FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS II

Prerequisites: (ENME E4332)
FE formulation for beams and plates. Generalized eigenvalue problems (vibrations and buckling). FE formulation for time-dependent parabolic and hyperbolic problems. Nonlinear problems, linearization, and solution algorithms. Geometric and material nonlinearities. Introduction to continuum mechanics. Total and updated Lagrangian formulations. Hyperelasticity and plasticity. Special topics: fracture and damage mechanics, extended finite element method.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Haim Waisman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 29 Info
• 3 points

REFUGEE LAW AND POLICY

• Department: Law
• TR 2:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• 3 points

CONDUCT OF WAR

The conduct of war lies at the heart of international security policy. Even if never used, the capacity to conduct war successfully underpins deterrence and much of foreign policy. Creating and wielding this capacity is the ultimate purpose of most security policymakers’ jobs. The equipment, organization, recruitment and training of great power militaries are all shaped by the demands of conducting war. The agencies that field these militaries and shape these policies exist in large part to enable successful conduct in the event of war. A deep understanding of international politics thus requires awareness of the conduct of war and its demands. And the deepest possible knowledge of the theory and practice of modern warfare is among the most important skills a prospective participant in security policy making can bring to the enterprise – a sophisticated understanding of the conduct of war is foundational to almost everything else a security policy professional does. The purpose of this course is to provide a sufficient grounding in this essential material to enable students to participate effectively in the security policymaking process. In particular, the course is designed to equip students to shoulder the duties of an entry-level analyst or civil servant in the many executive branch agencies, legislative offices, think tanks, and international organizations whose duties involve the conduct of war. In the process, the course should give you the underlying intellectual foundations needed to learn more rapidly from your experience once you enter the field, and thus to graduate more quickly to positions of greater responsibility and influence within the field. But this is not a general education liberal arts course – while we will cover a body of important ideas about a major human enterprise, and while the course should sharpen students’ critical thinking skills, our priority will be pre-professional preparation for students who expect to work in the defense policy field after graduation.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen Biddle
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

REPRO RIGHTS & PRACTICES

• Department: Law
• W 4:20 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• 3 points

RADIATION THERAPY PHYSICS

Prerequisites: (APPH E4600) APPH E4330 recommended.
Review of X-ray production and fundamentals of nuclear physics and radioactivity. Detailed analysis of radiation absorption and interactions in biological materials as specifically related to radiation therapy and radiation therapy dosimetry. Surveys of use of teletherapy isotopes and X-ray generators in radiation therapy plus the clinical use of interstitial and intracavitary isotopes. Principles of radiation therapy treatment planning and isodose calculations. Problem sets taken from actual clinical examples are assigned.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• R 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Cheng S Wuu
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

STORY STRUCTURE WRITERS/DIR

• Department: Film
• M 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Instructor: Jack Lechner
  Info
• 1.5 points

PATENTS

• Department: Law
• TR 2:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• 3 points

SUSTAIN DEVEL & GLOB ENVIRO HLTH

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Yasmin von Schirnding
  Info
• 3 points

TPCS: CHINESE BUDDHIST STUDIES

Reading on recent scholarship in English on the studies of Chinese Buddhism.

• Department: Religion
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhaohua Yang
  Info
• 4 points

COPYRIGHT 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
• MTW 10:40 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Jane C Ginsburg
  Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

LIE GROUPS & REPRESENTATIONS

Continuation of
MATH GR6343x
(see Fall listing).

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrei Okounkov
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 55 Info
• 4 points

TECHNICAL METHODS IN MILITARY ANALYSIS

TECH METHODS:MILITARY ANALYSIS

This course will cover several technical approaches for understanding and analyzing key subjects in military affairs.  Methodologies range from simple quantitative tools for understanding combat to defense budget calculations to primers on military technology.  None require elaborate prerequisites!  The course will address these subjects: the defense budget; models and simulations of combat; subjects in military technology such as WMD, missile defense, and cybersecurity; military basing, transport, supply, and logistics. The course is not built around the current policy debate; the focus will be on methodologies of more general application. That said, case studies will often examine contemporary issues, primarily but not exclusively those involving the United States.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael O'Hanlon
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

US ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS

US ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS II

This course will explore the international role of the United States by examining its evolution over time the interests and concepts that underlie it, the domestic debates that have shaped it, the historical turning points that periodically re-shaped it, and some of its most notable successes and failures.  Only students who are currently registered in INAF U6346 will be allowed to register for INAF U6347, unless otherwise indicated by the professor.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen R Sestanovich
  Wikipedia Info
• 2-3 points

UNITED NATL & GLOBALIZATION

The course will explore the multiple dimensions of the impact of globalization on the role of the United Nations. The new millennium has seen a vigorous debate take shape on global governance. Every aspect of global governance is currently the subject of review and debate : the financial system, security and the role and composition of the Security Council, a new climate change architecture, the trade regime and the future of the Doha round, human rights, the future of development assistance and the provision of global public goods, and the need for a new multilateralism. It has been over half a century since so many core issues at the heart of effective global governance have been on the drawing board simultaneously.  This course will analyse the implications of a range of these issues for the current work of the UN and for its future role.  The session headings indicate the specific issues that will be covered.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Bruce Jenks
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

DRUG PRODUCT LIAB LITIGATION

• Department: Law
• T 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter Grossi
  Info
• 2 points

HEALTH 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
• MW 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Kristen Underhill
  Info
• 4 points

PUBLIC HEALTH 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
• M 4:20 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Janlori Goldman
  Info
• 3 points

