RESEARCH PROJECT
Prerequisites: Written permission from instructor and approval from adviser.
Written permission from instructor and approval from adviser. This course may be repeated for credit. A special investigation of a problem in nuclear engineering, medical physics, applied mathematics, applied physics, and/or plasma physics consisting of independent work on the part of the student and embodied in a formal report.
- Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
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Instructor:
Cheng S Wuu
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Instructor:
Yuan Yang
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Instructor:
Nanfang Yu
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Instructor:
Pat Zanzonico
Info - 1-6 points
CITIES IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD
Cities such as New York, London, Hong Kong, Sao Paolo, Tokyo and Mumbai, have been at the heart of deepening economic, social and political globalization. International trade, financial flows, the arts, and migration have shaped their process of urbanization and position in national life and they in turn have influenced the character of globalization. Policymakers in global cities have abundant resources at their disposal but face complicated governance challenges due to their size, complexity and deep linkages to the rest of the world. In addition, global cities increasingly must compete for human capital and investment. This course examines the key features of global cities and the main stages of their development. It explores the governance challenges that policymakers in global cities face in the areas of economics, infrastructure, environment, human capital development, and social welfare. For instance, in the area of economic policymaking, students will analyze the importance of agglomeration, economic clusters, economies of scale, and spillovers as well as the possible strategies for gaining a competitive edge over other cities.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Arvid J Lukauskas
CULPA: 2 Info - 3 points
INT'L RELATIONS OF SOUTH ASIA
This course examines the national security calculations and foreign policy perspectives of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, and their impact regionally and beyond, including increasing uncertainty in India-China relations and growing competition in the Indian Ocean. The impact of external forces has been deep and long standing on South Asia’s foreign, security and domestic structures and orientations. The course analytically considers foreign policy choices of these states and the domestic and international linkages that drive these decisions. We will explore how the region has been evolving into a globalizing and dynamic area alongside strong pressures and threats from cross-border identity conflicts, terrorism, nuclear weapons, problematic domestic governance structures and shifting power balances.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Deepa M Ollapally
Wikipedia Info - 3 points
EXT. FEDERAL COURT CLERK EDNY
- Department: Law
- R 6 p.m.-7:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Nicholas G Esq Garaufis
Info - 1 points
EXT. FEDERAL COURT CLERK EDNY
EXT. FED CRT CLRK EDNY-FL
- Department: Law
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Instructor:
Nicholas G Esq Garaufis
Info - 3 points
EXTERNSHIP: COMMUNITY DEFENSE
- Department: Law
- W 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew Knecht
Info - 2 points
EXTERNSHIP: COMMUNITY DEFENSE
EXT:COMMUNITY DEFENSE-FLD
- Department: Law
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Instructor:
Matthew Knecht
Info - 2 points
EXT:FED CT CLERK SOUTHERN DNY
- Department: Law
- R 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Paul B Radvany
Info - 1 points
EXT:FED CT CLERK SOUTHERN DNY
EXT:FED CT CLERK SDNY-FLD
- Department: Law
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Instructor:
Paul B Radvany
Info - 3 points
EXTERNSHIP: CRIMINAL APPEALS
- Department: Law
- M 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
- None None-None
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Instructor:
Mark Zeno
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Instructor:
Carl S Kaplan
Info - 2 points
EXTERNSHIP:FED APPELLATE COURT
- Department: Law
- W 5:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Robert Sack
Info - 1 points
EXTERNSHIP:FED APPELLATE COURT
EXT:FED APPELLATE CRT-FLD
- Department: Law
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Instructor:
Robert Sack
Info - 3 points
CHINA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS
This course will review and analyze the foreign policy of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present. It will examine Beijing's relations with the Soviet Union, the United States, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Third World during the Cold War, and will discuss Chinese foreign policy in light of the end of the Cold War, changes in the Chinese economy in the reform era, the post-Tiananmen legitimacy crisis in Beijing, and the continuing rise of Chinese power and influence in Asia and beyond. This lecture course will analyze the causes and consequences of Beijing’s foreign policies from 1949 to the present.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- F 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
- F 11 a.m.-noon
- F 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
- F 11 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Thomas J Christensen
CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP
TPC: MATHEMATICS OF DEEP LEARN
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Predrag R Jelenkovic
CULPA: 1 h-index: 35 Info - 3 points
TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP
TPC: MATHEMATICS OF DEEP LEARN
- Department: Video Network
- T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Predrag R Jelenkovic
CULPA: 1 h-index: 35 Info - 3 points
MAGMATISM & VOLCANISM
MAGMATISM AND VOLCANISM
Prerequisites: One year each of Chemistry, Physics, Calculus and Earth Sciences
Overview This course explores the origin of magmas and their subsequent movements; their ascent, stalling and eruption; their transport of heat and mass through the earth; their formation of crust and creation of volcanoes. The course will explore magmatism itself - its chemical and physical underpinnings – and also develop magmatic tools used to understand other earth processes. Topics will be focused around Grand Questions. Example questions include: What do magmas tell us about the thermal structure of the earth? Why do magmas store and stall where they do? What drives the largest eruptions on Earth? Does continental extension drive melting or melting drive extension? Questions will evolve to reflect the state of the field and student interest. The course is designed to serve as an accessible breadth course for Earth Science graduate students in any discipline.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Terry A Plank
CULPA: 6
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PRESERVING LGBTQ SITES
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- T 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew S Dolkart
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info - 1.5 points
INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- W 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Norman R Weiss
Info - 3 points
ARCH + DEV OF NY
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew S Dolkart
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
CAPITAL MARKETS: DEBT
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- T 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
- 1.5 points
SOURCES CHINESE LIT THEORY
Prerequisites: Some experience with Classical Chinese required. Instructor will assist students with a less firm command of Classical Chinese on an individual basis.
In this course, we will read and analyze some of the most important writings about the nature and aesthetics of literature in the Chinese tradition, many of them treasured as great literary works in their own right. We will proceed chronologically, from some of the earliest texts dealing with poetic theory and practice through the pre-imperial and dynastic periods, up to the 20
th
century, considering such perennial issues as subjectivity/objectivity, expressivity and containing patterns of structure and texture, and the poetics of prose.
- Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
- R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew Plaks
Info - 4 points
STOCHASTIC MODELING II
Prerequisites: (IEOR E6711) or Refer to course syllabus.
Continuation of IEOR E6711 covering further topics in stochastic modeling in the context of queueing, reliability, manufacturing, insurance risk, financial engineering and other engineering applications. Topics from among generalized semi-Markov processes; processes with a non-discrete state space; point processes; stochastic comparisons; martingales; introduction to stochastic calculus.
- Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- None None-None
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Instructor:
Antonius B Dieker
CULPA: 10 h-index: 19 Info - 4.5 points
EXPERIMENTAL PRESERVATION
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- M 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Wikipedia h-index: 12 Info - 3 points
POLITICAL ECON OF DEV IN MID EAST & N AF
POL ECON OF DEVELOP IN MID EAS
The course aims to provide graduate students with an introduction to the key debates in social science research that can guide policy-making in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region. More than five years after the spark of the Arab uprisings, the MENA region faces unprecedented challenges. The lack of progress in political and economic governance, conflicts, and unresolved development challenges underlie slow economic growth, high unemployment – especially among youth and women – and a system of crony capitalism that is increasingly narrower and less performing. This course aims to provide graduate students with a good understanding of the development challenges of the region and its complex political economy, with the aim of supporting policy-making at all levels – national, local, and among civil society groups, and along several socio-economic domains.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ishac Diwan
Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info - 3 points
DEMOCRATIZATION & THE ARAB WORLD
DEMOCRATIZATION & ARAB WORLD
This course will reflect upon the “unfinished revolutions” and the failures of the Arab Spring. The experience of Tunisia—before, during, and after the revolution—will be used as a prism through which to explore how social, political, economic, and religious dynamics in the Arab world contribute to (or threaten) prospects for democratization. Special emphasis will be placed on post-colonial educational and social policies and the role they played in determining the divergent trajectories of Arab states. Themes explored will include sectarianism and national identity, militarism and the deep state, civil society activism and workers’ and women’s rights, and Islamism and religious reform.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Safwan M Masri
Wikipedia Info - 1.5 points
INFORMATION THEORY
Prerequisites: (IEOR E3658) or or a course in stochastic processes.
