INTERMEDIATE PROJECTS

May be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 total points may be used for degree credit. Substantial independent project involving laboratory work, computer programming, analytical investigation, or engineering design.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Instructor: Debasis Mitra
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• Instructor: John W Paisley
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• Instructor: Matthias Preindl
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• Instructor: Mingoo Seok
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• Instructor: Kenneth Shepard
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• Instructor: James Teherani
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• Instructor: Yannis P Tsividis
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• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
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• Instructor: Wen I Wang
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• Instructor: Xiaodong Wang
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: John Wright
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 44 Info
• Instructor: Charles A Zukowski
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• Instructor: Gil Zussman
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• 0-3 points

MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER

MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN

Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Sunil Agrawal
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• Instructor: Peter J. Schuck
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• Instructor: Gerard H Ateshian
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• Instructor: Michael Burke
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• Instructor: Matei T Ciocarlie
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• Instructor: James Hone
  CULPA: 11 h-index: 124 Info
• Instructor: Jeffrey W Kysar
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 37 Info
• Instructor: Qiao Lin
  h-index: 41 Info
• Instructor: Richard W Longman
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 45 Info
• Instructor: Michael J Massimino
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• Instructor: Vijay Modi
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 40 Info
• Instructor: Kristin Myers
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 25 Info
• Instructor: Arvind Narayanaswamy
  CULPA: 9 h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Vijay Vedula
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• Instructor: Sinisa Vukelic
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• 1-3 points

MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER

Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Y. Lawrence Yao
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 95 Info
• 1-3 points

MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEER

MS PROJECTS IN MECH ENGINEERIN

Master's level independent project involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or engineering design work. May be repeated, subject to Master's Program guidelines. Students must submit both a project outline prior to registration and a final project write-up at the end of the semester.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Hod Lipson
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• Instructor: Karen Kasza
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• Instructor: Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy
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• Instructor: Harry West
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• 1-3 points

SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Music
• Instructor: Seth Cluett
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• 1-3 points

DIRECTED READINGS

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Instructor: Katherine Ewing
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 22 Info
• 1-4 points

DIRECTED READINGS

Major Texts: South Asia & ME

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Instructor: Wael Hallaq
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• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: Germanic Languages
• Instructor: Heli Sirvioe
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• 1-4 points

SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP

Only for masters students in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics who may need relevant work experience a part of their program of study. Final report required. May not be taken for pass/fail or audited.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• Instructor: Kui Ren
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• Instructor: Michael E Mauel
  CULPA: 9 Info
• Instructor: Klaus A Hamacher
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• 1-3 points

FIELDWORK

Only for BMEN graduate students who need relevant work experience as part of their program of study. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.

• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• Instructor: Clark T Hung
  CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info
• 1-2 points

FIELDWORK

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Instructor: Robert G Bozic
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• 1-3 points

FIELDWORK

May be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 total points may be used for degree credit. Only for Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics graduate students who include relevant off-campus work experience as part of their approved program of study. Final report and letter of evaluation required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Instructor: Jacob Fish
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• 1-1.5 points

SENIOR HONORS THESIS WORKSHOP

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 and the director of the departmental honors programs permission. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.7 in all required major courses, including calculus and statistics, prior to enrollment. The honors thesis seminar is a year-long course, beginning in the fall semester and ending in the spring semester. Students who have been approved to enter the workshop will be registered for both semesters by the department during the first two weeks of classes; 3 points are earned per semester. This workshop may only be taken by students applying for departmental honors, and it also fulfills the economics seminar requirement for the economics major and all joint majors. Students must see the director during mid-semester registration in the spring to discuss their proposed thesis topic, at which time they will be matched with appropriate faculty who will act as their thesis adviser. Students will meet their adviser over the course of the year at mutually agreed upon times. A rough draft of the thesis will be due during the first week of February in the spring semester, and the final draft will be due three weeks before the last day of classes. Please note that for those joint majors that require two seminars, one in economics and one in the other discipline (i.e. Political Science), the economics senior honors thesis seminar only fulfills the economics seminar requirement.