HEALTH JUSTICE ADVOCACY CLINIC

• Department: Law
• TR 1:20 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Emily A Benfer
  Info
• 7 points

ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HLTH

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• M 2 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Julie B Herbstman
  Info
• 3 points

GENDER, CONFLICT & PEACEBUILDING

GENDER, CONFLICT,& PEACEBUILD

This intensive 2-day course will provide an overview of the evolving field of gender, peace and security. The modules will address the following issues: Historical and geopolitical evolution of the context  in which the WPS and GPS agendas should be situated; The approval of  SCR 1325, and the expansion of the WPS agenda through subsequent resolutions; Key pillars of the WPS agenda – notably women’s participation in peace and security, protection issues, peacekeeping and conflict prevention including conflict-related sexual violence; Gender analysis and the practical application of a gendered lens to conflict, mediation and peacebuilding processes; Experiences and lessons from women’s peace coalitions and women’s contributions to peacebuilding including with respect to countering/preventing violent extremism; Sexual violence in conflict; Women and peacekeeping, including issues relating to sexual exploitation and abuse. The course will draw on actual case studies, as well as other materials, and will entail lectures, class discussions, and group exercises,

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• S 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini
  Info
• 1 points

PROF RESP ISSUES/BUSI PRACT

• Department: Law
• M 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Anthony Davis
  Info
• 2 points

ON GENDER & VIOLENCE: FEMALE FIGHTER

This seminar is designed to produce critical thinking and analytical writing on the intersections of Gender & Violence. The increased presence of women in groups like the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) and the Islamic State, as well as the expanded role of women in the United States military raises new questions about women’s political agency, both on, and off, the battlefield. While more traditional narratives, and subsequent humanitarian interventions, often frame women as peacebuilders, the historic positioning of women of women within militant groups challenges both existing theories of radicalization, along with the gendered assumptions that inform them. The goal of this course is to provide a deeper, more analytical, understanding of the lived experience of women as their lives intersect with violence in multiple ways. Among other subjects, the course will cover theories on the formation of women’s political identities, the politics of sexual violence, the role of humanitarian intervention, and the complicated agency of women within repressive contexts. The readings are drawn from relevant academic disciplines, but include nonfiction narrative literature and policy-oriented analysis in order to situate each debate in multiple spheres of influence.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Nimmi Gowrinathan
  Info
• 1.5 points

EXHIBITION CULTURES

This course is a continuation of Museum Anthropology G6352 (not a prerequisite). Through the study of museum exhibitions, this course explores a series of debates about the representation of culture in museums, the politics of identity, and the significance of objects. We will consider the museum as a contemporary and variable form, as a site for the expression of national, group, and individual identity and as a site of performance and consumption. We will consider how exhibits are developed, what they aim to convey, what makes them effective (or not), and how they sometimes become flashpoints of controversy. Because the work of museums is visual, enacted through the display of material forms, we will also consider the transformation of objects into artifacts and as part of exhibitions, addressing questions of meaning, ownership, value, and magic. We will look at this range of issues from the point of view of practitioners, critics, and audiences.

• Department: Anthropology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Laurel Kendall
  Info
• 3 points

LAWYERING FOR CHANGE

• Department: Law
• MW 1:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Susan P Sturm
  Info
• 3 points

JOURNAL CLUB-MOL EPI&TOXICOLOGY;

JOURNAL CLUB-MOL EPI&TOXICOLOG;

• Department: Environmental Health Sciences
• T 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
• 0 points

TURBULENCE THEORY & MODELING

Prerequisites: (ENME E3161) or equivalent; Ordinary and partial differential equations.
Turbulence phenomenology; spatial and temporal scales in turbulent flows; statistical description, filtering and Reynolds decomposition, equations governing the resolved flow, fluctuations and their energetics; turbulence closure problem for RANS and LES; two equation turbulence models and second moment closures.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• F 9:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Marco Giometto
  h-index: 9 Info
• 3 points

WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP: IMPACT ON POLICY

Despite gains in recent years, gender disparities in leadership roles – particularly in the corporate and government sectors – remain significant.  This 7-week course will explore policies within organizations, as well as governmental policies, designed to address gender disparities in leadership roles, examining questions such as: What are the goals such policies are/should be seeking to achieve? What are the best approaches – e.g. gender-focused vs. more broadly crafted policies?  Which approaches are/are not working? What are the unintended consequences of policies designed for this purpose? How do we consider debates in popular culture (from Sandberg to Slaughter) in the context of organizational and governmental policymaking and use them to inform policymaking? What are the limitations on what policy can achieve? The course will begin by briefly exploring historical and current gender disparities in leadership roles and the diverse reasons behind them, examining the roles of women, men, culture and policy. We will explore the potential impact policy can have, identifying and recognizing limitations and challenges.  Finally, we will focus the bulk of our time on policy approaches tried by governments and organizations (with a focus on corporations, as well as academia and non-profits) to attempt to address leadership gender disparities, exploring the questions above.  The course will include accomplished women leaders from multiple sectors as guest speakers, and active student participation, including presentation of case studies, will be required.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam Quinton
  Info
• 1.5 points

Mainstreaming Gender in Global Affairs

MAINSTREAMING GEN-GLOBAL AFFRS

This course introduces students to gender mainstreaming, gender analysis and intersectionality as theory and method, as well as the associated set of strategies, tools and skills applicable to international and public policy contexts. Through a combination of empirical research, structural theorizing, social critique, and case studies, students will become acquainted with the global dimensions of feminist organizing and policy-making necessary for working in a variety of specialty policy fields such as education, public health, international finance, sustainable development, peace and security, organizational management and economic development.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Kristy Kelly
  h-index: 3 Info
• 3 points

