Pediatric Population Health in the Unite
PEDIATRIC POP HLTH IN THE
Public policy and the organization of health systems profoundly shape the health and well-being of children and youth in the United States. Building on an overview of key federal and state agencies, major pediatric programs (such as Medicaid and CHIP), and leading causes of pediatric morbidity and mortality, this course examines how policy, financing, and models of care contribute to both children's health and inequities. Through focused lectures and applied in-class activities, students analyze contemporary policies and programs, critique government strategy documents, and practice translating evidence for policymakers, professionals, parents, and youth audiences. By the end of the course, students will be able to evaluate federal and state roles in pediatric population health, assess the impact of pediatric policies and care models, and communicate clear, persuasive evidence-based recommendations to diverse interest holders.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- W 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kyle R MacDonald
Info - 1.5 points
Issues in School-Based Health
ISSUES IN SCHOOL-BASED HE
The field of School Health has changed dramatically since its inception over a century ago, from an emphasis on mass screening of the school population for infectious disease and sanitation to the current broader vision of comprehensive health, education, and wellness in children and adolescents. This course will explore the potential of schools as vehicles for not only education, but also as untapped resources for child, family, and community health promotion.
Class participants will learn about the evolving public health mission and role of schools as an organized network for health education, medical care, and civic involvement. They will explore a myriad of models of school based, school linked, and community centered care for the school aged population. While the emphasis will be on the existing models of School Health available in the local urban New York area, students will also explore alternate school health models in suburban, rural, national, and global settings. An exploration of potential and future directions for the field will be an integral part of the discussion experience. This class is designed for MPH students from all departments and students from Teachers College who are looking to integrate their developing skill sets in the field of School Health.
DNP SEMINAR IN PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE II
DNP SEM IN PED PRIM CARE
This is the second of three consecutive seminars designed to build upon knowledge from DNP Seminar I with a continuation of focus on clinical decision making and evidence-based practice for the provision of primary care to the pediatric patient across settings. Utilizing the clinical encounter format and CUSON DNP Competencies in Comprehensive Care as a framework, the student will analyze clinical decisions, appraise, and apply evidence for best practice using patient cases from practicum.
- Department: Nursing
- M 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
- 2 points
Orthotics
This is the first of a pair of courses on orthotics and prosthetics in physical therapy. This course emphasizes knowledge of orthotic components and principles of biomechanics in the application, analysis, evaluation, and prescription of orthotics in the context of patient/client cases. The course will expand students’ knowledge of orthoses used in physical therapy for upper-extremity, lower-extremity, and trunk dysfunctions. Emphasis will be placed on applying biomechanical principles, the available evidence base, and clinical evaluation and management considerations underlying the clinical decision-making of orthotic prescription and clinical care for individuals with a range of orthopedic and neurologic dysfunctions. Particular attention will be paid to developing gait assessment skills to allow evaluation of gait abnormalities that can be affected with orthoses including the determination of a comprehensive plan of care to address gait dysfunction.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 2 points
Qualitative Data Analysis
QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
The collection of qualitative data is widespread and growing in public health research, however the credibility and quality of qualitative research rests upon utilizing systematic rigor in collecting, recording, organizing, categorizing, and interpreting qualitative findings. Focusing on focus group data and individual in-depth interview data, this course introduces several approaches to the process of qualitative data analysis. Through a mixture of hands-on group work and independent work, students will apply thematic analysis or framework analysis on real qualitative data starting with developing a research question to writing a scientific manuscript of peer-review quality. Students will use qualitative data analysis software Dedoose to analyze data.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- M 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Stephanie A Grilo
Info - 3 points
Gender-Based Violence in Complex Emergen
GENDR-BASED VIOL-COMPLEX
This course, taught over seven weeks, explores the structural, social and political factors that contribute to the existence of gender-based violence and which lead to an increased occurrence of acts of gender-based violence in complex emergencies, including conflict zones and natural disasters. Students will learn about a range of practical resources and guidelines for effective programming and discuss contemporary research on considerations for designing interventions, all within a survivor-centered framework. Students will develop a practical understanding of effective interventions for preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in different phases of complex emergencies. Specifically, students will learn a conceptual and practical framework for preventing and responding to GBV. This will include looking at the International Rescue Committee’s field-tested GBV Emergency Response & Preparedness Model; Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines, and other resources. Discussions will focus on the role of States, the United Nations, national/international non-governmental organizations and civil society actors—especially women’s rights organizations and activists—in addressing GBV in emergencies; the role of effective coordination among humanitarian agencies; and how the voices of women and girls drive programming.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to design an intervention to address gender-based violence in different phases of a complex emergency, in addition to adapting data collection and research methods as appropriate to GBV programming needs.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- F 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alina Potts
h-index: 8 Info - 1.5 points
Methods in Program Evaluation
METHODS IN PROGRAM EVALUA
Increasing demand for transparency and accountability, particularly with respect to donor-funded humanitarian programs, has heightened the need for skilled evaluators. To this end, students in this course will become familiar with various forms of evaluation and acquire the technical skills necessary for their development, design and execution through lectures and discussion, group exercises, guest presentations and real-world examples. Specifically, students will discover evidence-based methods for identifying stakeholders, crafting evaluation questions, designing instruments, sampling and data gathering to achieve good response rates, analysis and synthesis of information for report-writing and case studies.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- M 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Vandana Tripathi
Info - 3 points
Environmental Justice Advocacy
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
In this course, students will learn about the disproportionate burdens of environmental contamination and resultant health disparities affecting marginalized communities across the United States and globally. The curriculum will explore the ways in which the environmental justice movement in the US has succeeded in implementing just forms of health research, progressive environmental health policies, and protections from racial/cultural injustice, as well as obstacles, policy impediments and potential paths forward. We will examine environmental health/justice theories and perspectives in the contexts of health impacts on various populations, including American communities of color and the socioeconomically disadvantaged, indigenous peoples, women, and children. We will study climate change, natural disasters, urban pollution and segregation, extractive industries, and environmental sustainability. Students will be asked to critically examine these topics and explore unresolved, chronic problems relating to environmental injustices and their health impacts.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- R 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Yolande A Cadore
Info - 1.5 points
REHEARSAL AND PRODUCTION
R&P: ASM
The Materials, Chekhov, & 3rd Year PWF presentations provide an excellent opportunity for stage managers to apply the skills they have acquired through their classroom work and practical training. Each of these productions is attached to three separate “Rehearsal & Production” courses; as such, each requires stage managers to take the lead position as PSM (Production Stage Manager) and shepherd each of the following from pre-production and rehearsals through final presentation.
