 20th-century literary theories that emerged in Russia and Eastern Europe. The course's main purpose is to familiarize students with these approaches and teach them how to use theoretical models as tools for analyzing literary texts.

By the end of the course, students will be required to write a paper investigating the theoretical aspects of one or more literary texts discussed in class. This paper will test not only students' mastery of literary analysis through the prism of multiple theoretical models, but also their ability to challenge a literary text through theory and vice versa.

Writing the paper will include a workshop-style class in which students design their thesis and outline. The course will also introduce students to the Bahmeteff Archive and Columbia's library holdings.

This course counts as Proseminar for Slavic graduate students but is also open to students in other disciplines, which is why all readings are in English.

• Department: Slavic Languages
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Mark Lipovetsky
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• 4 points

PLASMA PHYSICS I

Debye screening. Motion of charged particles in space- and time-varying electromagnetic fields. Two-fluid description of plasmas. Linear electrostatic and electromagnetic waves in unmagnetized and magnetized plasmas. The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model, including MHD equilibrium, stability, and MHD waves in simple geometries.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ben Zhu
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• 3 points

ISSUES IN POLITICAL THEORY

Prerequisites: the instructors permission prior to registration. A survey of selected issues and debates in political theory. Areas of the field discussed include normative political philosophy, history of political thought, and the design of political and social institutions.

• Department: Political Science
• Instructor: Turkuler Isiksel
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 9 Info
• 4 points

THEORY & METHOD-STUDY OF RELIG

“Theories and Methods” courses in any field are commonly unwieldy beasts. They cannot but be a compromise-formation between contemporary questions and texts, ideas, and definitions (alongside a whole lot of problems) that we have inherited as “canonical” in a field. In the best case, such a course is a passageway into deeper engagement with a field, its histories, its complexities, and its possibilities from which we might wrest and build viable futures. Disciplinary fields are structures where power and knowledge are produced and reproduced. The study of religion is no exception. The questions of “how is ‘religion’ constructed as a category here?” and “what work does the designation of something or someone as ‘religious’ do?” will, therefore, accompany us throughout our work over the course of this semester. We will also examine how different methodological commitments shape what objects of study and which questions come to the fore for the study of religion. This course will explore how the study of religion is not reducible to the study of traditions and communities that are readily recognized as “religious.” However, the vexed histories of the construction of “religion” as a category of knowledge production does also not negate that there are large, varied, and flourishing communities of practice beyond the university for whom whether or not “religion” exists is not at all a question. Holding these layers of complexity in play, this course seeks to introduce students exemplarily to key texts and concepts that have shaped the study of religion as we encounter it today as an academic discipline.

• Department: Religion
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Yannik Thiem
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• 3 points

World s End: 20th and 21St Century Dys

World's End: 20th and 21s

In this class, we will read a range of ambiguous utopias and dystopias (to use a term from Ursula LeGuin) and explore various models of temporality, a range of fantasies of apocalypse and a few visions of futurity. While some critics, like Frederick Jameson, propose that utopia is a “meditation on the impossible,” others like José Muñoz insist that “we must dream and enact new and better pleasures, other ways of being in the world, and ultimately new worlds.” Utopian and dystopian fictions tend to lead us back to the present and force confrontations with the horrors of war, the ravages of capitalist exploitation, the violence of social hierarchies and the ruinous peril of environmental decline. In the films and novels and essays we engage here, we will not be looking for answers to questions about what to do and nor should we expect to find maps to better futures. We will no doubt be confronted with dead ends, blasted landscapes and empty gestures. But we will also find elegant aesthetic expressions of ruination, inspirational confrontations with obliteration, brilliant visions of endings, breaches, bureaucratic domination, human limitation and necro-political chaos. We will search in the narratives of uprisings, zombification, cloning, nuclear disaster, refusal, solidarity, for opportunities to reimagine world, ends, futures, time, place, person, possibility, art, desire, bodies, life and death.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Jack Halberstam
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• 4 points

URBAN SENSING AND DATA

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Anthony P Vanky
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• 3 points

METHOD & THEORY IN ARCHAEOLOGY

METHOD & THEROY IN ARCHAEOLOGY

This course is a seminar on research design in anthropological archaeology. It examines the links among theory, method, and data analysis in project design and interpretation.

• Department: Anthropology
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Terence N D'Altroy
  CULPA: 37 Info
• 3 points