LGBT RIGHTS INTERNATIONALLY

On September 24, 2014, a hotly contested resolution passed the UN Human Rights Council condemning discrimination and violence on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.  The protracted fight for the resolution demonstrates how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights are one of the most controversial issues in international human rights, culture, law and public policy today.  This course will explore how LGBT rights impact mainstream debates, such as bilateral relations and good governance, while also teaching students to understand the particular challenges of fulfilling LGBT rights, such as access to legal recognition for LGBT partnerships and transgender identities.  This course offers students an in-depth discussion about the challenges and opportunities of working on LGBT rights at the international level, surveys debates within the field, and equips students to competently address LGBT rights as they manifest across a range of academic and professional interests. Breaking news and contemporary debates will be integrated into the course work.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Jessica Stern
  Wikipedia h-index: 24 Info
• 1.5 points

TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL SEC & THE CITIZEN

TECH, NAT SEC & THE CITIZEN

While digital technology gives governments powerful new ways to protect their citizens, it also creates powerful opportunities for abuse. To complicate matters, governments aren't the only ones with access to these tools: technology also empowers individuals, activist groups, and non-state actors in ways that can either enhance or threaten the security of nations. This course will explore these changes, examining how digital technology is transforming the national security landscape, altering roles and power relationships for governments, citizens, and social movements. Specifically, this class will examine: NATIONAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES: Categories and specific tools in use for citizen engagement, surveillance, infrastructure control, and defense DEMOCRATIC & AUTOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS USE OF TOOLS: How governments, both democratic and autocratic, deploy these technologies in national security efforts, and its consequences on the rights of individuals and the broader social order CITIZENS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & NON-STATE ACTORS USE OF TOOLS: How citizens, social movements, and non-state actors wield similar tools to enhance, counterbalance, or undermine government security efforts REDEFINING POWER: How new technologies affect, alter, undermine, or enhance existing power structures and bolster or diminish the influence of citizens, organizations, and social groups on governments Course material will be comprised of theoretical readings on state security responsibilities and citizens' rights, case studies of effective and counterproductive tactics, and present-day examples of the phenomena.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexis Wichowski
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

INTERNATIONAL BANKRUPTCY

S. INTERNATIONAL BANKRUPT

• Department: Law
• R 2:05 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jodie A Kirshner
  Info
• 2 points

TERRORISM & COUNTERTERRORISM

This course examines the origins and evolution of modern terrorism, challenges posed by terrorist groups to states and to the international system, and strategies employed to confront and combat terrorism. We assess a wide variety of terrorist organizations, and explore the psychological, socioeconomic, political, and religious causes of terrorist violence past and present. We also analyze the strengths and weaknesses of various counterterrorism strategies, from the point of view of efficacy as well as ethics, and look into ways in which the new threat of global terrorism might impact the healthy functioning of democratic states. The course is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the terrorist threat, including the nature, roots, objectives, tactics, and organization of terrorism and terrorist groups. Part II addresses the issue of counterterrorism, including recent American efforts to combat terrorism, the strengths and weaknesses of counterterrorist tools and instruments, the issue of civil liberties and democratic values in confronting terrorism, and international strategies and tactics.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Stuart M Gottlieb
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

Conflict Resolution

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

This course introduces the study and practice of conflict resolution, offering students a broad conceptual framework for more specific strands of study offered by CICR.  It also aims to show how ideas about conflict resolution can cast light on individual conflicts and peace initiatives.  The majority of classes focus on thematic issues and debates, but these are interspersed with classes concentrating on individual conflict situations, to allow students to link theory and practice. Students will be tested on both their grasp of the main themes of the course and their application to specific situations.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Gowan
  Info
• 3 points

Writing About War: Seeking Narratives in

WRITING ABOUT WAR

This course will teach students how to extract compelling and precise narratives from the fog of war. We will learn about the mechanics of covering conflict and politics of war- and peace-making. We will read accounts produced as journalism, policy analysis, advocacy, literature and philosophy. Students will produce original reported narrative writing about conflict, which they may try to place for publication. The skill set cultivated by this class will help anyone write about violent conflict (which includes its prelude and aftermath), whether they plan to do so for a reporting-driven NGO like Human Rights Watch or Freedom House, as a policy analyst, or as a journalist writing for print, broadcast, or new media. Please look at examples of prior student work at thanassiscambanis.com/sipa

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Athanasios Cambanis
  Info
• 3 points

UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIORS

In this course in international security policy, students will take a closer look at a host of non-state armed actors whose origins can be traced back to pre-statal politics and international relations but whose presence can be felt very tangibly in 21st century geopolitics. Violence has always been a principal currency of sociopolitical interaction. We tend to associate unconventional forms of war-making with the post-September 11th era of geopolitics; in fact, a number of unconventional warriors have wielded violence before and, then, alongside states for centuries. A great deal of today's attention, both scholarly and policy-oriented, tends to focus in particular on terrorists and insurgents; but a host of other non-state armed actors (from bandits, mercenaries, and mafia to druglords, warlords, and militias) also operate as what Vadim Volkov called ?entrepreneurs? in the field of violence. Their methods, motivations, and interests have evolved over time. Many of the factors that led to their emergence historically have ceased to exist, but these actors have adapted and transformed in ways that keep them relevant to this day.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Dipali Mukhopadhyay
  h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTTION

This course is intended to provide students with an understanding of the strategic, military, and political implications of weapons of mass destruction, understood here to be nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, with a particular focus on nuclear weapons in light of their more significant role in international politics. The course will seek to give students a grounding in the history and concepts of these weapons and then address key issues relating to WMD in the contemporary context.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard K Betts
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

Electron microscopy in combination with image analysis is increasingly powerful in producing 3D structures of individual molecules and large macromolecular complexes that are unapproachable by other methods. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), is a form of transmission electron microscopy where the sample is studied at cryogenic temperatures (generally below -180 °C). This course is focused on the concepts and theories behind cryo-electron microscopy and it's application in structural biology.

• Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Joachim Frank
  Wikipedia h-index: 111 Info
• 4 points

CRIT APPRO TO E ASIAN STUDIES

CRITICAL APPROACHES TO EAST AS

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Takuya Tsunoda
  Info
• 4 points

AMAZONIA SEMINAR

Course addresses the assumptions upon which community-based conservation and development projects are based, their successes and shortcomings within the context of history and the environment.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez
  h-index: 32 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED MACHINE DYNAMICS

Prerequisites: (MECE E3401) MECE E3401.
Review of classical dynamics, including Lagrange's equations. Analysis of dynamic response of high-speed machine elements and systems, including mass-spring systems, cam-follower systems, and gearing; shock isolation; introduction to gyrodynamics.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicolas W Chbat
  Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED MACHINE DYNAMICS

Advanced Machine Dynamics

Prerequisites: (MECE E3401) MECE E3401.
Review of classical dynamics, including Lagrange's equations. Analysis of dynamic response of high-speed machine elements and systems, including mass-spring systems, cam-follower systems, and gearing; shock isolation; introduction to gyrodynamics.

• Department: Video Network
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Nicolas W Chbat
  Info
• 3 points

LIT/RES-LAT AMER/CARIB STUD II

• Department: Latin-American & Carib RS
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Gustavo S Azenha
  h-index: 6 Info
• 4 points

STRUCTURALSM/POSTSTRUCT/MODERN

The discourse on Modernism in the visual arts examined in relation to the theoretical positions of structuralism and post-structuralism, specifically the work of Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Rosalind Krauss
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

REGULATING REPRODUCTION

The organization and regulation of reproduction varies considerably across societies, but everywhere it directly impacts, and is impacted by, gender relations. These relations are generally marked by inequalities that not only distinguish the life chances of individuals on the basis of sex and gender but also reflect intersectional factors including race, class, ethnicity, national origin and religion. For the last several decades, the organization of reproduction has been intensely contested. Who can, must, should or should not bear or care for children and how; what is a family and who can form one; who is a child, a mother or father; what implications flow from these statuses for individual rights and obligations within or beyond families and how do they impact life chances; and, how do individual reproductive rights relate to other public policy concerns, such as nation-building, population declines, or the migration of care workers?  Questions such as these are at the center of seemingly ceaseless debates between social movements, national governments and international organizations.  This course explores these issues, primarily through the lens of states of the “global north”, by focusing on care and procreation.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Yasmine Ergas
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 10 Info
• 3 points

MODERN GEOMETRY

Continuation of Mathematics GR6402x (see Fall listing).

• Department: Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Chiu-Chu Liu
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO ECONOMETRICS II-DISC

• Department: Economics
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Dong Woo Hahm
  Info
• 0 points

ADV CON LAW:1ST AMENDMENT

ADV CON LAW: 1ST AMEND

• Department: Law
• TR 2:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeremy K Kessler
  Info
• 3 points

ORIGINS OF MOD VISUAL CULTURE

ORIGINS OF MODERN VISUAL CULTU

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan K Crary
  CULPA: 11 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

TRANSLATION SEMINAR

WRITERS YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Department: Writing
• T 2:10 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Edith Grossman
  Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTN TO ECONOMETRICS II

Corequisites:
ECON G6410
and the director of graduate studies' permission.
Introduction to the general linear model and its use in econometrics, including the consequences of departures from the standard assumptions.

• Department: Economics
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• 4 points

COMPARATV POLITICS SURVEY II

This graduate level seminar is designed to introduce students to many of the main questions motivating research in comparative politics. The course is not designed as exercise in intellectual history, although some "classics" are included. It is also not designed to teach particular approaches or methods in the study of comparative politics, although many such approaches and methods are included in the readings. Instead, it is designed to give students a sense of what we "know" today about the answers to some major questions that animate the subfield and to encourage students to develop the analytical skills, substantive knowledge, and theoretical insights necessary to make their own contributions to comparative politics and political science. Comparative Politics Survey II builds on the topics developed in Comparative Politics Survey I, but can easily be taken before taking Comparative Politics Survey I. Topics to be covered in the surveys include among others, institutions, culture, parties, violence, collective action, economic development, bureaucracy, regimes and regime change, the welfare state, corruption and political behavior.