- Department: Theatre Arts
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Instructor:
Linda Marvel
Info - 1.5 points
REHEARSAL AND PRODUCTION
R&P: PSM
The Materials, Chekhov, & 3rd Year PWF presentations provide an excellent opportunity for stage managers to apply the skills they have acquired through their classroom work and practical training. Each of these productions is attached to three separate “Rehearsal & Production” courses; as such, each requires stage managers to take the lead position as PSM (Production Stage Manager) and shepherd each of the following from pre-production and rehearsals through final presentation.
- Department: Theatre Arts
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Instructor:
Linda Marvel
Info - 1.5 points
Problems in Kano Painting
The graduate seminar “Problems in Kano Painting,” is a graduate seminar offered periodically to investigate the hereditary lineage of painters that dominated the field of painting in Japan’s late medieval and early modern eras. This semester we will begin with the work of Kano Motonobu and his grandson Eitoku, but will spend most of our time focused on their descendants at the turn of the seventeenth century, particularly Kano Sanraku and Kano Sansetsu. The seminar address the question of how this clan of painters managed to secure its position as official painters to Japan’s rulers for nearly three centuries—a phenomenon unique in the history of art. We will also explore such topics as the ways in which it expanded its painting repertoire beyond its origins in monochrome ink painting, what is meant by an “academic” painting tradition in the Japanese context, its systems of training, promotion, and the economics of their enterprise, and the institutionalization of the Kano project through the writing of art historical treatises.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew P McKelway
CULPA: 6 Info - 4 points
Planning, Managing & Communicating For E
PLN MNG & COMMS
Evidence-based public health (M Plescia, AJPH 2019) includes making decisions based on peer-reviewed evidence, using data systematically, and disseminating what is learned. Conducting evidence-based public health that reflects the mission and values of the Department of Population & Family Health (PopFam) requires skills to: clarify gaps in knowledge and evidence to explicate how such gaps can be filled; solicit funding and community support for research and evaluation projects that can inform public health practice; ensure applied public health research and evaluation is feasible, and carried out efficiently and according to plan; and that the results and “lessons learned” are disseminated to guide next action steps. This course focuses on practical skills that can be applied in post-Mailman work, with an emphasis on generating key work products such as Specific Aims, letters of support, and data briefs. This course will provide students with skills to center health equity in our public health work from the get-go – recognizing how to be attentive to inclusion and equity in generating research and evaluation questions, project management, and communication and dissemination. This course is designed as a complement to students’ experiences with research or program-based APEx and their subsequent capstone/integrated learning experience (ILE); therefore, priority will be given to second-year PopFam and PHRM students.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- R 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
- 3 points
Child Development & Health Programs
CHILD DEVELOPMENT & HLTH
Childhood and adolescence are critical windows of opportunity in human development to influence health, learning, and productivity throughout life. In the earliest years of childhood, survival, growth and development are interlinked; growth affects both the chances of survival and the child's development, and family care practices, resources and access to services influence all three. Adolescence is the second period of rapid growth when foundational learning associates with distinct neuro-maturational changes. Contributing to increased investment in the early years and adolescence are new demands related to changing economic, social, demographic, political and educational conditions. The course will focus on populations throughout their lifespan, thinking through child development and explaining why and how programs positively affect health outcomes. Students will understand the role of early child development programs (ECD) in the achievement of improved educational success and improved long-term health. The course will also explore adolescence through a developmental lens and the complex life events and social constructs that can influence adolescent behaviors. Through interactive lectures, small-group discussions and debates, and presentations by established guest speakers, students will learn to analyze programs and services, including how we can work with parents, support young children and adolescents in times of emergencies, and work within the healthcare system through a variety of hospital, community, school and family-based approaches to promote health and positive development.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- T 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Drew M Velting
Info - 3 points
HISTORIOGRAPHY-LAT AM-MOD PER
- Department: History
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Pablo Piccato
CULPA: 22 h-index: 20 Info - 4 points
Advanced Techniques in Global Health
Adv Techniques Global Hea
Global health has long been shaped by broader national interests and geopolitical forces. Global health practitioners must be able to adapt to an ever-changing landscape. Many in the sector are scrambling to do just that as resource flows and collaborative structures that have been relied upon for decades have been diminished in recent years and calls to redefine global public health reverberate. At its heart, however, are a set of essential practice activities that equip the global health workforce to deliver effective and equitable programs across borders and in challenging settings. This course builds on students’ foundational global health knowledge and experience with an emphasis on skills and techniques for successful public health practice in global settings. It will address competencies for the advanced certificate in global health as well as those defined in WHO’s 2024 Global Competency and Outcomes Framework for the Essential Public Health Functions. Units in this course are organized around 5 key domains from this framework: collaboration, decision making, community-centeredness, evidence-informed practice and communication. In each unit, students will learn and apply global health frameworks, as well as critical historical and theoretical perspectives in a series of guided readings, interactive lectures, asynchronous learning modules, in-class discussions, individual and group presentations, and case-based practice simulations where students apply graduate level advanced techniques in real-world global health settings.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- R 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
- 3 points
Global Health Practice Seminar 2
Global Health Pract Semin
This weekly seminar held during the Fall semester is required for all second-year MPH students enrolled in the Global Health certificate. Each certificate student is required to conduct a presentation synthesizing their applied practice experience (APEx), aligning field experience with skills and perspectives gained through coursework. Students present to their peers and Global Health faculty. Two student presentations will be scheduled per week. A sign-up sheet will be distributed at the first seminar session. In addition, this seminar will provide opportunities to meet with global health professionals and discuss methods for finding careers that align with skills and interests. This full-semester course is limited to students enrolled in the Global Health certificate.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- W 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Meghan C Gallagher
Info - 0.5 points
Training of Trainers of Public Health Pr
TRAINING OF TRAINERS OF P
The purpose of the course is to teach participants the key principles and skills needed to design, deliver, and evaluate participatory training activities for public health programs across a range of geographies, settings, and content areas. Students will experience and experiment with a range of adult learning theories, tools, strategies, and methodologies, and use this learning to collaboratively develop a real-world training program. Instruction will include self-paced pre-work to devote more in-class time to application, problem-solving, and in-depth discussion. As a workshop-style course, students do not need to be expert educators to succeed, but must be willing to get creative, take risks, and critically examine our values and beliefs around the practice of teaching and learning.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- T 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ryan M Mateo Sharnbroich
Info - 1.5 points
SCENE STUDY II
SCENE STUDY II: CHEKHOV
- Department: Theatre Arts
- R 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Brian Kulick
Info - 3 points
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing III: Dida
PED PRIM CARE NUR III:DID
This required course in the PNP program introduces the advanced student to the provision of health care to children with special health care needs, including mental health. Emphasis is placed on the collaborative role of the PNP in the patient-and-family-centered medical home. The importance of palliation in the delivery of health care to children with chronic conditions and special health care needs is highlighted. The course will provide the student with the knowledge base to recognize and manage common chronic conditions in the pediatric population.