• Department: Economics
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael C Best
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• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• Instructor: Bruce Robbins
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• Instructor: James Shapiro
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• Instructor: James E Adams
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• 1-4 points

FIELDWORK

Only for IEOR graduate students who need relevant work experience as part of their program of study. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• 1-1.5 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Instructor: Kathryn Spellman Poots
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• 4 points

SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH

• Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
• Instructor: Isabelle C Levy
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

FIELDWORK

Only for ME graduate students who need relevant off-campus work experience as part of their program of study as determined by the instructor. Written application must be made prior to registration outlining proposed study program. Final reports required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited. International students must consult with the International Students and Scholars Office.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Instructor: Hod Lipson
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• 1 points

CRITICAL COLLOQUIUM

The structure of the colloquium combines reading and analysis of texts by major theorists and critics. Each week discussions focus on key terms and analytical lenses in the history of art and art criticism. The course is designed to allow for guest presentations on particular issues by critics and writers, just as it draws on the expertise and participation of Columbia faculty. The aim is to develop students critical thinking and for them to learn directly from leading practitioners writing about modern and contemporary art. In addition to department faculty, writers for Artforum, Grey Room, Parkett, Texte zur Kunst, and October, among other venues, regularly participate in the colloquium.

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Janet L Kraynak
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• 4 points

MA THESIS

This course will enable students to complete a research study of considerable length that will (i) enable them to explore a given area of research in substantive detail; (ii) put them on the path to true competence as independent researchers; and (iii) provide those who go on to apply to PhD programs with a substantial writing sample that shows off their technical abilities to the best advantage.

• Department: Classics
• Instructor: Joseph A Howley
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• 4 points

INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

This course explores the set of possibilities presented by American Studies as a comparative field of study. We begin with a brief overview of the history of the field, and then we’ll focus primarily on the range of modes in which its interdisciplinary work has been undertaken (literary, historical, legal, digital, etc.). The idea here is not to arrive a comprehensive picture of American Studies, but to think about the many ways people have produced knowledge under its aegis. We will also focus on work by Columbia faculty, and sessions of the course are built around visits by faculty in the field to Columbia’s University Seminar in American Studies. Our guiding questions include: How does one do research in a multimedia, “cultural” environment? How does one situate oneself as an “intellectual” or “critic” in relation to one’s object of study? How does one write about different media/genres? How does one incorporate different methodologies into one research project?

• Department: Ethnicity and Race, Center for
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Sandler
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• 3 points

WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH

WORKPLACE COMM IN ENGLISH

English communication proficiency is important for academic achievement and career success. Columbia Engineering provides English communication instruction for students who would like to improve their communication skills in English. In a small group setting (15-20 students), enrollees will obtain opportunities to interact with the instructor and fellow classmates to improve communication skills.

• Department: Engineering
• TR 7:20 a.m.-9 a.m.
• TR 11 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• TR 7 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• WS 7:20 a.m.-9 a.m.
• WS 11 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• T 10:10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• W 7:20 a.m.-9 a.m.
• R 10:10 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• F 7:20 a.m.-9 a.m.
• R 1 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
• R 3 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hyoseon Lee
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• 0 points

INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY AND LITERATURE

INTRO TO HISTORY AND LIT

An exploration of the interconnections and intersections between history and literature, both as categories of cultural production and as scholarly disciplines.  In the past thirty years the boundaries between history and literature have become usefully blurred, as literary scholars pursued the historical aspects of their texts and historians recognized the literary aspects of their narratives.  The result is a propitious intellectual moment, which enables scholars to address new methodological horizons that combine close reading of texts with expansive attention to historical context.   The course treats the subject in terms of both theory and practice. Theoretical readings address the relations between history and literature, with a focus on texts relevant to scholars working in the field today.  Exemplary recent works of English-language scholarship highlight the kind of creative blending of literary and historical approaches that the students might pursue in their M.A. essays.

• Department: French
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Carol Gluck
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• Instructor: Loren Wolfe
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• 3 points

RES SKILLS/MTHDS-INT/WRLD HIST

In the first semester a series of workshops will introduce the field of international history and various research skills and methods such as conceptualization of research projects and use of oral sources. The fall sessions will also show the digital resources available at Columbia and how students can deploy them in their individual projects. In the second semester students will apply the skills acquired in the fall as they develop their proposal for the Master's thesis, which is to be completed next year at the LSE. The proposal identifies a significant historical question, the relevant primary and secondary sources, an appropriate methodology, what preliminary research has been done and what remains to be done. Students will present their work-in-progress.