Corequisites: ELEN E4815
Mutual information and entropy. The source coding theorem. The capacity of discrete memoryless channels and the noisy channel coding theorem. The rate distortion function. Discrete memoryless sources and single-letter distortion measures. Bhattacharya bounds, convolutional codes, and the Viterbi algorithm.
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- F 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Xiaodong Wang
CULPA: 15 Info - 3 points
PERFORMANCE THEORY
DRAMA & DRAMATIC THEORY
- Department: English and Comparative Literature
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
William B Worthen
CULPA: 10
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- 4 points
HUMANOID ROBOTS
Prerequisites: A course in at least one of the following: AI, robotics, computer graphics, or computer vision
Seminar on Humanoid Robots. Analysis of existing hardware and software platforms. Programming of multi-degree-of-freedom robots. Understanding sensor feedback in perceive-act-sense control paradigms. Task-level planning and reasoning. Final project includes implementing a humanoid robot task on either a simulated or physical robot.
- Department: Computer Science
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Peter K Allen
CULPA: 23 Info - 3 points
VISUAL DATABASES
- Department: Computer Science
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
John R Kender
CULPA: 20
h-index: 34
Info
- 3 points
VISUAL DATABASES
- Department: Video Network
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
John R Kender
CULPA: 20
h-index: 34
Info
- 3 points
HISTORC PRESERVATION STUDIO II
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- TR 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Erica C Avrami
Info - 6 points
International Human Rights Law
INT'L HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
This course introduces students to international human rights law (IHRL). In what sense are internationally-defined human rights "rights" and in what sense can the instruments which define them be considered "law"? How do we know that a claim is actually a "human right"? What are the relations among international, regional and national institutions in establishing and enforcing (or not) IHRL? Does IHRL represent an encroachment on national sovereignty? Is the future of IHRL regional? What enforcement mechanisms can we use, and who can decide upon their use? Finally, what redress is there for human rights violations, and how effective is it?
Attendance is required in the first class.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Betsy Apple
Info - 3 points
THESIS II
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
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Instructor:
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Wikipedia h-index: 12 Info - 4 points
RISK MGMT FOR UN CRISIS & CONFLICT RESPO
The objective of the class is to introduce students to the practice of risk management as a tool for enabling delivery across the range of UN responses in crisis and conflict contexts, including in the areas of peace and security, human rights, development and humanitarian support. The class emphasizes skills development and their application to concrete UN crisis responses.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Marc Jacquand
Info - 3 points
IoT - SYS &PHY; DATA ANALYTICS
IoT - SYS & PHY DATA ANALYSIS
Prerequisites: (ELEN E4703) or (CSEE W4119) or related; or instructor's permission; knowledge of programming.
Internet of Things from the point of view of data. Methods for data analytics to understand tradeoffs and partitioning between cloud-based data-analytics and physical-device data-analytics. Two-way interaction between data and physical devices to support a truly ubiquitous, networked and autonomous cyber-physical ecosystem. System-focused design of architectures, algorithms, networks, protocols, communications, power, security and standards. Focus on a significant design project.
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Zoran Kostic
CULPA: 1 h-index: 24 Info - 3 points
INTERNET ECON, ENG & SOCIETY
Prerequisites: (CSEE W4119) or (ELEN E6761) and ability to comprehend and track development of sophisticated models.
Mathematical models, analyses of economic and networking interdependencies in the Internet. Topics include microeconomics of pricing and regulations in communications industry, game theory in revenue allocations, ISP settlements, network externalities, two-sided markets. Economic principles in networking and network design, decentralized vs. centralized resource allocation, “price of anarchy”, congestion control. Case studies of topical Internet issues. Societal and industry implications of Internet evolution.
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Debasis Mitra
Wikipedia h-index: 61 Info - 3 points
INTERNET ECON, ENG & SOCIETY
Prerequisites: (CSEE W4119) or (ELEN E6761) and ability to comprehend and track development of sophisticated models.
Mathematical models, analyses of economic and networking interdependencies in the Internet. Topics include microeconomics of pricing and regulations in communications industry, game theory in revenue allocations, ISP settlements, network externalities, two-sided markets. Economic principles in networking and network design, decentralized vs. centralized resource allocation, “price of anarchy”, congestion control. Case studies of topical Internet issues. Societal and industry implications of Internet evolution.