- Department: Nursing
- M 1 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
- 2 points
TOPICS IN NUMBER THEORY
The course will cover various topics in number theory located at the interface of p-adic Hodge theory, p-adic geometry, and the p-adic Langlands program.
CURRENT ISSUES IN STAGE MANAGEMENT
PEOPLE AND PRACTICE
The function of a stage manager in the process of a musical – through the use of technological advances. This class will be an in-depth examination of how modern stage management contributes to this process through the implementation of seminal methodologies. Focus will be placed on how digital platforms can be used to support this process from beginning to end.
- Department: Theatre Arts
- F 10 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jhanae Bonnick-McDonnell
Info - 3 points
Epidemiological Methods for Measuring Hu
EPID MTHDS-MEAS HUM RTS A
People across the world turn to the language and legal structures of human rights to advance justice and accountability. This course explores the intersections between epidemiology and human rights, examining how epidemiologic concepts and methods can help document violations, assess inequities, monitor progress, and support accountability. With its focus on the distribution and determinants of disease, disability, death, and injury, epidemiology offers powerful tools for substantiating claims related to the rights to health, a healthy environment, equitable resources, and freedom from violence and trauma.
The course has three central goals: to help students critically examine the connections between human rights, justice, epidemiology, and quantitative measurement; to introduce epidemiologic methods relevant to human rights research, including vital statistics, population-based surveys, capture-recapture analyses, latent variable modeling, policy mapping, and causal inference; and to guide students in designing and communicating rigorous research that can inform human rights advocacy. Through this course, students will learn to select and design indicators of civil, cultural, economic, political, social, and collective rights; to evaluate and interpret quantitative evidence used in human rights contexts; to identify and articulate theories of change underlying human rights research; and to translate epidemiologic findings for diverse audiences in ways that maintain scientific integrity while advancing advocacy goals. The course culminates in a final paper in which students apply these skills to a set of human rights concerns in a particular context.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- W 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Justin Feldman
Info - 1.5 points
Public Health and Humanitarian Action
PUB HLTH & HUMANITARIAN A
Humanitarian action has come to occupy a central place in world politics. Increasingly grounded in rights rather than charity, international assistance and protection are expected to reach people affected by disasters, organized violence, climate change, and other emergencies in a timely, informed, and impartial manner. Global wealth suggests that such a response is possible; global morality suggests that it is necessary.
This course examines efforts to provide humanitarian assistance and protection in crisis-affected settings. It considers the political, technical, organizational, moral, and ethical forces that shape humanitarian action, as well as the distortions and performance challenges that continue to compromise effective and impartial response. While public health practice often focuses on technical and organizational capacity, this course emphasizes that political and ethical dimensions are equally central to alleviating human suffering. Combining theory with practice, the course explores the constraints and possibilities of humanitarian action from the perspectives of humanitarian agencies, field professionals, and people affected by crisis. Students will examine the principles guiding humanitarian response and their influence on evidence-based decision-making across key public health priorities. The course also addresses the need for sustainable approaches in protracted crises and emerging challenges, including climate change and efforts to decolonize the aid sector. Students will engage current trends and debates, take and defend positions, and contribute actively to a participatory learning environment.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sabrina C Hermosilla
Info - 3 points
Forced Migration Practicum Seminar
FORCED MIGRATION PRACTICU
This weekly seminar, held during the Fall semester, is required for all second-year students enrolled in the Public Health and Humanitarian Action (PHHA) certificate. Each certificate student is required to conduct a presentation synthesizing applied practice experience, aligning field experience with skills and perspectives gained through coursework. Students present to their peers and PHHA faculty. The seminar is limited to students enrolled in the PHHA certificate, and to first-year students considering or intending to enroll in the PHHA certificate. Two student presentations will be scheduled per week. A sign-up sheet will be distributed prior to the first seminar session.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- W 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sara E Casey
h-index: 16 Info - 0-1 points
Capstone Paper-Heilbrunn Department of P
CAPSTONE
No syllabus.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- 0 points
Key Issues in Adolescent Sexual and Repr
ISS IN ADOLESC SXL/REPRO
This graduate seminar examines key issues in adolescent sexual and reproductive health research. The course emphasizes how research shapes policy, clinical practice, advocacy, and public health programming for adolescents. Using a journal club format, students will critically read, discuss, and debate both classic and emerging research through a combination of student-led presentations, guided deconstruction of scientific papers, and collaborative discussion. Students will learn how to evaluate the quality and relevance of diverse research designs, compare findings across studies, and identify gaps in the evidence. This 7-week course will also introduce students to the thoughtful and responsible use of artificial intelligence tools to support scholarly work, including literature discovery, question development, synthesis, and scientific communication, while emphasizing critical judgment, transparency, and verification of sources. Topics include adolescent sexuality, sexual health communication, abstinence-only programs, STI prevention and testing, sexual violence, abortion, LGBTQ+ health, and other emerging issues in adolescent sexual and reproductive health. By the end of the course, students will be better prepared to interpret evidence, lead informed discussions, and apply research to their future work in public health, clinical care, education, and policy.
- Department: Population and Family Health
- T 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lauren S Chernick
Info - 1.5 points
Health Advocacy
HEALTH ADVOCACY
For anybody who’s spent even a little time in public health circles, it doesn’t take much effort to list the many societal ills that desperately call for action. What’s equally important, though, is answering the classic question that’s bedeviled advocates for centuries: “What is to be done?” This course will help us sharpen our answers to that question through study of recent advocacy efforts around CHIV/AIDS; climate change; reproductive rights; environmental justice/racism; mass incarceration and criminal justice reform, and others. Along the way, we’ll also learn about enduring dilemmas scholars have identified that confront all health advocates. These include: the costs and benefits of working within (versus outside of) formal politics; framing rhetoric to reach wider audiences; the virtues and drawbacks of confrontational direct action; public apathy towards “health” issues; oppositional movements at complete odds with theirs; and more recently, the potential of social media.
This course also contains a skills component, where students will learn basic legislative, legal, and media research that can aid advocacy efforts.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- R 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Merlin Chowkwanyun
Info - 3 points
Evidence Based Practice I
This is the first course in the Evidence Based Practice sequence that prepares students with the knowledge and skills to be an evidence-based practitioner. The American Physical Therapy Association’s Vision 2020 calls for physical therapists to “render evidence based services throughout the continuum of care.” The course emphasizes lifelong learning and the need for integrating the best available research into clinical practice.
