Modern Drama and the History of Acting
In the professional theatre, the actor’s craft offers a serious methodology for textual interpretation. This course brings acting theory and practical acting exercises into the English literature classroom as tools to aid in analyzing modern drama. Because innovations in playwriting and acting often have arisen in tandem, the semester will take us on a tour of landmark 20th-century plays and developments in western theatre history. We will spend the beginning of each class session (around thirty minutes) on-our-feet, experimenting with a performance exercise from the week’s acting readings. We will then devote the remainder of each class session to a roundtable seminar discussion about the week’s play.
In addition to offering a new methodology for close-reading and enlivening new avenues of interpretation, acting’s traditional focus on the “character” or “role” will raise large questions about the human: What are the nature and limits of identification and empathy? Which acting styles encourage practitioners to seek something universal in human emotion or experience? Conversely, which propose to investigate the historical and cultural specificity of human behavior? Can the process of constructing a character shed light on the social construction of gender, race, and disability? How do these plays, from different decades and regions, represent changing conceptions of these social categories? Are some acting styles inherently political or more political than others? Each student will engage these questions in an embodied as well as a theoretical way by rehearsing a monologue or scene and performing it in-class. However, no performance experience is required to enroll in this course, and students will not be graded on their acting abilities.
- TR 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Catherine J Suffern
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INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
Students will be introduced to the fundamental financial issues of the modern corporation. By the end of this course, students will understand the basic concepts of financial planning, managing growth; debt and equity sources of financing and valuation; capital budgeting methods; and risk analysis, cost of capital, and the process of securities issuance.
- TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Stephen Hurley
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Instructor:
Hany S Guirguis
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CORPORATE FINANCE
Prerequisites: BUSI PS5001 Introduction to Finance/or Professor Approval is required Students will learn the critical corporate finance concepts including financial statement analysis; performance metrics; valuation of stocks and bonds; project and firm valuation; cost of capital; capital investment strategies and sources of capital, and firm growth strategies. At the end of this course students will understand how to apply these concepts to current business problems.
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kevin Sweeney
Info - 3 points
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Students will examine the generally accepted account principles (GAAP) underlying financial statements and their implementation in practice. The perspective and main focus of the course is from the users of the information contained in the statements, including investors, financial analysts, creditors and, management. By the end of this class students will be able to construct a cash flow statement, balance sheet and decipher a 10K report.
- MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Benedict O Okoh
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Instructor:
Rebecca Shaffer
Info - 3 points
MANAGING HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE ORGANIZAT
Students will gain an overview of major concepts of management and organization theory, concentrating on understanding human behavior in organizational contexts, with heavy emphasis on the application of concepts to solve managerial problems. By the end of this course students will have developed the skills to motivate employees, establish professional interpersonal relationships, take a leadership role, and conduct performance appraisal.
- MW 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Young Mi Park
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Instructor:
Jacqueline Strayer
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INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING
Students will learn fundamental marketing concepts and their application. By the end of this class you will know: the elements of a market, company strategy, how to identify customers and competition, the fundamental elements of the marketing mix (product, price, placement and promotion) how to research consumer behavior, and pricing strategies. Students will have extensive use of case study projects. Please note that there are separate online and in-person versions of the course, and the modalities offered may vary by semester. Be sure to check the modalities of the sections offered and enroll in the correct modality for your situation.
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew Blum
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MARKETING STRATEGY
Prerequisites: BUSI PS5020 Introduction to Marketing/or Professor Approval is required Students will develop analytical skills used to formulate and implement marketing driven strategies for an organization. Students will develop a deeper understanding of marketing strategies and how to implement tactics to achieve desired goals. Students will work on case study projects in both individual and a team based projects. By the end of this course you will be able to develop a marketing strategy based market assessments and company needs.
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sandy Becker
Info - 3 points
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: DEVELOP/IMPLEMENT NEW
This course is designed for students interested in entrepreneurship and becoming CEO/Founders or leaders in industry as innovators and operators. The class is appropriate for those with a strong interest in new ventures or innovation at the corporate level, or for those who want to develop an entrepreneurial mindset even if you have no plans to start a business. This includes potential entrepreneurs, those interested in the financing of new ventures, working in new ventures, or a portfolio company, or in broader general management of entrepreneurial firms. Entrepreneurial topics include: the entrepreneurial journey, founders & co-founders, the art of the pitch, shaping opportunities, traditional business models, business models for the greater good, the lean startup method and the hypothesis-driven approach, technology strategy, product testing, marketing strategy, entrepreneurial marketing, venture financing and emerging developments. Academic readings, analysis of case studies, class discussions, independent exercises, reading assessments, team work, guest speakers, investor panels, weekly deliverable options and a final investor pitch are the main modalities used to help you learn and assist you on your entrepreneurial path. There are no prerequisites for this course.
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael E Jr McGuire
Info - 3 points
SECURITY ANALYSIS
Prerequisites: BUSI PS5001 Intro to Finance and BUSI PS5003 Corporate Finance or Professor Approval required. If you have not taken PS5001 or PS5003 at Columbia University, please contact the course instructor for approval. Students will learn about the valuation of publicly traded equity securities. By the end of the semester students will be able to perform fundamental analysis (bottoms-up, firm-level, business and financial analysis), prepare pro forma financial statements, estimate free cash flows and apply valuation models.
- TR 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Mario Gonzalez-Corzo
h-index: 8 Info - 3 points