• Department: Political Science
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy M Frye
  CULPA: 8 Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info
• 4 points

DIG HERTITAGE DOCUMENTATI

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Bilge Kose
  Info
• 3 points

PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

Photonic integrated circuits are important subsystem components for telecommunications, optically controlled radar, optical signal processing, and photonic local area networks. This course will introduce the student to the devices and the design of these circuits. Principle and modelling of dielectic waveguides (including silica on silicon and InP based materials), waveguide devices (simple and star couplers), and surface diffractive elements. Numerical techniques for modelling circuits will be discussed, including beam propagation and finite difference codes. Design of other devices will be discussed: optical isolators, demultiplexers.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Michal Lipson
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 114 Info
• 3 points

INTL ISSUES IN HIST PRESERV

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Erica C Avrami
  Info
• 3 points

SECURITIES REGULATION

Prerequisites: L6231
    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
• TR 1:20 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
• TWR 10:40 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Joshua R Mitts
  Info
• Instructor: Merritt B Fox
  Info
• 4 points

INT'L SECURITIES REGULATION

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
• MW 9:10 a.m.-10:05 a.m.
• Instructor: Edward Greene
  Info
• 2 points

Communicating in Organizations

COMMUNICATING IN ORGANIZATIONS

A survey course that explores aspects of day-to-day managerial communication, presentations and high-profile moments, as well as interpersonal communication. The course uses many teaching techniques: short lectures, individual and group exercises, videotaped presentations, role-plays, case discussions, video clips, and writing assignments.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• S 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• S 3 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Joann P Baney
  Info
• 3 points

FEDERAL COURTS

• Department: Law
• TWR 2:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Kellan R Funk
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• 4 points

TOPICS IN ECONOMETRICS I

• Department: Economics
• F 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Jose L Montiel Olea
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• 3 points

GLOBAL EVENTS IMPACT: LATIN AMERICA & US

GLOBAL EVENTS:LATIN AM & US

This seminar wants to address the impact of global tendencies on Latin America and its relations with the United States. We consider as global tendencies significant political and ideological phenomena that lead political actors to align, change or confront policies, views and emotions, in order to adjust to circumstances, and use these trends in their national interest. The seminar will begin by observing present trends and trying to identify the lines of events that produced them in the past. It will focus on the present situation of discontent on globalization; the precarious stability of the international economic system; the crisis of multilateralism and the resurgence of unilateralism; the consequences of security conceived as a state of permanent war on terrorism, crime and drugs; the challenges that “easternization” and the rise of China poses to the United States and its relationship to Latin America; the new phenomena of migration: its use in internal politics, and its consequences in foreign policy; the insurgence of populism and the retreat of democracy. These are all trends with immediate and sometime direct impacts on practical decisions in each country, as well as in the relationship between them and the United States. The goal in following their conceptual and general evolution is to develop an understanding of the way in which the international system impacts the internal politics of both the Latin American countries and the United States, as well as the manner in which they are reflected in their relationship. This is first, a course on present events. It covers historical processes only in the measure in which they explain present circumstances. As a consequence, the course addresses not just international relations, but also the internal visions and emotions these phenomena raise in Latin America and in the US.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Juan Gabriel Valdes
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• 3 points

FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW

• Department: Law
• TR 2:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Richman
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• 3 points

APPLIED QUANTUM OPTICS

Prerequisites: Background in electromagnetism (ELEN E3401, ELEN E4401, ELEN E4411, or Physics GR6092) and quantum mechanics (APPH E3100, E4100, or PHYS GU402x).
An introduction to fundamental concepts of quantum optics and quantum electrodynamics with an emphasis on applications in nanophotonic devices. The quantization of the electromagnetic field; coherent and squeezed states of light; interaction between light and electrons in the language of quantum electrodynamics (QED); optical resonators and cavity QED; low-threshold lasers; and entangled states of light.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
  h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

APPLIED QUANTUM OPTICS

Prerequisites: Background in electromagnetism (ELEN E3401, ELEN E4401, ELEN E4411, or Physics GR6092) and quantum mechanics (APPH E3100, E4100, or PHYS GU402x).
An introduction to fundamental concepts of quantum optics and quantum electrodynamics with an emphasis on applications in nanophotonic devices. The quantization of the electromagnetic field; coherent and squeezed states of light; interaction between light and electrons in the language of quantum electrodynamics (QED); optical resonators and cavity QED; low-threshold lasers; and entangled states of light.

• Department: Video Network
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
  h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN MICROECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON GR6211
This course will introduce current developments in microeconomics. The course is intended for 2nd and 3rd year PhD students in Economics, although others with a suitable background can be considered. The material is aimed for a broad set of such students - those with both theoretical and empirical bents - who are interested in studying the implications of recent advances in microeconomics to research questions in fields such as industrial organization, public economics, development, health economics, political economy, and behavioral economics. The specific coverage of topics will vary across years.

• Department: Economics
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Kfir Eliaz
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• 3 points

MEXICO:POLICTIAL,SOCIAL&ECONOMIC; DEVELOP

MEXICO:POL,SOC&ECON; DEVELOP

Mexico is one of the biggest and most diverse countries in the world. In the most dynamic and didactic way, this course combines theoretical analysis with the political experience of Professor Anaya, who has been President of the Chamber of Deputies, President of PAN (the main party for the opposition that governed Mexico over 12 years) and second-place Presidential Candidate in the recent July 2018 election. The course has three main parts: the first analyzes Mexico’s process of economic transformation and the transition to democracy; the second studies the main problems afflicting Mexico with emphasis on three urgent priorities: a. Violence: Its evolution in recent years and its correlation to organized crime, since the times of the Guadalajara Cartel, passing through Chapo Guzman’s reign to the current and very violent criminal organizations operating in the country; b. Corruption: Seeking to understand both the structure of this phenomenon as well as analyzing its most emblematic cases; c. Poverty and inequality: In order to understand why – in spite of economic reforms undertaken since the 1980s – half the population currently lives in poverty. The third part explores the current political situation in light of the recent election that confirmed Andrés Manuel López Obrador as President, as well as the challenges posed by the Trump administration to the US-Mexico relations. This course is particularly useful for those who have a professional interest in Latin America and Mexico, so it be in political analysis, business, diplomacy, public service or journalism, among other areas.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Ricardo Anaya Cortes
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• 3 points