The curriculum in critical exploration is designed to provide students with knowledge and understanding of the purpose and methods of research in the biomedical, social and basic sciences relevant to the practice of physical therapy. The course introduces skills regarding ethics of clinical research, writing answerable questions, efficient and structured methods to find, appraise and apply relevant research, measurement theory, validity (internal and external), reliability and study designs.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 2 points
Business and Climate Change
Climate science informs us that global emissions of greenhouse gas emissions must be rapidly and dramatically reduced if humanity is to avoid catastrophic climate change. After three centuries of rising emissions, the entire global economy must now decarbonize in the coming three decades. Fortunately, most of the technologies and investment capital necessary to reduce and eventually eliminate emissions exist or are in development, but the urgency to implement those solutions is critical.
This course provides an overview of climate change, its effects on business, and how businesses can (and should) respond. The course covers emissions sources and their impact on climate change, followed by an exploration of the policy landscape, including current legislation, carbon markets, and climate justice. The course then evaluates current and evolving mitigation technologies, reviews the tools of climate finance, and considers strategies for reducing emissions to net zero. Finally, the course introduces the role of businesses in addressing climate change, including net-zero goals, actions they can take to mitigate their impact, and the perspectives of shareholders.
Throughout the course, the business case for climate action is emphasized, highlighting the economic benefits of taking action to address climate change.
- Department: Business
- T 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
- R 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
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Instructor:
Bruce M Usher
Info - 1.5 points
Evaluation Of Health Programs
EVALUATION OF HEALTH PROG
Program evaluation is an essential competence in public health. Across all areas of public health, stakeholders pose questions about effectiveness and impact of programs and interventions. This course will examine principles, methods and practices of evaluating health programs. A range of evaluation research designs and methods will be introduced and strategies to address challenges in real world program settings will be emphasized. The course will incorporate examples of evaluations of actual health programs and opportunities to learn through professional program evaluation experiences of the instructor. The combination of lectures, textbook readings, examples, discussions, in-class exercises, and an extensive applied group assignment to design an evaluation for a real program will help students gain evaluation skills and an appreciation for the art and science of program evaluation. The goal is for students to learn competencies required of an entry-level program evaluator, including design and implementation of evaluation studies and interpretation and communication of evaluation findings.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- M 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael P McNeil
h-index: 3 Info - 3 points
Global Immersion: Doing Busine
- Department: Business
- R 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kamel Jedidi
Info - 3 points
SMS Thesis Proposal
SMS THESIS PROPOSAL
The Master's Thesis is the capstone requirement of all students in all tracks of the MPH program of the Department of Sociomedical Sciences (SMS). The thesis is intended to reflect the training you have received in the MPH program and demonstrate your ability to design, implement, and present professional work relevant to your major field of interest. Writing the thesis is an essential experience that could further your career development. Employers seek in potential employees with a MPH degree the ability to write articles and reports, and want to see evidence that you can design studies, analyze data, write a needs assessment, and/or design a health program. If you plan to continue your academic studies, developing expertise and demonstrating your ability as a writer are two important skills required of doctoral candidates. A well-written paper is a great asset that you can bring with you to a job interview or include in an application for further study. The thesis ought to demonstrate your ability to think clearly and convey your thoughts effectively and thereby provide an example of your understanding and insight into a substantive area in which you have developed expertise.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- F 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Christian Gloria
Info - 1 points
MICROECONOMIC THEORY COLLOQ
Prerequisites: G6215, G6216, G6211, G6212, G6411, G6412. Students will make presentation of original research in Microeconomics.
- Department: Economics
- W 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Prajit K Dutta
CULPA: 20 Info - 2 points
Global Immersion: The Brazilia
- Department: Business
- F 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Medini Singh
Info - 3 points
Labor & Public Finance colloquium
Labor & Public Finance Co
Prerequisites: G6215, G6216, G6211, G6212, G6411, G6412. Students will make presentations of original research in Microeconomics.
- Department: Economics
- W 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
- 2 points
Global Immersion Program: Navigating Arg
GIP: Argentina
Argentina offers a unique context for understanding how macroeconomic volatility and shifting global dynamics shape business strategy and innovation. Over the past century, the country has experienced cycles of rapid growth, chronic inflation, sovereign defaults, and deep economic reforms, creating a resilient and highly adaptive business ecosystem. Argentina has globally competitive sectors in agriculture, energy, and technology, and plays an important role in global trade, connecting South America to China, the United States, and Europe. The country is currently undertaking major reform and stabilization efforts, including fiscal adjustment, monetary restructuring, and renewed engagement with international financial partners, such as the U.S. Treasury.
Building on the Argentina foundations introduced in the Global Economic Environment core course, this elective expands the coverage of Latin America while exploring the opportunities and challenges of operating in complex dynamics. It examines Argentina’s historical cycles, macroeconomic context, and the strategies that local and multinational companies have used to succeed in a volatile environment.
Please note that the in-country component of the course is not tourism. Students should plan to arrive in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday, October 17, 2026 and students should not book departures prior to October 24, 2026. If your calendar conflicts with these dates, do not register for this course. This class will meet weekly in the A term prior to travel, and will have a post travel meeting on Friday, November 6th.
Attendance and regular participation both in New York and Argentina are a crucial part of the learning experience and as such attendance is mandatory. Students who miss the first class meeting may be removed from the course. No program fee refunds will be given after the add/drop period has closed.
The 2026-2027 Global Immersion Program mandatory fee for all classes is $2500 and provides students with double occupancy lodging, ground transportation and some meals. It does not cover roundtrip international airfare. Attendance both in New York and in-country and regular participation are a crucial part of the learning experience and as such attendance is mandatory. Please visit the Chazen Institute website to learn more about the Global Immersion Program, and visit the Global Immersion Policies page to r
- Department: Business
- F 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Brett House
Info - 3 points
Sociomedical Sciences Master s Capston
SMS Master's Capstone
The SMS Master’s Capstone course is required for all students in the Master of Science (MS), Accelerated Master of Public Health (MPH), and 4+1 MPH programs of the Department of Sociomedical Sciences (SMS). For MS students, the culminating high-quality written manuscript of this course involves original research or program evaluation based either on primary data collected by the student or secondary analysis of available data. For Accelerated and 4+1 MPH students, the culminating high-quality written manuscript of this course involves comprehensive review of the literature. The student’s work must focus within the field of sociomedical sciences and demonstrate integration of the coursework and training from the master’s program. Based on each student’s methods and areas of study, they will be matched with a faculty sponsor who will provide supervision and mentoring throughout the course.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- F 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Christian Gloria
Info - 3 points
THEATRE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR: PRODUCING PA
Over the last twenty years, as both funding and new work development models in the not-for-profit theater have changed, various partnerships among theater-makers have sprung up to support the creation of new work. In the current post-pandemic climate, partnerships are more urgent and necessary for most productions and producers. Over the course of seven conversations, we will explore what makes a successful collaboration, as well as current models for collaboration/partnership (both “traditional” and “non traditional”) within the industry. We’ll explore the best practices for seeking, structuring, and maintaining healthy partnerships so that you can get a project from inception to production, with the “right people on the bus.” This topic will be explored through discussion of current practices, case studies, and interviews/discussions with producers who have recently partnered with others.