• Department: History
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Line Lillevik
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• 2 points

FOUNDATION TO ISLAMIC STUDIES

This course provides students with a foundation to the key concepts, theories and debates in the field of Islamic studies. Interdisciplinary in scope, and wide-ranging in substantive coverage, the seminar features weekly visits by faculty from across the university. The course will utilize major approaches in the classic areas of history, law and political economy as well as sociology, anthropology, media studies, and colonial and postcolonial studies. We will critically address theoretical questions and debates about culture and civilization, religion, secularization, law and authority, nation-states, globalization, minority rights and technology. While engaging with archetypal themes in Islamic studies, this course will also concentrate on gender and sexuality, cultural production and articulations, transnational movements, and modes of religious association and ritual in everyday life. We will examine the variety of ways that Islamic norms and practices are developed, reinterpreted, embodied and regulated in contemporary Muslim societies as well as among Muslims minorities in western contexts. This seminar is a core course for the MA in Islamic Studies and will be helpful for graduate students studying the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. Qualified undergraduates may register with permission of the instructor.

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Kathryn Spellman Poots
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• 4 points

THEORY AND METHODS I

This course will be the first part of a two part introduction to theoretical approaches to modern social science and cultural studies in Asian and African contexts. The first course will focus primarily on methodological and theoretical problems in the fields broadly described as historical social sciences - which study historical trends, and political, economic and social institutions and processes. The course will start with discussions regarding the origins of the modern social sciences and the disputes about the nature of social science knowledge. In the next section it will focus on definitions and debates about the concept of modernity. It will go on to analyses of some fundamental concepts used in modern social and historical analyses: concepts of social action, political concepts like state, power, hegemony, democracy, nationalism; economic concepts like the economy, labor, market, capitalism, and related concepts of secularity/secularism, representation, and identity. The teaching will be primarily through close reading of set texts, followed by a discussion. A primary concern of the course will be to think about problems specific to the societies studied by scholars of Asia and Africa: how to use a conceptual language originally stemming from reflection on European modernity in thinking about societies which have quite different historical and cultural characteristics.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani
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• 4 points

Contentious Politics: Europe, 1960s-1970

Contentious Politics 1960

During the 1960s and 1970s critical thought and social movements reemerged with unprecedented force and diffusion, defying inherited values, challenging power relations, and raising revolutionary expectations. This course will survey a set of radical ideas and collective mobilizations that developed in Europe during that period.  Classes will be organized around key issues and areas of intervention such as labor, environment, and education. Following a transnational approach, the course will bring to light cross-border influences, interactions, and similarities among different movements both at continental and global level. Drawing on a combination of primary sources, case studies, and historiographical interpretations, students will learn how to contextualize movements, explore their intellectual references and repertoires of action, analyze the way they (sometimes) shifted from the margins to the mainstream, and understand the conditions under which they failed or were defeated. Ultimately, students will be able to assess the complex legacy of that season of activism, which ranges from moral standards to visions of emancipation and criteria of justice.

• Department: Modern European Studies
• R 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Luca Falciola
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• 4 points

M.A. PROSEMINAR

This course introduces students to the different subfields of the discipline by presenting various perspectives on one key topic in political science. Throughout the course, both theoretical and empirical debates surrounding the study of democracy are explored. Although the specific topic may change from year to year, the goal and structure of the course will remain the same: to contribute to the students understanding of an important topic in political science and discuss it through the lens of the different subfields: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. By doing so, students will also learn the technical language, important concepts, and different methodological approaches of each subfield. Please note that this course is only for students in the Political Science Departments M.A. Program.

• Department: Political Science
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Chiara Superti
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

ORIENTATION

This course is a no-credit class designed to start providing critical material to incoming QMSS students overthe summer to help prepare them for the coding demands of the program. We will post links, exercises andresources for students to work on before they start their classes in the Fall of 2018.