TALKING WITH THE ENEMY

Through a detailed investigation of eight significant case studies, this course will take a close look at past efforts of the United States to manage relations with "enemies" or adversaries. The course will examine the different strategies Presidents have used to "talk to the enemy": Roosevelt's 1933 opening of relations with the USSR; the decision at Munich to "appease" Hitler, Nixon's opening to China; the long delayed efforts to cease the war in Vietnam: the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 and the current debates over whether the US should talk directly with Iran and how best to deal with Cuba.  The course will conclude with some examination of how the US might deal with groups in the new paradigm --  non-state actors such as Taliban, Hamas, and Hezbollah Several key themes will be interwoven throughout the course.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: William Luers
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• 3 points

THE LAW OF GENOCIDE

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
• W 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Menachem Rosensaft
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• 2 points

TOPICS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS

This course surveys what is possible, interesting, and convincing in health economics research. To this end, the course focuses on the recent empirical literature of health determinants. This literature has benefited from: a) the application of empirical tools pioneered in labor economics, and; b) the quantity and quality of readily-available microdata on health outcomes. While the course's focus is squarely on empirical determinants of health, three theoretical frameworks guide the course: the human capital model of health (Grossman 1972), the theory of capacity formation (Cunha & Heckman 2007), and the potential outcomes framework (Rubin 1974).

• Department: Economics
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Douglas V Almond
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• 3 points

ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION

Prerequisites: (ECON GR6211 and ECON GR6212 and ECON GR6215 and ECON GR6216 and ECON GR6412 and ECON GR6411 and
This course will provide an overview of current research on the economics of education. The course will pay special attention to: i) the use of credible research designs, and ii) the use of theory in evaluating the mechanisms that underlie the identied eects

• Department: Economics
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Miguel S Urquiola
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MILITARY LAW AND THE CONST

• Department: Law
• M 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Michel Paradis
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• 2 points

LABOR LAW

• Department: Law
• MTW 10:40 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Mark Barenberg
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• 4 points

TRADEMARKS

• Department: Law
• MW 2:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jane C Ginsburg
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• 3 points

POL & PRAC HUMANITARIAN ACTION

The scale and cost of humanitarian assistance has grown dramatically in the past decade, in large part due to the protracted nature of crises. This trend has given new urgency to achieve better connectivity between humanitarian and development efforts. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out not just to meet needs, but to reduce risk, vulnerability and overall levels of need, provided a new reference frame for both humanitarian and development actors to contribute to the common vision of a future in which no one is left behind. This has led to critical examination, from both within and outside the UN system, on how to transcend the humanitarian-development divide. Is there a way to link relief to development? Is there a relationship between humanitarian assistance and conflict resolution/peace-building activities? How can relief agencies manage their relations with the parties to a conflict? How do human rights and humanitarian aid intersect? What are the new ways of working needed to achieve the 2030 Agenda‚Äôs goal of leave no one behind, and meet the needs of the furthest behind first?

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Bradley F Foerster
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• 1.5 points

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE EASTERN DRC

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EAST DRC

Over the past decades, perhaps no area of the world has seen such violent transformations and complex conflicts as Africa's Great Lakes Region. This 1-credit course focuses on the conflicts and humanitarian assistance in two Eastern Congolese provinces, Kivu Sud and Kivu Nord. Extrapolations based on IRC studies estimate an excess mortality in Eastern DR Congo of over 4 million people out of a total population of about 20 million over the last twenty years. The neighboring countries of DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda all play a role in this conflict. Moreover, they have also endured their own forms of traumatic upheaval and are still searching for a form of stability. This course asks why these conflicts endured for so long? What are the root causes? What happens when a state bureaucracy breaks down? What happens to the health care and educational systems? Can solutions be found? What is the role of the humanitarian organizations vis-à-vis the local population, civil society, and the local administration?

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• SU 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Dennis Dijkzeul
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• 1 points

HUMAN RIGHTS & HUMANITARIAN POLICY PRACT

HUMAN RIGHTS&HUMAN.; POL PRACT

This 1.5 credit, 7-week course is designed as a forum in which human rights practitioners, humanitarian aid workers, practitioners and academics share their professional experiences and insights on the modern development of international human rights and humanitarian law, policy, and practice. The Practicum plays an important role in the Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration as a means by which students: 1. interact with speakers and gain an understanding of the different roles that humanitarian aid workers and actors play in a variety of contexts, and 2. examine current trends in the human rights field and remain informed on the different roles that human rights actors play in a variety of contexts. The Practicum is designed, therefore, to enhance students’ abilities to think critically and analytically about current problems and challenges confronting the field, and to do so in the context of a vibrant community of their peers. Whereas most courses integrate conceptual and theoretical perspectives of human rights, the Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Practicum is meant to emphasize the processes of implementing human rights from the practitioner’s perspective.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Susannah A Friedman
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• 1.5 points

SUPERVISED TEACHING ASSISTANCE

Prerequisites: permission of the faculty member who will direct the teaching.
Participation in ongoing teaching.

• Department: Psychology
• 3 points

CRISIS AND/AS CRITIQUE

What do we mean when we use the word “crisis” today? Measured against normalcy and regularity, the notion of crisis is conventionally understood as an interruption, exception or temporary suspension to and of the ordinary. In pre-modern terms, however, crisis was embedded in the everyday in processes of critical assessment and decision-making. Similarly, the notion of crisis will vary according to different cultures, depending on collective and individual experiences. In this course we will explore the concept of crisis in a trans-historical and trans-cultural perspective. We will be considering crisis from a variety of perspectives and contexts such as the political and the religious, the economic and ecological, the existential and the artistic, in care, on the media and within ecological realms. We will be not only situating crisis in context but also inquire about the political implications such notion entails in and for our present.