- Department: Theatre Arts
- R 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jeremy W Blocker
Info - 1.5 points
Theories and Perspectives on Sexuality a
THEOR & PERSP ON SEXUALTY
This course will provide an overview of theoretical perspectives and concepts relevant to the study of sexuality, particularly as they relate to public health. This entails exploring perspectives from across the social sciences, with an emphasis on sociology, anthropology, and histroy, and somewhat more limited reference to work in psychology and political science. Drawing upon assigned readings, lectures, discussions and individual assignments, students will develop the capacity to identify the strengths and limitations of perspectives used to frame research and interventions related to sexuality. Although the substantive focus of this course is the theorization of sexuality, over the course of the semester we will address a more fundamental question in public health – namely, what shapes ‘health behaviors’? Developing a sophisticated conceptualization of why people engage in behaviors that have detrimental health consequences, or conversely why they fail to take health-enhancing actions, lays the foundation for effective health promotion policies and programs. Because a great deal of sexual health promotion programming draws implicitly on behavioral science and interpersonal-level determinants of health practices, a goal of this course is to counter-balance that through an emphasis on the broader structural and institutional determinants of sexual practices.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- R 1 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Martez Smith
Info - 3 points
Social and Economic Determinants of Heal
SOCL & ECON DETERMNTS OF
Disparities in health and illness related to social and economic inequality in the U.S. Theoretical and empirical research on factors linked to class, gender, racial and ethnic differences that have been hypothesized to explain the generally poorer health and higher rates of mortality among members of socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Concepts, theories and empirical evidence will be examined to expand our understanding of the impact of structural factors on health behavior, lifestyles and outcomes.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- T 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kim J Hopper
Info - 3 points
Investing in Medical Technolog
- Department: Finance
- M 6 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Efrem J Kamen
Info - 1.5 points
Propaganda, Russia, & The World Informat
Propaganda, Russia & Info
Prerequisite: Instructor-Managed Waitlist.
Propaganda, Russia and the World Information War is a highly current guide to propaganda and disinformation, the geopolitical impact of information, and how false, weaponized narratives threaten the world's news and information environment.
The course teaches how propaganda and disinformation work, the most effective ways to counter them, and the effects of artificial intelligence. The course draws many of its examples from information operations by Russia, but also considers operations by state and private actors worldwide. This includes overt and covert activities by Western governments, including in the Ukraine war.
The course also discusses information at a more philosophical and sociological level. How do we receive and process information? Can there actually be more than one truth? What is the future of the world’s information climate given all the political, social, and technological stresses on it?
The course is aimed at students with interests in geopolitical analysis involving Russia or any region; the techniques of public persuasion, in any context; or in countering propaganda and disinformation.
Interested students are encouraged to contact the instructor at
tjk17@columbia.edu
.
- Department: International and Public Affairs
- M 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Thomas Kent
Info - 3 points
Introduction to Medical Anthropology
INTRO TO MEDICAL ANTHROPO
Overview of medical anthropology, the examination of health, disease, and medicine in the context of human culture. Examine the relationship between culture, structural factors, and health gain ways to utilize ethnographic, anthropological, and qualitative data in health interventions, policy, and evaluation gain critical skills in evaluating the adequacy and validity of formulations about 'culture' and 'tradition' in health programs and research become familiar with range of work on culture and health, domestically and internationally acquire skill in utilizing data about culture and health at macro and micro levels.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- R 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kim J Hopper
Info - 3 points
METHODS IN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY
This graduate seminar will examine key themes and methods in Middle East History. It is intended to provide graduate training for advanced students who plan to pursue a dissertation topic on or related to Middle East history. Please contact the professor first if you wish to apply for this course.
- Department: History
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Marwa Elshakry
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
MARKETING TOOLS AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
MARKETING & AUDIENCE DEVE
This half-semester course introduces students to the marketing tools and audience development strategies available to the not-for-profit theatre institution. It starts with an investigation of theories of relevance; an assessment of who is (and is not) currently in the audience and why; and a look at the role that mission and vision play in shaping an institution’s engagement plans and priorities. Through case studies, related readings, and writing assignments, the remaining weeks explore the different techniques by which a theatre can connect with potential theatregoers, including paid advertising, direct response, online/social media, and surveys/research studies.
- Department: Theatre Arts
- T 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
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Instructor:
Victoria Bailey
Info - 1.5 points
Investing in Social Ventures
This half semester course provides students with the opportunity to perform due diligence on early-stage social ventures
(nonprofit and for-profit ventures with a social or environmental mission). This course is designed for MBA students
interested in impact investing, social entrepreneurship, or philanthropy. The objective of the course is for students to
learn both the theory of investing in early-stage social ventures and the practice of evaluating early-stage social ventures
through a due diligence process. This course is not designed for the evaluation of larger, well-established social
enterprises.
Students are placed in teams to evaluate social entrepreneurs from the Columbia University community who have applied
for funding from the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. The course is a combination of in-class lectures and discussion, and
practical application of class lessons outside of the classroom. Major topics covered include: the due diligence process,
assessing venture pitches and teams, due diligence in emerging markets, due diligence of non-profits, impact
measurement and management, and valuations and deal structure.
During the course, each student team completes detailed due diligence on their assigned social venture, including
diligence on applicants, the social venture and the sector. The course concludes with student teams submitting a written
due diligence report and a recommendation for funding to the Investment Board of the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures.
- Department: Finance
- R 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
- 1.5 points
ADVANCED SEMINAR IN THEATRE MANAGEMENT
ADV SEMINAR IN THEATRE MG
Aspects of the commercial theatre with perspectives from Executives of The Shubert Organization.
The Shubert Organization owns 17 Broadway, 6 Off-Broadway and 2 “road” theatres. It is a multi-million dollar company with significant real estate holdings, a substantial investment portfolio, a major ticketing operation and over 1,500 employees. But whether you are dealing with a 1,750-seat theatre or a converted garage, the issues are the same: What shows should be produced/booked? How to find an audience for them? How to make the most of ever-advancing modes of technology? How to contend with artistic, financial, organizational and legal challenges? The fundamental question: How to present the finest work in the best possible circumstances for the largest number of people in order to achieve the greatest artistic and financial return possible?