- Department: Video Network
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Debasis Mitra
Wikipedia h-index: 61 Info - 3 points
TOPICS IN NETWORKING
TPC: 5G PROGRAMMABLE NETWORKS
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Doru Calin
h-index: 26 Info - 3 points
GLOBAL INEQUALITY
This course examines persistence and change in the global distribution of income, both within and across countries. We will consider philosophical arguments about inequality and whether or not it is a problem. Then we will review and discuss the measurement and positive economics of inequality. Finally, we will discuss political consequences of and policy responses to increases in inequality.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- R 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Suresh Naidu
Wikipedia h-index: 26 Info - 3 points
INDIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY:CHALLENGES&OPP;
This course is a relatively general India policy seminar for students interested in the country rather than in a specific theme or discipline, we discuss a mix of economic, political and social questions. As such, the course should constitute a fairly thorough introduction to current policy discussions in India for SIPA students with little background on the country. Due to the often cutting-edge nature of the readings and to the nature of the main assignment (a detailed policy report on a specific issue), the course should also be of interest to students who already know a little more about the country and wish to deepen their knowledge of India’s political economy and society.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Simon Chauchard
Info - 3 points
GLOBAL REAL ESTATE POLICY
This course provides a comprehensive overview of real estate finance and policy. After developing a framework to analyze the global financial crisis, we will cover current issues. The study of the post-crisis period will focus on changes in preferences, technology, and the factors that brought the current housing affordability crisis. While the course will initially focus on the U.S., we will provide a thorough international perspective that will analyze both advanced and less developed countries (with particular attention paid to China and India). We will conclude the course discussing how global real estate asset flows may be a key source of international tension.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Richard Koss
Info - 1.5 points
PRACTICE OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a grounding in the practical side of implementation of economic sanctions as a tool of foreign policy. At the conclusion of the course, students will: 1) Understand the concepts associated with the implementation of economic sanctions; 2) Be conversant in the bureaucractic structures associated with sanctions implementation; and, 3) Understand the complicated and difficult choices required in the imposition of economic sanctions, including the risks of unintended consequences.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Richard Nephew
Wikipedia Info - 1.5 points
FISCAL REFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT:POLICY
Prerequisites: (SIPA U6401 and SIPA U6500) or MPA-EPM Student
This course is about economic policymaking for development, with a special focus on fiscal policies. It is structured around six topics (one per lecture), beginning with a discussion about the concept of state capacity and then moving to specific examples on how those capacities can be strengthened. In discussing particular policy reforms, we will underscore not only the normative prescriptions on what needs to be done, but also the dilemmas that policymakers confront when implementing those reforms. We will focus on the decision-making process and the outcomes of the policy choices. We will begin each lecture with a review of some materials that give the student a broad perspective on the state-of-the-art knowledge in the particular topic, before immersing in the specific case studies. Each lecture will include a mix of academic literature as well as materials produced by governments, multilateral organizations, task forces, emphasizing policy recommendations and actual implementation. The course should give students a good understanding on what policymakers should do in each policy area covered (the normative aspects), but also a sound explanation on why policies are not always optimal, and many times deviate from the desirable course of action, emphasizing the obstacles (political, fiscal, etc.) that can emerge, and the way to confront them. Students should prepare a short paper on a specific case study for a country (or group of countries) on one of the six topics in the program. I will draw extensively from my own first-hand experience in Colombia but will bring examples from other countries at different stages of the development process.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- R 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Mauricio Cardenas
Wikipedia h-index: 38 Info - 1.5 points
EXT:UNDOCUMENT IMMIGRANT YOUTH
S IMMIG LAW FAM COURT ACT
- Department: Law
- T 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
- None None-None
- 2 points
LAW FOR PRESERVATIONISTS
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- W 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
William Cook
Wikipedia Info - 1.5 points
EXTERNSHIP: LOW-WAGE WORKER
- Department: Law
- M 4:20 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
- None None-None
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Instructor:
Karen Cacace
Info - 2 points
MAPPING BORDERLANDS
- Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- W 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
- 3 points