• Department: Anthropology
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Maria Jos de Abreu
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• 3 points

INTRODUCTN TO HEALTH ECONOMICS

This is a Public Health Course.  Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street. For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• R 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen Coussens
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• 3 points

DATA SCIENCE & PUBLIC POLICY

This course will bridge the gap between data science and public policy in several exciting ways. By drawing on a diverse student body – consisting of students from SIPA and the Data Science Institute – we will combine domain-level policy expertise with quantitative analytical skills as we work on cutting-edge policy problems with large amounts of data. Throughout the semester, students will have the opportunity to analyze real-world datasets on a broad range of policy topics, including, for example, data on Russian trolls disseminating misinformation on social media, data on Islamic State recruitment propaganda on the Internet, and granular information on natural disasters that can facilitate preparedness for future hazards. In addition, students will work in interdisciplinary policy – data science teams on semester-long projects that develop solutions to policy problems drawing on big data sources. By the end of the course, students will gain hands-on experience working with various types of data in an interdisciplinary environment – a setting that is becoming more and more common in the policy world these days.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tamar Mitts
  h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

USING BIG DATA TO DEVELOP PUBLIC POLICY

Prerequisites: SIPA U6500
Data are a critical resource for understanding and solving public policy challenges. This course provides an applied understanding of data analytics tools and approaches to policy. This course is designed to bridge the gap between the statistical theory and real-world challenges of using data in public policy. The course leverages the DATA2GO.NYC data set. DATA2GO.NYC was developed with the intention of empowering community members to understand the areas in which they work, play, and live by providing open access to aggregated city data. You will use the data set to conduct the in-depth analysis of an issue and ultimately develop a policy proposal or policy evaluation.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Francesco Brindisi
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

STEM CELL, GENOME ENG & REGEN MED

Prerequisites: (BMEN E4001) or (BMEN E4002) and Biology, Cell Biology
The seminar course will include general lectures on stem cell biology followed by student presentations and discussion of the primary literature. The themes to be presented include 1. Basic stem cell concepts; 2. Basic cell and molecular biological characterization of endogenous stem cell populations; 3. Concepts related to reprogramming; 4. Directed differentiation of stem cell populations; 5. The use of stem cells in disease modeling or tissue replacement/repair; 6. Clinical translation of stem cell research.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• 3 points

CHINESE BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Feng Li
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

Intro to Infographics and Data Visualiza

INTRO INFOGRAPHICS & DATA VIS

This is a seven-week course that introduces students to design principles and techniques for effective data visualization. Visualizations graphically depict data to foster communication, improve comprehension and enhance decision-making. This course aims to help students: understand how visual representations can improve data comprehension, master techniques to facilitate the creation of visualizations as well as begin using widely available software and web-based, open-source frameworks.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Dino Sossi
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• 1.5 points

LAW & EDUC INST: EQUITY ISSUES

EDU EQUALITY: ROLE OF 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
• T 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
• Instructor: Jay Heubert
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• 2 points

MIGRANT MODERNISM

Responding to literary scholarship’s continuing concern with the exile, the refugee, the cosmopolitan, and the networks and flows of modernity, this seminar examines the migrant origins and later migrations of English-language modernism, with some attention to French-language writing and film. Authors (and auteurs) considered may include Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot,​ Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, Mike Gold, Jean Rhys, Jean Renoir, Aimé Césaire, Olivia Manning, George Lamming, and Zadie Smith. Primary readings will be complemented by relevant critical and theoretical texts, including writings on global justice.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Douglas Mao
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 9 Info
• 4 points

DATA DRIVEN APPROACHES-CAMPAIGNS&ADVOCAC;

Prerequisites: Basic statistics and facility with spreadsheets
This class will focus on the proper understanding and use of a wide range of tools and techniques involving data, analytics, and experimentation by campaigns. We will study evolutions and revolutions in data driven advocacy and campaigns, starting with polling and continuing through micro-targeting, random controlled experiments, and the application of insights from behavioral science. Our primary focus will be on developments in US political and advocacy campaigns, but we will also examine the uses of these tools in development and other areas. The course is designed to provide an informative but critical overview of an area in which it is often difficult to separate hype from expertise. The purpose of the course is to prepare students to understand the strengths and limitations of Big Data and analytics, and to provide concrete and practical knowledge of some of the key tools in use in campaigns and advocacy. Students will be expected to examine the use of data in practical case studies and distinguish between proper and improper uses.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 3 points

HOSP ORGANIZATION/MANAGEM

HOSP ORGANIZATION/MANAGEMENT

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• W 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• 1.5 points

