Managing Yourself as a Leader: Skills an
MIA & MPA Leadership and Management II Core.
This experiential course focuses on the self-management and interpersonal skills essential for effective leadership in high-pressure, high-stakes situations. Through role-plays, structured exercises, video analysis, and Leadership Labs, students will develop greater self-awareness, communication agility, and emotional resilience. Emphasizing the analysis of leadership failure as a learning tool, the course uses individual student cases to explore how personal patterns and behaviors impact leadership effectiveness. Active participation and small group work are central to this hands-on, practice-based learning environment.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
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Kirsti Samuels
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COLONIALISM
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Timothy Mitchell
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FRONTIERS OF COND MATTER PHYS
- Department: Physics
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Yasutomo Uemura
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SPECIALIZED SOCIAL WORK PRACTICUM
SPECIALIZED SW PRACTICUM
Field education is a central component in each student's professional education, and requires 21 hours a week for all four terms of the full-time M.S. degree. Placements provide a range of experiences to integrate with theoretical learning from class work and to develop knowledge, values, and skills for social practice.
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Stuart L Aaronson
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Elizabeth S Nson
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Liora Schwartz
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Elizabeth Weiner
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Alayne Rosales
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Meghan G Pataky
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Sarah R Feeney
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Medieval & Renaissance Philology
MedRen Philology
MRST Language independent study. Students should meet with the Program Director before registering for this course.
- Department: Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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Susan Boynton
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GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK PRACTICUM
GENERALIST SW PRACTICUM
- Department: Social Work
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Rebecca Knickmeier
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Esther C Howe
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NATL IN MID EAST AS IDEA/PRAC
Intends to familiarize students with the most recent theories dealing with nationalism from a variety of angles and perspectives.
- Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Joseph A Massad
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Specialized Social Work Practicum
SPECIALIZED SW PRACTICUM
- Department: Social Work
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Ana Chaer Salvador
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Erin Orjuela
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POLITICAL ECOLOGY AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS
POLITICAL ECOLOGY & CLIMA
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- M 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Hugo Sarmiento
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CLIMATE CHANGE LAW
This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search
- Department: Law
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Michael Gerrard
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QUANTUM MECHANICS II
Prerequisites: PHYS W4021-W4022, or their equivalents. Applications to atoms and molecules, including Thomas-Fermi and Hartree-Fock atoms; interaction of radiation with matter; collision theory; second quantization.
- Department: Physics
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Norman H Christ
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Cost Benefit Analysis
Lecture
This course introduces students to the principles and practice of cost-benefit analysis for evaluating policies and projects. Emphasizing practical skills over theoretical complexity, students will learn to apply key tools, including valuation methods, discounting, sensitivity analysis, and Excel-based modeling. The first half of the course focuses on the economic and methodological foundations; the second half applies these tools to real-world case studies in various sectors, including transportation, health, education, energy, and security. The course culminates in a major project requiring students to conduct and present an independent cost-benefit analysis on a topic of their choice.
Pre-req: EMPA IA8213 - Microeconomics or equivalent.
Familiarity with Excel is strongly recommended.
- Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
- S 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
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Eva Weissman
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Cost Benefit Analysis
Recitation
This course introduces students to the principles and practice of cost-benefit analysis for evaluating policies and projects. Emphasizing practical skills over theoretical complexity, students will learn to apply key tools, including valuation methods, discounting, sensitivity analysis, and Excel-based modeling. The first half of the course focuses on the economic and methodological foundations; the second half applies these tools to real-world case studies in various sectors, including transportation, health, education, energy, and security. The course culminates in a major project requiring students to conduct and present an independent cost-benefit analysis on a topic of their choice.
Pre-req: EMPA IA8213 - Microeconomics or equivalent.
Familiarity with Excel is strongly recommended.
- Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
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MASTERS PROJECT II
- Department: Journalism
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Aida Alami
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Helen Benedict
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Howard French
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Azmat Khan
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Dolores Barclay
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Audio Master's Project II
- Department: Journalism
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Joanne Faryon
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Josiah N Bates
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Lisa Belkin
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Michael Bobelian
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Kevin Coyne
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Anthony Depalma
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Jared Diamond
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Sara Ganim Cevallos
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Ari L Goldman
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Alyson R Martin
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Judith Matloff
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Rita A Omokha
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Nushin Rashidian
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Charles Stevens
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Kelly A Whiteside
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Nina Alvarez
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Brianna Holt
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Ken Bachor
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Lindsay Gellman
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Adam Thompson
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Audio Master's Project II
- Department: Journalism
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Tracie Hunte
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Stabile Master's Project II
- Department: Journalism
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Sarah E Carr
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Derek R Kravitz
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Michael Grabell
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Stabile Master's Project II
- Department: Journalism
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Steven Eder
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Reed V Abelson
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Scott J Higham
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Jacob B Pearson
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