- Department: Theatre Arts
- R 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Charles Flateman
Info - 3 points
Designing Public Health Interventions
DESIGNING PUBLIC HEALTH I
Behavioral and environmental factors are major determinants of today's most pressing health issues. Community-level behavior change and health promotion interventions are promising strategies to address these issues on a large scale. This course will provide an overview of program planning, implementation, and evaluation – essential public health services and fundamental competencies for professionals working in the field of public health. Although the PRECEDE-PROCEED model will be used as the framework for the course structure and individual assignments, other planning models will also be presented and discussed. By the end of the course, students will develop a deep understanding of the complex processes involved in organizing public health programs, and learn the skills necessary to create a program and evaluation plan in a local community.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- T 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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Instructor:
Christian Gloria
Info - 3 points
Advancing Health Literacy
ADVANCING HEALTH LITERACY
Health Literacy is defined in Health People 2010 as “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services for appropriate health decisions” In this course we will explore the multi-layered interactions between health and literacy. We will begin by examining the issues related to literacy in the US and transition to the concept of health literacy. We will discuss issues related to reading comprehension, and usability of health related materials. The class will evaluate the major health literacy assessment instruments, learning how to administer these for different populations. We will focus on the role of language and culture as confounders to health literacy. Time will be spent assessing and then developing appropriate health materials for print, visual, auditory and internet venues. The course will shift towards examination of different health situations utilizing a health literacy approach including the research participants and informed consent, health literacy and medication/adherence, patient-physician communication models, and risk comprehension. Finally we will examine special topics including emergency preparedness. The classes are designed to include a mixture of didactic lectures, analysis of reading materials, group discussion and exercises.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- W 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Leah Hooper
Info - 1.5 points
Sexual and Reproductive Health for Prima
SXL & REPRDCTVE HEALTH FO
This course focuses on the development of a fundamental knowledge base for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients presenting for sexual and reproductive healthcare in primary care settings. Topics include the most common sexual and reproductive health maintenance issues and challenges across the life cycle. This course include an overview of deviations from sexual and reproductive well-being that are within the scope of practice of the advanced practice nurse practitioner and identifies conditions that require collaborative management and/or referral. A simulation lab session concurrent to the course enhances and grounds the didactic experience.
- Department: Nursing
- W 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Adena Bargad
Info - 1 points
Global Immersion: Ghana: A Gateway for E
- Department: Business
- W 2:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Adina Sterling
Info - 3 points
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
- Department: Theatre Arts
- W 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Whitney Estrin
Info - 3 points
Advanced Clinical Assessment in Acute Ca
ADV CLINICAL ASSESSMENT I
This course focuses on the essential technology and procedures utilized in the management of the critically ill that is inherent to the role of this nurse practitioner. During laboratory/clinical experiences psychomotor skills and the use of advanced technologies for the nurse practitioner will be developed along with the skill of oral/written presentation of select patients.
- Department: Nursing
- 2 points
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
- Department: Theatre Arts
- T 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kimberly M Shaw
Info - 3 points
Advanced Health Assessment in Psychiatri
ADV HEALTH ASMNT PMH NURS
The student is introduced to the signs, symptoms and DSM-5 classification of psychiatric disorders across the lifespan. Special emphasis is placed upon the ability of the student to conduct and record a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation to American Psychiatric Association (APA) standards in conjunction with instruction provided in the clinical practicum.
- Department: Nursing
- W 11 a.m.-1:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Erin M Shindle
Info - 3 points
Advanced Health Assessment in Psychiatri
ADV HEALTH ASSESSMENT PMH
This practicum is designed to provide an opportunity for students to learn how to interview psychiatric patients in order to formulate and record a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation.
- Department: Nursing
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Instructor:
Latisha M Hanson
Info - 1 points
New Media and Health
New media has transformed the way health information is shared and received, offering promising opportunities, but also raising new challenges for public health professionals. Digital tools now allow real-time engagement, personalized messaging, and interactive health experiences. Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) add more potential, from predicting health trends to tailoring interventions, while also introducing risks such as misinformation, ownership and privacy concerns.
The pace and nature of these changes vary widely across countries and communities. What counts as “new” media in one setting, like social messaging apps or telehealth platforms might already be well-established in another. For public health practitioners, understanding these differences is essential: tailoring communication strategies to local contexts and populations ensures that messages are effective, accessible, and respectful of diverse realities.
This course expands the toolbox of the next generation of health communicators, allowing them to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of new media in health. We cover social media, mobile health, online platforms, transmedia storytelling, extended reality, and AI-driven interventions. Through case studies, hands-on exercises, lectures, and social engagement projects students identify best practices, learn to proactively address disinformation, consider ethical and privacy challenges, and practice designing communication strategies that engage communities responsibly.
- Department: General Public Health
- R 5:55 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Carina Schmid
Info - 3 points
Seminar in Research and Professional Dev
SEM IN RESEARCH & PROF DE
This seminar is designed for pre-doctoral students from the Departments of Sociomedical Sciences, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Population and Family Health who have been accepted to the T32, on Social Determinants of HIV, a training grant sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health. Students in this T32 program are required to take this 2-year seminar (1 credit per semester). The seminar will highlight structural interventions designed to reduce the impact of HIV among underrepresented populations, professional development issues; funding mechanisms such as diversity supplements, diverse research careers for doctoral students in public health, and guest speakers who are experts in HIV structural interventions and social determinants of health. Students will lead many of the seminar discussions and they are given the opportunity to present their work in progress. Graded on a pass/fail basis.
- Department: Sociomedical Sciences
- W 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gina M Wingood
Info - 1 points
Medical Spanish
Medical Spanish, across all clinical disciplines, has gained support as the population of LEP (Limited English Proficiency) patients has grown. Although electronic communication devices may aid the clinician during the patient encounter, nothing can substitute for comprehensive training in basic anatomy and communication in the target language. Appreciating different Hispanic cultures and their approaches to health care also has a positive impact on quality of care, compliance, and affirmative clinical outcomes. Interviewing and conversation skills are developed. Target vocabularies are related to patient medical history (Hx), PT assessment and goals. Cultural competency is a central component.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 1 points
HISTORY & PHIL SOCIAL WELFARE
- Department: Social Work
- T 2 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mashura Akilova
Info - 3 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Prerequisites: the instructors permission prior to registration. This is a survey course in international political economy. This course examines how domestic and international politics influence the economic relations between states. It will address the major theoretical debates in the field and introduce the chief methodological approaches used in contemporary analyses. We will focus attention on different types of cross-border flows and the policies and international institutions that regulate them: the flow of goods (trade policy), the flow of people (immigration policy), the flow and location of production (foreign investment policy), the flow of capital (financial and exchange rate policy), and the flow of pollution (environment policy). The goal of this course is to cover, in some depth, many of the main topics and readings in international political economy. The readings each week are designed to tackle some of the essential points of a substantive topic, as well as raise deeper methodological questions that have application to other issues and themes in the sub-field. Not coincidentally, a related goal is to partially prepare students for the IR Field Exam. To help with that, a number of recommended readings accompany each weeks topic.