TECH POLICY & CULTURE IN DEVELOPING WORL

TECH POLICY & CUL IN DEV WORLD

This course will examine the role of information and telecommunication technologies (TICs) for developing countries, focusing on policy issues such as privacy, net neutrality, surveillance, free speech, digital democracy, civic technologies, social networks, financial inclusion, and more. This is a “bird´s-eye view” course. We will discuss a number of selected issues. Our goal is to understand the different roles played by TICs in the developing world, and at the same time understand the opportunities they bring in terms of building transformative practical tools. For that, we will discuss certain cultural and social changes emerging from the use of technology. Examples include: (i) political polarization and radicalization; (ii) the impact of technology over politics; (iii) social issues online (fake news, online hate speech, media piracy, in the developing world´s context); (iv) cultural production emerging at the margins; and (v) developing Internet tools for civic participation and writing laws. To address these issues, the course will analyze the following tools and their role to the developing world: cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin, Artificial Intelligence, social networks, machine learning, big data, e-citizenship, intellectual property, FLOSS licenses, Creative Commons, DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations), the “sharing economy”, smart contracts, Digital Identities, blockchain, fake news, Ethereum and more. The focus is the developing world, with many examples from Brazil and Latin America, but we will go beyond. I expect students to consider and propose how these tools can help tackle development challenges, something that I have some personal experience in doing.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ronaldo Lemos
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• 1.5 points

DISABILITY 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
• TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Elizabeth F Emens
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• 4 points

CYBER RISKS & VULNERABILITIES

The purpose of this course is to familiarize SIPA students with the protocols and devices used in the function of the internet while focusing on the flaws and vulnerabilities.  This course will approach each session in the following manner: discussion of the topic to include what the topic is and how it is used, vulnerabilities and specifically, and example, and will follow up with a video or other demonstration of a common hacker technique or tool to illustrate the problem so the students can better understand the impact. This course is intended to complement Basics of Cybersecurity with a tighter focus on specific vulnerabilities and how these can be exploited by hackers, criminals, spies, or militaries. This course is intended to be an introduction to cybersecurity and is thus suitable for complete newcomers to the area. It is a big field, with a lot to cover; however this should get students familiar with all of the basics.  The class is divided into seven topics; the first five iteratively build on each other.  Session six will look to future technologies.  Session seven will challenge students to understand the authorities encountered and the friction between the authorities and agencies in responding to a cyber incident. Many cyber jobs are opening up with companies that need international affairs analysts who, while not cybersecurity experts, understand the topic well enough to write policy recommendations or intelligence briefs.  Even if you don’t intend your career to focus on cyber issues, having some exposure will deepen your understanding of the dynamics of many other international and public policy issues.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael Klipstein
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• 1.5 points

CUBERSECURITY & BUSINESS RISK

CYBERSECURITY & BUSINESS RISK

This course will examine cybersecurity and threats in cyberspace as a business risk: that is, the potential and consequent magnitude of loss or liability arising from conducting business connected to the Internet. Many organizations have traditionally viewed cybersecurity as a technology problem, “owned” by the Information Technology department. However, doing business connected to the Internet can create non-technical problems: legal, regulatory, financial, logistical, brand or reputational, even health or public safety problems. Increasingly, organizations are treating cybersecurity and cyber threats in a broader manner, viewing cyber as a risk to be managed, and owned ultimately by the most senior ranks of corporate governance. An example might be a bank managing cyber operational risk similarly to managing credit and market risk. However, organizations continue to face challenges as they try to translate, measure, manage, and report a risk that is highly technical, and still somewhat foreign to most risk managers. The objective of this course will be to introduce you to basic concepts of cybersecurity and threats in cyberspace, and enable you to apply them to tools, techniques, and processes for business risk management. It assumes no technical knowledge of cybersecurity, nor a deep understanding of risk management. Students will learn about the basic principles of cybersecurity, the main actors in the business and regulatory spheres, and approaches to business risk management: how to understand, describe, measure, and report risk in a cybersecurity context. Students will also understand different models and approaches used by leading institutions in various industries, including the financial services sector, critical infrastructure providers, high-technology companies, and governments.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Neal Pollard
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• 3 points

SOC INNOV, TECH, PUB POL IN GLOBAL SOUTH

SOC INNOV, TECH, & PUB POLICY

In this course, students will analyze the following tools and their role in social innovation and policy change: artificial intelligence and machine learning, chatbots, social networks, online petitions, direct digital pressure, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, e-participation, multi-agent systems, and digitally-driven phone-banking and blast-messaging. The focus will be via study of case-studies and stories of best practices, mainly from the Global South. The analysis of tools and case studies will be complemented by brief lectures from practitioners, followed by a dialogue between the instructor and the students on the current academic debate around these issues. The course will consist of seven sessions, divided into three overarching themes: Social Innovation as a replacement of government: how to adapt service provision to the digital age; Social Innovation as a collaboration with government: how to enhance civic participation through new methodologies and technologies; Social Innovation as a counter-power to government: how to use coordinated action to stop abuse of power. The purpose of the course is to help future policy makers, entrepreneurs, civic leaders, and designers understand how public policy can learn from new and effective examples of social innovation. In the process, students will be exposed to transdisciplinary concepts touching on the subjects of political science, sociology of science and technology, political philosophy, philosophy of information and technology. Theory will be balanced with practice and students will be provided a methodology for strategic thinking that combines a mix of design thinking, product development and start-up planning and iteration techniques.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Miguel Lago
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• 1.5 points

ACCOUNTING & BUDGETING

• Department: Executive Classes in HPM
• Instructor: Frank M Cino
  Info
• 3 points

HLTH CARE ACCOUNTING&BUDGETING;

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• R 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Engel
  Info
• 3 points

HLTH CARE ACCOUNTING&BUDGETING;

HEALTHCARE FINANCE I

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• M 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Jeffrey B Dobbs
  Info
• 3 points

ANALYTCS/MANAGR DECISION MAKNG

• Department: Executive Classes in HPM
• Instructor: Alan D Weinberg
  Info
• 3 points

ANALYTCS/MANAGR DECISION MAKNG

• Department: Health Policy & Management
• M 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul W Thurman
  h-index: 11 Info
• 3 points