• Department: Quantitative Methods/Social Sciences
• Instructor: Gregory M Eirich
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 0 points

Introduction to the Study of South Asia

INTRODUCTION TO SOUTH ASI

• Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Quinn A Clark
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• 4 points

FOUNDATIONS OF WEALTH MANAGEMENT

FOUNDATIONS OF WEALTH MGM

In this course, students will explore the history and current state of the wealth
management industry and gain exposure to the fundamentals of financial planning,
including Accounting and Finance. This course will address the function, purpose,
and regulation of financial institutions, the regulations and requirements governing
financial services, and the ethical responsibilities of wealth management
professionals. This course will provide an introduction to tax concepts and trusts
and estates. Students will also learn about the major asset classes, including cash
and cash alternatives, fixed income, equities and alternative investments. In
addition, students will be able to apply core accounting and finance concepts,
including: time value of money, weighted average cost of capital, discounted cash
flow, internal rate of return, US GAAP standards, and three-statement financial
analysis. Finally, students will be provided an overview of the importance of
communication and counseling.

• Department: Wealth Management
• Instructor: Michael Kothakota
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• 3 points

Financial Accounting

Accounting I: Financial A

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• Instructor: Amir Ziv
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• 3 points

Financial Accounting

• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• Instructor: Amir Ziv
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• Instructor: Jessica Soursourian
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• 3 points

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.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Mario Gonzalez-Corzo
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• Instructor: Eleni Vrana
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• Instructor: Mario Gonzalez-Corzo
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• Instructor: Stephen Hurley
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• 3 points

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.

• Department: School of Professional Studies (DVSP)
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen Hurley
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• 3 points

MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS I-DISC

Corequisites: ECON GR5211 Discussion Section for Economics MA Course Microeconomics Analysis I.

• Department: Economics
• W 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Zakary A Campbell
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• Instructor: Hanyao Zhang
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• 0 points

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION

• Department: Engineering
• WS 7 p.m.-8:40 p.m.
• T 3 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• W 9:30 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
• Instructor: Hyoseon Lee
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• 0 points

MASTERS SEMINAR

Prerequisites: Departments permission. This course (required for all first-year graduate students in the English Department) introduces students to scholarly methodologies in the study of literature and culture. The Masters Seminar operates in tandem with the Masters Colloquium ENGL G5005, and requires short writing assignments over the course of the semester and extensive in-class participation. There are two sections of this course.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Hart
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 4 points

INTRO TO FINANCE

• Department: Enterprise Risk Management
• T 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• W 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• M 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• R 8:10 p.m.-10 p.m.
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Rowena Mancheril
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• Instructor: Christakis Droussiotis
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• Instructor: Owen K Lau
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• Instructor: Michael Zwecher
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• Instructor: Thomas D Walsh
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• Instructor: Christakis Droussiotis
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• Instructor: Seydina Fall
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• 3 points

Evidence Based Dentistry

• Department: Dental and Oral Surgery
• Instructor: John T Grbic
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• 0 points

FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

FUND OF SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

This course provides an introduction to the major themes of sustainability science with a focus on the application of science to the practice of sustainability.  Basic research, especially in the environmental and social sciences, explores the Earth as a system of systems, wherein the physical, chemical and biological systems interact with each other as well as human systems to affect our future.  The results of this research are often difficult to apply in practice unless the research in translated into actionable advice for individuals, governments and private enterprise.  Even so, the actual or perceived complexities of interactions between human and “natural” systems are often seen by decision makers as barriers to long-term planning, an essential element of pursuing sustainability.  A simple definition of sustainability is based on intergenerational equity.  Thus, the relationships between the here-and-now and possible global futures need to be understood.  Students enrolled in this course will discuss: Definitions of sustainability, including environmental, cultural and socio-economic components; Technologies for observing natural systems and their impacts on human systems; Summaries of scientific understanding of global-scale climate dynamics, natural hazards, biodiversity, environmental stressors and anthropogenic inputs to coupled human-natural systems; An overview of the strengths and weaknesses of science-based prediction; An introduction to geoengineering; Developing the evidence base for sustainability decisions; An introduction to risk assessment, perception and management; Decision making under uncertainty; General principles of sustainability management. An undergraduate background in any field of science or engineering and mathematics through statistical and time-series analysis is required.  An interest in coupled natural-human systems is desirable.

• Department: Sustainability Technology
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Arthur L Lerner-Lam
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

MA METHODS: COLLOQUIUM

• Department: Art History and Archaeology
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Frederique Baumgartner
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points