- Department: Political Science
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Nikhar Gaikwad
h-index: 7 Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCING & PRESENTING
INTL PRODUCING & PRESENTI
Theatrical experiences are more frequently crossing borders to not only share art around the world, but also to remain financially and culturally sustainable. This is the first course offered by the Theatre Program that looks at the vision and logistics of bringing theatre to places all over the world.
“The work of a director can be summed up in two very simple words. Why and How.” -- Peter Brook,
On Directing
As theatre producers and managers, we’ll ask “Why and How” in a preliminary investigation into the missions and mechanics of producing international festivals and tours. We will consider our roles as members of the international performing arts community and our relationships to our artists, our audiences, and our international partners and colleagues.
- Department: Theatre Arts
- R 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gordon Cox
Info - 1.5-3 points
Pelvic Health Rehabilitation
This course is designed to prepare the entry-level physical therapist on the unique approach in completing an evaluative screening and treatment plan for a patient with pelvic health issues. Many pelvic health issues are frequently under-reported and under-diagnosed based on common misconceptions and social stigmas associated with these sensitive and personal conditions. As we move into our doctoring profession, health and wellness can be part of the cornerstone of a pelvic health specialty, however, appropriate and timely diagnosis and treatment is essential. Physical therapists are an integral part of the multidisciplinary approach assisting women and men to overcome and manage health issues. This course is designed to enable students, as entry-level clinicians, to improve care for clients throughout their lifespan based on emerging scientific and clinical evidence related to medical conditions unique to pelvic health, and those which occur more frequently in women or present differently in women. The course will include presentations for key pelvic health specialty and subspecialty disciplines including bone health across the life span, obstetrics and gynecology, chronic pelvic pain, bladder and bowel dysfunction, nutritional dysfunction, cancer rehabilitation and fibromyalgia. Topics will primarily target women from adolescents, childbearing, peri-menopause, menopause, post-menopausal and geriatric years. The pelvic health specialty will also cover similar topics for the male and pediatric populations.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 2 points
Clinical Seminar in Adult-Gerontology Ac
CLIN SEM IN ACUTE CARE I
Clinical Seminar in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care is designed to provide the AG-ACNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies and journal articles for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organize forma. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.
Advanced Practicum in Acute Care for the
PRAC IN ACUTE FOR THE NP
This course will provide an opportunity for the student to synthesize and integrate the knowledge obtained in Diagnosis and Management of the Acutely Ill Adult II. This is the second clinical practicum for the student to evaluate and manage adult patients in an acute care setting. Students will be expected to demonstrate their ability to evaluate and manage the patient through the techniques of history taking, physical examination, medical decision-making, coordination of appropriate care using a holistic approach, and collaboration with the medical team. The student should demonstrate progressive independence in the management of patients.
- Department: Nursing
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Instructor:
Danielle K Zuma
Info - 4 points
The U.S. Healthcare Industry
- Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
- TR 10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
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Instructor:
Carri Chan
h-index: 17 Info - 1.5 points
Sports Rehabilitation
The Sports Rehabilitation elective is designed as an introduction for students wishing to gain competencies related to physical therapy for the high-school, collegiate, professional, or weekend athlete. It is intended to give the sports physical therapist a broad understanding of sports-related issues that affect the delivery of physical therapy for the competitive athlete across the lifespan. Lectures/presentations on special sports-related topics, combined with laboratory experiences, provides the student in their final year of the DPT program, an opportunity to gain specific sports knowledge and perspectives on the field for future practice.
- Department: Physical Therapy
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Instructor:
Jean Timmerberg
Info - 1 points
Foot & Ankle Rehabilitation
- Department: Physical Therapy
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Instructor:
Jean Timmerberg
Info - 1 points
Cervicogenic Pain & Temporomandibular Jo
Cervicogenic Pain & TMJ
Physical therapy education relative to an understanding of the various types of headaches, orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders (TMD), as well as their inherent patho-physiological mechanisms, are commonly not covered sufficiently within the entry-level or graduate physical therapy curriculum. This specialty course has been designed to fill the void, which exists beyond the evaluation of the cervical spine and provide knowledge as well as training in definitive evaluative and therapeutic skills unique to this specialty area.
This course is designed to provide the information and necessary skill to delineate the major types of headaches, orofacial pain, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) movement disorders and associated symptoms that originate from the craniofacial and temporomandibular regions from those of a cervicogenic and/or comorbid origin. An in-depth understanding of the anatomical and neurophysiological factors relative to the trigeminocervical, sub-occipital and temporomandibular complex, as well as the cranium in relation to headaches and orofacial pain will be presented. Sub-occipital, orofacial, temporomandibular and cranial pain/dysfunction syndromes will be analyzed with emphasis placed upon their delineation and subsequent development of comprehensive therapeutic paradigms. Workshop sessions will follow the lectures and focus upon case study analysis, proper sequencing and use of manual upper ¼ and craniofacial (intra & extraoral) soft tissue and joint mobilization techniques, therapeutic exercise, adjunctive modalities, dry needling as well as postural and ergonomic intervention for the reduction of pain and inflammation, restoration of function and prevention of recurrence.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 2 points
Migration and Empire
This seminar explores key topics in the historiography of migration and empire. This includes slavery, abolition and indenture, quarantine and public health restrictions on migration, diaspora and displacements of the twentieth century, revolutionaries on the move, borders and border policing, the politics of guestworker programs, globalization, migration and development, among others. The course adopts a capacious understanding of Asia and Asian migrations, to facilitate thinking, reading, and writing across disciplinary boundaries. How did empires regulate migration? How were social and political identities shaped by imperial forces, and vice versa? What are the afterlives of the imperial regulation of migration? The final paper will be a literature review on a topic of your choosing.
- Department: History
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kalyani Ramnath
Info - 4 points
PT Management of the Performing Artist
PT Mgmt Performing Artist
This elective course is designed as an introduction for students wishing to gain competencies related to physical therapy for dancers. Target patient population will be ballet, modern and post-modern dancers. The elective will help students begin to develop a template for structuring assessment and interventions with the above patient population, as well as cultivate the independent clinical reasoning skills required in a direct-access environment.
Populations (dancers, dance teachers, and choreographers) in settings specific to their professions and emphasizing lifespan issues in the field. The condition of direct access in on-site facilities enables patients to contact PT quickly when troubles arise and encourages the clinician in clinical decision-making early in the history of an injury or condition. The elective will emphasize recognition of certain characteristic patterns of injury, differential diagnosis and red flags, including when to refer to other health care professionals, recognizing cultural issues in the delivery of care for these patient populations, lifespan issues, appropriate therapeutic exercise progressions, and patient education and self-care.
- Department: Physical Therapy
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Instructor:
Jean Timmerberg
Info - 2 points
Teaching Practicum Laboratory
This course is designed to provide a supervised teaching experience for those students who have an interest in laboratory teaching. Students will be present in the Gross Anatomy (PHYT M8100) laboratory during their scheduled time periods and be knowledgeable of the material being covered. Students will guide and conduct dissections, identify structures, and teach. Students will provide help with the identification of appropriate resources and study strategies for successful completion of Gross Anatomy (PHYT M8100). Students will receive feedback from the students that they instruct and the faculty member regarding their performance.
Students will attend a 1-hour informational meeting during the first week of the fall semester, followed by serving as teaching assistants in a minimum of eight Gross Anatomy (PHYT M8100) lab sessions.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 1 points
Teaching Practicum Small Groups
In this elective students will explore learning & teaching styles, course design, motivating students, dealing with student problems and problem students, and assessment of students. Students will plan and implement one lecture & lab, conduct office hours, construct exam questions, and assist with the administration and grading of an exam. Students will work closely with the faculty member to complete the course requirements. Students will receive feedback from the students that they instruct and the faculty member regarding their performance.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 1 points
Research Practicum I Elective
This is an 8-week elective that provides students with hands-on experience in clinical research under the direct supervision of faculty. Students participate in a variety of research activities pertaining to the research question, literature review, and methods for data collection, and if applicable, data analysis. Specific course objectives are developed individually according to faculty expectations and the current phase of the on-going research.
Research Practicum I is designed to provide students with the opportunity to integrate the knowledge obtained in the evidence-based courses with supervised hands-on research experience. The elective provides the student with foundational knowledge and skill in the development and implementation of a research protocol targeting the student’s ability to synthesize and organize finding into a cogent written and/or oral research presentation. During this semester, students will work to clarify the research question, conduct a thorough search of the literature, become familiar with methods for data collection and analysis, and if applicable, assist the faculty advisor(s) with data collection.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 1 points
S. Partnership Taxation and Private Equi
S. Partnership Tax. & PE
- Department: Law
- 2 points
Research Practicum III
This is the third elective in the research practicum sequence that provides students with hands-on experience in clinical research under the direct supervision of faculty. Students participate in a variety of research activities pertaining to the analysis and presentation of data. Specific course objectives are developed individually according to faculty expectations and the current phase of the on-going research.
Research Practicum III builds on PHYT M8854 and is designed to provide students with the opportunity to integrate the knowledge obtained in the three required evidence-based courses with supervised hands-on physical therapy research experience. The elective provides the student with foundational knowledge and skill in the development and implementation of a research protocol targeting the student’s ability to synthesize and organize finding into a cogent written and/or oral research presentation. Students are required to orally present their research finding at the PT program’s Annual Columbia University Research Day. Students, in conjunction with faculty, are strongly encouraged to submit a paper to a professional journal and/or present a poster/oral presentation to a professional organization.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 1 points
Yoga Integrated in Physical Therapy Prac
Yoga Integrated in PT pra
This hybrid elective course teaches students yoga-based concepts and exercises to
incorporate into physical therapy sessions. Students will have an opportunity to participate and observe
in live virtual yoga classes and workshop-specific yoga exercises and techniques to turn into skilled
physical therapy interventions for a range of musculoskeletal conditions. Students will also have an
opportunity to learn cueing techniques drawn from yoga instruction to enhance therapeutic exercise
Students will learn a background understanding of yoga history, lineage, and foundational concepts. A brief literature review revealing the health benefits will also be presented. The students will participate (physically/observationally) in yoga practice to directly experience some of these benefits. After each yoga class, students will deconstruct components of the class to practice and further explore nuanced cueing to convert specific techniques into physical therapy interventions for specific case scenarios. Students will have an opportunity to design and teach with yoga-inspired cues a short sequence of yoga postures prescribed for a specific case scenario.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 1 points
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management:
REG ANES & PAIN MGMT
This course is an advanced course for regional anesthesia. It will cover discussion and demonstration of neuraxial anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and pain management theory and techniques. Pharmacology regarding local anesthetics will be reviewed. Practice and demonstration in the Skills Labs are an integral part of this course.
- Department: Nursing
- M 2 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Antoinette T Padula
Info - 3 points
Diagnostic Imaging
Course Overview:
To fully practice in a direct access setting, physical therapists must have the ability to order diagnostic imaging, when appropriate. Several states, such as Utah and Wisconsin, have sought and received approval for physical therapists to order diagnostic imaging and continued efforts to advance diagnostic imaging privileges are underway in additional states. Physical therapists in the U.S. military have effectively utilized diagnostic imaging privileges since the 1970s. Over the past 50 years, US military physical therapists have become the musculoskeletal provider of choice and nearly all practice in a true direct access setting.
Course Description:
In this session, a group of experienced military physical therapists will introduce attendees to the foundations and principles of diagnostic imaging as well as the procedures for ordering, interpreting, and integrating radiographic imaging results into clinical practice. In addition, this course will emphasize the rationales and evidence-based guidelines to assist practitioners in the utilization of plain film radiography in clinical practice. Clinical case reports will also be presented to reinforce concepts and provide practical applications of skills. At the conclusion of this session, participants will be more comfortable ordering, viewing, and interpreting the results of diagnostic imaging studies.
- Department: Physical Therapy
- 1 points
S CONTEMP CRITICAL THOUGHT
- Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
- W 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
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Instructor:
Bernard E Harcourt
Info - 1 points
Seventeenth-Century Chinese Painting
17th-C Chinese Painting
This seminar will examine Chinese paintings primarily in Japanese and American collections. The aim of the course is to become familiar with the major painters of the seventeen century from Dong Qichang, whose history of Chinese painting still influences how we view paintings today, to his followers and imitators, and further to the scholar-painters who found ways to express resistance to the Manchu conquest at the middle of the century, and finally to imperial court painters. We will look at a wide variety of painting genres and formats. Special attention will be given to the way paintings are presented, from the outside title slip to the inner title sheet to seals and colophons. We will also consider the artists’ intended audience.
- Department: Art History and Archaeology
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 4 points